GNU bug report logs - #73291
31.0.50; `clean-buffer-list' activates `midnight-mode'

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Message #20 received at 73291 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Manuel Giraud via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
 text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 73291 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>
Subject: Re: bug#73291: 31.0.50; `clean-buffer-list' activates `midnight-mode'
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:17:45 +0200

Manuel Giraud via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:

> > -  (when (timerp midnight-timer) (cancel-timer midnight-timer))
> > -  (setq midnight-timer
> > -        (run-at-time (if (numberp tm) (+ (midnight-next) tm) tm)
> > -                     midnight-period #'run-hooks 'midnight-hook)))
> > +  (when (timerp midnight-timer)
> > +    (cancel-timer midnight-timer)
> > +    (setq midnight-timer
> > +          (run-at-time (if (numberp tm) (+ (midnight-next) tm) tm)
> > +                       midnight-period #'run-hooks 'midnight-hook))))
> >
> >  (defcustom midnight-delay 3600
> >    "The number of seconds after the midnight when the `midnight-timer' is run.
> >
> > Can you try this and see if it solves the problem, and doesn't break
> > the other uses of midnight-mode and or clean-buffer-list?
>
> Thanks.  It solves the issue of activacting the midnight-mode: now
> `clean-buffer-list' is just done once and won't run the next day.  But
> now, when I do M-x midnight-mode, I get the following error:
>
> timer--activate: Invalid or uninitialized timer

Maybe we could instead check whether `midnight-mode' is on, Eli?


Michael.

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