Subject: Re: bug#52547: 29.0.50; Confusing behavior of org-timer-set

From: Kyle Meyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 23:45:57 -0500

Rudolf Adamkovič:

> Reproduction steps:
>
> 1. run 'emacs -Q'
> 2. type M-; and then "(require 'org)"
> 3. type M-x and then 'org-timer-set'

This must be org-timer-set-timer; there's no org-timer-set in Org's
tree.

> 4. see 'How much time left? (minutes or h:mm:ss)'
> 5. type '10m'
>
> Expected: The timer runs for 10 minutes.
> Actual: The timer runs for 10 seconds.
>
> From the perspective of the user, this makes no sense.

Yes, it seems better to at least signal a user-error if the input
doesn't match the expected format.

Anyway, I'm redirecting this to the Org list.  Perhaps someone there
will be interested in improving this behavior or reviewing a patch that
does so.

> P.S. I would also expect auto-load on "org-timer-set".

org-timer-set-timer has been autoloaded since 4e2795413 (Add autoload
cookie to org-timer-set-timer, 2009-07-27).