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Adriweb at 14:30, 17 December 2013

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-Check out the [http://www.inspired-lua.org/2011/05/linking-events/ the full explanation of this example] in the tutorials part.
+Check out the [http://inspired-lua.org/index.php/2011/05/linking-events/ the full explanation of this example] in the tutorials part.
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−	The event '''on.timer''' is fired when a [[:Category:timer\|timer]] is run.	+	The event '''on.timer''' is fired when a [[:Category:timer\|timer]] is run (called periodically according to the period set in [[timer.start]])

	It has no argument.		It has no argument.

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 The event '''on.timer''' is fired when a [[:Category:timer|timer]] is run.
-By default, it has no argument, but you can pass gc to it for instance.
+It has no argument.
 == Example ==

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 The event '''on.timer''' is fired when a [[:Category:timer|timer]] is run.
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 == Example ==
-Below is an example of a program that draws a line on the screen when the user resizes the window :
+Below is an example of a program that displays a message for 1 second when a key is pressed.
 <source lang="lua">

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		+	The event '''on.timer''' is fired when a [[:Category:timer\|timer]] is run.
		+
		+	By default, it has no argument, but you can pass gc to it for instance.
		+
		+	== Example ==
		+
		+	Below is an example of a program that draws a line on the screen when the user resizes the window :
		+	<source lang="lua">
		+
		+	function on.paint(gc)
		+	if message then
		+	gc:setFont("sansserif", "r", 10) -- initialize font drawing
		+	gc:drawString(message, 0, 0, "top") -- display the message at (0, 0) coordinates
		+	message = nil -- erase the message
		+	timer.start(1) -- start a timer to exit on.paint() but keep in mind that we have to redraw the screen
		+	end
		+	end
		+
		+	function on.timer()
		+	timer.stop()
		+	platform.window:invalidate()
		+	end
		+
		+	function on.charIn(ch)
		+	message = "Hello World !" -- store a message
		+	platform.window:invalidate() -- force display
		+	end
		+	</source>
		+
		+	Check out the [http://www.inspired-lua.org/2011/05/linking-events/ the full explanation of this example] in the tutorials part.


	[[Category:Events]]		[[Category:Events]]