Re: How to reset the idle timer?

> From: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected],  [email protected]
> Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2026 05:21:59 +0100
> 
> On 2026-03-01, at 22:14, Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> >> > When the laptop is open, call run-with-timer to set up a normal
> >> > (non-idle) timer that runs 1 min after that, and in the timer function
> >> > of that timer start an idle timer.
> >> 
> >> That's interesting.  I have a feeling that it's a bit convoluted and
> >> hackish, but then maybe so is my idea of "resetting" the idle time.
> >> Still, I think that a "reset" like this may be more elegant and simpler.
> >> WDYT?  Is `(setq unread-command-events nil)' a good idea, then?
> >
> > No, I don't think so.  It might work, by sheer luck.
> 
> Ok, sorry to still bother you, but why wouldn't it work?

Because what exactly restarts the idle time is elusive, hard to
explain with 110% accuracy, and might vary between systems.

> It seems robust for me, since it simulates the user doing something
> (admittedly, a "nil" something), and I performed a few tests
> (admittedly, not very extensive), and it seemed to work every
> time...

Why do you think that setting unread-command-events has any influence
on Emacs idleness?  There was no input event, so we (the Emacs
maintainers) could decide that doing so has no effect on idleness.