From: "João Távora" <joaotavora@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: run-with-timer vs run-with-idle-timer
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 20:34:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALDnm527gS4Cvt98cMUN-7Go7FB2xbkrpmBuNiZrcebKZbPrmg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <837eocprcw.fsf@gnu.org>
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On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 8:21 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> > From: João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com>
> > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> > Date: Wed, 09 May 2018 20:15:23 +0100
> >
> > > An idle timer set for 600 seconds will run when ten minutes have
> > > elapsed since the last user command was finished, even if subprocess
> > > output has been accepted thousands of times within those ten minutes,
> > > and even if there have been garbage collections and autosaves.
> >
> > Doesn't this contradict what you told me first? I.e doesn't this
> > contradict the fact that this never returns?
> >
> > (catch 'done
> > (run-with-idle-timer 600 nil (lambda () (throw 'done nil)))
> > (while t (accept-process-output nil 0.1))) ; 6 thousand times
> >
> > or should the manual be saying "even if subprocesses output has been
> > non-explictly accepted thousands of times"?
>
> "Subprocess output" in that text doesn't include what
> accept-process-output delivers, the text alludes to reading of
> subprocess output via filter functions.
>
Hmm... There certainly seems to be more than a little room for
confusion, but I couldn't probably think of a better phrasing. Thanks,
and hoping future confused users can find this thread.
João
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-09 19:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-09 17:34 run-with-timer vs run-with-idle-timer João Távora
2018-05-09 18:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-05-09 18:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-05-09 18:40 ` João Távora
2018-05-09 18:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-05-09 19:15 ` João Távora
2018-05-09 19:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-05-09 19:34 ` João Távora [this message]
2018-05-09 20:00 ` Davis Herring
2018-05-09 20:18 ` João Távora
2018-05-10 11:46 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2018-05-10 12:28 ` João Távora
2018-05-10 18:50 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2018-05-11 10:39 ` João Távora
2018-05-11 11:05 ` João Távora
2018-05-12 17:57 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2018-05-12 17:37 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
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