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Re: sleep-for does not work as expected - or perhaps my expection is inc
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Perry Smith |
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Re: sleep-for does not work as expected - or perhaps my expection is incorrect |
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Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:55:56 -0500 |
On Jul 12, 2011, at 12:24 PM, Deniz Dogan wrote:
> On 2011-07-12 16:42, C K Kashyap wrote:
>> (defun somefun ()
>> (insert "Hello ")
>> (sleep-for 1)
>> (insert "world\n"))
>
> The docstring for `sleep-for' says: "Pause, without updating display, for
> SECONDS seconds."
>
> Throw a (redisplay t) after the first insertion and it should work.
I'm use to 'sit-for' ... i.e.
(defun somefun ()
(insert "Hello ")
(sit-for 1)
(insert "world\n"))
With that you see the Hello... one second pause, then world.
HTH,
pedz