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(run-at-time): Doc fix.

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Glenn Morris 2007-03-31 23:22:35 +00:00
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lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el
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@ -360,11 +360,16 @@ This function is called, by name, directly by the C code."
(defun run-at-time (time repeat function &rest args)
"Perform an action at time TIME.
Repeat the action every REPEAT seconds, if REPEAT is non-nil.
TIME should be a string like \"11:23pm\", nil meaning now, a number of seconds
from now, a value from `current-time', or t (with non-nil REPEAT)
meaning the next integral multiple of REPEAT.
REPEAT may be an integer or floating point number.
The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
TIME should be one of: a string giving an absolute time like
\"11:23pm\" (the acceptable formats are those recognized by
`diary-entry-time'; note that such times are interpreted as times
today, even if in the past); a string giving a relative time like
\"2 hours 35 minutes\" (the acceptable formats are those
recognized by `timer-duration'); nil meaning now; a number of
seconds from now; a value from `encode-time'; or t (with non-nil
REPEAT) meaning the next integral multiple of REPEAT. REPEAT may
be an integer or floating point number. The action is to call
FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'."
(interactive "sRun at time: \nNRepeat interval: \naFunction: ")
@ -385,7 +390,7 @@ This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'."
(if (numberp time)
(setq time (timer-relative-time (current-time) time)))
;; Handle relative times like "2 hours and 35 minutes"
;; Handle relative times like "2 hours 35 minutes"
(if (stringp time)
(let ((secs (timer-duration time)))
(if secs