Re: uptime.el

["Francesc Rocher" <rocher@member.fsf.org>]

>Glenn Morris wrote:
>
>Might as well have this functionality. I installed something similar.
>
>I set emacs-startup-time in command-line.

I prefer `emacs-startup-time' defined as a constant, not as a variable. As
such, it needs to be evaluated only at startup:

   (eval-at-startup
    (defconst emacs-startup-time (current-time)
      "Time at which GNU Emacs was started up."))


>> (defun emacs-uptime (&optional here) "\
>> Tell how long GNU Emacs has been running.
>> If the optional argument HERE is non-nil, insert string at point."
>
>Didn't see the point of the HERE argument; used an alternative
>implementation based on something in gnus-art.

The HERE argument is the same as of the function `emacs-version'.


>> (defun emacs-startup-time (&optional here format) "\
>> Return string containing the date and time Emacs was started up.
>
>Didn't see the point of this function, which is basically just a call
>to format-time-string.

`emacs-uptime' tells you how long emacs has been running, whilst
`emacs-startup-time' tells you the time at which Emacs was started up.


Regards,
---
Francesc Rocher