Re: Invalid or uninitialized timer

[Gregory Heytings]

> > > > (run-with-timer 0 4 #'ticker-second 'blue)
> > >
> > > Quite a strange call.
> >
> > C-h f run-with-timer RET
> >
> > (run-with-timer SECS REPEAT FUNCTION &rest ARGS)
> >
> > Perform an action after a delay of SECS seconds.
> > Repeat the action every REPEAT seconds, if REPEAT is non-nil.
> > SECS and REPEAT may be integers or floating point numbers.
> > The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
>
> Passing the arguments to function in ARGS took me off guard.

You could also opt for a lambda form:

(run-with-timer 0 4 (lambda () (ticker-second 'blue)))