--- a/lisp/ChangeLog	Mon Sep 20 18:11:33 2004 +0000
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog	Mon Sep 20 19:11:29 2004 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-09-20  Martin Buchholz <martin@xemacs.org>
+
+	* itimer.el (set-itimer-name): New function.
+	(start-itimer): Use it.
+
 2003-12-12  Katsumi Yamaoka  <yamaoka@jpl.org>
 
 	* itimer.el (activate-itimer): Modify the itimer timeout value as

--- a/lisp/itimer.el	Mon Sep 20 18:11:33 2004 +0000
+++ b/lisp/itimer.el	Mon Sep 20 19:11:29 2004 +0000
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@
 ;; `itimer' feature means Emacs-Lisp programmers get:
 ;;    itimerp
 ;;    itimer-live-p
+;;    itimer-name
 ;;    itimer-value
 ;;    itimer-restart
 ;;    itimer-function
 ;;    itimer-uses-arguments
 ;;    itimer-function-arguments
+;;    set-itimer-name
 ;;    set-itimer-value
 ;;    set-itimer-restart
 ;;    set-itimer-function
@@ -218,6 +220,19 @@
   (check-itimer itimer)
   (nth 7 itimer))
 
+(defun set-itimer-name (itimer name)
+  "Set the name of ITIMER to be NAME.
+NAME is an identifier for the itimer.  It must be a string.  If an itimer
+already exists with this name, NAME will be modified slightly to make it
+unique."
+  (check-string name)
+  (let ((oname name)
+	(num 2))
+    (while (get-itimer name)
+      (setq name (format "%s<%d>" oname num))
+      (itimer-increment num)))
+  (setcar itimer name))
+
 (defun set-itimer-value (itimer value)
   "Set the timeout value of ITIMER to be VALUE.
 Itimer will expire in this many seconds.
@@ -352,15 +367,10 @@
 	 ;; hard to imagine the user specifying these interactively
 	 nil
 	 nil ))
-  (check-string name)
   (check-nonnegative-number value)
   (if restart (check-nonnegative-number restart))
   ;; Make proposed itimer name unique if it's not already.
-  (let ((oname name)
-	(num 2))
-    (while (get-itimer name)
-      (setq name (format "%s<%d>" oname num))
-      (itimer-increment num)))
+  (set-itimer-name name)
   (activate-itimer (list name value restart function is-idle
 			 with-args function-arguments (list 0 0 0)))
   (car itimer-list))