bug#48472: [FR] A small suggestion for repeat-mode

[Gustavo Barros]

Hi Juri,

On Mon, 17 May 2021 at 18:24, Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> wrote:

> > But I write to give one small suggestion to the mode.  Namely that an
> > option be added to make the transient keymap expire after a 
> > (configurable)
> > timeout.  The idea is that the repeating last key press is very handy
> > indeed, but if you happen to stop at a repeatable key, stop some 
> > "idle"
> > time (thinking, reading, whatever) and then hit the key again, it 
> > might not
> > be what was actually meant.  In other words, besides 
> > `repeat-exit-key',
> > some idle time after the last repeatable key may serve as a good 
> > indicator
> > for breaking the repetition chain.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, this is a very good idea.

I'm glad you liked it.  And thanks for answering.

> An "exit function" returned by `set-transient-map' is a clever thing,
> without such returned function it would be more complicated to 
> implement.
> I quickly tried it out, and it works indeed.

We have to thank whoever put it there.  And it seems to be there out of 
design and foresight.  As far as my grepping went (not that thorough), I 
didn't find an instance of usage of this return value in Emacs' code 
base as of yet.

> A new user option could be named `repeat-exit-timeout'.

Sounds good to me.  And, I'm not sure I should be reading between the 
lines of your answer, but I could not avoid it, so I'll be forthcoming. 
I've gone as far as I'm allowed to.  I'd be happy to offer a patch, but 
no papers...

Best,
Gustavo.