[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el,v

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       06/09/24 20:39:52

Index: timer.el
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el,v
retrieving revision 1.14
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -b -r1.14 -r1.15
--- timer.el    8 Sep 2006 12:00:40 -0000       1.14
+++ timer.el    24 Sep 2006 20:39:52 -0000      1.15
@@ -300,7 +300,11 @@
   "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.