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1 files changed, 164 insertions, 80 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/time-stamp.el b/lisp/time-stamp.el
index a9c8b1d31f8..5ac4d49f262 100644
--- a/lisp/time-stamp.el
+++ b/lisp/time-stamp.el
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
;; Copyright 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-;; Maintainer's Time-stamp: <1999-01-06 11:06:03 gildea>
+;; Maintainer's Time-stamp: <1999-06-26 15:12:53 gildea>
;; Maintainer: Stephen Gildea <gildea@alum.mit.edu>
;; Keywords: tools
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ Non-date items:
Decimal digits between the % and the type character specify the
field width. Strings are truncated on the right; years on the left.
-A leading zero causes numbers to be zero-filled.
+A leading zero in the field width zero-fills a number.
For example, to get the format used by the `date' command,
use \"%3a %3b %2d %02H:%02M:%02S %Z %:y\".
-In the future these formats will be aligned more with format-time-string.
+In the future these formats will be aligned more with `format-time-string'.
Because of this transition, the default padding for numeric formats will
change in a future version. Therefore either a padding width should be
specified, or the : modifier should be used to explicitly request the
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ See also the variable `time-stamp-warn-inactive'."
(defcustom time-stamp-warn-inactive t
"Non-nil to have \\[time-stamp] warn if a buffer did not get time-stamped.
-A warning is printed if `time-stamp-active' is nil and the buffer contains
-a time stamp template that would otherwise have been updated."
+A warning is printed if `time-stamp-active' disables time stamping and the
+buffer contains a template that would otherwise have been updated."
:type 'boolean
:group 'time-stamp)
@@ -118,16 +118,16 @@ Format is the same as that used by the environment variable TZ on your system."
;;; Do not change time-stamp-line-limit, time-stamp-start,
-;;; time-stamp-end, or time-stamp-pattern in your .emacs
-;;; or you will be incompatible with other people's files!
-;;; If you must change them, do so only in the local variables
-;;; section of the file itself.
+;;; time-stamp-end, time-stamp-pattern, time-stamp-inserts-lines,
+;;; or time-stamp-count in your .emacs or you will be incompatible
+;;; with other people's files! If you must change them, do so only
+;;; in the local variables section of the file itself.
(defvar time-stamp-line-limit 8 ;Do not change!
"Lines of a file searched; positive counts from start, negative from end.
-The patterns `time-stamp-start' and `time-stamp-end' must be found on one
-of the first (last) `time-stamp-line-limit' lines of the file for the
+The patterns `time-stamp-start' and `time-stamp-end' must be found in
+the first (last) `time-stamp-line-limit' lines of the file for the
file to be time-stamped by \\[time-stamp]. A value of 0 searches the
entire buffer (use with care).
@@ -150,20 +150,52 @@ do so in the local variables section of the time-stamped file itself.")
(defvar time-stamp-end "\\\\?[\">]" ;Do not change!
"Regexp marking the text after the time stamp.
\\[time-stamp] deletes the text between the first match of `time-stamp-start'
-and the following match of `time-stamp-end' on the same line,
-then writes the time stamp specified by `time-stamp-format' between them.
+and the following match of `time-stamp-end', then writes the
+time stamp specified by `time-stamp-format' between them.
-Do not change `time-stamp-line-limit', `time-stamp-start', or
-`time-stamp-end' for yourself or you will be incompatible
+The end text normally starts on the same line as the start text ends,
+but if there are any newlines in `time-stamp-format', the same number
+of newlines must separate the start and end. \\[time-stamp] tries
+to not change the number of lines in the buffer. `time-stamp-inserts-lines'
+controls this behavior.
+
+Do not change `time-stamp-line-limit', `time-stamp-start', `time-stamp-end',
+or `time-stamp-inserts-lines' for yourself or you will be incompatible
with other people's files! If you must change them for some application,
do so in the local variables section of the time-stamped file itself.")
+(defvar time-stamp-inserts-lines nil ;Do not change!
+ "Whether time-stamp can change the number of lines in a file.
+If nil, \\[time-stamp] skips as many lines as there are newlines in
+`time-stamp-format' before looking for the `time-stamp-end' pattern,
+thus it tries not to change the number of lines in the buffer.
+If non-nil, \\[time-stamp] starts looking for the end pattern
+immediately after the start pattern. This behavior can cause
+unexpected changes in the buffer if used carelessly, but it is useful
+for generating repeated time stamps.
+
+Do not change `time-stamp-end' or `time-stamp-inserts-lines' for
+yourself or you will be incompatible with other people's files!
+If you must change them for some application, do so in the local
+variables section of the time-stamped file itself.")
+
+
+(defvar time-stamp-count 1 ;Do not change!
+ "How many time stamp templates \\[time-stamp] will look for in a buffer.
+The same time-stamp will be written in each case.
+
+Do not change `time-stamp-count' for yourself or you will be
+incompatible with other people's files! If you must change it for
+some application, do so in the local variables section of the
+time-stamped file itself.")
+
+
(defvar time-stamp-pattern "%%" ;Do not change!
- "Convenience variable setting all time-stamp location and format variables.
+ "Convenience variable setting all `time-stamp' location and format values.
This string has four parts, each of which is optional.
-These four parts set time-stamp-line-limit, time-stamp-start,
-time-stamp-format, and time-stamp-end. See the documentation
+These four parts set `time-stamp-line-limit', `time-stamp-start',
+`time-stamp-format', and `time-stamp-end'. See the documentation
for each of these variables for details.
The first part is a number followed by a slash; the number sets the number
@@ -175,7 +207,7 @@ The second part is a regexp identifying the pattern preceding the time stamp.
This part may be omitted to use the normal pattern.
The third part specifies the format of the time-stamp inserted. See
-the documentation for time-stamp-format for details. Specify this
+the documentation for `time-stamp-format' for details. Specify this
part as \"%%\" to use the normal format.
The fourth part is a regexp identifying the pattern following the time stamp.
@@ -192,7 +224,7 @@ of the time-stamped file itself.")
;;;###autoload
(defun time-stamp ()
- "Update the time stamp string in the buffer.
+ "Update the time stamp string(s) in the buffer.
A template in a file can be automatically updated with a new time stamp
every time you save the file. Add this line to your .emacs file:
(add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp)
@@ -204,17 +236,19 @@ The time stamp is written between the brackets or quotes:
Time-stamp: <1998-02-18 10:20:51 gildea>
The time stamp is updated only if the variable `time-stamp-active' is non-nil.
The format of the time stamp is set by the variable `time-stamp-format'.
-The variables `time-stamp-line-limit', `time-stamp-start',
-and `time-stamp-end' control finding the template."
+The variables `time-stamp-line-limit', `time-stamp-start', `time-stamp-end',
+`time-stamp-count', and `time-stamp-inserts-lines' control finding the
+template."
(interactive)
- (let ((case-fold-search nil)
- (start nil)
- (end nil)
- search-limit
- (line-limit time-stamp-line-limit)
+ (let ((line-limit time-stamp-line-limit)
(ts-start time-stamp-start)
(ts-format time-stamp-format)
- (ts-end time-stamp-end))
+ (ts-end time-stamp-end)
+ (ts-count time-stamp-count)
+ (format-lines 0)
+ (end-lines 1)
+ (start nil)
+ search-limit)
(if (stringp time-stamp-pattern)
(progn
(string-match "\\`\\(\\(-?[0-9]+\\)/\\)?\\([^%]+\\)?\\(\\(.\\|\n\\)*%[-.,:@+_ #^()0-9]*[A-Za-z%]\\)?\\([^%]+\\)?\\'" time-stamp-pattern)
@@ -232,6 +266,22 @@ and `time-stamp-end' control finding the template."
(setq line-limit 8)
(message "time-stamp-line-limit is not an integer")
(sit-for 1)))
+ (cond ((not (integerp ts-count))
+ (setq ts-count 1)
+ (message "time-stamp-count is not an integer")
+ (sit-for 1))
+ ((< ts-count 1)
+ ;; We need to call time-stamp-once at least once
+ ;; to output any warnings about time-stamp not being active.
+ (setq ts-count 1)))
+ ;; Figure out what lines the end should be on.
+ (let ((nl-start 0))
+ (while (string-match "\n" ts-format nl-start)
+ (setq format-lines (1+ format-lines) nl-start (match-end 0))))
+ (let ((nl-start 0))
+ (while (string-match "\n" ts-end nl-start)
+ (setq end-lines (1+ end-lines) nl-start (match-end 0))))
+ ;; Find overall what lines to look at
(save-excursion
(save-restriction
(widen)
@@ -245,17 +295,46 @@ and `time-stamp-end' control finding the template."
(setq start (point)))
(t ;0 => no limit (use with care!)
(setq start (point-min))
- (setq search-limit (point-max))))
- (goto-char start)
- (while (and (< (point) search-limit)
+ (setq search-limit (point-max))))))
+ (while (and start
+ (< start search-limit)
+ (> ts-count 0))
+ (setq start (time-stamp-once start search-limit ts-start ts-end
+ ts-format format-lines end-lines))
+ (setq ts-count (1- ts-count))))
+ ;; be sure to return nil so can be used on write-file-hooks
+ nil)
+
+(defun time-stamp-once (start search-limit ts-start ts-end
+ ts-format format-lines end-lines)
+ "Update one time-stamp. Internal routine called by \\[time-stamp].
+Returns the end point, which is where `time-stamp' begins the next search."
+ (let ((case-fold-search nil)
+ (end nil)
+ end-search-start
+ (end-length nil))
+ (save-excursion
+ (save-restriction
+ (widen)
+ ;; Find the location of the time stamp.
+ (while (and (< (goto-char start) search-limit)
(not end)
(re-search-forward ts-start search-limit 'move))
(setq start (point))
- (end-of-line)
- (let ((line-end (point)))
- (goto-char start)
- (if (re-search-forward ts-end line-end 'move)
- (setq end (match-beginning 0)))))))
+ (if (not time-stamp-inserts-lines)
+ (forward-line format-lines))
+ (setq end-search-start (max start (point)))
+ (if (= (forward-line end-lines) 0)
+ (progn
+ (and (bolp) (backward-char))
+ (let ((line-end (min (point) search-limit)))
+ (if (>= line-end end-search-start)
+ (progn
+ (goto-char end-search-start)
+ (if (re-search-forward ts-end line-end t)
+ (progn
+ (setq end (match-beginning 0))
+ (setq end-length (- (match-end 0) end))))))))))))
(if end
(progn
;; do all warnings outside save-excursion
@@ -283,11 +362,14 @@ and `time-stamp-end' control finding the template."
(insert-and-inherit new-time-stamp)
(setq end (point))
;; remove any tabs used to format time stamp
- (goto-char start)
- (if (search-forward "\t" end t)
- (untabify start end)))))))))))
- ;; be sure to return nil so can be used on write-file-hooks
- nil)
+ (if (search-backward "\t" start t)
+ (progn
+ (untabify start end)
+ (setq end (point))))))))))))
+ ;; return the location after this time stamp, if there was one
+ (and end end-length
+ (+ end end-length))))
+
;;;###autoload
(defun time-stamp-toggle-active (&optional arg)
@@ -298,7 +380,37 @@ With arg, turn time stamping on if and only if arg is positive."
(if (null arg)
(not time-stamp-active)
(> (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0)))
- (message "time-stamp is now %s." (if time-stamp-active "active" "off")))
+ (message "time-stamp is now %s." (if time-stamp-active "active" "off")))
+
+
+(defun time-stamp-string (&optional ts-format)
+ "Generate the new string to be inserted by \\[time-stamp].
+Optionally use FORMAT."
+ (or ts-format
+ (setq ts-format time-stamp-format))
+ (if (stringp ts-format)
+ (if (stringp time-stamp-time-zone)
+ (let ((ts-real-time-zone (getenv "TZ")))
+ (unwind-protect
+ (progn
+ (setenv "TZ" time-stamp-time-zone)
+ (format-time-string
+ (time-stamp-string-preprocess ts-format)))
+ (setenv "TZ" ts-real-time-zone)))
+ (format-time-string
+ (time-stamp-string-preprocess ts-format)))
+ ;; handle version 1 compatibility
+ (cond ((or (eq time-stamp-old-format-warn 'error)
+ (and (eq time-stamp-old-format-warn 'ask)
+ (not (y-or-n-p "Use non-string time-stamp-format? "))))
+ (message "Warning: no time-stamp: time-stamp-format not a string")
+ (sit-for 1)
+ nil)
+ (t
+ (cond ((eq time-stamp-old-format-warn 'warn)
+ (message "Obsolescent time-stamp-format type; should be string")
+ (sit-for 1)))
+ (time-stamp-fconcat ts-format " ")))))
(defconst time-stamp-no-file "(no file)"
"String to use when the buffer is not associated with a file.")
@@ -316,7 +428,7 @@ With arg, turn time stamping on if and only if arg is positive."
;;; The : modifier is a temporary conversion feature used to resolve
;;; ambiguous formats--formats that are changing (over time) incompatibly.
(defun time-stamp-string-preprocess (format &optional time)
- ;; Uses a FORMAT to format date, time, file, and user information.
+ ;; Use a FORMAT to format date, time, file, and user information.
;; Optional second argument TIME is only for testing.
;; Implements non-time extensions to format-time-string
;; and all time-stamp-format compatibility.
@@ -377,7 +489,7 @@ With arg, turn time stamping on if and only if arg is positive."
(setq field-result
(cond
((eq cur-char ?%)
- "%")
+ "%%")
((eq cur-char ?a) ;day of week
(if change-case
(format-time-string "%#A" time)
@@ -453,6 +565,10 @@ With arg, turn time stamping on if and only if arg is positive."
(user-login-name))
((eq cur-char ?U) ;user full name
(user-full-name))
+ ((eq cur-char ?l) ;logname (undocumented user name alt)
+ (user-login-name))
+ ((eq cur-char ?L) ;(undocumented alt user full name)
+ (user-full-name))
((eq cur-char ?h) ;mail host name
(time-stamp-mail-host-name))
))
@@ -492,13 +608,13 @@ With arg, turn time stamping on if and only if arg is positive."
(string-to-int (format-time-string format-string time)))))
(defvar time-stamp-conversion-warn t
- "Non-nil to warn about soon-to-be-unsupported forms in time-stamp-format.
+ "Non-nil to warn about soon-to-be-unsupported forms in `time-stamp-format'.
In would be a bad idea to disable these warnings!
You really need to update your files instead.
The new formats will work with old versions of Emacs.
-New formats are being recommended now to allow time-stamp-format
-to change in the future to be compatible with format-time-string.
+New formats are being recommended now to allow `time-stamp-format'
+to change in the future to be compatible with `format-time-string'.
The new forms being recommended now will continue to work then.")
@@ -520,42 +636,10 @@ The new forms being recommended now will continue to work then.")
-(defun time-stamp-string (&optional ts-format)
- "Generate the new string to be inserted by \\[time-stamp].
-Optionally use FORMAT."
- (or ts-format
- (setq ts-format time-stamp-format))
- (if (stringp ts-format)
- (if (stringp time-stamp-time-zone)
- (let ((real-time-zone (getenv "TZ")))
- (unwind-protect
- (progn
- (setenv "TZ" time-stamp-time-zone)
- (format-time-string
- (time-stamp-string-preprocess ts-format)))
- (setenv "TZ" real-time-zone)))
- (format-time-string
- (time-stamp-string-preprocess ts-format)))
- ;; handle version 1 compatibility
- (cond ((or (eq time-stamp-old-format-warn 'error)
- (and (eq time-stamp-old-format-warn 'ask)
- (not (y-or-n-p "Use non-string time-stamp-format? "))))
- (message "Warning: no time-stamp: time-stamp-format not a string")
- (sit-for 1)
- nil)
- (t
- (cond ((eq time-stamp-old-format-warn 'warn)
- (message "Obsolescent time-stamp-format type; should be string")
- (sit-for 1)))
- (time-stamp-fconcat ts-format " ")))))
-
-(defconst time-stamp-no-file "(no file)"
- "String to use when the buffer is not associated with a file.")
-
(defun time-stamp-mail-host-name ()
"Return the name of the host where the user receives mail.
This is the value of `mail-host-address' if bound and a string,
-otherwise the value of the function system-name."
+otherwise the value of the function `system-name'."
(or (and (boundp 'mail-host-address)
(stringp mail-host-address)
mail-host-address)