Subject: Re: bug#69784: 29.2; Proced auto update should only update visible buffers

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:16:20 +0200

> From: Rahguzar <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked]
> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:54:46 +0100
> 
> > As a user option, this sounds useful.  So please do send a patch, but
> > please add such an option, because I can imagine users who'd like
> > Proced buffers to be always up-to-date, regardless of whether they are
> > displayed.
> >
> > Thanks.
> 
> What about a special value 'visible' for proced-auto-update-flag instead
> of a separate option?

Yes, a good idea.

> The only wrinkle might be how to set this value using
> proced-toggle-auto-update.

Make it cycle through the values?

> There is also the slight inconsistency that it makes
> proced-auto-update-flag not a flag.

Not a catastrophe, IMO.