Time delay function?

[Grant Edwards]

In article <aotq2e$p5ghm$1 at ID-49758.news.dfncis.de>, Ken wrote:

> Hi, is there a command in Python similar to javascript's
> window.settimeout(), where you can set a few seconds delay
> before executing a function?

No.  There is nothing in Python itself.  However, many GUI
toolkits provide such a function.  In Tk it's after():

http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/4340/fid/542

Other toolkits have similar functions.

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