(defconst appt-buffer-name "*appt-buf*"
"Name of the appointments buffer.")
+;; TODO Turn this into an alist? It would be easier to add more
+;; optional elements.
+;; TODO There should be a way to set WARNTIME (and other properties)
+;; from the diary-file. Implementing that would be a good reason
+;; to change this to an alist.
(defvar appt-time-msg-list nil
"The list of appointments for today.
Use `appt-add' and `appt-delete' to add and delete appointments.
The original list is generated from today's `diary-entries-list', and
can be regenerated using the function `appt-check'.
-Each element of the generated list has the form (MINUTES STRING [FLAG]); where
-MINUTES is the time in minutes of the appointment after midnight, and
-STRING is the description of the appointment.
-FLAG, if non-nil, says that the element was made with `appt-add'
-so calling `appt-make-list' again should preserve it.")
+Each element of the generated list has the form
+\(MINUTES STRING [FLAG] [WARNTIME])
+where MINUTES is the time in minutes of the appointment after midnight,
+and STRING is the description of the appointment.
+FLAG and WARNTIME can only be present if the element was made
+with `appt-add'. A non-nil FLAG indicates that the element was made
+with `appt-add', so calling `appt-make-list' again should preserve it.
+If WARNTIME is non-nil, it is an integer to use in place
+of `appt-message-warning-time'.")
(defconst appt-max-time (1- (* 24 60))
"11:59pm in minutes - number of minutes in a day minus 1.")
(zerop (mod prev-appt-display-count appt-display-interval))))
;; Non-nil means only update the interval displayed in the mode line.
(mode-line-only (unless full-check appt-now-displayed))
- now cur-comp-time appt-comp-time)
+ now cur-comp-time appt-comp-time appt-warn-time)
(when (or full-check mode-line-only)
(save-excursion
;; Convert current time to minutes after midnight (12.01am = 1).
"[0-9]?[0-9]\\(h\\([0-9][0-9]\\)?\\|[:.][0-9][0-9]\\)\\(am\\|pm\\)?")
;;;###autoload
-(defun appt-add (new-appt-time new-appt-msg new-appt-warning-time)
- "Add an appointment for today at NEW-APPT-TIME with message NEW-APPT-MSG.
-The time should be in either 24 hour format or am/pm format."
+(defun appt-add (time msg &optional warntime)
+ "Add an appointment for today at TIME with message MSG.
+The time should be in either 24 hour format or am/pm format.
+Optional argument WARNTIME is an integer (or string) giving the number
+of minutes before the appointment at which to start warning.
+The default is `appt-message-warning-time'."
(interactive "sTime (hh:mm[am/pm]): \nsMessage:
-sDelay in minutes (press return for default): ")
- (unless (string-match appt-time-regexp new-appt-time)
+sMinutes before the appointment to start warning: ")
+ (unless (string-match appt-time-regexp time)
(error "Unacceptable time-string"))
- (setq new-appt-warning-time
- (if (string= new-appt-warning-time "")
- appt-message-warning-time
- (string-to-number new-appt-warning-time)))
- (let ((time-msg (list (list (appt-convert-time new-appt-time))
- (concat new-appt-time " " new-appt-msg) t
- new-appt-warning-time)))
+ (and (stringp warntime)
+ (setq warntime (unless (string-equal warntime "")
+ (string-to-number warntime))))
+ (and warntime
+ (not (integerp warntime))
+ (error "Argument WARNTIME must be an integer, or nil"))
+ (let ((time-msg (list (list (appt-convert-time time))
+ (concat time " " msg) t)))
+ ;; It is presently non-sensical to have multiple warnings about
+ ;; the same appointment with just different delays, but it might
+ ;; not always be so. TODO
+ (if warntime (setq time-msg (append time-msg (list warntime))))
(unless (member time-msg appt-time-msg-list)
(setq appt-time-msg-list
(appt-sort-list (nconc appt-time-msg-list (list time-msg)))))))