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* 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)
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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
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
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
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
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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