From: suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
To: PJ Weisberg <pj@irregularexpressions.net>
Cc: 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 19:44:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMXnza1iFLa4K_j9U4MSBBdStZJi_+obywN8nLTcUFCsfGHfaA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJsNXT=rn9Hs2u8P=eaP7aBTY0sSYzTBMF+nzkGxM5XMO06UnQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 7:39 PM, PJ Weisberg
<pj@irregularexpressions.net> wrote:
> Your function *is* waiting one second before it writes out world--but
> Emacs is waiting for your function to finish before it tries to show
> any of the changes it's made to the buffer. :-)
>
(progn (message "Hello")(sleep-for 1)(message "world"))
This, for example, clearly shows that emacs is waiting.
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-12 17:44 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
2011-07-12 18:55 ` Perry Smith
2011-07-12 17:39 ` PJ Weisberg
2011-07-12 17:44 ` suvayu ali [this message]
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