Richmond <[email protected]> writes: > I've modified the script so that it does not check the servers and I > think I see the problem: > > News checked at Thu Feb 20 16:41:01 2020 > News checked at Thu Feb 20 16:46:01 2020 > News checked at Thu Feb 20 16:51:01 2020 > News checked at Thu Feb 20 17:00:41 2020 > News checked at Thu Feb 20 17:05:41 2020 [2 times] > News checked at Thu Feb 20 17:10:41 2020 [3 times] > > It is checking multiple times. Why is it doing that? > > (defun news-check () > (message "News checked at %s" (current-time-string)) > (setq result (run-with-idle-timer (time-add (current-idle-time) 300) > t (lambda () (news-check)))) > ) > > (defun tell-me-news () > (interactive) > (setq result (run-with-idle-timer 300 t (lambda () (news-check)))) > (message "timer result %s" result) > )
Why two timers? Why recursive? I don't have time (or patience!) to unpick exactly what's happening here, but I would suggest starting with the simplest possible solution and making that work first. _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
