* Why run-with-timer is not mentioned in info?
@ 2015-06-05 19:41 Tom
2015-06-05 19:47 ` Tom
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From: Tom @ 2015-06-05 19:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Is there a reason for this? Is it not recommended or something?
I find it useful. I needed a timer which runs periodically, not
when emacs is idle for a while, but repeating at a certain period
(like every minute).
run-with-timer does this, so why info doesn't metion it? It only
talks about specific time timers and idle timers.
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* Re: Why run-with-timer is not mentioned in info?
2015-06-05 19:41 Why run-with-timer is not mentioned in info? Tom
@ 2015-06-05 19:47 ` Tom
2015-06-05 20:55 ` Drew Adams
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From: Tom @ 2015-06-05 19:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Tom <adatgyujto <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> Is there a reason for this? Is it not recommended or something?
>
Ah, just checked its implementation and I see it calls run-at-time.
It never occurred to me to read run-at-time docs for this, because
its name suggestes it to me it ran at a specific time, not periodically.
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* RE: Why run-with-timer is not mentioned in info?
2015-06-05 19:47 ` Tom
@ 2015-06-05 20:55 ` Drew Adams
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From: Drew Adams @ 2015-06-05 20:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tom, help-gnu-emacs
> > Is there a reason for this? Is it not recommended or something?
>
> Ah, just checked its implementation and I see it calls run-at-time.
>
> It never occurred to me to read run-at-time docs for this, because
> its name suggestes it to me it ran at a specific time, not
> periodically.
If you think that an index entry for `run-with-timer' would be helpful,
don't hesitate to ask for it: `M-x report-emacs-bug'. (That's for
enhancement requests and suggestions too, not just bugs.)
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