* lisp/subr.el (redisplay-dont-pause): Mark as obsolete.

* doc/lispref/display.texi (Forcing Redisplay): Remove references to
redisplay-dont-pause and redisplay-preemption-period (which doesn't
even exist).

diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi
index ffe6d7da6d4a664bd10555bd4de26bd8c49bce45..1b7f21da2826ecdfad37efcbe99e96bf20d0fec4 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/lispref/display.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi
@@ -87,10 +87,7 @@ waiting for input.
 @defun redisplay &optional force
 This function tries immediately to redisplay.  The optional argument
 @var{force}, if non-@code{nil}, forces the redisplay to be performed,
-instead of being preempted, even if input is pending and the variable
-@code{redisplay-dont-pause} is @code{nil} (see below).  If
-@code{redisplay-dont-pause} is non-@code{nil} (the default), this
-function redisplays in any case, i.e., @var{force} does nothing.
+instead of being preempted if input is pending.
 
 The function returns @code{t} if it actually tried to redisplay, and
 @code{nil} otherwise.  A value of @code{t} does not mean that
@@ -98,28 +95,6 @@ redisplay proceeded to completion; it could have been preempted by
 newly arriving input.
 @end defun
 
-@defvar redisplay-dont-pause
-If this variable is @code{nil}, arriving input events preempt
-redisplay; Emacs avoids starting a redisplay, and stops any redisplay
-that is in progress, until the input has been processed.  In
-particular, @code{(redisplay)} returns @code{nil} without actually
-redisplaying, if there is pending input.
-
-The default value is @code{t}, which means that pending input does not
-preempt redisplay.
-@end defvar
-
-@defvar redisplay-preemption-period
-If @code{redisplay-dont-pause} is @code{nil}, this variable specifies
-how many seconds Emacs waits between checks for new input during
-redisplay; if input arrives during this interval, redisplay stops and
-the input is processed.  The default value is 0.1; if the value is
-@code{nil}, Emacs does not check for input during redisplay.
-
-This variable has no effect when @code{redisplay-dont-pause} is
-non-@code{nil} (the default).
-@end defvar
-
 @defvar pre-redisplay-function
 A function run just before redisplay.  It is called with one argument,
 the set of windows to redisplay.

diff --git a/etc/NEWS.24 b/etc/NEWS.24
index c33b337a1e14ae4df39ddf3f152c5ec2c3265446..ae0d402a3d56ba0fe82c946f179b95e996e022d2 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS.24
+++ b/etc/NEWS.24
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ otherwise leave it unmarked.
 ---
 ** The default value of `history-length' has increased to 100.
 
++++
+** `redisplay-dont-pause' is declared as obsolete.
+
 \f
 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.5
 

diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 8237a5b8d22428f4f90c96eff3fd6fdbaa5e877e..05345853edc73d2625a40970238c5b9740650fa4 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -1312,6 +1312,7 @@ is converted into a string by expressing it in decimal."
 (make-obsolete-variable 'redisplay-end-trigger-functions 'jit-lock-register "23.1")
 (make-obsolete-variable 'deferred-action-list 'post-command-hook "24.1")
 (make-obsolete-variable 'deferred-action-function 'post-command-hook "24.1")
+(make-obsolete-variable 'redisplay-dont-pause nil "24.5")
 (make-obsolete 'window-redisplay-end-trigger nil "23.1")
 (make-obsolete 'set-window-redisplay-end-trigger nil "23.1")