Re: How to reset the idle timer?

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On 2026-02-26, at 10:10, <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 09:24:53AM +0100, Michael Heerdegen via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote:
>> [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?
>
> [...]
>
>> Your subject says "How to reset the idle timer".  "Timer" or "Time"?
>> What do you want to do, and for what purpose?
>
> The way I read it, "do as if the user just pressed a key", i.e. let
> the idle time (re)start counting from "now".

Yes, that is exactly my point, thanks.

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