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1 /* Asynchronous timers.
2 Copyright (C) 2000, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3
4 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
5
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 2, or (at your option)
9 any later version.
10
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.
15
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
18 the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
19 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
20
21 #ifndef EMACS_ATIMER_H
22 #define EMACS_ATIMER_H
23
24 /* Declare the prototype for a general external function. */
25 #if defined (PROTOTYPES) || defined (WINDOWSNT)
26 #define P_(proto) proto
27 #else
28 #define P_(proto) ()
29 #endif
30
31 #include "systime.h" /* for EMACS_TIME */
32
33 /* Forward declaration. */
34
35 struct atimer;
36
37 /* Types of timers. */
38
39 enum atimer_type
40 {
41 /* Timer is ripe at some absolute time. */
42 ATIMER_ABSOLUTE,
43
44 /* Timer is ripe at now plus an offset. */
45 ATIMER_RELATIVE,
46
47 /* Timer runs continously. */
48 ATIMER_CONTINUOUS
49 };
50
51 /* Type of timer callback functions. */
52
53 typedef void (* atimer_callback) P_ ((struct atimer *timer));
54
55 /* Structure describing an asynchronous timer. */
56
57 struct atimer
58 {
59 /* The type of this timer. */
60 enum atimer_type type;
61
62 /* Time when this timer is ripe. */
63 EMACS_TIME expiration;
64
65 /* Interval of this timer. */
66 EMACS_TIME interval;
67
68 /* Function to call when timer is ripe. Interrupt input is
69 guaranteed to not be blocked when this function is called. */
70 atimer_callback fn;
71
72 /* Additional user-specified data to pass to FN. */
73 void *client_data;
74
75 /* Next in list of active or free atimers. */
76 struct atimer *next;
77 };
78
79 /* Function prototypes. */
80
81 struct atimer *start_atimer P_ ((enum atimer_type, EMACS_TIME,
82 atimer_callback, void *));
83 void cancel_atimer P_ ((struct atimer *));
84 void do_pending_atimers P_ ((void));
85 void init_atimer P_ ((void));
86 void turn_on_atimers P_ ((int));
87 void stop_other_atimers P_ ((struct atimer *));
88 void run_all_atimers P_ ((void));
89 Lisp_Object unwind_stop_other_atimers P_ ((Lisp_Object));
90
91 #endif /* EMACS_ATIMER_H */
92
93 /* arch-tag: 02c7c1c8-45bd-4222-b874-4ca44662f60b
94 (do not change this comment) */