changeset 72140:a91a11c6b1ad

New arg for `read-event', `read-char', and `read-char-exclusive'
author Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
date Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:28:57 +0000
parents 8eab314cd76e
children c5e963b6d40d
files etc/NEWS
diffstat 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/etc/NEWS	Wed Jul 26 18:18:54 2006 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Wed Jul 26 18:28:57 2006 +0000
@@ -4409,6 +4409,12 @@
 ** Input changes:
 
 +++
+*** The functions `read-event', `read-char', and `read-char-exclusive'
+have a new optional argument SECONDS.  If non-nil, this specifies a
+maximum time to wait for input, in seconds.  If no input arrives after
+this time elapses, the functions stop waiting and return nil.
+
++++
 *** An interactive specification can now use the code letter 'U' to get
 the up-event that was discarded in case the last key sequence read for a
 previous `k' or `K' argument was a down-event; otherwise nil is used.