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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2006-08-25 07:51:46 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2006-08-25 07:51:46 +0000 |
| commit | 73c24ae8e82a9144264b768a18e76765263c10df (patch) | |
| tree | 7e71758db0d52a3201dfc10fc451ee46f79ae593 | |
| parent | 11f56bbcfee486e60d33c9d18d0ca9a01ebbaa6d (diff) | |
| download | emacs-73c24ae8e82a9144264b768a18e76765263c10df.tar.gz | |
(Idle Timers): run-with-idle-timer allows Lisp time value. Add xref.
| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/os.texi | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/os.texi b/lispref/os.texi index b5522dc2a98..f6682548e5b 100644 --- a/lispref/os.texi +++ b/lispref/os.texi @@ -1500,7 +1500,8 @@ work just like ordinary timers. @deffn Command run-with-idle-timer secs repeat function &rest args Set up a timer which runs when Emacs has been idle for @var{secs} seconds. The value of @var{secs} may be an integer or a floating point -number. +number; a value of the type returned by @code{current-idle-time} +is also allowed. If @var{repeat} is @code{nil}, the timer runs just once, the first time Emacs remains idle for a long enough time. More often @var{repeat} is @@ -1508,7 +1509,7 @@ non-@code{nil}, which means to run the timer @emph{each time} Emacs remains idle for @var{secs} seconds. The function @code{run-with-idle-timer} returns a timer value which you -can use in calling @code{cancel-timer} (see below). +can use in calling @code{cancel-timer} (@pxref{Timers}). @end deffn @cindex idleness |