* calendar/appt.el (appt-check): Change mode-line message at time of the appt.

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 8d8b1bf7899..004be53a3b2 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
         * calendar/appt.el (appt-make-list): Simplify.
         (appt-time-msg-list): Doc fix.
+        (appt-check): Change mode-line message at the time of the appointment.
 
 2011-05-12  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
 
diff --git a/lisp/calendar/appt.el b/lisp/calendar/appt.el
index d961e43cda2..25f3ae0e8ec 100644
--- a/lisp/calendar/appt.el
+++ b/lisp/calendar/appt.el
@@ -342,7 +342,9 @@ displayed in a window:
           (when appt-display-mode-line
             (setq appt-mode-string
                   (concat " " (propertize
-                               (format "App't in %s min." min-to-app)
+                               (format "App't %s"
+                                       (if (zerop min-to-app) "NOW"
+                                         (format "in %s min." min-to-app)))
                                'face 'mode-line-emphasis))))
           ;; When an appointment is reached, delete it from the
           ;; list.  Reset the count to 0 in case we display another