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changeset 15768:b913a75fddee
Add y-or-n-p-with-timeout.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Tue, 23 Jul 1996 15:50:32 +0000 |
| parents | 039b338d9656 |
| children | 43d4b9cf0b69 |
| files | lispref/minibuf.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/minibuf.texi Tue Jul 23 15:50:08 1996 +0000 +++ b/lispref/minibuf.texi Tue Jul 23 15:50:32 1996 +0000 @@ -1174,6 +1174,13 @@ appears on the screen at a time. @end defun +@defun y-or-n-p-with-timeout prompt seconds default-value +Like @code{y-or-n-p}, except that if the user fails to answer within +@var{seconds} seconds, this function stops waiting and returns +@var{default-value}. It works by setting up a timer; see @ref{Timers}. +The argument @var{seconds} may be an integer or a floating point number. +@end defun + @defun yes-or-no-p prompt This function asks the user a question, expecting input in the minibuffer. It returns @code{t} if the user enters @samp{yes},