Re: How to reset the idle timer?
Michael Heerdegen via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <[email protected]>
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[email protected] writes: > Hi all, > > I'd like to tell Emacs "start counting the idle time from now", even if > the user didn't do anything. How to do that? > > I asked an LLM, and it told me to say > > (setq unread-command-events '(t)) > > However, it had troubles explaining why I should use `(t)'. The docs > for `unread-command-events' didn't help much, either. By trial and > error I found out that > > (setq unread-command-events nil) > > is better in the sense that it doesn't pollute `view-lossage'. Is that > a correct way? Is that the best way? Your subject says "How to reset the idle timer". "Timer" or "Time"? What do you want to do, and for what purpose? Michael.