Re: [orca-list] time...

[Daniel Dalton <d dalton iinet net au>]

Hi Will:

I'll look at the page you mentioned before.

Thanks for all your help!


On Fri, 16 May 2008, Willie Walker wrote:

> Hi Daniel:
>
> How the timeout is added and removed is up to you.
>
> Will
>
> Daniel Dalton wrote:
> > Hi Will,
> >
> > On Fri, 16 May 2008, Willie Walker wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Daniel:
> > >
> > > See 
> > > http://www.pygtk.org/pygtk2reference/gobject-functions.html#function-gobject--timeout-add 
> >
> > Thanks, I will.
> >
> > > The basic pattern is this:
> > >
> > > 1) add the timeout (in milliseconds):
> > >
> > >    gobject.timeout_add(1000, myMethod)
> > >
> > > 2) write your method:
> > >
> > >    def myMethod():
> > >        <<<output braille>>>
> > >        return True
> > >
> > > With the example above, myMethod will be called once a second.  No need to 
> > > do a loop in myMethod since the timeout is basically doing the timed loop 
> > > for you.
> >
> > Makes sense, but will it be interupted on another key press?
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Daniel.

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