From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#40774: Error messages shouldn't be hidden when the user is idle Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 21:47:25 +0300 Message-ID: <838sine4si.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83mu73eagw.fsf@gnu.org> <3HKWEOXkDWKA21dsCFgMgmFIMPR3VwPgNzfTjd7I5Igswu07sfhZaP-td1X4Py66xAD6kDLyLjVmujFkuabkY_S9ZZhgGZwi0IaAV6RS59U=@protonmail.com> <83ftcve6gl.fsf@gnu.org> <83blnje5ro.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="93880"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 40774@debbugs.gnu.org To: ndame Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 22 20:48:11 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jRKPr-000OII-Jz for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 22 Apr 2020 20:48:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56088 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jRKPq-00055b-OK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:48:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33774) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jRKPj-00055H-Ho for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:48:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jRKPj-00079e-1r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:48:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:41679) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jRKPi-00079Z-Lk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:48:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jRKPi-0004qQ-FU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:48:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:48:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 40774 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 40774-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B40774.158758127218606 (code B ref 40774); Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:48:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 40774) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Apr 2020 18:47:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53225 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jRKPX-0004q2-Q1 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:47:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:58902) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jRKPW-0004pq-S2 for 40774@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:47:51 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:34994) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jRKPP-0006ir-Jc; Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:47:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3558 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1jRKPP-000217-1d; Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:47:43 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from ndame on Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:43:48 +0000) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:178825 Archived-At: > Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:43:48 +0000 > From: ndame > Cc: "40774@debbugs.gnu.org" <40774@debbugs.gnu.org> > > > > > What if the user is looking at another application, and Emacs runs a > > prolonged operation of sorts, for example, indexing some large > > directory? > > I don't get what you're getting at. You want the Emacs behavior to change depending on whether "the user is idle" or not, right? If the practical implementation of that will be "when Emacs is idle", you might not have the behavior you wanted, because Emacs might _not_ be idle when the user is. I hope this clarifies the point I was trying to make.