annotate lisp/gnus/format-spec.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.

;;; format-spec.el --- functions for formatting arbitrary formatting strings
;; Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <[e-mail]>
;; Keywords: tools

;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.

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;;; Commentary:

;;; Code:

(eval-when-compile (require 'cl))

(defun format-spec (format specification)
  "Return a string based on FORMAT and SPECIFICATION.
FORMAT is a string containing `format'-like specs like \"bash %u %k\",
while SPECIFICATION is an alist mapping from format spec characters
to values."
  (with-temp-buffer
    (insert format)
    (goto-char (point-min))
    (while (search-forward "%" nil t)
      (cond
       ;; Quoted percent sign.
       ((eq (char-after) ?%)
	(delete-char 1))
       ;; Valid format spec.
       ((looking-at "\\([-0-9.]*\\)\\([a-zA-Z]\\)")
	(let* ((num (match-string 1))
	       (spec (string-to-char (match-string 2)))
	       (val (cdr (assq spec specification))))
	  (delete-region (1- (match-beginning 0)) (match-end 0))
	  (unless val
	    (error "Invalid format character: %s" spec))
	  (insert (format (concat "%" num "s") val))))
       ;; Signal an error on bogus format strings.
       (t
	(error "Invalid format string"))))
    (buffer-string)))

(defun format-spec-make (&rest pairs)
  "Return an alist suitable for use in `format-spec' based on PAIRS.
PAIRS is a list where every other element is a character and a value,
starting with a character."
  (let (alist)
    (while pairs
      (unless (cdr pairs)
	(error "Invalid list of pairs"))
      (push (cons (car pairs) (cadr pairs)) alist)
      (setq pairs (cddr pairs)))
    (nreverse alist)))

(provide 'format-spec)

;;; format-spec.el ends here