1.171.1 Instance variables

timer <- interval: real

Interval in seconds. Note that

• The timer is only executing if PCE is in its idle loop (see display->dispatch).
• Granularity depends on the underlying implementation. For the X11 version, consult the manual page for select().

  The interval may be changed when the timer is running. In this case it will first fire timer<-interval seconds from the time is was changed.

timer <-> message: code*

Code executed each time. See timer->execute for details.

timer <-> service: bool

If @on, execution cannot be debugged. See also application->kind.

timer <- status: {idle,repeat,once}

Status of the timer. Its values:

idle	Timer is not running
once	After timer->execute’ing once it will stop
repeat	Timer will repeat timer->execute’ing