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| author | N. Jackson <nljlistbox2@gmail.com> | 2021-07-08 02:43:20 +0200 |
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| committer | Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2021-07-08 02:43:20 +0200 |
| commit | 1ffc97a211f6c9153bd5433c61349ce36b9b2e7d (patch) | |
| tree | 9138543bd4a904cadcd3026221cc8ece2d35bb97 /doc/lispref/os.texi | |
| parent | e762864b9d501cfbc15fd20f403fc435bbdc580e (diff) | |
| download | emacs-1ffc97a211f6c9153bd5433c61349ce36b9b2e7d.tar.gz | |
Mention what happens with timers when the computer is asleep
* doc/lispref/os.texi (Timers): Explain what happens if the
computer is a asleep when the timer is scheduled (bug#23929).
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/os.texi | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/os.texi b/doc/lispref/os.texi index 242c5ed1522..12ddaf04b6a 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/os.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/os.texi @@ -2167,6 +2167,11 @@ if @var{time} is @code{t}, then the timer runs whenever the time is a multiple of @var{repeat} seconds after the epoch. This is useful for functions like @code{display-time}. +If Emacs didn't get any CPU time when the timer would have run (for +example if the system was busy running another process or if the +computer was sleeping or in a suspended state), the timer will run as +soon as Emacs resumes and is idle. + The function @code{run-at-time} returns a timer value that identifies the particular scheduled future action. You can use this value to call @code{cancel-timer} (see below). |