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1 ;;; time.el --- display time, load and mail indicator in mode line of Emacs -*-coding: utf-8 -*-
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23 ;;; Commentary:
25 ;; Facilities to display current time/date and a new-mail indicator
26 ;; in the Emacs mode line. The entry point is `display-time'.
28 ;; Display time world in a buffer, the entry point is
29 ;; `display-time-world'.
31 ;;; Code:
33 (defgroup display-time nil
34 "Display time and load in mode line of Emacs."
35 :group 'mode-line
36 :group 'mail)
39 (defcustom display-time-mail-file nil
40 "File name of mail inbox file, for indicating existence of new mail.
41 Non-nil and not a string means don't check for mail; nil means use
42 default, which is system-dependent, and is the same as used by Rmail."
43 :type '(choice (const :tag "None" none)
44 (const :tag "Default" nil)
45 (file :format "%v"))
46 :group 'display-time)
48 (defcustom display-time-mail-directory nil
49 "Name of mail inbox directory, for indicating existence of new mail.
50 Any nonempty regular file in the directory is regarded as newly arrived mail.
51 If nil, do not check a directory for arriving mail."
52 :type '(choice (const :tag "None" nil)
53 (directory :format "%v"))
54 :group 'display-time)
56 (defcustom display-time-mail-function nil
57 "Function to call, for indicating existence of new mail.
58 If nil, that means use the default method: check that the file
59 specified by `display-time-mail-file' is nonempty or that the
60 directory `display-time-mail-directory' contains nonempty files."
61 :type '(choice (const :tag "Default" nil)
62 (function))
63 :group 'display-time)
65 (defcustom display-time-default-load-average 0
66 "Which load average value will be shown in the mode line.
67 Almost every system can provide values of load for past 1 minute, past 5 or
68 past 15 minutes. The default is to display 1 minute load average.
69 The value can be one of:
71 0 => 1 minute load
72 1 => 5 minutes load
73 2 => 15 minutes load"
74 :type '(choice (const :tag "1 minute load" 0)
75 (const :tag "5 minutes load" 1)
76 (const :tag "15 minutes load" 2)
77 (const :tag "None" nil))
78 :group 'display-time)
80 (defvar display-time-load-average nil
81 "Load average currently being shown in mode line.")
83 (defcustom display-time-load-average-threshold 0.1
84 "Load-average values below this value won't be shown in the mode line."
85 :type 'number
86 :group 'display-time)
88 ;;;###autoload
89 (defcustom display-time-day-and-date nil "\
90 *Non-nil means \\[display-time] should display day and date as well as time."
91 :type 'boolean
92 :group 'display-time)
94 (defvar display-time-timer nil)
96 (defcustom display-time-interval 60
97 "Seconds between updates of time in the mode line."
98 :type 'integer
99 :group 'display-time)
101 (defcustom display-time-24hr-format nil
102 "Non-nil indicates time should be displayed as hh:mm, 0 <= hh <= 23.
103 A value of nil means 1 <= hh <= 12, and an AM/PM suffix is used."
104 :type 'boolean
105 :group 'display-time)
107 (defvar display-time-string nil)
109 (defcustom display-time-hook nil
110 "List of functions to be called when the time is updated on the mode line."
111 :type 'hook
112 :group 'display-time)
114 (defvar display-time-server-down-time nil
115 "Time when mail file's file system was recorded to be down.
116 If that file system seems to be up, the value is nil.")
118 (defcustom zoneinfo-style-world-list
119 '(("America/Los_Angeles" "Seattle")
120 ("America/New_York" "New York")
121 ("Europe/London" "London")
122 ("Europe/Paris" "Paris")
123 ("Asia/Calcutta" "Bangalore")
124 ("Asia/Tokyo" "Tokyo"))
125 "Alist of zoneinfo-style time zones and places for `display-time-world'.
126 Each element has the form (TIMEZONE LABEL).
127 TIMEZONE should be a string of the form AREA/LOCATION, where AREA is
128 the name of a region -- a continent or ocean, and LOCATION is the name
129 of a specific location, e.g., a city, within that region.
130 LABEL is a string to display as the label of that TIMEZONE's time."
131 :group 'display-time
132 :type '(repeat (list string string))
133 :version "23.1")
135 (defcustom legacy-style-world-list
136 '(("PST8PDT" "Seattle")
137 ("EST5EDT" "New York")
138 ("GMT0BST" "London")
139 ("CET-1CDT" "Paris")
140 ("IST-5:30" "Bangalore")
141 ("JST-9" "Tokyo"))
142 "Alist of traditional-style time zones and places for `display-time-world'.
143 Each element has the form (TIMEZONE LABEL).
144 TIMEZONE should be a string of the form:
146 std[+|-]offset[dst[offset][,date[/time],date[/time]]]
148 See the documentation of the TZ environment variable on your system,
149 for more details about the format of TIMEZONE.
150 LABEL is a string to display as the label of that TIMEZONE's time."
151 :group 'display-time
152 :type '(repeat (list string string))
153 :version "23.1")
155 (defcustom display-time-world-list
156 ;; Determine if zoneinfo style timezones are supported by testing that
157 ;; America/New York and Europe/London return different timezones.
158 (let (gmt nyt)
159 (set-time-zone-rule "America/New York")
160 (setq nyt (format-time-string "%z"))
161 (set-time-zone-rule "Europe/London")
162 (setq gmt (format-time-string "%z"))
163 (set-time-zone-rule nil)
164 (if (string-equal nyt gmt)
165 legacy-style-world-list
166 zoneinfo-style-world-list))
167 "Alist of time zones and places for `display-time-world' to display.
168 Each element has the form (TIMEZONE LABEL).
169 TIMEZONE should be in the format supported by `set-time-zone-rule' on
170 your system. See the documentation of `zoneinfo-style-world-list' and
171 \`legacy-style-world-list' for two widely used formats.
172 LABEL is a string to display as the label of that TIMEZONE's time."
173 :group 'display-time
174 :type '(repeat (list string string))
175 :version "23.1")
177 (defcustom display-time-world-time-format "%A %d %B %R %Z"
178 "Format of the time displayed, see `format-time-string'."
179 :group 'display-time
180 :type 'string
181 :version "23.1")
183 (defcustom display-time-world-buffer-name "*wclock*"
184 "Name of the wclock buffer."
185 :group 'display-time
186 :type 'string
187 :version "23.1")
189 (defcustom display-time-world-timer-enable t
190 "If non-nil, a timer will update the world clock."
191 :group 'display-time
192 :type 'boolean
193 :version "23.1")
195 (defcustom display-time-world-timer-second 60
196 "Interval in seconds for updating the world clock."
197 :group 'display-time
198 :type 'integer
199 :version "23.1")
201 (defvar display-time-world-mode-map
202 (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
203 (define-key map "q" 'kill-this-buffer)
204 map)
205 "Keymap of Display Time World mode")
207 ;;;###autoload
208 (defun display-time ()
209 "Enable display of time, load level, and mail flag in mode lines.
210 This display updates automatically every minute.
211 If `display-time-day-and-date' is non-nil, the current day and date
212 are displayed as well.
213 This runs the normal hook `display-time-hook' after each update."
214 (interactive)
215 (display-time-mode 1))
217 ;; This business used to be simpler when all mode lines had the same
218 ;; face and the image could just be pbm. Now we try to rely on an xpm
219 ;; image with a transparent background. Otherwise, set the background
220 ;; for pbm.
222 (defcustom display-time-mail-face nil
223 "Face to use for `display-time-mail-string'.
224 If `display-time-use-mail-icon' is non-nil, the image's
225 background color is the background of this face. Set this to
226 make the mail indicator stand out on a color display."
227 :group 'mode-line-faces
228 :group 'display-time
229 :version "22.1"
230 :type '(choice (const :tag "None" nil) face))
232 (defvar display-time-mail-icon
233 (find-image '((:type xpm :file "letter.xpm" :ascent center)
234 (:type pbm :file "letter.pbm" :ascent center)))
235 "Image specification to offer as the mail indicator on a graphic display.
236 See `display-time-use-mail-icon' and `display-time-mail-face'.")
238 ;; Fixme: Default to icon on graphical display?
239 (defcustom display-time-use-mail-icon nil
240 "Non-nil means use an icon as mail indicator on a graphic display.
241 Otherwise use `display-time-mail-string'. The icon may consume less
242 of the mode line. It is specified by `display-time-mail-icon'."
243 :group 'display-time
244 :type 'boolean)
246 ;; Fixme: maybe default to the character if we can display Unicode.
247 (defcustom display-time-mail-string "Mail"
248 "String to use as the mail indicator in `display-time-string-forms'.
249 This can use the Unicode letter character if you can display it."
250 :group 'display-time
251 :version "22.1"
252 :type '(choice (const "Mail")
253 ;; Use :tag here because the Lucid menu won't display
254 ;; multibyte text.
255 (const :tag "Unicode letter character" "✉")
256 string))
258 (defcustom display-time-format nil
259 "String specifying format for displaying the time in the mode line.
260 See the function `format-time-string' for an explanation of
261 how to write this string. If this is nil, the defaults
262 depend on `display-time-day-and-date' and `display-time-24hr-format'."
263 :type '(choice (const :tag "Default" nil)
264 string)
265 :group 'display-time)
267 (defcustom display-time-string-forms
268 '((if (and (not display-time-format) display-time-day-and-date)
269 (format-time-string "%a %b %e " now)
271 (propertize
272 (format-time-string (or display-time-format
273 (if display-time-24hr-format "%H:%M" "%-I:%M%p"))
274 now)
275 'help-echo (format-time-string "%a %b %e, %Y" now))
276 load
277 (if mail
278 ;; Build the string every time to act on customization.
279 ;; :set-after doesn't help for `customize-option'. I think it
280 ;; should.
281 (concat
283 (propertize
284 display-time-mail-string
285 'display `(when (and display-time-use-mail-icon
286 (display-graphic-p))
287 ,@display-time-mail-icon
288 ,@(if (and display-time-mail-face
289 (memq (plist-get (cdr display-time-mail-icon)
290 :type)
291 '(pbm xbm)))
292 (let ((bg (face-attribute display-time-mail-face
293 :background)))
294 (if (stringp bg)
295 (list :background bg)))))
296 'face display-time-mail-face
297 'help-echo "You have new mail; mouse-2: Read mail"
298 'mouse-face 'mode-line-highlight
299 'local-map (make-mode-line-mouse-map 'mouse-2
300 read-mail-command)))
301 ""))
302 "List of expressions governing display of the time in the mode line.
303 For most purposes, you can control the time format using `display-time-format'
304 which is a more standard interface.
306 This expression is a list of expressions that can involve the keywords
307 `load', `day', `month', and `year', `12-hours', `24-hours', `minutes',
308 `seconds', all numbers in string form, and `monthname', `dayname', `am-pm',
309 and `time-zone' all alphabetic strings, and `mail' a true/nil value.
311 For example, the form
313 '((substring year -2) \"/\" month \"/\" day
314 \" \" 24-hours \":\" minutes \":\" seconds
315 (if time-zone \" (\") time-zone (if time-zone \")\")
316 (if mail \" Mail\" \"\"))
318 would give mode line times like `94/12/30 21:07:48 (UTC)'."
319 :type 'sexp
320 :group 'display-time)
322 (defun display-time-event-handler ()
323 (display-time-update)
324 ;; Do redisplay right now, if no input pending.
325 (sit-for 0)
326 (let* ((current (current-time))
327 (timer display-time-timer)
328 ;; Compute the time when this timer will run again, next.
329 (next-time (timer-relative-time
330 (list (aref timer 1) (aref timer 2) (aref timer 3))
331 (* 5 (aref timer 4)) 0)))
332 ;; If the activation time is far in the past,
333 ;; skip executions until we reach a time in the future.
334 ;; This avoids a long pause if Emacs has been suspended for hours.
335 (or (> (nth 0 next-time) (nth 0 current))
336 (and (= (nth 0 next-time) (nth 0 current))
337 (> (nth 1 next-time) (nth 1 current)))
338 (and (= (nth 0 next-time) (nth 0 current))
339 (= (nth 1 next-time) (nth 1 current))
340 (> (nth 2 next-time) (nth 2 current)))
341 (progn
342 (timer-set-time timer (timer-next-integral-multiple-of-time
343 current display-time-interval)
344 display-time-interval)
345 (timer-activate timer)))))
347 (defun display-time-next-load-average ()
348 (interactive)
349 (if (= 3 (setq display-time-load-average (1+ display-time-load-average)))
350 (setq display-time-load-average 0))
351 (display-time-update)
352 (sit-for 0))
354 (defun display-time-mail-check-directory ()
355 (let ((mail-files (directory-files display-time-mail-directory t))
356 (size 0))
357 (while (and mail-files (= size 0))
358 ;; Count size of regular files only.
359 (setq size (+ size (or (and (file-regular-p (car mail-files))
360 (nth 7 (file-attributes (car mail-files))))
361 0)))
362 (setq mail-files (cdr mail-files)))
363 (if (> size 0)
364 size
365 nil)))
367 (defun display-time-update ()
368 "Update the display-time info for the mode line.
369 However, don't redisplay right now.
371 This is used for things like Rmail `g' that want to force an
372 update which can wait for the next redisplay."
373 (let* ((now (current-time))
374 (time (current-time-string now))
375 (load (if (null display-time-load-average)
377 (condition-case ()
378 ;; Do not show values less than
379 ;; `display-time-load-average-threshold'.
380 (if (> (* display-time-load-average-threshold 100)
381 (nth display-time-load-average (load-average)))
383 ;; The load average number is mysterious, so
384 ;; provide some help.
385 (let ((str (format " %03d"
386 (nth display-time-load-average
387 (load-average)))))
388 (propertize
389 (concat (substring str 0 -2) "." (substring str -2))
390 'local-map (make-mode-line-mouse-map
391 'mouse-2 'display-time-next-load-average)
392 'mouse-face 'mode-line-highlight
393 'help-echo (concat
394 "System load average for past "
395 (if (= 0 display-time-load-average)
396 "1 minute"
397 (if (= 1 display-time-load-average)
398 "5 minutes"
399 "15 minutes"))
400 "; mouse-2: next"))))
401 (error ""))))
402 (mail-spool-file (or display-time-mail-file
403 (getenv "MAIL")
404 (concat rmail-spool-directory
405 (user-login-name))))
406 (mail (or (and display-time-mail-function
407 (funcall display-time-mail-function))
408 (and display-time-mail-directory
409 (display-time-mail-check-directory))
410 (and (stringp mail-spool-file)
411 (or (null display-time-server-down-time)
412 ;; If have been down for 20 min, try again.
413 (> (- (nth 1 now) display-time-server-down-time)
414 1200)
415 (and (< (nth 1 now) display-time-server-down-time)
416 (> (- (nth 1 now)
417 display-time-server-down-time)
418 -64336)))
419 (let ((start-time (current-time)))
420 (prog1
421 (display-time-file-nonempty-p mail-spool-file)
422 (if (> (- (nth 1 (current-time))
423 (nth 1 start-time))
425 ;; Record that mail file is not accessible.
426 (setq display-time-server-down-time
427 (nth 1 (current-time)))
428 ;; Record that mail file is accessible.
429 (setq display-time-server-down-time nil)))))))
430 (24-hours (substring time 11 13))
431 (hour (string-to-number 24-hours))
432 (12-hours (int-to-string (1+ (% (+ hour 11) 12))))
433 (am-pm (if (>= hour 12) "pm" "am"))
434 (minutes (substring time 14 16))
435 (seconds (substring time 17 19))
436 (time-zone (car (cdr (current-time-zone now))))
437 (day (substring time 8 10))
438 (year (substring time 20 24))
439 (monthname (substring time 4 7))
440 (month
441 (cdr
442 (assoc
443 monthname
444 '(("Jan" . "1") ("Feb" . "2") ("Mar" . "3") ("Apr" . "4")
445 ("May" . "5") ("Jun" . "6") ("Jul" . "7") ("Aug" . "8")
446 ("Sep" . "9") ("Oct" . "10") ("Nov" . "11") ("Dec" . "12")))))
447 (dayname (substring time 0 3)))
448 (setq display-time-string
449 (mapconcat 'eval display-time-string-forms ""))
450 ;; This is inside the let binding, but we are not going to document
451 ;; what variables are available.
452 (run-hooks 'display-time-hook))
453 (force-mode-line-update))
455 (defun display-time-file-nonempty-p (file)
456 (and (file-exists-p file)
457 (< 0 (nth 7 (file-attributes (file-chase-links file))))))
459 ;;;###autoload
460 (define-minor-mode display-time-mode
461 "Toggle display of time, load level, and mail flag in mode lines.
462 With a numeric arg, enable this display if arg is positive.
464 When this display is enabled, it updates automatically every minute.
465 If `display-time-day-and-date' is non-nil, the current day and date
466 are displayed as well.
467 This runs the normal hook `display-time-hook' after each update."
468 :global t :group 'display-time
469 (and display-time-timer (cancel-timer display-time-timer))
470 (setq display-time-timer nil)
471 (setq display-time-string "")
472 (or global-mode-string (setq global-mode-string '("")))
473 (setq display-time-load-average display-time-default-load-average)
474 (if display-time-mode
475 (progn
476 (or (memq 'display-time-string global-mode-string)
477 (setq global-mode-string
478 (append global-mode-string '(display-time-string))))
479 ;; Set up the time timer.
480 (setq display-time-timer
481 (run-at-time t display-time-interval
482 'display-time-event-handler))
483 ;; Make the time appear right away.
484 (display-time-update)
485 ;; When you get new mail, clear "Mail" from the mode line.
486 (add-hook 'rmail-after-get-new-mail-hook
487 'display-time-event-handler))
488 (remove-hook 'rmail-after-get-new-mail-hook
489 'display-time-event-handler)))
492 (defun display-time-world-mode ()
493 "Major mode for buffer that displays times in various time zones.
494 See `display-time-world'."
495 (interactive)
496 (kill-all-local-variables)
497 (setq
498 major-mode 'display-time-world-mode
499 mode-name "World clock")
500 (use-local-map display-time-world-mode-map))
502 (defun display-time-world-display (alist)
503 "Replace current buffer text with times in various zones, based on ALIST."
504 (let ((inhibit-read-only t)
505 (buffer-undo-list t))
506 (erase-buffer)
507 (let ((max-width 0)
508 (result ()))
509 (unwind-protect
510 (dolist (zone alist)
511 (let* ((label (cadr zone))
512 (width (string-width label)))
513 (set-time-zone-rule (car zone))
514 (setq result
515 (append result
516 (list
517 label width
518 (format-time-string display-time-world-time-format))))
519 (when (> width max-width)
520 (setq max-width width))))
521 (set-time-zone-rule nil))
522 (while result
523 (insert (pop result)
524 (make-string (1+ (- max-width (pop result))) ?\s)
525 (pop result) "\n")))
526 (delete-backward-char 1)))
528 ;;;###autoload
529 (defun display-time-world ()
530 "Enable updating display of times in various time zones.
531 `display-time-world-list' specifies the zones.
532 To turn off the world time display, go to that window and type `q'."
533 (interactive)
534 (when (and display-time-world-timer-enable
535 (not (get-buffer display-time-world-buffer-name)))
536 (run-at-time t display-time-world-timer-second 'display-time-world-timer))
537 (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create display-time-world-buffer-name)
538 (display-time-world-display display-time-world-list))
539 (pop-to-buffer display-time-world-buffer-name)
540 (fit-window-to-buffer)
541 (display-time-world-mode))
543 (defun display-time-world-timer ()
544 (if (get-buffer display-time-world-buffer-name)
545 (with-current-buffer (get-buffer display-time-world-buffer-name)
546 (display-time-world-display display-time-world-list))
547 ;; cancel timer
548 (let ((list timer-list))
549 (while list
550 (let ((elt (pop list)))
551 (when (equal (symbol-name (aref elt 5)) "display-time-world-timer")
552 (cancel-timer elt)))))))
554 ;;;###autoload
555 (defun emacs-uptime (&optional format)
556 "Return a string giving the uptime of this instance of Emacs.
557 FORMAT is a string to format the result, using `format-seconds'.
558 For example, the Unix uptime command format is \"%D, %z%2h:%.2m\"."
559 (interactive)
560 (let ((str
561 (format-seconds (or format "%Y, %D, %H, %M, %z%S")
562 (time-to-seconds
563 (time-subtract (current-time) before-init-time)))))
564 (if (interactive-p)
565 (message "%s" str)
566 str)))
568 ;;;###autoload
569 (defun emacs-init-time ()
570 "Return a string giving the duration of the Emacs initialization."
571 (interactive)
572 (let ((str
573 (format "%.1f seconds"
574 (time-to-seconds
575 (time-subtract after-init-time before-init-time)))))
576 (if (interactive-p)
577 (message "%s" str)
578 str)))
580 (provide 'time)
582 ;; arch-tag: b9c1623f-b5cb-48e4-b650-482a4d23c5a6
583 ;;; time.el ends here