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1 ;;; timer.el --- run a function with args at some time in future
2
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
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5
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8
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10
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23
24 ;;; Commentary:
25
26 ;; This package gives you the capability to run Emacs Lisp commands at
27 ;; specified times in the future, either as one-shots or periodically.
28
29 ;;; Code:
30
31 ;; Layout of a timer vector:
32 ;; [triggered-p high-seconds low-seconds usecs repeat-delay
33 ;; function args idle-delay]
34 ;; triggered-p is nil if the timer is active (waiting to be triggered),
35 ;; t if it is inactive ("already triggered", in theory)
36
37 (eval-when-compile (require 'cl))
38
39 (defstruct (timer
40 (:constructor nil)
41 (:copier nil)
42 (:constructor timer-create ())
43 (:type vector)
44 (:conc-name timer--))
45 (triggered t)
46 high-seconds low-seconds usecs repeat-delay function args idle-delay)
47
48 (defun timerp (object)
49 "Return t if OBJECT is a timer."
50 (and (vectorp object) (= (length object) 8)))
51
52 ;; Pseudo field `time'.
53 (defun timer--time (timer)
54 (list (timer--high-seconds timer)
55 (timer--low-seconds timer)
56 (timer--usecs timer)))
57
58 (defsetf timer--time
59 (lambda (timer time)
60 (or (timerp timer) (error "Invalid timer"))
61 (setf (timer--high-seconds timer) (pop time))
62 (setf (timer--low-seconds timer)
63 (if (consp time) (car time) time))
64 (setf (timer--usecs timer) (or (and (consp time) (consp (cdr time))
65 (cadr time))
66 0))))
67
68
69 (defun timer-set-time (timer time &optional delta)
70 "Set the trigger time of TIMER to TIME.
71 TIME must be in the internal format returned by, e.g., `current-time'.
72 If optional third argument DELTA is a positive number, make the timer
73 fire repeatedly that many seconds apart."
74 (setf (timer--time timer) time)
75 (setf (timer--repeat-delay timer) (and (numberp delta) (> delta 0) delta))
76 timer)
77
78 (defun timer-set-idle-time (timer secs &optional repeat)
79 "Set the trigger idle time of TIMER to SECS.
80 SECS may be an integer, floating point number, or the internal
81 time format (HIGH LOW USECS) returned by, e.g., `current-idle-time'.
82 If optional third argument REPEAT is non-nil, make the timer
83 fire each time Emacs is idle for that many seconds."
84 (if (consp secs)
85 (setf (timer--time timer) secs)
86 (setf (timer--time timer) '(0 0 0))
87 (timer-inc-time timer secs))
88 (setf (timer--repeat-delay timer) repeat)
89 timer)
90
91 (defun timer-next-integral-multiple-of-time (time secs)
92 "Yield the next value after TIME that is an integral multiple of SECS.
93 More precisely, the next value, after TIME, that is an integral multiple
94 of SECS seconds since the epoch. SECS may be a fraction."
95 (let ((time-base (ash 1 16)))
96 ;; Use floating point, taking care to not lose precision.
97 (let* ((float-time-base (float time-base))
98 (million 1000000.0)
99 (time-usec (+ (* million
100 (+ (* float-time-base (nth 0 time))
101 (nth 1 time)))
102 (nth 2 time)))
103 (secs-usec (* million secs))
104 (mod-usec (mod time-usec secs-usec))
105 (next-usec (+ (- time-usec mod-usec) secs-usec))
106 (time-base-million (* float-time-base million)))
107 (list (floor next-usec time-base-million)
108 (floor (mod next-usec time-base-million) million)
109 (floor (mod next-usec million))))))
110
111 (defun timer-relative-time (time secs &optional usecs)
112 "Advance TIME by SECS seconds and optionally USECS microseconds.
113 SECS may be either an integer or a floating point number."
114 ;; FIXME: we should just use (time-add time (list 0 secs usecs))
115 (let ((high (car time))
116 (low (if (consp (cdr time)) (nth 1 time) (cdr time)))
117 (micro (if (numberp (car-safe (cdr-safe (cdr time))))
118 (nth 2 time)
119 0)))
120 ;; Add
121 (if usecs (setq micro (+ micro usecs)))
122 (if (floatp secs)
123 (setq micro (+ micro (floor (* 1000000 (- secs (floor secs)))))))
124 (setq low (+ low (floor secs)))
125
126 ;; Normalize
127 ;; `/' rounds towards zero while `mod' returns a positive number,
128 ;; so we can't rely on (= a (+ (* 100 (/ a 100)) (mod a 100))).
129 (setq low (+ low (/ micro 1000000) (if (< micro 0) -1 0)))
130 (setq micro (mod micro 1000000))
131 (setq high (+ high (/ low 65536) (if (< low 0) -1 0)))
132 (setq low (logand low 65535))
133
134 (list high low (and (/= micro 0) micro))))
135
136 (defun timer--time-less-p (t1 t2)
137 "Say whether time value T1 is less than time value T2."
138 ;; FIXME just use time-less-p.
139 (destructuring-bind (high1 low1 micro1) (timer--time t1)
140 (destructuring-bind (high2 low2 micro2) (timer--time t2)
141 (or (< high1 high2)
142 (and (= high1 high2)
143 (or (< low1 low2)
144 (and (= low1 low2)
145 (< micro1 micro2))))))))
146
147 (defun timer-inc-time (timer secs &optional usecs)
148 "Increment the time set in TIMER by SECS seconds and USECS microseconds.
149 SECS may be a fraction. If USECS is omitted, that means it is zero."
150 (setf (timer--time timer)
151 (timer-relative-time (timer--time timer) secs usecs)))
152
153 (defun timer-set-time-with-usecs (timer time usecs &optional delta)
154 "Set the trigger time of TIMER to TIME plus USECS.
155 TIME must be in the internal format returned by, e.g., `current-time'.
156 The microsecond count from TIME is ignored, and USECS is used instead.
157 If optional fourth argument DELTA is a positive number, make the timer
158 fire repeatedly that many seconds apart."
159 (setf (timer--time timer) time)
160 (setf (timer--usecs timer) usecs)
161 (setf (timer--repeat-delay timer) (and (numberp delta) (> delta 0) delta))
162 timer)
163 (make-obsolete 'timer-set-time-with-usecs
164 "use `timer-set-time' and `timer-inc-time' instead."
165 "22.1")
166
167 (defun timer-set-function (timer function &optional args)
168 "Make TIMER call FUNCTION with optional ARGS when triggering."
169 (or (timerp timer)
170 (error "Invalid timer"))
171 (setf (timer--function timer) function)
172 (setf (timer--args timer) args)
173 timer)
174 \f
175 (defun timer--activate (timer &optional triggered-p reuse-cell idle)
176 (if (and (timerp timer)
177 (integerp (timer--high-seconds timer))
178 (integerp (timer--low-seconds timer))
179 (integerp (timer--usecs timer))
180 (timer--function timer))
181 (let ((timers (if idle timer-idle-list timer-list))
182 last)
183 ;; Skip all timers to trigger before the new one.
184 (while (and timers (timer--time-less-p (car timers) timer))
185 (setq last timers
186 timers (cdr timers)))
187 (if reuse-cell
188 (progn
189 (setcar reuse-cell timer)
190 (setcdr reuse-cell timers))
191 (setq reuse-cell (cons timer timers)))
192 ;; Insert new timer after last which possibly means in front of queue.
193 (if last
194 (setcdr last reuse-cell)
195 (if idle
196 (setq timer-idle-list reuse-cell)
197 (setq timer-list reuse-cell)))
198 (setf (timer--triggered timer) triggered-p)
199 (setf (timer--idle-delay timer) idle)
200 nil)
201 (error "Invalid or uninitialized timer")))
202
203 (defun timer-activate (timer &optional triggered-p reuse-cell idle)
204 "Put TIMER on the list of active timers.
205
206 If TRIGGERED-P is t, that means to make the timer inactive
207 \(put it on the list, but mark it as already triggered).
208 To remove from the list, use `cancel-timer'.
209
210 REUSE-CELL, if non-nil, is a cons cell to reuse instead
211 of allocating a new one."
212 (timer--activate timer triggered-p reuse-cell nil))
213
214 (defun timer-activate-when-idle (timer &optional dont-wait reuse-cell)
215 "Arrange to activate TIMER whenever Emacs is next idle.
216 If optional argument DONT-WAIT is non-nil, then enable the
217 timer to activate immediately, or at the right time, if Emacs
218 is already idle.
219
220 REUSE-CELL, if non-nil, is a cons cell to reuse instead
221 of allocating a new one."
222 (timer--activate timer (not dont-wait) reuse-cell 'idle))
223
224 (defalias 'disable-timeout 'cancel-timer)
225
226 (defun cancel-timer (timer)
227 "Remove TIMER from the list of active timers."
228 (or (timerp timer)
229 (error "Invalid timer"))
230 (setq timer-list (delq timer timer-list))
231 (setq timer-idle-list (delq timer timer-idle-list))
232 nil)
233
234 (defun cancel-timer-internal (timer)
235 "Remove TIMER from the list of active timers or idle timers.
236 Only to be used in this file. It returns the cons cell
237 that was removed from the timer list."
238 (let ((cell1 (memq timer timer-list))
239 (cell2 (memq timer timer-idle-list)))
240 (if cell1
241 (setq timer-list (delq timer timer-list)))
242 (if cell2
243 (setq timer-idle-list (delq timer timer-idle-list)))
244 (or cell1 cell2)))
245
246 (defun cancel-function-timers (function)
247 "Cancel all timers which would run FUNCTION.
248 This affects ordinary timers such as are scheduled by `run-at-time',
249 and idle timers such as are scheduled by `run-with-idle-timer'."
250 (interactive "aCancel timers of function: ")
251 (dolist (timer timer-list)
252 (if (eq (timer--function timer) function)
253 (setq timer-list (delq timer timer-list))))
254 (dolist (timer timer-idle-list)
255 (if (eq (timer--function timer) function)
256 (setq timer-idle-list (delq timer timer-idle-list)))))
257 \f
258 ;; Record the last few events, for debugging.
259 (defvar timer-event-last nil
260 "Last timer that was run.")
261 (defvar timer-event-last-1 nil
262 "Next-to-last timer that was run.")
263 (defvar timer-event-last-2 nil
264 "Third-to-last timer that was run.")
265
266 (defvar timer-max-repeats 10
267 "*Maximum number of times to repeat a timer, if many repeats are delayed.
268 Timer invocations can be delayed because Emacs is suspended or busy,
269 or because the system's time changes. If such an occurrence makes it
270 appear that many invocations are overdue, this variable controls
271 how many will really happen.")
272
273 (defun timer-until (timer time)
274 "Calculate number of seconds from when TIMER will run, until TIME.
275 TIMER is a timer, and stands for the time when its next repeat is scheduled.
276 TIME is a time-list."
277 ;; FIXME: (float-time (time-subtract (timer--time timer) time))
278 (let ((high (- (car time) (timer--high-seconds timer)))
279 (low (- (nth 1 time) (timer--low-seconds timer))))
280 (+ low (* high 65536))))
281
282 (defun timer-event-handler (timer)
283 "Call the handler for the timer TIMER.
284 This function is called, by name, directly by the C code."
285 (setq timer-event-last-2 timer-event-last-1)
286 (setq timer-event-last-1 timer-event-last)
287 (setq timer-event-last timer)
288 (let ((inhibit-quit t))
289 (if (timerp timer)
290 (let (retrigger cell)
291 ;; Delete from queue. Record the cons cell that was used.
292 (setq cell (cancel-timer-internal timer))
293 ;; Re-schedule if requested.
294 (if (timer--repeat-delay timer)
295 (if (timer--idle-delay timer)
296 (timer-activate-when-idle timer nil cell)
297 (timer-inc-time timer (timer--repeat-delay timer) 0)
298 ;; If real time has jumped forward,
299 ;; perhaps because Emacs was suspended for a long time,
300 ;; limit how many times things get repeated.
301 (if (and (numberp timer-max-repeats)
302 (< 0 (timer-until timer (current-time))))
303 (let ((repeats (/ (timer-until timer (current-time))
304 (timer--repeat-delay timer))))
305 (if (> repeats timer-max-repeats)
306 (timer-inc-time timer (* (timer--repeat-delay timer)
307 repeats)))))
308 (timer-activate timer t cell)
309 (setq retrigger t)))
310 ;; Run handler.
311 ;; We do this after rescheduling so that the handler function
312 ;; can cancel its own timer successfully with cancel-timer.
313 (condition-case nil
314 ;; Timer functions should not change the current buffer.
315 ;; If they do, all kinds of nasty surprises can happen,
316 ;; and it can be hellish to track down their source.
317 (save-current-buffer
318 (apply (timer--function timer) (timer--args timer)))
319 (error nil))
320 (if retrigger
321 (setf (timer--triggered timer) nil)))
322 (error "Bogus timer event"))))
323
324 ;; This function is incompatible with the one in levents.el.
325 (defun timeout-event-p (event)
326 "Non-nil if EVENT is a timeout event."
327 (and (listp event) (eq (car event) 'timer-event)))
328 \f
329
330 (declare-function diary-entry-time "diary-lib" (s))
331
332 (defun run-at-time (time repeat function &rest args)
333 "Perform an action at time TIME.
334 Repeat the action every REPEAT seconds, if REPEAT is non-nil.
335 TIME should be one of: a string giving an absolute time like
336 \"11:23pm\" (the acceptable formats are those recognized by
337 `diary-entry-time'; note that such times are interpreted as times
338 today, even if in the past); a string giving a relative time like
339 \"2 hours 35 minutes\" (the acceptable formats are those
340 recognized by `timer-duration'); nil meaning now; a number of
341 seconds from now; a value from `encode-time'; or t (with non-nil
342 REPEAT) meaning the next integral multiple of REPEAT. REPEAT may
343 be an integer or floating point number. The action is to call
344 FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
345
346 This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'."
347 (interactive "sRun at time: \nNRepeat interval: \naFunction: ")
348
349 (or (null repeat)
350 (and (numberp repeat) (< 0 repeat))
351 (error "Invalid repetition interval"))
352
353 ;; Special case: nil means "now" and is useful when repeating.
354 (if (null time)
355 (setq time (current-time)))
356
357 ;; Special case: t means the next integral multiple of REPEAT.
358 (if (and (eq time t) repeat)
359 (setq time (timer-next-integral-multiple-of-time (current-time) repeat)))
360
361 ;; Handle numbers as relative times in seconds.
362 (if (numberp time)
363 (setq time (timer-relative-time (current-time) time)))
364
365 ;; Handle relative times like "2 hours 35 minutes"
366 (if (stringp time)
367 (let ((secs (timer-duration time)))
368 (if secs
369 (setq time (timer-relative-time (current-time) secs)))))
370
371 ;; Handle "11:23pm" and the like. Interpret it as meaning today
372 ;; which admittedly is rather stupid if we have passed that time
373 ;; already. (Though only Emacs hackers hack Emacs at that time.)
374 (if (stringp time)
375 (progn
376 (require 'diary-lib)
377 (let ((hhmm (diary-entry-time time))
378 (now (decode-time)))
379 (if (>= hhmm 0)
380 (setq time
381 (encode-time 0 (% hhmm 100) (/ hhmm 100) (nth 3 now)
382 (nth 4 now) (nth 5 now) (nth 8 now)))))))
383
384 (or (consp time)
385 (error "Invalid time format"))
386
387 (let ((timer (timer-create)))
388 (timer-set-time timer time repeat)
389 (timer-set-function timer function args)
390 (timer-activate timer)
391 timer))
392
393 (defun run-with-timer (secs repeat function &rest args)
394 "Perform an action after a delay of SECS seconds.
395 Repeat the action every REPEAT seconds, if REPEAT is non-nil.
396 SECS and REPEAT may be integers or floating point numbers.
397 The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
398
399 This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'."
400 (interactive "sRun after delay (seconds): \nNRepeat interval: \naFunction: ")
401 (apply 'run-at-time secs repeat function args))
402
403 (defun add-timeout (secs function object &optional repeat)
404 "Add a timer to run SECS seconds from now, to call FUNCTION on OBJECT.
405 If REPEAT is non-nil, repeat the timer every REPEAT seconds.
406 This function is for compatibility; see also `run-with-timer'."
407 (run-with-timer secs repeat function object))
408
409 (defun run-with-idle-timer (secs repeat function &rest args)
410 "Perform an action the next time Emacs is idle for SECS seconds.
411 The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
412 SECS may be an integer, a floating point number, or the internal
413 time format (HIGH LOW USECS) returned by, e.g., `current-idle-time'.
414 If Emacs is currently idle, and has been idle for N seconds (N < SECS),
415 then it will call FUNCTION in SECS - N seconds from now.
416
417 If REPEAT is non-nil, do the action each time Emacs has been idle for
418 exactly SECS seconds (that is, only once for each time Emacs becomes idle).
419
420 This function returns a timer object which you can use in `cancel-timer'."
421 (interactive
422 (list (read-from-minibuffer "Run after idle (seconds): " nil nil t)
423 (y-or-n-p "Repeat each time Emacs is idle? ")
424 (intern (completing-read "Function: " obarray 'fboundp t))))
425 (let ((timer (timer-create)))
426 (timer-set-function timer function args)
427 (timer-set-idle-time timer secs repeat)
428 (timer-activate-when-idle timer t)
429 timer))
430 \f
431 (defun with-timeout-handler (tag)
432 "This is the timer function used for the timer made by `with-timeout'."
433 (throw tag 'timeout))
434
435 (defvar with-timeout-timers nil
436 "List of all timers used by currently pending `with-timeout' calls.")
437
438 (defmacro with-timeout (list &rest body)
439 "Run BODY, but if it doesn't finish in SECONDS seconds, give up.
440 If we give up, we run the TIMEOUT-FORMS and return the value of the last one.
441 The timeout is checked whenever Emacs waits for some kind of external
442 event (such as keyboard input, input from subprocesses, or a certain time);
443 if the program loops without waiting in any way, the timeout will not
444 be detected.
445 \n(fn (SECONDS TIMEOUT-FORMS...) BODY)"
446 (declare (indent 1))
447 (let ((seconds (car list))
448 (timeout-forms (cdr list)))
449 `(let ((with-timeout-tag (cons nil nil))
450 with-timeout-value with-timeout-timer
451 (with-timeout-timers with-timeout-timers))
452 (if (catch with-timeout-tag
453 (progn
454 (setq with-timeout-timer
455 (run-with-timer ,seconds nil
456 'with-timeout-handler
457 with-timeout-tag))
458 (push with-timeout-timer with-timeout-timers)
459 (setq with-timeout-value (progn . ,body))
460 nil))
461 (progn . ,timeout-forms)
462 (cancel-timer with-timeout-timer)
463 with-timeout-value))))
464
465 (defun with-timeout-suspend ()
466 "Stop the clock for `with-timeout'. Used by debuggers.
467 The idea is that the time you spend in the debugger should not
468 count against these timeouts.
469
470 The value is a list that the debugger can pass to `with-timeout-unsuspend'
471 when it exits, to make these timers start counting again."
472 (mapcar (lambda (timer)
473 (cancel-timer timer)
474 (list timer (time-subtract (timer--time timer) (current-time))))
475 with-timeout-timers))
476
477 (defun with-timeout-unsuspend (timer-spec-list)
478 "Restart the clock for `with-timeout'.
479 The argument should be a value previously returned by `with-timeout-suspend'."
480 (dolist (elt timer-spec-list)
481 (let ((timer (car elt))
482 (delay (cadr elt)))
483 (timer-set-time timer (time-add (current-time) delay))
484 (timer-activate timer))))
485
486 (defun y-or-n-p-with-timeout (prompt seconds default-value)
487 "Like (y-or-n-p PROMPT), with a timeout.
488 If the user does not answer after SECONDS seconds, return DEFAULT-VALUE."
489 (with-timeout (seconds default-value)
490 (y-or-n-p prompt)))
491 \f
492 (defconst timer-duration-words
493 (list (cons "microsec" 0.000001)
494 (cons "microsecond" 0.000001)
495 (cons "millisec" 0.001)
496 (cons "millisecond" 0.001)
497 (cons "sec" 1)
498 (cons "second" 1)
499 (cons "min" 60)
500 (cons "minute" 60)
501 (cons "hour" (* 60 60))
502 (cons "day" (* 24 60 60))
503 (cons "week" (* 7 24 60 60))
504 (cons "fortnight" (* 14 24 60 60))
505 (cons "month" (* 30 24 60 60)) ; Approximation
506 (cons "year" (* 365.25 24 60 60)) ; Approximation
507 )
508 "Alist mapping temporal words to durations in seconds.")
509
510 (defun timer-duration (string)
511 "Return number of seconds specified by STRING, or nil if parsing fails."
512 (let ((secs 0)
513 (start 0)
514 (case-fold-search t))
515 (while (string-match
516 "[ \t]*\\([0-9.]+\\)?[ \t]*\\([a-z]+[a-rt-z]\\)s?[ \t]*"
517 string start)
518 (let ((count (if (match-beginning 1)
519 (string-to-number (match-string 1 string))
520 1))
521 (itemsize (cdr (assoc (match-string 2 string)
522 timer-duration-words))))
523 (if itemsize
524 (setq start (match-end 0)
525 secs (+ secs (* count itemsize)))
526 (setq secs nil
527 start (length string)))))
528 (if (= start (length string))
529 secs
530 (if (string-match-p "\\`[0-9.]+\\'" string)
531 (string-to-number string)))))
532 \f
533 (provide 'timer)
534
535 ;;; timer.el ends here