* doc/emacs/basic.texi (Repeating): Document repeat-exit-timeout (bug#48472).

diff --git a/doc/emacs/basic.texi b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
index 666a479582a04cae96a79671147e8652a55c0fac..ba8d822b18e5664695e3653b6c54281ed5929f89 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/basic.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
@@ -895,4 +895,7 @@ Currently supported shorter key sequences are @kbd{C-x u u} instead of
 v v} to resize the selected window interactively, @kbd{M-g n n p p} to
 navigate @code{next-error} matches.  Any other key exits transient mode
 and then is executed normally.  The user option @code{repeat-exit-key}
-defines an additional key to exit this transient mode.
+defines an additional key to exit this transient mode.  Also it's
+possible to break the repetition chain automatically after idle time
+by customizing the user option @code{repeat-exit-timeout} to a number
+of seconds.

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index ae8a864f1021fb2b214f5ae4e95aa13e37de7ec8..8bbb972493aa851bb8da2e5826601e9f6f07cbfd 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -2385,6 +2385,8 @@ You can type 'C-x u u' instead of 'C-x u C-x u' to undo many changes,
 'M-g n n p p' to navigate next-error matches.  Any other key exits
 transient mode and then is executed normally.  'repeat-exit-key'
 defines an additional key to exit mode like 'isearch-exit' ('RET').
+The user option 'repeat-exit-timeout' specifies the number of
+seconds of idle time to break the repetition chain automatically.
 With 'repeat-keep-prefix' you can keep the prefix arg of the previous
 command.  For example, this can help to reverse the window navigation
 direction with e.g. 'C-x o M-- o o'.  Also it can help to set a new