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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el')
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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el index 79aad8bd121..d9662f91c7f 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el @@ -408,12 +408,11 @@ This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'." (defmacro with-timeout (list &rest body) "Run BODY, but if it doesn't finish in SECONDS seconds, give up. If we give up, we run the TIMEOUT-FORMS and return the value of the last one. -The call should look like: - (with-timeout (SECONDS TIMEOUT-FORMS...) BODY...) The timeout is checked whenever Emacs waits for some kind of external -event \(such as keyboard input, input from subprocesses, or a certain time); +event (such as keyboard input, input from subprocesses, or a certain time); if the program loops without waiting in any way, the timeout will not -be detected." +be detected. +\n(fn (SECONDS TIMEOUT-FORMS...) BODY)" (let ((seconds (car list)) (timeout-forms (cdr list))) `(let ((with-timeout-tag (cons nil nil)) |