-;;; timers.el --- run a function with args at some time in future
+;;; timer.el --- run a function with args at some time in future.
;; Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; This package gives you the capability to run Emacs Lisp commands at
;; specified times in the future, either as one-shots or periodically.
-;; The single entry point is `run-at-time'.
;;; Code:
;; Layout of a timer vector:
-;; [triggered-p trigger-high trigger-low delta-secs function args]
+;; [triggered-p high-seconds low-seconds usecs delta-secs function args]
(defun timer-create ()
"Create a timer object."
(let ((timer (make-vector 7 nil)))
- (aset timer 0 (make-vector 1 'timer-event))
+ (aset timer 0 t)
timer))
(defun timerp (object)
"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 menu seconds apart."
+fire repeatedly that meny 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 (if (consp (cdr time)) (nth 2 time) 0))
- (aset timer 4 (and (integerp delta) (> delta 0) delta))
+ (aset timer 4 (and (numberp delta) (> delta 0) delta))
timer)
+(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."
- (or usecs (setq usecs 0))
- (if (floatp secs)
- (let* ((integer (floor secs))
- (fraction (floor (* 1000000 (- secs integer)))))
- (setq usecs fraction secs integer)))
- (let ((newusecs (+ (aref timer 3) usecs)))
- (aset timer 3 (mod newusecs 1000000))
- (setq secs (+ secs (/ newusecs 1000000))))
- (let ((newlow (+ (aref timer 2) secs))
- (newhigh (aref timer 1)))
- (setq newhigh (+ newhigh (/ newlow 65536))
- newlow (logand newlow 65535))
- (aset timer 1 newhigh)
- (aset timer 2 newlow)))
+ (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.
(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 (integerp delta) (> delta 0) delta))
+ (aset timer 4 (and (numberp delta) (> delta 0) delta))
timer)
(defun timer-set-function (timer function &optional args)
nil)
(error "Invalid or uninitialized timer")))
+(defalias 'disable-timeout 'cancel-timer)
(defun cancel-timer (timer)
"Remove TIMER from the list of active timers."
(or (timerp timer)
(defun timer-event-handler (event)
"Call the handler for the timer in the event EVENT."
(interactive "e")
- (let ((timer (cdr-safe event)))
+ (let ((timer (car-safe (cdr-safe event))))
(if (timerp timer)
(progn
;; Delete from queue.
Arguments are TIME, REPEAT, FUNCTION &rest ARGS.
TIME is a string like \"11:23pm\" or a value from `encode-time'.
REPEAT, an integer number of seconds, is the interval on which to repeat
-the call to the function. If REPEAT is nil or 0, call it just once."
+the call to the function. If REPEAT is nil or 0, call it just once.
+
+This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'."
(interactive "sRun at time: \nNRepeat interval: \naFunction: ")
+ ;; Special case: nil means "now" and is useful when repeting.
+ (if (null time)
+ (setq time (current-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. Unfortunately we don't have a `parse-time' function
- ;; to do the right thing.
+ ;; already.
(if (stringp time)
(progn
(require 'diary-lib)
(let ((hhmm (diary-entry-time time))
(now (decode-time)))
- (if (< hhmm 0)
- (setq time 'bad)
- (setq time
- (encode-time 0 (% hhmm 100) (/ hhmm 100) (nth 3 now)
- (nth 4 now) (nth 5 now) (nth 8 now)))))))
-
- ;; Special case: nil means "now" and is useful when repeting.
- (if (null time)
- (setq time (current-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-activate timer)
+ timer))
;;;###autoload
-(defun run-after-delay (secs repeat function &rest args)
+(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 need not be integers.
-The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS."
+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: ")
(or (null repeat)
(timer-set-time timer (current-time))
(timer-inc-time timer secs)
(timer-set-function timer function args)
- (timer-activate timer)))
+ (timer-activate timer)
+ timer))
+\f
+;;;###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))
+
+(defun timeout-event-p (event)
+ "Non-nil if EVENT is a timeout event."
+ (and (listp event)
+ (eq (car event) 'timer-event)))
+
+(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 looks 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)))
+\f
+(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)))))
+ secs))
\f
-(provide 'timers)
+(provide 'timer)
-;;; timers.el ends here
+;;; timer.el ends here