onIdle callback

[gpfsmurf]

Is there a better way to have some kind of onIdle callback?

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import sublime, sublimeplugin

class IdleCommand(sublimeplugin.Plugin):
   def onActivated(self, view):
      sublime.setTimeout(self.onIdle, 200)
   def onIdle(self, view):
      # Do something
      sublime.setTimeout(self.onIdle, 200)

[gpfsmurf]

Ah that solves my problem... a Pending counter.

What I would actually need is an event to fire whenever the user changes the selection. An Idle event does the job, though.

I was playing with the region highlighting to do something like Eclipse: when you select a word, it'll highlight all the occurences of the same word (without changing the selection)

http://pastie.org/private/rv34calt6rzr9xv0hew5q

Seems pretty fast but I haven't tried with a big file yet.

[jps]

I'm planning on adding an onSelectionModified callback for plugins in the next beta, btw