GNU bug report logs - #23929
25.0.95; Doc of run-at-time doesn't describe behaviour if system was sleeping at time

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Message #14 received at 23929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com (N. Jackson)
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 23929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23929: 25.0.95; Doc of run-at-time doesn't describe
 behaviour if system was sleeping at time
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2021 02:44:46 +0200

nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com (N. Jackson) writes:

> I would be more reassured if I saw text along the following lines
> in the manual entry (provided it is true):
>
>     "If Emacs didn't get any CPU time when the timer would have
>     run (for example if the system was busy running another
>     process or if the computer was sleeping or in a suspended
>     state), the timer will run (late) as soon as Emacs resumes and
>     is idle."

If I remember correctly, that is true, so I've added your text to the
manual in Emacs 28.

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