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diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/lua.rst b/DOCS/man/en/lua.rst index 34d1d0e8c3..ac37f1eabb 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/en/lua.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/en/lua.rst @@ -248,17 +248,29 @@ The ``mp`` module is preloaded, although it can be loaded manually with This is a one-shot timer: it will be removed when it's fired. - Returns a timer handle. See ``mp.cancel_timer``. + Returns a timer object. See ``mp.add_periodic_timer`` for details. ``mp.add_periodic_timer(seconds, fn)`` Call the given function periodically. This is like ``mp.add_timeout``, but the timer is re-added after the function fn is run. - Returns a timer handle. See ``mp.cancel_timer``. + Returns a timer object. The timer object provides the following methods: + + ``stop()`` + Disable the timer. Does nothing if the timer is already disabled. + This will remember the current elapsed time when stopping, so that + ``resume()`` essentially unpauses the timer. + + ``kill()`` + Disable the timer. Resets the elapsed time. + + ``resume()`` + Restart the timer. If the timer was disabled with ``stop()``, this + will resume at the time it was stopped. If the timer was disabled + with ``kill()``, or if it's a previously fired one-shot timer (added + with ``add_timeout()``), this starts the timer from the beginning, + using the initially configured timeout. -``mp.cancel_timer(t)`` - Terminate the given timer. t is a timer handle (value returned by - ``mp.add_timeout`` or ``mp.add_periodic_timer``). ``mp.get_opt(key)`` Return a setting from the ``--lua-opts`` option. It's up to the user and |