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* inhibit-point-motion-hooks and timers
@ 2010-01-05  5:08 Lennart Borgman
  2010-01-05 15:15 ` Stefan Monnier
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lennart Borgman @ 2010-01-05  5:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Emacs-Devel devel

Should not this by default be t in timers? (A kind of discussion we
have had before, but setting this to t is probably safe. And cheap.)




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* Re: inhibit-point-motion-hooks and timers
  2010-01-05  5:08 inhibit-point-motion-hooks and timers Lennart Borgman
@ 2010-01-05 15:15 ` Stefan Monnier
  2010-01-05 15:23   ` Lennart Borgman
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2010-01-05 15:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Lennart Borgman; +Cc: Emacs-Devel devel

> Should not this by default be t in timers?

Why?


        Stefan




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* Re: inhibit-point-motion-hooks and timers
  2010-01-05 15:15 ` Stefan Monnier
@ 2010-01-05 15:23   ` Lennart Borgman
  2010-01-05 15:47     ` Stefan Monnier
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lennart Borgman @ 2010-01-05 15:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Stefan Monnier; +Cc: Emacs-Devel devel

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> Should not this by default be t in timers?
>
> Why?

To me it looks like a feature designed to guide a user. (It could for
example show help or highlight certain things etc.)

I am not sure how it can guide a timer.




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* Re: inhibit-point-motion-hooks and timers
  2010-01-05 15:23   ` Lennart Borgman
@ 2010-01-05 15:47     ` Stefan Monnier
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2010-01-05 15:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Lennart Borgman; +Cc: Emacs-Devel devel

>>> Should not this by default be t in timers?
>> Why?
> To me it looks like a feature designed to guide a user. (It could for
> example show help or highlight certain things etc.)
> I am not sure how it can guide a timer.

It also affects code that moves point outside of invisible text, images,
and composed-chars.


        Stefan




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