Re: idledo.el v. 0.3

[Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>]

    > Yes, it is true that with my proposal it is not possible to specify
    > an idle timer which is repeated while emacs remains idle, but does
    > not get repeated the next time emacs becomes idle --- but again, I
    > really don't see much use for that functionality either.

    IMHO, This one is the only "important" case that does not get covered.
    Though it may seldom be needed in practice, it would seem awkward to
    leave this out.  

On the contrary, the awkward thing would be to put that in--awkward
and useless.  Let's not complicate the interface to support a case
that people do not need.

    > idle-timer-idle-counter
    >  "When running an idle-timer, this variable is (temporarily) bound to
    >  the number of times the idle-timer has been triggered by emacs going idle.. "
    > 
    > idle-timer-repeat-counter
    >  "when running an idle-timer, this variable is temporarily bound to
    >  the number of times the idle-timer has been triggered , either by
    >  emacs going idle, or by emacs remaining idle. "

Let's not add these.  There isno reason to think they are needed.

If we add features merely for completeness we would have twice as many
of them.  So our policy in maintaining Emacs is not to add features
merely for completeness.  We only add the features that are actually
needed.