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From: Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: desktop mode, periodic save
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:45:08 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4463w8lpqz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: f1e43ced-eeb9-48eb-bc8e-3bb174740138@s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com

Xah <xahlee@gmail.com> writes:

> how can i write a elisp code so that a function is called every 10
> minutes.
>
> I found “sleep-for” but it freezes emacs for the period.


timers.

There are several kinds.  The elisp node "Timers for Delayed
Execution" is the starting place for the documentation.


      parent reply	other threads:[~2008-02-28 21:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-02-01 16:07 desktop mode, periodic save Xah Lee
2008-02-10 20:54 ` Xah
2008-02-28 18:01   ` Xah
2008-02-28 21:21     ` Thorsten Bonow
2008-02-28 21:45     ` Lowell Gilbert [this message]

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