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1 /* Asynchronous timers.
2 Copyright (C) 2000-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
6 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
9 (at your option) any later version.
11 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 GNU General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
19 #ifndef EMACS_ATIMER_H
20 #define EMACS_ATIMER_H
22 #include "systime.h" /* for EMACS_TIME */
23 #include <stdbool.h>
25 /* Forward declaration. */
27 struct atimer;
29 /* Types of timers. */
31 enum atimer_type
33 /* Timer is ripe at some absolute time. */
34 ATIMER_ABSOLUTE,
36 /* Timer is ripe at now plus an offset. */
37 ATIMER_RELATIVE,
39 /* Timer runs continuously. */
40 ATIMER_CONTINUOUS
43 /* Type of timer callback functions. */
45 typedef void (* atimer_callback) (struct atimer *timer);
47 /* Structure describing an asynchronous timer. */
49 struct atimer
51 /* The type of this timer. */
52 enum atimer_type type;
54 /* Time when this timer is ripe. */
55 EMACS_TIME expiration;
57 /* Interval of this timer. */
58 EMACS_TIME interval;
60 /* Function to call when timer is ripe. Interrupt input is
61 guaranteed to not be blocked when this function is called. */
62 atimer_callback fn;
64 /* Additional user-specified data to pass to FN. */
65 void *client_data;
67 /* Next in list of active or free atimers. */
68 struct atimer *next;
71 /* Function prototypes. */
73 struct atimer *start_atimer (enum atimer_type, EMACS_TIME,
74 atimer_callback, void *);
75 void cancel_atimer (struct atimer *);
76 void do_pending_atimers (void);
77 void init_atimer (void);
78 void turn_on_atimers (bool);
79 void stop_other_atimers (struct atimer *);
80 Lisp_Object unwind_stop_other_atimers (Lisp_Object);
82 #endif /* EMACS_ATIMER_H */