Mercurial > emacs
changeset 72147:87425e2757e0
(Reading One Event): Fix last change.
| author | Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> |
|---|---|
| date | Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:20:52 +0000 |
| parents | 233adf3cfb3c |
| children | b5810d0cd476 |
| files | lispref/commands.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/commands.texi Thu Jul 27 23:20:31 2006 +0000 +++ b/lispref/commands.texi Thu Jul 27 23:20:52 2006 +0000 @@ -2220,13 +2220,13 @@ moves the cursor temporarily to the echo area, to the end of any message displayed there. Otherwise @code{read-event} does not move the cursor. -If @code{seconds} is non-@code{nil}, it should be a number specifying +If @var{seconds} is non-@code{nil}, it should be a number specifying the maximum time to wait for input, in seconds. If no input arrives within that time, @code{read-event} stops waiting and returns -@code{nil}. A floating-point value for @code{seconds} means to wait +@code{nil}. A floating-point value for @var{seconds} means to wait for a fractional number of seconds. Some systems support only a whole -number of seconds; on these systems, @code{seconds} is rounded down. -If @code{seconds} is @code{nil}, @code{read-event} waits as long as +number of seconds; on these systems, @var{seconds} is rounded down. +If @var{seconds} is @code{nil}, @code{read-event} waits as long as necessary for input to arrive. If @code{read-event} gets an event that is defined as a help character,