From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: chandan <chandan.babu@globaledgesoft.com>
Cc: 5822@debbugs.gnu.org, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5822: run-at-time and Setting system time
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:40:26 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83aatlwy5x.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BB595DE.1070306@globaledgesoft.com>
> Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:29:42 +0530
> From: chandan <chandan.babu@globaledgesoft.com>
> Cc:
>
> (defun mwnn-timer-callback ()
> (message "Hi, inside mwnn-timer-callback"))
>
> (run-at-time "60" nil 'mwnn-timer-callback)
>
> The above code is supposed to cause mwnn-timer-callback to get invoked
> after 60 seconds. But if the system time is changed to a future date
> (say 20 seconds after the timer is started) the timer fires immediately.
>
> Is this is a bug in the emacs code. If yes, can this be rectified?
I think this how the timers are supposed to behave. They are not
interval timers, if that's what you expected.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-02 17:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-02 6:59 run-at-time and Setting system time chandan
2010-04-02 17:36 ` J. David Boyd
2010-04-02 17:40 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2009-04-05 3:44 ` bug#5822: " chandan
2010-04-02 18:55 ` Glenn Morris
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