Re: delay in perlscripts?

[Mike Guidero <kymermosst@penguinpowered.com>]

Ulrich Wiederhold wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I would like to use a function like "sleep 60;" in my Perlscript for
> xchat, but if I use this function my xchat freeze.
> Is there another function to make a delay without freezing xchat?
> Greetings
> Uli

I solved this problem by adding a timeout handler... and continuing what I was
doing from there... a straightforward solution that's easily hacked together. 
I'd throw in some example code here... but the script is already at 28K and
growing... and nowhere near ready for release :)

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