[gnu-emacs] / lisp / calendar / appt.el

;;; appt.el --- appointment notification functions

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;; Author: Neil Mager <neilm@juliet.ll.mit.edu>
;; Maintainer: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
;; Keywords: calendar

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;;; Commentary:

;;
;; appt.el - visible and/or audible notification of
;;           appointments from diary file.
;;
;;
;; Thanks to  Edward M. Reingold for much help and many suggestions,
;; And to many others for bug fixes and suggestions.
;;
;;
;; This functions in this file will alert the user of a
;; pending appointment based on his/her diary file.  This package
;; is documented in the Emacs manual.
;;
;; To activate this package, simply use (appt-activate 1).
;; A `diary-file' with appointments of the format described in the
;; documentation of the function `appt-check' is required.
;; Relevant customizable variables are also listed in the
;; documentation of that function.
;;
;; Today's appointment list is initialized from the diary when this
;; package is activated.  Additionally, the appointments list is
;; recreated automatically at 12:01am for those who do not logout
;; every day or are programming late.  It is also updated when the
;; `diary-file' is saved.  Calling `appt-check' with an argument (or
;; re-enabling the package) forces a re-initialization at any time.
;;
;; In order to add or delete items from today's list, without
;; changing the diary file, use `appt-add' and `appt-delete'.
;;

;; Brief internal description - Skip this if you are not interested!
;;
;; The function `appt-make-list' creates the appointments list which
;; `appt-check' reads.
;;
;; You can change the way the appointment window is created/deleted by
;; setting the variables
;;
;;           appt-disp-window-function
;; and
;;           appt-delete-window-function
;;
;; For instance, these variables could be set to functions that display
;; appointments in pop-up frames, which are lowered or iconified after
;; `appt-display-interval' minutes.
;;

;;; Code:

(require 'diary-lib)


(defgroup appt nil
  "Appointment notification."
  :prefix "appt-"
  :group 'calendar)

(defcustom appt-issue-message t
  "Non-nil means check for appointments in the diary buffer.
To be detected, the diary entry must have the format described in the
documentation of the function `appt-check'."
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'appt)

(make-obsolete-variable 'appt-issue-message
                        "use the function `appt-activate', and the \
variable `appt-display-format' instead." "22.1")

(defcustom appt-message-warning-time 12
  "Time in minutes before an appointment that the warning begins."
  :type 'integer
  :group 'appt)

(defcustom appt-audible t
  "Non-nil means beep to indicate appointment."
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'appt)

(defcustom appt-visible t
  "Non-nil means display appointment message in echo area.
This variable is only relevant if `appt-msg-window' is nil."
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'appt)

(make-obsolete-variable 'appt-visible 'appt-display-format "22.1")

(defcustom appt-msg-window t
  "Non-nil means display appointment message in another window.
If non-nil, this variable overrides `appt-visible'."
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'appt)

(make-obsolete-variable 'appt-msg-window 'appt-display-format "22.1")

;; TODO - add popup.
(defcustom appt-display-format 'ignore
  "How appointment reminders should be displayed.
The options are:
   window - use a separate window
   echo   - use the echo area
   nil    - no visible reminder.
See also `appt-audible' and `appt-display-mode-line'.

The default value is 'ignore, which means to fall back on the value
of the (obsolete) variables `appt-msg-window' and `appt-visible'."
  :type '(choice
          (const :tag "Separate window" window)
          (const :tag "Echo-area" echo)
          (const :tag "No visible display" nil)
          (const :tag "Backwards compatibility setting - choose another value"
                 ignore))
  :group 'appt
  :version "22.1")

(defcustom appt-display-mode-line t
  "Non-nil means display minutes to appointment and time on the mode line.
This is in addition to any other display of appointment messages."
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'appt)

(defcustom appt-display-duration 10
  "The number of seconds an appointment message is displayed.
Only relevant if reminders are to be displayed in their own window."
  :type 'integer
  :group 'appt)

(defcustom appt-display-diary t
  "Non-nil displays the diary when the appointment list is first initialized.
This will occur at midnight when the appointment list is updated."
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'appt)

(defcustom appt-display-interval 3
  "Number of minutes to wait between checking the appointment list."
  :type 'integer
  :group 'appt)

(defcustom appt-disp-window-function 'appt-disp-window
  "Function called to display appointment window.
Only relevant if reminders are being displayed in a window.
It should take three string arguments: the number of minutes till
the appointment, the current time, and the text of the appointment."
  :type '(choice (const appt-disp-window)
                 function)
  :group 'appt)

(defcustom appt-delete-window-function 'appt-delete-window
  "Function called to remove appointment window and buffer.
Only relevant if reminders are being displayed in a window."
  :type '(choice (const appt-delete-window)
                 function)
  :group 'appt)


;;; Internal variables below this point.

(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] [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.")

(defvar appt-mode-string nil
  "String being displayed in the mode line saying you have an appointment.
The actual string includes the amount of time till the appointment.
Only used if `appt-display-mode-line' is non-nil.")
(put 'appt-mode-string 'risky-local-variable t) ; for 'face property

(defvar appt-prev-comp-time nil
  "Time of day (mins since midnight) at which we last checked appointments.
A nil value forces the diary file to be (re-)checked for appointments.")

(defvar appt-now-displayed nil
  "Non-nil when we have started notifying about a appointment that is near.")

(defvar appt-display-count nil
  "Internal variable used to count number of consecutive reminders.")

(defvar appt-timer nil
  "Timer used for diary appointment notifications (`appt-check').
If this is non-nil, appointment checking is active.")


;;; Functions.

(defun appt-display-message (string mins)
  "Display a reminder about an appointment.
The string STRING describes the appointment, due in integer MINS minutes.
The format of the visible reminder is controlled by `appt-display-format'.
The variable `appt-audible' controls the audible reminder."
  ;; Let-binding for backwards compatibility.  Remove when obsolete
  ;; vars appt-msg-window and appt-visible are dropped.
  (let ((appt-display-format
         (if (eq appt-display-format 'ignore)
             (cond (appt-msg-window 'window)
                   (appt-visible 'echo))
           appt-display-format)))
    (if appt-audible (beep 1))
    (cond ((eq appt-display-format 'window)
           (funcall appt-disp-window-function
                    (number-to-string mins)
                    ;; TODO - use calendar-month-abbrev-array rather than %b?
                    (format-time-string "%a %b %e " (current-time))
                    string)
           (run-at-time (format "%d sec" appt-display-duration)
                        nil
                        appt-delete-window-function))
          ((eq appt-display-format 'echo)
           (message "%s" string)))))


(defvar diary-selective-display)

(defun appt-check (&optional force)
  "Check for an appointment and update any reminder display.
If optional argument FORCE is non-nil, reparse the diary file for
appointments.  Otherwise the diary file is only parsed once per day,
and when saved.

Note: the time must be the first thing in the line in the diary
for a warning to be issued.  The format of the time can be either
24 hour or am/pm.  For example:

              02/23/89
                18:00 Dinner

              Thursday
                11:45am Lunch meeting.

Appointments are checked every `appt-display-interval' minutes.
The following variables control appointment notification:

`appt-display-format'
        Controls the format in which reminders are displayed.

`appt-audible'
        Variable used to determine if reminder is audible.
        Default is t.

`appt-message-warning-time'
        Variable used to determine when appointment message
        should first be displayed.

`appt-display-mode-line'
        If non-nil, a generic message giving the time remaining
        is shown in the mode-line when an appointment is due.

`appt-display-interval'
        Interval in minutes at which to check for pending appointments.

`appt-display-diary'
        Display the diary buffer when the appointment list is
        initialized for the first time in a day.

The following variables are only relevant if reminders are being
displayed in a window:

`appt-display-duration'
        The number of seconds an appointment message is displayed.

`appt-disp-window-function'
        Function called to display appointment window.

`appt-delete-window-function'
        Function called to remove appointment window and buffer."
  (interactive "P")                     ; so people can force updates
  (let* ((min-to-app -1)
         (prev-appt-mode-string appt-mode-string)
         (prev-appt-display-count (or appt-display-count 0))
         ;; Non-nil means do a full check for pending appointments and
         ;; display in whatever ways the user has selected.  When no
         ;; appointment is being displayed, we always do a full check.
         (full-check
          (or (not appt-now-displayed)
              ;; This is true every appt-display-interval minutes.
              (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 appt-warn-time)
    (when (or full-check mode-line-only)
      (save-excursion
        ;; Convert current time to minutes after midnight (12.01am = 1).
        (setq now (decode-time)
              cur-comp-time (+ (* 60 (nth 2 now)) (nth 1 now)))
        ;; At first check in any day, update appointments to today's list.
        (if (or force                      ; eg initialize, diary save
                (null appt-prev-comp-time) ; first check
                (< cur-comp-time appt-prev-comp-time)) ; new day
            (condition-case nil
                (if appt-display-diary
                    (let ((diary-hook
                           (if (assoc 'appt-make-list diary-hook)
                               diary-hook
                             (cons 'appt-make-list diary-hook))))
                      (diary))
                  (let* ((diary-display-function 'appt-make-list)
                         (d-buff (find-buffer-visiting diary-file))
                         (selective
                          (if d-buff    ; diary buffer exists
                              (with-current-buffer d-buff
                                diary-selective-display))))
                    (diary)
                    ;; If the diary buffer existed before this command,
                    ;; restore its display state.  Otherwise, kill it.
                    (if d-buff
                        ;; Displays the diary buffer.
                        (or selective (diary-show-all-entries))
                      (and (setq d-buff (find-buffer-visiting diary-file))
                           (kill-buffer d-buff)))))
              (error nil)))
        (setq appt-prev-comp-time cur-comp-time
              appt-mode-string nil
              appt-display-count nil)
        ;; If there are entries in the list, and the user wants a
        ;; message issued, get the first time off of the list and
        ;; calculate the number of minutes until the appointment.
        (when (and appt-issue-message appt-time-msg-list)
          (setq appt-comp-time (caar (car appt-time-msg-list))
                appt-warn-time (or (nth 3 (car appt-time-msg-list))
                                   appt-message-warning-time)
                min-to-app (- appt-comp-time cur-comp-time))
          (while (and appt-time-msg-list
                      (< appt-comp-time cur-comp-time))
            (setq appt-time-msg-list (cdr appt-time-msg-list))
            (if appt-time-msg-list
                (setq appt-comp-time (caar (car appt-time-msg-list)))))
          ;; If we have an appointment between midnight and
          ;; `appt-warn-time' minutes after midnight, we
          ;; must begin to issue a message before midnight.  Midnight
          ;; is considered 0 minutes and 11:59pm is 1439
          ;; minutes.  Therefore we must recalculate the minutes to
          ;; appointment variable.  It is equal to the number of
          ;; minutes before midnight plus the number of minutes after
          ;; midnight our appointment is.
          (if (and (< appt-comp-time appt-warn-time)
                   (> (+ cur-comp-time appt-warn-time)
                      appt-max-time))
              (setq min-to-app (+ (- (1+ appt-max-time) cur-comp-time)
                                  appt-comp-time)))
          ;; Issue warning if the appointment time is within
          ;; appt-message-warning time.
          (when (and (<= min-to-app appt-warn-time)
                     (>= min-to-app 0))
            (setq appt-now-displayed t
                  appt-display-count (1+ prev-appt-display-count))
            (unless mode-line-only
              (appt-display-message (cadr (car appt-time-msg-list))
                                    min-to-app))
            (when appt-display-mode-line
              (setq appt-mode-string
                    (concat " " (propertize
                                 (format "App't in %s min." min-to-app)
                                 'face 'mode-line-emphasis))))
            ;; When an appointment is reached, delete it from the
            ;; list.  Reset the count to 0 in case we display another
            ;; appointment on the next cycle.
            (if (zerop min-to-app)
                (setq appt-time-msg-list (cdr appt-time-msg-list)
                      appt-display-count nil))))
        ;; If we have changed the mode line string, redisplay all mode lines.
        (and appt-display-mode-line
             (not (string-equal appt-mode-string
                                prev-appt-mode-string))
             (progn
               (force-mode-line-update t)
               ;; If the string now has a notification, redisplay right now.
               (if appt-mode-string
                   (sit-for 0))))))))

(defun appt-disp-window (min-to-app new-time appt-msg)
  "Display appointment due in MIN-TO-APP (a string) minutes.
NEW-TIME is a string giving the date.  Displays the appointment
message APPT-MSG in a separate buffer."
  (let ((this-window (selected-window))
        (appt-disp-buf (get-buffer-create appt-buffer-name)))
    ;; Make sure we're not in the minibuffer before splitting the window.
    ;; FIXME this seems needlessly complicated?
    (when (minibufferp)
      (other-window 1)
      (and (minibufferp) (display-multi-frame-p) (other-frame 1)))
    (if (cdr (assq 'unsplittable (frame-parameters)))
        ;; In an unsplittable frame, use something somewhere else.
        (progn
          (set-buffer appt-disp-buf)
          (display-buffer appt-disp-buf))
      (unless (or (special-display-p (buffer-name appt-disp-buf))
                  (same-window-p (buffer-name appt-disp-buf)))
        ;; By default, split the bottom window and use the lower part.
        (appt-select-lowest-window)
        ;; Split the window, unless it's too small to do so.
        (when (>= (window-height) (* 2 window-min-height))
          (select-window (split-window))))
      (switch-to-buffer appt-disp-buf))
    ;; FIXME Link to diary entry?
    (calendar-set-mode-line
     (format " Appointment %s. %s "
             (if (string-equal "0" min-to-app) "now"
               (format "in %s minute%s" min-to-app
                       (if (string-equal "1" min-to-app) "" "s")))
             new-time))
    (setq buffer-read-only nil
          buffer-undo-list t)
    (erase-buffer)
    (insert appt-msg)
    (shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer (get-buffer-window appt-disp-buf t))
    (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
    (setq buffer-read-only t)
    (raise-frame (selected-frame))
    (select-window this-window)))

(defun appt-delete-window ()
  "Function called to undisplay appointment messages.
Usually just deletes the appointment buffer."
  (let ((window (get-buffer-window appt-buffer-name t)))
    (and window
         (or (eq window (frame-root-window (window-frame window)))
             (delete-window window))))
  (kill-buffer appt-buffer-name)
  (if appt-audible
      (beep 1)))

(defun appt-select-lowest-window ()
  "Select the lowest window on the frame."
  (let ((lowest-window (selected-window))
        (bottom-edge (nth 3 (window-edges)))
        next-bottom-edge)
    (walk-windows (lambda (w)
                    (when (< bottom-edge (setq next-bottom-edge
                                               (nth 3 (window-edges w))))
                      (setq bottom-edge next-bottom-edge
                            lowest-window w))) 'nomini)
    (select-window lowest-window)))

(defconst appt-time-regexp
  "[0-9]?[0-9]\\(h\\([0-9][0-9]\\)?\\|[:.][0-9][0-9]\\)\\(am\\|pm\\)?")

;;;###autoload
(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: 
sMinutes before the appointment to start warning: ")
  (unless (string-match appt-time-regexp time)
    (error "Unacceptable time-string"))
  (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)))))))

;;;###autoload
(defun appt-delete ()
  "Delete an appointment from the list of appointments."
  (interactive)
  (let ((tmp-msg-list appt-time-msg-list))
    (dolist (element tmp-msg-list)
      (if (y-or-n-p (concat "Delete "
                            ;; We want to quote any doublequotes in the
                            ;; string, as well as put doublequotes around it.
                            (prin1-to-string
                             (substring-no-properties (cadr element) 0))
                            " from list? "))
          (setq appt-time-msg-list (delq element appt-time-msg-list)))))
  (appt-check)
  (message ""))


(defvar number)
(defvar original-date)
(defvar diary-entries-list)
;; Autoload for the old way of using this package.  Can be removed sometime.
;;;###autoload
(defun appt-make-list ()
  "Update the appointments list from today's diary buffer.
The time must be at the beginning of a line for it to be
put in the appointments list (see examples in documentation of
the function `appt-check').  We assume that the variables DATE and
NUMBER hold the arguments that `diary-list-entries' received.
They specify the range of dates that the diary is being processed for.

Any appointments made with `appt-add' are not affected by this function.

For backwards compatibility, this function activates the
appointment package (if it is not already active)."
  ;; See comments above appt-activate defun.
  (if (not appt-timer)
      (appt-activate 1)
    ;; We have something to do if the range of dates that the diary is
    ;; considering includes the current date.
    (if (and (not (calendar-date-compare
                   (list (calendar-current-date))
                   (list original-date)))
             (calendar-date-compare
              (list (calendar-current-date))
              (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
                     (+ (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian original-date)
                        number)))))
        (save-excursion
          ;; Clear the appointments list, then fill it in from the diary.
          (dolist (elt appt-time-msg-list)
            ;; Delete any entries that were not made with appt-add.
            (unless (nth 2 elt)
              (setq appt-time-msg-list
                    (delq elt appt-time-msg-list))))
          (if diary-entries-list
              ;; Cycle through the entry-list (diary-entries-list)
              ;; looking for entries beginning with a time.  If the
              ;; entry begins with a time, add it to the
              ;; appt-time-msg-list.  Then sort the list.
              (let ((entry-list diary-entries-list)
                    (new-time-string "")
                    time-string)
                ;; Skip diary entries for dates before today.
                (while (and entry-list
                            (calendar-date-compare
                             (car entry-list) (list (calendar-current-date))))
                  (setq entry-list (cdr entry-list)))
                ;; Parse the entries for today.
                (while (and entry-list
                            (calendar-date-equal
                             (calendar-current-date) (caar entry-list)))
                  (setq time-string (cadr (car entry-list)))
                  (while (string-match appt-time-regexp time-string)
                    (let* ((beg (match-beginning 0))
                           ;; Get just the time for this appointment.
                           (only-time (match-string 0 time-string))
                           ;; Find the end of this appointment
                           ;; (the start of the next).
                           (end (string-match
                                 (concat "\n[ \t]*" appt-time-regexp)
                                 time-string
                                 (match-end 0)))
                           ;; Get the whole string for this appointment.
                           (appt-time-string
                            (substring time-string beg end))
                           (appt-time (list (appt-convert-time only-time)))
                           (time-msg (list appt-time appt-time-string)))
                      ;; Add this appointment to appt-time-msg-list.
                      (setq appt-time-msg-list
                            (nconc appt-time-msg-list (list time-msg))
                            ;; Discard this appointment from the string.
                            time-string
                            (if end (substring time-string end) ""))))
                  (setq entry-list (cdr entry-list)))))
          (setq appt-time-msg-list (appt-sort-list appt-time-msg-list))
          ;; Convert current time to minutes after midnight (12:01am = 1),
          ;; so that elements in the list that are earlier than the
          ;; present time can be removed.
          (let* ((now (decode-time))
                 (cur-comp-time (+ (* 60 (nth 2 now)) (nth 1 now)))
                 (appt-comp-time (caar (car appt-time-msg-list))))
            (while (and appt-time-msg-list (< appt-comp-time cur-comp-time))
              (setq appt-time-msg-list (cdr appt-time-msg-list))
              (if appt-time-msg-list
                  (setq appt-comp-time (caar (car appt-time-msg-list))))))))))


(defun appt-sort-list (appt-list)
  "Sort an appointment list, putting earlier items at the front.
APPT-LIST is a list of the same format as `appt-time-msg-list'."
  (sort appt-list (lambda (e1 e2) (< (caar e1) (caar e2)))))


(defun appt-convert-time (time2conv)
  "Convert hour:min[am/pm] format TIME2CONV to minutes from midnight.
A period (.) can be used instead of a colon (:) to separate the
hour and minute parts."
  ;; Formats that should be accepted:
  ;;   10:00 10.00 10h00 10h 10am 10:00am 10.00am
  (let ((min (if (string-match "[h:.]\\([0-9][0-9]\\)" time2conv)
                 (string-to-number (match-string 1 time2conv))
               0))
        (hr (if (string-match "[0-9]*[0-9]" time2conv)
                (string-to-number (match-string 0 time2conv))
              0)))
    ;; Convert the time appointment time into 24 hour time.
    (cond ((and (string-match "pm" time2conv) (< hr 12))
           (setq hr (+ 12 hr)))
          ((and (string-match "am" time2conv) (= hr 12))
           (setq hr 0)))
    ;; Convert the actual time into minutes.
    (+ (* hr 60) min)))

(defun appt-update-list ()
  "If the current buffer is visiting the diary, update appointments.
This function is intended for use with `write-file-functions'."
  (and (string-equal buffer-file-name (expand-file-name diary-file))
       appt-timer
       (let ((appt-display-diary nil))
         (appt-check t)))
  nil)

;; In Emacs-21.3, the manual documented the following procedure to
;; activate this package:
;;     (display-time)
;;     (add-hook 'diary-hook 'appt-make-list)
;;     (diary 0)
;; The display-time call was not necessary, AFAICS.
;; What was really needed was to add the hook and load this file.
;; Calling (diary 0) once the hook had been added was in some sense a
;; roundabout way of loading this file.  This file used to have code at
;; the top-level that set up the appt-timer and global-mode-string.
;; One way to maintain backwards compatibility would be to call
;; (appt-activate 1) at top-level.  However, this goes against the
;; convention that just loading an Emacs package should not activate
;; it.  Instead, we make appt-make-list activate the package (after a
;; suggestion from rms).  This means that one has to call diary in
;; order to get it to work, but that is in line with the old (weird,
;; IMO) documented behavior for activating the package.
;; Actually, since (diary 0) does not run diary-hook, I don't think
;; the documented behavior in Emacs-21.3 would ever have worked.
;; Oh well, at least with the changes to appt-make-list it will now
;; work as well as it ever did.
;; The new method is just to use (appt-activate 1).
;; -- gmorris

;;;###autoload
(defun appt-activate (&optional arg)
  "Toggle checking of appointments.
With optional numeric argument ARG, turn appointment checking on if
ARG is positive, otherwise off."
  (interactive "P")
  (let ((appt-active appt-timer))
    (setq appt-active (if arg (> (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0)
                        (not appt-active)))
    (remove-hook 'write-file-functions 'appt-update-list)
    (or global-mode-string (setq global-mode-string '("")))
    (delq 'appt-mode-string global-mode-string)
    (when appt-timer
      (cancel-timer appt-timer)
      (setq appt-timer nil))
    (when appt-active
      (add-hook 'write-file-functions 'appt-update-list)
      (setq appt-timer (run-at-time t 60 'appt-check)
            global-mode-string
            (append global-mode-string '(appt-mode-string)))
      (appt-check t))))


(provide 'appt)

;; arch-tag: bf5791c4-8921-499e-a26f-772b1788d347
;;; appt.el ends here