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process-wait-for-event

Function
Summary

Waits for an event in a "windowing friendly" way.

Package

mp

Signature

process-wait-for-event &key wait-reason wait-function process-other-messages-p no-hang-p stop-at-user-operation-p => event

Arguments

wait-reason

A string or nil.

wait-function

A function designator.

process-other-messages-p

A generalized boolean.

no-hang-p

A generalized boolean.

stop-at-user-operation-p

A generalized boolean.

Values

result

An event or nil.

Description

The function process-wait-for-event calls mailbox-wait-for-event on the mailbox of the current process, after ensuring that the current process has a mailbox.

The arguments and value are interpreted as for mailbox-wait-for-event.

See also

mailbox-wait-for-event


LispWorks User Guide and Reference Manual - 20 Sep 2017

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