On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 8:21 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com>
> > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> > Date: Wed, 09 May 2018 20:15:23 +0100
> >
> > > An idle timer set for 600 seconds will run when ten minutes have
> > > elapsed since the last user command was finished, even if subprocess
> > > output has been accepted thousands of times within those ten minutes,
> > > and even if there have been garbage collections and autosaves.
> >
> > Doesn't this contradict what you told me first?  I.e doesn't this
> > contradict the fact that this never returns?
> >
> >   (catch 'done
> >     (run-with-idle-timer 600 nil (lambda () (throw 'done nil)))
> >     (while t (accept-process-output nil 0.1))) ; 6 thousand times
> >
> > or should the manual be saying "even if subprocesses output has been
> > non-explictly accepted thousands of times"?
>
> "Subprocess output" in that text doesn't include what
> accept-process-output delivers, the text alludes to reading of
> subprocess output via filter functions.
>

Hmm... There certainly seems to be more than a little room for
confusion, but I couldn't probably think of a better phrasing. Thanks,
and hoping future confused users can find this thread.

João