From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: lispref Timer section Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:41:31 -0400 Message-ID: <1mr6r6be9g.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <6l648jh5ju.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1175291035 15881 80.91.229.12 (30 Mar 2007 21:43:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:43:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 30 23:43:53 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HXOsv-0004GU-C7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:43:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HXOve-0000GF-Ja for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:46:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HXOva-0000GA-8R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:46:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HXOvZ-0000Fu-Gp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:46:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HXOvZ-0000Fr-AB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:46:33 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HXOsp-0001cb-BI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:43:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=localhost) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HXOqh-0001fn-CL; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:41:31 -0400 X-Spook: AIMSX Treasury bce USCOI Defcon csystems mindwar SDI X-Ran: 0?_]#q%{[{$JVFe8b}ZxX%;C>j}*7ALq1QLI7cNIG.Ixf\tA?p?pg)[#fHGo]@{XU(dJMc X-Hue: blue X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:22:09 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:68781 Archived-At: Richard Stallman wrote: > It is supposed to be true, so I think this is a bug. > When was it coded to use such a narrow range of formats? The first version in CVS, which dates from Jan 1996, seems to be exactly the same in this regard as the current version (though timer.el was created in 1990 according to the ChangeLog). So as far as I can tell, it has never worked in the manner described in the lispref. Though it would be nice if it did, changing the lispref seems like the best change at this time.