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Action:
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Starts the timer or gets the elapsed time that the application has been running.
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Filename:
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gi/gi_scm/scm_timer.cxx
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Syntax:
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(set-timer [on-off])
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Arg Types:
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on-off
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boolean
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Returns:
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string
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Description:
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When
set-timer is set to on (#t) this extension sets the application's timer to zero and returns the string "Timer Started". When
set-timer is set to off (#f) the elapsed time since the application or timer was started is returned.
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Example:
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; set-timer
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; Start the timer.
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(set-timer #t)
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;; "Timer Started"
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; Get the elapsed time since the timer was started.
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(set-timer #f)
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;; "Time: 0.000000"
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