From c88be8a752ce300f4399547fa3a51919de601a2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 04:05:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Accepting Output): accept-process-output uses microseconds, not milliseconds. But that arg is obsolete. --- lispref/processes.texi | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/lispref/processes.texi b/lispref/processes.texi index fbc8b785c11..909f5507790 100644 --- a/lispref/processes.texi +++ b/lispref/processes.texi @@ -1296,24 +1296,24 @@ or terminal input. Occasionally it is useful in a Lisp program to explicitly permit output to arrive at a specific point, or even to wait until output arrives from a process. -@defun accept-process-output &optional process seconds millisec just-this-one +@defun accept-process-output &optional process seconds microsec just-this-one This function allows Emacs to read pending output from processes. The output is inserted in the associated buffers or given to their filter functions. If @var{process} is non-@code{nil} then this function does not return until some output has been received from @var{process}. @c Emacs 19 feature -The arguments @var{seconds} and @var{millisec} let you specify timeout +The arguments @var{seconds} and @var{microsec} let you specify timeout periods. The former specifies a period measured in seconds and the -latter specifies one measured in milliseconds. The two time periods +latter specifies one measured in microseconds. The two time periods thus specified are added together, and @code{accept-process-output} -returns after that much time whether or not there has been any +returns after that much time, whether or not there has been any subprocess output. -The argument @var{seconds} need not be an integer. If it is a floating -point number, this function waits for a fractional number of seconds. -If @var{seconds} is 0, the function accepts whatever output is -pending but does not wait. +The argument @var{microsec} is semi-obsolete nowadays because +@var{seconds} can be a floating point number to specify waiting a +fractional number of seconds. If @var{seconds} is 0, the function +accepts whatever output is pending but does not wait. @c Emacs 22.1 feature If @var{process} is a process, and the argument @var{just-this-one} is -- 2.39.5