--- a/clients/pychan_demo/pychan_test.py	Wed Oct 15 14:57:04 2008 +0000
+++ b/clients/pychan_demo/pychan_test.py	Wed Oct 15 18:04:52 2008 +0000
@@ -36,6 +36,19 @@
 			self.widget.hide()
 		self.widget = None
 
+def testTimer():
+	import timer
+	timer.init( pychan.manager.engine.getTimeManager() )
+	def spam():
+		print "SPAM SPAM"
+		return 1
+	repeater = timer.repeatCall(500,spam)
+	def stop_spam():
+		repeater.stop()
+		print "BACON EGGS AND SPAM"
+	timer.delayCall(5000,stop_spam)
+
+
 class DemoApplication(basicapplication.ApplicationBase):
 	def __init__(self):
 		super(DemoApplication,self).__init__()
@@ -75,6 +88,7 @@
 		
 		self.currentExample = None
 		self.creditsWidget = None
+		testTimer()
 
 	def selectExample(self):
 		if self.demoList.selected_item is None: return

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/engine/extensions/timer.py	Wed Oct 15 18:04:52 2008 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import fife
+
+"""
+Convenient timers
+=================
+
+Usage::
+  import timer
+  timer.init( my_fife_engine.getTimeManager() )
+  def spam():
+     print "SPAM SPAM ",
+     return "More spam?" # a string is a true value, so it's repeated.
+  repeater = timer.repeatCall(500,spam)
+  def stop_spam():
+     repeater.stop()
+     print "BACON EGGS AND SPAM"
+  timer.delayCall(50000,stop_spam)
+
+"""
+
+
+_manager = None
+_alltimers = {}
+
+def init(timemanager):
+	"""
+	Initialize timers.
+
+	@param timemanager: A L{fife.TimeManager} as retuned by L{fife.Engine.getTimeManager}.
+	"""
+	global _manager
+	_manager = timemanager
+
+class Timer(fife.TimeEvent):
+	def __init__(self,delay=0,callback=None):
+		super(Timer,self).__init__(0)
+		self.is_registered = False
+		self.callback = callback
+		self.setPeriod(delay)
+
+	def start(self):
+		if self.is_registered:
+			return
+		self.is_registered = True
+		global _alltimers
+		_alltimers[self]=1
+	    
+		_manager.registerEvent(self)
+
+	def stop(self):
+		if not self.is_registered:
+			return
+		self.is_registered = False
+		global _alltimers
+		del _alltimers[self]
+
+		_manager.unregisterEvent(self)
+
+	def updateEvent(self,delta):
+		if callable(self.callback):
+			self.callback()
+
+def delayCall(delay,callback):
+	"""
+	Delay a function call by a number of milliseconds.
+
+	@param delay Delay in milliseconds.
+	@param callback The function to call.
+
+	@return The timer.
+	"""
+	timer = Timer(delay)
+	def real_callback():
+		timer.stop()
+		callback()
+	timer.callback = real_callback
+	timer.start()
+	return timer
+
+from traceback import print_exc
+def repeatCall(period,callback):
+	"""
+	Repeat a function call.
+
+	@param period Period between calls in milliseconds.
+	@param callback The function to call.
+
+	@return The timer.
+
+	The call is repeated until the callback returns a False
+	value (i.e. None) or the timer is stopped.
+	"""
+	timer = Timer(period)
+	def real_callback():
+		try:
+			if not callback():
+				timer.stop()
+		except Exception:
+			print_exc()
+			timer.stop()
+
+	timer.callback = real_callback
+	timer.start()
+	return timer
+
+__all__ = [init,Timer,delayCall,repeatCall]
+