(display-time-hook): Minor doc fix.
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1 ;;; time.el --- display time and load in mode line of Emacs.
2
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
5 ;; Maintainer: FSF
6
7 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
8
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23
24 ;;; Commentary:
25
26 ;; Facilities to display current time/date and a new-mail indicator
27 ;; in the Emacs mode line. The single entry point is `display-time'.
28
29 ;;; Code:
30
31 (defgroup display-time nil
32 "Display time and load in mode line of Emacs."
33 :group 'modeline
34 :group 'mail)
35
36
37 (defcustom display-time-mail-file nil
38 "*File name of mail inbox file, for indicating existence of new mail.
39 Non-nil and not a string means don't check for mail. nil means use
40 default, which is system-dependent, and is the same as used by Rmail."
41 :type '(choice (const :tag "Default" nil)
42 (file :format "%v"))
43 :group 'display-time)
44
45 ;;;###autoload
46 (defcustom display-time-day-and-date nil "\
47 *Non-nil means \\[display-time] should display day and date as well as time."
48 :type 'boolean
49 :group 'display-time)
50
51 (defvar display-time-timer nil)
52
53 (defcustom display-time-interval 60
54 "*Seconds between updates of time in the mode line."
55 :type 'integer
56 :group 'display-time)
57
58 (defcustom display-time-24hr-format nil
59 "*Non-nil indicates time should be displayed as hh:mm, 0 <= hh <= 23.
60 Nil means 1 <= hh <= 12, and an AM/PM suffix is used."
61 :type 'boolean
62 :group 'display-time)
63
64 (defvar display-time-string nil)
65
66 (defcustom display-time-hook nil
67 "*List of functions to be called when the time is updated on the mode line."
68 :type 'hook
69 :group 'display-time)
70
71 (defvar display-time-server-down-time nil
72 "Time when mail file's file system was recorded to be down.
73 If that file system seems to be up, the value is nil.")
74
75 ;;;###autoload
76 (defun display-time ()
77 "Enable display of time, load level, and mail flag in mode lines.
78 This display updates automatically every minute.
79 If `display-time-day-and-date' is non-nil, the current day and date
80 are displayed as well.
81 This runs the normal hook `display-time-hook' after each update."
82 (interactive)
83 (display-time-mode 1))
84
85 ;;;###autoload
86 (defun display-time-mode (arg)
87 "Toggle display of time, load level, and mail flag in mode lines.
88 With a numeric arg, enable this display if arg is positive.
89
90 When this display is enabled, it updates automatically every minute.
91 If `display-time-day-and-date' is non-nil, the current day and date
92 are displayed as well.
93 This runs the normal hook `display-time-hook' after each update."
94 (interactive "P")
95 (let ((on (if (null arg)
96 (not display-time-timer)
97 (> (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0))))
98 (and display-time-timer (cancel-timer display-time-timer))
99 (setq display-time-timer nil)
100 (setq display-time-string "")
101 (or global-mode-string (setq global-mode-string '("")))
102 (if on
103 (progn
104 (or (memq 'display-time-string global-mode-string)
105 (setq global-mode-string
106 (append global-mode-string '(display-time-string))))
107 ;; Set up the time timer.
108 (setq display-time-timer
109 (run-at-time t display-time-interval
110 'display-time-event-handler))
111 ;; Make the time appear right away.
112 (display-time-update)
113 ;; When you get new mail, clear "Mail" from the mode line.
114 (add-hook 'rmail-after-get-new-mail-hook
115 'display-time-event-handler))
116 (remove-hook 'rmail-after-get-new-mail-hook
117 'display-time-event-handler))))
118
119
120 (defcustom display-time-format nil
121 "*A string specifying the format for displaying the time in the mode line.
122 See the function `format-time-string' for an explanation of
123 how to write this string. If this is nil, the defaults
124 depend on `display-time-day-and-date' and `display-time-24hr-format'."
125 :type '(choice (const :tag "Default" nil)
126 string)
127 :group 'display-time)
128
129 (defcustom display-time-string-forms
130 '((if (and (not display-time-format) display-time-day-and-date)
131 (format-time-string "%a %b %e " now)
132 "")
133 (format-time-string (or display-time-format
134 (if display-time-24hr-format "%H:%M" "%-I:%M%p"))
135 now)
136 load
137 (if mail " Mail" ""))
138 "*A list of expressions governing display of the time in the mode line.
139 For most purposes, you can control the time format using `display-time-format'
140 which is a more standard interface.
141
142 This expression is a list of expressions that can involve the keywords
143 `load', `day', `month', and `year', `12-hours', `24-hours', `minutes',
144 `seconds', all numbers in string form, and `monthname', `dayname', `am-pm',
145 and `time-zone' all alphabetic strings, and `mail' a true/nil value.
146
147 For example, the form
148
149 '((substring year -2) \"/\" month \"/\" day
150 \" \" 24-hours \":\" minutes \":\" seconds
151 (if time-zone \" (\") time-zone (if time-zone \")\")
152 (if mail \" Mail\" \"\"))
153
154 would give mode line times like `94/12/30 21:07:48 (UTC)'."
155 :type 'sexp
156 :group 'display-time)
157
158 (defun display-time-event-handler ()
159 (display-time-update)
160 ;; Do redisplay right now, if no input pending.
161 (sit-for 0)
162 (let* ((current (current-time))
163 (timer display-time-timer)
164 ;; Compute the time when this timer will run again, next.
165 (next-time (timer-relative-time
166 (list (aref timer 1) (aref timer 2) (aref timer 3))
167 (* 5 (aref timer 4)) 0)))
168 ;; If the activation time is far in the past,
169 ;; skip executions until we reach a time in the future.
170 ;; This avoids a long pause if Emacs has been suspended for hours.
171 (or (> (nth 0 next-time) (nth 0 current))
172 (and (= (nth 0 next-time) (nth 0 current))
173 (> (nth 1 next-time) (nth 1 current)))
174 (and (= (nth 0 next-time) (nth 0 current))
175 (= (nth 1 next-time) (nth 1 current))
176 (> (nth 2 next-time) (nth 2 current)))
177 (progn
178 (timer-set-time timer (timer-next-integral-multiple-of-time
179 current display-time-interval)
180 display-time-interval)
181 (timer-activate timer)))))
182
183 ;; Update the display-time info for the mode line
184 ;; but don't redisplay right now. This is used for
185 ;; things like Rmail `g' that want to force an update
186 ;; which can wait for the next redisplay.
187 (defun display-time-update ()
188 (let* ((now (current-time))
189 (time (current-time-string now))
190 (load (condition-case ()
191 (if (zerop (car (load-average))) ""
192 (let ((str (format " %03d" (car (load-average)))))
193 (concat (substring str 0 -2) "." (substring str -2))))
194 (error "")))
195 (mail-spool-file (or display-time-mail-file
196 (getenv "MAIL")
197 (concat rmail-spool-directory
198 (user-login-name))))
199 (mail (and (stringp mail-spool-file)
200 (or (null display-time-server-down-time)
201 ;; If have been down for 20 min, try again.
202 (> (- (nth 1 (current-time))
203 display-time-server-down-time)
204 1200))
205 (let ((start-time (current-time)))
206 (prog1
207 (display-time-file-nonempty-p mail-spool-file)
208 (if (> (- (nth 1 (current-time)) (nth 1 start-time))
209 20)
210 ;; Record that mail file is not accessible.
211 (setq display-time-server-down-time
212 (nth 1 (current-time)))
213 ;; Record that mail file is accessible.
214 (setq display-time-server-down-time nil))))))
215 (24-hours (substring time 11 13))
216 (hour (string-to-int 24-hours))
217 (12-hours (int-to-string (1+ (% (+ hour 11) 12))))
218 (am-pm (if (>= hour 12) "pm" "am"))
219 (minutes (substring time 14 16))
220 (seconds (substring time 17 19))
221 (time-zone (car (cdr (current-time-zone now))))
222 (day (substring time 8 10))
223 (year (substring time 20 24))
224 (monthname (substring time 4 7))
225 (month
226 (cdr
227 (assoc
228 monthname
229 '(("Jan" . "1") ("Feb" . "2") ("Mar" . "3") ("Apr" . "4")
230 ("May" . "5") ("Jun" . "6") ("Jul" . "7") ("Aug" . "8")
231 ("Sep" . "9") ("Oct" . "10") ("Nov" . "11") ("Dec" . "12")))))
232 (dayname (substring time 0 3)))
233 (setq display-time-string
234 (mapconcat 'eval display-time-string-forms ""))
235 ;; This is inside the let binding, but we are not going to document
236 ;; what variables are available.
237 (run-hooks 'display-time-hook))
238 (force-mode-line-update))
239
240 (defun display-time-file-nonempty-p (file)
241 (and (file-exists-p file)
242 (< 0 (nth 7 (file-attributes (file-chase-links file))))))
243
244 (provide 'time)
245
246 ;;; time.el ends here