# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1103629607 0 # Node ID 92202f6390665b3a12019abf93f42a49b9df9b0a # Parent 956483cc365906d18cc3a92e4c148d49c82244b2 (Event Input Misc): Add while-no-input. diff -r 956483cc3659 -r 92202f639066 lispref/commands.texi --- a/lispref/commands.texi Tue Dec 21 11:38:36 2004 +0000 +++ b/lispref/commands.texi Tue Dec 21 11:46:47 2004 +0000 @@ -2388,6 +2388,18 @@ Emacs version 18. @end defvar +@defmac while-no-input body... +This construct runs the @var{body} forms and returns the value +of the last one---but only if no input arrives. If any input +arrives during the execution of the @var{body} forms, it aborts +them (working much like a quit), and the @code{while-no-input} +form returns @code{nil}. + +If a part of @var{body} binds @code{inhibit-quit} to non-@code{nil}, +arrival of input during those parts won't cause an abort until +the end of that part. +@end defmac + @defun discard-input @cindex flush input @cindex discard input