1 ;;; itimer-autosave.el --- Autosave functions with itimers
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29 ;; This file is dumped with XEmacs.
31 ;; itimer-driven auto-saves
35 ;jwz: this is preloaded so don't ;;;###autoload
36 (defvar auto-save-timeout 960
37 "*Number of seconds idle time before auto-save.
38 Zero or nil means disable auto-saving due to idleness.
40 The actual amount of idle time between auto-saves is logarithmically related
41 to the size of the current buffer. This variable is the number of seconds
42 after which an auto-save will happen when the current buffer is 50k or less;
43 the timeout will be 2 1/4 times this in a 200k buffer, 3 3/4 times this in a
44 1000k buffer, and 4 1/2 times this in a 2000k buffer.
46 See also the variable `auto-save-interval', which controls auto-saving based
47 on the number of characters typed.")
49 ;jwz: this is preloaded so don't ;;;###autoload
50 (defvar auto-gc-threshold (/ gc-cons-threshold 3)
51 "*GC when this many bytes have been consed since the last GC,
52 and the user has been idle for `auto-save-timeout' seconds.")
54 (defun auto-save-itimer ()
55 "For use as a itimer callback function.
56 Auto-saves and garbage-collects based on the size of the current buffer
57 and the value of `auto-save-timeout', `auto-gc-threshold', and the current
59 (if (or (null auto-save-timeout)
60 (<= auto-save-timeout 0)
61 (eq (minibuffer-window) (selected-window)))
63 (let ((buf-size (1+ (ash (buffer-size) -8)))
67 (while (> buf-size 64)
68 (setq delay-level (1+ delay-level)
69 buf-size (- buf-size (ash buf-size -2))))
72 ;; delay_level is 4 for files under around 50k, 7 at 100k, 9 at 200k,
73 ;; 11 at 300k, and 12 at 500k, 15 at 1 meg, and 17 at 2 meg.
74 (setq delay (/ (* delay-level auto-save-timeout) 4))
75 (let ((idle-time (if (or (not (consp last-input-time))
76 (/= (car now) (car last-input-time)))
78 (- (car (cdr now)) (cdr last-input-time)))))
79 (and (> idle-time delay)
81 (and (> idle-time auto-save-timeout)
82 (> (consing-since-gc) auto-gc-threshold)
84 ;; Look at the itimer that's currently running; if the user has changed
85 ;; the value of auto-save-timeout, modify this itimer to have the correct
86 ;; restart time. There will be some latency between when the user changes
87 ;; this variable and when it takes effect, but it will happen eventually.
88 (let ((self (get-itimer "auto-save")))
89 (or self (error "auto-save-itimer can't find itself"))
90 (if (and auto-save-timeout (> auto-save-timeout 4))
91 (or (= (itimer-restart self) (/ auto-save-timeout 4))
92 (set-itimer-restart self (/ auto-save-timeout 4)))))
95 (defun itimer-init-auto-gc ()
96 (or noninteractive ; may be being run from after-init-hook in -batch mode.
97 (get-itimer "auto-save")
98 ;; the time here is just the first interval; if the user changes it
99 ;; later, it will adjust.
100 (let ((time (max 2 (/ (or auto-save-timeout 30) 4))))
101 (start-itimer "auto-save" 'auto-save-itimer time time))))
104 ;; This file is being preloaded into an emacs about to be dumped.
105 ;; So arrange for the auto-save itimer to be started once emacs
107 (add-hook 'after-init-hook 'itimer-init-auto-gc))
109 ;; Otherwise, this file is being loaded into a normal, interactive
110 ;; emacs. Start the auto-save timer now.
111 (itimer-init-auto-gc)))
114 ;;; itimer-autosave.el ends here