In wxPython docs what is StartTimer()

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What is StartTimer()? Can we see a simple app use case?

http://www.wxpython.org/docs/api/wx-module.html#PostEvent

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DevPlayer wrote:

What is StartTimer()? Can we see a simple app use case?

wxPython API Documentation — wxPython Phoenix 4.2.2 documentation

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My guess "no". It was removed from the source code in March 2007, as a
little research would have shown you. The comments show that it was
deprecated even before that.

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Use wx.StopWatch instead. http://docs.wxwidgets.org/stable/wx_wxstopwatch.html

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On 10/21/11 5:22 PM, Tim Roberts wrote:

DevPlayer wrote:

What is StartTimer()? Can we see a simple app use case?

wxPython API Documentation — wxPython Phoenix 4.2.2 documentation

Search on StartTimer()

My guess "no". It was removed from the source code in March 2007, as a
little research would have shown you. The comments show that it was
deprecated even before that.

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Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman

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Thanks Tim for the quick reply. Previously I spent about an hour
googling, there were about 80 hits on Google "wxPython StartTimer" of
which I read many, reading the wxPython source where I found about 4
lines of code refering to it, and never did I see any comments or
examples of what that is. The URL I prevously provided and just double
checked does not show any comments. Perhaps you are using a better
link to newer browser or docs. I only see "StartTimer" listed with no
information whats so ever at that link.

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On Oct 21, 8:22 pm, Tim Roberts <t...@probo.com> wrote:

My guess "no". It was removed from the source code in March 2007, as a
little research would have shown you. The comments show that it was
deprecated even before that.
Tim Roberts, t...@probo.com

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Thanks Robin. I can figure out how to use it from there.

Tim,
http://docs.wxwidgets.org/stable/wx_timefunctions.html#wxstarttimer
A different link, still no comments of depreciation; where you read
that?

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On Oct 21, 9:15 pm, Robin Dunn <ro...@alldunn.com> wrote:

Use wx.StopWatch instead.http://docs.wxwidgets.org/stable/wx_wxstopwatch.html

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DevPlayer wrote:

Tim,
http://docs.wxwidgets.org/stable/wx_timefunctions.html#wxstarttimer
A different link, still no comments of depreciation; where you read
that?

"Use the source, Luke". I went to the web view of the wxPython source
code repository. Admittedly, it took a little poking around to find out
which file it used to be in, but from there I found the changeset where
it had been removed. Before removal, the source code indicated it had
been deprecated.

For pickiness sake, "deprecation" and "depreciation" are two different
things. What we do to old programming features is "deprecate" them, not
"depreciate" them.

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Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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I used to make the same mistake. It took me a long time to look closely enough at the work when reading it to realize it was not the word I thought it was.

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On 10/24/11 11:50 AM, Tim Roberts wrote:

For pickiness sake, "deprecation" and "depreciation" are two different
things. What we do to old programming features is "deprecate" them, not
"depreciate" them.

--
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman

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Good pointer! Thanks.

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On 10/24/11 11:50 AM, Tim Roberts wrote:

For pickiness sake, "deprecation" and "depreciation" are two different
things. What we do to old programming features is "deprecate" them, not
"depreciate" them.