Calculates timeouts of ClockTool based upon System Clock

Users expect time switches to happen upon system clock times. Calculating the
timeout for the next refresh of the shown time via the monotonic clock is
wrong: The monotonic clock yields values based upon some arbitrary point in
time which might be off a little bit to the system clock, a 'full' minute of
the monotonic clock might be in the midst of a system clock minute.

src/ClockTool.cc

@@ -70,12 +70,13 @@ int showSeconds(const std::string& fmt_string) {
 
 uint64_t calcNextTimeout(const std::string& fmt_string) {
 
-    if (showSeconds(fmt_string)) { // microseconds till next full second
+    uint64_t now = FbTk::FbTime::system();
-        return FbTk::FbTime::remainingNext(FbTk::FbTime::IN_SECONDS);
+    uint64_t unit = FbTk::FbTime::IN_SECONDS;
+    if (!showSeconds(fmt_string)) { // microseconds till next full minute
+        unit *= 60L;
     } 
 
-    // microseconds until next full minute
+    return FbTk::FbTime::remainingNext(now, unit);
-    return FbTk::FbTime::remainingNext(60L * FbTk::FbTime::IN_SECONDS);
 }
 
 

src/FbTk/FbTime.cc

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 #include "FbTime.hh"
 
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <sys/time.h>
 
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME // linux|*bsd|solaris
@@ -28,16 +30,16 @@
 
 namespace {
 
-uint64_t _now() {
+uint64_t _mono() {
 
-    uint64_t n = 0L;
+    uint64_t t = 0L;
     timespec ts;
 
     if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts) == 0) {
-        n = (ts.tv_sec * FbTk::FbTime::IN_SECONDS) + (ts.tv_nsec / 1000L);
+        t = (ts.tv_sec * FbTk::FbTime::IN_SECONDS) + (ts.tv_nsec / 1000L);
     }
 
-    return n;
+    return t;
 }
 
 }
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ uint64_t _now() {
 
 namespace {
 
-uint64_t _now() {
+uint64_t _mono() {
 
     // mach_absolute_time() * info.numer / info.denom yields
     // nanoseconds.
@@ -85,13 +87,15 @@ uint64_t _now() {
 
 
 
-
+uint64_t FbTk::FbTime::mono() {
-uint64_t FbTk::FbTime::now() {
+    return ::_mono();
-    return ::_now();
 }
 
 
-uint64_t FbTk::FbTime::remainingNext(uint64_t unit) {
+uint64_t FbTk::FbTime::system() {
-    return (unit - (::_now() % unit) - 1);
+    static timeval v;
+    gettimeofday(&v, NULL);
+    return (v.tv_sec * FbTk::FbTime::IN_SECONDS) + v.tv_usec;
 }
 
+

src/FbTk/FbTime.hh

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 namespace FbTk {
 
-// time in micro-seconds, monotonic increasing
+// time in micro-seconds
 //
 // interesting links:
 //
@@ -44,12 +44,17 @@ namespace FbTk {
 namespace FbTime {
 
     const uint64_t IN_MILLISECONDS =  1000L;
-    const uint64_t IN_SECONDS = 1000L * 1000L;
+    const uint64_t IN_SECONDS = 1000L * IN_MILLISECONDS;
+    const uint64_t IN_MINUTES = 60 * IN_SECONDS;
 
-    uint64_t now();
+    uint64_t mono();   // point in time, always monotonic
+    uint64_t system(); // system time, might jump (DST, leap seconds)
 
-    // calculates the remaining microseconds up to the next full 'unit'
+    // calculates the remaining microseconds from 'now' up to the
-    uint64_t remainingNext(uint64_t unit);
+    // next full 'unit'
+    inline uint64_t remainingNext(uint64_t now, uint64_t unit) {
+        return (unit - (now % unit) - 1);
+    }
 
 } // namespace FbTime
 

src/FbTk/Timer.cc

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void Timer::start() {
         // it from s_timerlist before restarting it
         stop();
 
-        m_start = FbTk::FbTime::now();
+        m_start = FbTk::FbTime::mono();
 
         // interval timers have their timeout change every 
         // time they are started!
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ void Timer::updateTimers(int fd) {
     FD_SET(fd, &rfds);
 
     bool overdue = false;
-    uint64_t now = FbTime::now();
+    uint64_t now = FbTime::mono();
     uint64_t end_time;
 
     // search for overdue timers
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ void Timer::updateTimers(int fd) {
 
     static std::vector<FbTk::Timer*> timeouts;
 
-    now = FbTime::now();
+    now = FbTime::mono();
     for (it = s_timerlist.begin(); it != s_timerlist.end(); ++it ) {
         if (now < (*it)->getEndTime()) {
             break;

src/Window.cc

@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ void FluxboxWindow::init() {
 
     m_workspacesig.emit(*this);
 
-    m_creation_time = FbTk::FbTime::now();
+    m_creation_time = FbTk::FbTime::mono();
 
     frame().frameExtentSig().emit();
 
@@ -2206,7 +2206,7 @@ void FluxboxWindow::configureRequestEvent(XConfigureRequestEvent &cr) {
     // just after creation if the user has a saved position/size
     if (m_creation_time) {
 
-        uint64_t now = FbTk::FbTime::now();
+        uint64_t now = FbTk::FbTime::mono();
 
         Remember& rinst = Remember::instance();
 
@@ -2310,12 +2310,12 @@ void FluxboxWindow::keyPressEvent(XKeyEvent &ke) {
     }
 
     // otherwise, make a note that the user is typing
-    m_last_keypress_time = FbTk::FbTime::now();
+    m_last_keypress_time = FbTk::FbTime::mono();
 }
 
 bool FluxboxWindow::isTyping() const {
 
-    uint64_t diff = FbTk::FbTime::now() - m_last_keypress_time;
+    uint64_t diff = FbTk::FbTime::mono() - m_last_keypress_time;
     return ((diff / 1000) < screen().noFocusWhileTypingDelay());
 }