Re: How to reset the idle timer?

> From: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:32:31 +0100
> 
> On 2026-03-12, at 13:52, Stefan Monnier <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> >>> This is actually an ideal use-case for Daniel Colascione's recent
> >>> suggestion to change `(run-with-idle-timer N ...)` to mean
> >>> that N starts counting *now* rather than starting counting when the
> >>> current idle period started.
> >> That is fascinating!  Is there a chance this suggestion will be
> >> implemented soon?
> >
> > I don't know anyone who's working on it, no.
> >
> >> I don't see any drawbacks (of course, I probably miss something).
> >
> > Well, it's a change, so it would inevitably introduce breakage unless
> > it comes packaged as a new function or new argument values that make it
> > clear which behavior is requested.
> 
> True, although I'd be /extremely/ curious to learn about a use-case
> depending on the current behavior so much that this change could break
> it!

If an idle timer run with (run-with-idle-timer 10 ...) would start
after 5 or 15 seconds of idleness instead of after 10, would you
consider that a breakage?  IOW, is the argument SECS of
run-with-idle-timer of _any_ importance and should be obeyed, or can
it be just ignored and some other random value of idleness used
instead?