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+;;; timer.el --- run a function with args at some time in future
+
+;; Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+;; Maintainer: FSF
+
+;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+;; any later version.
+
+;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; This package gives you the capability to run Emacs Lisp commands at
+;; specified times in the future, either as one-shots or periodically.
+
+;;; Code:
+
+;; Layout of a timer vector:
+;; [triggered-p high-seconds low-seconds usecs repeat-delay
+;; function args idle-delay]
+
+(defun timer-create ()
+ "Create a timer object."
+ (let ((timer (make-vector 8 nil)))
+ (aset timer 0 t)
+ timer))
+
+(defun timerp (object)
+ "Return t if OBJECT is a timer."
+ (and (vectorp object) (= (length object) 8)))
+
+(defun timer-set-time (timer time &optional delta)
+ "Set the trigger time of TIMER to TIME.
+TIME must be in the internal format returned by, e.g., `current-time'.
+If optional third argument DELTA is a non-zero integer, make the timer
+fire repeatedly that many seconds apart."
+ (or (timerp timer)
+ (error "Invalid timer"))
+ (aset timer 1 (car time))
+ (aset timer 2 (if (consp (cdr time)) (car (cdr time)) (cdr time)))
+ (aset timer 3 (or (and (consp (cdr time)) (consp (cdr (cdr time)))
+ (nth 2 time))
+ 0))
+ (aset timer 4 (and (numberp delta) (> delta 0) delta))
+ timer)
+
+(defun timer-set-idle-time (timer secs &optional repeat)
+ "Set the trigger idle time of TIMER to SECS.
+If optional third argument REPEAT is non-nil, make the timer
+fire each time Emacs is idle for that many seconds."
+ (or (timerp timer)
+ (error "Invalid timer"))
+ (aset timer 1 0)
+ (aset timer 2 0)
+ (aset timer 3 0)
+ (timer-inc-time timer secs)
+ (aset timer 4 repeat)
+ timer)
+
+(defun timer-next-integral-multiple-of-time (time secs)
+ "Yield the next value after TIME that is an integral multiple of SECS.
+More precisely, the next value, after TIME, that is an integral multiple
+of SECS seconds since the epoch. SECS may be a fraction."
+ (let ((time-base (ash 1 16)))
+ (if (fboundp 'atan)
+ ;; Use floating point, taking care to not lose precision.
+ (let* ((float-time-base (float time-base))
+ (million 1000000.0)
+ (time-usec (+ (* million
+ (+ (* float-time-base (nth 0 time))
+ (nth 1 time)))
+ (nth 2 time)))
+ (secs-usec (* million secs))
+ (mod-usec (mod time-usec secs-usec))
+ (next-usec (+ (- time-usec mod-usec) secs-usec))
+ (time-base-million (* float-time-base million)))
+ (list (floor next-usec time-base-million)
+ (floor (mod next-usec time-base-million) million)
+ (floor (mod next-usec million))))
+ ;; Floating point is not supported.
+ ;; Use integer arithmetic, avoiding overflow if possible.
+ (let* ((mod-sec (mod (+ (* (mod time-base secs)
+ (mod (nth 0 time) secs))
+ (nth 1 time))
+ secs))
+ (next-1-sec (+ (- (nth 1 time) mod-sec) secs)))
+ (list (+ (nth 0 time) (floor next-1-sec time-base))
+ (mod next-1-sec time-base)
+ 0)))))
+
+(defun timer-relative-time (time secs &optional usecs)
+ "Advance TIME by SECS seconds and optionally USECS microseconds.
+SECS may be a fraction."
+ (let ((high (car time))
+ (low (if (consp (cdr time)) (nth 1 time) (cdr time)))
+ (micro (if (numberp (car-safe (cdr-safe (cdr time))))
+ (nth 2 time)
+ 0)))
+ ;; Add
+ (if usecs (setq micro (+ micro usecs)))
+ (if (floatp secs)
+ (setq micro (+ micro (floor (* 1000000 (- secs (floor secs)))))))
+ (setq low (+ low (floor secs)))
+
+ ;; Normalize
+ (setq low (+ low (/ micro 1000000)))
+ (setq micro (mod micro 1000000))
+ (setq high (+ high (/ low 65536)))
+ (setq low (logand low 65535))
+
+ (list high low (and (/= micro 0) micro))))
+
+(defun timer-inc-time (timer secs &optional usecs)
+ "Increment the time set in TIMER by SECS seconds and USECS microseconds.
+SECS may be a fraction."
+ (let ((time (timer-relative-time
+ (list (aref timer 1) (aref timer 2) (aref timer 3))
+ secs
+ usecs)))
+ (aset timer 1 (nth 0 time))
+ (aset timer 2 (nth 1 time))
+ (aset timer 3 (or (nth 2 time) 0))))
+
+(defun timer-set-time-with-usecs (timer time usecs &optional delta)
+ "Set the trigger time of TIMER to TIME.
+TIME must be in the internal format returned by, e.g., `current-time'.
+If optional third argument DELTA is a non-zero integer, make the timer
+fire repeatedly that many seconds apart."
+ (or (timerp timer)
+ (error "Invalid timer"))
+ (aset timer 1 (car time))
+ (aset timer 2 (if (consp (cdr time)) (car (cdr time)) (cdr time)))
+ (aset timer 3 usecs)
+ (aset timer 4 (and (numberp delta) (> delta 0) delta))
+ timer)
+
+(defun timer-set-function (timer function &optional args)
+ "Make TIMER call FUNCTION with optional ARGS when triggering."
+ (or (timerp timer)
+ (error "Invalid timer"))
+ (aset timer 5 function)
+ (aset timer 6 args)
+ timer)
+
+(defun timer-activate (timer)
+ "Put TIMER on the list of active timers."
+ (if (and (timerp timer)
+ (integerp (aref timer 1))
+ (integerp (aref timer 2))
+ (integerp (aref timer 3))
+ (aref timer 5))
+ (let ((timers timer-list)
+ last)
+ ;; Skip all timers to trigger before the new one.
+ (while (and timers
+ (or (> (aref timer 1) (aref (car timers) 1))
+ (and (= (aref timer 1) (aref (car timers) 1))
+ (> (aref timer 2) (aref (car timers) 2)))
+ (and (= (aref timer 1) (aref (car timers) 1))
+ (= (aref timer 2) (aref (car timers) 2))
+ (> (aref timer 3) (aref (car timers) 3)))))
+ (setq last timers
+ timers (cdr timers)))
+ ;; Insert new timer after last which possibly means in front of queue.
+ (if last
+ (setcdr last (cons timer timers))
+ (setq timer-list (cons timer timers)))
+ (aset timer 0 nil)
+ (aset timer 7 nil)
+ nil)
+ (error "Invalid or uninitialized timer")))
+
+(defun timer-activate-when-idle (timer &optional dont-wait)
+ "Arrange to activate TIMER whenever Emacs is next idle.
+If optional argument DONT-WAIT is non-nil, then enable the
+timer to activate immediately, or at the right time, if Emacs
+is already idle."
+ (if (and (timerp timer)
+ (integerp (aref timer 1))
+ (integerp (aref timer 2))
+ (integerp (aref timer 3))
+ (aref timer 5))
+ (let ((timers timer-idle-list)
+ last)
+ ;; Skip all timers to trigger before the new one.
+ (while (and timers
+ (or (> (aref timer 1) (aref (car timers) 1))
+ (and (= (aref timer 1) (aref (car timers) 1))
+ (> (aref timer 2) (aref (car timers) 2)))
+ (and (= (aref timer 1) (aref (car timers) 1))
+ (= (aref timer 2) (aref (car timers) 2))
+ (> (aref timer 3) (aref (car timers) 3)))))
+ (setq last timers
+ timers (cdr timers)))
+ ;; Insert new timer after last which possibly means in front of queue.
+ (if last
+ (setcdr last (cons timer timers))
+ (setq timer-idle-list (cons timer timers)))
+ (aset timer 0 (not dont-wait))
+ (aset timer 7 t)
+ nil)
+ (error "Invalid or uninitialized timer")))
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defalias 'disable-timeout 'cancel-timer)
+;;;###autoload
+(defun cancel-timer (timer)
+ "Remove TIMER from the list of active timers."
+ (or (timerp timer)
+ (error "Invalid timer"))
+ (setq timer-list (delq timer timer-list))
+ (setq timer-idle-list (delq timer timer-idle-list))
+ nil)
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun cancel-function-timers (function)
+ "Cancel all timers scheduled by `run-at-time' which would run FUNCTION."
+ (interactive "aCancel timers of function: ")
+ (let ((tail timer-list))
+ (while tail
+ (if (eq (aref (car tail) 5) function)
+ (setq timer-list (delq (car tail) timer-list)))
+ (setq tail (cdr tail))))
+ (let ((tail timer-idle-list))
+ (while tail
+ (if (eq (aref (car tail) 5) function)
+ (setq timer-idle-list (delq (car tail) timer-idle-list)))
+ (setq tail (cdr tail)))))
+
+;; Record the last few events, for debugging.
+(defvar timer-event-last-2 nil)
+(defvar timer-event-last-1 nil)
+(defvar timer-event-last nil)
+
+(defvar timer-max-repeats 10
+ "*Maximum number of times to repeat a timer, if real time jumps.")
+
+(defun timer-until (timer time)
+ "Calculate number of seconds from when TIMER will run, until TIME.
+TIMER is a timer, and stands for the time when its next repeat is scheduled.
+TIME is a time-list."
+ (let ((high (- (car time) (aref timer 1)))
+ (low (- (nth 1 time) (aref timer 2))))
+ (+ low (* high 65536))))
+
+(defun timer-event-handler (timer)
+ "Call the handler for the timer TIMER.
+This function is called, by name, directly by the C code."
+ (setq timer-event-last-2 timer-event-last-1)
+ (setq timer-event-last-1 timer-event-last)
+ (setq timer-event-last timer)
+ (let ((inhibit-quit t))
+ (if (timerp timer)
+ (progn
+ ;; Delete from queue.
+ (cancel-timer timer)
+ ;; Re-schedule if requested.
+ (if (aref timer 4)
+ (if (aref timer 7)
+ (timer-activate-when-idle timer)
+ (timer-inc-time timer (aref timer 4) 0)
+ ;; If real time has jumped forward,
+ ;; perhaps because Emacs was suspended for a long time,
+ ;; limit how many times things get repeated.
+ (if (and (numberp timer-max-repeats)
+ (< 0 (timer-until timer (current-time))))
+ (let ((repeats (/ (timer-until timer (current-time))
+ (aref timer 4))))
+ (if (> repeats timer-max-repeats)
+ (timer-inc-time timer (* (aref timer 4) repeats)))))
+ (timer-activate timer)))
+ ;; Run handler.
+ ;; We do this after rescheduling so that the handler function
+ ;; can cancel its own timer successfully with cancel-timer.
+ (condition-case nil
+ (apply (aref timer 5) (aref timer 6))
+ (error nil)))
+ (error "Bogus timer event"))))
+
+;; This function is incompatible with the one in levents.el.
+(defun timeout-event-p (event)
+ "Non-nil if EVENT is a timeout event."
+ (and (listp event) (eq (car event) 'timer-event)))
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun run-at-time (time repeat function &rest args)
+ "Perform an action at time TIME.
+Repeat the action every REPEAT seconds, if REPEAT is non-nil.
+TIME should be a string like \"11:23pm\", nil meaning now, a number of seconds
+from now, a value from `current-time', or t (with non-nil REPEAT)
+meaning the next integral multiple of REPEAT.
+REPEAT may be an integer or floating point number.
+The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
+
+This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'."
+ (interactive "sRun at time: \nNRepeat interval: \naFunction: ")
+
+ (or (null repeat)
+ (and (numberp repeat) (< 0 repeat))
+ (error "Invalid repetition interval"))
+
+ ;; Special case: nil means "now" and is useful when repeating.
+ (if (null time)
+ (setq time (current-time)))
+
+ ;; Special case: t means the next integral multiple of REPEAT.
+ (if (and (eq time t) repeat)
+ (setq time (timer-next-integral-multiple-of-time (current-time) repeat)))
+
+ ;; Handle numbers as relative times in seconds.
+ (if (numberp time)
+ (setq time (timer-relative-time (current-time) time)))
+
+ ;; Handle relative times like "2 hours and 35 minutes"
+ (if (stringp time)
+ (let ((secs (timer-duration time)))
+ (if secs
+ (setq time (timer-relative-time (current-time) secs)))))
+
+ ;; Handle "11:23pm" and the like. Interpret it as meaning today
+ ;; which admittedly is rather stupid if we have passed that time
+ ;; already. (Though only Emacs hackers hack Emacs at that time.)
+ (if (stringp time)
+ (progn
+ (require 'diary-lib)
+ (let ((hhmm (diary-entry-time time))
+ (now (decode-time)))
+ (if (>= hhmm 0)
+ (setq time
+ (encode-time 0 (% hhmm 100) (/ hhmm 100) (nth 3 now)
+ (nth 4 now) (nth 5 now) (nth 8 now)))))))
+
+ (or (consp time)
+ (error "Invalid time format"))
+
+ (let ((timer (timer-create)))
+ (timer-set-time timer time repeat)
+ (timer-set-function timer function args)
+ (timer-activate timer)
+ timer))
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun run-with-timer (secs repeat function &rest args)
+ "Perform an action after a delay of SECS seconds.
+Repeat the action every REPEAT seconds, if REPEAT is non-nil.
+SECS and REPEAT may be integers or floating point numbers.
+The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
+
+This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'."
+ (interactive "sRun after delay (seconds): \nNRepeat interval: \naFunction: ")
+ (apply 'run-at-time secs repeat function args))
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun add-timeout (secs function object &optional repeat)
+ "Add a timer to run SECS seconds from now, to call FUNCTION on OBJECT.
+If REPEAT is non-nil, repeat the timer every REPEAT seconds.
+This function is for compatibility; see also `run-with-timer'."
+ (run-with-timer secs repeat function object))
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun run-with-idle-timer (secs repeat function &rest args)
+ "Perform an action the next time Emacs is idle for SECS seconds.
+The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
+SECS may be an integer or a floating point number.
+
+If REPEAT is non-nil, do the action each time Emacs has been idle for
+exactly SECS seconds (that is, only once for each time Emacs becomes idle).
+
+This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'."
+ (interactive
+ (list (read-from-minibuffer "Run after idle (seconds): " nil nil t)
+ (y-or-n-p "Repeat each time Emacs is idle? ")
+ (intern (completing-read "Function: " obarray 'fboundp t))))
+ (let ((timer (timer-create)))
+ (timer-set-function timer function args)
+ (timer-set-idle-time timer secs repeat)
+ (timer-activate-when-idle timer)
+ timer))
+
+(defun with-timeout-handler (tag)
+ (throw tag 'timeout))
+
+;;;###autoload (put 'with-timeout 'lisp-indent-function 1)
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defmacro with-timeout (list &rest body)
+ "Run BODY, but if it doesn't finish in SECONDS seconds, give up.
+If we give up, we run the TIMEOUT-FORMS and return the value of the last one.
+The call should look like:
+ (with-timeout (SECONDS TIMEOUT-FORMS...) BODY...)
+The timeout is checked whenever Emacs waits for some kind of external
+event \(such as keyboard input, input from subprocesses, or a certain time);
+if the program loops without waiting in any way, the timeout will not
+be detected."
+ (let ((seconds (car list))
+ (timeout-forms (cdr list)))
+ `(let ((with-timeout-tag (cons nil nil))
+ with-timeout-value with-timeout-timer)
+ (if (catch with-timeout-tag
+ (progn
+ (setq with-timeout-timer
+ (run-with-timer ,seconds nil
+ 'with-timeout-handler
+ with-timeout-tag))
+ (setq with-timeout-value (progn . ,body))
+ nil))
+ (progn . ,timeout-forms)
+ (cancel-timer with-timeout-timer)
+ with-timeout-value))))
+
+(defun y-or-n-p-with-timeout (prompt seconds default-value)
+ "Like (y-or-n-p PROMPT), with a timeout.
+If the user does not answer after SECONDS seconds, return DEFAULT-VALUE."
+ (with-timeout (seconds default-value)
+ (y-or-n-p prompt)))
+
+(defvar timer-duration-words
+ (list (cons "microsec" 0.000001)
+ (cons "microsecond" 0.000001)
+ (cons "millisec" 0.001)
+ (cons "millisecond" 0.001)
+ (cons "sec" 1)
+ (cons "second" 1)
+ (cons "min" 60)
+ (cons "minute" 60)
+ (cons "hour" (* 60 60))
+ (cons "day" (* 24 60 60))
+ (cons "week" (* 7 24 60 60))
+ (cons "fortnight" (* 14 24 60 60))
+ (cons "month" (* 30 24 60 60)) ; Approximation
+ (cons "year" (* 365.25 24 60 60)) ; Approximation
+ )
+ "Alist mapping temporal words to durations in seconds")
+
+(defun timer-duration (string)
+ "Return number of seconds specified by STRING, or nil if parsing fails."
+ (let ((secs 0)
+ (start 0)
+ (case-fold-search t))
+ (while (string-match
+ "[ \t]*\\([0-9.]+\\)?[ \t]*\\([a-z]+[a-rt-z]\\)s?[ \t]*"
+ string start)
+ (let ((count (if (match-beginning 1)
+ (string-to-number (match-string 1 string))
+ 1))
+ (itemsize (cdr (assoc (match-string 2 string)
+ timer-duration-words))))
+ (if itemsize
+ (setq start (match-end 0)
+ secs (+ secs (* count itemsize)))
+ (setq secs nil
+ start (length string)))))
+ (if (= start (length string))
+ secs
+ (if (string-match "\\`[0-9.]+\\'" string)
+ (string-to-number string)))))
+
+(provide 'timer)
+
+;;; timer.el ends here