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diff --git a/distrib/sdl-1.2.15/docs/html/sdladdtimer.html b/distrib/sdl-1.2.15/docs/html/sdladdtimer.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..81c49e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/distrib/sdl-1.2.15/docs/html/sdladdtimer.html @@ -0,0 +1,296 @@ +<HTML +><HEAD +><TITLE +>SDL_AddTimer</TITLE +><META +NAME="GENERATOR" +CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ +"><LINK +REL="HOME" +TITLE="SDL Library Documentation" +HREF="index.html"><LINK +REL="UP" +TITLE="Time" +HREF="time.html"><LINK +REL="PREVIOUS" +TITLE="SDL_Delay" +HREF="sdldelay.html"><LINK +REL="NEXT" +TITLE="SDL_RemoveTimer" +HREF="sdlremovetimer.html"></HEAD +><BODY +CLASS="REFENTRY" +BGCOLOR="#FFF8DC" +TEXT="#000000" +LINK="#0000ee" +VLINK="#551a8b" +ALINK="#ff0000" +><DIV +CLASS="NAVHEADER" +><TABLE +SUMMARY="Header navigation table" +WIDTH="100%" +BORDER="0" +CELLPADDING="0" +CELLSPACING="0" +><TR +><TH +COLSPAN="3" +ALIGN="center" +>SDL Library Documentation</TH +></TR +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="10%" +ALIGN="left" +VALIGN="bottom" +><A +HREF="sdldelay.html" +ACCESSKEY="P" +>Prev</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="80%" +ALIGN="center" +VALIGN="bottom" +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="10%" +ALIGN="right" +VALIGN="bottom" +><A +HREF="sdlremovetimer.html" +ACCESSKEY="N" +>Next</A +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +><HR +ALIGN="LEFT" +WIDTH="100%"></DIV +><H1 +><A +NAME="SDLADDTIMER" +></A +>SDL_AddTimer</H1 +><DIV +CLASS="REFNAMEDIV" +><A +NAME="AEN8482" +></A +><H2 +>Name</H2 +>SDL_AddTimer -- Add a timer which will call a callback after the specified number of milliseconds has +elapsed.</DIV +><DIV +CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV" +><A +NAME="AEN8485" +></A +><H2 +>Synopsis</H2 +><DIV +CLASS="FUNCSYNOPSIS" +><A +NAME="AEN8486" +></A +><P +></P +><PRE +CLASS="FUNCSYNOPSISINFO" +>#include "SDL.h"</PRE +><P +><CODE +><CODE +CLASS="FUNCDEF" +>SDL_TimerID <B +CLASS="FSFUNC" +>SDL_AddTimer</B +></CODE +>(Uint32 interval, SDL_NewTimerCallback callback, void *param);</CODE +></P +><P +></P +></DIV +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="REFSECT1" +><A +NAME="SDLNEWTIMERCALLBACK" +></A +><H2 +>Callback</H2 +><PRE +CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" +>/* type definition for the "new" timer callback function */ +typedef Uint32 (*SDL_NewTimerCallback)(Uint32 interval, void *param);</PRE +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="REFSECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN8495" +></A +><H2 +>Description</H2 +><P +>Adds a callback function to be run after the specified number of +milliseconds has elapsed. The callback function is passed the current +timer interval and the user supplied parameter from the +<TT +CLASS="FUNCTION" +>SDL_AddTimer</TT +> call and returns the next timer +interval. If the returned value from the callback is the same as the one +passed in, the periodic alarm continues, otherwise a new alarm is +scheduled.</P +><P +>To cancel a currently running timer call +<A +HREF="sdlremovetimer.html" +>SDL_RemoveTimer</A +> with the +timer ID returned from +<TT +CLASS="FUNCTION" +>SDL_AddTimer</TT +>.</P +><P +>The timer callback function may run in a different thread than your +main program, and so shouldn't call any functions from within itself. +You may always call <A +HREF="sdlpushevent.html" +>SDL_PushEvent</A +>, however.</P +><P +>The granularity of the timer is platform-dependent, but you should count +on it being at least 10 ms as this is the most common number. +This means that if +you request a 16 ms timer, your callback will run approximately 20 ms +later on an unloaded system. If you wanted to set a flag signaling +a frame update at 30 frames per second (every 33 ms), you might set a +timer for 30 ms (see example below). + +If you use this function, you need to pass <TT +CLASS="LITERAL" +>SDL_INIT_TIMER</TT +> +to <A +HREF="sdlinit.html" +>SDL_Init</A +>.</P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="REFSECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN8507" +></A +><H2 +>Return Value</H2 +><P +>Returns an ID value for the added timer or +<SPAN +CLASS="RETURNVALUE" +>NULL</SPAN +> if there was an error.</P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="REFSECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN8511" +></A +><H2 +>Examples</H2 +><P +><PRE +CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" +>my_timer_id = SDL_AddTimer((33/10)*10, my_callbackfunc, my_callback_param);</PRE +></P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="REFSECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN8515" +></A +><H2 +>See Also</H2 +><P +><A +HREF="sdlremovetimer.html" +><TT +CLASS="FUNCTION" +>SDL_RemoveTimer</TT +></A +>, +<A +HREF="sdlpushevent.html" +><TT +CLASS="FUNCTION" +>SDL_PushEvent</TT +></A +></P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="NAVFOOTER" +><HR +ALIGN="LEFT" +WIDTH="100%"><TABLE +SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" +WIDTH="100%" +BORDER="0" +CELLPADDING="0" +CELLSPACING="0" +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="left" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="sdldelay.html" +ACCESSKEY="P" +>Prev</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="34%" +ALIGN="center" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="index.html" +ACCESSKEY="H" +>Home</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="right" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="sdlremovetimer.html" +ACCESSKEY="N" +>Next</A +></TD +></TR +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="left" +VALIGN="top" +>SDL_Delay</TD +><TD +WIDTH="34%" +ALIGN="center" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="time.html" +ACCESSKEY="U" +>Up</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="right" +VALIGN="top" +>SDL_RemoveTimer</TD +></TR +></TABLE +></DIV +></BODY +></HTML +>
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