All I can say is that never happens to me. I moved to this after being annoyed by other approaches, especially idle ones where I'd pause to think only for the G

All I can say is that never happens to me. I moved to this after being annoyed by other approaches, especially idle ones where I'd pause to think only for the GC to kick in. Whereas if Emacs has lost focus, I'm between thoughts anyway so my flow is never interrupted.