GNU bug report logs - #63620
30.0.50; [Feature Request] run hooks on sleep/wake

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: acohen <at> ust.hk, 63620 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de
Subject: bug#63620: 30.0.50; [Feature Request] run hooks on sleep/wake
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:21:55 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  63620 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>   michael.albinus <at> gmx.de
> Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:21:41 -0500
> 
> >> According the the elisp manual special events "cannot be unread with
> >> ‘unread-command-events’".
> > Oh, right!  So pushing to `unread-command-events` will only work if the
> > binding is made in a normal map.  That's not the end of the world, but
> > it's not ideal.  E.g. it doesn't really make sense to have the behavior
> > depend on the mode of the current buffer, and it seems undesirable to
> > fail to run the binding if you happened to type `C-x` just
> > before sleeping.
> 
> Maybe a hook is not such a bad idea after all.

But then how would platforms where these events come from the
window-system call that hook?  We'd need two different mechanisms for
the same feature, and two different ways of calling user-defined
functions when the event comes in.  Or what am I missing?

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.