nix> Yes, packages really do pass negative times to nix> `timer-set-time' --- normally because they tried to nix> `run-at-time' `now' and the second changed at the wrong nix> instant. We should try to do what is asked, rather than nix> falling over. (What does FSF do in this situation?) What a coincidence, Nix! I was having this same problem while debugging battery.el for someone else. Stepping thru the code will definitely create negative numbers :-) Adrian nix> Perhaps setting the timer to zero seconds rather than one would be nix> better, but I'm not sure if that works. nix> 2002-03-24 Nix <nix(a)esperi.demon.co.uk&gt; nix> * timer.el (timer-set-time): Handle timers starting in the past. nix> Index: packages/xemacs-packages/fsf-compat/timer.el nix> =================================================================== nix> RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/packages/xemacs-packages/fsf-compat/timer.el,v nix> retrieving revision 1.2 nix> diff -u -r1.2 timer.el nix> --- packages/xemacs-packages/fsf-compat/timer.el 2002/01/22 14:22:59 1.2 nix> +++ packages/xemacs-packages/fsf-compat/timer.el 2002/03/24 00:36:45 nix> ＠＠ -45,7 +45,10 ＠＠ nix> TIME must be in the internal format returned by, e.g., `current-time'. nix> If optional third argument DELTA is a non-zero integer, make the timer nix> fire repeatedly that many seconds apart." nix> - (set-itimer-value timer (itimer-time-difference time (current-time))) nix> + (let ((timer-when (itimer-time-difference time (current-time)))) nix> + (or (> timer-when 0) nix> + (setq timer-when 1)) nix> + (set-itimer-value timer timer-when)) nix> (and delta (check-nonnegative-number delta)) nix> (and delta (set-itimer-restart timer delta)) nix> timer) nix> -- nix> `Oh, I seeeee, good light; bad light. Presumably the bad light is nix> different -- perhaps it's a sawtooth waveform, and the pointy bits nix> scratch your eyes?' --- John Ineson to a `monitors emit radiation, nix> all radiation is bad, therefore monitors are bad' tub-thumper -- Adrian Aichner mailto:adrian＠xemacs.org http://www.xemacs.org/