annotate lisp/forms-d2.el @ 50507:110c0e29159c

Handle multiple desktop files in different dirs. Other cleanups. Command line option --no-desktop introduced. (desktop-read): Record buffers in the desktop file in the same order as that in the buffer list, (desktop-save): Put buffers in the order given in desktop file, regardless of what handlers do. (desktop-file-version): New variable. Version number of desktop file format. (desktop-create-buffer-form): Variable deleted. (desktop-save): New customizable variable. (desktop-kill): Changed to use `desktop-save'. (desktop-file-name-format): New option: format in which desktop file names should be saved. (desktop-file-name): New function to convert a filename to the format specified in `desktop-file-name-format'. (desktop-create-buffer): Parameters renamed to descriptive systematic names. These parameters are visible to handlers. Renames: ver -> desktop-file-version mim -> desktop-buffer-minor-modes pt -> desktop-buffer-point mk -> desktop-buffer-mark ro -> desktop-buffer-read-only locals -> desktop-buffer-locals (desktop-buffer-major-mode, desktop-buffer-file-name) (desktop-buffer-name): Unused customizable variables deleted. (desktop-buffer-misc): Unused variable deleted. (desktop-save, desktop-buffer-dired-misc-data): Use `desktop-file-name'. (desktop-path): New customizable variable. List of directories in which to lookup the desktop file. Replaces hardcoded list. (desktop-globals-to-clear): New variable replaces hardcoded list. (desktop-clear-preserve-buffers-regexp): New customizable variable. (desktop-after-read-hook): New hook run after a desktop is read. (desktop-no-desktop-file-hook): New hook when no desktop file found. (desktop-change-dir): New function. (desktop-save-in-load-dir): New function. Save desktop in directory from witch it was loaded. (desktop-revert): New function. Revert to the last loaded desktop.

;;; forms-d2.el --- demo forms-mode -*- no-byte-compile: t -*-

;; Author: Johan Vromans <[e-mail]>
;; Created: 1989

;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.

;;; Commentary:

;; This sample forms exploit most of the features of forms mode.

;;; Code:

;; Set the name of the data file.
(setq forms-file "forms-d2.dat")

;; Use 'forms-enumerate' to set field names and number thereof.
(setq forms-number-of-fields
      (forms-enumerate
       '(arch-newsgroup			; 1
	 arch-volume			; 2
	 arch-issue			; and ...
	 arch-article			; ... so
	 arch-shortname			; ... ... on
	 arch-parts
	 arch-from
	 arch-longname
	 arch-keywords
	 arch-date
	 arch-remarks)))

;; The following functions are used by this form for layout purposes.
;;
(defun arch-tocol (target &optional fill)
  "Produces a string to skip to column TARGET. Prepends newline if needed.
The optional FILL should be a character, used to fill to the column."
  (if (null fill)
      (setq fill ? ))
  (if (< target (current-column))
      (concat "\n" (make-string target fill))
    (make-string (- target (current-column)) fill)))
;;
(defun arch-rj (target field &optional fill)
  "Produces a string to skip to column TARGET minus the width of field FIELD.
Prepends newline if needed. The optional FILL should be a character,
used to fill to the column."
  (arch-tocol (- target (length (nth field forms-fields))) fill))

;; Record filters.
;;
(defun arch-new-record-filter (the-record)
  "Form a new record with some defaults."
  (aset the-record arch-from (user-full-name))
  (aset the-record arch-date (current-time-string))
  the-record				; return it
)
(setq forms-new-record-filter 'arch-new-record-filter)

;; The format list.
(setq forms-format-list
     (list
       "====== Public Domain Software Archive ======\n\n"
       arch-shortname
       " - "			arch-longname
       "\n\n"
       "Article: "		arch-newsgroup
       "/"			arch-article
       " "
       '(arch-tocol 40)
       "Issue: "		arch-issue
       " "
       '(arch-rj 73 10)
       "Date: "			arch-date
       "\n\n"
       "Submitted by: "		arch-from
       "\n"
       '(arch-tocol 79 ?-)
       "\n"
       "Keywords: "		arch-keywords
       "\n\n"
       "Parts: "		arch-parts
       "\n\n====== Remarks ======\n\n"
       arch-remarks
     ))

;; That's all, folks!

;;; forms-d2.el ends here