Subject: Re: How do I write a non-blocking 'sleep-for' in elisp?
From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.no>
Date: 1996/02/19
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp,gnu.emacs.help
Message-ID: <19960219T185035Z@arcana.naggum.no>

[Brian Kendig]

|   Is there any way to tell Emacs Lisp "do such-and-such in N seconds and
|   don't tie up the system in the meantime"?

the new built-in timers that come with 19.31 (RSN) should help.

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