On Monday, March 14, 2016 at 12:07:07 AM UTC+9, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> I have a note about adding a way that a callback can be invoked at a
> certain time.  I would like to know how this is going to be used, what
> the requirements for this feature are.
> 
> I imagine there are two kinds of timers:
> 
> 1. One-time:  After N msec the callback is invoked.
> 2. Repating:  invoke the callback every N msec
> 
> For both this will happen while waiting for a character, thus the actual
> wait time will be longer if the user is typing.
> 
> Example:
> 
>       let timer = timer_add({time}, {callback} [, {repeats} [, {cookie}]])
>       call timer_stop(timer)
> 
>       func MyTimerCallback(timer, cookie)
> 
> Would that satisfy the need?

function! MyTimerCallback(timer, cookie)
  echo getchar()
endfunction
let timer = timer_add({time}, {callback} [, {repeats} [, {cookie}]])

How will this work?

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