From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Campbell Barton <ideasman42@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Support for explicitly resetting the idle timer?
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2021 12:11:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83zgppzz5z.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEcf3NwBeRsvKpS-kpOUNxa3fCwN6LbpCy0Eb-y2C09Y4ymj+w@mail.gmail.com> (message from Campbell Barton on Sat, 27 Nov 2021 20:14:44 +1100)
> From: Campbell Barton <ideasman42@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2021 20:14:44 +1100
> Cc: Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
>
> > > Not sure if this would solve my case (is there some formal definition
> > > of what is meant by a command?).
> > > I'm changing the scroll position using `set-window-vscroll` - so I'm
> > > not sure if that counts as a command.
> >
> > Which code invokes set-window-vscroll, and what triggers that code?
>
> There is a while loop that uses (read-event) inside a `(track-mouse
> ...)` block that changes the scroll location and redraws.
But that while loop is invoked by some binding of some mouse gesture,
no? That binding _is_ the "command" I meant.
> (any solution shouldn't be so specific to my use-case of course,
> AFAICS it's just a case that is reasonable to support with whatever
> fix/feature is used).
Any solution that makes sure idle timers don't run when Emacs executes
a command is not specific to any use case, IMO.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-27 10:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-27 7:54 Support for explicitly resetting the idle timer? Campbell Barton
2021-11-27 8:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-27 8:42 ` Campbell Barton
2021-11-27 9:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-27 9:14 ` Campbell Barton
2021-11-27 10:11 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-11-27 10:21 ` Campbell Barton
2021-11-27 10:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-27 11:16 ` Campbell Barton
2021-11-27 11:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
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