Re: event_after_every/2

From: Joachim Schimpf <j.schimpf_at_icparc.ic.ac.uk>
Date: Tue 27 Nov 2001 10:38:54 AM GMT
Message-ID: <3C036D3E.ECE255C5@icparc.ic.ac.uk>
Andreas Henschel wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I want to do some simple event handling and the
> event_after_every/2 predicate seems to be exactly what I need.
> Unfortunately, when I run the sample program:
> 
> setup :-
>  set_event_handler(call_hi, hi/0),
>  % set up event `hi' to occur every 3.2 seconds
>  % and the hi event will trigger the execution of hi/0.
>  event_after_every(call_hi, 3.2).
> 
> hi :-
>  writeln(hi).
> 
> it just succeeds without any printouts.
> Anyone who has experience with that?


Events are only handled when Eclipse is actually executing
code (and not when it is just waiting for input). For example:

[eclipse 2]: setup, repeat, fail.
hi
hi
hi
^C


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Received on Tue Nov 27 10:40:11 2001

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