1 ;;; timer.el --- run a function with args at some time in future
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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.
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
)))
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."
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
)))
60 (aset timer
4 (and (numberp delta
) (> delta
0) delta
))
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."
70 (error "Invalid timer"))
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
)))
80 (timer-inc-time timer secs
))
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)))
90 ;; Use floating point, taking care to not lose precision.
91 (let* ((float-time-base (float time-base
))
93 (time-usec (+ (* million
94 (+ (* float-time-base
(nth 0 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
))
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
)
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
))))
124 (if usecs
(setq micro
(+ micro usecs
)))
126 (setq micro
(+ micro
(floor (* 1000000 (- secs
(floor secs
)))))))
127 (setq low
(+ low
(floor secs
)))
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))
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."
157 (error "Invalid timer"))
158 (aset timer
1 (nth 0 time
))
159 (aset timer
2 (nth 1 time
))
161 (aset timer
4 (and (numberp delta
) (> delta
0) delta
))
163 (make-obsolete 'timer-set-time-with-usecs
164 "use `timer-set-time' and `timer-inc-time' instead."
167 (defun timer-set-function (timer function
&optional args
)
168 "Make TIMER call FUNCTION with optional ARGS when triggering."
170 (error "Invalid timer"))
171 (aset timer
5 function
)
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))
189 (let ((timers timer-list
)
191 ;; Skip all timers to trigger before the new one.
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)))))
200 timers
(cdr timers
)))
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.
208 (setcdr last reuse-cell
)
209 (setq timer-list reuse-cell
))
210 (aset timer
0 triggered-p
)
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
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))
228 (let ((timers timer-idle-list
)
230 ;; Skip all timers to trigger before the new one.
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)))))
239 timers
(cdr timers
)))
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.
247 (setcdr last reuse-cell
)
248 (setq timer-idle-list reuse-cell
))
249 (aset timer
0 (not dont-wait
))
252 (error "Invalid or uninitialized timer")))
255 (defalias 'disable-timeout
'cancel-timer
)
257 (defun cancel-timer (timer)
258 "Remove TIMER from the list of active timers."
260 (error "Invalid timer"))
261 (setq timer-list
(delq timer timer-list
))
262 (setq timer-idle-list
(delq timer timer-idle-list
))
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
)))
272 (setq timer-list
(delq timer timer-list
)))
274 (setq timer-idle-list
(delq timer timer-idle-list
)))
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
))
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
))
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
))
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.
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))
340 (if (> repeats timer-max-repeats
)
341 (timer-inc-time timer
(* (aref timer
4) repeats
)))))
342 (timer-activate timer t cell
)
345 ;; We do this after rescheduling so that the handler function
346 ;; can cancel its own timer successfully with cancel-timer.
348 (apply (aref timer
5) (aref timer
6))
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
)))
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 one of: a string giving an absolute time like
364 \"11:23pm\" (the acceptable formats are those recognized by
365 `diary-entry-time'; note that such times are interpreted as times
366 today, even if in the past); a string giving a relative time like
367 \"2 hours 35 minutes\" (the acceptable formats are those
368 recognized by `timer-duration'); nil meaning now; a number of
369 seconds from now; a value from `encode-time'; or t (with non-nil
370 REPEAT) meaning the next integral multiple of REPEAT. REPEAT may
371 be an integer or floating point number. The action is to call
372 FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
374 This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'."
375 (interactive "sRun at time: \nNRepeat interval: \naFunction: ")
378 (and (numberp repeat
) (< 0 repeat
))
379 (error "Invalid repetition interval"))
381 ;; Special case: nil means "now" and is useful when repeating.
383 (setq time
(current-time)))
385 ;; Special case: t means the next integral multiple of REPEAT.
386 (if (and (eq time t
) repeat
)
387 (setq time
(timer-next-integral-multiple-of-time (current-time) repeat
)))
389 ;; Handle numbers as relative times in seconds.
391 (setq time
(timer-relative-time (current-time) time
)))
393 ;; Handle relative times like "2 hours 35 minutes"
395 (let ((secs (timer-duration time
)))
397 (setq time
(timer-relative-time (current-time) secs
)))))
399 ;; Handle "11:23pm" and the like. Interpret it as meaning today
400 ;; which admittedly is rather stupid if we have passed that time
401 ;; already. (Though only Emacs hackers hack Emacs at that time.)
405 (let ((hhmm (diary-entry-time time
))
409 (encode-time 0 (% hhmm
100) (/ hhmm
100) (nth 3 now
)
410 (nth 4 now
) (nth 5 now
) (nth 8 now
)))))))
413 (error "Invalid time format"))
415 (let ((timer (timer-create)))
416 (timer-set-time timer time repeat
)
417 (timer-set-function timer function args
)
418 (timer-activate timer
)
422 (defun run-with-timer (secs repeat function
&rest args
)
423 "Perform an action after a delay of SECS seconds.
424 Repeat the action every REPEAT seconds, if REPEAT is non-nil.
425 SECS and REPEAT may be integers or floating point numbers.
426 The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
428 This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'."
429 (interactive "sRun after delay (seconds): \nNRepeat interval: \naFunction: ")
430 (apply 'run-at-time secs repeat function args
))
433 (defun add-timeout (secs function object
&optional repeat
)
434 "Add a timer to run SECS seconds from now, to call FUNCTION on OBJECT.
435 If REPEAT is non-nil, repeat the timer every REPEAT seconds.
436 This function is for compatibility; see also `run-with-timer'."
437 (run-with-timer secs repeat function object
))
440 (defun run-with-idle-timer (secs repeat function
&rest args
)
441 "Perform an action the next time Emacs is idle for SECS seconds.
442 The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
443 SECS may be an integer, a floating point number, or the internal
444 time format (HIGH LOW USECS) returned by, e.g., `current-idle-time'.
445 If Emacs is currently idle, and has been idle for N seconds (N < SECS),
446 then it will call FUNCTION in SECS - N seconds from now.
448 If REPEAT is non-nil, do the action each time Emacs has been idle for
449 exactly SECS seconds (that is, only once for each time Emacs becomes idle).
451 This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'."
453 (list (read-from-minibuffer "Run after idle (seconds): " nil nil t
)
454 (y-or-n-p "Repeat each time Emacs is idle? ")
455 (intern (completing-read "Function: " obarray
'fboundp t
))))
456 (let ((timer (timer-create)))
457 (timer-set-function timer function args
)
458 (timer-set-idle-time timer secs repeat
)
459 (timer-activate-when-idle timer t
)
462 (defun with-timeout-handler (tag)
463 "This is the timer function used for the timer made by `with-timeout'."
464 (throw tag
'timeout
))
466 ;;;###autoload (put 'with-timeout 'lisp-indent-function 1)
468 (defvar with-timeout-timers nil
469 "List of all timers used by currently pending `with-timeout' calls.")
472 (defmacro with-timeout
(list &rest body
)
473 "Run BODY, but if it doesn't finish in SECONDS seconds, give up.
474 If we give up, we run the TIMEOUT-FORMS and return the value of the last one.
475 The timeout is checked whenever Emacs waits for some kind of external
476 event (such as keyboard input, input from subprocesses, or a certain time);
477 if the program loops without waiting in any way, the timeout will not
479 \n(fn (SECONDS TIMEOUT-FORMS...) BODY)"
480 (let ((seconds (car list
))
481 (timeout-forms (cdr list
)))
482 `(let ((with-timeout-tag (cons nil nil
))
483 with-timeout-value with-timeout-timer
484 (with-timeout-timers with-timeout-timers
))
485 (if (catch with-timeout-tag
487 (setq with-timeout-timer
488 (run-with-timer ,seconds nil
489 'with-timeout-handler
491 (push with-timeout-timer with-timeout-timers
)
492 (setq with-timeout-value
(progn .
,body
))
494 (progn .
,timeout-forms
)
495 (cancel-timer with-timeout-timer
)
496 with-timeout-value
))))
498 (defun with-timeout-suspend ()
499 "Stop the clock for `with-timeout'. Used by debuggers.
500 The idea is that the time you spend in the debugger should not
501 count against these timeouts.
503 The value is a list that the debugger can pass to `with-timeout-unsuspend'
504 when it exits, to make these timers start counting again."
505 (mapcar (lambda (timer)
509 ;; The time that this timer will go off.
510 (list (aref timer
1) (aref timer
2) (aref timer
3))
512 with-timeout-timers
))
514 (defun with-timeout-unsuspend (timer-spec-list)
515 "Restart the clock for `with-timeout'.
516 The argument should be a value previously returned by `with-timeout-suspend'."
517 (dolist (elt timer-spec-list
)
518 (let ((timer (car elt
))
520 (timer-set-time timer
(time-add (current-time) delay
))
521 (timer-activate timer
))))
523 (defun y-or-n-p-with-timeout (prompt seconds default-value
)
524 "Like (y-or-n-p PROMPT), with a timeout.
525 If the user does not answer after SECONDS seconds, return DEFAULT-VALUE."
526 (with-timeout (seconds default-value
)
529 (defvar timer-duration-words
530 (list (cons "microsec" 0.000001)
531 (cons "microsecond" 0.000001)
532 (cons "millisec" 0.001)
533 (cons "millisecond" 0.001)
538 (cons "hour" (* 60 60))
539 (cons "day" (* 24 60 60))
540 (cons "week" (* 7 24 60 60))
541 (cons "fortnight" (* 14 24 60 60))
542 (cons "month" (* 30 24 60 60)) ; Approximation
543 (cons "year" (* 365.25 24 60 60)) ; Approximation
545 "Alist mapping temporal words to durations in seconds")
547 (defun timer-duration (string)
548 "Return number of seconds specified by STRING, or nil if parsing fails."
551 (case-fold-search t
))
553 "[ \t]*\\([0-9.]+\\)?[ \t]*\\([a-z]+[a-rt-z]\\)s?[ \t]*"
555 (let ((count (if (match-beginning 1)
556 (string-to-number (match-string 1 string
))
558 (itemsize (cdr (assoc (match-string 2 string
)
559 timer-duration-words
))))
561 (setq start
(match-end 0)
562 secs
(+ secs
(* count itemsize
)))
564 start
(length string
)))))
565 (if (= start
(length string
))
567 (if (string-match "\\`[0-9.]+\\'" string
)
568 (string-to-number string
)))))
572 ;;; arch-tag: b1a9237b-7787-4382-9e46-8f2c3b3273e0
573 ;;; timer.el ends here