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6558 | 1 @c -*-texinfo-*- |
2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. | |
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
6558 | 4 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions. |
5 @setfilename ../info/text | |
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6 @node Text, Non-ASCII Characters, Markers, Top |
6558 | 7 @chapter Text |
8 @cindex text | |
9 | |
10 This chapter describes the functions that deal with the text in a | |
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11 buffer. Most examine, insert, or delete text in the current buffer, |
6558 | 12 often in the vicinity of point. Many are interactive. All the |
13 functions that change the text provide for undoing the changes | |
14 (@pxref{Undo}). | |
15 | |
16 Many text-related functions operate on a region of text defined by two | |
17 buffer positions passed in arguments named @var{start} and @var{end}. | |
18 These arguments should be either markers (@pxref{Markers}) or numeric | |
19 character positions (@pxref{Positions}). The order of these arguments | |
20 does not matter; it is all right for @var{start} to be the end of the | |
21 region and @var{end} the beginning. For example, @code{(delete-region 1 | |
22 10)} and @code{(delete-region 10 1)} are equivalent. An | |
23 @code{args-out-of-range} error is signaled if either @var{start} or | |
24 @var{end} is outside the accessible portion of the buffer. In an | |
25 interactive call, point and the mark are used for these arguments. | |
26 | |
27 @cindex buffer contents | |
28 Throughout this chapter, ``text'' refers to the characters in the | |
12098 | 29 buffer, together with their properties (when relevant). |
6558 | 30 |
31 @menu | |
32 * Near Point:: Examining text in the vicinity of point. | |
33 * Buffer Contents:: Examining text in a general fashion. | |
34 * Comparing Text:: Comparing substrings of buffers. | |
35 * Insertion:: Adding new text to a buffer. | |
36 * Commands for Insertion:: User-level commands to insert text. | |
37 * Deletion:: Removing text from a buffer. | |
38 * User-Level Deletion:: User-level commands to delete text. | |
39 * The Kill Ring:: Where removed text sometimes is saved for later use. | |
40 * Undo:: Undoing changes to the text of a buffer. | |
41 * Maintaining Undo:: How to enable and disable undo information. | |
42 How to control how much information is kept. | |
43 * Filling:: Functions for explicit filling. | |
12098 | 44 * Margins:: How to specify margins for filling commands. |
23147 | 45 * Adaptive Fill:: Adaptive Fill mode chooses a fill prefix from context. |
6558 | 46 * Auto Filling:: How auto-fill mode is implemented to break lines. |
47 * Sorting:: Functions for sorting parts of the buffer. | |
48 * Columns:: Computing horizontal positions, and using them. | |
49 * Indentation:: Functions to insert or adjust indentation. | |
50 * Case Changes:: Case conversion of parts of the buffer. | |
51 * Text Properties:: Assigning Lisp property lists to text characters. | |
52 * Substitution:: Replacing a given character wherever it appears. | |
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53 * Transposition:: Swapping two portions of a buffer. |
6558 | 54 * Registers:: How registers are implemented. Accessing the text or |
55 position stored in a register. | |
56 * Change Hooks:: Supplying functions to be run when text is changed. | |
57 @end menu | |
58 | |
59 @node Near Point | |
60 @section Examining Text Near Point | |
61 | |
62 Many functions are provided to look at the characters around point. | |
63 Several simple functions are described here. See also @code{looking-at} | |
64 in @ref{Regexp Search}. | |
65 | |
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66 @defun char-after &optional position |
6558 | 67 This function returns the character in the current buffer at (i.e., |
68 immediately after) position @var{position}. If @var{position} is out of | |
69 range for this purpose, either before the beginning of the buffer, or at | |
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70 or beyond the end, then the value is @code{nil}. The default for |
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71 @var{position} is point. |
6558 | 72 |
73 In the following example, assume that the first character in the | |
74 buffer is @samp{@@}: | |
75 | |
76 @example | |
77 @group | |
78 (char-to-string (char-after 1)) | |
79 @result{} "@@" | |
80 @end group | |
81 @end example | |
82 @end defun | |
83 | |
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84 @defun char-before &optional position |
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85 This function returns the character in the current buffer immediately |
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86 before position @var{position}. If @var{position} is out of range for |
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87 this purpose, either before the beginning of the buffer, or at or beyond |
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88 the end, then the value is @code{nil}. The default for |
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89 @var{position} is point. |
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90 @end defun |
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6558 | 92 @defun following-char |
93 This function returns the character following point in the current | |
94 buffer. This is similar to @code{(char-after (point))}. However, if | |
95 point is at the end of the buffer, then @code{following-char} returns 0. | |
96 | |
97 Remember that point is always between characters, and the terminal | |
98 cursor normally appears over the character following point. Therefore, | |
99 the character returned by @code{following-char} is the character the | |
100 cursor is over. | |
101 | |
102 In this example, point is between the @samp{a} and the @samp{c}. | |
103 | |
104 @example | |
105 @group | |
106 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
107 Gentlemen may cry ``Pea@point{}ce! Peace!,'' | |
108 but there is no peace. | |
109 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
110 @end group | |
111 | |
112 @group | |
113 (char-to-string (preceding-char)) | |
114 @result{} "a" | |
115 (char-to-string (following-char)) | |
116 @result{} "c" | |
117 @end group | |
118 @end example | |
119 @end defun | |
120 | |
121 @defun preceding-char | |
122 This function returns the character preceding point in the current | |
123 buffer. See above, under @code{following-char}, for an example. If | |
124 point is at the beginning of the buffer, @code{preceding-char} returns | |
125 0. | |
126 @end defun | |
127 | |
128 @defun bobp | |
129 This function returns @code{t} if point is at the beginning of the | |
130 buffer. If narrowing is in effect, this means the beginning of the | |
131 accessible portion of the text. See also @code{point-min} in | |
132 @ref{Point}. | |
133 @end defun | |
134 | |
135 @defun eobp | |
136 This function returns @code{t} if point is at the end of the buffer. | |
137 If narrowing is in effect, this means the end of accessible portion of | |
138 the text. See also @code{point-max} in @xref{Point}. | |
139 @end defun | |
140 | |
141 @defun bolp | |
142 This function returns @code{t} if point is at the beginning of a line. | |
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143 @xref{Text Lines}. The beginning of the buffer (or of its accessible |
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144 portion) always counts as the beginning of a line. |
6558 | 145 @end defun |
146 | |
147 @defun eolp | |
148 This function returns @code{t} if point is at the end of a line. The | |
149 end of the buffer (or of its accessible portion) is always considered | |
150 the end of a line. | |
151 @end defun | |
152 | |
153 @node Buffer Contents | |
154 @section Examining Buffer Contents | |
155 | |
156 This section describes two functions that allow a Lisp program to | |
157 convert any portion of the text in the buffer into a string. | |
158 | |
159 @defun buffer-substring start end | |
160 This function returns a string containing a copy of the text of the | |
161 region defined by positions @var{start} and @var{end} in the current | |
162 buffer. If the arguments are not positions in the accessible portion of | |
163 the buffer, @code{buffer-substring} signals an @code{args-out-of-range} | |
164 error. | |
165 | |
166 It is not necessary for @var{start} to be less than @var{end}; the | |
167 arguments can be given in either order. But most often the smaller | |
168 argument is written first. | |
169 | |
12067 | 170 If the text being copied has any text properties, these are copied into |
171 the string along with the characters they belong to. @xref{Text | |
172 Properties}. However, overlays (@pxref{Overlays}) in the buffer and | |
173 their properties are ignored, not copied. | |
174 | |
6558 | 175 @example |
176 @group | |
177 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
178 This is the contents of buffer foo | |
179 | |
180 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
181 @end group | |
182 | |
183 @group | |
184 (buffer-substring 1 10) | |
185 @result{} "This is t" | |
186 @end group | |
187 @group | |
188 (buffer-substring (point-max) 10) | |
189 @result{} "he contents of buffer foo | |
190 " | |
191 @end group | |
192 @end example | |
193 @end defun | |
194 | |
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195 @defun buffer-substring-no-properties start end |
12067 | 196 This is like @code{buffer-substring}, except that it does not copy text |
197 properties, just the characters themselves. @xref{Text Properties}. | |
198 @end defun | |
199 | |
6558 | 200 @defun buffer-string |
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201 This function returns the contents of the entire accessible portion of |
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202 the current buffer as a string. It is equivalent to |
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204 @example |
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205 (buffer-substring (point-min) (point-max)) |
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206 @end example |
6558 | 207 |
208 @example | |
209 @group | |
210 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
211 This is the contents of buffer foo | |
212 | |
213 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
214 | |
215 (buffer-string) | |
216 @result{} "This is the contents of buffer foo | |
217 " | |
218 @end group | |
219 @end example | |
220 @end defun | |
221 | |
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222 @defun thing-at-point thing |
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223 Return the @var{thing} around or next to point, as a string. |
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225 The argument @var{thing} is a symbol which specifies a kind of syntactic |
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226 entity. Possibilities include @code{symbol}, @code{list}, @code{sexp}, |
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227 @code{defun}, @code{filename}, @code{url}, @code{word}, @code{sentence}, |
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228 @code{whitespace}, @code{line}, @code{page}, and others. |
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230 @example |
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231 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- |
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232 Gentlemen may cry ``Pea@point{}ce! Peace!,'' |
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233 but there is no peace. |
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234 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- |
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236 (thing-at-point 'word) |
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237 @result{} "Peace" |
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238 (thing-at-point 'line) |
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239 @result{} "Gentlemen may cry ``Peace! Peace!,''\n" |
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240 (thing-at-point 'whitespace) |
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241 @result{} nil |
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242 @end example |
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243 @end defun |
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6558 | 245 @node Comparing Text |
246 @section Comparing Text | |
247 @cindex comparing buffer text | |
248 | |
249 This function lets you compare portions of the text in a buffer, without | |
250 copying them into strings first. | |
251 | |
252 @defun compare-buffer-substrings buffer1 start1 end1 buffer2 start2 end2 | |
253 This function lets you compare two substrings of the same buffer or two | |
254 different buffers. The first three arguments specify one substring, | |
255 giving a buffer and two positions within the buffer. The last three | |
256 arguments specify the other substring in the same way. You can use | |
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257 @code{nil} for @var{buffer1}, @var{buffer2}, or both to stand for the |
6558 | 258 current buffer. |
259 | |
260 The value is negative if the first substring is less, positive if the | |
261 first is greater, and zero if they are equal. The absolute value of | |
262 the result is one plus the index of the first differing characters | |
263 within the substrings. | |
264 | |
265 This function ignores case when comparing characters | |
12098 | 266 if @code{case-fold-search} is non-@code{nil}. It always ignores |
267 text properties. | |
6558 | 268 |
269 Suppose the current buffer contains the text @samp{foobarbar | |
270 haha!rara!}; then in this example the two substrings are @samp{rbar } | |
271 and @samp{rara!}. The value is 2 because the first substring is greater | |
272 at the second character. | |
273 | |
274 @example | |
275 (compare-buffer-substring nil 6 11 nil 16 21) | |
276 @result{} 2 | |
277 @end example | |
278 @end defun | |
279 | |
280 @node Insertion | |
12098 | 281 @section Inserting Text |
6558 | 282 @cindex insertion of text |
283 @cindex text insertion | |
284 | |
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285 @cindex insertion before point |
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286 @cindex before point, insertion |
6558 | 287 @dfn{Insertion} means adding new text to a buffer. The inserted text |
288 goes at point---between the character before point and the character | |
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289 after point. Some insertion functions leave point before the inserted |
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290 text, while other functions leave it after. We call the former |
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291 insertion @dfn{after point} and the latter insertion @dfn{before point}. |
6558 | 292 |
293 Insertion relocates markers that point at positions after the | |
294 insertion point, so that they stay with the surrounding text | |
295 (@pxref{Markers}). When a marker points at the place of insertion, | |
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296 insertion may or may not relocate the marker, depending on the marker's |
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297 insertion type (@pxref{Marker Insertion Types}). Certain special |
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298 functions such as @code{insert-before-markers} relocate all such markers |
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299 to point after the inserted text, regardless of the markers' insertion |
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302 Insertion functions signal an error if the current buffer is | |
303 read-only. | |
304 | |
12098 | 305 These functions copy text characters from strings and buffers along |
306 with their properties. The inserted characters have exactly the same | |
307 properties as the characters they were copied from. By contrast, | |
308 characters specified as separate arguments, not part of a string or | |
309 buffer, inherit their text properties from the neighboring text. | |
310 | |
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311 The insertion functions convert text from unibyte to multibyte in |
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312 order to insert in a multibyte buffer, and vice versa---if the text |
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313 comes from a string or from a buffer. However, they do not convert |
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314 unibyte character codes 128 through 255 to multibyte characters, not |
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315 even if the current buffer is a multibyte buffer. @xref{Converting |
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316 Representations}. |
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6558 | 318 @defun insert &rest args |
319 This function inserts the strings and/or characters @var{args} into the | |
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320 current buffer, at point, moving point forward. In other words, it |
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321 inserts the text before point. An error is signaled unless all |
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322 @var{args} are either strings or characters. The value is @code{nil}. |
6558 | 323 @end defun |
324 | |
325 @defun insert-before-markers &rest args | |
326 This function inserts the strings and/or characters @var{args} into the | |
327 current buffer, at point, moving point forward. An error is signaled | |
328 unless all @var{args} are either strings or characters. The value is | |
329 @code{nil}. | |
330 | |
331 This function is unlike the other insertion functions in that it | |
332 relocates markers initially pointing at the insertion point, to point | |
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337 | |
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8644 | 348 If @var{inherit} is non-@code{nil}, then the inserted characters inherit |
349 sticky text properties from the two characters before and after the | |
350 insertion point. @xref{Sticky Properties}. | |
6558 | 351 @end defun |
352 | |
353 @defun insert-buffer-substring from-buffer-or-name &optional start end | |
354 This function inserts a portion of buffer @var{from-buffer-or-name} | |
355 (which must already exist) into the current buffer before point. The | |
356 text inserted is the region from @var{start} and @var{end}. (These | |
357 arguments default to the beginning and end of the accessible portion of | |
358 that buffer.) This function returns @code{nil}. | |
359 | |
360 In this example, the form is executed with buffer @samp{bar} as the | |
361 current buffer. We assume that buffer @samp{bar} is initially empty. | |
362 | |
363 @example | |
364 @group | |
365 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
366 We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all | |
367 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
368 @end group | |
369 | |
370 @group | |
371 (insert-buffer-substring "foo" 1 20) | |
372 @result{} nil | |
373 | |
374 ---------- Buffer: bar ---------- | |
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6558 | 376 ---------- Buffer: bar ---------- |
377 @end group | |
378 @end example | |
379 @end defun | |
380 | |
381 @xref{Sticky Properties}, for other insertion functions that inherit | |
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8644 | 383 Whitespace inserted by indentation functions also inherits text |
384 properties. | |
6558 | 385 |
386 @node Commands for Insertion | |
387 @section User-Level Insertion Commands | |
388 | |
389 This section describes higher-level commands for inserting text, | |
390 commands intended primarily for the user but useful also in Lisp | |
391 programs. | |
392 | |
393 @deffn Command insert-buffer from-buffer-or-name | |
394 This command inserts the entire contents of @var{from-buffer-or-name} | |
395 (which must exist) into the current buffer after point. It leaves | |
396 the mark after the inserted text. The value is @code{nil}. | |
397 @end deffn | |
398 | |
399 @deffn Command self-insert-command count | |
400 @cindex character insertion | |
401 @cindex self-insertion | |
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408 In an interactive call, @var{count} is the numeric prefix argument. | |
409 | |
12067 | 410 This command calls @code{auto-fill-function} whenever that is |
411 non-@code{nil} and the character inserted is a space or a newline | |
412 (@pxref{Auto Filling}). | |
6558 | 413 |
414 @c Cross refs reworded to prevent overfull hbox. --rjc 15mar92 | |
12067 | 415 This command performs abbrev expansion if Abbrev mode is enabled and |
6558 | 416 the inserted character does not have word-constituent |
417 syntax. (@xref{Abbrevs}, and @ref{Syntax Class Table}.) | |
418 | |
12067 | 419 This is also responsible for calling @code{blink-paren-function} when |
420 the inserted character has close parenthesis syntax (@pxref{Blinking}). | |
6558 | 421 @end deffn |
422 | |
423 @deffn Command newline &optional number-of-newlines | |
424 This command inserts newlines into the current buffer before point. | |
425 If @var{number-of-newlines} is supplied, that many newline characters | |
426 are inserted. | |
427 | |
428 @cindex newline and Auto Fill mode | |
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6558 | 436 |
12098 | 437 This command indents to the left margin if that is not zero. |
438 @xref{Margins}. | |
439 | |
6558 | 440 The value returned is @code{nil}. In an interactive call, @var{count} |
441 is the numeric prefix argument. | |
442 @end deffn | |
443 | |
444 @deffn Command split-line | |
445 This command splits the current line, moving the portion of the line | |
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6558 | 447 below where it was before. Whitespace is inserted as needed at the |
448 beginning of the lower line, using the @code{indent-to} function. | |
449 @code{split-line} returns the position of point. | |
450 | |
451 Programs hardly ever use this function. | |
452 @end deffn | |
453 | |
454 @defvar overwrite-mode | |
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6558 | 461 @end defvar |
462 | |
463 @node Deletion | |
12098 | 464 @section Deleting Text |
6558 | 465 |
466 @cindex deletion vs killing | |
467 Deletion means removing part of the text in a buffer, without saving | |
468 it in the kill ring (@pxref{The Kill Ring}). Deleted text can't be | |
469 yanked, but can be reinserted using the undo mechanism (@pxref{Undo}). | |
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473 All of the deletion functions operate on the current buffer, and all | |
474 return a value of @code{nil}. | |
475 | |
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6558 | 477 This function deletes the entire text of the current buffer, leaving it |
478 empty. If the buffer is read-only, it signals a @code{buffer-read-only} | |
479 error. Otherwise, it deletes the text without asking for any | |
480 confirmation. It returns @code{nil}. | |
481 | |
482 Normally, deleting a large amount of text from a buffer inhibits further | |
483 auto-saving of that buffer ``because it has shrunk''. However, | |
484 @code{erase-buffer} does not do this, the idea being that the future | |
485 text is not really related to the former text, and its size should not | |
486 be compared with that of the former text. | |
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489 @deffn Command delete-region start end | |
490 This command deletes the text in the current buffer in the region | |
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6558 | 494 @end deffn |
495 | |
496 @deffn Command delete-char count &optional killp | |
497 This command deletes @var{count} characters directly after point, or | |
498 before point if @var{count} is negative. If @var{killp} is | |
499 non-@code{nil}, then it saves the deleted characters in the kill ring. | |
500 | |
501 In an interactive call, @var{count} is the numeric prefix argument, and | |
502 @var{killp} is the unprocessed prefix argument. Therefore, if a prefix | |
503 argument is supplied, the text is saved in the kill ring. If no prefix | |
504 argument is supplied, then one character is deleted, but not saved in | |
505 the kill ring. | |
506 | |
507 The value returned is always @code{nil}. | |
508 @end deffn | |
509 | |
510 @deffn Command delete-backward-char count &optional killp | |
511 @cindex delete previous char | |
512 This command deletes @var{count} characters directly before point, or | |
513 after point if @var{count} is negative. If @var{killp} is | |
514 non-@code{nil}, then it saves the deleted characters in the kill ring. | |
515 | |
516 In an interactive call, @var{count} is the numeric prefix argument, and | |
517 @var{killp} is the unprocessed prefix argument. Therefore, if a prefix | |
518 argument is supplied, the text is saved in the kill ring. If no prefix | |
519 argument is supplied, then one character is deleted, but not saved in | |
520 the kill ring. | |
521 | |
522 The value returned is always @code{nil}. | |
523 @end deffn | |
524 | |
525 @deffn Command backward-delete-char-untabify count &optional killp | |
526 @cindex tab deletion | |
527 This command deletes @var{count} characters backward, changing tabs | |
528 into spaces. When the next character to be deleted is a tab, it is | |
529 first replaced with the proper number of spaces to preserve alignment | |
530 and then one of those spaces is deleted instead of the tab. If | |
531 @var{killp} is non-@code{nil}, then the command saves the deleted | |
532 characters in the kill ring. | |
533 | |
534 Conversion of tabs to spaces happens only if @var{count} is positive. | |
535 If it is negative, exactly @minus{}@var{count} characters after point | |
536 are deleted. | |
537 | |
538 In an interactive call, @var{count} is the numeric prefix argument, and | |
539 @var{killp} is the unprocessed prefix argument. Therefore, if a prefix | |
540 argument is supplied, the text is saved in the kill ring. If no prefix | |
541 argument is supplied, then one character is deleted, but not saved in | |
542 the kill ring. | |
543 | |
544 The value returned is always @code{nil}. | |
545 @end deffn | |
546 | |
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6558 | 557 @node User-Level Deletion |
558 @section User-Level Deletion Commands | |
559 | |
560 This section describes higher-level commands for deleting text, | |
561 commands intended primarily for the user but useful also in Lisp | |
562 programs. | |
563 | |
564 @deffn Command delete-horizontal-space | |
565 @cindex deleting whitespace | |
566 This function deletes all spaces and tabs around point. It returns | |
567 @code{nil}. | |
568 | |
569 In the following examples, we call @code{delete-horizontal-space} four | |
570 times, once on each line, with point between the second and third | |
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573 @example | |
574 @group | |
575 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
576 I @point{}thought | |
577 I @point{} thought | |
578 We@point{} thought | |
579 Yo@point{}u thought | |
580 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
581 @end group | |
582 | |
583 @group | |
584 (delete-horizontal-space) ; @r{Four times.} | |
585 @result{} nil | |
586 | |
587 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
588 Ithought | |
589 Ithought | |
590 Wethought | |
591 You thought | |
592 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
593 @end group | |
594 @end example | |
595 @end deffn | |
596 | |
597 @deffn Command delete-indentation &optional join-following-p | |
598 This function joins the line point is on to the previous line, deleting | |
599 any whitespace at the join and in some cases replacing it with one | |
600 space. If @var{join-following-p} is non-@code{nil}, | |
601 @code{delete-indentation} joins this line to the following line | |
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604 If there is a fill prefix, and the second of the lines being joined | |
605 starts with the prefix, then @code{delete-indentation} deletes the | |
12098 | 606 fill prefix before joining the lines. @xref{Margins}. |
6558 | 607 |
608 In the example below, point is located on the line starting | |
609 @samp{events}, and it makes no difference if there are trailing spaces | |
610 in the preceding line. | |
611 | |
612 @smallexample | |
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615 When in the course of human | |
616 @point{} events, it becomes necessary | |
617 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
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620 (delete-indentation) | |
621 @result{} nil | |
622 | |
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625 When in the course of human@point{} events, it becomes necessary | |
626 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
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629 | |
630 After the lines are joined, the function @code{fixup-whitespace} is | |
631 responsible for deciding whether to leave a space at the junction. | |
632 @end deffn | |
633 | |
634 @defun fixup-whitespace | |
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6558 | 636 one space or no space, according to the context. It returns @code{nil}. |
637 | |
638 At the beginning or end of a line, the appropriate amount of space is | |
639 none. Before a character with close parenthesis syntax, or after a | |
640 character with open parenthesis or expression-prefix syntax, no space is | |
641 also appropriate. Otherwise, one space is appropriate. @xref{Syntax | |
642 Class Table}. | |
643 | |
644 In the example below, @code{fixup-whitespace} is called the first time | |
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648 @smallexample | |
649 @group | |
650 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
651 This has too many @point{}spaces | |
652 This has too many spaces at the start of (@point{} this list) | |
653 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
654 @end group | |
655 | |
656 @group | |
657 (fixup-whitespace) | |
658 @result{} nil | |
659 (fixup-whitespace) | |
660 @result{} nil | |
661 @end group | |
662 | |
663 @group | |
664 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
665 This has too many spaces | |
666 This has too many spaces at the start of (this list) | |
667 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
668 @end group | |
669 @end smallexample | |
670 @end defun | |
671 | |
672 @deffn Command just-one-space | |
673 @comment !!SourceFile simple.el | |
674 This command replaces any spaces and tabs around point with a single | |
675 space. It returns @code{nil}. | |
676 @end deffn | |
677 | |
678 @deffn Command delete-blank-lines | |
679 This function deletes blank lines surrounding point. If point is on a | |
680 blank line with one or more blank lines before or after it, then all but | |
681 one of them are deleted. If point is on an isolated blank line, then it | |
682 is deleted. If point is on a nonblank line, the command deletes all | |
683 blank lines following it. | |
684 | |
685 A blank line is defined as a line containing only tabs and spaces. | |
686 | |
687 @code{delete-blank-lines} returns @code{nil}. | |
688 @end deffn | |
689 | |
690 @node The Kill Ring | |
691 @section The Kill Ring | |
692 @cindex kill ring | |
693 | |
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6558 | 695 it so that the user can reinsert it by @dfn{yanking}. Most of these |
696 functions have @samp{kill-} in their name. By contrast, the functions | |
697 whose names start with @samp{delete-} normally do not save text for | |
698 yanking (though they can still be undone); these are ``deletion'' | |
699 functions. | |
700 | |
701 Most of the kill commands are primarily for interactive use, and are | |
702 not described here. What we do describe are the functions provided for | |
703 use in writing such commands. You can use these functions to write | |
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704 commands for killing text. When you need to delete text for internal |
6558 | 705 purposes within a Lisp function, you should normally use deletion |
706 functions, so as not to disturb the kill ring contents. | |
707 @xref{Deletion}. | |
708 | |
709 Killed text is saved for later yanking in the @dfn{kill ring}. This | |
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717 Some people think this use of the word ``kill'' is unfortunate, since | |
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6558 | 719 entities ``killed''. This is in sharp contrast to ordinary life, in |
720 which death is permanent and ``killed'' entities do not come back to | |
721 life. Therefore, other metaphors have been proposed. For example, the | |
722 term ``cut ring'' makes sense to people who, in pre-computer days, used | |
723 scissors and paste to cut up and rearrange manuscripts. However, it | |
724 would be difficult to change the terminology now. | |
725 | |
726 @menu | |
727 * Kill Ring Concepts:: What text looks like in the kill ring. | |
728 * Kill Functions:: Functions that kill text. | |
729 * Yank Commands:: Commands that access the kill ring. | |
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730 * Low-Level Kill Ring:: Functions and variables for kill ring access. |
6558 | 731 * Internals of Kill Ring:: Variables that hold kill-ring data. |
732 @end menu | |
733 | |
734 @node Kill Ring Concepts | |
735 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
736 @subsection Kill Ring Concepts | |
737 | |
738 The kill ring records killed text as strings in a list, most recent | |
739 first. A short kill ring, for example, might look like this: | |
740 | |
741 @example | |
742 ("some text" "a different piece of text" "even older text") | |
743 @end example | |
744 | |
745 @noindent | |
746 When the list reaches @code{kill-ring-max} entries in length, adding a | |
747 new entry automatically deletes the last entry. | |
748 | |
749 When kill commands are interwoven with other commands, each kill | |
750 command makes a new entry in the kill ring. Multiple kill commands in | |
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755 For yanking, one entry in the kill ring is designated the ``front'' of | |
756 the ring. Some yank commands ``rotate'' the ring by designating a | |
757 different element as the ``front.'' But this virtual rotation doesn't | |
758 change the list itself---the most recent entry always comes first in the | |
759 list. | |
760 | |
761 @node Kill Functions | |
762 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
763 @subsection Functions for Killing | |
764 | |
765 @code{kill-region} is the usual subroutine for killing text. Any | |
766 command that calls this function is a ``kill command'' (and should | |
767 probably have @samp{kill} in its name). @code{kill-region} puts the | |
768 newly killed text in a new element at the beginning of the kill ring or | |
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773 @deffn Command kill-region start end | |
774 This function kills the text in the region defined by @var{start} and | |
12098 | 775 @var{end}. The text is deleted but saved in the kill ring, along with |
776 its text properties. The value is always @code{nil}. | |
6558 | 777 |
778 In an interactive call, @var{start} and @var{end} are point and | |
779 the mark. | |
780 | |
781 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
782 If the buffer is read-only, @code{kill-region} modifies the kill ring | |
783 just the same, then signals an error without modifying the buffer. This | |
784 is convenient because it lets the user use all the kill commands to copy | |
785 text into the kill ring from a read-only buffer. | |
786 @end deffn | |
787 | |
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6558 | 794 @deffn Command copy-region-as-kill start end |
795 This command saves the region defined by @var{start} and @var{end} on | |
12098 | 796 the kill ring (including text properties), but does not delete the text |
797 from the buffer. It returns @code{nil}. It also indicates the extent | |
798 of the text copied by moving the cursor momentarily, or by displaying a | |
799 message in the echo area. | |
6558 | 800 |
12067 | 801 The command does not set @code{this-command} to @code{kill-region}, so a |
802 subsequent kill command does not append to the same kill ring entry. | |
803 | |
6558 | 804 Don't call @code{copy-region-as-kill} in Lisp programs unless you aim to |
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6558 | 808 @end deffn |
809 | |
810 @node Yank Commands | |
811 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
812 @subsection Functions for Yanking | |
813 | |
814 @dfn{Yanking} means reinserting an entry of previously killed text | |
12098 | 815 from the kill ring. The text properties are copied too. |
6558 | 816 |
817 @deffn Command yank &optional arg | |
818 @cindex inserting killed text | |
819 This command inserts before point the text in the first entry in the | |
820 kill ring. It positions the mark at the beginning of that text, and | |
821 point at the end. | |
822 | |
823 If @var{arg} is a list (which occurs interactively when the user | |
824 types @kbd{C-u} with no digits), then @code{yank} inserts the text as | |
825 described above, but puts point before the yanked text and puts the mark | |
826 after it. | |
827 | |
828 If @var{arg} is a number, then @code{yank} inserts the @var{arg}th most | |
829 recently killed text---the @var{arg}th element of the kill ring list. | |
830 | |
831 @code{yank} does not alter the contents of the kill ring or rotate it. | |
832 It returns @code{nil}. | |
833 @end deffn | |
834 | |
835 @deffn Command yank-pop arg | |
836 This command replaces the just-yanked entry from the kill ring with a | |
837 different entry from the kill ring. | |
838 | |
839 This is allowed only immediately after a @code{yank} or another | |
840 @code{yank-pop}. At such a time, the region contains text that was just | |
841 inserted by yanking. @code{yank-pop} deletes that text and inserts in | |
842 its place a different piece of killed text. It does not add the deleted | |
843 text to the kill ring, since it is already in the kill ring somewhere. | |
844 | |
845 If @var{arg} is @code{nil}, then the replacement text is the previous | |
846 element of the kill ring. If @var{arg} is numeric, the replacement is | |
847 the @var{arg}th previous kill. If @var{arg} is negative, a more recent | |
848 kill is the replacement. | |
849 | |
850 The sequence of kills in the kill ring wraps around, so that after the | |
851 oldest one comes the newest one, and before the newest one goes the | |
852 oldest. | |
853 | |
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6558 | 855 @end deffn |
856 | |
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861 lower level, but still convenient for use in Lisp programs, because they |
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865 @defun current-kill n &optional do-not-move | |
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870 If the optional second argument @var{do-not-move} is non-@code{nil}, | |
871 then @code{current-kill} doesn't alter the yanking pointer; it just | |
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874 If @var{n} is zero, indicating a request for the latest kill, | |
875 @code{current-kill} calls the value of | |
876 @code{interprogram-paste-function} (documented below) before consulting | |
877 the kill ring. | |
878 @end defun | |
879 | |
880 @defun kill-new string | |
881 This function puts the text @var{string} into the kill ring as a new | |
882 entry at the front of the ring. It discards the oldest entry if | |
883 appropriate. It also invokes the value of | |
884 @code{interprogram-cut-function} (see below). | |
885 @end defun | |
886 | |
887 @defun kill-append string before-p | |
888 This function appends the text @var{string} to the first entry in the | |
889 kill ring. Normally @var{string} goes at the end of the entry, but if | |
890 @var{before-p} is non-@code{nil}, it goes at the beginning. This | |
891 function also invokes the value of @code{interprogram-cut-function} (see | |
892 below). | |
893 @end defun | |
894 | |
895 @defvar interprogram-paste-function | |
896 This variable provides a way of transferring killed text from other | |
897 programs, when you are using a window system. Its value should be | |
898 @code{nil} or a function of no arguments. | |
899 | |
900 If the value is a function, @code{current-kill} calls it to get the | |
901 ``most recent kill''. If the function returns a non-@code{nil} value, | |
902 then that value is used as the ``most recent kill''. If it returns | |
903 @code{nil}, then the first element of @code{kill-ring} is used. | |
904 | |
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6558 | 908 @end defvar |
909 | |
910 @defvar interprogram-cut-function | |
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6558 | 913 @code{nil} or a function of one argument. |
914 | |
915 If the value is a function, @code{kill-new} and @code{kill-append} call | |
916 it with the new first element of the kill ring as an argument. | |
917 | |
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6558 | 920 @end defvar |
921 | |
922 @node Internals of Kill Ring | |
923 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
924 @subsection Internals of the Kill Ring | |
925 | |
926 The variable @code{kill-ring} holds the kill ring contents, in the | |
927 form of a list of strings. The most recent kill is always at the front | |
928 of the list. | |
929 | |
930 The @code{kill-ring-yank-pointer} variable points to a link in the | |
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939 Both @code{kill-ring} and @code{kill-ring-yank-pointer} are Lisp | |
940 variables whose values are normally lists. The word ``pointer'' in the | |
941 name of the @code{kill-ring-yank-pointer} indicates that the variable's | |
942 purpose is to identify one element of the list for use by the next yank | |
943 command. | |
944 | |
945 The value of @code{kill-ring-yank-pointer} is always @code{eq} to one | |
946 of the links in the kill ring list. The element it identifies is the | |
947 @sc{car} of that link. Kill commands, which change the kill ring, also | |
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951 Here is a diagram that shows the variable @code{kill-ring-yank-pointer} | |
952 pointing to the second entry in the kill ring @code{("some text" "a | |
953 different piece of text" "yet older text")}. | |
954 | |
955 @example | |
956 @group | |
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964 | | | | |
965 | | -->"yet older text" | |
966 | | | |
967 | --> "a different piece of text" | |
968 | | |
969 --> "some text" | |
970 @end group | |
971 @end example | |
972 | |
973 @noindent | |
974 This state of affairs might occur after @kbd{C-y} (@code{yank}) | |
975 immediately followed by @kbd{M-y} (@code{yank-pop}). | |
976 | |
977 @defvar kill-ring | |
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981 | |
982 @defvar kill-ring-yank-pointer | |
983 This variable's value indicates which element of the kill ring is at the | |
984 ``front'' of the ring for yanking. More precisely, the value is a tail | |
985 of the value of @code{kill-ring}, and its @sc{car} is the kill string | |
986 that @kbd{C-y} should yank. | |
987 @end defvar | |
988 | |
989 @defopt kill-ring-max | |
990 The value of this variable is the maximum length to which the kill | |
991 ring can grow, before elements are thrown away at the end. The default | |
992 value for @code{kill-ring-max} is 30. | |
993 @end defopt | |
994 | |
995 @node Undo | |
996 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
997 @section Undo | |
998 @cindex redo | |
999 | |
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1007 @defvar buffer-undo-list | |
1008 This variable's value is the undo list of the current buffer. | |
1009 A value of @code{t} disables the recording of undo information. | |
1010 @end defvar | |
1011 | |
1012 Here are the kinds of elements an undo list can have: | |
1013 | |
1014 @table @code | |
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6558 | 1020 |
1021 @item (@var{beg} . @var{end}) | |
1022 This kind of element indicates how to delete text that was inserted. | |
1023 Upon insertion, the text occupied the range @var{beg}--@var{end} in the | |
1024 buffer. | |
1025 | |
10364 | 1026 @item (@var{text} . @var{position}) |
6558 | 1027 This kind of element indicates how to reinsert text that was deleted. |
10364 | 1028 The deleted text itself is the string @var{text}. The place to |
1029 reinsert it is @code{(abs @var{position})}. | |
6558 | 1030 |
1031 @item (t @var{high} . @var{low}) | |
1032 This kind of element indicates that an unmodified buffer became | |
1033 modified. The elements @var{high} and @var{low} are two integers, each | |
1034 recording 16 bits of the visited file's modification time as of when it | |
1035 was previously visited or saved. @code{primitive-undo} uses those | |
1036 values to determine whether to mark the buffer as unmodified once again; | |
1037 it does so only if the file's modification time matches those numbers. | |
1038 | |
1039 @item (nil @var{property} @var{value} @var{beg} . @var{end}) | |
1040 This kind of element records a change in a text property. | |
1041 Here's how you might undo the change: | |
1042 | |
1043 @example | |
1044 (put-text-property @var{beg} @var{end} @var{property} @var{value}) | |
1045 @end example | |
1046 | |
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6558 | 1053 @item nil |
1054 This element is a boundary. The elements between two boundaries are | |
1055 called a @dfn{change group}; normally, each change group corresponds to | |
1056 one keyboard command, and undo commands normally undo an entire group as | |
1057 a unit. | |
1058 @end table | |
1059 | |
1060 @defun undo-boundary | |
1061 This function places a boundary element in the undo list. The undo | |
1062 command stops at such a boundary, and successive undo commands undo | |
1063 to earlier and earlier boundaries. This function returns @code{nil}. | |
1064 | |
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1069 character; the next 19 consecutive self-inserting input characters do |
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6558 | 1081 @end defun |
1082 | |
1083 @defun primitive-undo count list | |
1084 This is the basic function for undoing elements of an undo list. | |
1085 It undoes the first @var{count} elements of @var{list}, returning | |
1086 the rest of @var{list}. You could write this function in Lisp, | |
1087 but it is convenient to have it in C. | |
1088 | |
1089 @code{primitive-undo} adds elements to the buffer's undo list when it | |
1090 changes the buffer. Undo commands avoid confusion by saving the undo | |
1091 list value at the beginning of a sequence of undo operations. Then the | |
1092 undo operations use and update the saved value. The new elements added | |
12098 | 1093 by undoing are not part of this saved value, so they don't interfere with |
6558 | 1094 continuing to undo. |
1095 @end defun | |
1096 | |
1097 @node Maintaining Undo | |
1098 @section Maintaining Undo Lists | |
1099 | |
1100 This section describes how to enable and disable undo information for | |
1101 a given buffer. It also explains how the undo list is truncated | |
1102 automatically so it doesn't get too big. | |
1103 | |
1104 Recording of undo information in a newly created buffer is normally | |
1105 enabled to start with; but if the buffer name starts with a space, the | |
1106 undo recording is initially disabled. You can explicitly enable or | |
1107 disable undo recording with the following two functions, or by setting | |
1108 @code{buffer-undo-list} yourself. | |
1109 | |
1110 @deffn Command buffer-enable-undo &optional buffer-or-name | |
1111 This command enables recording undo information for buffer | |
1112 @var{buffer-or-name}, so that subsequent changes can be undone. If no | |
1113 argument is supplied, then the current buffer is used. This function | |
1114 does nothing if undo recording is already enabled in the buffer. It | |
1115 returns @code{nil}. | |
1116 | |
1117 In an interactive call, @var{buffer-or-name} is the current buffer. | |
1118 You cannot specify any other buffer. | |
1119 @end deffn | |
1120 | |
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6558 | 1123 @cindex disable undo |
1124 This function discards the undo list of @var{buffer}, and disables | |
1125 further recording of undo information. As a result, it is no longer | |
1126 possible to undo either previous changes or any subsequent changes. If | |
1127 the undo list of @var{buffer} is already disabled, this function | |
1128 has no effect. | |
1129 | |
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6558 | 1131 |
1132 The name @code{buffer-flush-undo} is not considered obsolete, but the | |
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6558 | 1135 |
1136 As editing continues, undo lists get longer and longer. To prevent | |
1137 them from using up all available memory space, garbage collection trims | |
1138 them back to size limits you can set. (For this purpose, the ``size'' | |
1139 of an undo list measures the cons cells that make up the list, plus the | |
1140 strings of deleted text.) Two variables control the range of acceptable | |
1141 sizes: @code{undo-limit} and @code{undo-strong-limit}. | |
1142 | |
1143 @defvar undo-limit | |
1144 This is the soft limit for the acceptable size of an undo list. The | |
1145 change group at which this size is exceeded is the last one kept. | |
1146 @end defvar | |
1147 | |
1148 @defvar undo-strong-limit | |
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1150 change group at which this size is exceeded is discarded itself (along |
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6558 | 1153 @end defvar |
1154 | |
1155 @node Filling | |
1156 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
1157 @section Filling | |
1158 @cindex filling, explicit | |
1159 | |
1160 @dfn{Filling} means adjusting the lengths of lines (by moving the line | |
1161 breaks) so that they are nearly (but no greater than) a specified | |
1162 maximum width. Additionally, lines can be @dfn{justified}, which means | |
12098 | 1163 inserting spaces to make the left and/or right margins line up |
1164 precisely. The width is controlled by the variable @code{fill-column}. | |
1165 For ease of reading, lines should be no longer than 70 or so columns. | |
6558 | 1166 |
1167 You can use Auto Fill mode (@pxref{Auto Filling}) to fill text | |
1168 automatically as you insert it, but changes to existing text may leave | |
1169 it improperly filled. Then you must fill the text explicitly. | |
1170 | |
12067 | 1171 Most of the commands in this section return values that are not |
1172 meaningful. All the functions that do filling take note of the current | |
12098 | 1173 left margin, current right margin, and current justification style |
1174 (@pxref{Margins}). If the current justification style is | |
1175 @code{none}, the filling functions don't actually do anything. | |
1176 | |
1177 Several of the filling functions have an argument @var{justify}. | |
1178 If it is non-@code{nil}, that requests some kind of justification. It | |
1179 can be @code{left}, @code{right}, @code{full}, or @code{center}, to | |
1180 request a specific style of justification. If it is @code{t}, that | |
1181 means to use the current justification style for this part of the text | |
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12098 | 1184 |
1185 When you call the filling functions interactively, using a prefix | |
1186 argument implies the value @code{full} for @var{justify}. | |
1187 | |
1188 @deffn Command fill-paragraph justify | |
6558 | 1189 @cindex filling a paragraph |
1190 This command fills the paragraph at or after point. If | |
12098 | 1191 @var{justify} is non-@code{nil}, each line is justified as well. |
6558 | 1192 It uses the ordinary paragraph motion commands to find paragraph |
1193 boundaries. @xref{Paragraphs,,, emacs, The Emacs Manual}. | |
1194 @end deffn | |
1195 | |
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6558 | 1197 This command fills each of the paragraphs in the region from @var{start} |
12098 | 1198 to @var{end}. It justifies as well if @var{justify} is |
6558 | 1199 non-@code{nil}. |
1200 | |
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1204 newline, if @code{use-hard-newlines} is enabled (see below). |
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6558 | 1206 The variable @code{paragraph-separate} controls how to distinguish |
1207 paragraphs. @xref{Standard Regexps}. | |
1208 @end deffn | |
1209 | |
12098 | 1210 @deffn Command fill-individual-paragraphs start end &optional justify mail-flag |
6558 | 1211 This command fills each paragraph in the region according to its |
1212 individual fill prefix. Thus, if the lines of a paragraph were indented | |
1213 with spaces, the filled paragraph will remain indented in the same | |
1214 fashion. | |
1215 | |
1216 The first two arguments, @var{start} and @var{end}, are the beginning | |
1217 and end of the region to be filled. The third and fourth arguments, | |
12098 | 1218 @var{justify} and @var{mail-flag}, are optional. If |
1219 @var{justify} is non-@code{nil}, the paragraphs are justified as | |
6558 | 1220 well as filled. If @var{mail-flag} is non-@code{nil}, it means the |
1221 function is operating on a mail message and therefore should not fill | |
1222 the header lines. | |
1223 | |
1224 Ordinarily, @code{fill-individual-paragraphs} regards each change in | |
1225 indentation as starting a new paragraph. If | |
1226 @code{fill-individual-varying-indent} is non-@code{nil}, then only | |
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1228 paragraphs with additional indentation on the first line. |
6558 | 1229 @end deffn |
1230 | |
1231 @defopt fill-individual-varying-indent | |
1232 This variable alters the action of @code{fill-individual-paragraphs} as | |
1233 described above. | |
1234 @end defopt | |
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1242 In an interactive call, any prefix argument requests justification. | |
6558 | 1243 |
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6558 | 1251 @end deffn |
1252 | |
12067 | 1253 @deffn Command justify-current-line how eop nosqueeze |
6558 | 1254 This command inserts spaces between the words of the current line so |
1255 that the line ends exactly at @code{fill-column}. It returns | |
1256 @code{nil}. | |
12067 | 1257 |
1258 The argument @var{how}, if non-@code{nil} specifies explicitly the style | |
1259 of justification. It can be @code{left}, @code{right}, @code{full}, | |
1260 @code{center}, or @code{none}. If it is @code{t}, that means to do | |
1261 follow specified justification style (see @code{current-justification}, | |
1262 below). @code{nil} means to do full justification. | |
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12067 | 1265 @code{current-justification} specifies full justification. This is used |
1266 for the last line of a paragraph; even if the paragraph as a whole is | |
1267 fully justified, the last line should not be. | |
1268 | |
1269 If @var{nosqueeze} is non-@code{nil}, that means do not change interior | |
1270 whitespace. | |
6558 | 1271 @end deffn |
1272 | |
12067 | 1273 @defopt default-justification |
1274 This variable's value specifies the style of justification to use for | |
1275 text that doesn't specify a style with a text property. The possible | |
1276 values are @code{left}, @code{right}, @code{full}, @code{center}, or | |
12098 | 1277 @code{none}. The default value is @code{left}. |
12067 | 1278 @end defopt |
1279 | |
1280 @defun current-justification | |
1281 This function returns the proper justification style to use for filling | |
1282 the text around point. | |
1283 @end defun | |
1284 | |
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12098 | 1291 @defvar fill-paragraph-function |
1292 This variable provides a way for major modes to override the filling of | |
1293 paragraphs. If the value is non-@code{nil}, @code{fill-paragraph} calls | |
1294 this function to do the work. If the function returns a non-@code{nil} | |
1295 value, @code{fill-paragraph} assumes the job is done, and immediately | |
1296 returns that value. | |
1297 | |
1298 The usual use of this feature is to fill comments in programming | |
1299 language modes. If the function needs to fill a paragraph in the usual | |
1300 way, it can do so as follows: | |
1301 | |
1302 @example | |
1303 (let ((fill-paragraph-function nil)) | |
1304 (fill-paragraph arg)) | |
1305 @end example | |
1306 @end defvar | |
1307 | |
1308 @defvar use-hard-newlines | |
1309 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, the filling functions do not delete | |
1310 newlines that have the @code{hard} text property. These ``hard | |
1311 newlines'' act as paragraph separators. | |
1312 @end defvar | |
1313 | |
1314 @node Margins | |
1315 @section Margins for Filling | |
1316 | |
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1321 line that fails to start with the fill prefix is considered the start of |
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1327 The fill prefix follows the left margin whitespace, if any. | |
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1334 variable, including Auto Fill mode (@pxref{Auto Filling}). |
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1336 As a practical matter, if you are writing text for other people to | |
1337 read, you should set @code{fill-column} to no more than 70. Otherwise | |
1338 the line will be too long for people to read comfortably, and this can | |
1339 make the text seem clumsy. | |
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1342 @defvar default-fill-column | |
1343 The value of this variable is the default value for @code{fill-column} in | |
1344 buffers that do not override it. This is the same as | |
1345 @code{(default-value 'fill-column)}. | |
1346 | |
1347 The default value for @code{default-fill-column} is 70. | |
1348 @end defvar | |
1349 | |
12067 | 1350 @deffn Command set-left-margin from to margin |
1351 This sets the @code{left-margin} property on the text from @var{from} to | |
1352 @var{to} to the value @var{margin}. If Auto Fill mode is enabled, this | |
1353 command also refills the region to fit the new margin. | |
1354 @end deffn | |
1355 | |
1356 @deffn Command set-right-margin from to margin | |
12098 | 1357 This sets the @code{right-margin} property on the text from @var{from} |
1358 to @var{to} to the value @var{margin}. If Auto Fill mode is enabled, | |
1359 this command also refills the region to fit the new margin. | |
12067 | 1360 @end deffn |
1361 | |
1362 @defun current-left-margin | |
1363 This function returns the proper left margin value to use for filling | |
1364 the text around point. The value is the sum of the @code{left-margin} | |
1365 property of the character at the start of the current line (or zero if | |
12098 | 1366 none), and the value of the variable @code{left-margin}. |
12067 | 1367 @end defun |
1368 | |
1369 @defun current-fill-column | |
1370 This function returns the proper fill column value to use for filling | |
1371 the text around point. The value is the value of the @code{fill-column} | |
1372 variable, minus the value of the @code{right-margin} property of the | |
1373 character after point. | |
1374 @end defun | |
1375 | |
1376 @deffn Command move-to-left-margin &optional n force | |
1377 This function moves point to the left margin of the current line. The | |
1378 column moved to is determined by calling the function | |
12098 | 1379 @code{current-left-margin}. If the argument @var{n} is non-@code{nil}, |
12067 | 1380 @code{move-to-left-margin} moves forward @var{n}@minus{}1 lines first. |
1381 | |
1382 If @var{force} is non-@code{nil}, that says to fix the line's | |
1383 indentation if that doesn't match the left margin value. | |
1384 @end deffn | |
1385 | |
1386 @defun delete-to-left-margin from to | |
1387 This function removes left margin indentation from the text | |
1388 between @var{from} and @var{to}. The amount of indentation | |
1389 to delete is determined by calling @code{current-left-margin}. | |
1390 In no case does this function delete non-whitespace. | |
1391 @end defun | |
1392 | |
12098 | 1393 @defun indent-to-left-margin |
1394 This is the default @code{indent-line-function}, used in Fundamental | |
1395 mode, Text mode, etc. Its effect is to adjust the indentation at the | |
1396 beginning of the current line to the value specified by the variable | |
1397 @code{left-margin}. This may involve either inserting or deleting | |
1398 whitespace. | |
1399 @end defun | |
1400 | |
1401 @defvar left-margin | |
1402 This variable specifies the base left margin column. In Fundamental | |
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1405 @end defvar | |
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1413 non-@code{nil}, then the line won't be broken there. |
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1417 @section Adaptive Fill Mode |
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1423 @defopt adaptive-fill-mode |
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1424 Adaptive Fill mode is enabled when this variable is non-@code{nil}. |
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1428 @defun fill-context-prefix from to |
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1429 This function implements the heart of Adaptive Fill mode; it chooses a |
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1430 fill prefix based on the text between @var{from} and @var{to}. It does |
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1431 this by looking at the first two lines of the paragraph, based on the |
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1436 This variable holds a regular expression to control Adaptive Fill mode. |
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1437 Adaptive Fill mode matches this regular expression against the text |
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1439 characters it matches are that line's candidate for the fill prefix. |
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1443 In a one-line paragraph, if the candidate fill prefix matches this |
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1452 @defopt adaptive-fill-function |
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1453 You can specify more complex ways of choosing a fill prefix |
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1456 the left margin of a line, and it should return the appropriate fill |
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6558 | 1461 @node Auto Filling |
1462 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
1463 @section Auto Filling | |
1464 @cindex filling, automatic | |
1465 @cindex Auto Fill mode | |
1466 | |
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6558 | 1471 |
12098 | 1472 Auto Fill mode also enables the functions that change the margins and |
1473 justification style to refill portions of the text. @xref{Margins}. | |
1474 | |
6558 | 1475 @defvar auto-fill-function |
12067 | 1476 The value of this variable should be a function (of no arguments) to be |
1477 called after self-inserting a space or a newline. It may be @code{nil}, | |
1478 in which case nothing special is done in that case. | |
6558 | 1479 |
1480 The value of @code{auto-fill-function} is @code{do-auto-fill} when | |
1481 Auto-Fill mode is enabled. That is a function whose sole purpose is to | |
1482 implement the usual strategy for breaking a line. | |
1483 | |
1484 @quotation | |
1485 In older Emacs versions, this variable was named @code{auto-fill-hook}, | |
1486 but since it is not called with the standard convention for hooks, it | |
1487 was renamed to @code{auto-fill-function} in version 19. | |
1488 @end quotation | |
1489 @end defvar | |
1490 | |
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1499 @section Sorting Text | |
1500 @cindex sorting text | |
1501 | |
1502 The sorting functions described in this section all rearrange text in | |
1503 a buffer. This is in contrast to the function @code{sort}, which | |
1504 rearranges the order of the elements of a list (@pxref{Rearrangement}). | |
1505 The values returned by these functions are not meaningful. | |
1506 | |
1507 @defun sort-subr reverse nextrecfun endrecfun &optional startkeyfun endkeyfun | |
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1512 To understand how @code{sort-subr} works, consider the whole accessible | |
1513 portion of the buffer as being divided into disjoint pieces called | |
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6558 | 1516 designated as the sort key. Sorting rearranges the records in order by |
1517 their sort keys. | |
1518 | |
1519 Usually, the records are rearranged in order of ascending sort key. | |
1520 If the first argument to the @code{sort-subr} function, @var{reverse}, | |
1521 is non-@code{nil}, the sort records are rearranged in order of | |
1522 descending sort key. | |
1523 | |
1524 The next four arguments to @code{sort-subr} are functions that are | |
1525 called to move point across a sort record. They are called many times | |
1526 from within @code{sort-subr}. | |
1527 | |
1528 @enumerate | |
1529 @item | |
1530 @var{nextrecfun} is called with point at the end of a record. This | |
1531 function moves point to the start of the next record. The first record | |
1532 is assumed to start at the position of point when @code{sort-subr} is | |
1533 called. Therefore, you should usually move point to the beginning of | |
1534 the buffer before calling @code{sort-subr}. | |
1535 | |
1536 This function can indicate there are no more sort records by leaving | |
1537 point at the end of the buffer. | |
1538 | |
1539 @item | |
1540 @var{endrecfun} is called with point within a record. It moves point to | |
1541 the end of the record. | |
1542 | |
1543 @item | |
1544 @var{startkeyfun} is called to move point from the start of a record to | |
1545 the start of the sort key. This argument is optional; if it is omitted, | |
1546 the whole record is the sort key. If supplied, the function should | |
1547 either return a non-@code{nil} value to be used as the sort key, or | |
1548 return @code{nil} to indicate that the sort key is in the buffer | |
1549 starting at point. In the latter case, @var{endkeyfun} is called to | |
1550 find the end of the sort key. | |
1551 | |
1552 @item | |
1553 @var{endkeyfun} is called to move point from the start of the sort key | |
1554 to the end of the sort key. This argument is optional. If | |
1555 @var{startkeyfun} returns @code{nil} and this argument is omitted (or | |
1556 @code{nil}), then the sort key extends to the end of the record. There | |
1557 is no need for @var{endkeyfun} if @var{startkeyfun} returns a | |
1558 non-@code{nil} value. | |
1559 @end enumerate | |
1560 | |
1561 As an example of @code{sort-subr}, here is the complete function | |
1562 definition for @code{sort-lines}: | |
1563 | |
1564 @example | |
1565 @group | |
1566 ;; @r{Note that the first two lines of doc string} | |
1567 ;; @r{are effectively one line when viewed by a user.} | |
1568 (defun sort-lines (reverse beg end) | |
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1572 @end group | |
1573 @group | |
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6558 | 1581 (interactive "P\nr") |
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6558 | 1587 @end group |
1588 @end example | |
1589 | |
1590 Here @code{forward-line} moves point to the start of the next record, | |
1591 and @code{end-of-line} moves point to the end of record. We do not pass | |
1592 the arguments @var{startkeyfun} and @var{endkeyfun}, because the entire | |
1593 record is used as the sort key. | |
1594 | |
1595 The @code{sort-paragraphs} function is very much the same, except that | |
1596 its @code{sort-subr} call looks like this: | |
1597 | |
1598 @example | |
1599 @group | |
1600 (sort-subr reverse | |
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6558 | 1606 'forward-paragraph) |
1607 @end group | |
1608 @end example | |
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1611 position after @code{sort-subr} returns. |
6558 | 1612 @end defun |
1613 | |
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1616 buffer sorting functions ignore case when comparing strings. |
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1617 @end defopt |
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6558 | 1619 @deffn Command sort-regexp-fields reverse record-regexp key-regexp start end |
1620 This command sorts the region between @var{start} and @var{end} | |
1621 alphabetically as specified by @var{record-regexp} and @var{key-regexp}. | |
1622 If @var{reverse} is a negative integer, then sorting is in reverse | |
1623 order. | |
1624 | |
1625 Alphabetical sorting means that two sort keys are compared by | |
1626 comparing the first characters of each, the second characters of each, | |
1627 and so on. If a mismatch is found, it means that the sort keys are | |
1628 unequal; the sort key whose character is less at the point of first | |
1629 mismatch is the lesser sort key. The individual characters are compared | |
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1630 according to their numerical character codes in the Emacs character set. |
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1632 The value of the @var{record-regexp} argument specifies how to divide | |
1633 the buffer into sort records. At the end of each record, a search is | |
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1634 done for this regular expression, and the text that matches it is taken |
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1635 as the next record. For example, the regular expression @samp{^.+$}, |
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1636 which matches lines with at least one character besides a newline, would |
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1637 make each such line into a sort record. @xref{Regular Expressions}, for |
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1638 a description of the syntax and meaning of regular expressions. |
6558 | 1639 |
1640 The value of the @var{key-regexp} argument specifies what part of each | |
1641 record is the sort key. The @var{key-regexp} could match the whole | |
1642 record, or only a part. In the latter case, the rest of the record has | |
1643 no effect on the sorted order of records, but it is carried along when | |
1644 the record moves to its new position. | |
1645 | |
1646 The @var{key-regexp} argument can refer to the text matched by a | |
1647 subexpression of @var{record-regexp}, or it can be a regular expression | |
1648 on its own. | |
1649 | |
1650 If @var{key-regexp} is: | |
1651 | |
1652 @table @asis | |
1653 @item @samp{\@var{digit}} | |
1654 then the text matched by the @var{digit}th @samp{\(...\)} parenthesis | |
1655 grouping in @var{record-regexp} is the sort key. | |
1656 | |
1657 @item @samp{\&} | |
1658 then the whole record is the sort key. | |
1659 | |
1660 @item a regular expression | |
1661 then @code{sort-regexp-fields} searches for a match for the regular | |
1662 expression within the record. If such a match is found, it is the sort | |
1663 key. If there is no match for @var{key-regexp} within a record then | |
1664 that record is ignored, which means its position in the buffer is not | |
1665 changed. (The other records may move around it.) | |
1666 @end table | |
1667 | |
1668 For example, if you plan to sort all the lines in the region by the | |
1669 first word on each line starting with the letter @samp{f}, you should | |
1670 set @var{record-regexp} to @samp{^.*$} and set @var{key-regexp} to | |
1671 @samp{\<f\w*\>}. The resulting expression looks like this: | |
1672 | |
1673 @example | |
1674 @group | |
1675 (sort-regexp-fields nil "^.*$" "\\<f\\w*\\>" | |
1676 (region-beginning) | |
1677 (region-end)) | |
1678 @end group | |
1679 @end example | |
1680 | |
1681 If you call @code{sort-regexp-fields} interactively, it prompts for | |
1682 @var{record-regexp} and @var{key-regexp} in the minibuffer. | |
1683 @end deffn | |
1684 | |
1685 @deffn Command sort-lines reverse start end | |
1686 This command alphabetically sorts lines in the region between | |
1687 @var{start} and @var{end}. If @var{reverse} is non-@code{nil}, the sort | |
1688 is in reverse order. | |
1689 @end deffn | |
1690 | |
1691 @deffn Command sort-paragraphs reverse start end | |
1692 This command alphabetically sorts paragraphs in the region between | |
1693 @var{start} and @var{end}. If @var{reverse} is non-@code{nil}, the sort | |
1694 is in reverse order. | |
1695 @end deffn | |
1696 | |
1697 @deffn Command sort-pages reverse start end | |
1698 This command alphabetically sorts pages in the region between | |
1699 @var{start} and @var{end}. If @var{reverse} is non-@code{nil}, the sort | |
1700 is in reverse order. | |
1701 @end deffn | |
1702 | |
1703 @deffn Command sort-fields field start end | |
1704 This command sorts lines in the region between @var{start} and | |
1705 @var{end}, comparing them alphabetically by the @var{field}th field | |
1706 of each line. Fields are separated by whitespace and numbered starting | |
1707 from 1. If @var{field} is negative, sorting is by the | |
1708 @w{@minus{}@var{field}th} field from the end of the line. This command | |
1709 is useful for sorting tables. | |
1710 @end deffn | |
1711 | |
1712 @deffn Command sort-numeric-fields field start end | |
1713 This command sorts lines in the region between @var{start} and | |
1714 @var{end}, comparing them numerically by the @var{field}th field of each | |
1715 line. The specified field must contain a number in each line of the | |
1716 region. Fields are separated by whitespace and numbered starting from | |
1717 1. If @var{field} is negative, sorting is by the | |
1718 @w{@minus{}@var{field}th} field from the end of the line. This command | |
1719 is useful for sorting tables. | |
1720 @end deffn | |
1721 | |
1722 @deffn Command sort-columns reverse &optional beg end | |
1723 This command sorts the lines in the region between @var{beg} and | |
1724 @var{end}, comparing them alphabetically by a certain range of columns. | |
1725 The column positions of @var{beg} and @var{end} bound the range of | |
1726 columns to sort on. | |
1727 | |
1728 If @var{reverse} is non-@code{nil}, the sort is in reverse order. | |
1729 | |
1730 One unusual thing about this command is that the entire line | |
1731 containing position @var{beg}, and the entire line containing position | |
1732 @var{end}, are included in the region sorted. | |
1733 | |
1734 Note that @code{sort-columns} uses the @code{sort} utility program, | |
1735 and so cannot work properly on text containing tab characters. Use | |
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6558 | 1737 @end deffn |
1738 | |
1739 @node Columns | |
1740 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
1741 @section Counting Columns | |
1742 @cindex columns | |
1743 @cindex counting columns | |
1744 @cindex horizontal position | |
1745 | |
1746 The column functions convert between a character position (counting | |
1747 characters from the beginning of the buffer) and a column position | |
1748 (counting screen characters from the beginning of a line). | |
1749 | |
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1757 Column number computations ignore the width of the window and the | |
1758 amount of horizontal scrolling. Consequently, a column value can be | |
1759 arbitrarily high. The first (or leftmost) column is numbered 0. | |
1760 | |
1761 @defun current-column | |
1762 This function returns the horizontal position of point, measured in | |
1763 columns, counting from 0 at the left margin. The column position is the | |
1764 sum of the widths of all the displayed representations of the characters | |
1765 between the start of the current line and point. | |
1766 | |
1767 For an example of using @code{current-column}, see the description of | |
1768 @code{count-lines} in @ref{Text Lines}. | |
1769 @end defun | |
1770 | |
1771 @defun move-to-column column &optional force | |
1772 This function moves point to @var{column} in the current line. The | |
1773 calculation of @var{column} takes into account the widths of the | |
1774 displayed representations of the characters between the start of the | |
1775 line and point. | |
1776 | |
1777 If column @var{column} is beyond the end of the line, point moves to the | |
1778 end of the line. If @var{column} is negative, point moves to the | |
1779 beginning of the line. | |
1780 | |
1781 If it is impossible to move to column @var{column} because that is in | |
1782 the middle of a multicolumn character such as a tab, point moves to the | |
1783 end of that character. However, if @var{force} is non-@code{nil}, and | |
1784 @var{column} is in the middle of a tab, then @code{move-to-column} | |
1785 converts the tab into spaces so that it can move precisely to column | |
1786 @var{column}. Other multicolumn characters can cause anomalies despite | |
1787 @var{force}, since there is no way to split them. | |
1788 | |
1789 The argument @var{force} also has an effect if the line isn't long | |
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1793 If @var{column} is not an integer, an error is signaled. | |
1794 | |
1795 The return value is the column number actually moved to. | |
1796 @end defun | |
1797 | |
1798 @node Indentation | |
1799 @section Indentation | |
1800 @cindex indentation | |
1801 | |
1802 The indentation functions are used to examine, move to, and change | |
1803 whitespace that is at the beginning of a line. Some of the functions | |
1804 can also change whitespace elsewhere on a line. Columns and indentation | |
1805 count from zero at the left margin. | |
1806 | |
1807 @menu | |
1808 * Primitive Indent:: Functions used to count and insert indentation. | |
1809 * Mode-Specific Indent:: Customize indentation for different modes. | |
1810 * Region Indent:: Indent all the lines in a region. | |
1811 * Relative Indent:: Indent the current line based on previous lines. | |
1812 * Indent Tabs:: Adjustable, typewriter-like tab stops. | |
1813 * Motion by Indent:: Move to first non-blank character. | |
1814 @end menu | |
1815 | |
1816 @node Primitive Indent | |
1817 @subsection Indentation Primitives | |
1818 | |
1819 This section describes the primitive functions used to count and | |
1820 insert indentation. The functions in the following sections use these | |
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1823 @defun current-indentation | |
1824 @comment !!Type Primitive Function | |
1825 @comment !!SourceFile indent.c | |
1826 This function returns the indentation of the current line, which is | |
1827 the horizontal position of the first nonblank character. If the | |
1828 contents are entirely blank, then this is the horizontal position of the | |
1829 end of the line. | |
1830 @end defun | |
1831 | |
1832 @deffn Command indent-to column &optional minimum | |
1833 @comment !!Type Primitive Function | |
1834 @comment !!SourceFile indent.c | |
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1842 The inserted whitespace characters inherit text properties from the | |
1843 surrounding text (usually, from the preceding text only). @xref{Sticky | |
1844 Properties}. | |
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1846 | |
1847 @defopt indent-tabs-mode | |
1848 @comment !!SourceFile indent.c | |
1849 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, indentation functions can insert | |
1850 tabs as well as spaces. Otherwise, they insert only spaces. Setting | |
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1853 | |
1854 @node Mode-Specific Indent | |
1855 @subsection Indentation Controlled by Major Mode | |
1856 | |
1857 An important function of each major mode is to customize the @key{TAB} | |
1858 key to indent properly for the language being edited. This section | |
1859 describes the mechanism of the @key{TAB} key and how to control it. | |
1860 The functions in this section return unpredictable values. | |
1861 | |
1862 @defvar indent-line-function | |
1863 This variable's value is the function to be used by @key{TAB} (and | |
1864 various commands) to indent the current line. The command | |
1865 @code{indent-according-to-mode} does no more than call this function. | |
1866 | |
1867 In Lisp mode, the value is the symbol @code{lisp-indent-line}; in C | |
1868 mode, @code{c-indent-line}; in Fortran mode, @code{fortran-indent-line}. | |
1869 In Fundamental mode, Text mode, and many other modes with no standard | |
1870 for indentation, the value is @code{indent-to-left-margin} (which is the | |
1871 default value). | |
1872 @end defvar | |
1873 | |
1874 @deffn Command indent-according-to-mode | |
1875 This command calls the function in @code{indent-line-function} to | |
1876 indent the current line in a way appropriate for the current major mode. | |
1877 @end deffn | |
1878 | |
1879 @deffn Command indent-for-tab-command | |
1880 This command calls the function in @code{indent-line-function} to indent | |
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6558 | 1884 @end deffn |
1885 | |
1886 @deffn Command newline-and-indent | |
1887 @comment !!SourceFile simple.el | |
1888 This function inserts a newline, then indents the new line (the one | |
1889 following the newline just inserted) according to the major mode. | |
1890 | |
1891 It does indentation by calling the current @code{indent-line-function}. | |
1892 In programming language modes, this is the same thing @key{TAB} does, | |
1893 but in some text modes, where @key{TAB} inserts a tab, | |
1894 @code{newline-and-indent} indents to the column specified by | |
1895 @code{left-margin}. | |
1896 @end deffn | |
1897 | |
1898 @deffn Command reindent-then-newline-and-indent | |
1899 @comment !!SourceFile simple.el | |
1900 This command reindents the current line, inserts a newline at point, | |
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6558 | 1902 inserted). |
1903 | |
1904 This command does indentation on both lines according to the current | |
1905 major mode, by calling the current value of @code{indent-line-function}. | |
1906 In programming language modes, this is the same thing @key{TAB} does, | |
1907 but in some text modes, where @key{TAB} inserts a tab, | |
1908 @code{reindent-then-newline-and-indent} indents to the column specified | |
1909 by @code{left-margin}. | |
1910 @end deffn | |
1911 | |
1912 @node Region Indent | |
1913 @subsection Indenting an Entire Region | |
1914 | |
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1915 This section describes commands that indent all the lines in the |
6558 | 1916 region. They return unpredictable values. |
1917 | |
1918 @deffn Command indent-region start end to-column | |
1919 This command indents each nonblank line starting between @var{start} | |
1920 (inclusive) and @var{end} (exclusive). If @var{to-column} is | |
1921 @code{nil}, @code{indent-region} indents each nonblank line by calling | |
1922 the current mode's indentation function, the value of | |
1923 @code{indent-line-function}. | |
1924 | |
1925 If @var{to-column} is non-@code{nil}, it should be an integer | |
1926 specifying the number of columns of indentation; then this function | |
1927 gives each line exactly that much indentation, by either adding or | |
1928 deleting whitespace. | |
1929 | |
1930 If there is a fill prefix, @code{indent-region} indents each line | |
1931 by making it start with the fill prefix. | |
1932 @end deffn | |
1933 | |
1934 @defvar indent-region-function | |
1935 The value of this variable is a function that can be used by | |
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6558 | 1938 that it will produce the same results as indenting the lines of the |
1939 region one by one, but presumably faster. | |
1940 | |
1941 If the value is @code{nil}, there is no short cut, and | |
1942 @code{indent-region} actually works line by line. | |
1943 | |
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1944 A short-cut function is useful in modes such as C mode and Lisp mode, |
6558 | 1945 where the @code{indent-line-function} must scan from the beginning of |
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1946 the function definition: applying it to each line would be quadratic in |
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1948 the lines indenting them; this takes linear time. In a mode where |
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1949 indenting a line individually is fast, there is no need for a short cut. |
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1952 a different meaning and does not use this variable. |
6558 | 1953 @end defvar |
1954 | |
1955 @deffn Command indent-rigidly start end count | |
1956 @comment !!SourceFile indent.el | |
1957 This command indents all lines starting between @var{start} | |
1958 (inclusive) and @var{end} (exclusive) sideways by @var{count} columns. | |
1959 This ``preserves the shape'' of the affected region, moving it as a | |
1960 rigid unit. Consequently, this command is useful not only for indenting | |
1961 regions of unindented text, but also for indenting regions of formatted | |
1962 code. | |
1963 | |
1964 For example, if @var{count} is 3, this command adds 3 columns of | |
1965 indentation to each of the lines beginning in the region specified. | |
1966 | |
1967 In Mail mode, @kbd{C-c C-y} (@code{mail-yank-original}) uses | |
1968 @code{indent-rigidly} to indent the text copied from the message being | |
1969 replied to. | |
1970 @end deffn | |
1971 | |
1972 @defun indent-code-rigidly start end columns &optional nochange-regexp | |
1973 This is like @code{indent-rigidly}, except that it doesn't alter lines | |
1974 that start within strings or comments. | |
1975 | |
1976 In addition, it doesn't alter a line if @var{nochange-regexp} matches at | |
1977 the beginning of the line (if @var{nochange-regexp} is non-@code{nil}). | |
1978 @end defun | |
1979 | |
1980 @node Relative Indent | |
1981 @subsection Indentation Relative to Previous Lines | |
1982 | |
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1983 This section describes two commands that indent the current line |
6558 | 1984 based on the contents of previous lines. |
1985 | |
1986 @deffn Command indent-relative &optional unindented-ok | |
1987 This command inserts whitespace at point, extending to the same | |
1988 column as the next @dfn{indent point} of the previous nonblank line. An | |
1989 indent point is a non-whitespace character following whitespace. The | |
1990 next indent point is the first one at a column greater than the current | |
1991 column of point. For example, if point is underneath and to the left of | |
1992 the first non-blank character of a line of text, it moves to that column | |
1993 by inserting whitespace. | |
1994 | |
1995 If the previous nonblank line has no next indent point (i.e., none at a | |
1996 great enough column position), @code{indent-relative} either does | |
1997 nothing (if @var{unindented-ok} is non-@code{nil}) or calls | |
1998 @code{tab-to-tab-stop}. Thus, if point is underneath and to the right | |
1999 of the last column of a short line of text, this command ordinarily | |
2000 moves point to the next tab stop by inserting whitespace. | |
2001 | |
2002 The return value of @code{indent-relative} is unpredictable. | |
2003 | |
2004 In the following example, point is at the beginning of the second | |
2005 line: | |
2006 | |
2007 @example | |
2008 @group | |
2009 This line is indented twelve spaces. | |
2010 @point{}The quick brown fox jumped. | |
2011 @end group | |
2012 @end example | |
2013 | |
2014 @noindent | |
2015 Evaluation of the expression @code{(indent-relative nil)} produces the | |
2016 following: | |
2017 | |
2018 @example | |
2019 @group | |
2020 This line is indented twelve spaces. | |
2021 @point{}The quick brown fox jumped. | |
2022 @end group | |
2023 @end example | |
2024 | |
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2025 In this next example, point is between the @samp{m} and @samp{p} of |
6558 | 2026 @samp{jumped}: |
2027 | |
2028 @example | |
2029 @group | |
2030 This line is indented twelve spaces. | |
2031 The quick brown fox jum@point{}ped. | |
2032 @end group | |
2033 @end example | |
2034 | |
2035 @noindent | |
2036 Evaluation of the expression @code{(indent-relative nil)} produces the | |
2037 following: | |
2038 | |
2039 @example | |
2040 @group | |
2041 This line is indented twelve spaces. | |
2042 The quick brown fox jum @point{}ped. | |
2043 @end group | |
2044 @end example | |
2045 @end deffn | |
2046 | |
2047 @deffn Command indent-relative-maybe | |
2048 @comment !!SourceFile indent.el | |
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2049 This command indents the current line like the previous nonblank line, |
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2050 by calling @code{indent-relative} with @code{t} as the |
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2051 @var{unindented-ok} argument. The return value is unpredictable. |
6558 | 2052 |
2053 If the previous nonblank line has no indent points beyond the current | |
2054 column, this command does nothing. | |
2055 @end deffn | |
2056 | |
2057 @node Indent Tabs | |
2058 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
2059 @subsection Adjustable ``Tab Stops'' | |
2060 @cindex tabs stops for indentation | |
2061 | |
2062 This section explains the mechanism for user-specified ``tab stops'' | |
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2063 and the mechanisms that use and set them. The name ``tab stops'' is |
6558 | 2064 used because the feature is similar to that of the tab stops on a |
2065 typewriter. The feature works by inserting an appropriate number of | |
2066 spaces and tab characters to reach the next tab stop column; it does not | |
2067 affect the display of tab characters in the buffer (@pxref{Usual | |
2068 Display}). Note that the @key{TAB} character as input uses this tab | |
2069 stop feature only in a few major modes, such as Text mode. | |
2070 | |
2071 @deffn Command tab-to-tab-stop | |
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2072 This command inserts spaces or tabs before point, up to the next tab |
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2073 stop column defined by @code{tab-stop-list}. It searches the list for |
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2074 an element greater than the current column number, and uses that element |
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6558 | 2077 @end deffn |
2078 | |
2079 @defopt tab-stop-list | |
2080 This variable is the list of tab stop columns used by | |
2081 @code{tab-to-tab-stops}. The elements should be integers in increasing | |
2082 order. The tab stop columns need not be evenly spaced. | |
2083 | |
2084 Use @kbd{M-x edit-tab-stops} to edit the location of tab stops | |
2085 interactively. | |
2086 @end defopt | |
2087 | |
2088 @node Motion by Indent | |
2089 @subsection Indentation-Based Motion Commands | |
2090 | |
2091 These commands, primarily for interactive use, act based on the | |
2092 indentation in the text. | |
2093 | |
2094 @deffn Command back-to-indentation | |
2095 @comment !!SourceFile simple.el | |
2096 This command moves point to the first non-whitespace character in the | |
2097 current line (which is the line in which point is located). It returns | |
2098 @code{nil}. | |
2099 @end deffn | |
2100 | |
2101 @deffn Command backward-to-indentation arg | |
2102 @comment !!SourceFile simple.el | |
2103 This command moves point backward @var{arg} lines and then to the | |
2104 first nonblank character on that line. It returns @code{nil}. | |
2105 @end deffn | |
2106 | |
2107 @deffn Command forward-to-indentation arg | |
2108 @comment !!SourceFile simple.el | |
2109 This command moves point forward @var{arg} lines and then to the first | |
2110 nonblank character on that line. It returns @code{nil}. | |
2111 @end deffn | |
2112 | |
2113 @node Case Changes | |
2114 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
2115 @section Case Changes | |
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2116 @cindex case conversion in buffers |
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2118 The case change commands described here work on text in the current | |
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2119 buffer. @xref{Case Conversion}, for case conversion functions that work |
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2120 on strings and characters. @xref{Case Tables}, for how to customize |
6558 | 2121 which characters are upper or lower case and how to convert them. |
2122 | |
2123 @deffn Command capitalize-region start end | |
2124 This function capitalizes all words in the region defined by | |
2125 @var{start} and @var{end}. To capitalize means to convert each word's | |
2126 first character to upper case and convert the rest of each word to lower | |
2127 case. The function returns @code{nil}. | |
2128 | |
2129 If one end of the region is in the middle of a word, the part of the | |
2130 word within the region is treated as an entire word. | |
2131 | |
2132 When @code{capitalize-region} is called interactively, @var{start} and | |
2133 @var{end} are point and the mark, with the smallest first. | |
2134 | |
2135 @example | |
2136 @group | |
2137 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
2138 This is the contents of the 5th foo. | |
2139 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
2140 @end group | |
2141 | |
2142 @group | |
2143 (capitalize-region 1 44) | |
2144 @result{} nil | |
2145 | |
2146 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
2147 This Is The Contents Of The 5th Foo. | |
2148 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
2149 @end group | |
2150 @end example | |
2151 @end deffn | |
2152 | |
2153 @deffn Command downcase-region start end | |
2154 This function converts all of the letters in the region defined by | |
2155 @var{start} and @var{end} to lower case. The function returns | |
2156 @code{nil}. | |
2157 | |
2158 When @code{downcase-region} is called interactively, @var{start} and | |
2159 @var{end} are point and the mark, with the smallest first. | |
2160 @end deffn | |
2161 | |
2162 @deffn Command upcase-region start end | |
2163 This function converts all of the letters in the region defined by | |
2164 @var{start} and @var{end} to upper case. The function returns | |
2165 @code{nil}. | |
2166 | |
2167 When @code{upcase-region} is called interactively, @var{start} and | |
2168 @var{end} are point and the mark, with the smallest first. | |
2169 @end deffn | |
2170 | |
2171 @deffn Command capitalize-word count | |
2172 This function capitalizes @var{count} words after point, moving point | |
2173 over as it does. To capitalize means to convert each word's first | |
2174 character to upper case and convert the rest of each word to lower case. | |
2175 If @var{count} is negative, the function capitalizes the | |
2176 @minus{}@var{count} previous words but does not move point. The value | |
2177 is @code{nil}. | |
2178 | |
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2182 When @code{capitalize-word} is called interactively, @var{count} is | |
2183 set to the numeric prefix argument. | |
2184 @end deffn | |
2185 | |
2186 @deffn Command downcase-word count | |
2187 This function converts the @var{count} words after point to all lower | |
2188 case, moving point over as it does. If @var{count} is negative, it | |
2189 converts the @minus{}@var{count} previous words but does not move point. | |
2190 The value is @code{nil}. | |
2191 | |
2192 When @code{downcase-word} is called interactively, @var{count} is set | |
2193 to the numeric prefix argument. | |
2194 @end deffn | |
2195 | |
2196 @deffn Command upcase-word count | |
2197 This function converts the @var{count} words after point to all upper | |
2198 case, moving point over as it does. If @var{count} is negative, it | |
2199 converts the @minus{}@var{count} previous words but does not move point. | |
2200 The value is @code{nil}. | |
2201 | |
2202 When @code{upcase-word} is called interactively, @var{count} is set to | |
2203 the numeric prefix argument. | |
2204 @end deffn | |
2205 | |
2206 @node Text Properties | |
2207 @section Text Properties | |
2208 @cindex text properties | |
2209 @cindex attributes of text | |
2210 @cindex properties of text | |
2211 | |
2212 Each character position in a buffer or a string can have a @dfn{text | |
2213 property list}, much like the property list of a symbol (@pxref{Property | |
2214 Lists}). The properties belong to a particular character at a | |
2215 particular place, such as, the letter @samp{T} at the beginning of this | |
2216 sentence or the first @samp{o} in @samp{foo}---if the same character | |
2217 occurs in two different places, the two occurrences generally have | |
2218 different properties. | |
2219 | |
2220 Each property has a name and a value. Both of these can be any Lisp | |
2221 object, but the name is normally a symbol. The usual way to access the | |
2222 property list is to specify a name and ask what value corresponds to it. | |
2223 | |
2224 If a character has a @code{category} property, we call it the | |
2225 @dfn{category} of the character. It should be a symbol. The properties | |
2226 of the symbol serve as defaults for the properties of the character. | |
2227 | |
2228 Copying text between strings and buffers preserves the properties | |
2229 along with the characters; this includes such diverse functions as | |
2230 @code{substring}, @code{insert}, and @code{buffer-substring}. | |
2231 | |
2232 @menu | |
2233 * Examining Properties:: Looking at the properties of one character. | |
2234 * Changing Properties:: Setting the properties of a range of text. | |
2235 * Property Search:: Searching for where a property changes value. | |
2236 * Special Properties:: Particular properties with special meanings. | |
12067 | 2237 * Format Properties:: Properties for representing formatting of text. |
6558 | 2238 * Sticky Properties:: How inserted text gets properties from |
2239 neighboring text. | |
2240 * Saving Properties:: Saving text properties in files, and reading | |
2241 them back. | |
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6558 | 2246 * Not Intervals:: Why text properties do not use |
2247 Lisp-visible text intervals. | |
2248 @end menu | |
2249 | |
2250 @node Examining Properties | |
2251 @subsection Examining Text Properties | |
2252 | |
2253 The simplest way to examine text properties is to ask for the value of | |
2254 a particular property of a particular character. For that, use | |
2255 @code{get-text-property}. Use @code{text-properties-at} to get the | |
2256 entire property list of a character. @xref{Property Search}, for | |
2257 functions to examine the properties of a number of characters at once. | |
2258 | |
2259 These functions handle both strings and buffers. Keep in mind that | |
2260 positions in a string start from 0, whereas positions in a buffer start | |
2261 from 1. | |
2262 | |
2263 @defun get-text-property pos prop &optional object | |
2264 This function returns the value of the @var{prop} property of the | |
2265 character after position @var{pos} in @var{object} (a buffer or | |
2266 string). The argument @var{object} is optional and defaults to the | |
2267 current buffer. | |
2268 | |
2269 If there is no @var{prop} property strictly speaking, but the character | |
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6558 | 2271 the @var{prop} property of that symbol. |
2272 @end defun | |
2273 | |
2274 @defun get-char-property pos prop &optional object | |
2275 This function is like @code{get-text-property}, except that it checks | |
2276 overlays first and then text properties. @xref{Overlays}. | |
2277 | |
2278 The argument @var{object} may be a string, a buffer, or a window. If it | |
2279 is a window, then the buffer displayed in that window is used for text | |
2280 properties and overlays, but only the overlays active for that window | |
2281 are considered. If @var{object} is a buffer, then all overlays in that | |
2282 buffer are considered, as well as text properties. If @var{object} is a | |
2283 string, only text properties are considered, since strings never have | |
2284 overlays. | |
2285 @end defun | |
2286 | |
2287 @defun text-properties-at position &optional object | |
2288 This function returns the entire property list of the character at | |
2289 @var{position} in the string or buffer @var{object}. If @var{object} is | |
2290 @code{nil}, it defaults to the current buffer. | |
2291 @end defun | |
2292 | |
12067 | 2293 @defvar default-text-properties |
2294 This variable holds a property list giving default values for text | |
2295 properties. Whenever a character does not specify a value for a | |
12098 | 2296 property, neither directly nor through a category symbol, the value |
2297 stored in this list is used instead. Here is an example: | |
12067 | 2298 |
2299 @example | |
2300 (setq default-text-properties '(foo 69)) | |
2301 ;; @r{Make sure character 1 has no properties of its own.} | |
2302 (set-text-properties 1 2 nil) | |
2303 ;; @r{What we get, when we ask, is the default value.} | |
2304 (get-text-property 1 'foo) | |
2305 @result{} 69 | |
2306 @end example | |
2307 @end defvar | |
2308 | |
6558 | 2309 @node Changing Properties |
2310 @subsection Changing Text Properties | |
2311 | |
2312 The primitives for changing properties apply to a specified range of | |
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2318 Since text properties are considered part of the contents of the |
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2320 change in buffer text properties mark the buffer as modified. Buffer |
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2321 text property changes are undoable also (@pxref{Undo}). |
6558 | 2322 |
12098 | 2323 @defun put-text-property start end prop value &optional object |
2324 This function sets the @var{prop} property to @var{value} for the text | |
2325 between @var{start} and @var{end} in the string or buffer @var{object}. | |
2326 If @var{object} is @code{nil}, it defaults to the current buffer. | |
2327 @end defun | |
2328 | |
6558 | 2329 @defun add-text-properties start end props &optional object |
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2330 This function adds or overrides text properties for the text between |
6558 | 2331 @var{start} and @var{end} in the string or buffer @var{object}. If |
2332 @var{object} is @code{nil}, it defaults to the current buffer. | |
2333 | |
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2334 The argument @var{props} specifies which properties to add. It should |
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2335 have the form of a property list (@pxref{Property Lists}): a list whose |
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2336 elements include the property names followed alternately by the |
6558 | 2337 corresponding values. |
2338 | |
2339 The return value is @code{t} if the function actually changed some | |
2340 property's value; @code{nil} otherwise (if @var{props} is @code{nil} or | |
2341 its values agree with those in the text). | |
2342 | |
2343 For example, here is how to set the @code{comment} and @code{face} | |
2344 properties of a range of text: | |
2345 | |
2346 @example | |
2347 (add-text-properties @var{start} @var{end} | |
2348 '(comment t face highlight)) | |
2349 @end example | |
2350 @end defun | |
2351 | |
2352 @defun remove-text-properties start end props &optional object | |
2353 This function deletes specified text properties from the text between | |
2354 @var{start} and @var{end} in the string or buffer @var{object}. If | |
2355 @var{object} is @code{nil}, it defaults to the current buffer. | |
2356 | |
2357 The argument @var{props} specifies which properties to delete. It | |
2358 should have the form of a property list (@pxref{Property Lists}): a list | |
2359 whose elements are property names alternating with corresponding values. | |
2360 But only the names matter---the values that accompany them are ignored. | |
2361 For example, here's how to remove the @code{face} property. | |
2362 | |
2363 @example | |
2364 (remove-text-properties @var{start} @var{end} '(face nil)) | |
2365 @end example | |
2366 | |
2367 The return value is @code{t} if the function actually changed some | |
2368 property's value; @code{nil} otherwise (if @var{props} is @code{nil} or | |
2369 if no character in the specified text had any of those properties). | |
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2371 To remove all text properties from certain text, use |
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2372 @code{set-text-properties} and specify @code{nil} for the new property |
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2373 list. |
6558 | 2374 @end defun |
2375 | |
2376 @defun set-text-properties start end props &optional object | |
2377 This function completely replaces the text property list for the text | |
2378 between @var{start} and @var{end} in the string or buffer @var{object}. | |
2379 If @var{object} is @code{nil}, it defaults to the current buffer. | |
2380 | |
2381 The argument @var{props} is the new property list. It should be a list | |
2382 whose elements are property names alternating with corresponding values. | |
2383 | |
2384 After @code{set-text-properties} returns, all the characters in the | |
2385 specified range have identical properties. | |
2386 | |
2387 If @var{props} is @code{nil}, the effect is to get rid of all properties | |
2388 from the specified range of text. Here's an example: | |
2389 | |
2390 @example | |
2391 (set-text-properties @var{start} @var{end} nil) | |
2392 @end example | |
2393 @end defun | |
2394 | |
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2395 See also the function @code{buffer-substring-no-properties} |
12067 | 2396 (@pxref{Buffer Contents}) which copies text from the buffer |
2397 but does not copy its properties. | |
2398 | |
6558 | 2399 @node Property Search |
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2400 @subsection Text Property Search Functions |
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2402 In typical use of text properties, most of the time several or many |
6558 | 2403 consecutive characters have the same value for a property. Rather than |
2404 writing your programs to examine characters one by one, it is much | |
2405 faster to process chunks of text that have the same property value. | |
2406 | |
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2407 Here are functions you can use to do this. They use @code{eq} for |
12098 | 2408 comparing property values. In all cases, @var{object} defaults to the |
2409 current buffer. | |
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2411 For high performance, it's very important to use the @var{limit} |
6558 | 2412 argument to these functions, especially the ones that search for a |
12098 | 2413 single property---otherwise, they may spend a long time scanning to the |
2414 end of the buffer, if the property you are interested in does not change. | |
6558 | 2415 |
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2416 These functions do not move point; instead, they return a position (or |
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2417 @code{nil}). Remember that a position is always between two characters; |
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2418 the position returned by these functions is between two characters with |
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2419 different properties. |
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6558 | 2421 @defun next-property-change pos &optional object limit |
2422 The function scans the text forward from position @var{pos} in the | |
2423 string or buffer @var{object} till it finds a change in some text | |
2424 property, then returns the position of the change. In other words, it | |
2425 returns the position of the first character beyond @var{pos} whose | |
2426 properties are not identical to those of the character just after | |
2427 @var{pos}. | |
2428 | |
2429 If @var{limit} is non-@code{nil}, then the scan ends at position | |
2430 @var{limit}. If there is no property change before that point, | |
2431 @code{next-property-change} returns @var{limit}. | |
2432 | |
2433 The value is @code{nil} if the properties remain unchanged all the way | |
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2434 to the end of @var{object} and @var{limit} is @code{nil}. If the value |
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2435 is non-@code{nil}, it is a position greater than or equal to @var{pos}. |
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2436 The value equals @var{pos} only when @var{limit} equals @var{pos}. |
6558 | 2437 |
2438 Here is an example of how to scan the buffer by chunks of text within | |
2439 which all properties are constant: | |
2440 | |
2441 @smallexample | |
2442 (while (not (eobp)) | |
2443 (let ((plist (text-properties-at (point))) | |
2444 (next-change | |
2445 (or (next-property-change (point) (current-buffer)) | |
2446 (point-max)))) | |
2447 @r{Process text from point to @var{next-change}@dots{}} | |
2448 (goto-char next-change))) | |
2449 @end smallexample | |
2450 @end defun | |
2451 | |
2452 @defun next-single-property-change pos prop &optional object limit | |
2453 The function scans the text forward from position @var{pos} in the | |
2454 string or buffer @var{object} till it finds a change in the @var{prop} | |
2455 property, then returns the position of the change. In other words, it | |
2456 returns the position of the first character beyond @var{pos} whose | |
2457 @var{prop} property differs from that of the character just after | |
2458 @var{pos}. | |
2459 | |
2460 If @var{limit} is non-@code{nil}, then the scan ends at position | |
2461 @var{limit}. If there is no property change before that point, | |
2462 @code{next-single-property-change} returns @var{limit}. | |
2463 | |
2464 The value is @code{nil} if the property remains unchanged all the way to | |
2465 the end of @var{object} and @var{limit} is @code{nil}. If the value is | |
2466 non-@code{nil}, it is a position greater than or equal to @var{pos}; it | |
2467 equals @var{pos} only if @var{limit} equals @var{pos}. | |
2468 @end defun | |
2469 | |
2470 @defun previous-property-change pos &optional object limit | |
2471 This is like @code{next-property-change}, but scans back from @var{pos} | |
2472 instead of forward. If the value is non-@code{nil}, it is a position | |
2473 less than or equal to @var{pos}; it equals @var{pos} only if @var{limit} | |
2474 equals @var{pos}. | |
2475 @end defun | |
2476 | |
2477 @defun previous-single-property-change pos prop &optional object limit | |
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2478 This is like @code{next-single-property-change}, but scans back from |
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2479 @var{pos} instead of forward. If the value is non-@code{nil}, it is a |
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2480 position less than or equal to @var{pos}; it equals @var{pos} only if |
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2481 @var{limit} equals @var{pos}. |
6558 | 2482 @end defun |
2483 | |
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2484 @defun next-char-property-change position &optional limit |
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2485 @tindex next-char-property-change |
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2486 This is like @code{next-property-change} except that it considers |
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2487 overlay properties as well as text properties. There is no @var{object} |
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2488 operand because this function operates only on the current buffer. It |
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2489 returns the next address at which either kind of property changes. |
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2490 @end defun |
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2492 @defun previous-char-property-change position &optional limit |
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2493 @tindex previous-char-property-change |
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2494 This is like @code{next-char-property-change}, but scans back from |
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2495 @var{position} instead of forward. |
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2496 @end defun |
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6558 | 2498 @defun text-property-any start end prop value &optional object |
2499 This function returns non-@code{nil} if at least one character between | |
2500 @var{start} and @var{end} has a property @var{prop} whose value is | |
2501 @var{value}. More precisely, it returns the position of the first such | |
2502 character. Otherwise, it returns @code{nil}. | |
2503 | |
2504 The optional fifth argument, @var{object}, specifies the string or | |
2505 buffer to scan. Positions are relative to @var{object}. The default | |
2506 for @var{object} is the current buffer. | |
2507 @end defun | |
2508 | |
2509 @defun text-property-not-all start end prop value &optional object | |
2510 This function returns non-@code{nil} if at least one character between | |
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2511 @var{start} and @var{end} does not have a property @var{prop} with value |
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2512 @var{value}. More precisely, it returns the position of the first such |
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2513 character. Otherwise, it returns @code{nil}. |
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2515 The optional fifth argument, @var{object}, specifies the string or | |
2516 buffer to scan. Positions are relative to @var{object}. The default | |
2517 for @var{object} is the current buffer. | |
2518 @end defun | |
2519 | |
2520 @node Special Properties | |
2521 @subsection Properties with Special Meanings | |
2522 | |
12098 | 2523 Here is a table of text property names that have special built-in |
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2524 meanings. The following sections list a few additional special property |
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2525 names that control filling and property inheritance. All other names |
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2526 have no standard meaning, and you can use them as you like. |
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6558 | 2528 @table @code |
2529 @cindex category of text character | |
2530 @kindex category @r{(text property)} | |
2531 @item category | |
2532 If a character has a @code{category} property, we call it the | |
2533 @dfn{category} of the character. It should be a symbol. The properties | |
2534 of the symbol serve as defaults for the properties of the character. | |
2535 | |
2536 @item face | |
2537 @cindex face codes of text | |
2538 @kindex face @r{(text property)} | |
2539 You can use the property @code{face} to control the font and color of | |
12067 | 2540 text. Its value is a face name or a list of face names. @xref{Faces}, |
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2541 for more information. |
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2543 If the property value is a list, elements may also have the form |
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2544 @code{(foreground-color . @var{color-name})} or @code{(background-color |
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2545 . @var{color-name})}. These elements specify just the foreground color |
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2546 or just the background color; therefore, there is no need to create a |
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2547 face for each color that you want to use. |
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2549 @xref{Font Lock Mode}, for information on how to update @code{face} |
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2550 properties automatically based on the contents of the text. |
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2552 @item mouse-face | |
2553 @kindex mouse-face @r{(text property)} | |
2554 The property @code{mouse-face} is used instead of @code{face} when the | |
2555 mouse is on or near the character. For this purpose, ``near'' means | |
2556 that all text between the character and where the mouse is have the same | |
2557 @code{mouse-face} property value. | |
2558 | |
2559 @item local-map | |
2560 @cindex keymap of character | |
2561 @kindex local-map @r{(text property)} | |
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2562 You can specify a different keymap for some of the text in a buffer by |
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2563 means of the @code{local-map} property. The property's value for the |
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2564 character after point, if non-@code{nil}, is used for key lookup instead |
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2565 of the buffer's local map. If the property value is a symbol, the |
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2566 symbol's function definition is used as the keymap. @xref{Active |
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2567 Keymaps}. |
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2569 @item syntax-table |
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2570 The @code{syntax-table} property overrides what the syntax table says |
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2571 about this particular character. @xref{Syntax Properties}. |
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2573 @item read-only | |
2574 @cindex read-only character | |
2575 @kindex read-only @r{(text property)} | |
2576 If a character has the property @code{read-only}, then modifying that | |
2577 character is not allowed. Any command that would do so gets an error. | |
2578 | |
2579 Insertion next to a read-only character is an error if inserting | |
2580 ordinary text there would inherit the @code{read-only} property due to | |
2581 stickiness. Thus, you can control permission to insert next to | |
2582 read-only text by controlling the stickiness. @xref{Sticky Properties}. | |
2583 | |
2584 Since changing properties counts as modifying the buffer, it is not | |
2585 possible to remove a @code{read-only} property unless you know the | |
2586 special trick: bind @code{inhibit-read-only} to a non-@code{nil} value | |
2587 and then remove the property. @xref{Read Only Buffers}. | |
2588 | |
2589 @item invisible | |
2590 @kindex invisible @r{(text property)} | |
12067 | 2591 A non-@code{nil} @code{invisible} property can make a character invisible |
2592 on the screen. @xref{Invisible Text}, for details. | |
6558 | 2593 |
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2595 @kindex intangible @r{(text property)} |
12067 | 2596 If a group of consecutive characters have equal and non-@code{nil} |
2597 @code{intangible} properties, then you cannot place point between them. | |
12098 | 2598 If you try to move point forward into the group, point actually moves to |
2599 the end of the group. If you try to move point backward into the group, | |
12067 | 2600 point actually moves to the start of the group. |
2601 | |
2602 When the variable @code{inhibit-point-motion-hooks} is non-@code{nil}, | |
2603 the @code{intangible} property is ignored. | |
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6558 | 2605 @item modification-hooks |
2606 @cindex change hooks for a character | |
2607 @cindex hooks for changing a character | |
2608 @kindex modification-hooks @r{(text property)} | |
2609 If a character has the property @code{modification-hooks}, then its | |
2610 value should be a list of functions; modifying that character calls all | |
2611 of those functions. Each function receives two arguments: the beginning | |
2612 and end of the part of the buffer being modified. Note that if a | |
2613 particular modification hook function appears on several characters | |
2614 being modified by a single primitive, you can't predict how many times | |
2615 the function will be called. | |
2616 | |
2617 @item insert-in-front-hooks | |
2618 @itemx insert-behind-hooks | |
2619 @kindex insert-in-front-hooks @r{(text property)} | |
2620 @kindex insert-behind-hooks @r{(text property)} | |
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2621 The operation of inserting text in a buffer also calls the functions |
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2622 listed in the @code{insert-in-front-hooks} property of the following |
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2623 character and in the @code{insert-behind-hooks} property of the |
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2624 preceding character. These functions receive two arguments, the |
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2625 beginning and end of the inserted text. The functions are called |
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2626 @emph{after} the actual insertion takes place. |
6558 | 2627 |
2628 See also @ref{Change Hooks}, for other hooks that are called | |
2629 when you change text in a buffer. | |
2630 | |
2631 @item point-entered | |
2632 @itemx point-left | |
2633 @cindex hooks for motion of point | |
2634 @kindex point-entered @r{(text property)} | |
2635 @kindex point-left @r{(text property)} | |
2636 The special properties @code{point-entered} and @code{point-left} | |
2637 record hook functions that report motion of point. Each time point | |
2638 moves, Emacs compares these two property values: | |
2639 | |
2640 @itemize @bullet | |
2641 @item | |
2642 the @code{point-left} property of the character after the old location, | |
2643 and | |
2644 @item | |
2645 the @code{point-entered} property of the character after the new | |
2646 location. | |
2647 @end itemize | |
2648 | |
2649 @noindent | |
2650 If these two values differ, each of them is called (if not @code{nil}) | |
2651 with two arguments: the old value of point, and the new one. | |
2652 | |
2653 The same comparison is made for the characters before the old and new | |
2654 locations. The result may be to execute two @code{point-left} functions | |
2655 (which may be the same function) and/or two @code{point-entered} | |
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2656 functions (which may be the same function). In any case, all the |
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2657 @code{point-left} functions are called first, followed by all the |
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2658 @code{point-entered} functions. |
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2660 It is possible using @code{char-after} to examine characters at various |
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2661 positions without moving point to those positions. Only an actual |
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2662 change in the value of point runs these hook functions. |
6558 | 2663 @end table |
2664 | |
2665 @defvar inhibit-point-motion-hooks | |
2666 When this variable is non-@code{nil}, @code{point-left} and | |
12067 | 2667 @code{point-entered} hooks are not run, and the @code{intangible} |
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2668 property has no effect. Do not set this variable globally; bind it with |
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2669 @code{let}. |
6558 | 2670 @end defvar |
2671 | |
12067 | 2672 @node Format Properties |
12098 | 2673 @subsection Formatted Text Properties |
12067 | 2674 |
2675 These text properties affect the behavior of the fill commands. They | |
12098 | 2676 are used for representing formatted text. @xref{Filling}, and |
2677 @ref{Margins}. | |
2678 | |
2679 @table @code | |
12067 | 2680 @item hard |
2681 If a newline character has this property, it is a ``hard'' newline. | |
2682 The fill commands do not alter hard newlines and do not move words | |
2683 across them. However, this property takes effect only if the variable | |
2684 @code{use-hard-newlines} is non-@code{nil}. | |
2685 | |
2686 @item right-margin | |
12098 | 2687 This property specifies an extra right margin for filling this part of the |
12067 | 2688 text. |
2689 | |
2690 @item left-margin | |
12098 | 2691 This property specifies an extra left margin for filling this part of the |
12067 | 2692 text. |
2693 | |
2694 @item justification | |
2695 This property specifies the style of justification for filling this part | |
2696 of the text. | |
2697 @end table | |
2698 | |
6558 | 2699 @node Sticky Properties |
2700 @subsection Stickiness of Text Properties | |
2701 @cindex sticky text properties | |
2702 @cindex inheritance of text properties | |
2703 | |
2704 Self-inserting characters normally take on the same properties as the | |
2705 preceding character. This is called @dfn{inheritance} of properties. | |
2706 | |
2707 In a Lisp program, you can do insertion with inheritance or without, | |
2708 depending on your choice of insertion primitive. The ordinary text | |
2709 insertion functions such as @code{insert} do not inherit any properties. | |
2710 They insert text with precisely the properties of the string being | |
2711 inserted, and no others. This is correct for programs that copy text | |
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2712 from one context to another---for example, into or out of the kill ring. |
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2713 To insert with inheritance, use the special primitives described in this |
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2714 section. Self-inserting characters inherit properties because they work |
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2715 using these primitives. |
6558 | 2716 |
2717 When you do insertion with inheritance, @emph{which} properties are | |
2718 inherited depends on two specific properties: @code{front-sticky} and | |
2719 @code{rear-nonsticky}. | |
2720 | |
2721 Insertion after a character inherits those of its properties that are | |
2722 @dfn{rear-sticky}. Insertion before a character inherits those of its | |
2723 properties that are @dfn{front-sticky}. By default, a text property is | |
2724 rear-sticky but not front-sticky. Thus, the default is to inherit all | |
2725 the properties of the preceding character, and nothing from the | |
2726 following character. You can request different behavior by specifying | |
2727 the stickiness of certain properties. | |
2728 | |
2729 If a character's @code{front-sticky} property is @code{t}, then all | |
2730 its properties are front-sticky. If the @code{front-sticky} property is | |
2731 a list, then the sticky properties of the character are those whose | |
2732 names are in the list. For example, if a character has a | |
2733 @code{front-sticky} property whose value is @code{(face read-only)}, | |
2734 then insertion before the character can inherit its @code{face} property | |
2735 and its @code{read-only} property, but no others. | |
2736 | |
2737 The @code{rear-nonsticky} works the opposite way. Every property is | |
2738 rear-sticky by default, so the @code{rear-nonsticky} property says which | |
2739 properties are @emph{not} rear-sticky. If a character's | |
2740 @code{rear-nonsticky} property is @code{t}, then none of its properties | |
2741 are rear-sticky. If the @code{rear-nonsticky} property is a list, | |
2742 properties are rear-sticky @emph{unless} their names are in the list. | |
2743 | |
2744 When you insert text with inheritance, it inherits all the rear-sticky | |
2745 properties of the preceding character, and all the front-sticky | |
2746 properties of the following character. The previous character's | |
2747 properties take precedence when both sides offer different sticky values | |
2748 for the same property. | |
2749 | |
2750 Here are the functions that insert text with inheritance of properties: | |
2751 | |
2752 @defun insert-and-inherit &rest strings | |
2753 Insert the strings @var{strings}, just like the function @code{insert}, | |
2754 but inherit any sticky properties from the adjoining text. | |
2755 @end defun | |
2756 | |
2757 @defun insert-before-markers-and-inherit &rest strings | |
2758 Insert the strings @var{strings}, just like the function | |
2759 @code{insert-before-markers}, but inherit any sticky properties from the | |
2760 adjoining text. | |
2761 @end defun | |
2762 | |
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2763 @xref{Insertion}, for the ordinary insertion functions which do not |
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2764 inherit. |
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6558 | 2766 @node Saving Properties |
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2767 @subsection Saving Text Properties in Files |
6558 | 2768 @cindex text properties in files |
2769 @cindex saving text properties | |
2770 | |
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2771 You can save text properties in files (along with the text itself), |
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2772 and restore the same text properties when visiting or inserting the |
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2773 files, using these two hooks: |
6558 | 2774 |
12098 | 2775 @defvar write-region-annotate-functions |
6558 | 2776 This variable's value is a list of functions for @code{write-region} to |
2777 run to encode text properties in some fashion as annotations to the text | |
2778 being written in the file. @xref{Writing to Files}. | |
2779 | |
2780 Each function in the list is called with two arguments: the start and | |
2781 end of the region to be written. These functions should not alter the | |
2782 contents of the buffer. Instead, they should return lists indicating | |
2783 annotations to write in the file in addition to the text in the | |
2784 buffer. | |
2785 | |
2786 Each function should return a list of elements of the form | |
2787 @code{(@var{position} . @var{string})}, where @var{position} is an | |
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2788 integer specifying the relative position within the text to be written, |
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2789 and @var{string} is the annotation to add there. |
6558 | 2790 |
2791 Each list returned by one of these functions must be already sorted in | |
2792 increasing order by @var{position}. If there is more than one function, | |
2793 @code{write-region} merges the lists destructively into one sorted list. | |
2794 | |
2795 When @code{write-region} actually writes the text from the buffer to the | |
2796 file, it intermixes the specified annotations at the corresponding | |
2797 positions. All this takes place without modifying the buffer. | |
2798 @end defvar | |
2799 | |
2800 @defvar after-insert-file-functions | |
2801 This variable holds a list of functions for @code{insert-file-contents} | |
2802 to call after inserting a file's contents. These functions should scan | |
2803 the inserted text for annotations, and convert them to the text | |
2804 properties they stand for. | |
2805 | |
2806 Each function receives one argument, the length of the inserted text; | |
2807 point indicates the start of that text. The function should scan that | |
2808 text for annotations, delete them, and create the text properties that | |
2809 the annotations specify. The function should return the updated length | |
2810 of the inserted text, as it stands after those changes. The value | |
2811 returned by one function becomes the argument to the next function. | |
2812 | |
2813 These functions should always return with point at the beginning of | |
2814 the inserted text. | |
2815 | |
2816 The intended use of @code{after-insert-file-functions} is for converting | |
2817 some sort of textual annotations into actual text properties. But other | |
2818 uses may be possible. | |
2819 @end defvar | |
2820 | |
2821 We invite users to write Lisp programs to store and retrieve text | |
2822 properties in files, using these hooks, and thus to experiment with | |
2823 various data formats and find good ones. Eventually we hope users | |
2824 will produce good, general extensions we can install in Emacs. | |
2825 | |
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2826 We suggest not trying to handle arbitrary Lisp objects as text property |
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2827 names or values---because a program that general is probably difficult |
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2828 to write, and slow. Instead, choose a set of possible data types that |
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2829 are reasonably flexible, and not too hard to encode. |
6558 | 2830 |
12098 | 2831 @xref{Format Conversion}, for a related feature. |
2832 | |
2833 @c ??? In next edition, merge this info Format Conversion. | |
2834 | |
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2836 @subsection Lazy Computation of Text Properties |
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2838 Instead of computing text properties for all the text in the buffer, |
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2839 you can arrange to compute the text properties for parts of the text |
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2840 when and if something depends on them. |
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2843 properties is @code{buffer-substring}. Before examining the properties, |
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2844 this function runs the abnormal hook @code{buffer-access-fontify-functions}. |
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2846 @defvar buffer-access-fontify-functions |
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2847 This variable holds a list of functions for computing text properties. |
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2848 Before @code{buffer-substring} copies the text and text properties for a |
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2849 portion of the buffer, it calls all the functions in this list. Each of |
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2851 buffer being accessed. (The buffer itself is always the current |
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2852 buffer.) |
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2853 @end defvar |
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2859 once for the same part of the buffer, you can use the variable |
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2860 @code{buffer-access-fontified-property}. |
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2862 @defvar buffer-access-fontified-property |
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2866 computed.'' |
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2868 If all the characters in the range specified for @code{buffer-substring} |
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2869 have a non-@code{nil} value for this property, @code{buffer-substring} |
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2870 does not call the @code{buffer-access-fontify-functions} functions. It |
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2871 assumes these characters already have the right text properties, and |
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2872 just copies the properties they already have. |
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2873 |
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2874 The normal way to use this feature is that the |
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2875 @code{buffer-access-fontify-functions} functions add this property, as |
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2876 well as others, to the characters they operate on. That way, they avoid |
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2877 being called over and over for the same text. |
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2878 @end defvar |
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2880 @node Clickable Text |
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2881 @subsection Defining Clickable Text |
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2882 @cindex clickable text |
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2883 |
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2884 There are two ways to set up @dfn{clickable text} in a buffer. |
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2885 There are typically two parts of this: to make the text highlight |
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2886 when the mouse is over it, and to make a mouse button do something |
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2887 when you click it on that part of the text. |
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2888 |
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2889 Highlighting is done with the @code{mouse-face} text property. |
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2890 Here is an example of how Dired does it: |
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2891 |
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2892 @smallexample |
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2893 (condition-case nil |
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2894 (if (dired-move-to-filename) |
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2895 (put-text-property (point) |
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2896 (save-excursion |
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2897 (dired-move-to-end-of-filename) |
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2898 (point)) |
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2899 'mouse-face 'highlight)) |
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2900 (error nil)) |
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2901 @end smallexample |
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2902 |
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2903 @noindent |
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2904 The first two arguments to @code{put-text-property} specify the |
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2905 beginning and end of the text. |
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2906 |
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2907 The usual way to make the mouse do something when you click it |
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2908 on this text is to define @code{mouse-2} in the major mode's |
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2909 keymap. The job of checking whether the click was on clickable text |
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2910 is done by the command definition. Here is how Dired does it: |
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2911 |
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2912 @smallexample |
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2913 (defun dired-mouse-find-file-other-window (event) |
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2914 "In dired, visit the file or directory name you click on." |
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2915 (interactive "e") |
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2916 (let (file) |
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2917 (save-excursion |
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2918 (set-buffer (window-buffer (posn-window (event-end event)))) |
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2919 (save-excursion |
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2920 (goto-char (posn-point (event-end event))) |
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2921 (setq file (dired-get-filename)))) |
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2922 (select-window (posn-window (event-end event))) |
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2923 (find-file-other-window (file-name-sans-versions file t)))) |
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2924 @end smallexample |
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2925 |
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2926 @noindent |
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2927 The reason for the outer @code{save-excursion} construct is to avoid |
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2928 changing the current buffer; the reason for the inner one is to avoid |
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2929 permanently altering point in the buffer you click on. In this case, |
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2930 Dired uses the function @code{dired-get-filename} to determine which |
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2931 file to visit, based on the position found in the event. |
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2932 |
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2933 Instead of defining a mouse command for the major mode, you can define |
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2934 a key binding for the clickable text itself, using the @code{local-map} |
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2935 text property: |
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2936 |
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2937 @example |
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2938 (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap))) |
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2939 (define-key-binding map [mouse-2] 'operate-this-button) |
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2940 (put-text-property (point) |
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2941 (save-excursion |
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2942 (dired-move-to-end-of-filename) |
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2943 (point)) |
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2944 'local-map map)) |
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2945 @end example |
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2946 |
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2947 @noindent |
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2948 This method makes it possible to define different commands for various |
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2949 clickable pieces of text. Also, the major mode definition (or the |
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2950 global definition) remains available for the rest of the text in the |
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2951 buffer. |
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2952 |
6558 | 2953 @node Not Intervals |
2954 @subsection Why Text Properties are not Intervals | |
2955 @cindex intervals | |
2956 | |
2957 Some editors that support adding attributes to text in the buffer do | |
2958 so by letting the user specify ``intervals'' within the text, and adding | |
2959 the properties to the intervals. Those editors permit the user or the | |
2960 programmer to determine where individual intervals start and end. We | |
2961 deliberately provided a different sort of interface in Emacs Lisp to | |
2962 avoid certain paradoxical behavior associated with text modification. | |
2963 | |
2964 If the actual subdivision into intervals is meaningful, that means you | |
2965 can distinguish between a buffer that is just one interval with a | |
2966 certain property, and a buffer containing the same text subdivided into | |
2967 two intervals, both of which have that property. | |
2968 | |
2969 Suppose you take the buffer with just one interval and kill part of | |
2970 the text. The text remaining in the buffer is one interval, and the | |
2971 copy in the kill ring (and the undo list) becomes a separate interval. | |
2972 Then if you yank back the killed text, you get two intervals with the | |
2973 same properties. Thus, editing does not preserve the distinction | |
2974 between one interval and two. | |
2975 | |
2976 Suppose we ``fix'' this problem by coalescing the two intervals when | |
2977 the text is inserted. That works fine if the buffer originally was a | |
2978 single interval. But suppose instead that we have two adjacent | |
2979 intervals with the same properties, and we kill the text of one interval | |
2980 and yank it back. The same interval-coalescence feature that rescues | |
2981 the other case causes trouble in this one: after yanking, we have just | |
2982 one interval. One again, editing does not preserve the distinction | |
2983 between one interval and two. | |
2984 | |
2985 Insertion of text at the border between intervals also raises | |
2986 questions that have no satisfactory answer. | |
2987 | |
2988 However, it is easy to arrange for editing to behave consistently for | |
2989 questions of the form, ``What are the properties of this character?'' | |
2990 So we have decided these are the only questions that make sense; we have | |
2991 not implemented asking questions about where intervals start or end. | |
2992 | |
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2993 In practice, you can usually use the text property search functions in |
6558 | 2994 place of explicit interval boundaries. You can think of them as finding |
2995 the boundaries of intervals, assuming that intervals are always | |
2996 coalesced whenever possible. @xref{Property Search}. | |
2997 | |
2998 Emacs also provides explicit intervals as a presentation feature; see | |
2999 @ref{Overlays}. | |
3000 | |
3001 @node Substitution | |
3002 @section Substituting for a Character Code | |
3003 | |
3004 The following functions replace characters within a specified region | |
3005 based on their character codes. | |
3006 | |
3007 @defun subst-char-in-region start end old-char new-char &optional noundo | |
3008 @cindex replace characters | |
3009 This function replaces all occurrences of the character @var{old-char} | |
3010 with the character @var{new-char} in the region of the current buffer | |
3011 defined by @var{start} and @var{end}. | |
3012 | |
3013 @cindex Outline mode | |
3014 @cindex undo avoidance | |
12098 | 3015 If @var{noundo} is non-@code{nil}, then @code{subst-char-in-region} does |
3016 not record the change for undo and does not mark the buffer as modified. | |
3017 This feature is used for controlling selective display (@pxref{Selective | |
3018 Display}). | |
6558 | 3019 |
3020 @code{subst-char-in-region} does not move point and returns | |
3021 @code{nil}. | |
3022 | |
3023 @example | |
3024 @group | |
3025 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
3026 This is the contents of the buffer before. | |
3027 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
3028 @end group | |
3029 | |
3030 @group | |
3031 (subst-char-in-region 1 20 ?i ?X) | |
3032 @result{} nil | |
3033 | |
3034 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
3035 ThXs Xs the contents of the buffer before. | |
3036 ---------- Buffer: foo ---------- | |
3037 @end group | |
3038 @end example | |
3039 @end defun | |
3040 | |
3041 @defun translate-region start end table | |
3042 This function applies a translation table to the characters in the | |
3043 buffer between positions @var{start} and @var{end}. | |
3044 | |
3045 The translation table @var{table} is a string; @code{(aref @var{table} | |
3046 @var{ochar})} gives the translated character corresponding to | |
3047 @var{ochar}. If the length of @var{table} is less than 256, any | |
3048 characters with codes larger than the length of @var{table} are not | |
3049 altered by the translation. | |
3050 | |
3051 The return value of @code{translate-region} is the number of | |
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3052 characters that were actually changed by the translation. This does |
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3053 not count characters that were mapped into themselves in the |
6558 | 3054 translation table. |
3055 @end defun | |
3056 | |
3057 @node Registers | |
3058 @section Registers | |
3059 @cindex registers | |
3060 | |
3061 A register is a sort of variable used in Emacs editing that can hold a | |
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3062 variety of different kinds of values. Each register is named by a |
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3063 single character. All ASCII characters and their meta variants (but |
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3064 with the exception of @kbd{C-g}) can be used to name registers. Thus, |
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3065 there are 255 possible registers. A register is designated in Emacs |
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3066 Lisp by the character that is its name. |
6558 | 3067 |
3068 @defvar register-alist | |
3069 This variable is an alist of elements of the form @code{(@var{name} . | |
3070 @var{contents})}. Normally, there is one element for each Emacs | |
3071 register that has been used. | |
3072 | |
3073 The object @var{name} is a character (an integer) identifying the | |
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3074 register. |
6558 | 3075 @end defvar |
3076 | |
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3077 The @var{contents} of a register can have several possible types: |
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3078 |
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3079 @table @asis |
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3080 @item a number |
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3081 A number stands for itself. If @code{insert-register} finds a number |
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3082 in the register, it converts the number to decimal. |
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3083 |
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3084 @item a marker |
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3085 A marker represents a buffer position to jump to. |
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3086 |
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3087 @item a string |
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3088 A string is text saved in the register. |
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3089 |
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3090 @item a rectangle |
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3091 A rectangle is represented by a list of strings. |
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3092 |
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3093 @item @code{(@var{window-configuration} @var{position})} |
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3094 This represents a window configuration to restore in one frame, and a |
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3095 position to jump to in the current buffer. |
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3096 |
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3097 @item @code{(@var{frame-configuration} @var{position})} |
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3098 This represents a frame configuration to restore, and a position |
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3099 to jump to in the current buffer. |
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3101 @item (file @var{filename}) |
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3102 This represents a file to visit; jumping to this value visits file |
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3103 @var{filename}. |
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3105 @item (file-query @var{filename} @var{position}) |
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3106 This represents a file to visit and a position in it; jumping to this |
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3107 value visits file @var{filename} and goes to buffer position |
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3108 @var{position}. Restoring this type of position asks the user for |
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3109 confirmation first. |
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3110 @end table |
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3112 The functions in this section return unpredictable values unless |
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3113 otherwise stated. |
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6558 | 3115 @defun get-register reg |
3116 This function returns the contents of the register | |
3117 @var{reg}, or @code{nil} if it has no contents. | |
3118 @end defun | |
3119 | |
3120 @defun set-register reg value | |
3121 This function sets the contents of register @var{reg} to @var{value}. | |
3122 A register can be set to any value, but the other register functions | |
3123 expect only certain data types. The return value is @var{value}. | |
3124 @end defun | |
3125 | |
3126 @deffn Command view-register reg | |
3127 This command displays what is contained in register @var{reg}. | |
3128 @end deffn | |
3129 | |
3130 @ignore | |
3131 @deffn Command point-to-register reg | |
3132 This command stores both the current location of point and the current | |
3133 buffer in register @var{reg} as a marker. | |
3134 @end deffn | |
3135 | |
3136 @deffn Command jump-to-register reg | |
3137 @deffnx Command register-to-point reg | |
3138 @comment !!SourceFile register.el | |
3139 This command restores the status recorded in register @var{reg}. | |
3140 | |
3141 If @var{reg} contains a marker, it moves point to the position stored in | |
3142 the marker. Since both the buffer and the location within the buffer | |
3143 are stored by the @code{point-to-register} function, this command can | |
3144 switch you to another buffer. | |
3145 | |
3146 If @var{reg} contains a window configuration or a frame configuration. | |
3147 @code{jump-to-register} restores that configuration. | |
3148 @end deffn | |
3149 @end ignore | |
3150 | |
3151 @deffn Command insert-register reg &optional beforep | |
3152 This command inserts contents of register @var{reg} into the current | |
3153 buffer. | |
3154 | |
3155 Normally, this command puts point before the inserted text, and the | |
3156 mark after it. However, if the optional second argument @var{beforep} | |
3157 is non-@code{nil}, it puts the mark before and point after. | |
3158 You can pass a non-@code{nil} second argument @var{beforep} to this | |
3159 function interactively by supplying any prefix argument. | |
3160 | |
3161 If the register contains a rectangle, then the rectangle is inserted | |
3162 with its upper left corner at point. This means that text is inserted | |
3163 in the current line and underneath it on successive lines. | |
3164 | |
3165 If the register contains something other than saved text (a string) or | |
3166 a rectangle (a list), currently useless things happen. This may be | |
3167 changed in the future. | |
3168 @end deffn | |
3169 | |
3170 @ignore | |
3171 @deffn Command copy-to-register reg start end &optional delete-flag | |
3172 This command copies the region from @var{start} to @var{end} into | |
3173 register @var{reg}. If @var{delete-flag} is non-@code{nil}, it deletes | |
3174 the region from the buffer after copying it into the register. | |
3175 @end deffn | |
3176 | |
3177 @deffn Command prepend-to-register reg start end &optional delete-flag | |
3178 This command prepends the region from @var{start} to @var{end} into | |
3179 register @var{reg}. If @var{delete-flag} is non-@code{nil}, it deletes | |
3180 the region from the buffer after copying it to the register. | |
3181 @end deffn | |
3182 | |
3183 @deffn Command append-to-register reg start end &optional delete-flag | |
3184 This command appends the region from @var{start} to @var{end} to the | |
3185 text already in register @var{reg}. If @var{delete-flag} is | |
3186 non-@code{nil}, it deletes the region from the buffer after copying it | |
3187 to the register. | |
3188 @end deffn | |
3189 | |
3190 @deffn Command copy-rectangle-to-register reg start end &optional delete-flag | |
3191 This command copies a rectangular region from @var{start} to @var{end} | |
3192 into register @var{reg}. If @var{delete-flag} is non-@code{nil}, it | |
3193 deletes the region from the buffer after copying it to the register. | |
3194 @end deffn | |
3195 | |
3196 @deffn Command window-configuration-to-register reg | |
3197 This function stores the window configuration of the selected frame in | |
3198 register @var{reg}. | |
3199 @end deffn | |
3200 | |
3201 @deffn Command frame-configuration-to-register reg | |
3202 This function stores the current frame configuration in register | |
3203 @var{reg}. | |
3204 @end deffn | |
3205 @end ignore | |
3206 | |
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3207 @node Transposition |
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3208 @section Transposition of Text |
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3210 This subroutine is used by the transposition commands. |
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3212 @defun transpose-regions start1 end1 start2 end2 &optional leave-markers |
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3213 This function exchanges two nonoverlapping portions of the buffer. |
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3214 Arguments @var{start1} and @var{end1} specify the bounds of one portion |
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3215 and arguments @var{start2} and @var{end2} specify the bounds of the |
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3216 other portion. |
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3217 |
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3218 Normally, @code{transpose-regions} relocates markers with the transposed |
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3219 text; a marker previously positioned within one of the two transposed |
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3220 portions moves along with that portion, thus remaining between the same |
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3221 two characters in their new position. However, if @var{leave-markers} |
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3222 is non-@code{nil}, @code{transpose-regions} does not do this---it leaves |
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3223 all markers unrelocated. |
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3224 @end defun |
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3225 |
6558 | 3226 @node Change Hooks |
3227 @section Change Hooks | |
3228 @cindex change hooks | |
3229 @cindex hooks for text changes | |
3230 | |
3231 These hook variables let you arrange to take notice of all changes in | |
3232 all buffers (or in a particular buffer, if you make them buffer-local). | |
3233 See also @ref{Special Properties}, for how to detect changes to specific | |
3234 parts of the text. | |
3235 | |
3236 The functions you use in these hooks should save and restore the match | |
3237 data if they do anything that uses regular expressions; otherwise, they | |
3238 will interfere in bizarre ways with the editing operations that call | |
3239 them. | |
3240 | |
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3241 @defvar before-change-functions |
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3242 This variable holds a list of functions to call before any buffer |
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3243 modification. Each function gets two arguments, the beginning and end |
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3244 of the region that is about to change, represented as integers. The |
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3245 buffer that is about to change is always the current buffer. |
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3246 @end defvar |
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3248 @defvar after-change-functions |
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3249 This variable holds a list of functions to call after any buffer |
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3250 modification. Each function receives three arguments: the beginning and |
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3251 end of the region just changed, and the length of the text that existed |
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3252 before the change. All three arguments are integers. The buffer that's |
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3253 about to change is always the current buffer. |
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3255 The length of the old text is the difference between the buffer positions |
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3256 before and after that text as it was before the change. As for the |
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3257 changed text, its length is simply the difference between the first two |
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3258 arguments. |
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3259 @end defvar |
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3261 @defmac combine-after-change-calls body... |
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3262 @tindex combine-after-change-calls |
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3263 The macro executes @var{body} normally, but arranges to call the |
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3264 after-change functions just once for a series of several changes---if |
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3265 that seems safe. |
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3266 |
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3267 If a program makes several text changes in the same area of the buffer, |
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3268 using the macro @code{combine-after-change-calls} around that part of |
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3269 the program can make it run considerably faster when after-change hooks |
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3270 are in use. When the after-change hooks are ultimately called, the |
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3271 arguments specify a portion of the buffer including all of the changes |
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3272 made within the @code{combine-after-change-calls} body. |
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3274 @strong{Warning:} You must not alter the values of |
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3275 @code{after-change-functions} and @code{after-change-function} within |
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3276 the body of a @code{combine-after-change-calls} form. |
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3278 @strong{Note:} If the changes you combine occur in widely scattered |
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3279 parts of the buffer, this will still work, but it is not advisable, |
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3280 because it may lead to inefficient behavior for some change hook |
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3281 functions. |
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3282 @end defmac |
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6558 | 3284 @defvar before-change-function |
12098 | 3285 This obsolete variable holds one function to call before any buffer |
3286 modification (or @code{nil} for no function). It is called just like | |
3287 the functions in @code{before-change-functions}. | |
6558 | 3288 @end defvar |
3289 | |
3290 @defvar after-change-function | |
12098 | 3291 This obsolete variable holds one function to call after any buffer modification |
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3292 (or @code{nil} for no function). It is called just like the functions in |
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3293 @code{after-change-functions}. |
6558 | 3294 @end defvar |
3295 | |
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3296 The four variables above are temporarily bound to @code{nil} during the |
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3297 time that any of these functions is running. This means that if one of |
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3299 functions. If you do want a hook function to make changes that run |
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3300 these functions, make it bind these variables back to their usual |
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3302 | |
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3303 One inconvenient result of this protective feature is that you cannot |
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3304 have a function in @code{after-change-functions} or |
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3305 @code{before-change-functions} which changes the value of that variable. |
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3306 But that's not a real limitation. If you want those functions to change |
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3307 the list of functions to run, simply add one fixed function to the hook, |
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3308 and code that function to look in another variable for other functions |
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3309 to call. Here is an example: |
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3312 (setq my-own-after-change-functions nil) |
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3313 (defun indirect-after-change-function (beg end len) |
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3314 (let ((list my-own-after-change-functions)) |
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3316 (funcall (car list) beg end len) |
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3317 (setq list (cdr list))))) |
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3319 @group |
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3320 (add-hooks 'after-change-functions |
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3321 'indirect-after-change-function) |
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3322 @end group |
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3323 @end example |
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3326 This variable is a normal hook that is run whenever a buffer is changed | |
3327 that was previously in the unmodified state. | |
3328 @end defvar |