1 ;;; time-stamp.el --- Maintain last change time stamps in files edited by Emacs
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8 ;; Maintainer: Stephen Gildea <gildea@stop.mail-abuse.org>
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26 ;; A template in a file can be updated with a new time stamp when
27 ;; you save the file. For example:
28 ;; static char *ts = "sdmain.c Time-stamp: <2001-08-13 10:20:51 gildea>";
30 ;; To use time-stamping, add this line to your init file:
31 ;; (add-hook 'before-save-hook 'time-stamp)
32 ;; Now any time-stamp templates in your files will be updated automatically.
34 ;; See the documentation for the functions `time-stamp'
35 ;; and `time-stamp-toggle-active' for details.
39 (defgroup time-stamp nil
40 "Maintain last change time stamps in files edited by Emacs."
44 (defcustom time-stamp-format
"%:y-%02m-%02d %02H:%02M:%02S %u"
45 "Format of the string inserted by \\[time-stamp].
46 This is a string, used verbatim except for character sequences beginning
47 with %, as follows. The values of non-numeric formatted items depend
48 on the locale setting recorded in `system-time-locale' and
49 `locale-coding-system'. The examples here are for the default
52 %:a weekday name: `Monday'. %#A gives uppercase: `MONDAY'
53 %3a abbreviated weekday: `Mon'. %3A gives uppercase: `MON'
54 %:b month name: `January'. %#B gives uppercase: `JANUARY'
55 %3b abbreviated month: `Jan'. %3B gives uppercase: `JAN'
57 %02H 24-hour clock hour
58 %02I 12-hour clock hour
61 %#p `am' or `pm'. %P gives uppercase: `AM' or `PM'
63 %w day number of week, Sunday is 0
64 %02y 2-digit year: `03' %:y 4-digit year: `2003'
65 %z time zone name: `est'. %Z gives uppercase: `EST'
68 %% a literal percent character: `%'
69 %f file name without directory %F gives absolute pathname
71 %u user's login name %U user's full name
74 Decimal digits between the % and the type character specify the
75 field width. Strings are truncated on the right; years on the left.
76 A leading zero in the field width zero-fills a number.
78 For example, to get the format used by the `date' command,
79 use \"%3a %3b %2d %02H:%02M:%02S %Z %:y\".
81 In the future these formats will be aligned more with `format-time-string'.
82 Because of this transition, the default padding for numeric formats will
83 change in a future version. Therefore either a padding width should be
84 specified, or the : modifier should be used to explicitly request the
89 ;;;###autoload(put 'time-stamp-format 'safe-local-variable 'stringp)
91 (defcustom time-stamp-active t
92 "Non-nil to enable time-stamping of buffers by \\[time-stamp].
93 Can be toggled by \\[time-stamp-toggle-active].
94 See also the variable `time-stamp-warn-inactive'."
98 (defcustom time-stamp-warn-inactive t
99 "Have \\[time-stamp] warn if a buffer did not get time-stamped.
100 If non-nil, a warning is displayed if `time-stamp-active' has
101 deactivated time stamping and the buffer contains a template that
102 otherwise would have been updated."
107 (defcustom time-stamp-time-zone nil
108 "The time zone to be used by \\[time-stamp].
109 Its format is that of the ZONE argument of the `format-time-string' function."
110 :type
'(choice (const :tag
"Emacs local time" nil
)
111 (const :tag
"Universal Time" t
)
112 (const :tag
"system wall clock time" wall
)
113 (string :tag
"TZ environment variable value"))
116 ;;;###autoload(put 'time-stamp-time-zone 'safe-local-variable 'string-or-null-p)
118 ;;; Do not change time-stamp-line-limit, time-stamp-start,
119 ;;; time-stamp-end, time-stamp-pattern, time-stamp-inserts-lines,
120 ;;; or time-stamp-count in your .emacs or you will be incompatible
121 ;;; with other people's files! If you must change them, do so only
122 ;;; in the local variables section of the file itself.
125 (defvar time-stamp-line-limit
8 ;Do not change!
126 "Lines of a file searched; positive counts from start, negative from end.
127 The patterns `time-stamp-start' and `time-stamp-end' must be found in
128 the first (last) `time-stamp-line-limit' lines of the file for the
129 file to be time-stamped by \\[time-stamp]. A value of 0 searches the
130 entire buffer (use with care).
132 This value can also be set with the variable `time-stamp-pattern'.
134 Do not change `time-stamp-line-limit', `time-stamp-start',
135 `time-stamp-end', or `time-stamp-pattern' for yourself or you will be
136 incompatible with other people's files! If you must change them for some
137 application, do so in the local variables section of the time-stamped file
139 ;;;###autoload(put 'time-stamp-line-limit 'safe-local-variable 'integerp)
141 (defvar time-stamp-start
"Time-stamp:[ \t]+\\\\?[\"<]+" ;Do not change!
142 "Regexp after which the time stamp is written by \\[time-stamp].
143 See also the variables `time-stamp-end' and `time-stamp-line-limit'.
145 This value can also be set with the variable `time-stamp-pattern'.
147 Do not change `time-stamp-line-limit', `time-stamp-start',
148 `time-stamp-end', or `time-stamp-pattern' for yourself or you will be
149 incompatible with other people's files! If you must change them for some
150 application, do so in the local variables section of the time-stamped file
152 ;;;###autoload(put 'time-stamp-start 'safe-local-variable 'stringp)
154 (defvar time-stamp-end
"\\\\?[\">]" ;Do not change!
155 "Regexp marking the text after the time stamp.
156 \\[time-stamp] deletes the text between the first match of `time-stamp-start'
157 and the following match of `time-stamp-end', then writes the
158 time stamp specified by `time-stamp-format' between them.
160 This value can also be set with the variable `time-stamp-pattern'.
162 The end text normally starts on the same line as the start text ends,
163 but if there are any newlines in `time-stamp-format', the same number
164 of newlines must separate the start and end. \\[time-stamp] tries
165 to not change the number of lines in the buffer. `time-stamp-inserts-lines'
166 controls this behavior.
168 Do not change `time-stamp-start', `time-stamp-end', `time-stamp-pattern',
169 or `time-stamp-inserts-lines' for yourself or you will be incompatible
170 with other people's files! If you must change them for some application,
171 do so in the local variables section of the time-stamped file itself.")
172 ;;;###autoload(put 'time-stamp-end 'safe-local-variable 'stringp)
175 (defvar time-stamp-inserts-lines nil
;Do not change!
176 "Whether \\[time-stamp] can change the number of lines in a file.
177 If nil, \\[time-stamp] skips as many lines as there are newlines in
178 `time-stamp-format' before looking for the `time-stamp-end' pattern,
179 thus it tries not to change the number of lines in the buffer.
180 If non-nil, \\[time-stamp] starts looking for the end pattern
181 immediately after the start pattern. This behavior can cause
182 unexpected changes in the buffer if used carelessly, but it is useful
183 for generating repeated time stamps.
185 Do not change `time-stamp-end' or `time-stamp-inserts-lines' for
186 yourself or you will be incompatible with other people's files!
187 If you must change them for some application, do so in the local
188 variables section of the time-stamped file itself.")
189 ;;;###autoload(put 'time-stamp-inserts-lines 'safe-local-variable 'symbolp)
192 (defvar time-stamp-count
1 ;Do not change!
193 "How many templates \\[time-stamp] will look for in a buffer.
194 The same time stamp will be written in each case.
196 Do not change `time-stamp-count' for yourself or you will be
197 incompatible with other people's files! If you must change it for
198 some application, do so in the local variables section of the
199 time-stamped file itself.")
200 ;;;###autoload(put 'time-stamp-count 'safe-local-variable 'integerp)
203 (defvar time-stamp-pattern nil
;Do not change!
204 "Convenience variable setting all `time-stamp' location and format values.
205 This string has four parts, each of which is optional.
206 These four parts set `time-stamp-line-limit', `time-stamp-start',
207 `time-stamp-format', and `time-stamp-end'. See the documentation
208 for each of these variables for details.
210 The first part is a number followed by a slash; the number sets the number
211 of lines at the beginning (negative counts from end) of the file searched
212 for the time stamp. The number and the slash may be omitted to use the
215 The second part is a regexp identifying the pattern preceding the time stamp.
216 This part may be omitted to use the normal pattern.
218 The third part specifies the format of the time stamp inserted. See
219 the documentation for `time-stamp-format' for details. Specify this
220 part as \"%%\" to use the normal format.
222 The fourth part is a regexp identifying the pattern following the time stamp.
223 This part may be omitted to use the normal pattern.
227 \"-9/^Last modified: %%$\"
228 \"@set Time-stamp: %:b %:d, %:y$\"
229 \"newcommand{\\\\\\\\timestamp}{%%}\"
231 Do not change `time-stamp-pattern' `time-stamp-line-limit',
232 `time-stamp-start', or `time-stamp-end' for yourself or you will be
233 incompatible with other people's files! If you must change them for
234 some application, do so only in the local variables section of the
235 time-stamped file itself.")
236 ;;;###autoload(put 'time-stamp-pattern 'safe-local-variable 'stringp)
242 "Update the time stamp string(s) in the buffer.
243 A template in a file can be automatically updated with a new time stamp
244 every time you save the file. Add this line to your init file:
245 (add-hook \\='before-save-hook \\='time-stamp)
246 or customize `before-save-hook' through Custom.
247 Normally the template must appear in the first 8 lines of a file and
248 look like one of the following:
251 The time stamp is written between the brackets or quotes:
252 Time-stamp: <2001-02-18 10:20:51 gildea>
253 The time stamp is updated only if the variable `time-stamp-active' is non-nil.
254 The format of the time stamp is set by the variable `time-stamp-pattern' or
255 `time-stamp-format'. The variables `time-stamp-pattern',
256 `time-stamp-line-limit', `time-stamp-start', `time-stamp-end',
257 `time-stamp-count', and `time-stamp-inserts-lines' control finding
260 (let ((line-limit time-stamp-line-limit
)
261 (ts-start time-stamp-start
)
262 (ts-format time-stamp-format
)
263 (ts-end time-stamp-end
)
264 (ts-count time-stamp-count
)
269 (if (stringp time-stamp-pattern
)
271 (string-match "\\`\\(\\(-?[0-9]+\\)/\\)?\\([^%]+\\)?\\(\\(%[-.,:@+_ #^()0-9]*[A-Za-z%][^%]*\\)*%[-.,:@+_ #^()0-9]*[A-Za-z%]\\)?\\([^%]+\\)?\\'" time-stamp-pattern
)
272 (and (match-beginning 2)
274 (string-to-number (match-string 2 time-stamp-pattern
))))
275 (and (match-beginning 3)
276 (setq ts-start
(match-string 3 time-stamp-pattern
)))
277 (and (match-beginning 4)
278 (not (string-equal (match-string 4 time-stamp-pattern
) "%%"))
279 (setq ts-format
(match-string 4 time-stamp-pattern
)))
280 (and (match-beginning 6)
281 (setq ts-end
(match-string 6 time-stamp-pattern
)))))
282 (cond ((not (integerp line-limit
))
284 (message "time-stamp-line-limit is not an integer")
286 (cond ((not (integerp ts-count
))
288 (message "time-stamp-count is not an integer")
291 ;; We need to call time-stamp-once at least once
292 ;; to output any warnings about time-stamp not being active.
294 ;; Figure out what lines the end should be on.
295 (if (stringp ts-format
)
297 (while (string-match "\n" ts-format nl-start
)
298 (setq format-lines
(1+ format-lines
) nl-start
(match-end 0)))))
300 (while (string-match "\n" ts-end nl-start
)
301 (setq end-lines
(1+ end-lines
) nl-start
(match-end 0))))
302 ;; Find overall what lines to look at
306 (cond ((> line-limit
0)
307 (goto-char (setq start
(point-min)))
308 (forward-line line-limit
)
309 (setq search-limit
(point)))
311 (goto-char (setq search-limit
(point-max)))
312 (forward-line line-limit
)
313 (setq start
(point)))
314 (t ;0 => no limit (use with care!)
315 (setq start
(point-min))
316 (setq search-limit
(point-max))))))
318 (< start search-limit
)
320 (setq start
(time-stamp-once start search-limit ts-start ts-end
321 ts-format format-lines end-lines
))
322 (setq ts-count
(1- ts-count
))))
325 (defun time-stamp-once (start search-limit ts-start ts-end
326 ts-format format-lines end-lines
)
327 "Update one time stamp. Internal routine called by \\[time-stamp].
328 Returns the end point, which is where `time-stamp' begins the next search."
329 (let ((case-fold-search nil
)
336 ;; Find the location of the time stamp.
337 (while (and (< (goto-char start
) search-limit
)
339 (re-search-forward ts-start search-limit
'move
))
341 (if (not time-stamp-inserts-lines
)
342 (forward-line format-lines
))
343 (setq end-search-start
(max start
(point)))
344 (if (= (forward-line end-lines
) 0)
346 (and (bolp) (backward-char))
347 (let ((line-end (min (point) search-limit
)))
348 (if (>= line-end end-search-start
)
350 (goto-char end-search-start
)
351 (if (re-search-forward ts-end line-end t
)
353 (setq end
(match-beginning 0))
354 (setq end-length
(- (match-end 0) end
))))))))))))
357 ;; do all warnings outside save-excursion
359 ((not time-stamp-active
)
360 (if time-stamp-warn-inactive
361 ;; don't signal an error in a write-file-hook
363 (message "Warning: time-stamp-active is off; did not time-stamp buffer.")
365 ((not (and (stringp ts-start
)
367 (message "time-stamp-start or time-stamp-end is not a string")
370 (let ((new-time-stamp (time-stamp-string ts-format
)))
371 (if (and (stringp new-time-stamp
)
372 (not (string-equal (buffer-substring start end
)
377 (delete-region start end
)
379 (insert-and-inherit new-time-stamp
)
381 ;; remove any tabs used to format time stamp
382 (if (search-backward "\t" start t
)
385 (setq end
(point))))))))))))
386 ;; return the location after this time stamp, if there was one
388 (+ end end-length
))))
392 (defun time-stamp-toggle-active (&optional arg
)
393 "Toggle `time-stamp-active', setting whether \\[time-stamp] updates a buffer.
394 With ARG, turn time stamping on if and only if arg is positive."
396 (setq time-stamp-active
398 (not time-stamp-active
)
399 (> (prefix-numeric-value arg
) 0)))
400 (message "time-stamp is now %s." (if time-stamp-active
"active" "off")))
402 (defun time-stamp--format (format time
)
403 (format-time-string format time time-stamp-time-zone
))
405 (defun time-stamp-string (&optional ts-format
)
406 "Generate the new string to be inserted by \\[time-stamp].
407 Optionally use format TS-FORMAT instead of `time-stamp-format' to
409 (if (stringp (or ts-format
(setq ts-format time-stamp-format
)))
410 (time-stamp--format (time-stamp-string-preprocess ts-format
) nil
)))
413 (defconst time-stamp-no-file
"(no file)"
414 "String to use when the buffer is not associated with a file.")
416 ;;; FIXME This comment was written in 1996!
417 ;;; time-stamp is transitioning to using the new, expanded capabilities
418 ;;; of format-time-string. During the process, this function implements
419 ;;; intermediate, compatible formats and complains about old, soon to
420 ;;; be unsupported, formats. This function will get a lot (a LOT) shorter
421 ;;; when the transition is complete and we can just pass most things
422 ;;; straight through to format-time-string.
423 ;;; At all times, all the formats recommended in the doc string
424 ;;; of time-stamp-format will work not only in the current version of
425 ;;; Emacs, but in all versions that have been released within the past
427 ;;; The : modifier is a temporary conversion feature used to resolve
428 ;;; ambiguous formats--formats that are changing (over time) incompatibly.
429 (defun time-stamp-string-preprocess (format &optional time
)
430 "Use a FORMAT to format date, time, file, and user information.
431 Optional second argument TIME is only for testing.
432 Implements non-time extensions to `format-time-string'
433 and all `time-stamp-format' compatibility."
434 (let ((fmt-len (length format
))
443 (while (< ind fmt-len
)
444 (setq cur-char
(aref format ind
))
450 ;; eat any additional args to allow for future expansion
451 (setq alt-form nil change-case nil field-width
"")
454 (setq cur-char
(if (< ind fmt-len
)
458 (eq ?
, cur-char
) (eq ?
: cur-char
) (eq ?
@ cur-char
)
459 (eq ?- cur-char
) (eq ?
+ cur-char
) (eq ?_ cur-char
)
460 (eq ?\s cur-char
) (eq ?
# cur-char
) (eq ?^ cur-char
)
461 (and (eq ?\
( cur-char
)
462 (not (eq prev-char ?
\\))
463 (setq paren-level
(1+ paren-level
)))
464 (if (and (eq ?\
) cur-char
)
465 (not (eq prev-char ?
\\))
467 (setq paren-level
(1- paren-level
))
468 (and (> paren-level
0)
470 (if (and (<= ?
0 cur-char
) (>= ?
9 cur-char
))
472 (let ((field-index ind
))
475 (setq cur-char
(if (< ind fmt-len
)
478 (and (<= ?
0 cur-char
) (>= ?
9 cur-char
))))
479 (setq field-width
(substring format field-index ind
))
482 (setq prev-char cur-char
)
483 ;; some characters we actually use
484 (cond ((eq cur-char ?
:)
487 (setq change-case t
))))
492 ((eq cur-char ?a
) ;day of week
494 (time-stamp--format "%#a" time
)
495 (or alt-form
(not (string-equal field-width
""))
496 (time-stamp-conv-warn "%a" "%:a"))
497 (if (and alt-form
(not (string-equal field-width
"")))
498 "" ;discourage "%:3a"
499 (time-stamp--format "%A" time
))))
502 (time-stamp--format "%A" time
)
503 (or change-case
(not (string-equal field-width
""))
504 (time-stamp-conv-warn "%A" "%#A"))
505 (time-stamp--format "%#A" time
)))
506 ((eq cur-char ?b
) ;month name
508 (time-stamp--format "%#b" time
)
509 (or alt-form
(not (string-equal field-width
""))
510 (time-stamp-conv-warn "%b" "%:b"))
511 (if (and alt-form
(not (string-equal field-width
"")))
512 "" ;discourage "%:3b"
513 (time-stamp--format "%B" time
))))
516 (time-stamp--format "%B" time
)
517 (or change-case
(not (string-equal field-width
""))
518 (time-stamp-conv-warn "%B" "%#B"))
519 (time-stamp--format "%#B" time
)))
520 ((eq cur-char ?d
) ;day of month, 1-31
521 (time-stamp-do-number cur-char alt-form field-width time
))
522 ((eq cur-char ?H
) ;hour, 0-23
523 (time-stamp-do-number cur-char alt-form field-width time
))
524 ((eq cur-char ?I
) ;hour, 1-12
525 (time-stamp-do-number cur-char alt-form field-width time
))
526 ((eq cur-char ?m
) ;month number, 1-12
527 (time-stamp-do-number cur-char alt-form field-width time
))
528 ((eq cur-char ?M
) ;minute, 0-59
529 (time-stamp-do-number cur-char alt-form field-width time
))
530 ((eq cur-char ?p
) ;am or pm
532 (time-stamp-conv-warn "%p" "%#p"))
533 (time-stamp--format "%#p" time
))
534 ((eq cur-char ?P
) ;AM or PM
535 (time-stamp--format "%p" time
))
536 ((eq cur-char ?S
) ;seconds, 00-60
537 (time-stamp-do-number cur-char alt-form field-width time
))
538 ((eq cur-char ?w
) ;weekday number, Sunday is 0
539 (time-stamp--format "%w" time
))
540 ((eq cur-char ?y
) ;year
541 (or alt-form
(not (string-equal field-width
""))
542 (time-stamp-conv-warn "%y" "%:y"))
543 (string-to-number (time-stamp--format "%Y" time
)))
544 ((eq cur-char ?Y
) ;4-digit year, new style
545 (string-to-number (time-stamp--format "%Y" time
)))
546 ((eq cur-char ?z
) ;time zone lower case
548 "" ;discourage %z variations
549 (time-stamp--format "%#Z" time
)))
552 (time-stamp--format "%#Z" time
)
553 (time-stamp--format "%Z" time
)))
554 ((eq cur-char ?f
) ;buffer-file-name, base name only
556 (file-name-nondirectory buffer-file-name
)
558 ((eq cur-char ?F
) ;buffer-file-name, full path
561 ((eq cur-char ?s
) ;system name
563 ((eq cur-char ?u
) ;user name
565 ((eq cur-char ?U
) ;user full name
567 ((eq cur-char ?l
) ;logname (undocumented user name alt)
569 ((eq cur-char ?L
) ;(undocumented alt user full name)
571 ((eq cur-char ?h
) ;mail host name
572 (time-stamp-mail-host-name))
573 ((eq cur-char ?q
) ;(undocumented unqual hostname)
574 (let ((qualname (system-name)))
575 (if (string-match "\\." qualname
)
576 (substring qualname
0 (match-beginning 0))
578 ((eq cur-char ?Q
) ;(undocumented fully-qualified host)
582 (format (format "%%%s%c"
584 (if (numberp field-result
) ?d ?s
))
585 (or field-result
""))))
586 (let* ((initial-length (length padded-result
))
587 (desired-length (if (string-equal field-width
"")
589 (string-to-number field-width
))))
590 (if (> initial-length desired-length
)
591 ;; truncate strings on right, years on left
592 (if (stringp field-result
)
593 (substring padded-result
0 desired-length
)
595 (substring padded-result
(- desired-length
))
596 padded-result
)) ;non-year numbers don't truncate
599 (char-to-string cur-char
)))))
603 (defun time-stamp-do-number (format-char alt-form field-width time
)
604 "Handle compatible FORMAT-CHAR where only default width/padding will change.
605 ALT-FORM is whether `#' specified. FIELD-WIDTH is the string
606 width specification or \"\". TIME is the time to convert."
607 (let ((format-string (concat "%" (char-to-string format-char
))))
608 (and (not alt-form
) (string-equal field-width
"")
609 (time-stamp-conv-warn format-string
610 (format "%%:%c" format-char
)))
611 (if (and alt-form
(not (string-equal field-width
"")))
612 "" ;discourage "%:2d" and the like
613 (string-to-number (time-stamp--format format-string time
)))))
615 (defvar time-stamp-conversion-warn t
616 "Warn about soon-to-be-unsupported forms in `time-stamp-format'.
617 If nil, these warnings are disabled, which would be a bad idea!
618 You really need to update your files instead.
620 The new formats will work with old versions of Emacs.
621 New formats are being recommended now to allow `time-stamp-format'
622 to change in the future to be compatible with `format-time-string'.
623 The new forms being recommended now will continue to work then.")
626 (defun time-stamp-conv-warn (old-form new-form
)
627 "Display a warning about a soon-to-be-obsolete format.
628 Suggests replacing OLD-FORM with NEW-FORM."
630 (time-stamp-conversion-warn
631 (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Time-stamp-compatibility*")
632 (goto-char (point-max))
636 "The formats recognized in time-stamp-format will change in a future release\n"
637 "to be compatible with the new, expanded format-time-string function.\n\n"
638 "The following obsolescent time-stamp-format construct(s) were found:\n\n")))
639 (insert "\"" old-form
"\" -- use " new-form
"\n"))
640 (display-buffer "*Time-stamp-compatibility*"))))
644 (defun time-stamp-mail-host-name ()
645 "Return the name of the host where the user receives mail.
646 This is the value of `mail-host-address' if bound and a string,
647 otherwise the value of the function `system-name'."
648 (or (and (boundp 'mail-host-address
)
649 (stringp mail-host-address
)
653 (provide 'time-stamp
)
655 ;;; time-stamp.el ends here