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| '\" The definitions below are for supplemental macros used in Tcl/Tk |
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| .TH Tcl_DoWhenIdle 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" |
| .BS |
| .SH NAME |
| Tcl_DoWhenIdle, Tcl_CancelIdleCall \- invoke a procedure when there are no pending events |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .nf |
| \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR |
| .sp |
| \fBTcl_DoWhenIdle\fR(\fIproc, clientData\fR) |
| .sp |
| \fBTcl_CancelIdleCall\fR(\fIproc, clientData\fR) |
| .SH ARGUMENTS |
| .AS Tcl_IdleProc clientData |
| .AP Tcl_IdleProc *proc in |
| Procedure to invoke. |
| .AP ClientData clientData in |
| Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIproc\fR. |
| .BE |
| |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .PP |
| \fBTcl_DoWhenIdle\fR arranges for \fIproc\fR to be invoked |
| when the application becomes idle. The application is |
| considered to be idle when \fBTcl_DoOneEvent\fR has been |
| called, couldn't find any events to handle, and is about |
| to go to sleep waiting for an event to occur. At this |
| point all pending \fBTcl_DoWhenIdle\fR handlers are |
| invoked. For each call to \fBTcl_DoWhenIdle\fR there will |
| be a single call to \fIproc\fR; after \fIproc\fR is |
| invoked the handler is automatically removed. |
| \fBTcl_DoWhenIdle\fR is only usable in programs that |
| use \fBTcl_DoOneEvent\fR to dispatch events. |
| .PP |
| \fIProc\fR should have arguments and result that match the |
| type \fBTcl_IdleProc\fR: |
| .CS |
| typedef void Tcl_IdleProc(ClientData \fIclientData\fR); |
| .CE |
| The \fIclientData\fR parameter to \fIproc\fR is a copy of the \fIclientData\fR |
| argument given to \fBTcl_DoWhenIdle\fR. Typically, \fIclientData\fR |
| points to a data structure containing application-specific information about |
| what \fIproc\fR should do. |
| .PP |
| \fBTcl_CancelIdleCall\fR |
| may be used to cancel one or more previous |
| calls to \fBTcl_DoWhenIdle\fR: if there is a \fBTcl_DoWhenIdle\fR |
| handler registered for \fIproc\fR and \fIclientData\fR, then it |
| is removed without invoking it. If there is more than one |
| handler on the idle list that refers to \fIproc\fR and \fIclientData\fR, |
| all of the handlers are removed. If no existing handlers match |
| \fIproc\fR and \fIclientData\fR then nothing happens. |
| .PP |
| \fBTcl_DoWhenIdle\fR is most useful in situations where |
| (a) a piece of work will have to be done but (b) it's |
| possible that something will happen in the near future |
| that will change what has to be done or require something |
| different to be done. \fBTcl_DoWhenIdle\fR allows the |
| actual work to be deferred until all pending events have |
| been processed. At this point the exact work to be done |
| will presumably be known and it can be done exactly once. |
| .PP |
| For example, \fBTcl_DoWhenIdle\fR might be used by an editor |
| to defer display updates until all pending commands have |
| been processed. Without this feature, redundant redisplays |
| might occur in some situations, such as the processing of |
| a command file. |
| .SH BUGS |
| .PP |
| At present it is not safe for an idle callback to reschedule itself |
| continuously. This will interact badly with certain features of Tk |
| that attempt to wait for all idle callbacks to complete. If you would |
| like for an idle callback to reschedule itself continuously, it is |
| better to use a timer handler with a zero timeout period. |
| |
| .SH KEYWORDS |
| callback, defer, idle callback |