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1 ;;; timer.el --- run a function with args at some time in future
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25 ;;; Commentary:
27 ;; This package gives you the capability to run Emacs Lisp commands at
28 ;; specified times in the future, either as one-shots or periodically.
30 ;;; Code:
32 ;; Layout of a timer vector:
33 ;; [triggered-p high-seconds low-seconds usecs repeat-delay
34 ;; function args idle-delay]
35 ;; triggered-p is nil if the timer is active (waiting to be triggered),
36 ;; t if it is inactive ("already triggered", in theory)
38 (defun timer-create ()
39 "Create a timer object which can be passed to `timer-activate'."
40 (let ((timer (make-vector 8 nil)))
41 (aset timer 0 t)
42 timer))
44 (defun timerp (object)
45 "Return t if OBJECT is a timer."
46 (and (vectorp object) (= (length object) 8)))
48 (defun timer-set-time (timer time &optional delta)
49 "Set the trigger time of TIMER to TIME.
50 TIME must be in the internal format returned by, e.g., `current-time'.
51 If optional third argument DELTA is a positive number, make the timer
52 fire repeatedly that many seconds apart."
53 (or (timerp timer)
54 (error "Invalid timer"))
55 (aset timer 1 (car time))
56 (aset timer 2 (if (consp (cdr time)) (car (cdr time)) (cdr time)))
57 (aset timer 3 (or (and (consp (cdr time)) (consp (cdr (cdr time)))
58 (nth 2 time))
59 0))
60 (aset timer 4 (and (numberp delta) (> delta 0) delta))
61 timer)
63 (defun timer-set-idle-time (timer secs &optional repeat)
64 "Set the trigger idle time of TIMER to SECS.
65 SECS may be an integer, floating point number, or the internal
66 time format (HIGH LOW USECS) returned by, e.g., `current-idle-time'.
67 If optional third argument REPEAT is non-nil, make the timer
68 fire each time Emacs is idle for that many seconds."
69 (or (timerp timer)
70 (error "Invalid timer"))
71 (if (consp secs)
72 (progn (aset timer 1 (car secs))
73 (aset timer 2 (if (consp (cdr secs)) (car (cdr secs)) (cdr secs)))
74 (aset timer 3 (or (and (consp (cdr secs)) (consp (cdr (cdr secs)))
75 (nth 2 secs))
76 0)))
77 (aset timer 1 0)
78 (aset timer 2 0)
79 (aset timer 3 0)
80 (timer-inc-time timer secs))
81 (aset timer 4 repeat)
82 timer)
84 (defun timer-next-integral-multiple-of-time (time secs)
85 "Yield the next value after TIME that is an integral multiple of SECS.
86 More precisely, the next value, after TIME, that is an integral multiple
87 of SECS seconds since the epoch. SECS may be a fraction."
88 (let ((time-base (ash 1 16)))
89 (if (fboundp 'atan)
90 ;; Use floating point, taking care to not lose precision.
91 (let* ((float-time-base (float time-base))
92 (million 1000000.0)
93 (time-usec (+ (* million
94 (+ (* float-time-base (nth 0 time))
95 (nth 1 time)))
96 (nth 2 time)))
97 (secs-usec (* million secs))
98 (mod-usec (mod time-usec secs-usec))
99 (next-usec (+ (- time-usec mod-usec) secs-usec))
100 (time-base-million (* float-time-base million)))
101 (list (floor next-usec time-base-million)
102 (floor (mod next-usec time-base-million) million)
103 (floor (mod next-usec million))))
104 ;; Floating point is not supported.
105 ;; Use integer arithmetic, avoiding overflow if possible.
106 (let* ((mod-sec (mod (+ (* (mod time-base secs)
107 (mod (nth 0 time) secs))
108 (nth 1 time))
109 secs))
110 (next-1-sec (+ (- (nth 1 time) mod-sec) secs)))
111 (list (+ (nth 0 time) (floor next-1-sec time-base))
112 (mod next-1-sec time-base)
113 0)))))
115 (defun timer-relative-time (time secs &optional usecs)
116 "Advance TIME by SECS seconds and optionally USECS microseconds.
117 SECS may be either an integer or a floating point number."
118 (let ((high (car time))
119 (low (if (consp (cdr time)) (nth 1 time) (cdr time)))
120 (micro (if (numberp (car-safe (cdr-safe (cdr time))))
121 (nth 2 time)
122 0)))
123 ;; Add
124 (if usecs (setq micro (+ micro usecs)))
125 (if (floatp secs)
126 (setq micro (+ micro (floor (* 1000000 (- secs (floor secs)))))))
127 (setq low (+ low (floor secs)))
129 ;; Normalize
130 ;; `/' rounds towards zero while `mod' returns a positive number,
131 ;; so we can't rely on (= a (+ (* 100 (/ a 100)) (mod a 100))).
132 (setq low (+ low (/ micro 1000000) (if (< micro 0) -1 0)))
133 (setq micro (mod micro 1000000))
134 (setq high (+ high (/ low 65536) (if (< low 0) -1 0)))
135 (setq low (logand low 65535))
137 (list high low (and (/= micro 0) micro))))
139 (defun timer-inc-time (timer secs &optional usecs)
140 "Increment the time set in TIMER by SECS seconds and USECS microseconds.
141 SECS may be a fraction. If USECS is omitted, that means it is zero."
142 (let ((time (timer-relative-time
143 (list (aref timer 1) (aref timer 2) (aref timer 3))
144 secs
145 usecs)))
146 (aset timer 1 (nth 0 time))
147 (aset timer 2 (nth 1 time))
148 (aset timer 3 (or (nth 2 time) 0))))
150 (defun timer-set-time-with-usecs (timer time usecs &optional delta)
151 "Set the trigger time of TIMER to TIME plus USECS.
152 TIME must be in the internal format returned by, e.g., `current-time'.
153 The microsecond count from TIME is ignored, and USECS is used instead.
154 If optional fourth argument DELTA is a positive number, make the timer
155 fire repeatedly that many seconds apart."
156 (or (timerp timer)
157 (error "Invalid timer"))
158 (aset timer 1 (nth 0 time))
159 (aset timer 2 (nth 1 time))
160 (aset timer 3 usecs)
161 (aset timer 4 (and (numberp delta) (> delta 0) delta))
162 timer)
163 (make-obsolete 'timer-set-time-with-usecs
164 "use `timer-set-time' and `timer-inc-time' instead."
165 "22.1")
167 (defun timer-set-function (timer function &optional args)
168 "Make TIMER call FUNCTION with optional ARGS when triggering."
169 (or (timerp timer)
170 (error "Invalid timer"))
171 (aset timer 5 function)
172 (aset timer 6 args)
173 timer)
175 (defun timer-activate (timer &optional triggered-p reuse-cell)
176 "Put TIMER on the list of active timers.
178 If TRIGGERED-P is t, that means to make the timer inactive
179 \(put it on the list, but mark it as already triggered).
180 To remove from the list, use `cancel-timer'.
182 REUSE-CELL, if non-nil, is a cons cell to reuse instead
183 of allocating a new one."
184 (if (and (timerp timer)
185 (integerp (aref timer 1))
186 (integerp (aref timer 2))
187 (integerp (aref timer 3))
188 (aref timer 5))
189 (let ((timers timer-list)
190 last)
191 ;; Skip all timers to trigger before the new one.
192 (while (and timers
193 (or (> (aref timer 1) (aref (car timers) 1))
194 (and (= (aref timer 1) (aref (car timers) 1))
195 (> (aref timer 2) (aref (car timers) 2)))
196 (and (= (aref timer 1) (aref (car timers) 1))
197 (= (aref timer 2) (aref (car timers) 2))
198 (> (aref timer 3) (aref (car timers) 3)))))
199 (setq last timers
200 timers (cdr timers)))
201 (if reuse-cell
202 (progn
203 (setcar reuse-cell timer)
204 (setcdr reuse-cell timers))
205 (setq reuse-cell (cons timer timers)))
206 ;; Insert new timer after last which possibly means in front of queue.
207 (if last
208 (setcdr last reuse-cell)
209 (setq timer-list reuse-cell))
210 (aset timer 0 triggered-p)
211 (aset timer 7 nil)
212 nil)
213 (error "Invalid or uninitialized timer")))
215 (defun timer-activate-when-idle (timer &optional dont-wait reuse-cell)
216 "Arrange to activate TIMER whenever Emacs is next idle.
217 If optional argument DONT-WAIT is non-nil, then enable the
218 timer to activate immediately, or at the right time, if Emacs
219 is already idle.
221 REUSE-CELL, if non-nil, is a cons cell to reuse instead
222 of allocating a new one."
223 (if (and (timerp timer)
224 (integerp (aref timer 1))
225 (integerp (aref timer 2))
226 (integerp (aref timer 3))
227 (aref timer 5))
228 (let ((timers timer-idle-list)
229 last)
230 ;; Skip all timers to trigger before the new one.
231 (while (and timers
232 (or (> (aref timer 1) (aref (car timers) 1))
233 (and (= (aref timer 1) (aref (car timers) 1))
234 (> (aref timer 2) (aref (car timers) 2)))
235 (and (= (aref timer 1) (aref (car timers) 1))
236 (= (aref timer 2) (aref (car timers) 2))
237 (> (aref timer 3) (aref (car timers) 3)))))
238 (setq last timers
239 timers (cdr timers)))
240 (if reuse-cell
241 (progn
242 (setcar reuse-cell timer)
243 (setcdr reuse-cell timers))
244 (setq reuse-cell (cons timer timers)))
245 ;; Insert new timer after last which possibly means in front of queue.
246 (if last
247 (setcdr last reuse-cell)
248 (setq timer-idle-list reuse-cell))
249 (aset timer 0 (not dont-wait))
250 (aset timer 7 t)
251 nil)
252 (error "Invalid or uninitialized timer")))
254 ;;;###autoload
255 (defalias 'disable-timeout 'cancel-timer)
256 ;;;###autoload
257 (defun cancel-timer (timer)
258 "Remove TIMER from the list of active timers."
259 (or (timerp timer)
260 (error "Invalid timer"))
261 (setq timer-list (delq timer timer-list))
262 (setq timer-idle-list (delq timer timer-idle-list))
263 nil)
265 (defun cancel-timer-internal (timer)
266 "Remove TIMER from the list of active timers or idle timers.
267 Only to be used in this file. It returns the cons cell
268 that was removed from the timer list."
269 (let ((cell1 (memq timer timer-list))
270 (cell2 (memq timer timer-idle-list)))
271 (if cell1
272 (setq timer-list (delq timer timer-list)))
273 (if cell2
274 (setq timer-idle-list (delq timer timer-idle-list)))
275 (or cell1 cell2)))
277 ;;;###autoload
278 (defun cancel-function-timers (function)
279 "Cancel all timers which would run FUNCTION.
280 This affects ordinary timers such as are scheduled by `run-at-time',
281 and idle timers such as are scheduled by `run-with-idle-timer'."
282 (interactive "aCancel timers of function: ")
283 (let ((tail timer-list))
284 (while tail
285 (if (eq (aref (car tail) 5) function)
286 (setq timer-list (delq (car tail) timer-list)))
287 (setq tail (cdr tail))))
288 (let ((tail timer-idle-list))
289 (while tail
290 (if (eq (aref (car tail) 5) function)
291 (setq timer-idle-list (delq (car tail) timer-idle-list)))
292 (setq tail (cdr tail)))))
294 ;; Record the last few events, for debugging.
295 (defvar timer-event-last nil
296 "Last timer that was run.")
297 (defvar timer-event-last-1 nil
298 "Next-to-last timer that was run.")
299 (defvar timer-event-last-2 nil
300 "Third-to-last timer that was run.")
302 (defvar timer-max-repeats 10
303 "*Maximum number of times to repeat a timer, if many repeats are delayed.
304 Timer invocations can be delayed because Emacs is suspended or busy,
305 or because the system's time changes. If such an occurrence makes it
306 appear that many invocations are overdue, this variable controls
307 how many will really happen.")
309 (defun timer-until (timer time)
310 "Calculate number of seconds from when TIMER will run, until TIME.
311 TIMER is a timer, and stands for the time when its next repeat is scheduled.
312 TIME is a time-list."
313 (let ((high (- (car time) (aref timer 1)))
314 (low (- (nth 1 time) (aref timer 2))))
315 (+ low (* high 65536))))
317 (defun timer-event-handler (timer)
318 "Call the handler for the timer TIMER.
319 This function is called, by name, directly by the C code."
320 (setq timer-event-last-2 timer-event-last-1)
321 (setq timer-event-last-1 timer-event-last)
322 (setq timer-event-last timer)
323 (let ((inhibit-quit t))
324 (if (timerp timer)
325 (let (retrigger cell)
326 ;; Delete from queue. Record the cons cell that was used.
327 (setq cell (cancel-timer-internal timer))
328 ;; Re-schedule if requested.
329 (if (aref timer 4)
330 (if (aref timer 7)
331 (timer-activate-when-idle timer nil cell)
332 (timer-inc-time timer (aref timer 4) 0)
333 ;; If real time has jumped forward,
334 ;; perhaps because Emacs was suspended for a long time,
335 ;; limit how many times things get repeated.
336 (if (and (numberp timer-max-repeats)
337 (< 0 (timer-until timer (current-time))))
338 (let ((repeats (/ (timer-until timer (current-time))
339 (aref timer 4))))
340 (if (> repeats timer-max-repeats)
341 (timer-inc-time timer (* (aref timer 4) repeats)))))
342 (timer-activate timer t cell)
343 (setq retrigger t)))
344 ;; Run handler.
345 ;; We do this after rescheduling so that the handler function
346 ;; can cancel its own timer successfully with cancel-timer.
347 (condition-case nil
348 (apply (aref timer 5) (aref timer 6))
349 (error nil))
350 (if retrigger
351 (aset timer 0 nil)))
352 (error "Bogus timer event"))))
354 ;; This function is incompatible with the one in levents.el.
355 (defun timeout-event-p (event)
356 "Non-nil if EVENT is a timeout event."
357 (and (listp event) (eq (car event) 'timer-event)))
359 ;;;###autoload
360 (defun run-at-time (time repeat function &rest args)
361 "Perform an action at time TIME.
362 Repeat the action every REPEAT seconds, if REPEAT is non-nil.
363 TIME should be a string like \"11:23pm\", nil meaning now, a number of seconds
364 from now, a value from `current-time', or t (with non-nil REPEAT)
365 meaning the next integral multiple of REPEAT.
366 REPEAT may be an integer or floating point number.
367 The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
369 This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'."
370 (interactive "sRun at time: \nNRepeat interval: \naFunction: ")
372 (or (null repeat)
373 (and (numberp repeat) (< 0 repeat))
374 (error "Invalid repetition interval"))
376 ;; Special case: nil means "now" and is useful when repeating.
377 (if (null time)
378 (setq time (current-time)))
380 ;; Special case: t means the next integral multiple of REPEAT.
381 (if (and (eq time t) repeat)
382 (setq time (timer-next-integral-multiple-of-time (current-time) repeat)))
384 ;; Handle numbers as relative times in seconds.
385 (if (numberp time)
386 (setq time (timer-relative-time (current-time) time)))
388 ;; Handle relative times like "2 hours and 35 minutes"
389 (if (stringp time)
390 (let ((secs (timer-duration time)))
391 (if secs
392 (setq time (timer-relative-time (current-time) secs)))))
394 ;; Handle "11:23pm" and the like. Interpret it as meaning today
395 ;; which admittedly is rather stupid if we have passed that time
396 ;; already. (Though only Emacs hackers hack Emacs at that time.)
397 (if (stringp time)
398 (progn
399 (require 'diary-lib)
400 (let ((hhmm (diary-entry-time time))
401 (now (decode-time)))
402 (if (>= hhmm 0)
403 (setq time
404 (encode-time 0 (% hhmm 100) (/ hhmm 100) (nth 3 now)
405 (nth 4 now) (nth 5 now) (nth 8 now)))))))
407 (or (consp time)
408 (error "Invalid time format"))
410 (let ((timer (timer-create)))
411 (timer-set-time timer time repeat)
412 (timer-set-function timer function args)
413 (timer-activate timer)
414 timer))
416 ;;;###autoload
417 (defun run-with-timer (secs repeat function &rest args)
418 "Perform an action after a delay of SECS seconds.
419 Repeat the action every REPEAT seconds, if REPEAT is non-nil.
420 SECS and REPEAT may be integers or floating point numbers.
421 The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
423 This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'."
424 (interactive "sRun after delay (seconds): \nNRepeat interval: \naFunction: ")
425 (apply 'run-at-time secs repeat function args))
427 ;;;###autoload
428 (defun add-timeout (secs function object &optional repeat)
429 "Add a timer to run SECS seconds from now, to call FUNCTION on OBJECT.
430 If REPEAT is non-nil, repeat the timer every REPEAT seconds.
431 This function is for compatibility; see also `run-with-timer'."
432 (run-with-timer secs repeat function object))
434 ;;;###autoload
435 (defun run-with-idle-timer (secs repeat function &rest args)
436 "Perform an action the next time Emacs is idle for SECS seconds.
437 The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
438 SECS may be an integer, a floating point number, or the internal
439 time format (HIGH LOW USECS) returned by, e.g., `current-idle-time'.
440 If Emacs is currently idle, and has been idle for N seconds (N < SECS),
441 then it will call FUNCTION in SECS - N seconds from now.
443 If REPEAT is non-nil, do the action each time Emacs has been idle for
444 exactly SECS seconds (that is, only once for each time Emacs becomes idle).
446 This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'."
447 (interactive
448 (list (read-from-minibuffer "Run after idle (seconds): " nil nil t)
449 (y-or-n-p "Repeat each time Emacs is idle? ")
450 (intern (completing-read "Function: " obarray 'fboundp t))))
451 (let ((timer (timer-create)))
452 (timer-set-function timer function args)
453 (timer-set-idle-time timer secs repeat)
454 (timer-activate-when-idle timer t)
455 timer))
457 (defun with-timeout-handler (tag)
458 "This is the timer function used for the timer made by `with-timeout'."
459 (throw tag 'timeout))
461 ;;;###autoload (put 'with-timeout 'lisp-indent-function 1)
463 (defvar with-timeout-timers nil
464 "List of all timers used by currently pending `with-timeout' calls.")
466 ;;;###autoload
467 (defmacro with-timeout (list &rest body)
468 "Run BODY, but if it doesn't finish in SECONDS seconds, give up.
469 If we give up, we run the TIMEOUT-FORMS and return the value of the last one.
470 The timeout is checked whenever Emacs waits for some kind of external
471 event (such as keyboard input, input from subprocesses, or a certain time);
472 if the program loops without waiting in any way, the timeout will not
473 be detected.
474 \n(fn (SECONDS TIMEOUT-FORMS...) BODY)"
475 (let ((seconds (car list))
476 (timeout-forms (cdr list)))
477 `(let ((with-timeout-tag (cons nil nil))
478 with-timeout-value with-timeout-timer
479 (with-timeout-timers with-timeout-timers))
480 (if (catch with-timeout-tag
481 (progn
482 (setq with-timeout-timer
483 (run-with-timer ,seconds nil
484 'with-timeout-handler
485 with-timeout-tag))
486 (push with-timeout-timer with-timeout-timers)
487 (setq with-timeout-value (progn . ,body))
488 nil))
489 (progn . ,timeout-forms)
490 (cancel-timer with-timeout-timer)
491 with-timeout-value))))
493 (defun with-timeout-suspend ()
494 "Stop the clock for `with-timeout'. Used by debuggers.
495 The idea is that the time you spend in the debugger should not
496 count against these timeouts.
498 The value is a list that the debugger can pass to `with-timeout-unsuspend'
499 when it exits, to make these timers start counting again."
500 (mapcar (lambda (timer)
501 (cancel-timer timer)
502 (list timer
503 (time-subtract
504 ;; The time that this timer will go off.
505 (list (aref timer 1) (aref timer 2) (aref timer 3))
506 (current-time))))
507 with-timeout-timers))
509 (defun with-timeout-unsuspend (timer-spec-list)
510 "Restart the clock for `with-timeout'.
511 The argument should be a value previously returned by `with-timeout-suspend'."
512 (dolist (elt timer-spec-list)
513 (let ((timer (car elt))
514 (delay (cadr elt)))
515 (timer-set-time timer (time-add (current-time) delay))
516 (timer-activate timer))))
518 (defun y-or-n-p-with-timeout (prompt seconds default-value)
519 "Like (y-or-n-p PROMPT), with a timeout.
520 If the user does not answer after SECONDS seconds, return DEFAULT-VALUE."
521 (with-timeout (seconds default-value)
522 (y-or-n-p prompt)))
524 (defvar timer-duration-words
525 (list (cons "microsec" 0.000001)
526 (cons "microsecond" 0.000001)
527 (cons "millisec" 0.001)
528 (cons "millisecond" 0.001)
529 (cons "sec" 1)
530 (cons "second" 1)
531 (cons "min" 60)
532 (cons "minute" 60)
533 (cons "hour" (* 60 60))
534 (cons "day" (* 24 60 60))
535 (cons "week" (* 7 24 60 60))
536 (cons "fortnight" (* 14 24 60 60))
537 (cons "month" (* 30 24 60 60)) ; Approximation
538 (cons "year" (* 365.25 24 60 60)) ; Approximation
540 "Alist mapping temporal words to durations in seconds")
542 (defun timer-duration (string)
543 "Return number of seconds specified by STRING, or nil if parsing fails."
544 (let ((secs 0)
545 (start 0)
546 (case-fold-search t))
547 (while (string-match
548 "[ \t]*\\([0-9.]+\\)?[ \t]*\\([a-z]+[a-rt-z]\\)s?[ \t]*"
549 string start)
550 (let ((count (if (match-beginning 1)
551 (string-to-number (match-string 1 string))
553 (itemsize (cdr (assoc (match-string 2 string)
554 timer-duration-words))))
555 (if itemsize
556 (setq start (match-end 0)
557 secs (+ secs (* count itemsize)))
558 (setq secs nil
559 start (length string)))))
560 (if (= start (length string))
561 secs
562 (if (string-match "\\`[0-9.]+\\'" string)
563 (string-to-number string)))))
565 (provide 'timer)
567 ;;; arch-tag: b1a9237b-7787-4382-9e46-8f2c3b3273e0
568 ;;; timer.el ends here