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changeset 71777:5fb29ee9d9aa
(Waiting): (sit-for -1) is no longer special.
(sit-for 0) is equivalent to (redisplay).
Iconifying/deiconifying no longer makes sit-for return.
| author | Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> |
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| date | Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:47:53 +0000 |
| parents | 93e3d16a8207 |
| children | 31adfc0704b6 |
| files | lispref/commands.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/commands.texi Tue Jul 11 00:47:42 2006 +0000 +++ b/lispref/commands.texi Tue Jul 11 00:47:53 2006 +0000 @@ -2543,19 +2543,14 @@ 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, if there is no pending input. @xref{Forcing Redisplay}. +The expression @code{(sit-for 0)} is equivalent to @code{(redisplay)}, +i.e. it requests a 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 the timeout elapses). -Iconifying or deiconifying a frame makes @code{sit-for} return, because -that generates an event. @xref{Misc Events}. - The usual purpose of @code{sit-for} is to give the user time to read text that you display.