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> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 13:32:42 +0200
> From: Ergus <spacibba@aol.com>
> 
> Is there an idle-time-exit-hook? or, what's the canonical method to call
> a function after breaking an idle? something like on-idle-exit?

How do you define "breaking the idle"?  IOW, what events or activities
will potentially be considered as "breaking the idle"?

> The idea came to me when trying to implement my own version of
> idle-highlight-mode to propose to add it to vanilla. I would like to
> provide a different behaviour.

Not sure why you need a new hook for implementing that behavior.
maybe tell more details about what you intend to implement.