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author | Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> | 2006-09-25 21:55:29 +0000 |
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committer | Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> | 2006-09-25 21:55:29 +0000 |
commit | 1794715145f7a8b77b67fe5388ad38fed39c74ab (patch) | |
tree | 89f3555b6c4da0d380b0b4db3cf274ae4058393c | |
parent | 2a95a27c8e3ae638e23b0c84a4fff9b490345575 (diff) |
(Timers): Describe timer-max-repeats.
-rw-r--r-- | lispref/os.texi | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/os.texi b/lispref/os.texi index 65cb0b906a..a36d921f7a 100644 --- a/lispref/os.texi +++ b/lispref/os.texi @@ -1474,6 +1474,12 @@ between them). If you want a timer to run again no less than @var{n} seconds after the last invocation, don't use the @var{repeat} argument. Instead, the timer function should explicitly reschedule the timer. +@defvar timer-max-repeats +This variable's value specifies the maximum number of times to repeat +calling a timer function in a row, when many previously scheduled +calls were unavoidably delayed. +@end defvar + @defmac with-timeout (seconds timeout-forms@dots{}) body@dots{} Execute @var{body}, but give up after @var{seconds} seconds. If @var{body} finishes before the time is up, @code{with-timeout} returns |