Display last visited time as docInfo description

It's useful information, and takes up some of the blank space.

js/ui/docDisplay.js

@@ -14,24 +14,37 @@ const Main = imports.ui.main;
 /* This class represents a single display item containing information about a document.
  *
  * docInfo - DocInfo object containing information about the document
+ * currentSeconds - current number of seconds since the epoch
  * availableWidth - total width available for the item
  */
-function DocDisplayItem(docInfo, availableWidth) {
-    this._init(docInfo, availableWidth);
+function DocDisplayItem(docInfo, currentSecs, availableWidth) {
+    this._init(docInfo, currentSecs, availableWidth);
 }
 
 DocDisplayItem.prototype = {
     __proto__:  GenericDisplay.GenericDisplayItem.prototype,
 
-    _init : function(docInfo, availableWidth) {
+    _init : function(docInfo, currentSecs, availableWidth) {
         GenericDisplay.GenericDisplayItem.prototype._init.call(this, availableWidth);
         this._docInfo = docInfo;
 
         this._setItemInfo(docInfo.name, "");
+        // We take the current number of seconds here to avoid looking up the current
+        // time for every item
+        this._resetTimeDisplay(currentSecs);
     },
 
     //// Public methods ////
 
+    getUpdateTimeout: function() {
+        return this._timeout;
+    },
+
+    // Update any relative-time based displays for this item.
+    redisplay: function(currentSecs) {
+        this._resetTimeDisplay(currentSecs);
+    },
+
     //// Public method overrides ////
 
     // Opens a document represented by this display item.
@@ -60,6 +73,16 @@ DocDisplayItem.prototype = {
 
         return Shell.TextureCache.get_default().load_uri_sync(Shell.TextureCachePolicy.NONE,
                                                               this._docInfo.uri, availableWidth, availableHeight);
+    },
+
+    //// Private Methods ////
+
+    _resetTimeDisplay: function(currentSecs) {
+        let lastSecs = this._docInfo.lastVisited().getTime() / 1000;
+        let timeDelta = currentSecs - lastSecs;
+        let [text, nextUpdate] = Shell.Global.get().format_time_relative_pretty(timeDelta);
+        this._timeout = nextUpdate;
+        this._setDescriptionText(text);
     }
 };
 
@@ -79,6 +102,9 @@ DocDisplay.prototype = {
         GenericDisplay.GenericDisplay.prototype._init.call(this, width);
         let me = this;
 
+        this._updateTimeoutTarget = 0;
+        this._updateTimeoutId = 0;
+
         this._docManager = DocInfo.getDocManager(GenericDisplay.ITEM_DISPLAY_ICON_SIZE);
         this._docsStale = true;
         this._docManager.connect('changed', function(mgr, userData) {
@@ -89,6 +115,11 @@ DocDisplay.prototype = {
             // which might be edited by someone else.
             me._redisplay(false);
         });
+
+        this.connect('destroy', Lang.bind(this, function (o) {
+            if (this._updateTimeoutId > 0)
+                Mainloop.source_remove(this._updateTimeoutId);
+        }));
     },
 
     //// Protected method overrides ////
@@ -165,7 +196,25 @@ DocDisplay.prototype = {
 
     // Creates a DocDisplayItem based on itemInfo, which is expected to be a DocInfo object.
     _createDisplayItem: function(itemInfo, width) {
-        return new DocDisplayItem(itemInfo, width);
+        let currentSecs = new Date().getTime() / 1000;
+        let doc = new DocDisplayItem(itemInfo, currentSecs, width);
+        if (doc.getUpdateTimeout() < this._updateTimeoutTarget) {
+            if (this._updateTimeoutId > 0)
+                Mainloop.source_remove(this._updateTimeoutId);
+            this._updateTimeoutId = Mainloop.timeout_add_seconds(doc.getUpdateTimeout(), Lang.bind(this, this._docTimeout));
+            this._updateTimeoutTarget = doc.getUpdateTimeout();
+        }
+        return doc;
+    },
+
+    //// Private Methods ////
+    _docTimeout: function () {
+        let currentSecs = new Date().getTime() / 1000;
+        for (let docId in this._allItems) {
+            let doc = this._allItems[docId];
+            doc.redisplay(currentSecs);
+        }
+        return true;
     }
 };
 

js/ui/genericDisplay.js

@@ -287,6 +287,10 @@ GenericDisplayItem.prototype = {
         this.actor.add_actor(this._description);
     },
 
+    _setDescriptionText: function(text) {
+        this._description.text = text;
+    },
+
     //// Virtual protected methods ////
 
     // Creates and returns a large preview icon, but only if we have a detailed image.

src/shell-global.c

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <dbus/dbus-glib.h>
 #include <gio/gio.h>
+#include <glib/gi18n.h>
 #include <math.h>
 #include <X11/extensions/Xfixes.h>
 
@@ -963,6 +964,44 @@ root_pixmap_destroy (GObject *sender, gpointer data)
   global->root_pixmap = NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ * shell_global_format_time_relative_pretty:
+ * @global:
+ * @delta: Time in seconds since the current time
+ * @text: (out): Relative human-consumption-only time string
+ * @next_update: (out): Time in seconds until we should redisplay the time
+ *
+ * Format a time value for human consumption only.  The passed time
+ * value is a delta in terms of seconds from the current time.
+ */
+void
+shell_global_format_time_relative_pretty (ShellGlobal *global,
+                                          guint        delta,
+                                          char       **text,
+                                          guint       *next_update)
+{
+#define MINUTE (60)
+#define HOUR (MINUTE*60)
+#define DAY (HOUR*24)
+#define WEEK (DAY*7)
+  if (delta < MINUTE) {
+    *text = g_strdup (_("Less than a minute ago"));
+    *next_update = MINUTE - delta;
+   } else if (delta < HOUR) {
+     *text = g_strdup_printf (ngettext ("%d minute ago", "%d minutes ago", delta / MINUTE), delta / MINUTE);
+     *next_update = MINUTE*(delta-MINUTE + 1) - delta;
+   } else if (delta < DAY) {
+     *text = g_strdup_printf (ngettext ("%d hour ago", "%d hours ago", delta / HOUR), delta / HOUR);
+     *next_update = HOUR*(delta-HOUR + 1) - delta;
+   } else if (delta < WEEK) {
+     *text = g_strdup_printf (ngettext ("%d day ago", "%d days ago", delta / DAY), delta / DAY);
+     *next_update = DAY*(delta-DAY + 1) - delta;
+   } else {
+     *text = g_strdup_printf (ngettext ("%d week ago", "%d weeks ago", delta / WEEK), delta / WEEK);
+     *next_update = WEEK*(delta-WEEK + 1) - delta;
+   }
+}
+
 /**
  * shell_global_create_root_pixmap_actor:
  * @global: a #ShellGlobal

src/shell-global.h

@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ ClutterCairoTexture *shell_global_create_vertical_gradient (ClutterColor *top,
 ClutterCairoTexture *shell_global_create_horizontal_gradient (ClutterColor *left,
 							      ClutterColor *right);
 
+void shell_global_format_time_relative_pretty (ShellGlobal *global, guint delta, char **text, guint *update_time);
+
 ClutterActor *shell_global_create_root_pixmap_actor (ShellGlobal *global);
 
 void shell_global_clutter_cairo_texture_draw_clock (ClutterCairoTexture *texture,