Subject: Re: bug#75834: [PATCH] Add missing custom :set to savehist-autosave-interval

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2025 13:12:43 +0200

> From: Ship Mints <[email-masked]>
> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 13:19:11 -0500
> 
> * lisp/savehist.el (savehist-autosave-interval):
> Correctly reset 'savehist-timer' when savehist-autosave-interval changes
> via setopt or a Customize command.

What does this do when the user loads savehist.el due to some
Customize command, but doesn't activate savehist-mode?  Does it start
the timer, for example?

> An open question is should the timer be an idle timer or not. Currently, the timer is a regular timer. I'd prefer
> an idle timer. Not sure how many people would care if this changed.

Why do you think an idle timer would be better?