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29.0.50; read-char does not reset idle timer in some cases

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Message #17 received at 54371 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: ignaciocasso <at> hotmail.com, 54371 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54371: 29.0.50; read-char does not reset idle timer in some
 cases
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:43:39 +0200

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  54371 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 16:02:23 +0100
> 
> Ignacio Casso <ignaciocasso <at> hotmail.com> writes:
> 
> > However I can't find the proper function to use in place of
> > <<reset-idle-timer-function>>. Do you know of a way to reset the idle
> > timer programmatically, without actual user input?
> 
> Doesn't seem to be anything reachable from Lisp land.  Adding a subr
> that just calls timer_start_idle would be trivial, though.

I think we should first understand the use case better.  For starters,
I don't think I understand why an idle timer function should want to
call read-char with a time-out.  It is a strange thing to do, IMO.

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