From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Invalid or uninitialized timer Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2022 23:21:07 +0000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="9125"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Heime Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 04 00:21:58 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1p1bpW-00029b-4U for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2022 00:21:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p1bp1-0001kC-Bj; Sat, 03 Dec 2022 18:21:27 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p1boy-0001dj-6m for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Dec 2022 18:21:26 -0500 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p1bok-0001uM-OG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Dec 2022 18:21:23 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20220101; t=1670109668; bh=wg+Gr3EXeGC02/b+D7XWkmxbd0vNGgdT/FlPaq8IH00=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=Sn90y/JjspEJJ1AmwVj68PEMi/UlYtDGxW98tfBslAndI9g3ayVv8+aWLbWU6jvR4 N1eueXhIDVkYq3iiFZ7N93/1+Zk4lfLpproNpyG0CtW4AQy6Bw3VLkl4pb3rnndUOk XO2WVqfGhvDkUqJ4DUjFpwIT86xeRelxP+xQ6DjtuUmSJl4ypDQ6mzC72yXXeLUpD9 mHu023KIGt80k9Rau0xkD0SOiIAdj5547ewBOZ8a9W58PpPY3pjgc8xo2ru0HetEdJ cVplD5A5Qj7siJw0uOT98kska+N5e9NPB0ow1G0AxNfDwhb9bGyaLD5GjhU+aOlhKA Qer/t77WOZ8LQ== In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.142.160.155; envelope-from=gregory@heytings.org; helo=heytings.org X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, T_SPF_TEMPERROR=0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:141332 Archived-At: >>>> (run-with-timer 0 4 #'ticker-second 'blue) >>> >>> Quite a strange call. >> >> C-h f run-with-timer RET >> >> (run-with-timer SECS REPEAT FUNCTION &rest ARGS) >> >> Perform an action after a delay of SECS seconds. >> Repeat the action every REPEAT seconds, if REPEAT is non-nil. >> SECS and REPEAT may be integers or floating point numbers. >> The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS. > > Passing the arguments to function in ARGS took me off guard. > You could also opt for a lambda form: (run-with-timer 0 4 (lambda () (ticker-second 'blue)))