'\" '\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. '\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. '\" '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" '\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Sleep.3,v 1.2 2001/09/14 01:42:15 zlaski Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH Tcl_Sleep 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" .BS .SH NAME Tcl_Sleep \- delay execution for a given number of milliseconds .SH SYNOPSIS .nf \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR .sp \fBTcl_Sleep\fR(\fIms\fR) .SH ARGUMENTS .AP int ms in Number of milliseconds to sleep. .BE .SH DESCRIPTION .PP This procedure delays the calling process by the number of milliseconds given by the \fIms\fR parameter and returns after that time has elapsed. It is typically used for things like flashing a button, where the delay is short and the application needn't do anything while it waits. For longer delays where the application needs to respond to other events during the delay, the procedure \fBTcl_CreateTimerHandler\fR should be used instead of \fBTcl_Sleep\fR. .SH KEYWORDS sleep, time, wait