[TRMW]
idletime=0
Applies when the 4.51x, or 4.616 and later terminal managers are in use. Processed when QAB programs are loaded or when a C application calls the trm_set_progname() function.
Setting a non-zero value for this allows you to slow down DP4 programs which are intended to run as background tasks.
An alternative is to start the program in the [startup] section with a priority setting, or to use the NICE program, which we can supply, to start the program later on with a priority setting.
The idletime specifies a minimum delay in milliseconds between calls to the trm_lookchr() function (nextchar() in QAB). Programs which call this function twice, within this interval, are delayed by the appropriate number of milliseconds.
For further information on priority setting see the STARTUP section.