// fg_timer.hxx -- time handling routines
//
// Written by Curtis Olson, started June 1997.
//
// Copyright (C) 1997  Curtis L. Olson  - curt@infoplane.com
//
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
// WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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// General Public License for more details.
//
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//
// $Id$


#ifndef _FG_TIMER_HXX
#define _FG_TIMER_HXX


#ifndef __cplusplus                                                          
# error This library requires C++
#endif                                   


extern unsigned long int fgSimTime;

// this routine initializes the interval timer to generate a SIGALRM
// after the specified interval (dt) the function f() will be called
// at each signal
void fgTimerInit( float dt, void (*f)( int ) );

// This function returns the number of milleseconds since the last
// time it was called.
int fgGetTimeInterval( void );


#endif // _FG_TIMER_HXX