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1 ;;; appt.el --- appointment notification functions
2
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1989, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
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5
6 ;; Author: Neil Mager <neilm@juliet.ll.mit.edu>
7 ;; Maintainer: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
8 ;; Keywords: calendar
9
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26
27 ;;; Commentary:
28
29 ;;
30 ;; appt.el - visible and/or audible notification of
31 ;; appointments from diary file.
32 ;;
33 ;;
34 ;; Thanks to Edward M. Reingold for much help and many suggestions,
35 ;; And to many others for bug fixes and suggestions.
36 ;;
37 ;;
38 ;; This functions in this file will alert the user of a
39 ;; pending appointment based on his/her diary file. This package
40 ;; is documented in the Emacs manual.
41 ;;
42 ;; To activate this package, simply use (appt-activate 1).
43 ;; A `diary-file' with appointments of the format described in the
44 ;; documentation of the function `appt-check' is required.
45 ;; Relevant customizable variables are also listed in the
46 ;; documentation of that function.
47 ;;
48 ;; Today's appointment list is initialized from the diary when this
49 ;; package is activated. Additionally, the appointments list is
50 ;; recreated automatically at 12:01am for those who do not logout
51 ;; every day or are programming late. It is also updated when the
52 ;; `diary-file' is saved. Calling `appt-check' with an argument forces
53 ;; a re-initialization at any time.
54 ;;
55 ;; In order to add or delete items from today's list, without
56 ;; changing the diary file, use `appt-add' and `appt-delete'.
57 ;;
58
59 ;; Brief internal description - Skip this if you are not interested!
60 ;;
61 ;; The function `appt-make-list' creates the appointments list which
62 ;; `appt-check' reads.
63 ;;
64 ;; You can change the way the appointment window is created/deleted by
65 ;; setting the variables
66 ;;
67 ;; appt-disp-window-function
68 ;; and
69 ;; appt-delete-window-function
70 ;;
71 ;; For instance, these variables could be set to functions that display
72 ;; appointments in pop-up frames, which are lowered or iconified after
73 ;; `appt-display-interval' minutes.
74 ;;
75
76 ;;; Code:
77
78 (require 'diary-lib)
79
80
81 (defgroup appt nil
82 "Appointment notification."
83 :prefix "appt-"
84 :group 'calendar)
85
86 (defcustom appt-issue-message t
87 "Non-nil means check for appointments in the diary buffer.
88 To be detected, the diary entry must have the format described in the
89 documentation of the function `appt-check'."
90 :type 'boolean
91 :group 'appt)
92
93 (make-obsolete-variable 'appt-issue-message
94 "use the function `appt-activate', and the \
95 variable `appt-display-format' instead." "22.1")
96
97 (defcustom appt-message-warning-time 12
98 "Time in minutes before an appointment that the warning begins."
99 :type 'integer
100 :group 'appt)
101
102 (defcustom appt-audible t
103 "Non-nil means beep to indicate appointment."
104 :type 'boolean
105 :group 'appt)
106
107 (defcustom appt-visible t
108 "Non-nil means display appointment message in echo area.
109 This variable is only relevant if `appt-msg-window' is nil."
110 :type 'boolean
111 :group 'appt)
112
113 (make-obsolete-variable 'appt-visible 'appt-display-format "22.1")
114
115 (defcustom appt-msg-window t
116 "Non-nil means display appointment message in another window.
117 If non-nil, this variable overrides `appt-visible'."
118 :type 'boolean
119 :group 'appt)
120
121 (make-obsolete-variable 'appt-msg-window 'appt-display-format "22.1")
122
123 ;; TODO - add popup.
124 (defcustom appt-display-format 'ignore
125 "How appointment reminders should be displayed.
126 The options are:
127 window - use a separate window
128 echo - use the echo area
129 nil - no visible reminder.
130 See also `appt-audible' and `appt-display-mode-line'.
131
132 The default value is 'ignore, which means to fall back on the value
133 of the (obsolete) variables `appt-msg-window' and `appt-visible'."
134 :type '(choice
135 (const :tag "Separate window" window)
136 (const :tag "Echo-area" echo)
137 (const :tag "No visible display" nil)
138 (const :tag "Backwards compatibility setting - choose another value"
139 ignore))
140 :group 'appt
141 :version "22.1")
142
143 (defcustom appt-display-mode-line t
144 "Non-nil means display minutes to appointment and time on the mode line.
145 This is in addition to any other display of appointment messages."
146 :type 'boolean
147 :group 'appt)
148
149 (defcustom appt-display-duration 10
150 "The number of seconds an appointment message is displayed.
151 Only relevant if reminders are to be displayed in their own window."
152 :type 'integer
153 :group 'appt)
154
155 (defcustom appt-display-diary t
156 "Non-nil displays the diary when the appointment list is first initialized.
157 This will occur at midnight when the appointment list is updated."
158 :type 'boolean
159 :group 'appt)
160
161 (defcustom appt-display-interval 3
162 "Number of minutes to wait between checking the appointment list."
163 :type 'integer
164 :group 'appt)
165
166 (defcustom appt-disp-window-function 'appt-disp-window
167 "Function called to display appointment window.
168 Only relevant if reminders are being displayed in a window.
169 It should take three string arguments: the number of minutes till
170 the appointment, the current time, and the text of the appointment."
171 :type '(choice (const appt-disp-window)
172 function)
173 :group 'appt)
174
175 (defcustom appt-delete-window-function 'appt-delete-window
176 "Function called to remove appointment window and buffer.
177 Only relevant if reminders are being displayed in a window."
178 :type '(choice (const appt-delete-window)
179 function)
180 :group 'appt)
181
182
183 ;;; Internal variables below this point.
184
185 (defconst appt-buffer-name "*appt-buf*"
186 "Name of the appointments buffer.")
187
188 (defvar appt-time-msg-list nil
189 "The list of appointments for today.
190 Use `appt-add' and `appt-delete' to add and delete appointments.
191 The original list is generated from today's `diary-entries-list', and
192 can be regenerated using the function `appt-check'.
193 Each element of the generated list has the form (MINUTES STRING [FLAG]); where
194 MINUTES is the time in minutes of the appointment after midnight, and
195 STRING is the description of the appointment.
196 FLAG, if non-nil, says that the element was made with `appt-add'
197 so calling `appt-make-list' again should preserve it.")
198
199 (defconst appt-max-time (1- (* 24 60))
200 "11:59pm in minutes - number of minutes in a day minus 1.")
201
202 (defvar appt-mode-string nil
203 "String being displayed in the mode line saying you have an appointment.
204 The actual string includes the amount of time till the appointment.
205 Only used if `appt-display-mode-line' is non-nil.")
206 (put 'appt-mode-string 'risky-local-variable t) ; for 'face property
207
208 (defvar appt-prev-comp-time nil
209 "Time of day (mins since midnight) at which we last checked appointments.
210 A nil value forces the diary file to be (re-)checked for appointments.")
211
212 (defvar appt-now-displayed nil
213 "Non-nil when we have started notifying about a appointment that is near.")
214
215 (defvar appt-display-count nil
216 "Internal variable used to count number of consecutive reminders.")
217
218 (defvar appt-timer nil
219 "Timer used for diary appointment notifications (`appt-check').
220 If this is non-nil, appointment checking is active.")
221
222
223 ;;; Functions.
224
225 (defun appt-display-message (string mins)
226 "Display a reminder about an appointment.
227 The string STRING describes the appointment, due in integer MINS minutes.
228 The format of the visible reminder is controlled by `appt-display-format'.
229 The variable `appt-audible' controls the audible reminder."
230 ;; Let-binding for backwards compatability. Remove when obsolete
231 ;; vars appt-msg-window and appt-visible are dropped.
232 (let ((appt-display-format
233 (if (eq appt-display-format 'ignore)
234 (cond (appt-msg-window 'window)
235 (appt-visible 'echo))
236 appt-display-format)))
237 (if appt-audible (beep 1))
238 (cond ((eq appt-display-format 'window)
239 (funcall appt-disp-window-function
240 (number-to-string mins)
241 ;; TODO - use calendar-month-abbrev-array rather than %b?
242 (format-time-string "%a %b %e " (current-time))
243 string)
244 (run-at-time (format "%d sec" appt-display-duration)
245 nil
246 appt-delete-window-function))
247 ((eq appt-display-format 'echo)
248 (message "%s" string)))))
249
250
251 (defvar diary-selective-display)
252
253 (defun appt-check (&optional force)
254 "Check for an appointment and update any reminder display.
255 If optional argument FORCE is non-nil, reparse the diary file for
256 appointments. Otherwise the diary file is only parsed once per day,
257 and when saved.
258
259 Note: the time must be the first thing in the line in the diary
260 for a warning to be issued. The format of the time can be either
261 24 hour or am/pm. For example:
262
263 02/23/89
264 18:00 Dinner
265
266 Thursday
267 11:45am Lunch meeting.
268
269 Appointments are checked every `appt-display-interval' minutes.
270 The following variables control appointment notification:
271
272 `appt-display-format'
273 Controls the format in which reminders are displayed.
274
275 `appt-audible'
276 Variable used to determine if reminder is audible.
277 Default is t.
278
279 `appt-message-warning-time'
280 Variable used to determine when appointment message
281 should first be displayed.
282
283 `appt-display-mode-line'
284 If non-nil, a generic message giving the time remaining
285 is shown in the mode-line when an appointment is due.
286
287 `appt-display-interval'
288 Interval in minutes at which to check for pending appointments.
289
290 `appt-display-diary'
291 Display the diary buffer when the appointment list is
292 initialized for the first time in a day.
293
294 The following variables are only relevant if reminders are being
295 displayed in a window:
296
297 `appt-display-duration'
298 The number of seconds an appointment message is displayed.
299
300 `appt-disp-window-function'
301 Function called to display appointment window.
302
303 `appt-delete-window-function'
304 Function called to remove appointment window and buffer."
305 (interactive "P") ; so people can force updates
306 (let* ((min-to-app -1)
307 (prev-appt-mode-string appt-mode-string)
308 (prev-appt-display-count (or appt-display-count 0))
309 ;; Non-nil means do a full check for pending appointments and
310 ;; display in whatever ways the user has selected. When no
311 ;; appointment is being displayed, we always do a full check.
312 (full-check
313 (or (not appt-now-displayed)
314 ;; This is true every appt-display-interval minutes.
315 (zerop (mod prev-appt-display-count appt-display-interval))))
316 ;; Non-nil means only update the interval displayed in the mode line.
317 (mode-line-only (unless full-check appt-now-displayed))
318 now cur-comp-time appt-comp-time)
319 (when (or full-check mode-line-only)
320 (save-excursion
321 ;; Convert current time to minutes after midnight (12.01am = 1).
322 (setq now (decode-time)
323 cur-comp-time (+ (* 60 (nth 2 now)) (nth 1 now)))
324 ;; At first check in any day, update appointments to today's list.
325 (if (or force ; eg initialize, diary save
326 (null appt-prev-comp-time) ; first check
327 (< cur-comp-time appt-prev-comp-time)) ; new day
328 (condition-case nil
329 (if appt-display-diary
330 (let ((diary-hook
331 (if (assoc 'appt-make-list diary-hook)
332 diary-hook
333 (cons 'appt-make-list diary-hook))))
334 (diary))
335 (let* ((diary-display-hook 'appt-make-list)
336 (d-buff (find-buffer-visiting
337 (substitute-in-file-name diary-file)))
338 (selective
339 (if d-buff ; diary buffer exists
340 (with-current-buffer d-buff
341 diary-selective-display))))
342 (diary)
343 ;; If the diary buffer existed before this command,
344 ;; restore its display state. Otherwise, kill it.
345 (if d-buff
346 ;; Displays the diary buffer.
347 (or selective (diary-show-all-entries))
348 (and (setq d-buff (find-buffer-visiting
349 (substitute-in-file-name diary-file)))
350 (kill-buffer d-buff)))))
351 (error nil)))
352 (setq appt-prev-comp-time cur-comp-time
353 appt-mode-string nil
354 appt-display-count nil)
355 ;; If there are entries in the list, and the user wants a
356 ;; message issued, get the first time off of the list and
357 ;; calculate the number of minutes until the appointment.
358 (when (and appt-issue-message appt-time-msg-list)
359 (setq appt-comp-time (caar (car appt-time-msg-list))
360 min-to-app (- appt-comp-time cur-comp-time))
361 (while (and appt-time-msg-list
362 (< appt-comp-time cur-comp-time))
363 (setq appt-time-msg-list (cdr appt-time-msg-list))
364 (if appt-time-msg-list
365 (setq appt-comp-time (caar (car appt-time-msg-list)))))
366 ;; If we have an appointment between midnight and
367 ;; `appt-message-warning-time' minutes after midnight, we
368 ;; must begin to issue a message before midnight. Midnight
369 ;; is considered 0 minutes and 11:59pm is 1439
370 ;; minutes. Therefore we must recalculate the minutes to
371 ;; appointment variable. It is equal to the number of
372 ;; minutes before midnight plus the number of minutes after
373 ;; midnight our appointment is.
374 (if (and (< appt-comp-time appt-message-warning-time)
375 (> (+ cur-comp-time appt-message-warning-time)
376 appt-max-time))
377 (setq min-to-app (+ (- (1+ appt-max-time) cur-comp-time)
378 appt-comp-time)))
379 ;; Issue warning if the appointment time is within
380 ;; appt-message-warning time.
381 (when (and (<= min-to-app appt-message-warning-time)
382 (>= min-to-app 0))
383 (setq appt-now-displayed t
384 appt-display-count (1+ prev-appt-display-count))
385 (unless mode-line-only
386 (appt-display-message (cadr (car appt-time-msg-list))
387 min-to-app))
388 (when appt-display-mode-line
389 (setq appt-mode-string
390 (concat " " (propertize
391 (format "App't in %s min." min-to-app)
392 'face 'mode-line-emphasis))))
393 ;; When an appointment is reached, delete it from the
394 ;; list. Reset the count to 0 in case we display another
395 ;; appointment on the next cycle.
396 (if (zerop min-to-app)
397 (setq appt-time-msg-list (cdr appt-time-msg-list)
398 appt-display-count nil))))
399 ;; If we have changed the mode line string, redisplay all mode lines.
400 (and appt-display-mode-line
401 (not (string-equal appt-mode-string
402 prev-appt-mode-string))
403 (progn
404 (force-mode-line-update t)
405 ;; If the string now has a notification, redisplay right now.
406 (if appt-mode-string
407 (sit-for 0))))))))
408
409 (defun appt-disp-window (min-to-app new-time appt-msg)
410 "Display appointment due in MIN-TO-APP (a string) minutes.
411 NEW-TIME is a string giving the date. Displays the appointment
412 message APPT-MSG in a separate buffer."
413 ;; Make sure we're not in the minibuffer before splitting the window.
414 ;; FIXME this seems needlessly complicated?
415 (when (minibufferp)
416 (other-window 1)
417 (and (minibufferp) (display-multi-frame-p) (other-frame 1)))
418 (let ((this-window (selected-window))
419 (appt-disp-buf (set-buffer (get-buffer-create appt-buffer-name))))
420 (if (cdr (assq 'unsplittable (frame-parameters)))
421 ;; In an unsplittable frame, use something somewhere else.
422 (display-buffer appt-disp-buf)
423 (unless (or (special-display-p (buffer-name appt-disp-buf))
424 (same-window-p (buffer-name appt-disp-buf)))
425 ;; By default, split the bottom window and use the lower part.
426 (appt-select-lowest-window)
427 ;; Split the window, unless it's too small to do so.
428 (when (>= (window-height) (* 2 window-min-height))
429 (select-window (split-window))))
430 (switch-to-buffer appt-disp-buf))
431 ;; FIXME Link to diary entry?
432 (calendar-set-mode-line
433 (format " Appointment %s. %s "
434 (if (string-equal "0" min-to-app) "now"
435 (format "in %s minute%s" min-to-app
436 (if (string-equal "1" min-to-app) "" "s")))
437 new-time))
438 (setq buffer-read-only nil
439 buffer-undo-list t)
440 (erase-buffer)
441 (insert appt-msg)
442 (shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer (get-buffer-window appt-disp-buf t))
443 (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
444 (setq buffer-read-only t)
445 (raise-frame (selected-frame))
446 (select-window this-window)))
447
448 (defun appt-delete-window ()
449 "Function called to undisplay appointment messages.
450 Usually just deletes the appointment buffer."
451 (let ((window (get-buffer-window appt-buffer-name t)))
452 (and window
453 (or (eq window (frame-root-window (window-frame window)))
454 (delete-window window))))
455 (kill-buffer appt-buffer-name)
456 (if appt-audible
457 (beep 1)))
458
459 (defun appt-select-lowest-window ()
460 "Select the lowest window on the frame."
461 (let ((lowest-window (selected-window))
462 (bottom-edge (nth 3 (window-edges)))
463 next-bottom-edge)
464 (walk-windows (lambda (w)
465 (when (< bottom-edge (setq next-bottom-edge
466 (nth 3 (window-edges w))))
467 (setq bottom-edge next-bottom-edge
468 lowest-window w))) 'nomini)
469 (select-window lowest-window)))
470
471 (defconst appt-time-regexp
472 "[0-9]?[0-9]\\(h\\([0-9][0-9]\\)?\\|[:.][0-9][0-9]\\)\\(am\\|pm\\)?")
473
474 ;;;###autoload
475 (defun appt-add (new-appt-time new-appt-msg)
476 "Add an appointment for today at NEW-APPT-TIME with message NEW-APPT-MSG.
477 The time should be in either 24 hour format or am/pm format."
478 (interactive "sTime (hh:mm[am/pm]): \nsMessage: ")
479 (unless (string-match appt-time-regexp new-appt-time)
480 (error "Unacceptable time-string"))
481 (let ((time-msg (list (list (appt-convert-time new-appt-time))
482 (concat new-appt-time " " new-appt-msg) t)))
483 (unless (member time-msg appt-time-msg-list)
484 (setq appt-time-msg-list
485 (appt-sort-list (nconc appt-time-msg-list (list time-msg)))))))
486
487 ;;;###autoload
488 (defun appt-delete ()
489 "Delete an appointment from the list of appointments."
490 (interactive)
491 (let ((tmp-msg-list appt-time-msg-list))
492 (dolist (element tmp-msg-list)
493 (if (y-or-n-p (concat "Delete "
494 ;; We want to quote any doublequotes in the
495 ;; string, as well as put doublequotes around it.
496 (prin1-to-string
497 (substring-no-properties (cadr element) 0))
498 " from list? "))
499 (setq appt-time-msg-list (delq element appt-time-msg-list)))))
500 (appt-check)
501 (message ""))
502
503
504 (defvar number)
505 (defvar original-date)
506 (defvar diary-entries-list)
507 ;; Autoload for the old way of using this package. Can be removed sometime.
508 ;;;###autoload
509 (defun appt-make-list ()
510 "Update the appointments list from today's diary buffer.
511 The time must be at the beginning of a line for it to be
512 put in the appointments list (see examples in documentation of
513 the function `appt-check'). We assume that the variables DATE and
514 NUMBER hold the arguments that `diary-list-entries' received.
515 They specify the range of dates that the diary is being processed for.
516
517 Any appointments made with `appt-add' are not affected by this function.
518
519 For backwards compatibility, this function activates the
520 appointment package (if it is not already active)."
521 ;; See comments above appt-activate defun.
522 (if (not appt-timer)
523 (appt-activate 1)
524 ;; We have something to do if the range of dates that the diary is
525 ;; considering includes the current date.
526 (if (and (not (calendar-date-compare
527 (list (calendar-current-date))
528 (list original-date)))
529 (calendar-date-compare
530 (list (calendar-current-date))
531 (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
532 (+ (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian original-date)
533 number)))))
534 (save-excursion
535 ;; Clear the appointments list, then fill it in from the diary.
536 (dolist (elt appt-time-msg-list)
537 ;; Delete any entries that were not made with appt-add.
538 (unless (nth 2 elt)
539 (setq appt-time-msg-list
540 (delq elt appt-time-msg-list))))
541 (if diary-entries-list
542 ;; Cycle through the entry-list (diary-entries-list)
543 ;; looking for entries beginning with a time. If the
544 ;; entry begins with a time, add it to the
545 ;; appt-time-msg-list. Then sort the list.
546 (let ((entry-list diary-entries-list)
547 (new-time-string "")
548 time-string)
549 ;; Skip diary entries for dates before today.
550 (while (and entry-list
551 (calendar-date-compare
552 (car entry-list) (list (calendar-current-date))))
553 (setq entry-list (cdr entry-list)))
554 ;; Parse the entries for today.
555 (while (and entry-list
556 (calendar-date-equal
557 (calendar-current-date) (caar entry-list)))
558 (setq time-string (cadr (car entry-list)))
559 (while (string-match appt-time-regexp time-string)
560 (let* ((beg (match-beginning 0))
561 ;; Get just the time for this appointment.
562 (only-time (match-string 0 time-string))
563 ;; Find the end of this appointment
564 ;; (the start of the next).
565 (end (string-match
566 (concat "\n[ \t]*" appt-time-regexp)
567 time-string
568 (match-end 0)))
569 ;; Get the whole string for this appointment.
570 (appt-time-string
571 (substring time-string beg (if end (1- end))))
572 (appt-time (list (appt-convert-time only-time)))
573 (time-msg (list appt-time appt-time-string)))
574 ;; Add this appointment to appt-time-msg-list.
575 (setq appt-time-msg-list
576 (nconc appt-time-msg-list (list time-msg))
577 ;; Discard this appointment from the string.
578 time-string
579 (if end (substring time-string end) ""))))
580 (setq entry-list (cdr entry-list)))))
581 (setq appt-time-msg-list (appt-sort-list appt-time-msg-list))
582 ;; Convert current time to minutes after midnight (12:01am = 1),
583 ;; so that elements in the list that are earlier than the
584 ;; present time can be removed.
585 (let* ((now (decode-time))
586 (cur-comp-time (+ (* 60 (nth 2 now)) (nth 1 now)))
587 (appt-comp-time (caar (car appt-time-msg-list))))
588 (while (and appt-time-msg-list (< appt-comp-time cur-comp-time))
589 (setq appt-time-msg-list (cdr appt-time-msg-list))
590 (if appt-time-msg-list
591 (setq appt-comp-time (caar (car appt-time-msg-list))))))))))
592
593
594 (defun appt-sort-list (appt-list)
595 "Sort an appointment list, putting earlier items at the front.
596 APPT-LIST is a list of the same format as `appt-time-msg-list'."
597 (sort appt-list (lambda (e1 e2) (< (caar e1) (caar e2)))))
598
599
600 (defun appt-convert-time (time2conv)
601 "Convert hour:min[am/pm] format TIME2CONV to minutes from midnight.
602 A period (.) can be used instead of a colon (:) to separate the
603 hour and minute parts."
604 ;; Formats that should be accepted:
605 ;; 10:00 10.00 10h00 10h 10am 10:00am 10.00am
606 (let ((min (if (string-match "[h:.]\\([0-9][0-9]\\)" time2conv)
607 (string-to-number (match-string 1 time2conv))
608 0))
609 (hr (if (string-match "[0-9]*[0-9]" time2conv)
610 (string-to-number (match-string 0 time2conv))
611 0)))
612 ;; Convert the time appointment time into 24 hour time.
613 (cond ((and (string-match "pm" time2conv) (< hr 12))
614 (setq hr (+ 12 hr)))
615 ((and (string-match "am" time2conv) (= hr 12))
616 (setq hr 0)))
617 ;; Convert the actual time into minutes.
618 (+ (* hr 60) min)))
619
620 (defun appt-update-list ()
621 "If the current buffer is visiting the diary, update appointments.
622 This function is intended for use with `write-file-functions'."
623 (and (string-equal buffer-file-name (expand-file-name diary-file))
624 appt-timer
625 (let ((appt-display-diary nil))
626 (appt-check t)))
627 nil)
628
629 ;; In Emacs-21.3, the manual documented the following procedure to
630 ;; activate this package:
631 ;; (display-time)
632 ;; (add-hook 'diary-hook 'appt-make-list)
633 ;; (diary 0)
634 ;; The display-time call was not necessary, AFAICS.
635 ;; What was really needed was to add the hook and load this file.
636 ;; Calling (diary 0) once the hook had been added was in some sense a
637 ;; roundabout way of loading this file. This file used to have code at
638 ;; the top-level that set up the appt-timer and global-mode-string.
639 ;; One way to maintain backwards compatibility would be to call
640 ;; (appt-activate 1) at top-level. However, this goes against the
641 ;; convention that just loading an Emacs package should not activate
642 ;; it. Instead, we make appt-make-list activate the package (after a
643 ;; suggestion from rms). This means that one has to call diary in
644 ;; order to get it to work, but that is in line with the old (weird,
645 ;; IMO) documented behavior for activating the package.
646 ;; Actually, since (diary 0) does not run diary-hook, I don't think
647 ;; the documented behavior in Emacs-21.3 would ever have worked.
648 ;; Oh well, at least with the changes to appt-make-list it will now
649 ;; work as well as it ever did.
650 ;; The new method is just to use (appt-activate 1).
651 ;; -- gmorris
652
653 ;;;###autoload
654 (defun appt-activate (&optional arg)
655 "Toggle checking of appointments.
656 With optional numeric argument ARG, turn appointment checking on if
657 ARG is positive, otherwise off."
658 (interactive "P")
659 (let ((appt-active appt-timer))
660 (setq appt-active (if arg (> (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0)
661 (not appt-active)))
662 (remove-hook 'write-file-functions 'appt-update-list)
663 (or global-mode-string (setq global-mode-string '("")))
664 (delq 'appt-mode-string global-mode-string)
665 (when appt-timer
666 (cancel-timer appt-timer)
667 (setq appt-timer nil))
668 (when appt-active
669 (add-hook 'write-file-functions 'appt-update-list)
670 (setq appt-timer (run-at-time t 60 'appt-check)
671 global-mode-string
672 (append global-mode-string '(appt-mode-string)))
673 (appt-check t))))
674
675
676 (provide 'appt)
677
678 ;; arch-tag: bf5791c4-8921-499e-a26f-772b1788d347
679 ;;; appt.el ends here