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| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2022-04-08 09:48:15 +0300 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2022-04-08 09:48:15 +0300 |
| commit | 4f27588a16a8ce65db1aa5adfeca12bcbf44af3d (patch) | |
| tree | c7d134e89a03cb6b875f24c6d692480638173928 | |
| parent | 98abf01fd681931f8870569ff559b547579d7cef (diff) | |
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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)
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/os.texi | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/os.texi b/doc/lispref/os.texi index b1c19e384be..96cfff3f89b 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}, |