Mercurial > emacs
changeset 71335:150d9406afb3
(Waiting): Negative arg to sit-for forces
redisplay even if input is pending.
| author | Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> |
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| date | Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:18:38 +0000 |
| parents | acf37b9ebce7 |
| children | 6844a4a9691c |
| files | lispref/commands.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/commands.texi Tue Jun 13 22:18:06 2006 +0000 +++ b/lispref/commands.texi Tue Jun 13 22:18:38 2006 +0000 @@ -2532,8 +2532,11 @@ Some systems support only a whole number of seconds; on these systems, @var{seconds} is rounded down. +If @var{seconds} is negative, force a redisplay even if there is +pending input. So use @code{(sit-for -1)} to force a redisplay. + The expression @code{(sit-for 0)} is a convenient way to request a -redisplay, without any delay. @xref{Forcing Redisplay}. +redisplay, without any delay, if there is no pending input. @xref{Forcing Redisplay}. If @var{nodisp} is non-@code{nil}, then @code{sit-for} does not redisplay, but it still returns as soon as input is available (or when