Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of SystemDevelopmentEN

Timestamp:

Jul 27, 2012, 4:44:34 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

Martin Kolman

Comment:

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SystemDevelopmentEN

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 Handles timers in a a graphics toolkit independent way. It currently supports GTK and Qt.
 
-===== Adding a timer ====
+===== Adding a timer =====
+addTimeout(self, callback, timeout, caller, description, args=[])
+''callback'' - method that will be called by the timer[[br]]
+''timeout'' - timeout in milliseconds[[br]]
+''caller'' - instance of the calling module[[br]]
+''description'' - a short string describing what the timer does[[br]]
+''args'' - an optional list of arguments for the callback function[[br]]
+
+The addTimeout method returns an id, that can be used to manipulate the the timer during its lifetime. If the callback method returns == False (must be False, not "", 0, [] or similar), the timer is automatically canceled.