GNU bug report logs - #54371
29.0.50; read-char does not reset idle timer in some cases

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Message #23 received at 54371 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ignacio Casso <ignaciocasso <at> hotmail.com>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 54371 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54371: 29.0.50; read-char does not reset idle timer in some
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Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 21:34:28 +0200

> From: Ignacio Casso <ignaciocasso <at> hotmail.com>
> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 54371 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:45:33 +0100
> 
> However, I still think that if not a bug, this is at least inconsistent
> and probably deserving a footnote in the relevant section of the Emacs
> Lisp manual
> (https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Idle-Timers.html).

I think accessing current-idle-time from an idle time is inherently
problematic: when the idle timer runs and receives input, whether or
not Emacs is idle is ambiguous in principle.  IOW, code which does
that is splitting hair.

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