From e00c3f6fb6adb73db3ffcdf4bf69a125c49e5b6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:39:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (timer-max-repeats): Doc fix. --- lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el index 54c5aff305a..0c66a207351 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el @@ -300,7 +300,11 @@ and idle timers such as are scheduled by `run-with-idle-timer'." "Third-to-last timer that was run.") (defvar timer-max-repeats 10 - "*Maximum number of times to repeat a timer, if real time jumps.") + "*Maximum number of times to repeat a timer, if many repeats are delayed. +Timer invocations can be delayed because Emacs is suspended or busy, +or because the system's time changes. If such an occurrence makes it +appear that many invocations are overdue, this variable controls +how many will really happen.") (defun timer-until (timer time) "Calculate number of seconds from when TIMER will run, until TIME. -- 2.39.2