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1 /* Asynchronous timers.
2 Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
3 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
7 GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
10 any later version.
12 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
19 the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
20 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
22 #ifndef EMACS_ATIMER_H
23 #define EMACS_ATIMER_H
25 /* Declare the prototype for a general external function. */
26 #if defined (PROTOTYPES) || defined (WINDOWSNT)
27 #define P_(proto) proto
28 #else
29 #define P_(proto) ()
30 #endif
32 #include "systime.h" /* for EMACS_TIME */
34 /* Forward declaration. */
36 struct atimer;
38 /* Types of timers. */
40 enum atimer_type
42 /* Timer is ripe at some absolute time. */
43 ATIMER_ABSOLUTE,
45 /* Timer is ripe at now plus an offset. */
46 ATIMER_RELATIVE,
48 /* Timer runs continously. */
49 ATIMER_CONTINUOUS
52 /* Type of timer callback functions. */
54 typedef void (* atimer_callback) P_ ((struct atimer *timer));
56 /* Structure describing an asynchronous timer. */
58 struct atimer
60 /* The type of this timer. */
61 enum atimer_type type;
63 /* Time when this timer is ripe. */
64 EMACS_TIME expiration;
66 /* Interval of this timer. */
67 EMACS_TIME interval;
69 /* Function to call when timer is ripe. Interrupt input is
70 guaranteed to not be blocked when this function is called. */
71 atimer_callback fn;
73 /* Additional user-specified data to pass to FN. */
74 void *client_data;
76 /* Next in list of active or free atimers. */
77 struct atimer *next;
80 /* Function prototypes. */
82 struct atimer *start_atimer P_ ((enum atimer_type, EMACS_TIME,
83 atimer_callback, void *));
84 void cancel_atimer P_ ((struct atimer *));
85 void do_pending_atimers P_ ((void));
86 void init_atimer P_ ((void));
87 void turn_on_atimers P_ ((int));
88 void stop_other_atimers P_ ((struct atimer *));
89 void run_all_atimers P_ ((void));
90 Lisp_Object unwind_stop_other_atimers P_ ((Lisp_Object));
92 #endif /* EMACS_ATIMER_H */
94 /* arch-tag: 02c7c1c8-45bd-4222-b874-4ca44662f60b
95 (do not change this comment) */