Implement a hook that runs periodically

This creates a deferred that runs on a user configurable timer and is
provided the ui. This deferred will re-fire after the number of seconds
specified by the timer are eclipsed. By default this is 300 seconds.

Fixes #522

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diff --git a/docs/source/configuration/alotrc_table b/docs/source/configuration/alotrc_table
index 9e27b206..6929a665 100644
--- a/docs/source/configuration/alotrc_table
+++ b/docs/source/configuration/alotrc_table
@@ -385,6 +385,16 @@
     :default: 2
 
 
+.. _periodic-hook-frequency:
+
+.. describe:: periodic_hook_frequency
+
+     The number of seconds to wait between calls to the loop_hook
+
+    :type: integer
+    :default: 300
+
+
 .. _prefer-plaintext:
 
 .. describe:: prefer_plaintext