# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1159221329 0
# Node ID 9c30f6865f5f0285804e425acee8e35bab7cf8aa
# Parent  6d481bdb97794fa10b9305cfc535ae73aa5e41e8
(Timers): Describe timer-max-repeats.

diff -r 6d481bdb9779 -r 9c30f6865f5f lispref/os.texi
--- a/lispref/os.texi	Mon Sep 25 15:28:58 2006 +0000
+++ b/lispref/os.texi	Mon Sep 25 21:55:29 2006 +0000
@@ -1474,6 +1474,12 @@
 seconds after the last invocation, don't use the @var{repeat} argument.
 Instead, the timer function should explicitly reschedule the timer.
 
+@defvar timer-max-repeats
+This variable's value specifies the maximum number of times to repeat
+calling a timer function in a row, when many previously scheduled
+calls were unavoidably delayed.
+@end defvar
+
 @defmac with-timeout (seconds timeout-forms@dots{}) body@dots{}
 Execute @var{body}, but give up after @var{seconds} seconds.  If
 @var{body} finishes before the time is up, @code{with-timeout} returns