From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Repeating timers and suspending the computer Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 21:13:37 +0100 Message-ID: <87pmcld9qm.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <87r0x9dug9.fsf@mbork.pl> <834ju511jl.fsf@gnu.org> <87ilijdjls.fsf@mbork.pl> <83pmcqv3dm.fsf@gnu.org> <87zgbrdgsa.fsf@mbork.pl> <83pmcnpjqr.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="8134"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: mu4e 1.1.0; emacs 29.0.50 Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 14 21:14:37 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1p5Y9E-0001sY-PM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2022 21:14:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p5Y8f-0001Yy-I6; Wed, 14 Dec 2022 15:14:01 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p5Y8Z-0001Yd-A5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2022 15:13:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([195.110.48.8]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p5Y8W-0007Pk-Uq; Wed, 14 Dec 2022 15:13:54 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4BE72271589; Wed, 14 Dec 2022 21:13:44 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id N3Aa7asfudAE; Wed, 14 Dec 2022 21:13:40 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (178235147130.dynamic-3-poz-k-0-1-0.vectranet.pl [178.235.147.130]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D64691BD1910; Wed, 14 Dec 2022 21:13:39 +0100 (CET) In-reply-to: <83pmcnpjqr.fsf@gnu.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=195.110.48.8; envelope-from=mbork@mbork.pl; helo=mail.mojserwer.eu X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:141737 Archived-At: On 2022-12-13, at 13:32, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: Marcin Borkowski >> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org >> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 06:16:53 +0100 >> >> ;; If real time has jumped forward, >> ;; perhaps because Emacs was suspended for a long time, >> ;; limit how many times things get repeated. >> (if (and (numberp timer-max-repeats) >> (time-less-p (timer--time timer) nil)) >> (let ((repeats (/ (timer-until timer nil) >> (timer--repeat-delay timer)))) >> (if (> repeats timer-max-repeats) >> (timer-inc-time timer (* (timer--repeat-delay timer) >> repeats))))) >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- >> >> Do I get it correctly that this means that of the scheduled number of >> repeats is /less/ than `timer-max-repeats', then all of them get >> executed, but when it is greater than that, only one of them is? > > That's the idea, yes. Thanks. Any ideas how to rephrase the manual so that it is unambiguous? Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl