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Re: lynx-dev Vlad's suggestions
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Tim Benham |
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Re: lynx-dev Vlad's suggestions |
Date: |
Wed, 10 Mar 1999 19:52:03 +1100 |
Dickey:
>> | "You are already at the end of this document" and more useful
>> | "You are already at the first document" seems to last too long
>> | for me for INFOSECS=1, invisible for INFOSECS=0 or '-nopause' command
>> | switch. I wish I be able to set INFOSECS=0.3.
>>
>> The standard UNIX/C function sleep(3) only accepts integers for
>> its argument, which indicate the delay in seconds.
>
>It would be possible to use usleep if the system has it (in fact, that
>would be preferable - 'sleep' has a nasty effect on buffered output on
>most systems - pausing it - which I have not observed with usleep).
Wouldn't setitimer(2) or select(2) be more widely available?