Questions tagged [idle-timer]
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run c-c c-k after edit text automatically
I would like to config emacs to run c-c c-k command after edit text happen and delay 3 secs. if edit happen within 3 secs, then no need to run the command. if edit happened then after 3 secs not edit ...
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Is post-command-hook or idle timer better for doing something when the user becomes idle?
Let's say I want to write a mode which updates the display (e.g. adds some annotation) when the user edits the buffer or just moves around.
What is the recommended way to implement this?
Using post-...
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Is there a general way to delay computing & displaying mode-line text?
Some things I'd like to show in the mode-line are quite expensive to compute, so I'd rather use an idle timer.
Is there a general way to do this? or does this need to be added individually? (using a ...
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Semantic Idle Service Error semantic-idle-summary-idle-function
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Hey, I've discovered semantic and how useful it is when writing coding, it provides some handy features. I'm mostly using it for C/C++ programming, although there's a bug that kept on showing, ...
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How to temporarily disable/reset idle timers?
I have a package which uses mouse motion, currently the idle timers aren't reset on mouse motion - causing idle timers to run, even when from a user perspective - Emacs is not idle.
How can I stop ...
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Get time since last keystroke
I would like to know how many seconds have passed since the last keystroke (or character that showed up in the screen, whatever is easier).
Is there a timer that is associated to self-insert-command? ...
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How to block output of a command run with via `run-with-idle-timer`?
I use
(run-with-idle-timer 45 t 'org-save-all-org-buffers)
to automatically save all org-mode buffers when I am idling for 45 seconds. What I don't like about this is that it prints "All org-mode ...
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Tracking time spent typing in a buffer
Say if I’ve a buffer, is there a package or hack to track time that’s spent typing/editing on this buffer (ignoring idle time)?
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Count down timer and org
count down timer This code starts a count down timer every time org file is opened , but asks for a permission to reset timer every time . Can it be automated, meaning it should start counting as soon ...
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Setting and clearing an "is-idle" variable when going in and out of idle mode?
I understand in general about idle timers in emacs, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to do the following ...
I want to set an is-idle variable to t when emacs is in an idle state, and I want ...
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pabbrev-mode idle timer error
I have installed again pabbrev and whenever I activate the mode
I constantly get theses 2 errors.
Error running timer ‘pabbrev-idle-timer-function’: (invalid-function pabbrev-debug-message)
Error ...
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force-window-update vs redisplay
During idle time with run-with-idle-timer I parse text around a point and update header-line-format.
Unfortunately I can't see update to header line unless I type any key. So I should trigger ...
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Looking for something like a `first-keypress-in-a-while-hook`
Suppose that I have an Emacs session running, and that I step away from my computer for, say, 20 minutes. Upon returning to my Emacs session, at some point I will press some key while the Emacs ...
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mode-specific idle timer?
I have my idle timer which saves the current buffer automatically just once when idle for three seconds. It's handy but when I stop typing while in helm, it opens up a prompt that asks me where to ...
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Effect of multiple idle timers
Suppose I set two idle timers
(run-with-idle-timer 3 nil #'function1)
(run-with-idle-timer 3 nil #'function2)
What is the effect? After roughly 3 seconds will emacs run function1 and then wait 3 ...
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Rebuilding Org Agenda Buffer With Timer
I am trying to rebuild my Org Agenda buffer with a timer. I am trying to do it like this:
(defun renewOrgBuffer ()
(interactive)
(dolist (buffer (buffer-list))
(with-current-buffer buffer
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Buffer local idle-timer
I would like to use an idle timer that is local to the current buffer in one of my packages. However, I can't seem to find out how.
How can I create (or fake) the behavior of a buffer local idle ...
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How can I test an idle timer with ERT?
Say I have a function that is called on an idle timer:
(defun tmp:create () (mkdir "test"))
(run-with-idle-time 3 nil #'tmp:create)
How can I test that this function works?
Using something like
(...
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Make use of an empty echo area to display information
The echo area is empty most of the time, which makes me think that I could use it to display some information. For example, org-clock displays the current task, the remaining time and the total ...
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