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emacs-28 4f27588a16: Clarify "idleness" in the ELisp manual
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Eli Zaretskii |
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emacs-28 4f27588a16: Clarify "idleness" in the ELisp manual |
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Fri, 8 Apr 2022 02:48:47 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: emacs-28
commit 4f27588a16a8ce65db1aa5adfeca12bcbf44af3d
Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Clarify "idleness" in the ELisp manual
* doc/lispref/os.texi (Idle Timers): Clarify that waiting for
input with timeout doesn't make Emacs idle. Suggested by Ignacio
<ignaciocasso@hotmail.com>. (Bug#54371)
---
doc/lispref/os.texi | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/lispref/os.texi b/doc/lispref/os.texi
index b1c19e384b..96cfff3f89 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/os.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/os.texi
@@ -2284,7 +2284,8 @@ can use in calling @code{cancel-timer} (@pxref{Timers}).
@end deffn
@cindex idleness
- Emacs becomes @dfn{idle} when it starts waiting for user input, and
+ Emacs becomes @dfn{idle} when it starts waiting for user input
+(unless it waits for input with a timeout, @pxref{Reading One Event}), and
it remains idle until the user provides some input. If a timer is set
for five seconds of idleness, it runs approximately five seconds after
Emacs first becomes idle. Even if @var{repeat} is non-@code{nil},
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