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Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

> >>>>> "Hrvoje" == Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:
> 
> Hrvoje> I don't see the difference between running a function every N
> Hrvoje> seconds _after_ Emacs has been idle, and running a function every
> Hrvoje> time Emacs has been idle for N seconds.  Could you please explain
> Hrvoje> it to me?
> 
> In the first case the function will run repeatedly every N seconds,
> starting after Emacs has been idle for Y seconds.  In the second
> case the function will run once after Emacs has been idle for N
> seconds.

I see the difference now; thanks for the explanation.  But I must be
still missing something, because I don't yet understand why Gnus needs
the hack.  The FSFmacs `run-with-idle-timer' should behave as desired
when the REPEAT argument is nil:

    run-with-idle-timer is an interactive autoloaded Lisp function in `timer'.

    Perform an action the next time Emacs is idle for SECS seconds.
    If REPEAT is non-nil, do this each time Emacs is idle for SECS seconds.

The same goes for XEmacs' `start-itimer'...

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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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