annotate lisp/isearchb.el @ 107777:13c077500eb3

2010-04-04 John Wiegley <[e-mail]> * ido.el (ido-use-virtual-buffers): New variable to indicate whether "virtual buffer" support is enabled for IDO. Essentially it works as follows: Say you are visiting a file and the buffer gets cleaned up by mignight.el. Later, you want to switch to that buffer, but find it's no longer open. With virtual buffers enabled, the buffer name stays in the buffer list (using the ido-virtual face, and always at the end), and if you select it, it opens the file back up again. This allows you to think less about whether recently opened files are still open or not. Most of the time you can quit Emacs, restart, and then switch to a file buffer that was previously open as if it still were. NOTE: This feature has been present in iswitchb for several years now, and I'm porting the same logic to IDO. (ido-virtual): Face used to indicate virtual buffers in the list. (ido-buffer-internal): If a buffer is chosen, and no such buffer exists, but a virtual buffer of that name does (which would be why it was in the list), recreate the buffer by reopening the file. (ido-make-buffer-list): If virtual buffers are being used, call `ido-add-virtual-buffers-to-list' before the make list hook. (ido-virtual-buffers): New variable which contains a copy of the current contents of the `recentf-list', albeit pared down for the sake of speed, and with proper faces applied. (ido-add-virtual-buffers-to-list): Using the `recentf-list', create a list of "virtual buffers" to present to the user in addition to the currently open set. Note that this logic could get rather slow if that list is too large. With the default `recentf-max-saved-items' of 200, there is little speed penalty.

;;; isearchb --- a marriage between iswitchb and isearch

;; Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
;;   Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: John Wiegley <[e-mail]>
;; Maintainer: FSF
;; Created: 16 Apr 2004
;; Version: 1.5
;; Keywords: lisp
;; X-URL: http://www.newartisans.com/johnw/emacs.html

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;;; Commentary:

;; This module allows you to switch to buffers even faster than with
;; iswitchb!  It is not intended to replace it, however, as it works
;; well only with buffers whose names don't typically overlap.  You'll
;; have to try it first, and see how your mileage varies.
;;
;; The first way to use isearchb is by holding down a modifier key, in
;; which case every letter you type while holding it searches for any
;; buffer matching what you're typing (using the same ordering scheme
;; employed by iswitchb).  To use it this way, add to your .emacs:
;;
;;   (isearchb-set-keybindings 'super)  ; s-x s-y s-z now finds "xyz"
;;
;; The other way is by using a command that puts you into "search"
;; mode, just like with isearch.  I use C-z for this.  The binding in
;; my .emacs looks like:
;;
;;   (define-key global-map [(control ?z)] 'isearchb-activate)
;;
;; Now, after pressing C-z (for example), each self-inserting
;; character thereafter will search for a buffer containing those
;; characters.  For instance, typing "C-z xyz" will switch to the
;; first buffer containing "xyz".  Once you press a non-self-inserting
;; character (such as any control key sequence), the search will end.
;;
;; C-z after C-z toggles between the previously selected buffer and
;; the current one.
;;
;; C-g aborts the search and returns you to your original buffer.
;;
;; TAB, after typing in a few characters (after C-z), will jump into
;; iswitchb, using the prefix you've typed so far.  This is handy when
;; you realize that isearchb is not powerful enough to find the buffer
;; you're looking for.
;;
;; C-s and C-r move forward and backward in the buffer list.  If
;; `isearchb-show-completions' is non-nil (the default), the list of
;; possible completions is shown in the minibuffer.
;;
;; If `isearchb-idle-timeout' is set to a number, isearchb will quit
;; after that many seconds of idle time.  I recommend trying it set to
;; one or two seconds.  Then, if you switch to a buffer and wait for
;; that amount of time, you can start typing without manually exiting
;; isearchb.

;; TODO:
;;   C-z C-z is broken
;;   killing iswitchb.el and then trying to switch back is broken
;;   make sure TAB isn't broken

(require 'iswitchb)

(defgroup isearchb nil
  "Switch between buffers using a mechanism like isearch."
  :group 'iswitchb)

(defcustom isearchb-idle-timeout nil
  "Number of idle seconds before isearchb turns itself off.
If nil, don't use a timeout."
  :type '(choice (integer :tag "Seconds")
		 (const :tag "Disable" nil))
  :group 'isearchb)

(defcustom isearchb-show-completions t
  "If non-nil, show possible completions in the minibuffer."
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'isearchb)

(defvar isearchb-start-buffer nil)
(defvar isearchb-last-buffer nil)
(defvar isearchb-idle-timer nil)

(defun isearchb-stop (&optional return-to-buffer ignore-command)
  "Called by isearchb to terminate a search in progress."
  (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook 'isearchb-follow-char)
  (if return-to-buffer
      (switch-to-buffer isearchb-start-buffer)
    (setq isearchb-last-buffer isearchb-start-buffer))
  (when isearchb-idle-timer
    (cancel-timer isearchb-idle-timer)
    (setq isearchb-idle-timer nil))
  (if ignore-command
      (setq this-command 'ignore
	    last-command 'ignore))
  (message nil))

(defun isearchb-iswitchb ()
  "isearchb's custom version of the `iswitchb' command.
Its purpose is to pass different call arguments to
`iswitchb-read-buffer'."
  (interactive)
  (let* ((prompt "iswitch ")
	 (iswitchb-method 'samewindow)
	 (buf (iswitchb-read-buffer prompt nil nil iswitchb-text t)))
    (if (eq iswitchb-exit 'findfile)
	(call-interactively 'find-file)
      (when buf
	(if (get-buffer buf)
	    ;; buffer exists, so view it and then exit
	    (iswitchb-visit-buffer buf)
	  ;; else buffer doesn't exist
	  (iswitchb-possible-new-buffer buf))))))

(defun isearchb ()
  "Switch to buffer matching a substring, based on chars typed."
  (interactive)
  (unless (eq last-command 'isearchb)
    (setq iswitchb-text nil))
  (unless iswitchb-text
    (setq iswitchb-text "")
    (iswitchb-make-buflist nil))
  (if last-command-event
      (setq iswitchb-rescan t
	    iswitchb-text (concat iswitchb-text
				  (char-to-string last-command-event))))
  (iswitchb-set-matches)
  (let* ((match (car iswitchb-matches))
	 (buf (and match (get-buffer match))))
    (if (null buf)
	(progn
	  (isearchb-stop t)
	  (isearchb-iswitchb))
      (switch-to-buffer buf)
      (if isearchb-show-completions
	  (message "isearchb: %s%s" iswitchb-text
		   (iswitchb-completions iswitchb-text))
	(if (= 1 (length iswitchb-matches))
	    (message "isearchb: %s (only match)" iswitchb-text)
	  (message "isearchb: %s" iswitchb-text))))))

(defun isearchb-set-keybindings (modifier)
  "Setup isearchb on the given MODIFIER."
  (dotimes (i 128)
    (if (eq 'self-insert-command
	    (lookup-key global-map (vector i)))
	(define-key global-map (vector (list modifier i)) 'isearchb))))

(defun isearchb-follow-char ()
  "Function added to `post-command-hook' to handle the isearchb \"mode\"."
  (let (keys)
    (if (not (and (memq last-command '(isearchb isearchb-activate))
		  (setq keys (this-command-keys))
		  (= 1 (length keys))))
	(isearchb-stop)
      (cond
       ((or (equal keys "\C-h") (equal keys "\C-?")
	    (equal keys [backspace]) (equal keys [delete]))
	(setq iswitchb-text
	      (substring iswitchb-text 0 (1- (length iswitchb-text))))
	(if (= 0 (length iswitchb-text))
	    (isearchb-stop t t)
	  (setq last-command-event nil)
	  (setq this-command 'isearchb)))
       ((or (equal keys "\C-i") (equal keys [tab]))
	(setq this-command 'isearchb-iswitchb))
       ((equal keys "\C-s")
	(iswitchb-next-match)
	(setq last-command-event nil)
	(setq this-command 'isearchb))
       ((equal keys "\C-r")
	(iswitchb-prev-match)
	(setq last-command-event nil)
	(setq this-command 'isearchb))
       ((equal keys "\C-g")
	(ding)
	(isearchb-stop t t))
       ((eq (lookup-key global-map keys) 'self-insert-command)
	(setq this-command 'isearchb)))
      (if (and isearchb-idle-timeout
	       (null isearchb-idle-timer))
	(setq isearchb-idle-timer
	      (run-with-idle-timer isearchb-idle-timeout nil
				   'isearchb-stop))))))

;;;###autoload
(defun isearchb-activate ()
  "Active isearchb mode for subsequent alphanumeric keystrokes.
Executing this command again will terminate the search; or, if
the search has not yet begun, will toggle to the last buffer
accessed via isearchb."
  (interactive)
  (cond
   ((eq last-command 'isearchb)
    (isearchb-stop nil t))
   ((eq last-command 'isearchb-activate)
    (if isearchb-last-buffer
	(switch-to-buffer isearchb-last-buffer)
      (error "isearchb: There is no previous buffer to toggle to"))
    (isearchb-stop nil t))
   (t
    (message "isearchb: ")
    (setq iswitchb-text nil
	  isearchb-start-buffer (current-buffer))
    (add-hook 'pre-command-hook 'isearchb-follow-char))))

(provide 'isearchb)

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;;; isearchb.el ends here