On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 06:44:32PM +1000, Scott Smedley wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Here is a proposed patch to add a new builtin function, Periodic.
> 
> http://members.optusnet.com.au/scottsmedley/fvwm/periodic.patch
> 
> Apply with: patch -p0 < periodic.patch
> 
> It is similar to the Schedule builtin except the function is invoked
> every N milliseconds - even if a grab fails, or the function fails
> to execute for some other reason.
> 
> It will allow the user to do something like:
> 
> Periodic 1000 Echo Testing the Periodic builtin.
> Deschedule $[schedule.last]
> Periodic 1000 42 Echo Testing Periodic with explicit command Id.
> Deschedule 42

Can you have multiple peridic commands or just one?  If you can
have multiple (which I think is a good thing), I suggest to
replace the command "Periodic" with some option to the Schedule
command (in order to reduce the number of commands we have to
maintain and describe).

Ciao

Dominik ^_^  ^_^

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Dominik Vogt, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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