Question about correct use of hs.timer.doAt()

[asch...@googlemail.com]

Hi all,

I want to call a function every two hours between 8 am and midnight, but it is not working as expected.

I initialize the timers like this:

timer_table = {}

for h = 7,23,2 do

  local timestring = h..":55","1d"

  print(timestring) 

  local timer = hs.timer.doAt(timestring,amazon_salesrank, true)

  table.insert(timer_table, timer)

end

The hammer spoon console shows these lines:

2018-01-17 11:52:55: 7:55

2018-01-17 11:52:55: 9:55

2018-01-17 11:52:55: 11:55

2018-01-17 11:52:55: 13:55

2018-01-17 11:52:55: 15:55

2018-01-17 11:52:55: 17:55

2018-01-17 11:52:55: 19:55

2018-01-17 11:52:55: 21:55

2018-01-17 11:52:55: 23:55

After each first call of such a repeating timer function, the timer is no longer running:

function check_timers()

  for ix,timer in ipairs(timer_table) do

    if timer:running() then

      print( ("timer %d: next trigger in %.1f hours"):format(ix, timer:nextTrigger()/3600) )

    else

      print("timer is not running")

--      timer:start()

    end

  end

end  

hs.hotkey.bind({"cmd", "alt", "ctrl"}, "t", check_timers)

The console shows:

2018-01-17 12:00:03: timer 1: next trigger in 19.9 hours

2018-01-17 12:00:03: timer 2: next trigger in 21.9 hours

2018-01-17 12:00:03: timer is not running

2018-01-17 12:00:03: timer 4: next trigger in 1.9 hours

2018-01-17 12:00:03: timer 5: next trigger in 3.9 hours

2018-01-17 12:00:03: timer 6: next trigger in 5.9 hours

2018-01-17 12:00:03: timer 7: next trigger in 7.9 hours

2018-01-17 12:00:03: timer 8: next trigger in 9.9 hours

2018-01-17 12:00:03: timer 9: next trigger in 11.9 hours

Am I using the doAt-function wrong or is there a bug?

Regards

Alfred

[asch...@googlemail.com]

oops - got it: 

local timer = hs.timer.doAt(timestring, "1d", amazon_salesrank, true)

The repeatInterval was missing in the call and Lua just takes it as "no repeat" (was a copy&paste-Problem)