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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
Cc: 52235@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52235: 29.0.50; Suggestion: refactor time.el into a more general 'clock' framework
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:29:44 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r1avmmtj.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DB9PR09MB49867F87628009D4F53B756E96689@DB9PR09MB4986.eurprd09.prod.outlook.com> (Arthur Miller's message of "Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:08:37 +0100")

Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com> writes:

> My idea to per-use it is to simply run 'update-hooks' on clock beat,
> so any application can register a hook that will be called on a "clock
> beat". While it is maybe not so super-synchronized with system clock,
> it still gives impression of clocks in Emacs be synchronized.

If I understand correctly, by "clock beat" you mean an integer multiple
of some time?  timer.el didn't support that well previously, but this
was fixed a few months ago (in 50765f3f) with TIME:

- or t (with non-nil REPEAT) meaning the next integral
  multiple of REPEAT.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no





  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-12-02  8:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <DB9PR09MB49867F87628009D4F53B756E96689@DB9PR09MB4986.eurprd09.prod.outlook.com>
2021-12-02  7:26 ` bug#52235: 29.0.50; Suggestion: refactor time.el into a more general 'clock' framework Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-02  9:19   ` Arthur Miller
2021-12-02  9:55     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-02 23:48       ` Arthur Miller
2021-12-02  8:29 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2021-12-02  9:28   ` Arthur Miller
2021-12-02  9:55     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-02 23:36       ` Arthur Miller
2021-12-03 16:23         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-03  0:52       ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-03  7:26         ` Eli Zaretskii

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