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1 ;;; timer.el --- run a function with args at some time in future.
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Maintainer: FSF
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24 ;;; Commentary:
26 ;; This package gives you the capability to run Emacs Lisp commands at
27 ;; specified times in the future, either as one-shots or periodically.
29 ;;; Code:
31 ;; Layout of a timer vector:
32 ;; [triggered-p high-seconds low-seconds usecs repeat-delay
33 ;; function args idle-delay]
35 (defun timer-create ()
36 "Create a timer object."
37 (let ((timer (make-vector 8 nil)))
38 (aset timer 0 t)
39 timer))
41 (defun timerp (object)
42 "Return t if OBJECT is a timer."
43 (and (vectorp object) (= (length object) 8)))
45 (defun timer-set-time (timer time &optional delta)
46 "Set the trigger time of TIMER to TIME.
47 TIME must be in the internal format returned by, e.g., `current-time'.
48 If optional third argument DELTA is a non-zero integer, make the timer
49 fire repeatedly that many seconds apart."
50 (or (timerp timer)
51 (error "Invalid timer"))
52 (aset timer 1 (car time))
53 (aset timer 2 (if (consp (cdr time)) (car (cdr time)) (cdr time)))
54 (aset timer 3 (or (and (consp (cdr time)) (consp (cdr (cdr time)))
55 (nth 2 time))
56 0))
57 (aset timer 4 (and (numberp delta) (> delta 0) delta))
58 timer)
60 (defun timer-set-idle-time (timer secs &optional repeat)
61 "Set the trigger idle time of TIMER to SECS.
62 If optional third argument REPEAT is non-nil, make the timer
63 fire each time Emacs is idle for that many seconds."
64 (or (timerp timer)
65 (error "Invalid timer"))
66 (aset timer 1 0)
67 (aset timer 2 0)
68 (aset timer 3 0)
69 (timer-inc-time timer secs)
70 (aset timer 4 repeat)
71 timer)
73 (defun timer-next-integral-multiple-of-time (time secs)
74 "Yield the next value after TIME that is an integral multiple of SECS.
75 More precisely, the next value, after TIME, that is an integral multiple
76 of SECS seconds since the epoch. SECS may be a fraction."
77 (let ((time-base (ash 1 16)))
78 (if (fboundp 'atan)
79 ;; Use floating point, taking care to not lose precision.
80 (let* ((float-time-base (float time-base))
81 (million 1000000.0)
82 (time-usec (+ (* million
83 (+ (* float-time-base (nth 0 time))
84 (nth 1 time)))
85 (nth 2 time)))
86 (secs-usec (* million secs))
87 (mod-usec (mod time-usec secs-usec))
88 (next-usec (+ (- time-usec mod-usec) secs-usec))
89 (time-base-million (* float-time-base million)))
90 (list (floor next-usec time-base-million)
91 (floor (mod next-usec time-base-million) million)
92 (floor (mod next-usec million))))
93 ;; Floating point is not supported.
94 ;; Use integer arithmetic, avoiding overflow if possible.
95 (let* ((mod-sec (mod (+ (* (mod time-base secs)
96 (mod (nth 0 time) secs))
97 (nth 1 time))
98 secs))
99 (next-1-sec (+ (- (nth 1 time) mod-sec) secs)))
100 (list (+ (nth 0 time) (floor next-1-sec time-base))
101 (mod next-1-sec time-base)
102 0)))))
104 (defun timer-relative-time (time secs &optional usecs)
105 "Advance TIME by SECS seconds and optionally USECS microseconds.
106 SECS may be a fraction."
107 (let ((high (car time))
108 (low (if (consp (cdr time)) (nth 1 time) (cdr time)))
109 (micro (if (numberp (car-safe (cdr-safe (cdr time))))
110 (nth 2 time)
111 0)))
112 ;; Add
113 (if usecs (setq micro (+ micro usecs)))
114 (if (floatp secs)
115 (setq micro (+ micro (floor (* 1000000 (- secs (floor secs)))))))
116 (setq low (+ low (floor secs)))
118 ;; Normalize
119 (setq low (+ low (/ micro 1000000)))
120 (setq micro (mod micro 1000000))
121 (setq high (+ high (/ low 65536)))
122 (setq low (logand low 65535))
124 (list high low (and (/= micro 0) micro))))
126 (defun timer-inc-time (timer secs &optional usecs)
127 "Increment the time set in TIMER by SECS seconds and USECS microseconds.
128 SECS may be a fraction."
129 (let ((time (timer-relative-time
130 (list (aref timer 1) (aref timer 2) (aref timer 3))
131 secs
132 usecs)))
133 (aset timer 1 (nth 0 time))
134 (aset timer 2 (nth 1 time))
135 (aset timer 3 (or (nth 2 time) 0))))
137 (defun timer-set-time-with-usecs (timer time usecs &optional delta)
138 "Set the trigger time of TIMER to TIME.
139 TIME must be in the internal format returned by, e.g., `current-time'.
140 If optional third argument DELTA is a non-zero integer, make the timer
141 fire repeatedly that many seconds apart."
142 (or (timerp timer)
143 (error "Invalid timer"))
144 (aset timer 1 (car time))
145 (aset timer 2 (if (consp (cdr time)) (car (cdr time)) (cdr time)))
146 (aset timer 3 usecs)
147 (aset timer 4 (and (numberp delta) (> delta 0) delta))
148 timer)
150 (defun timer-set-function (timer function &optional args)
151 "Make TIMER call FUNCTION with optional ARGS when triggering."
152 (or (timerp timer)
153 (error "Invalid timer"))
154 (aset timer 5 function)
155 (aset timer 6 args)
156 timer)
158 (defun timer-activate (timer)
159 "Put TIMER on the list of active timers."
160 (if (and (timerp timer)
161 (integerp (aref timer 1))
162 (integerp (aref timer 2))
163 (integerp (aref timer 3))
164 (aref timer 5))
165 (let ((timers timer-list)
166 last)
167 ;; Skip all timers to trigger before the new one.
168 (while (and timers
169 (or (> (aref timer 1) (aref (car timers) 1))
170 (and (= (aref timer 1) (aref (car timers) 1))
171 (> (aref timer 2) (aref (car timers) 2)))
172 (and (= (aref timer 1) (aref (car timers) 1))
173 (= (aref timer 2) (aref (car timers) 2))
174 (> (aref timer 3) (aref (car timers) 3)))))
175 (setq last timers
176 timers (cdr timers)))
177 ;; Insert new timer after last which possibly means in front of queue.
178 (if last
179 (setcdr last (cons timer timers))
180 (setq timer-list (cons timer timers)))
181 (aset timer 0 nil)
182 (aset timer 7 nil)
183 nil)
184 (error "Invalid or uninitialized timer")))
186 (defun timer-activate-when-idle (timer)
187 "Arrange to activate TIMER whenever Emacs is next idle."
188 (if (and (timerp timer)
189 (integerp (aref timer 1))
190 (integerp (aref timer 2))
191 (integerp (aref timer 3))
192 (aref timer 5))
193 (let ((timers timer-idle-list)
194 last)
195 ;; Skip all timers to trigger before the new one.
196 (while (and timers
197 (or (> (aref timer 1) (aref (car timers) 1))
198 (and (= (aref timer 1) (aref (car timers) 1))
199 (> (aref timer 2) (aref (car timers) 2)))
200 (and (= (aref timer 1) (aref (car timers) 1))
201 (= (aref timer 2) (aref (car timers) 2))
202 (> (aref timer 3) (aref (car timers) 3)))))
203 (setq last timers
204 timers (cdr timers)))
205 ;; Insert new timer after last which possibly means in front of queue.
206 (if last
207 (setcdr last (cons timer timers))
208 (setq timer-idle-list (cons timer timers)))
209 (aset timer 0 t)
210 (aset timer 7 t)
211 nil)
212 (error "Invalid or uninitialized timer")))
214 ;;;###autoload
215 (defalias 'disable-timeout 'cancel-timer)
216 ;;;###autoload
217 (defun cancel-timer (timer)
218 "Remove TIMER from the list of active timers."
219 (or (timerp timer)
220 (error "Invalid timer"))
221 (setq timer-list (delq timer timer-list))
222 (setq timer-idle-list (delq timer timer-idle-list))
223 nil)
225 ;;;###autoload
226 (defun cancel-function-timers (function)
227 "Cancel all timers scheduled by `run-at-time' which would run FUNCTION."
228 (interactive "aCancel timers of function: ")
229 (let ((tail timer-list))
230 (while tail
231 (if (eq (aref (car tail) 5) function)
232 (setq timer-list (delq (car tail) timer-list)))
233 (setq tail (cdr tail))))
234 (let ((tail timer-idle-list))
235 (while tail
236 (if (eq (aref (car tail) 5) function)
237 (setq timer-idle-list (delq (car tail) timer-idle-list)))
238 (setq tail (cdr tail)))))
240 ;; Record the last few events, for debugging.
241 (defvar timer-event-last-2 nil)
242 (defvar timer-event-last-1 nil)
243 (defvar timer-event-last nil)
245 (defvar timer-max-repeats 10
246 "*Maximum number of times to repeat a timer, if real time jumps.")
248 (defun timer-until (timer time)
249 "Calculate number of seconds from when TIMER will run, until TIME.
250 TIMER is a timer, and stands for the time when its next repeat is scheduled.
251 TIME is a time-list."
252 (let ((high (- (car time) (aref timer 1)))
253 (low (- (nth 1 time) (aref timer 2))))
254 (+ low (* high 65536))))
256 (defun timer-event-handler (timer)
257 "Call the handler for the timer TIMER.
258 This function is called, by name, directly by the C code."
259 (setq timer-event-last-2 timer-event-last-1)
260 (setq timer-event-last-1 timer-event-last)
261 (setq timer-event-last timer)
262 (let ((inhibit-quit t))
263 (if (timerp timer)
264 (progn
265 ;; Delete from queue.
266 (cancel-timer timer)
267 ;; Re-schedule if requested.
268 (if (aref timer 4)
269 (if (aref timer 7)
270 (timer-activate-when-idle timer)
271 (timer-inc-time timer (aref timer 4) 0)
272 ;; If real time has jumped forward,
273 ;; perhaps because Emacs was suspended for a long time,
274 ;; limit how many times things get repeated.
275 (if (and (numberp timer-max-repeats)
276 (< 0 (timer-until timer (current-time))))
277 (let ((repeats (/ (timer-until timer (current-time))
278 (aref timer 4))))
279 (if (> repeats timer-max-repeats)
280 (timer-inc-time timer (* (aref timer 4) repeats)))))
281 (timer-activate timer)))
282 ;; Run handler.
283 ;; We do this after rescheduling so that the handler function
284 ;; can cancel its own timer successfully with cancel-timer.
285 (condition-case nil
286 (apply (aref timer 5) (aref timer 6))
287 (error nil)))
288 (error "Bogus timer event"))))
290 ;; This function is incompatible with the one in levents.el.
291 (defun timeout-event-p (event)
292 "Non-nil if EVENT is a timeout event."
293 (and (listp event) (eq (car event) 'timer-event)))
295 ;;;###autoload
296 (defun run-at-time (time repeat function &rest args)
297 "Perform an action at time TIME.
298 Repeat the action every REPEAT seconds, if REPEAT is non-nil.
299 TIME should be a string like \"11:23pm\", nil meaning now, a number of seconds
300 from now, a value from `current-time', or t (with non-nil REPEAT)
301 meaning the next integral multiple of REPEAT.
302 REPEAT may be an integer or floating point number.
303 The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
305 This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'."
306 (interactive "sRun at time: \nNRepeat interval: \naFunction: ")
308 (or (null repeat)
309 (and (numberp repeat) (< 0 repeat))
310 (error "Invalid repetition interval"))
312 ;; Special case: nil means "now" and is useful when repeating.
313 (if (null time)
314 (setq time (current-time)))
316 ;; Special case: t means the next integral multiple of REPEAT.
317 (if (and (eq time t) repeat)
318 (setq time (timer-next-integral-multiple-of-time (current-time) repeat)))
320 ;; Handle numbers as relative times in seconds.
321 (if (numberp time)
322 (setq time (timer-relative-time (current-time) time)))
324 ;; Handle relative times like "2 hours and 35 minutes"
325 (if (stringp time)
326 (let ((secs (timer-duration time)))
327 (if secs
328 (setq time (timer-relative-time (current-time) secs)))))
330 ;; Handle "11:23pm" and the like. Interpret it as meaning today
331 ;; which admittedly is rather stupid if we have passed that time
332 ;; already. (Though only Emacs hackers hack Emacs at that time.)
333 (if (stringp time)
334 (progn
335 (require 'diary-lib)
336 (let ((hhmm (diary-entry-time time))
337 (now (decode-time)))
338 (if (>= hhmm 0)
339 (setq time
340 (encode-time 0 (% hhmm 100) (/ hhmm 100) (nth 3 now)
341 (nth 4 now) (nth 5 now) (nth 8 now)))))))
343 (or (consp time)
344 (error "Invalid time format"))
346 (let ((timer (timer-create)))
347 (timer-set-time timer time repeat)
348 (timer-set-function timer function args)
349 (timer-activate timer)
350 timer))
352 ;;;###autoload
353 (defun run-with-timer (secs repeat function &rest args)
354 "Perform an action after a delay of SECS seconds.
355 Repeat the action every REPEAT seconds, if REPEAT is non-nil.
356 SECS and REPEAT may be integers or floating point numbers.
357 The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
359 This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'."
360 (interactive "sRun after delay (seconds): \nNRepeat interval: \naFunction: ")
361 (apply 'run-at-time secs repeat function args))
363 ;;;###autoload
364 (defun add-timeout (secs function object &optional repeat)
365 "Add a timer to run SECS seconds from now, to call FUNCTION on OBJECT.
366 If REPEAT is non-nil, repeat the timer every REPEAT seconds.
367 This function is for compatibility; see also `run-with-timer'."
368 (run-with-timer secs repeat function object))
370 ;;;###autoload
371 (defun run-with-idle-timer (secs repeat function &rest args)
372 "Perform an action the next time Emacs is idle for SECS seconds.
373 If REPEAT is non-nil, do this each time Emacs is idle for SECS seconds.
374 SECS may be an integer or a floating point number.
375 The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
377 This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'."
378 (interactive
379 (list (read-from-minibuffer "Run after idle (seconds): " nil nil t)
380 (y-or-n-p "Repeat each time Emacs is idle? ")
381 (intern (completing-read "Function: " obarray 'fboundp t))))
382 (let ((timer (timer-create)))
383 (timer-set-function timer function args)
384 (timer-set-idle-time timer secs repeat)
385 (timer-activate-when-idle timer)
386 timer))
388 (defun with-timeout-handler (tag)
389 (throw tag 'timeout))
391 ;;;###autoload (put 'with-timeout 'lisp-indent-function 1)
393 ;;;###autoload
394 (defmacro with-timeout (list &rest body)
395 "Run BODY, but if it doesn't finish in SECONDS seconds, give up.
396 If we give up, we run the TIMEOUT-FORMS and return the value of the last one.
397 The call should look like:
398 (with-timeout (SECONDS TIMEOUT-FORMS...) BODY...)
399 The timeout is checked whenever Emacs waits for some kind of external
400 event \(such as keyboard input, input from subprocesses, or a certain time);
401 if the program loops without waiting in any way, the timeout will not
402 be detected."
403 (let ((seconds (car list))
404 (timeout-forms (cdr list)))
405 `(let ((with-timeout-tag (cons nil nil))
406 with-timeout-value with-timeout-timer)
407 (if (catch with-timeout-tag
408 (progn
409 (setq with-timeout-timer
410 (run-with-timer ,seconds nil
411 'with-timeout-handler
412 with-timeout-tag))
413 (setq with-timeout-value (progn . ,body))
414 nil))
415 (progn . ,timeout-forms)
416 (cancel-timer with-timeout-timer)
417 with-timeout-value))))
419 (defun y-or-n-p-with-timeout (prompt seconds default-value)
420 "Like (y-or-n-p PROMPT), with a timeout.
421 If the user does not answer after SECONDS seconds, return DEFAULT-VALUE."
422 (with-timeout (seconds default-value)
423 (y-or-n-p prompt)))
425 (defvar timer-duration-words
426 (list (cons "microsec" 0.000001)
427 (cons "microsecond" 0.000001)
428 (cons "millisec" 0.001)
429 (cons "millisecond" 0.001)
430 (cons "sec" 1)
431 (cons "second" 1)
432 (cons "min" 60)
433 (cons "minute" 60)
434 (cons "hour" (* 60 60))
435 (cons "day" (* 24 60 60))
436 (cons "week" (* 7 24 60 60))
437 (cons "fortnight" (* 14 24 60 60))
438 (cons "month" (* 30 24 60 60)) ; Approximation
439 (cons "year" (* 365.25 24 60 60)) ; Approximation
441 "Alist mapping temporal words to durations in seconds")
443 (defun timer-duration (string)
444 "Return number of seconds specified by STRING, or nil if parsing fails."
445 (let ((secs 0)
446 (start 0)
447 (case-fold-search t))
448 (while (string-match
449 "[ \t]*\\([0-9.]+\\)?[ \t]*\\([a-z]+[a-rt-z]\\)s?[ \t]*"
450 string start)
451 (let ((count (if (match-beginning 1)
452 (string-to-number (match-string 1 string))
454 (itemsize (cdr (assoc (match-string 2 string)
455 timer-duration-words))))
456 (if itemsize
457 (setq start (match-end 0)
458 secs (+ secs (* count itemsize)))
459 (setq secs nil
460 start (length string)))))
461 (if (= start (length string))
462 secs
463 (if (string-match "\\`[0-9.]+\\'" string)
464 (string-to-number string)))))
466 (provide 'timer)
468 ;;; timer.el ends here