From: Deniz Dogan <deniz@dogan.se>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: sleep-for does not work as expected - or perhaps my expection is incorrect
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:24:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E1C834C.1060407@dogan.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGdT1gqU58Ta=OXbdbp8P0UOVd_wbu2bP8CgdpWqh0=wJOFepQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 2011-07-12 16:42, C K Kashyap wrote:
> (defun somefun ()
> (insert "Hello ")
> (sleep-for 1)
> (insert "world\n"))
The docstring for `sleep-for' says: "Pause, without updating display,
for SECONDS seconds."
Throw a (redisplay t) after the first insertion and it should work.
Deniz
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-12 17:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-12 14:42 sleep-for does not work as expected - or perhaps my expection is incorrect C K Kashyap
2011-07-12 17:24 ` Deniz Dogan [this message]
2011-07-12 18:55 ` Perry Smith
2011-07-12 17:39 ` PJ Weisberg
2011-07-12 17:44 ` suvayu ali
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