From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#40137: 25.1; ERC ignore function should allow specifying a limited duration Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2020 19:07:20 +0200 Message-ID: <87k0yhgenr.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87mu8cb281.fsf@hagelb.org> <87k0yhmrvf.fsf@gnus.org> <874kpl152s.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="12241"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 40137@debbugs.gnu.org, Phil Hagelberg To: Amin Bandali Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 02 19:08:08 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 1k2HSy-00035K-78 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2020 19:08:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42010 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k2HSx-0004XT-9q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2020 13:08:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60862) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k2HSs-0004XK-1i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2020 13:08:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:59982) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k2HSr-0002PH-Om for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2020 13:08:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k2HSr-0005JD-Ke for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2020 13:08:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2020 17:08:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 40137 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 40137-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B40137.159638805720377 (code B ref 40137); Sun, 02 Aug 2020 17:08:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 40137) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Aug 2020 17:07:37 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43295 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k2HST-0005Ib-Iy for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2020 13:07:37 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:35396) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k2HSR-0005IM-3O for 40137@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2020 13:07:36 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=4bHIjvjwJv0g/hiO9N4ueDrdcHI/SNmH9xbQcirSJxg=; b=A+9kt3t7kxQyvr3Pa2pOYIPrU+ t+ze4F7hPvVz7bFnBY7zzdiaJcATkBnBeOHfFVji9mHfSVA3RN8ui0YKeOu64RxGXNfliQXlIjaGn HZVsoNwc8KDwau1sp7Jjhe9mBIRFZw+hc549PSIgHJLCRlk742qp1agHMdiKflmmxE4U=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1k2HSD-00045E-NB; Sun, 02 Aug 2020 19:07:28 +0200 In-Reply-To: <874kpl152s.fsf@gnu.org> (Amin Bandali's message of "Sun, 02 Aug 2020 10:43:23 -0400") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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:183867 Archived-At: Amin Bandali writes: >> Anyway, if this were to be implemented, in what format would the >> timeout be queried for? Perhaps hours? > > Irssi seems to use seconds [0]. But I think minutes would be a nice > compromise between seconds and hours. Though, ideally, we'd be able to > parse relative time strings like "+1h", "+3d", "+2w", and so on. > > [0]: > > Do you know if Emacs has functions for parsing such time formats outside > Org? This seems like one of many situations they would come in handy. Yeah, that would be handy... I think. Or perhaps not -- asking people to learn a new "language" to just set a timeout is perhaps not ideal... Anyway, I think hours would make sense -- it's a human-scale unit. If people want a quarter hour, they can just say 0.15. Inputting seconds sounds kinda ... excessively precise. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no