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+;;; later-do.el --- execute lisp code ... later
+
+;; Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+;; Author: Jorgen Schaefer <forcer@forcix.cx>
+
+;;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+;;; modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+;;; as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3
+;;; of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+;;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+;;; Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+;;; 02110-1301 USA
+
+;;; Commentary
+
+;; This file will execute lisp code "later on". This way it is
+;; possible to work while elisp does some longer calculations, if you
+;; can convert those calculations into a sequence of function calls.
+
+;;; Code:
+
+(defvar later-do-version "0.2emms2 (2005-09-20)"
+  "Version string of later-do.")
+
+(defgroup later-do nil
+  "*Running functions ... later!"
+  :prefix "later-do-"
+  :group 'development)
+
+(defcustom later-do-interval 0.5
+  "How many seconds to wait between running events."
+  :group 'later-do
+  :type 'number)
+
+(defvar later-do-list nil
+  "A list of functions to be called lateron.")
+
+(defvar later-do-timer nil
+  "The timer that later-do uses.")
+
+(defun later-do (function &rest args)
+  "Apply FUNCTION to ARGS later on. This is an unspecified amount of
+time after this call, and definitely not while lisp is still
+executing.
+Code added using `later-do' is guaranteed to be executed in the
+sequence it was added."
+  (setq later-do-list (nconc later-do-list
+                              (list (cons function args))))
+  (unless later-do-timer
+    (setq later-do-timer
+          (run-with-timer later-do-interval nil 'later-do-timer))))
+
+(defun later-do-timer ()
+  "Run the next element in `later-do-list', or do nothing if it's
+empty."
+  (if (null later-do-list)
+      (setq later-do-timer nil)
+    (let ((fun (caar later-do-list))
+          (args (cdar later-do-list)))
+      (setq later-do-list (cdr later-do-list))
+      (unwind-protect
+          (apply fun args)
+        (setq later-do-timer (run-with-timer later-do-interval
+                                             nil
+                                             'later-do-timer))))))
+
+(provide 'later-do)
+;;; later-do.el ends here