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-;; Run a function with args at some time in future
-;; Copyright (C) 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
-;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
-
-;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
-;; any later version.
-
-;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-;; GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
-;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
-(defvar timer-process nil)
-(defvar timer-alist ())
-(defvar timer-out "")
-(defvar timer-dont-exit nil
- ;; this is useful for functions which will be doing their own erratic
- ;; rescheduling or people who otherwise expect to use the process frequently
- "If non-nil, don't exit the timer process when no more events are pending.")
-
-(defun run-at-time (time repeat function &rest args)
- "Run a function at a time, and optionally on a regular interval.
-Arguments are TIME, REPEAT, FUNCTION &rest ARGS.
-TIME, a string, can be specified absolutely or relative to now.
-REPEAT, an integer number of seconds, is the interval on which to repeat
-the call to the function."
- (interactive "sRun at time: \nNRepeat interval: \naFunction: ")
- (cond ((or (not timer-process)
- (memq (process-status timer-process) '(exit signal nil)))
- (if timer-process (delete-process timer-process))
- (setq timer-process (start-process "timer" nil "timer")
- timer-alist nil)
- (set-process-filter timer-process 'timer-process-filter)
- (set-process-sentinel timer-process 'timer-process-sentinel)
- (process-kill-without-query timer-process))
- ((eq (process-status timer-process) 'stop)
- (continue-process timer-process)))
- ;; There should be a living, breathing timer process now
- (let ((token (concat (current-time-string) "-" (length timer-alist))))
- (send-string timer-process (concat time "\001" token "\n"))
- (setq timer-alist (cons (list token repeat function args) timer-alist))))
-
-(defun timer-process-filter (proc str)
- (setq timer-out (concat timer-out str))
- (let (do token error)
- (while (string-match "\n" timer-out)
- (setq token (substring timer-out 0 (match-beginning 0))
- do (assoc token timer-alist)
- timer-out (substring timer-out (match-end 0)))
- (cond
- (do (apply (nth 2 do) (nth 3 do)) ; do it
- (if (natnump (nth 1 do)) ; reschedule it
- (send-string proc (concat (nth 1 do) " sec\001" (car do) "\n"))
- (setq timer-alist (delq do timer-alist))))
- ((string-match "timer: \\([^:]+\\): \\([^\001]*\\)\001\\(.*\\)$" token)
- (setq error (substring token (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1))
- do (substring token (match-beginning 2) (match-end 2))
- token (assoc (substring token (match-beginning 3) (match-end 3))
- timer-alist)
- timer-alist (delq token timer-alist))
- (ding 'no-terminate) ; using error function in process filters is rude
- (message "%s for %s; couldn't set at \"%s\"" error (nth 2 token) do))))
- (or timer-alist timer-dont-exit (process-send-eof proc))))
-
-(defun timer-process-sentinel (proc str)
- (let ((stat (process-status proc)))
- (if (eq stat 'stop) (continue-process proc)
- ;; if it exited normally, presumably it was intentional.
- ;; if there were no pending events, who cares that it exited?
- (if (or (not timer-alist) (eq stat 'exit)) ()
- (ding 'no-terminate)
- (message "Timer exited abnormally. All events cancelled."))
- (setq timer-process nil timer-alist nil timer-scratch ""))))
-
-(defun cancel-timer (function)
- "Cancel all events scheduled by ``run-at-time'' which would run FUNCTION."
- (interactive "aCancel function: ")
- (let ((alist timer-alist))
- (while alist
- (if (eq (nth 2 (car alist)) function)
- (setq timer-alist (delq (car alist) timer-alist)))
- (setq alist (cdr alist))))
- (or timer-alist timer-dont-exit (process-send-eof timer-process)))
-
-(provide 'timer)