Emacs: tmr version 1.3.0

TMR provides facilities for setting timers using a convenient notation. Lots of commands are available to operate on timers, while there also exists a tabulated view to display all timers in a nice grid.

Package name (GNU ELPA): tmr
Official manual: https://protesilaos.com/emacs/tmr
Change log: https://protesilaos.com/emacs/tmr-changelog
Git repositories:
- GitHub: https://github.com/protesilaos/tmr
- GitLab: https://gitlab.com/protesilaos/tmr
Video demonstration: https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-01-19-emacs-timers-tmr-demo/
Backronym: TMR May Ring; Timer Must Run.

Below are the release notes.

Version 1.3.0 on 2026-01-25

This version adds some user options and new features to an already stable package.

Timers can be paused

The command tmr-toggle-pause will prompt for a running timer and pause it.

Users who have something like the following in their configuration, have access to tmr-toggle-pause under the P key:

;; All TMR commands are behind this prefix key.  So `tmr-toggle-pause' is C-c t P.
(define-key global-map (kbd "C-c t") #'tmr-prefix-map)

In the buffer produced by the command tmr-tabulated-view the pause functionality applies to the timer at point. The tmr-toggle-pause is invoked with the P key.

An extra column in the tabulated view shows whether a timer is paused or not. Here is an example:

Start      End        Duration   Remaining  Paused?  Acknowledge?   Description

49:41   09:19:46   30m        29m 17s    Yes                     Work on TMR for 30 minutes
49:31   08:54:31   5m         3m 53s                             Prepare tea
49:21   08:59:21   10m        8m 42s              Yes            Edit the description with this one instead

Configure the confirmation text for acknowledgements

When a timer is set to be acknowledged (i.e. the user must confirm that they saw it elapse) it prompts for confirmation. The default input text that confirms the acknowledgement is ack. This is now subject to configuration via the user option tmr-acknowledge-timer-text.

Change how frequently the tabulated list is refreshed

The buffer produced by tmr-tabulated-view is set to automatically refresh every 5 seconds by default. In previous versions this was every 1 second. The new user option tmr-tabulated-refresh-interval can be set to a number of seconds or nil. In the latter case, the automatic refresh is disabled.

Removed the long-obsolete `tmr-tabulated.el`

Its code was merged into tmr.el on 2024-10-30 and all it was doing thenceforth is issue a warning to those who would require the tmr-tabulated feature. Now (require 'tmr-tabulated) produces an error.