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changeset 59057:92202f639066
(Event Input Misc): Add while-no-input.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:46:47 +0000 |
| parents | 956483cc3659 |
| children | 54f8cd81210b |
| files | lispref/commands.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- 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