abort in less than a second

I have a loop that executes a prg and then waits for the user to input something. If the user does not input anything within the timeout, the waiting is aborted and the loop restarts. The problem is that, I want the timeout to be much faster, but 'abort only works in seconds. Is there a way to abor

Re: abort in less than a second

I would use Linux.epoll. pil doesn't have it... yrt. On Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 06:10 polifemo wrote: > I have a loop that executes a prg and then waits for the user to input > something. If the user does not input anything within the timeout, the > waiting is aborted and the loop restarts. > The

Re: abort in less than a second

Hi polifemo, > I have a loop that executes a prg and then waits for the user to input > something. If the user does not input anything within the timeout, the > waiting is aborted and the loop restarts. > The problem is that, I want the timeout to be much faster, but 'abort only > works in seconds

Re: abort in less than a second

On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 06:45:06AM +0200, Danilo Kordic wrote: > I would use Linux.epoll. pil doesn't have it... yrt. PicoLisp has 'poll', which uses poll(2) or ppoll(2) internally. ☺/ A!ex -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe