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1 ;;; appt.el --- appointment notification functions
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1989, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
4 ;; 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 ;; Author: Neil Mager <neilm@juliet.ll.mit.edu>
7 ;; Maintainer: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
8 ;; Keywords: calendar
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27 ;;; Commentary:
30 ;; appt.el - visible and/or audible notification of
31 ;; appointments from diary file.
33 ;;;
34 ;;; Thanks to Edward M. Reingold for much help and many suggestions,
35 ;;; And to many others for bug fixes and suggestions.
36 ;;;
37 ;;;
38 ;;; This functions in this file will alert the user of a
39 ;;; pending appointment based on his/her diary file. This package
40 ;;; is documented in the Emacs manual.
41 ;;;
42 ;;; To activate this package, simply use (appt-activate 1).
43 ;;; A `diary-file' with appointments of the format described in the
44 ;;; documentation of the function `appt-check' is required.
45 ;;; Relevant customizable variables are also listed in the
46 ;;; documentation of that function.
47 ;;;
48 ;;; Today's appointment list is initialized from the diary when this
49 ;;; package is activated. Additionally, the appointments list is
50 ;;; recreated automatically at 12:01am for those who do not logout
51 ;;; every day or are programming late. It is also updated when the
52 ;;; `diary-file' is saved. Calling `appt-check' with an argument forces
53 ;;; a re-initialization at any time.
54 ;;;
55 ;;; In order to add or delete items from today's list, without
56 ;;; changing the diary file, use `appt-add' and `appt-delete'.
57 ;;;
59 ;;; Brief internal description - Skip this if you are not interested!
60 ;;;
61 ;;; The function `appt-make-list' creates the appointments list which
62 ;;; `appt-check' reads.
63 ;;;
64 ;;; You can change the way the appointment window is created/deleted by
65 ;;; setting the variables
66 ;;;
67 ;;; appt-disp-window-function
68 ;;; and
69 ;;; appt-delete-window-function
70 ;;;
71 ;;; For instance, these variables could be set to functions that display
72 ;;; appointments in pop-up frames, which are lowered or iconified after
73 ;;; `appt-display-interval' minutes.
74 ;;;
76 ;;; Code:
78 ;; Make sure calendar is loaded when we compile this.
79 (require 'calendar)
81 (defvar diary-selective-display)
83 ;;;###autoload
84 (defcustom appt-issue-message t
85 "*Non-nil means check for appointments in the diary buffer.
86 To be detected, the diary entry must have the format described in the
87 documentation of the function `appt-check'."
88 :type 'boolean
89 :group 'appt)
91 (make-obsolete-variable 'appt-issue-message
92 "use the function `appt-activate', and the \
93 variable `appt-display-format' instead." "22.1")
95 ;;;###autoload
96 (defcustom appt-message-warning-time 12
97 "*Time in minutes before an appointment that the warning begins."
98 :type 'integer
99 :group 'appt)
101 ;;;###autoload
102 (defcustom appt-audible t
103 "*Non-nil means beep to indicate appointment."
104 :type 'boolean
105 :group 'appt)
107 ;;;###autoload
108 (defcustom appt-visible t
109 "*Non-nil means display appointment message in echo area.
110 This variable is only relevant if `appt-msg-window' is nil."
111 :type 'boolean
112 :group 'appt)
114 (make-obsolete-variable 'appt-visible 'appt-display-format "22.1")
116 ;;;###autoload
117 (defcustom appt-msg-window t
118 "*Non-nil means display appointment message in another window.
119 If non-nil, this variable overrides `appt-visible'."
120 :type 'boolean
121 :group 'appt)
123 (make-obsolete-variable 'appt-msg-window 'appt-display-format "22.1")
125 ;; TODO - add popup.
126 (defcustom appt-display-format 'ignore
127 "How appointment reminders should be displayed.
128 The options are:
129 window - use a separate window
130 echo - use the echo area
131 nil - no visible reminder.
132 See also `appt-audible' and `appt-display-mode-line'.
134 The default value is 'ignore, which means to fall back on the value
135 of the (obsolete) variables `appt-msg-window' and `appt-visible'."
136 :type '(choice
137 (const :tag "Separate window" window)
138 (const :tag "Echo-area" echo)
139 (const :tag "No visible display" nil)
140 (const :tag "Backwards compatibility setting - choose another value"
141 ignore))
142 :group 'appt
143 :version "22.1")
145 ;;;###autoload
146 (defcustom appt-display-mode-line t
147 "*Non-nil means display minutes to appointment and time on the mode line.
148 This is in addition to any other display of appointment messages."
149 :type 'boolean
150 :group 'appt)
152 ;;;###autoload
153 (defcustom appt-display-duration 10
154 "*The number of seconds an appointment message is displayed.
155 Only relevant if reminders are to be displayed in their own window."
156 :type 'integer
157 :group 'appt)
159 ;;;###autoload
160 (defcustom appt-display-diary t
161 "*Non-nil displays the diary when the appointment list is first initialized.
162 This will occur at midnight when the appointment list is updated."
163 :type 'boolean
164 :group 'appt)
166 (defcustom appt-display-interval 3
167 "*Number of minutes to wait between checking the appointment list."
168 :type 'integer
169 :group 'appt)
171 (defcustom appt-disp-window-function 'appt-disp-window
172 "Function called to display appointment window.
173 Only relevant if reminders are being displayed in a window."
174 :type '(choice (const appt-disp-window)
175 function)
176 :group 'appt)
178 (defcustom appt-delete-window-function 'appt-delete-window
179 "Function called to remove appointment window and buffer.
180 Only relevant if reminders are being displayed in a window."
181 :type '(choice (const appt-delete-window)
182 function)
183 :group 'appt)
186 ;;; Internal variables below this point.
188 (defconst appt-buffer-name " *appt-buf*"
189 "Name of the appointments buffer.")
191 (defvar appt-time-msg-list nil
192 "The list of appointments for today.
193 Use `appt-add' and `appt-delete' to add and delete appointments.
194 The original list is generated from today's `diary-entries-list', and
195 can be regenerated using the function `appt-check'.
196 Each element of the generated list has the form (MINUTES STRING [FLAG]); where
197 MINUTES is the time in minutes of the appointment after midnight, and
198 STRING is the description of the appointment.
199 FLAG, if non-nil, says that the element was made with `appt-add'
200 so calling `appt-make-list' again should preserve it.")
202 (defconst appt-max-time (1- (* 24 60))
203 "11:59pm in minutes - number of minutes in a day minus 1.")
205 (defvar appt-mode-string nil
206 "String being displayed in the mode line saying you have an appointment.
207 The actual string includes the amount of time till the appointment.
208 Only used if `appt-display-mode-line' is non-nil.")
210 (defvar appt-prev-comp-time nil
211 "Time of day (mins since midnight) at which we last checked appointments.
212 A nil value forces the diary file to be (re-)checked for appointments.")
214 (defvar appt-now-displayed nil
215 "Non-nil when we have started notifying about a appointment that is near.")
217 (defvar appt-display-count nil
218 "Internal variable used to count number of consecutive reminders.")
220 (defvar appt-timer nil
221 "Timer used for diary appointment notifications (`appt-check').
222 If this is non-nil, appointment checking is active.")
225 ;;; Functions.
227 (defun appt-display-message (string mins)
228 "Display a reminder about an appointment.
229 The string STRING describes the appointment, due in integer MINS minutes.
230 The format of the visible reminder is controlled by `appt-display-format'.
231 The variable `appt-audible' controls the audible reminder."
232 ;; let binding for backwards compatability. Remove when obsolete
233 ;; vars appt-msg-window and appt-visible are dropped.
234 (let ((appt-display-format
235 (if (eq appt-display-format 'ignore)
236 (cond (appt-msg-window 'window)
237 (appt-visible 'echo))
238 appt-display-format)))
239 (cond ((eq appt-display-format 'window)
240 (funcall appt-disp-window-function
241 (number-to-string mins)
242 ;; TODO - use calendar-month-abbrev-array rather
243 ;; than %b?
244 (format-time-string "%a %b %e " (current-time))
245 string)
246 (run-at-time (format "%d sec" appt-display-duration)
248 appt-delete-window-function))
249 ((eq appt-display-format 'echo)
250 (message "%s" string)))
251 (if appt-audible (beep 1))))
254 (defun appt-check (&optional force)
255 "Check for an appointment and update any reminder display.
256 If optional argument FORCE is non-nil, reparse the diary file for
257 appointments. Otherwise the diary file is only parsed once per day,
258 and when saved.
260 Note: the time must be the first thing in the line in the diary
261 for a warning to be issued. The format of the time can be either
262 24 hour or am/pm. For example:
264 02/23/89
265 18:00 Dinner
267 Thursday
268 11:45am Lunch meeting.
270 Appointments are checked every `appt-display-interval' minutes.
271 The following variables control appointment notification:
273 `appt-display-format'
274 Controls the format in which reminders are displayed.
276 `appt-audible'
277 Variable used to determine if reminder is audible.
278 Default is t.
280 `appt-message-warning-time'
281 Variable used to determine when appointment message
282 should first be displayed.
284 `appt-display-mode-line'
285 If non-nil, a generic message giving the time remaining
286 is shown in the mode-line when an appointment is due.
288 `appt-display-interval'
289 Interval in minutes at which to check for pending appointments.
291 `appt-display-diary'
292 Display the diary buffer when the appointment list is
293 initialized for the first time in a day.
295 The following variables are only relevant if reminders are being
296 displayed in a window:
298 `appt-display-duration'
299 The number of seconds an appointment message is displayed.
301 `appt-disp-window-function'
302 Function called to display appointment window.
304 `appt-delete-window-function'
305 Function called to remove appointment window and buffer."
307 (let* ((min-to-app -1)
308 (prev-appt-mode-string appt-mode-string)
309 (prev-appt-display-count (or appt-display-count 0))
310 ;; Non-nil means do a full check for pending appointments
311 ;; and display in whatever ways the user has selected.
312 ;; When no appointment is being displayed,
313 ;; we always do a full check.
314 (full-check
315 (or (not appt-now-displayed)
316 ;; This is true every appt-display-interval minutes.
317 (zerop (mod prev-appt-display-count appt-display-interval))))
318 ;; Non-nil means only update the interval displayed in the mode line.
319 (mode-line-only
320 (and (not full-check) appt-now-displayed)))
322 (when (or full-check mode-line-only)
323 (save-excursion
325 ;; Get the current time and convert it to minutes
326 ;; from midnight. ie. 12:01am = 1, midnight = 0.
328 (let* ((now (decode-time))
329 (cur-hour (nth 2 now))
330 (cur-min (nth 1 now))
331 (cur-comp-time (+ (* cur-hour 60) cur-min)))
333 ;; At the first check in any given day, update our
334 ;; appointments to today's list.
336 (if (or force ; eg initialize, diary save
337 (null appt-prev-comp-time) ; first check
338 (< cur-comp-time appt-prev-comp-time)) ; new day
339 (condition-case nil
340 (if appt-display-diary
341 (let ((diary-hook
342 (if (assoc 'appt-make-list diary-hook)
343 diary-hook
344 (cons 'appt-make-list diary-hook))))
345 (diary))
346 (let* ((diary-display-hook 'appt-make-list)
347 (d-buff (find-buffer-visiting
348 (substitute-in-file-name diary-file)))
349 (selective
350 (if d-buff ; Diary buffer exists.
351 (with-current-buffer d-buff
352 diary-selective-display))))
353 (diary)
354 ;; If the diary buffer existed before this command,
355 ;; restore its display state. Otherwise, kill it.
356 (if d-buff
357 ;; Displays the diary buffer.
358 (or selective (diary-show-all-entries))
359 (and
360 (setq d-buff (find-buffer-visiting
361 (substitute-in-file-name diary-file)))
362 (kill-buffer d-buff)))))
363 (error nil)))
365 (setq appt-prev-comp-time cur-comp-time
366 appt-mode-string nil
367 appt-display-count nil)
369 ;; If there are entries in the list, and the
370 ;; user wants a message issued,
371 ;; get the first time off of the list
372 ;; and calculate the number of minutes until the appointment.
374 (if (and appt-issue-message appt-time-msg-list)
375 (let ((appt-comp-time (car (car (car appt-time-msg-list)))))
376 (setq min-to-app (- appt-comp-time cur-comp-time))
378 (while (and appt-time-msg-list
379 (< appt-comp-time cur-comp-time))
380 (setq appt-time-msg-list (cdr appt-time-msg-list))
381 (if appt-time-msg-list
382 (setq appt-comp-time
383 (car (car (car appt-time-msg-list))))))
385 ;; If we have an appointment between midnight and
386 ;; 'appt-message-warning-time' minutes after midnight,
387 ;; we must begin to issue a message before midnight.
388 ;; Midnight is considered 0 minutes and 11:59pm is
389 ;; 1439 minutes. Therefore we must recalculate the minutes
390 ;; to appointment variable. It is equal to the number of
391 ;; minutes before midnight plus the number of
392 ;; minutes after midnight our appointment is.
394 (if (and (< appt-comp-time appt-message-warning-time)
395 (> (+ cur-comp-time appt-message-warning-time)
396 appt-max-time))
397 (setq min-to-app (+ (- (1+ appt-max-time) cur-comp-time))
398 appt-comp-time))
400 ;; issue warning if the appointment time is
401 ;; within appt-message-warning time
403 (when (and (<= min-to-app appt-message-warning-time)
404 (>= min-to-app 0))
405 (setq appt-now-displayed t
406 appt-display-count (1+ prev-appt-display-count))
407 (unless mode-line-only
408 (appt-display-message (cadr (car appt-time-msg-list))
409 min-to-app))
410 (when appt-display-mode-line
411 (setq appt-mode-string
412 (format " App't in %s min." min-to-app)))
414 ;; When an appointment is reached,
415 ;; delete it from the list.
416 ;; Reset the count to 0 in case we display another
417 ;; appointment on the next cycle.
418 (if (zerop min-to-app)
419 (setq appt-time-msg-list (cdr appt-time-msg-list)
420 appt-display-count nil)))))
422 ;; If we have changed the mode line string,
423 ;; redisplay all mode lines.
424 (and appt-display-mode-line
425 (not (equal appt-mode-string
426 prev-appt-mode-string))
427 (progn
428 (force-mode-line-update t)
429 ;; If the string now has a notification,
430 ;; redisplay right now.
431 (if appt-mode-string
432 (sit-for 0)))))))))
435 (defun appt-disp-window (min-to-app new-time appt-msg)
436 "Display appointment message APPT-MSG in a separate buffer.
437 The appointment is due in MIN-TO-APP (a string) minutes.
438 NEW-TIME is a string giving the date."
439 (require 'electric)
441 ;; Make sure we're not in the minibuffer
442 ;; before splitting the window.
444 (if (equal (selected-window) (minibuffer-window))
445 (if (other-window 1)
446 (select-window (other-window 1))
447 (if (display-multi-frame-p)
448 (select-frame (other-frame 1)))))
450 (let ((this-window (selected-window))
451 (appt-disp-buf (set-buffer (get-buffer-create appt-buffer-name))))
453 (if (cdr (assq 'unsplittable (frame-parameters)))
454 ;; In an unsplittable frame, use something somewhere else.
455 (display-buffer appt-disp-buf)
456 (unless (or (special-display-p (buffer-name appt-disp-buf))
457 (same-window-p (buffer-name appt-disp-buf)))
458 ;; By default, split the bottom window and use the lower part.
459 (appt-select-lowest-window)
460 (select-window (split-window)))
461 (switch-to-buffer appt-disp-buf))
462 (calendar-set-mode-line
463 (format " Appointment in %s minutes. %s " min-to-app new-time))
464 (erase-buffer)
465 (insert appt-msg)
466 (shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer (get-buffer-window appt-disp-buf t))
467 (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
468 (raise-frame (selected-frame))
469 (select-window this-window)))
471 (defun appt-delete-window ()
472 "Function called to undisplay appointment messages.
473 Usually just deletes the appointment buffer."
474 (let ((window (get-buffer-window appt-buffer-name t)))
475 (and window
476 (or (eq window (frame-root-window (window-frame window)))
477 (delete-window window))))
478 (kill-buffer appt-buffer-name)
479 (if appt-audible
480 (beep 1)))
482 (defun appt-select-lowest-window ()
483 "Select the lowest window on the frame."
484 (let ((lowest-window (selected-window))
485 (bottom-edge (nth 3 (window-edges))))
486 (walk-windows (lambda (w)
487 (let ((next-bottom-edge (nth 3 (window-edges w))))
488 (when (< bottom-edge next-bottom-edge)
489 (setq bottom-edge next-bottom-edge
490 lowest-window w)))))
491 (select-window lowest-window)))
493 (defconst appt-time-regexp
494 "[0-9]?[0-9]\\(h\\([0-9][0-9]\\)?\\|[:.][0-9][0-9]\\)\\(am\\|pm\\)?")
496 ;;;###autoload
497 (defun appt-add (new-appt-time new-appt-msg)
498 "Add an appointment for today at NEW-APPT-TIME with message NEW-APPT-MSG.
499 The time should be in either 24 hour format or am/pm format."
500 (interactive "sTime (hh:mm[am/pm]): \nsMessage: ")
501 (unless (string-match appt-time-regexp new-appt-time)
502 (error "Unacceptable time-string"))
503 (let ((time-msg (list (list (appt-convert-time new-appt-time))
504 (concat new-appt-time " " new-appt-msg) t)))
505 (unless (member time-msg appt-time-msg-list)
506 (setq appt-time-msg-list
507 (appt-sort-list (nconc appt-time-msg-list (list time-msg)))))))
509 ;;;###autoload
510 (defun appt-delete ()
511 "Delete an appointment from the list of appointments."
512 (interactive)
513 (let ((tmp-msg-list appt-time-msg-list))
514 (while tmp-msg-list
515 (let* ((element (car tmp-msg-list))
516 (prompt-string (concat "Delete "
517 ;; We want to quote any doublequotes
518 ;; in the string, as well as put
519 ;; doublequotes around it.
520 (prin1-to-string
521 (substring-no-properties
522 (car (cdr element)) 0))
523 " from list? "))
524 (test-input (y-or-n-p prompt-string)))
525 (setq tmp-msg-list (cdr tmp-msg-list))
526 (if test-input
527 (setq appt-time-msg-list (delq element appt-time-msg-list)))))
528 (appt-check)
529 (message "")))
532 (eval-when-compile (defvar number)
533 (defvar original-date)
534 (defvar diary-entries-list))
535 ;;;###autoload
536 (defun appt-make-list ()
537 "Update the appointments list from today's diary buffer.
538 The time must be at the beginning of a line for it to be
539 put in the appointments list (see examples in documentation of
540 the function `appt-check'). We assume that the variables DATE and
541 NUMBER hold the arguments that `diary-list-entries' received.
542 They specify the range of dates that the diary is being processed for.
544 Any appointments made with `appt-add' are not affected by this
545 function.
547 For backwards compatibility, this function activates the
548 appointment package (if it is not already active)."
549 ;; See comments above appt-activate defun.
550 (if (not appt-timer)
551 (appt-activate 1)
552 ;; We have something to do if the range of dates that the diary is
553 ;; considering includes the current date.
554 (if (and (not (calendar-date-compare
555 (list (calendar-current-date))
556 (list original-date)))
557 (calendar-date-compare
558 (list (calendar-current-date))
559 (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
560 (+ (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian original-date)
561 number)))))
562 (save-excursion
563 ;; Clear the appointments list, then fill it in from the diary.
564 (dolist (elt appt-time-msg-list)
565 ;; Delete any entries that were not made with appt-add.
566 (unless (nth 2 elt)
567 (setq appt-time-msg-list
568 (delq elt appt-time-msg-list))))
569 (if diary-entries-list
571 ;; Cycle through the entry-list (diary-entries-list)
572 ;; looking for entries beginning with a time. If
573 ;; the entry begins with a time, add it to the
574 ;; appt-time-msg-list. Then sort the list.
576 (let ((entry-list diary-entries-list)
577 (new-time-string ""))
578 ;; Skip diary entries for dates before today.
579 (while (and entry-list
580 (calendar-date-compare
581 (car entry-list) (list (calendar-current-date))))
582 (setq entry-list (cdr entry-list)))
583 ;; Parse the entries for today.
584 (while (and entry-list
585 (calendar-date-equal
586 (calendar-current-date) (car (car entry-list))))
587 (let ((time-string (cadr (car entry-list))))
588 (while (string-match appt-time-regexp time-string)
589 (let* ((beg (match-beginning 0))
590 ;; Get just the time for this appointment.
591 (only-time (match-string 0 time-string))
592 ;; Find the end of this appointment
593 ;; (the start of the next).
594 (end (string-match
595 (concat "\n[ \t]*" appt-time-regexp)
596 time-string
597 (match-end 0)))
598 ;; Get the whole string for this appointment.
599 (appt-time-string
600 (substring time-string beg (if end (1- end)))))
602 ;; Add this appointment to appt-time-msg-list.
603 (let* ((appt-time (list (appt-convert-time only-time)))
604 (time-msg (list appt-time appt-time-string)))
605 (setq appt-time-msg-list
606 (nconc appt-time-msg-list (list time-msg))))
608 ;; Discard this appointment from the string.
609 (setq time-string
610 (if end (substring time-string end) "")))))
611 (setq entry-list (cdr entry-list)))))
612 (setq appt-time-msg-list (appt-sort-list appt-time-msg-list))
614 ;; Get the current time and convert it to minutes
615 ;; from midnight. ie. 12:01am = 1, midnight = 0,
616 ;; so that the elements in the list
617 ;; that are earlier than the present time can
618 ;; be removed.
620 (let* ((now (decode-time))
621 (cur-hour (nth 2 now))
622 (cur-min (nth 1 now))
623 (cur-comp-time (+ (* cur-hour 60) cur-min))
624 (appt-comp-time (car (caar appt-time-msg-list))))
626 (while (and appt-time-msg-list (< appt-comp-time cur-comp-time))
627 (setq appt-time-msg-list (cdr appt-time-msg-list))
628 (if appt-time-msg-list
629 (setq appt-comp-time (car (caar appt-time-msg-list))))))))))
632 (defun appt-sort-list (appt-list)
633 "Sort an appointment list, putting earlier items at the front.
634 APPT-LIST is a list of the same format as `appt-time-msg-list'."
635 (sort appt-list (lambda (e1 e2) (< (caar e1) (caar e2)))))
638 (defun appt-convert-time (time2conv)
639 "Convert hour:min[am/pm] format to minutes from midnight.
640 A period (.) can be used instead of a colon (:) to separate the
641 hour and minute parts."
642 ;; Formats that should be accepted:
643 ;; 10:00 10.00 10h00 10h 10am 10:00am 10.00am
644 (let ((min (if (string-match "[h:.]\\([0-9][0-9]\\)" time2conv)
645 (string-to-number (match-string 1 time2conv))
647 (hr (if (string-match "[0-9]*[0-9]" time2conv)
648 (string-to-number (match-string 0 time2conv))
649 0)))
651 ;; convert the time appointment time into 24 hour time
652 (cond ((and (string-match "pm" time2conv) (< hr 12))
653 (setq hr (+ 12 hr)))
654 ((and (string-match "am" time2conv) (= hr 12))
655 (setq hr 0)))
657 ;; convert the actual time into minutes.
658 (+ (* hr 60) min)))
661 (defun appt-update-list ()
662 "If the current buffer is visiting the diary, update appointments.
663 This function is intended for use with `write-file-functions'."
664 (and (string-equal buffer-file-name (expand-file-name diary-file))
665 appt-timer
666 (let ((appt-display-diary nil))
667 (appt-check t)))
668 nil)
671 ;; In Emacs-21.3, the manual documented the following procedure to
672 ;; activate this package:
673 ;; (display-time)
674 ;; (add-hook 'diary-hook 'appt-make-list)
675 ;; (diary 0)
676 ;; The display-time call was not necessary, AFAICS.
677 ;; What was really needed was to add the hook and load this file.
678 ;; Calling (diary 0) once the hook had been added was in some sense a
679 ;; roundabout way of loading this file. This file used to have code at
680 ;; the top-level that set up the appt-timer and global-mode-string.
681 ;; One way to maintain backwards compatibility would be to call
682 ;; (appt-activate 1) at top-level. However, this goes against the
683 ;; convention that just loading an Emacs package should not activate
684 ;; it. Instead, we make appt-make-list activate the package (after a
685 ;; suggestion from rms). This means that one has to call diary in
686 ;; order to get it to work, but that is in line with the old (weird,
687 ;; IMO) documented behavior for activating the package.
688 ;; Actually, since (diary 0) does not run diary-hook, I don't think
689 ;; the documented behavior in Emacs-21.3 would ever have worked.
690 ;; Oh well, at least with the changes to appt-make-list it will now
691 ;; work as well as it ever did.
692 ;; The new method is just to use (appt-activate 1).
693 ;; -- gmorris
695 ;;;###autoload
696 (defun appt-activate (&optional arg)
697 "Toggle checking of appointments.
698 With optional numeric argument ARG, turn appointment checking on if
699 ARG is positive, otherwise off."
700 (interactive "P")
701 (let ((appt-active appt-timer))
702 (setq appt-active (if arg (> (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0)
703 (not appt-active)))
704 (remove-hook 'write-file-functions 'appt-update-list)
705 (or global-mode-string (setq global-mode-string '("")))
706 (delq 'appt-mode-string global-mode-string)
707 (when appt-timer
708 (cancel-timer appt-timer)
709 (setq appt-timer nil))
710 (when appt-active
711 (add-hook 'write-file-functions 'appt-update-list)
712 (setq appt-timer (run-at-time t 60 'appt-check)
713 global-mode-string
714 (append global-mode-string '(appt-mode-string)))
715 (appt-check t))))
718 (provide 'appt)
720 ;; arch-tag: bf5791c4-8921-499e-a26f-772b1788d347
721 ;;; appt.el ends here