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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, 1999, 2001, 2002, |
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4 @c 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
6260 | 5 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions. |
6 @setfilename ../info/commands | |
7 @node Command Loop, Keymaps, Minibuffers, Top | |
8 @chapter Command Loop | |
9 @cindex editor command loop | |
10 @cindex command loop | |
11 | |
12 When you run Emacs, it enters the @dfn{editor command loop} almost | |
13 immediately. This loop reads key sequences, executes their definitions, | |
14 and displays the results. In this chapter, we describe how these things | |
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15 are done, and the subroutines that allow Lisp programs to do them. |
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17 @menu | |
18 * Command Overview:: How the command loop reads commands. | |
19 * Defining Commands:: Specifying how a function should read arguments. | |
20 * Interactive Call:: Calling a command, so that it will read arguments. | |
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21 * Distinguish Interactive:: Making a command distinguish interactive calls. |
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23 * Adjusting Point:: Adjustment of point after a command. |
6260 | 24 * Input Events:: What input looks like when you read it. |
25 * Reading Input:: How to read input events from the keyboard or mouse. | |
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26 * Special Events:: Events processed immediately and individually. |
6260 | 27 * Waiting:: Waiting for user input or elapsed time. |
28 * Quitting:: How @kbd{C-g} works. How to catch or defer quitting. | |
29 * Prefix Command Arguments:: How the commands to set prefix args work. | |
30 * Recursive Editing:: Entering a recursive edit, | |
31 and why you usually shouldn't. | |
32 * Disabling Commands:: How the command loop handles disabled commands. | |
33 * Command History:: How the command history is set up, and how accessed. | |
34 * Keyboard Macros:: How keyboard macros are implemented. | |
35 @end menu | |
36 | |
37 @node Command Overview | |
38 @section Command Loop Overview | |
39 | |
40 The first thing the command loop must do is read a key sequence, which | |
41 is a sequence of events that translates into a command. It does this by | |
42 calling the function @code{read-key-sequence}. Your Lisp code can also | |
43 call this function (@pxref{Key Sequence Input}). Lisp programs can also | |
44 do input at a lower level with @code{read-event} (@pxref{Reading One | |
45 Event}) or discard pending input with @code{discard-input} | |
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46 (@pxref{Event Input Misc}). |
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48 The key sequence is translated into a command through the currently | |
49 active keymaps. @xref{Key Lookup}, for information on how this is done. | |
50 The result should be a keyboard macro or an interactively callable | |
51 function. If the key is @kbd{M-x}, then it reads the name of another | |
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52 command, which it then calls. This is done by the command |
6260 | 53 @code{execute-extended-command} (@pxref{Interactive Call}). |
54 | |
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55 To execute a command requires first reading the arguments for it. |
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56 This is done by calling @code{command-execute} (@pxref{Interactive |
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57 Call}). For commands written in Lisp, the @code{interactive} |
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58 specification says how to read the arguments. This may use the prefix |
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59 argument (@pxref{Prefix Command Arguments}) or may read with prompting |
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60 in the minibuffer (@pxref{Minibuffers}). For example, the command |
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61 @code{find-file} has an @code{interactive} specification which says to |
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62 read a file name using the minibuffer. The command's function body does |
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63 not use the minibuffer; if you call this command from Lisp code as a |
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64 function, you must supply the file name string as an ordinary Lisp |
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65 function argument. |
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67 If the command is a string or vector (i.e., a keyboard macro) then | |
68 @code{execute-kbd-macro} is used to execute it. You can call this | |
69 function yourself (@pxref{Keyboard Macros}). | |
70 | |
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71 To terminate the execution of a running command, type @kbd{C-g}. This |
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72 character causes @dfn{quitting} (@pxref{Quitting}). |
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74 @defvar pre-command-hook | |
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75 The editor command loop runs this normal hook before each command. At |
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76 that time, @code{this-command} contains the command that is about to |
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77 run, and @code{last-command} describes the previous command. |
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78 @xref{Command Loop Info}. |
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80 | |
81 @defvar post-command-hook | |
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82 The editor command loop runs this normal hook after each command |
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84 and also when the command loop is first entered. At that time, |
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88 | |
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89 Quitting is suppressed while running @code{pre-command-hook} and |
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92 variable to @code{nil} so as to prevent an infinite loop of errors. |
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94 A request coming into the Emacs server (@pxref{Emacs Server,,, |
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95 emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}) runs these two hooks just as a keyboard |
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96 command does. |
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99 @section Defining Commands | |
100 @cindex defining commands | |
101 @cindex commands, defining | |
102 @cindex functions, making them interactive | |
103 @cindex interactive function | |
104 | |
105 A Lisp function becomes a command when its body contains, at top | |
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106 level, a form that calls the special form @code{interactive}. This |
6260 | 107 form does nothing when actually executed, but its presence serves as a |
108 flag to indicate that interactive calling is permitted. Its argument | |
109 controls the reading of arguments for an interactive call. | |
110 | |
111 @menu | |
112 * Using Interactive:: General rules for @code{interactive}. | |
113 * Interactive Codes:: The standard letter-codes for reading arguments | |
114 in various ways. | |
115 * Interactive Examples:: Examples of how to read interactive arguments. | |
116 @end menu | |
117 | |
118 @node Using Interactive | |
119 @subsection Using @code{interactive} | |
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120 @cindex arguments, interactive entry |
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122 This section describes how to write the @code{interactive} form that | |
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123 makes a Lisp function an interactively-callable command, and how to |
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124 examine a command's @code{interactive} form. |
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126 @defspec interactive arg-descriptor | |
127 This special form declares that the function in which it appears is a | |
128 command, and that it may therefore be called interactively (via | |
129 @kbd{M-x} or by entering a key sequence bound to it). The argument | |
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130 @var{arg-descriptor} declares how to compute the arguments to the |
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131 command when the command is called interactively. |
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133 A command may be called from Lisp programs like any other function, but | |
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135 effect. |
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137 The @code{interactive} form has its effect because the command loop | |
138 (actually, its subroutine @code{call-interactively}) scans through the | |
139 function definition looking for it, before calling the function. Once | |
140 the function is called, all its body forms including the | |
141 @code{interactive} form are executed, but at this time | |
142 @code{interactive} simply returns @code{nil} without even evaluating its | |
143 argument. | |
144 @end defspec | |
145 | |
146 There are three possibilities for the argument @var{arg-descriptor}: | |
147 | |
148 @itemize @bullet | |
149 @item | |
150 It may be omitted or @code{nil}; then the command is called with no | |
151 arguments. This leads quickly to an error if the command requires one | |
152 or more arguments. | |
153 | |
154 @item | |
155 It may be a string; then its contents should consist of a code character | |
156 followed by a prompt (which some code characters use and some ignore). | |
157 The prompt ends either with the end of the string or with a newline. | |
158 Here is a simple example: | |
159 | |
160 @smallexample | |
161 (interactive "bFrobnicate buffer: ") | |
162 @end smallexample | |
163 | |
164 @noindent | |
165 The code letter @samp{b} says to read the name of an existing buffer, | |
166 with completion. The buffer name is the sole argument passed to the | |
167 command. The rest of the string is a prompt. | |
168 | |
169 If there is a newline character in the string, it terminates the prompt. | |
170 If the string does not end there, then the rest of the string should | |
171 contain another code character and prompt, specifying another argument. | |
172 You can specify any number of arguments in this way. | |
173 | |
174 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
175 The prompt string can use @samp{%} to include previous argument values | |
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176 (starting with the first argument) in the prompt. This is done using |
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177 @code{format} (@pxref{Formatting Strings}). For example, here is how |
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178 you could read the name of an existing buffer followed by a new name to |
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179 give to that buffer: |
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181 @smallexample | |
182 @group | |
183 (interactive "bBuffer to rename: \nsRename buffer %s to: ") | |
184 @end group | |
185 @end smallexample | |
186 | |
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190 signaled if the buffer is read-only. | |
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192 @cindex @samp{@@} in @code{interactive} |
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194 If the first character in the string is @samp{@@}, and if the key | |
195 sequence used to invoke the command includes any mouse events, then | |
196 the window associated with the first of those events is selected | |
197 before the command is run. | |
198 | |
199 You can use @samp{*} and @samp{@@} together; the order does not matter. | |
200 Actual reading of arguments is controlled by the rest of the prompt | |
201 string (starting with the first character that is not @samp{*} or | |
202 @samp{@@}). | |
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204 @item |
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205 It may be a Lisp expression that is not a string; then it should be a |
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206 form that is evaluated to get a list of arguments to pass to the |
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207 command. Usually this form will call various functions to read input |
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208 from the user, most often through the minibuffer (@pxref{Minibuffers}) |
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209 or directly from the keyboard (@pxref{Reading Input}). |
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211 Providing point or the mark as an argument value is also common, but |
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212 if you do this @emph{and} read input (whether using the minibuffer or |
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213 not), be sure to get the integer values of point or the mark after |
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214 reading. The current buffer may be receiving subprocess output; if |
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221 (interactive |
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222 (list (region-beginning) (region-end) |
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223 (read-string "Foo: " nil 'my-history))) |
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226 @noindent |
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227 Here's how to avoid the problem, by examining point and the mark after |
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231 (interactive |
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263 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
264 @subsection Code Characters for @code{interactive} | |
265 @cindex interactive code description | |
266 @cindex description for interactive codes | |
267 @cindex codes, interactive, description of | |
268 @cindex characters for interactive codes | |
269 | |
270 The code character descriptions below contain a number of key words, | |
271 defined here as follows: | |
272 | |
273 @table @b | |
274 @item Completion | |
275 @cindex interactive completion | |
276 Provide completion. @key{TAB}, @key{SPC}, and @key{RET} perform name | |
277 completion because the argument is read using @code{completing-read} | |
278 (@pxref{Completion}). @kbd{?} displays a list of possible completions. | |
279 | |
280 @item Existing | |
281 Require the name of an existing object. An invalid name is not | |
282 accepted; the commands to exit the minibuffer do not exit if the current | |
283 input is not valid. | |
284 | |
285 @item Default | |
286 @cindex default argument string | |
287 A default value of some sort is used if the user enters no text in the | |
288 minibuffer. The default depends on the code character. | |
289 | |
290 @item No I/O | |
291 This code letter computes an argument without reading any input. | |
292 Therefore, it does not use a prompt string, and any prompt string you | |
293 supply is ignored. | |
294 | |
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299 A prompt immediately follows the code character. The prompt ends either | |
300 with the end of the string or with a newline. | |
301 | |
302 @item Special | |
303 This code character is meaningful only at the beginning of the | |
304 interactive string, and it does not look for a prompt or a newline. | |
305 It is a single, isolated character. | |
306 @end table | |
307 | |
308 @cindex reading interactive arguments | |
309 Here are the code character descriptions for use with @code{interactive}: | |
310 | |
311 @table @samp | |
312 @item * | |
313 Signal an error if the current buffer is read-only. Special. | |
314 | |
315 @item @@ | |
316 Select the window mentioned in the first mouse event in the key | |
317 sequence that invoked this command. Special. | |
318 | |
319 @item a | |
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322 | |
323 @item b | |
324 The name of an existing buffer. By default, uses the name of the | |
325 current buffer (@pxref{Buffers}). Existing, Completion, Default, | |
326 Prompt. | |
327 | |
328 @item B | |
329 A buffer name. The buffer need not exist. By default, uses the name of | |
330 a recently used buffer other than the current buffer. Completion, | |
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333 @item c | |
334 A character. The cursor does not move into the echo area. Prompt. | |
335 | |
336 @item C | |
337 A command name (i.e., a symbol satisfying @code{commandp}). Existing, | |
338 Completion, Prompt. | |
339 | |
340 @item d | |
341 @cindex position argument | |
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344 @item D | |
345 A directory name. The default is the current default directory of the | |
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348 | |
349 @item e | |
350 The first or next mouse event in the key sequence that invoked the command. | |
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353 | |
354 You can use @samp{e} more than once in a single command's interactive | |
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360 @item f | |
361 A file name of an existing file (@pxref{File Names}). The default | |
362 directory is @code{default-directory}. Existing, Completion, Default, | |
363 Prompt. | |
364 | |
365 @item F | |
366 A file name. The file need not exist. Completion, Default, Prompt. | |
367 | |
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369 A file name. The file need not exist. If the user enters just a |
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380 maps. The key sequence argument is represented as a string or vector. | |
381 The cursor does not move into the echo area. Prompt. | |
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388 @code{global-set-key}. | |
389 | |
12067 | 390 @item K |
391 A key sequence, whose definition you intend to change. This works like | |
392 @samp{k}, except that it suppresses, for the last input event in the key | |
393 sequence, the conversions that are normally used (when necessary) to | |
394 convert an undefined key into a defined one. | |
395 | |
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397 @cindex marker argument | |
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415 @item p | |
416 @cindex numeric prefix argument usage | |
417 The numeric prefix argument. (Note that this @samp{p} is lower case.) | |
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425 @item r | |
426 @cindex region argument | |
427 Point and the mark, as two numeric arguments, smallest first. This is | |
428 the only code letter that specifies two successive arguments rather than | |
429 one. No I/O. | |
430 | |
431 @item s | |
432 Arbitrary text, read in the minibuffer and returned as a string | |
433 (@pxref{Text from Minibuffer}). Terminate the input with either | |
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436 | |
437 @item S | |
438 An interned symbol whose name is read in the minibuffer. Any whitespace | |
439 character terminates the input. (Use @kbd{C-q} to include whitespace in | |
440 the string.) Other characters that normally terminate a symbol (e.g., | |
441 parentheses and brackets) do not do so here. Prompt. | |
442 | |
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454 | |
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459 | |
460 @item X | |
461 @cindex evaluated expression argument | |
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476 | |
477 @node Interactive Examples | |
478 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
479 @subsection Examples of Using @code{interactive} | |
480 @cindex examples of using @code{interactive} | |
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483 Here are some examples of @code{interactive}: | |
484 | |
485 @example | |
486 @group | |
487 (defun foo1 () ; @r{@code{foo1} takes no arguments,} | |
488 (interactive) ; @r{just moves forward two words.} | |
489 (forward-word 2)) | |
490 @result{} foo1 | |
491 @end group | |
492 | |
493 @group | |
494 (defun foo2 (n) ; @r{@code{foo2} takes one argument,} | |
495 (interactive "p") ; @r{which is the numeric prefix.} | |
496 (forward-word (* 2 n))) | |
497 @result{} foo2 | |
498 @end group | |
499 | |
500 @group | |
501 (defun foo3 (n) ; @r{@code{foo3} takes one argument,} | |
502 (interactive "nCount:") ; @r{which is read with the Minibuffer.} | |
503 (forward-word (* 2 n))) | |
504 @result{} foo3 | |
505 @end group | |
506 | |
507 @group | |
508 (defun three-b (b1 b2 b3) | |
509 "Select three existing buffers. | |
510 Put them into three windows, selecting the last one." | |
511 @end group | |
512 (interactive "bBuffer1:\nbBuffer2:\nbBuffer3:") | |
513 (delete-other-windows) | |
514 (split-window (selected-window) 8) | |
515 (switch-to-buffer b1) | |
516 (other-window 1) | |
517 (split-window (selected-window) 8) | |
518 (switch-to-buffer b2) | |
519 (other-window 1) | |
520 (switch-to-buffer b3)) | |
521 @result{} three-b | |
522 @group | |
523 (three-b "*scratch*" "declarations.texi" "*mail*") | |
524 @result{} nil | |
525 @end group | |
526 @end example | |
527 | |
528 @node Interactive Call | |
529 @section Interactive Call | |
530 @cindex interactive call | |
531 | |
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542 The interactively callable objects include strings and vectors (treated | |
543 as keyboard macros), lambda expressions that contain a top-level call to | |
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557 See @code{documentation} in @ref{Accessing Documentation}, for a | |
558 realistic example of using @code{commandp}. | |
559 @end defun | |
560 | |
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563 reading arguments according to its interactive calling specifications. | |
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571 @cindex record command history | |
572 If @var{record-flag} is non-@code{nil}, then this command and its | |
573 arguments are unconditionally added to the list @code{command-history}. | |
574 Otherwise, the command is added only if it uses the minibuffer to read | |
575 an argument. @xref{Command History}. | |
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581 @xref{Definition of this-command-keys-vector}. |
6260 | 582 @end defun |
583 | |
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6260 | 585 @cindex keyboard macro execution |
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590 A string or vector as @var{command} is executed with | |
591 @code{execute-kbd-macro}. A function is passed to | |
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595 A symbol is handled by using its function definition in its place. A | |
596 symbol with an @code{autoload} definition counts as a command if it was | |
597 declared to stand for an interactively callable function. Such a | |
598 definition is handled by loading the specified library and then | |
599 rechecking the definition of the symbol. | |
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602 argument and not clear it. This is used for executing special events | |
603 (@pxref{Special Events}). | |
6260 | 604 @end defun |
605 | |
606 @deffn Command execute-extended-command prefix-argument | |
607 @cindex read command name | |
608 This function reads a command name from the minibuffer using | |
609 @code{completing-read} (@pxref{Completion}). Then it uses | |
610 @code{command-execute} to call the specified command. Whatever that | |
611 command returns becomes the value of @code{execute-extended-command}. | |
612 | |
613 @cindex execute with prefix argument | |
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6260 | 617 @var{prefix-argument}, and thus passed on to whatever command is run. |
618 | |
619 @c !!! Should this be @kindex? | |
620 @cindex @kbd{M-x} | |
621 @code{execute-extended-command} is the normal definition of @kbd{M-x}, | |
622 so it uses the string @w{@samp{M-x }} as a prompt. (It would be better | |
623 to take the prompt from the events used to invoke | |
624 @code{execute-extended-command}, but that is painful to implement.) A | |
625 description of the value of the prefix argument, if any, also becomes | |
626 part of the prompt. | |
627 | |
628 @example | |
629 @group | |
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6260 | 633 ---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ---------- |
634 @result{} t | |
635 @end group | |
636 @end example | |
637 @end deffn | |
638 | |
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646 give it an optional argument @code{print-message} and use the |
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647 @code{interactive} spec to make it non-@code{nil} in interactive |
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650 @example |
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654 (message "foo"))) |
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655 @end example |
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657 @noindent |
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660 message when called from a keyboard macro. |
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664 But you can also do the job in a simpler way by testing |
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665 @code{called-interactively-p}. |
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677 @example | |
678 @group | |
679 (defun foo () | |
680 (interactive) | |
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682 (message "foo")) |
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683 'haha) |
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685 @end group | |
686 | |
687 @group | |
688 ;; @r{Type @kbd{M-x foo}.} | |
689 @print{} foo | |
690 @end group | |
691 | |
692 @group | |
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699 calls to @code{called-interactively-p}. |
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701 @example |
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702 @group |
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704 (interactive) |
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705 (setq foobar (list (foo) (called-interactively-p)))) |
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706 @result{} bar |
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707 @end group |
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6260 | 712 @end group |
713 | |
714 @group | |
715 foobar | |
716 @result{} (nil t) | |
717 @end group | |
718 @end example | |
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720 If you want to treat commands run in keyboard macros just like calls |
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721 from Lisp programs, test @code{interactive-p} instead of |
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722 @code{called-interactively-p}. |
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724 @defun interactive-p |
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727 direct response to user input. This means that it was called with the |
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728 function @code{call-interactively}, and that a keyboard macro is |
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729 not running, and that Emacs is not running in batch mode. |
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733 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
734 @section Information from the Command Loop | |
735 | |
736 The editor command loop sets several Lisp variables to keep status | |
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738 @code{this-command} and @code{last-command} it's generally a bad idea to |
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739 change any of these variables in a Lisp program. |
6260 | 740 |
741 @defvar last-command | |
742 This variable records the name of the previous command executed by the | |
743 command loop (the one before the current command). Normally the value | |
744 is a symbol with a function definition, but this is not guaranteed. | |
745 | |
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746 The value is copied from @code{this-command} when a command returns to |
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747 the command loop, except when the command has specified a prefix |
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748 argument for the following command. |
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750 This variable is always local to the current terminal and cannot be | |
751 buffer-local. @xref{Multiple Displays}. | |
6260 | 752 @end defvar |
753 | |
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755 This variable is set up by Emacs just like @code{last-command}, |
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762 repeat, @xref{Repeating,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}. |
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766 @cindex current command | |
767 This variable records the name of the command now being executed by | |
768 the editor command loop. Like @code{last-command}, it is normally a symbol | |
769 with a function definition. | |
770 | |
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776 @cindex kill command repetition | |
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777 Some commands set this variable during their execution, as a flag for |
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781 previous kill. |
6260 | 782 @end defvar |
783 | |
784 If you do not want a particular command to be recognized as the previous | |
785 command in the case where it got an error, you must code that command to | |
786 prevent this. One way is to set @code{this-command} to @code{t} at the | |
787 beginning of the command, and set @code{this-command} back to its proper | |
788 value at the end, like this: | |
789 | |
790 @example | |
791 (defun foo (args@dots{}) | |
792 (interactive @dots{}) | |
793 (let ((old-this-command this-command)) | |
794 (setq this-command t) | |
795 @r{@dots{}do the work@dots{}} | |
796 (setq this-command old-this-command))) | |
797 @end example | |
798 | |
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813 This function returns a string or vector containing the key sequence | |
814 that invoked the present command, plus any previous commands that | |
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821 fit in a string. @xref{Input Events}. |
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823 @example | |
824 @group | |
825 (this-command-keys) | |
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828 @end group | |
829 @end example | |
830 @end defun | |
831 | |
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856 | |
857 @defvar last-command-event | |
858 @defvarx last-command-char | |
859 This variable is set to the last input event that was read by the | |
860 command loop as part of a command. The principal use of this variable | |
861 is in @code{self-insert-command}, which uses it to decide which | |
862 character to insert. | |
863 | |
864 @example | |
865 @group | |
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869 @end group | |
870 @end example | |
871 | |
872 @noindent | |
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875 The alias @code{last-command-char} exists for compatibility with | |
876 Emacs version 18. | |
877 @end defvar | |
878 | |
879 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
880 @defvar last-event-frame | |
881 This variable records which frame the last input event was directed to. | |
882 Usually this is the frame that was selected when the event was | |
883 generated, but if that frame has redirected input focus to another | |
884 frame, the value is the frame to which the event was redirected. | |
885 @xref{Input Focus}. | |
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889 | |
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6260 | 921 @node Input Events |
922 @section Input Events | |
923 @cindex events | |
924 @cindex input events | |
925 | |
926 The Emacs command loop reads a sequence of @dfn{input events} that | |
927 represent keyboard or mouse activity. The events for keyboard activity | |
928 are characters or symbols; mouse events are always lists. This section | |
929 describes the representation and meaning of input events in detail. | |
930 | |
931 @defun eventp object | |
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6260 | 941 @end defun |
942 | |
943 @menu | |
944 * Keyboard Events:: Ordinary characters--keys with symbols on them. | |
945 * Function Keys:: Function keys--keys with names, not symbols. | |
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948 * Drag Events:: Moving the mouse before releasing the button. | |
949 * Button-Down Events:: A button was pushed and not yet released. | |
950 * Repeat Events:: Double and triple click (or drag, or down). | |
951 * Motion Events:: Just moving the mouse, not pushing a button. | |
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6260 | 954 * Event Examples:: Examples of the lists for mouse events. |
955 * Classifying Events:: Finding the modifier keys in an event symbol. | |
956 Event types. | |
957 * Accessing Events:: Functions to extract info from events. | |
958 * Strings of Events:: Special considerations for putting | |
959 keyboard character events in a string. | |
960 @end menu | |
961 | |
962 @node Keyboard Events | |
963 @subsection Keyboard Events | |
76835 | 964 @cindex keyboard events |
6260 | 965 |
966 There are two kinds of input you can get from the keyboard: ordinary | |
967 keys, and function keys. Ordinary keys correspond to characters; the | |
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972 @cindex modifier bits (of input character) | |
973 @cindex basic code (of input character) | |
974 An input character event consists of a @dfn{basic code} between 0 and | |
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977 @table @asis | |
978 @item meta | |
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12098 | 986 bit in the character code indicates a character |
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12098 | 1047 bit in @kbd{C-A} and not in |
6260 | 1048 @kbd{C-a}. |
1049 | |
1050 @item hyper | |
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1071 | |
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27193 | 1079 @end ifnottex |
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6260 | 1081 the alt key held down. (On some terminals, the key labeled @key{ALT} |
1082 is actually the meta key.) | |
1083 @end table | |
1084 | |
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1086 To test the modifier bits of a character, use the function | |
1087 @code{event-modifiers} (@pxref{Classifying Events}). When making key | |
1088 bindings, you can use the read syntax for characters with modifier bits | |
1089 (@samp{\C-}, @samp{\M-}, and so on). For making key bindings with | |
1090 @code{define-key}, you can use lists such as @code{(control hyper ?x)} to | |
1091 specify the characters (@pxref{Changing Key Bindings}). The function | |
1092 @code{event-convert-list} converts such a list into an event type | |
1093 (@pxref{Classifying Events}). | |
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1095 @node Function Keys | |
1096 @subsection Function Keys | |
1097 | |
1098 @cindex function keys | |
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1110 | |
1111 @table @asis | |
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1121 Most of the time, it's not useful to distinguish the two. So normally | |
72212 | 1122 @code{function-key-map} (@pxref{Translation Keymaps}) is set up to map |
15764 | 1123 @code{tab} into 9. Thus, a key binding for character code 9 (the |
1124 character @kbd{C-i}) also applies to @code{tab}. Likewise for the other | |
1125 symbols in this group. The function @code{read-char} likewise converts | |
1126 these events into characters. | |
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6260 | 1129 converts into the character code 127 (@key{DEL}), not into code 8 |
1130 (@key{BS}). This is what most users prefer. | |
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1133 Cursor arrow keys |
6260 | 1134 @item @code{kp-add}, @code{kp-decimal}, @code{kp-divide}, @dots{} |
1135 Keypad keys (to the right of the regular keyboard). | |
1136 @item @code{kp-0}, @code{kp-1}, @dots{} | |
1137 Keypad keys with digits. | |
1138 @item @code{kp-f1}, @code{kp-f2}, @code{kp-f3}, @code{kp-f4} | |
1139 Keypad PF keys. | |
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1140 @item @code{kp-home}, @code{kp-left}, @code{kp-up}, @code{kp-right}, @code{kp-down} |
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1141 Keypad arrow keys. Emacs normally translates these into the |
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1142 corresponding non-keypad keys @code{home}, @code{left}, @dots{} |
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1143 @item @code{kp-prior}, @code{kp-next}, @code{kp-end}, @code{kp-begin}, @code{kp-insert}, @code{kp-delete} |
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1144 Additional keypad duplicates of keys ordinarily found elsewhere. Emacs |
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1148 You can use the modifier keys @key{ALT}, @key{CTRL}, @key{HYPER}, |
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1149 @key{META}, @key{SHIFT}, and @key{SUPER} with function keys. The way to |
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1152 @table @samp | |
1153 @item A- | |
1154 The alt modifier. | |
1155 @item C- | |
1156 The control modifier. | |
1157 @item H- | |
1158 The hyper modifier. | |
1159 @item M- | |
1160 The meta modifier. | |
1161 @item S- | |
1162 The shift modifier. | |
1163 @item s- | |
1164 The super modifier. | |
1165 @end table | |
1166 | |
1167 Thus, the symbol for the key @key{F3} with @key{META} held down is | |
8532 | 1168 @code{M-f3}. When you use more than one prefix, we recommend you |
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1173 @subsection Mouse Events |
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1175 Emacs supports four kinds of mouse events: click events, drag events, |
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1176 button-down events, and motion events. All mouse events are represented |
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1178 mouse button was involved, and which modifier keys were used with it. |
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1179 The event type can also distinguish double or triple button presses |
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1185 values of these events using the @samp{e} interactive code. |
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1191 window or its buffer---that is entirely under the control of the command |
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1194 @node Click Events | |
1195 @subsection Click Events | |
1196 @cindex click event | |
1197 @cindex mouse click event | |
1198 | |
1199 When the user presses a mouse button and releases it at the same | |
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1203 @example | |
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1204 (@var{event-type} @var{position} @var{click-count}) |
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6260 | 1209 This is a symbol that indicates which mouse button was used. It is |
1210 one of the symbols @code{mouse-1}, @code{mouse-2}, @dots{}, where the | |
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1213 You can also use prefixes @samp{A-}, @samp{C-}, @samp{H-}, @samp{M-}, | |
1214 @samp{S-} and @samp{s-} for modifiers alt, control, hyper, meta, shift | |
1215 and super, just as you would with function keys. | |
1216 | |
1217 This symbol also serves as the event type of the event. Key bindings | |
1218 describe events by their types; thus, if there is a key binding for | |
1219 @code{mouse-1}, that binding would apply to all events whose | |
1220 @var{event-type} is @code{mouse-1}. | |
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1224 format of @var{position} depends on what part of a window was clicked |
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6260 | 1228 This is the number of rapid repeated presses so far of the same mouse |
1229 button. @xref{Repeat Events}. | |
1230 @end table | |
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1232 For mouse click events in the text area, mode line, header line, or in |
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1238 @var{image} (@var{dx} . @var{dy}) (@var{width} . @var{height})) |
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1259 This is the time at which the event occurred, in milliseconds. |
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1324 of the symbols @code{above-handle}, @code{handle}, @code{below-handle}, |
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1325 @code{up}, @code{down}, @code{top}, @code{bottom}, and @code{end-scroll}. |
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1333 @node Drag Events | |
1334 @subsection Drag Events | |
1335 @cindex drag event | |
1336 @cindex mouse drag event | |
1337 | |
1338 With Emacs, you can have a drag event without even changing your | |
1339 clothes. A @dfn{drag event} happens every time the user presses a mouse | |
1340 button and then moves the mouse to a different character position before | |
1341 releasing the button. Like all mouse events, drag events are | |
1342 represented in Lisp as lists. The lists record both the starting mouse | |
1343 position and the final position, like this: | |
1344 | |
1345 @example | |
1346 (@var{event-type} | |
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1348 (@var{window2} @var{buffer-pos2} (@var{x2} . @var{y2}) @var{timestamp2}) |
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1350 @end example | |
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1355 elements of the event give the starting and ending position of the drag. |
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1356 Aside from that, the data have the same meanings as in a click event |
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1357 (@pxref{Click Events}). You can access the second element of any mouse |
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1359 others. |
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1361 The @samp{drag-} prefix follows the modifier key prefixes such as | |
1362 @samp{C-} and @samp{M-}. | |
1363 | |
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1364 If @code{read-key-sequence} receives a drag event that has no key |
6260 | 1365 binding, and the corresponding click event does have a binding, it |
1366 changes the drag event into a click event at the drag's starting | |
1367 position. This means that you don't have to distinguish between click | |
1368 and drag events unless you want to. | |
1369 | |
1370 @node Button-Down Events | |
1371 @subsection Button-Down Events | |
1372 @cindex button-down event | |
1373 | |
1374 Click and drag events happen when the user releases a mouse button. | |
1375 They cannot happen earlier, because there is no way to distinguish a | |
1376 click from a drag until the button is released. | |
1377 | |
1378 If you want to take action as soon as a button is pressed, you need to | |
1379 handle @dfn{button-down} events.@footnote{Button-down is the | |
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1380 conservative antithesis of drag.} These occur as soon as a button is |
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1381 pressed. They are represented by lists that look exactly like click |
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1382 events (@pxref{Click Events}), except that the @var{event-type} symbol |
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1383 name contains the prefix @samp{down-}. The @samp{down-} prefix follows |
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1385 | |
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1386 The function @code{read-key-sequence} ignores any button-down events |
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1387 that don't have command bindings; therefore, the Emacs command loop |
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1389 button-down events unless you want them to do something. The usual |
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1390 reason to define a button-down event is so that you can track mouse |
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1392 @xref{Motion Events}. |
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1394 @node Repeat Events | |
1395 @subsection Repeat Events | |
1396 @cindex repeat events | |
1397 @cindex double-click events | |
1398 @cindex triple-click events | |
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1399 @cindex mouse events, repeated |
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1405 The most common repeat events are @dfn{double-click} events. Emacs | |
1406 generates a double-click event when you click a button twice; the event | |
1407 happens when you release the button (as is normal for all click | |
1408 events). | |
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1410 The event type of a double-click event contains the prefix | |
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1411 @samp{double-}. Thus, a double click on the second mouse button with |
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1413 @code{M-double-mouse-2}. If a double-click event has no binding, the | |
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1418 When the user performs a double click, Emacs generates first an ordinary | |
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1420 the command binding of the double click event to assume that the |
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1422 results of a double click, starting from the results of a single click. | |
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1424 This is convenient, if the meaning of a double click somehow ``builds |
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1428 If you click a button, then press it down again and start moving the | |
1429 mouse with the button held down, then you get a @dfn{double-drag} event | |
1430 when you ultimately release the button. Its event type contains | |
1431 @samp{double-drag} instead of just @samp{drag}. If a double-drag event | |
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1439 alternate binding as if the event were an ordinary button-down event. | |
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1443 To summarize, when you click a button and then press it again right | |
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1448 If you click a button twice and then press it again, all in quick | |
1449 succession, Emacs generates a @dfn{triple-down} event, followed by | |
1450 either a @dfn{triple-click} or a @dfn{triple-drag}. The event types of | |
1451 these events contain @samp{triple} instead of @samp{double}. If any | |
1452 triple event has no binding, Emacs uses the binding that it would use | |
1453 for the corresponding double event. | |
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1461 @defun event-click-count event | |
1462 This function returns the number of consecutive button presses that led | |
1463 up to @var{event}. If @var{event} is a double-down, double-click or | |
1464 double-drag event, the value is 2. If @var{event} is a triple event, | |
1465 the value is 3 or greater. If @var{event} is an ordinary mouse event | |
1466 (not a repeat event), the value is 1. | |
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1484 @code{nil} disables multi-click detection entirely. Setting it to | |
1485 @code{t} removes the time limit; Emacs then detects multi-clicks by | |
1486 position only. | |
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1487 @end defopt |
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1489 @node Motion Events | |
1490 @subsection Motion Events | |
1491 @cindex motion event | |
1492 @cindex mouse motion events | |
1493 | |
1494 Emacs sometimes generates @dfn{mouse motion} events to describe motion | |
1495 of the mouse without any button activity. Mouse motion events are | |
1496 represented by lists that look like this: | |
1497 | |
1498 @example | |
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1499 (mouse-movement (@var{window} @var{buffer-pos} (@var{x} . @var{y}) @var{timestamp})) |
6260 | 1500 @end example |
1501 | |
1502 The second element of the list describes the current position of the | |
1503 mouse, just as in a click event (@pxref{Click Events}). | |
1504 | |
1505 The special form @code{track-mouse} enables generation of motion events | |
1506 within its body. Outside of @code{track-mouse} forms, Emacs does not | |
1507 generate events for mere motion of the mouse, and these events do not | |
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1508 appear. @xref{Mouse Tracking}. |
6260 | 1509 |
1510 @node Focus Events | |
1511 @subsection Focus Events | |
1512 @cindex focus event | |
1513 | |
1514 Window systems provide general ways for the user to control which window | |
1515 gets keyboard input. This choice of window is called the @dfn{focus}. | |
1516 When the user does something to switch between Emacs frames, that | |
1517 generates a @dfn{focus event}. The normal definition of a focus event, | |
1518 in the global keymap, is to select a new frame within Emacs, as the user | |
1519 would expect. @xref{Input Focus}. | |
1520 | |
1521 Focus events are represented in Lisp as lists that look like this: | |
1522 | |
1523 @example | |
1524 (switch-frame @var{new-frame}) | |
1525 @end example | |
1526 | |
1527 @noindent | |
1528 where @var{new-frame} is the frame switched to. | |
1529 | |
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1530 Most X window managers are set up so that just moving the mouse into a |
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1531 window is enough to set the focus there. Emacs appears to do this, |
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1532 because it changes the cursor to solid in the new frame. However, there |
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1533 is no need for the Lisp program to know about the focus change until |
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1534 some other kind of input arrives. So Emacs generates a focus event only |
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1535 when the user actually types a keyboard key or presses a mouse button in |
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1536 the new frame; just moving the mouse between frames does not generate a |
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1537 focus event. |
6260 | 1538 |
1539 A focus event in the middle of a key sequence would garble the | |
1540 sequence. So Emacs never generates a focus event in the middle of a key | |
1541 sequence. If the user changes focus in the middle of a key | |
1542 sequence---that is, after a prefix key---then Emacs reorders the events | |
1543 so that the focus event comes either before or after the multi-event key | |
1544 sequence, and not within it. | |
1545 | |
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1547 @subsection Miscellaneous System Events |
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1549 A few other event types represent occurrences within the system. |
12067 | 1550 |
1551 @table @code | |
1552 @cindex @code{delete-frame} event | |
1553 @item (delete-frame (@var{frame})) | |
1554 This kind of event indicates that the user gave the window manager | |
1555 a command to delete a particular window, which happens to be an Emacs frame. | |
1556 | |
1557 The standard definition of the @code{delete-frame} event is to delete @var{frame}. | |
1558 | |
1559 @cindex @code{iconify-frame} event | |
1560 @item (iconify-frame (@var{frame})) | |
1561 This kind of event indicates that the user iconified @var{frame} using | |
13007 | 1562 the window manager. Its standard definition is @code{ignore}; since the |
1563 frame has already been iconified, Emacs has no work to do. The purpose | |
1564 of this event type is so that you can keep track of such events if you | |
1565 want to. | |
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1567 @cindex @code{make-frame-visible} event |
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1568 @item (make-frame-visible (@var{frame})) |
12067 | 1569 This kind of event indicates that the user deiconified @var{frame} using |
1570 the window manager. Its standard definition is @code{ignore}; since the | |
13007 | 1571 frame has already been made visible, Emacs has no work to do. |
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1573 @cindex @code{wheel-up} event |
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1574 @cindex @code{wheel-down} event |
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1575 @item (wheel-up @var{position}) |
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1576 @item (wheel-down @var{position}) |
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1577 These kinds of event are generated by moving a mouse wheel. Their |
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1578 usual meaning is a kind of scroll or zoom. |
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1580 The element @var{position} is a list describing the position of the |
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1581 event, in the same format as used in a mouse-click event. |
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1583 This kind of event is generated only on some kinds of systems. On some |
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1584 systems, @code{mouse-4} and @code{mouse-5} are used instead. For |
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1585 portable code, use the variables @code{mouse-wheel-up-event} and |
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1586 @code{mouse-wheel-down-event} defined in @file{mwheel.el} to determine |
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1587 what event types to expect for the mouse wheel. |
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1589 @cindex @code{drag-n-drop} event |
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1590 @item (drag-n-drop @var{position} @var{files}) |
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1591 This kind of event is generated when a group of files is |
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1592 selected in an application outside of Emacs, and then dragged and |
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1593 dropped onto an Emacs frame. |
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1595 The element @var{position} is a list describing the position of the |
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1597 @var{files} is the list of file names that were dragged and dropped. |
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1598 The usual way to handle this event is by visiting these files. |
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1603 @cindex @code{help-echo} event |
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1604 @item help-echo |
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1605 This kind of event is generated when a mouse pointer moves onto a |
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1606 portion of buffer text which has a @code{help-echo} text property. |
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1607 The generated event has this form: |
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1609 @example |
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1610 (help-echo @var{frame} @var{help} @var{window} @var{object} @var{pos}) |
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1611 @end example |
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1615 parameters are used to display the help-echo text are described in |
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1616 @ref{Text help-echo}. |
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1618 @cindex @code{sigusr1} event |
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1619 @cindex @code{sigusr2} event |
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1620 @cindex user signals |
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1621 @item sigusr1 |
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1622 @itemx sigusr2 |
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1623 These events are generated when the Emacs process receives |
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1633 (defun sigusr-handler () |
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1635 (message "Caught signal %S" last-input-event)) |
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12067 | 1645 @end table |
1646 | |
12098 | 1647 If one of these events arrives in the middle of a key sequence---that |
1648 is, after a prefix key---then Emacs reorders the events so that this | |
1649 event comes either before or after the multi-event key sequence, not | |
1650 within it. | |
1651 | |
6260 | 1652 @node Event Examples |
1653 @subsection Event Examples | |
1654 | |
1655 If the user presses and releases the left mouse button over the same | |
1656 location, that generates a sequence of events like this: | |
1657 | |
1658 @smallexample | |
1659 (down-mouse-1 (#<window 18 on NEWS> 2613 (0 . 38) -864320)) | |
1660 (mouse-1 (#<window 18 on NEWS> 2613 (0 . 38) -864180)) | |
1661 @end smallexample | |
1662 | |
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6260 | 1664 second mouse button, and drag the mouse from one line to the next. |
1665 That produces two events, as shown here: | |
1666 | |
1667 @smallexample | |
1668 (C-down-mouse-2 (#<window 18 on NEWS> 3440 (0 . 27) -731219)) | |
1669 (C-drag-mouse-2 (#<window 18 on NEWS> 3440 (0 . 27) -731219) | |
1670 (#<window 18 on NEWS> 3510 (0 . 28) -729648)) | |
1671 @end smallexample | |
1672 | |
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1677 @smallexample | |
1678 (M-S-down-mouse-2 (#<window 18 on NEWS> mode-line (33 . 31) -457844)) | |
1679 (M-S-drag-mouse-2 (#<window 18 on NEWS> mode-line (33 . 31) -457844) | |
1680 (#<window 20 on carlton-sanskrit.tex> 161 (33 . 3) | |
1681 -453816)) | |
1682 @end smallexample | |
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1695 @subsection Classifying Events | |
1696 @cindex event type | |
1697 | |
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1705 Two events of the same type are equivalent where key bindings are | |
1706 concerned; thus, they always run the same command. That does not | |
1707 necessarily mean they do the same things, however, as some commands look | |
1708 at the whole event to decide what to do. For example, some commands use | |
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1711 Sometimes broader classifications of events are useful. For example, | |
1712 you might want to ask whether an event involved the @key{META} key, | |
1713 regardless of which other key or mouse button was used. | |
1714 | |
1715 The functions @code{event-modifiers} and @code{event-basic-type} are | |
1716 provided to get such information conveniently. | |
1717 | |
1718 @defun event-modifiers event | |
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1734 @example | |
1735 (event-modifiers ?a) | |
1736 @result{} nil | |
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1740 @result{} (control) | |
1741 (event-modifiers ?\C-%) | |
1742 @result{} (control) | |
1743 (event-modifiers ?\C-\S-a) | |
1744 @result{} (control shift) | |
1745 (event-modifiers 'f5) | |
1746 @result{} nil | |
1747 (event-modifiers 's-f5) | |
1748 @result{} (super) | |
1749 (event-modifiers 'M-S-f5) | |
1750 @result{} (meta shift) | |
1751 (event-modifiers 'mouse-1) | |
1752 @result{} (click) | |
1753 (event-modifiers 'down-mouse-1) | |
1754 @result{} (down) | |
1755 @end example | |
1756 | |
1757 The modifiers list for a click event explicitly contains @code{click}, | |
1758 but the event symbol name itself does not contain @samp{click}. | |
1759 @end defun | |
1760 | |
1761 @defun event-basic-type event | |
1762 This function returns the key or mouse button that @var{event} | |
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1766 @example | |
1767 (event-basic-type ?a) | |
1768 @result{} 97 | |
1769 (event-basic-type ?A) | |
1770 @result{} 97 | |
1771 (event-basic-type ?\C-a) | |
1772 @result{} 97 | |
1773 (event-basic-type ?\C-\S-a) | |
1774 @result{} 97 | |
1775 (event-basic-type 'f5) | |
1776 @result{} f5 | |
1777 (event-basic-type 's-f5) | |
1778 @result{} f5 | |
1779 (event-basic-type 'M-S-f5) | |
1780 @result{} f5 | |
1781 (event-basic-type 'down-mouse-1) | |
1782 @result{} mouse-1 | |
1783 @end example | |
1784 @end defun | |
1785 | |
1786 @defun mouse-movement-p object | |
1787 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{object} is a mouse movement | |
1788 event. | |
1789 @end defun | |
1790 | |
12098 | 1791 @defun event-convert-list list |
1792 This function converts a list of modifier names and a basic event type | |
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1796 @example | |
1797 (event-convert-list '(control ?a)) | |
1798 @result{} 1 | |
1799 (event-convert-list '(control meta ?a)) | |
1800 @result{} -134217727 | |
1801 (event-convert-list '(control super f1)) | |
1802 @result{} C-s-f1 | |
1803 @end example | |
1804 @end defun | |
1805 | |
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1807 @subsection Accessing Events | |
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1822 @defun event-start event | |
1823 This returns the starting position of @var{event}. | |
1824 | |
1825 If @var{event} is a click or button-down event, this returns the | |
1826 location of the event. If @var{event} is a drag event, this returns the | |
1827 drag's starting position. | |
1828 @end defun | |
1829 | |
1830 @defun event-end event | |
1831 This returns the ending position of @var{event}. | |
1832 | |
1833 If @var{event} is a drag event, this returns the position where the user | |
1834 released the mouse button. If @var{event} is a click or button-down | |
1835 event, the value is actually the starting position, which is the only | |
1836 position such events have. | |
1837 @end defun | |
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1843 @defun posn-window position | |
1844 Return the window that @var{position} is in. | |
1845 @end defun | |
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2029 When we added support for larger basic character codes beyond 127, and |
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2030 additional modifier bits, we had to change the representation of meta |
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2031 characters. Now the flag that represents the Meta modifier in a |
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27193 | 2038 @end ifnottex |
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2039 and such numbers cannot be included in a string. |
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2041 To support programs with @samp{\M-} in string constants, there are |
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2042 special rules for including certain meta characters in a string. |
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2043 Here are the rules for interpreting a string as a sequence of input |
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2046 @itemize @bullet | |
2047 @item | |
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2051 @item | |
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2054 @math{2^{27}} |
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2055 @end tex |
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27193 | 2058 @end ifnottex |
12098 | 2059 to |
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2061 @math{2^{27} + 127}, |
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2062 @end tex |
27193 | 2063 @ifnottex |
12098 | 2064 2**27+127, |
27193 | 2065 @end ifnottex |
12098 | 2066 can also go in the string, but you must change their |
2067 numeric values. You must set the | |
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27193 | 2073 @end ifnottex |
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2076 @math{2^{27}} |
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2081 bit, resulting in a value between 128 and 255. Only a unibyte string |
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2087 @item | |
2088 Other keyboard character events cannot fit in a string. This includes | |
2089 keyboard events in the range of 128 to 255. | |
2090 @end itemize | |
2091 | |
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2093 keyboard input characters follow these rules: they construct vectors |
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2094 instead of strings, when the events won't fit in a string. |
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2096 When you use the read syntax @samp{\M-} in a string, it produces a | |
2097 code in the range of 128 to 255---the same code that you get if you | |
2098 modify the corresponding keyboard event to put it in the string. Thus, | |
2099 meta events in strings work consistently regardless of how they get into | |
2100 the strings. | |
2101 | |
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2102 However, most programs would do well to avoid these issues by |
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6260 | 2105 @node Reading Input |
2106 @section Reading Input | |
76835 | 2107 @cindex read input |
2108 @cindex keyboard input | |
6260 | 2109 |
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2110 The editor command loop reads key sequences using the function |
6260 | 2111 @code{read-key-sequence}, which uses @code{read-event}. These and other |
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2113 See also @code{momentary-string-display} in @ref{Temporary Displays}, |
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2114 and @code{sit-for} in @ref{Waiting}. @xref{Terminal Input}, for |
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2115 functions and variables for controlling terminal input modes and |
72212 | 2116 debugging terminal input. |
6260 | 2117 |
2118 For higher-level input facilities, see @ref{Minibuffers}. | |
2119 | |
2120 @menu | |
2121 * Key Sequence Input:: How to read one key sequence. | |
2122 * Reading One Event:: How to read just one event. | |
72212 | 2123 * Event Mod:: How Emacs modifies events as they are read. |
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2124 * Invoking the Input Method:: How reading an event uses the input method. |
6260 | 2125 * Quoted Character Input:: Asking the user to specify a character. |
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2126 * Event Input Misc:: How to reread or throw away input events. |
6260 | 2127 @end menu |
2128 | |
2129 @node Key Sequence Input | |
2130 @subsection Key Sequence Input | |
2131 @cindex key sequence input | |
2132 | |
2133 The command loop reads input a key sequence at a time, by calling | |
2134 @code{read-key-sequence}. Lisp programs can also call this function; | |
2135 for example, @code{describe-key} uses it to read the key to describe. | |
2136 | |
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2137 @defun read-key-sequence prompt &optional continue-echo dont-downcase-last switch-frame-ok command-loop |
6260 | 2138 This function reads a key sequence and returns it as a string or |
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2139 vector. It keeps reading events until it has accumulated a complete key |
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2141 currently active keymaps. (Remember that a key sequence that starts |
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2142 with a mouse event is read using the keymaps of the buffer in the |
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2143 window that the mouse was in, not the current buffer.) |
6260 | 2144 |
2145 If the events are all characters and all can fit in a string, then | |
2146 @code{read-key-sequence} returns a string (@pxref{Strings of Events}). | |
2147 Otherwise, it returns a vector, since a vector can hold all kinds of | |
2148 events---characters, symbols, and lists. The elements of the string or | |
2149 vector are the events in the key sequence. | |
2150 | |
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2151 Reading a key sequence includes translating the events in various |
72212 | 2152 ways. @xref{Translation Keymaps}. |
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2154 The argument @var{prompt} is either a string to be displayed in the |
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2155 echo area as a prompt, or @code{nil}, meaning not to display a prompt. |
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2156 The argument @var{continue-echo}, if non-@code{nil}, means to echo |
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2157 this key as a continuation of the previous key. |
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2159 Normally any upper case event is converted to lower case if the |
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2160 original event is undefined and the lower case equivalent is defined. |
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2161 The argument @var{dont-downcase-last}, if non-@code{nil}, means do not |
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2162 convert the last event to lower case. This is appropriate for reading |
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2163 a key sequence to be defined. |
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2165 The argument @var{switch-frame-ok}, if non-@code{nil}, means that this |
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2167 switches frames before typing anything. If the user switches frames |
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2168 in the middle of a key sequence, or at the start of the sequence but |
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2169 @var{switch-frame-ok} is @code{nil}, then the event will be put off |
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2170 until after the current key sequence. |
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2173 key sequence is being read by something that will read commands one |
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2174 after another. It should be @code{nil} if the caller will read just |
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2175 one key sequence. |
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2177 In the following example, Emacs displays the prompt @samp{?} in the |
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2178 echo area, and then the user types @kbd{C-x C-f}. |
6260 | 2179 |
2180 @example | |
2181 (read-key-sequence "?") | |
2182 | |
2183 @group | |
2184 ---------- Echo Area ---------- | |
2185 ?@kbd{C-x C-f} | |
2186 ---------- Echo Area ---------- | |
2187 | |
2188 @result{} "^X^F" | |
2189 @end group | |
2190 @end example | |
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2192 The function @code{read-key-sequence} suppresses quitting: @kbd{C-g} |
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2194 and does not set @code{quit-flag}. @xref{Quitting}. |
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2203 @cindex upper case key sequence | |
2204 @cindex downcasing in @code{lookup-key} | |
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2210 The function @code{read-key-sequence} also transforms some mouse events. | |
2211 It converts unbound drag events into click events, and discards unbound | |
12098 | 2212 button-down events entirely. It also reshuffles focus events and |
2213 miscellaneous window events so that they never appear in a key sequence | |
2214 with any other events. | |
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2221 @cindex @code{menu-bar} prefix key |
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2226 button and modifier keys. The information about the window part is kept |
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2229 ``prefix keys,'' all of which are symbols: @code{header-line}, |
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2230 @code{horizontal-scroll-bar}, @code{menu-bar}, @code{mode-line}, |
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2231 @code{vertical-line}, and @code{vertical-scroll-bar}. You can define |
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2233 sequences using these imaginary prefix keys. |
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6260 | 2235 For example, if you call @code{read-key-sequence} and then click the |
12098 | 2236 mouse on the window's mode line, you get two events, like this: |
6260 | 2237 |
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2238 @example |
6260 | 2239 (read-key-sequence "Click on the mode line: ") |
2240 @result{} [mode-line | |
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2244 @end example |
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2246 @defvar num-input-keys |
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2247 @c Emacs 19 feature |
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2248 This variable's value is the number of key sequences processed so far in |
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2249 this Emacs session. This includes key sequences read from the terminal |
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2254 @subsection Reading One Event | |
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2255 @cindex reading a single event |
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2256 @cindex event, reading only one |
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2260 | |
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2261 None of the three functions below suppresses quitting. |
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2263 @defun read-event &optional prompt inherit-input-method seconds |
6260 | 2264 This function reads and returns the next event of command input, waiting |
2265 if necessary until an event is available. Events can come directly from | |
2266 the user or from a keyboard macro. | |
2267 | |
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2268 If the optional argument @var{prompt} is non-@code{nil}, it should be a |
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2269 string to display in the echo area as a prompt. Otherwise, |
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2271 for input; instead, it prompts by echoing: it displays descriptions of |
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2272 the events that led to or were read by the current command. @xref{The |
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2273 Echo Area}. |
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6260 | 2280 If @code{cursor-in-echo-area} is non-@code{nil}, then @code{read-event} |
2281 moves the cursor temporarily to the echo area, to the end of any message | |
2282 displayed there. Otherwise @code{read-event} does not move the cursor. | |
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2285 the maximum time to wait for input, in seconds. If no input arrives |
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2288 for a fractional number of seconds. Some systems support only a whole |
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2290 If @var{seconds} is @code{nil}, @code{read-event} waits as long as |
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2291 necessary for input to arrive. |
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2293 If @var{seconds} is @code{nil}, Emacs is considered idle while waiting |
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2295 @code{run-with-idle-timer} (@pxref{Idle Timers})---can run during this |
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2296 period. However, if @var{seconds} is non-@code{nil}, the state of |
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2297 idleness remains unchanged. If Emacs is non-idle when |
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2298 @code{read-event} is called, it remains non-idle throughout the |
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2299 operation of @code{read-event}; if Emacs is idle (which can happen if |
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2304 returning. @xref{Help Functions}. Certain other events, called |
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2305 @dfn{special events}, are also processed directly within |
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2306 @code{read-event} (@pxref{Special Events}). |
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6260 | 2308 Here is what happens if you call @code{read-event} and then press the |
2309 right-arrow function key: | |
2310 | |
2311 @example | |
2312 @group | |
2313 (read-event) | |
2314 @result{} right | |
2315 @end group | |
2316 @end example | |
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2317 @end defun |
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2319 @defun read-char &optional prompt inherit-input-method seconds |
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2320 This function reads and returns a character of command input. If the |
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2321 user generates an event which is not a character (i.e. a mouse click or |
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2322 function key event), @code{read-char} signals an error. The arguments |
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2325 In the first example, the user types the character @kbd{1} (@acronym{ASCII} |
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2328 @code{read-char} reads the keyboard macro's very next character, which |
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2330 the echo area. |
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2332 @example | |
2333 @group | |
2334 (read-char) | |
2335 @result{} 49 | |
2336 @end group | |
2337 | |
2338 @group | |
12098 | 2339 ;; @r{We assume here you use @kbd{M-:} to evaluate this.} |
6260 | 2340 (symbol-function 'foo) |
12098 | 2341 @result{} "^[:(read-char)^M1" |
6260 | 2342 @end group |
2343 @group | |
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6260 | 2345 @print{} 49 |
2346 @result{} nil | |
2347 @end group | |
2348 @end example | |
2349 @end defun | |
2350 | |
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2351 @defun read-char-exclusive &optional prompt inherit-input-method seconds |
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2352 This function reads and returns a character of command input. If the |
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2358 @defvar num-nonmacro-input-events |
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2359 This variable holds the total number of input events received so far |
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2360 from the terminal---not counting those generated by keyboard macros. |
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2364 @subsection Modifying and Translating Input Events | |
2365 | |
2366 Emacs modifies every event it reads according to | |
2367 @code{extra-keyboard-modifiers}, then translates it through | |
2368 @code{keyboard-translate-table} (if applicable), before returning it | |
2369 from @code{read-event}. | |
2370 | |
2371 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
2372 @defvar extra-keyboard-modifiers | |
2373 This variable lets Lisp programs ``press'' the modifier keys on the | |
2374 keyboard. The value is a character. Only the modifiers of the | |
2375 character matter. Each time the user types a keyboard key, it is | |
2376 altered as if those modifier keys were held down. For instance, if | |
2377 you bind @code{extra-keyboard-modifiers} to @code{?\C-\M-a}, then all | |
2378 keyboard input characters typed during the scope of the binding will | |
2379 have the control and meta modifiers applied to them. The character | |
2380 @code{?\C-@@}, equivalent to the integer 0, does not count as a control | |
2381 character for this purpose, but as a character with no modifiers. | |
2382 Thus, setting @code{extra-keyboard-modifiers} to zero cancels any | |
2383 modification. | |
2384 | |
2385 When using a window system, the program can ``press'' any of the | |
2386 modifier keys in this way. Otherwise, only the @key{CTL} and @key{META} | |
2387 keys can be virtually pressed. | |
2388 | |
2389 Note that this variable applies only to events that really come from | |
2390 the keyboard, and has no effect on mouse events or any other events. | |
2391 @end defvar | |
2392 | |
2393 @defvar keyboard-translate-table | |
2394 This variable is the translate table for keyboard characters. It lets | |
2395 you reshuffle the keys on the keyboard without changing any command | |
2396 bindings. Its value is normally a char-table, or else @code{nil}. | |
2397 (It can also be a string or vector, but this is considered obsolete.) | |
2398 | |
2399 If @code{keyboard-translate-table} is a char-table | |
2400 (@pxref{Char-Tables}), then each character read from the keyboard is | |
2401 looked up in this char-table. If the value found there is | |
2402 non-@code{nil}, then it is used instead of the actual input character. | |
2403 | |
2404 Note that this translation is the first thing that happens to a | |
2405 character after it is read from the terminal. Record-keeping features | |
2406 such as @code{recent-keys} and dribble files record the characters after | |
2407 translation. | |
2408 | |
2409 Note also that this translation is done before the characters are | |
2410 supplied to input methods (@pxref{Input Methods}). Use | |
2411 @code{translation-table-for-input} (@pxref{Translation of Characters}), | |
2412 if you want to translate characters after input methods operate. | |
2413 @end defvar | |
2414 | |
2415 @defun keyboard-translate from to | |
2416 This function modifies @code{keyboard-translate-table} to translate | |
2417 character code @var{from} into character code @var{to}. It creates | |
2418 the keyboard translate table if necessary. | |
2419 @end defun | |
2420 | |
2421 Here's an example of using the @code{keyboard-translate-table} to | |
2422 make @kbd{C-x}, @kbd{C-c} and @kbd{C-v} perform the cut, copy and paste | |
2423 operations: | |
2424 | |
2425 @example | |
2426 (keyboard-translate ?\C-x 'control-x) | |
2427 (keyboard-translate ?\C-c 'control-c) | |
2428 (keyboard-translate ?\C-v 'control-v) | |
2429 (global-set-key [control-x] 'kill-region) | |
2430 (global-set-key [control-c] 'kill-ring-save) | |
2431 (global-set-key [control-v] 'yank) | |
2432 @end example | |
2433 | |
2434 @noindent | |
2435 On a graphical terminal that supports extended @acronym{ASCII} input, | |
2436 you can still get the standard Emacs meanings of one of those | |
2437 characters by typing it with the shift key. That makes it a different | |
2438 character as far as keyboard translation is concerned, but it has the | |
2439 same usual meaning. | |
2440 | |
2441 @xref{Translation Keymaps}, for mechanisms that translate event sequences | |
2442 at the level of @code{read-key-sequence}. | |
2443 | |
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2445 @subsection Invoking the Input Method |
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2447 The event-reading functions invoke the current input method, if any |
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2450 a printing character (including @key{SPC}) with no modifier bits, it |
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2453 @defvar input-method-function |
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2454 If this is non-@code{nil}, its value specifies the current input method |
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2458 buffer-local, and if you bind it around reading input (which is exactly |
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2459 when you @emph{would} bind it), switching buffers asynchronously while |
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2460 Emacs is waiting will cause the value to be restored in the wrong |
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2461 buffer. |
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2462 @end defvar |
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2464 The input method function should return a list of events which should |
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2465 be used as input. (If the list is @code{nil}, that means there is no |
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2468 (@pxref{Event Input Misc}). Events |
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2469 returned by the input method function are not passed to the input method |
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2470 function again, even if they are printing characters with no modifier |
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2471 bits. |
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2473 If the input method function calls @code{read-event} or |
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2474 @code{read-key-sequence}, it should bind @code{input-method-function} to |
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2475 @code{nil} first, to prevent recursion. |
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2477 The input method function is not called when reading the second and |
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2478 subsequent events of a key sequence. Thus, these characters are not |
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2479 subject to input method processing. The input method function should |
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2480 test the values of @code{overriding-local-map} and |
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2481 @code{overriding-terminal-local-map}; if either of these variables is |
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2482 non-@code{nil}, the input method should put its argument into a list and |
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6260 | 2485 @node Quoted Character Input |
2486 @subsection Quoted Character Input | |
2487 @cindex quoted character input | |
2488 | |
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2489 You can use the function @code{read-quoted-char} to ask the user to |
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2490 specify a character, and allow the user to specify a control or meta |
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2491 character conveniently, either literally or as an octal character code. |
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2492 The command @code{quoted-insert} uses this function. |
6260 | 2493 |
2494 @defun read-quoted-char &optional prompt | |
2495 @cindex octal character input | |
2496 @cindex control characters, reading | |
2497 @cindex nonprinting characters, reading | |
2498 This function is like @code{read-char}, except that if the first | |
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2499 character read is an octal digit (0-7), it reads any number of octal |
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2503 it is discarded. Any other terminating character is used as input |
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2504 after this function returns. |
6260 | 2505 |
2506 Quitting is suppressed when the first character is read, so that the | |
2507 user can enter a @kbd{C-g}. @xref{Quitting}. | |
2508 | |
2509 If @var{prompt} is supplied, it specifies a string for prompting the | |
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2510 user. The prompt string is always displayed in the echo area, followed |
6260 | 2511 by a single @samp{-}. |
2512 | |
2513 In the following example, the user types in the octal number 177 (which | |
2514 is 127 in decimal). | |
2515 | |
2516 @example | |
2517 (read-quoted-char "What character") | |
2518 | |
2519 @group | |
2520 ---------- Echo Area ---------- | |
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6260 | 2522 ---------- Echo Area ---------- |
2523 | |
2524 @result{} 127 | |
2525 @end group | |
2526 @end example | |
2527 @end defun | |
2528 | |
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2529 @need 2000 |
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2530 @node Event Input Misc |
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2531 @subsection Miscellaneous Event Input Features |
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2533 This section describes how to ``peek ahead'' at events without using |
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2534 them up, how to check for pending input, and how to discard pending |
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2535 input. See also the function @code{read-passwd} (@pxref{Reading a |
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2536 Password}). |
6260 | 2537 |
2538 @defvar unread-command-events | |
2539 @cindex next input | |
2540 @cindex peeking at input | |
2541 This variable holds a list of events waiting to be read as command | |
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2542 input. The events are used in the order they appear in the list, and |
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2543 removed one by one as they are used. |
6260 | 2544 |
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2545 The variable is needed because in some cases a function reads an event |
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2546 and then decides not to use it. Storing the event in this variable |
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2547 causes it to be processed normally, by the command loop or by the |
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2548 functions to read command input. |
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2550 @cindex prefix argument unreading | |
2551 For example, the function that implements numeric prefix arguments reads | |
2552 any number of digits. When it finds a non-digit event, it must unread | |
2553 the event so that it can be read normally by the command loop. | |
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2554 Likewise, incremental search uses this feature to unread events with no |
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2555 special meaning in a search, because these events should exit the search |
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2556 and then execute normally. |
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2558 The reliable and easy way to extract events from a key sequence so as to |
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2559 put them in @code{unread-command-events} is to use |
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2560 @code{listify-key-sequence} (@pxref{Strings of Events}). |
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2562 Normally you add events to the front of this list, so that the events |
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2563 most recently unread will be reread first. |
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2565 Events read from this list are not normally added to the current |
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2566 command's key sequence (as returned by e.g. @code{this-command-keys}), |
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2567 as the events will already have been added once as they were read for |
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6260 | 2570 @end defvar |
2571 | |
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2572 @defun listify-key-sequence key |
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2573 This function converts the string or vector @var{key} to a list of |
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2574 individual events, which you can put in @code{unread-command-events}. |
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2575 @end defun |
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2578 This variable holds a character to be read as command input. | |
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6260 | 2582 @code{unread-command-events} instead; it exists only to support programs |
2583 written for Emacs versions 18 and earlier. | |
2584 @end defvar | |
2585 | |
2586 @defun input-pending-p | |
2587 @cindex waiting for command key input | |
2588 This function determines whether any command input is currently | |
2589 available to be read. It returns immediately, with value @code{t} if | |
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6260 | 2592 @end defun |
2593 | |
2594 @defvar last-input-event | |
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2598 | |
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12098 | 2601 while @kbd{C-e} (we assume @kbd{C-x C-e} command is used to evaluate |
2602 this expression) remains the value of @code{last-command-event}. | |
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2604 @example | |
2605 @group | |
2606 (progn (print (read-char)) | |
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6260 | 2609 @print{} 49 |
2610 @print{} 5 | |
2611 @result{} 49 | |
2612 @end group | |
2613 @end example | |
2614 | |
2615 The alias @code{last-input-char} exists for compatibility with | |
2616 Emacs version 18. | |
2617 @end defvar | |
2618 | |
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2619 @defmac while-no-input body@dots{} |
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2620 This construct runs the @var{body} forms and returns the value of the |
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2621 last one---but only if no input arrives. If any input arrives during |
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2622 the execution of the @var{body} forms, it aborts them (working much |
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2623 like a quit). The @code{while-no-input} form returns @code{nil} if |
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2624 aborted by a real quit, and returns @code{t} if aborted by arrival of |
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2625 other input. |
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2627 If a part of @var{body} binds @code{inhibit-quit} to non-@code{nil}, |
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2628 arrival of input during those parts won't cause an abort until |
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2629 the end of that part. |
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2631 If you want to be able to distinguish all possible values computed |
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2632 by @var{body} from both kinds of abort conditions, write the code |
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2633 like this: |
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2635 @example |
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2636 (while-no-input |
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2637 (list |
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2638 (progn . @var{body}))) |
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2639 @end example |
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2640 @end defmac |
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6260 | 2642 @defun discard-input |
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2643 @cindex flushing input |
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2644 @cindex discarding input |
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2645 @cindex keyboard macro, terminating |
6260 | 2646 This function discards the contents of the terminal input buffer and |
2647 cancels any keyboard macro that might be in the process of definition. | |
2648 It returns @code{nil}. | |
2649 | |
2650 In the following example, the user may type a number of characters right | |
2651 after starting the evaluation of the form. After the @code{sleep-for} | |
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2652 finishes sleeping, @code{discard-input} discards any characters typed |
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2653 during the sleep. |
6260 | 2654 |
2655 @example | |
2656 (progn (sleep-for 2) | |
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2657 (discard-input)) |
6260 | 2658 @result{} nil |
2659 @end example | |
2660 @end defun | |
2661 | |
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2663 @section Special Events |
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2664 |
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2665 @cindex special events |
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2666 Special events are handled at a very low level---as soon as they are |
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2667 read. The @code{read-event} function processes these events itself, and |
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2669 that is not special and returns that one. |
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2671 Events that are handled in this way do not echo, they are never grouped |
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2672 into key sequences, and they never appear in the value of |
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2673 @code{last-command-event} or @code{(this-command-keys)}. They do not |
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2674 discard a numeric argument, they cannot be unread with |
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2675 @code{unread-command-events}, they may not appear in a keyboard macro, |
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2676 and they are not recorded in a keyboard macro while you are defining |
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2677 one. |
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2678 |
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2679 These events do, however, appear in @code{last-input-event} immediately |
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2680 after they are read, and this is the way for the event's definition to |
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2681 find the actual event. |
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2683 The events types @code{iconify-frame}, @code{make-frame-visible}, |
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2684 @code{delete-frame}, @code{drag-n-drop}, and user signals like |
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2685 @code{sigusr1} are normally handled in this way. The keymap which |
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2686 defines how to handle special events---and which events are special---is |
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2687 in the variable @code{special-event-map} (@pxref{Active Keymaps}). |
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6260 | 2689 @node Waiting |
2690 @section Waiting for Elapsed Time or Input | |
2691 @cindex waiting | |
2692 | |
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2693 The wait functions are designed to wait for a certain amount of time |
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2694 to pass or until there is input. For example, you may wish to pause in |
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2695 the middle of a computation to allow the user time to view the display. |
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2696 @code{sit-for} pauses and updates the screen, and returns immediately if |
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2697 input comes in, while @code{sleep-for} pauses without updating the |
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2698 screen. |
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2700 @defun sit-for seconds &optional nodisp |
6260 | 2701 This function performs redisplay (provided there is no pending input |
2702 from the user), then waits @var{seconds} seconds, or until input is | |
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2703 available. The usual purpose of @code{sit-for} is to give the user |
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2704 time to read text that you display. The value is @code{t} if |
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2705 @code{sit-for} waited the full time with no input arriving |
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2706 (@pxref{Event Input Misc}). Otherwise, the value is @code{nil}. |
6260 | 2707 |
12098 | 2708 The argument @var{seconds} need not be an integer. If it is a floating |
2709 point number, @code{sit-for} waits for a fractional number of seconds. | |
2710 Some systems support only a whole number of seconds; on these systems, | |
2711 @var{seconds} is rounded down. | |
2712 | |
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2713 The expression @code{(sit-for 0)} is equivalent to @code{(redisplay)}, |
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2714 i.e. it requests a redisplay, without any delay, if there is no pending input. |
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2715 @xref{Forcing Redisplay}. |
6260 | 2716 |
2717 If @var{nodisp} is non-@code{nil}, then @code{sit-for} does not | |
2718 redisplay, but it still returns as soon as input is available (or when | |
2719 the timeout elapses). | |
2720 | |
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2721 In batch mode (@pxref{Batch Mode}), @code{sit-for} cannot be |
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2722 interrupted, even by input from the standard input descriptor. It is |
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2723 thus equivalent to @code{sleep-for}, which is described below. |
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2725 It is also possible to call @code{sit-for} with three arguments, |
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2726 as @code{(sit-for @var{seconds} @var{millisec} @var{nodisp})}, |
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2727 but that is considered obsolete. |
6260 | 2728 @end defun |
2729 | |
2730 @defun sleep-for seconds &optional millisec | |
2731 This function simply pauses for @var{seconds} seconds without updating | |
2732 the display. It pays no attention to available input. It returns | |
2733 @code{nil}. | |
2734 | |
12098 | 2735 The argument @var{seconds} need not be an integer. If it is a floating |
2736 point number, @code{sleep-for} waits for a fractional number of seconds. | |
2737 Some systems support only a whole number of seconds; on these systems, | |
2738 @var{seconds} is rounded down. | |
2739 | |
6260 | 2740 The optional argument @var{millisec} specifies an additional waiting |
2741 period measured in milliseconds. This adds to the period specified by | |
12098 | 2742 @var{seconds}. If the system doesn't support waiting fractions of a |
2743 second, you get an error if you specify nonzero @var{millisec}. | |
6260 | 2744 |
2745 Use @code{sleep-for} when you wish to guarantee a delay. | |
2746 @end defun | |
2747 | |
2748 @xref{Time of Day}, for functions to get the current time. | |
2749 | |
2750 @node Quitting | |
2751 @section Quitting | |
2752 @cindex @kbd{C-g} | |
2753 @cindex quitting | |
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2754 @cindex interrupt Lisp functions |
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2756 Typing @kbd{C-g} while a Lisp function is running causes Emacs to |
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2757 @dfn{quit} whatever it is doing. This means that control returns to the |
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2758 innermost active command loop. |
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2760 Typing @kbd{C-g} while the command loop is waiting for keyboard input | |
2761 does not cause a quit; it acts as an ordinary input character. In the | |
2762 simplest case, you cannot tell the difference, because @kbd{C-g} | |
2763 normally runs the command @code{keyboard-quit}, whose effect is to quit. | |
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2764 However, when @kbd{C-g} follows a prefix key, they combine to form an |
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2765 undefined key. The effect is to cancel the prefix key as well as any |
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2766 prefix argument. |
6260 | 2767 |
2768 In the minibuffer, @kbd{C-g} has a different definition: it aborts out | |
2769 of the minibuffer. This means, in effect, that it exits the minibuffer | |
2770 and then quits. (Simply quitting would return to the command loop | |
2771 @emph{within} the minibuffer.) The reason why @kbd{C-g} does not quit | |
2772 directly when the command reader is reading input is so that its meaning | |
2773 can be redefined in the minibuffer in this way. @kbd{C-g} following a | |
2774 prefix key is not redefined in the minibuffer, and it has its normal | |
2775 effect of canceling the prefix key and prefix argument. This too | |
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2780 times and quits if it is not @code{nil}. Setting @code{quit-flag} |
6260 | 2781 non-@code{nil} in any way thus causes a quit. |
2782 | |
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6260 | 2785 that quitting at other places might leave an inconsistency in Emacs's |
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2786 internal state. Because quitting is delayed until a safe place, quitting |
6260 | 2787 cannot make Emacs crash. |
2788 | |
2789 Certain functions such as @code{read-key-sequence} or | |
2790 @code{read-quoted-char} prevent quitting entirely even though they wait | |
2791 for input. Instead of quitting, @kbd{C-g} serves as the requested | |
2792 input. In the case of @code{read-key-sequence}, this serves to bring | |
2793 about the special behavior of @kbd{C-g} in the command loop. In the | |
2794 case of @code{read-quoted-char}, this is so that @kbd{C-q} can be used | |
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6260 | 2798 You can prevent quitting for a portion of a Lisp function by binding |
2799 the variable @code{inhibit-quit} to a non-@code{nil} value. Then, | |
2800 although @kbd{C-g} still sets @code{quit-flag} to @code{t} as usual, the | |
2801 usual result of this---a quit---is prevented. Eventually, | |
2802 @code{inhibit-quit} will become @code{nil} again, such as when its | |
2803 binding is unwound at the end of a @code{let} form. At that time, if | |
2804 @code{quit-flag} is still non-@code{nil}, the requested quit happens | |
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2806 quitting does not happen within a ``critical section'' of the program. |
6260 | 2807 |
2808 @cindex @code{read-quoted-char} quitting | |
2809 In some functions (such as @code{read-quoted-char}), @kbd{C-g} is | |
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2811 by reading the input with @code{inhibit-quit} bound to @code{t}, and |
6260 | 2812 setting @code{quit-flag} to @code{nil} before @code{inhibit-quit} |
2813 becomes @code{nil} again. This excerpt from the definition of | |
2814 @code{read-quoted-char} shows how this is done; it also shows that | |
2815 normal quitting is permitted after the first character of input. | |
2816 | |
2817 @example | |
2818 (defun read-quoted-char (&optional prompt) | |
2819 "@dots{}@var{documentation}@dots{}" | |
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2823 @dots{}) |
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2824 (and prompt (message "%s-" prompt)) |
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2825 (setq char (read-event)) |
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2827 @r{@dots{}set the variable @code{code}@dots{}}) |
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6260 | 2829 @end example |
2830 | |
2831 @defvar quit-flag | |
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2833 @code{inhibit-quit} is non-@code{nil}. Typing @kbd{C-g} ordinarily sets |
6260 | 2834 @code{quit-flag} non-@code{nil}, regardless of @code{inhibit-quit}. |
2835 @end defvar | |
2836 | |
2837 @defvar inhibit-quit | |
2838 This variable determines whether Emacs should quit when @code{quit-flag} | |
2839 is set to a value other than @code{nil}. If @code{inhibit-quit} is | |
2840 non-@code{nil}, then @code{quit-flag} has no special effect. | |
2841 @end defvar | |
2842 | |
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2843 @defmac with-local-quit body@dots{} |
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2855 @var{body} and exits the @code{with-local-quit} body with |
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2861 This macro is mainly useful in functions that can be called from |
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2864 normally bound to @code{t}. |
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2865 @end defmac |
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6260 | 2867 @deffn Command keyboard-quit |
2868 This function signals the @code{quit} condition with @code{(signal 'quit | |
2869 nil)}. This is the same thing that quitting does. (See @code{signal} | |
2870 in @ref{Errors}.) | |
2871 @end deffn | |
2872 | |
2873 You can specify a character other than @kbd{C-g} to use for quitting. | |
2874 See the function @code{set-input-mode} in @ref{Terminal Input}. | |
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6260 | 2876 @node Prefix Command Arguments |
2877 @section Prefix Command Arguments | |
2878 @cindex prefix argument | |
2879 @cindex raw prefix argument | |
2880 @cindex numeric prefix argument | |
2881 | |
2882 Most Emacs commands can use a @dfn{prefix argument}, a number | |
2883 specified before the command itself. (Don't confuse prefix arguments | |
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2885 value, which may be @code{nil}, meaning there is currently no prefix |
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2886 argument. Each command may use the prefix argument or ignore it. |
6260 | 2887 |
2888 There are two representations of the prefix argument: @dfn{raw} and | |
2889 @dfn{numeric}. The editor command loop uses the raw representation | |
2890 internally, and so do the Lisp variables that store the information, but | |
2891 commands can request either representation. | |
2892 | |
2893 Here are the possible values of a raw prefix argument: | |
2894 | |
2895 @itemize @bullet | |
2896 @item | |
2897 @code{nil}, meaning there is no prefix argument. Its numeric value is | |
2898 1, but numerous commands make a distinction between @code{nil} and the | |
2899 integer 1. | |
2900 | |
2901 @item | |
2902 An integer, which stands for itself. | |
2903 | |
2904 @item | |
2905 A list of one element, which is an integer. This form of prefix | |
2906 argument results from one or a succession of @kbd{C-u}'s with no | |
2907 digits. The numeric value is the integer in the list, but some | |
2908 commands make a distinction between such a list and an integer alone. | |
2909 | |
2910 @item | |
2911 The symbol @code{-}. This indicates that @kbd{M--} or @kbd{C-u -} was | |
2912 typed, without following digits. The equivalent numeric value is | |
2913 @minus{}1, but some commands make a distinction between the integer | |
2914 @minus{}1 and the symbol @code{-}. | |
2915 @end itemize | |
2916 | |
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2917 We illustrate these possibilities by calling the following function with |
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2918 various prefixes: |
6260 | 2919 |
2920 @example | |
2921 @group | |
2922 (defun display-prefix (arg) | |
2923 "Display the value of the raw prefix arg." | |
2924 (interactive "P") | |
2925 (message "%s" arg)) | |
2926 @end group | |
2927 @end example | |
2928 | |
2929 @noindent | |
2930 Here are the results of calling @code{display-prefix} with various | |
2931 raw prefix arguments: | |
2932 | |
2933 @example | |
2934 M-x display-prefix @print{} nil | |
2935 | |
2936 C-u M-x display-prefix @print{} (4) | |
2937 | |
2938 C-u C-u M-x display-prefix @print{} (16) | |
2939 | |
2940 C-u 3 M-x display-prefix @print{} 3 | |
2941 | |
2942 M-3 M-x display-prefix @print{} 3 ; @r{(Same as @code{C-u 3}.)} | |
2943 | |
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2944 C-u - M-x display-prefix @print{} - |
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2946 M-- M-x display-prefix @print{} - ; @r{(Same as @code{C-u -}.)} |
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2948 C-u - 7 M-x display-prefix @print{} -7 |
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2950 M-- 7 M-x display-prefix @print{} -7 ; @r{(Same as @code{C-u -7}.)} |
6260 | 2951 @end example |
2952 | |
2953 Emacs uses two variables to store the prefix argument: | |
2954 @code{prefix-arg} and @code{current-prefix-arg}. Commands such as | |
2955 @code{universal-argument} that set up prefix arguments for other | |
2956 commands store them in @code{prefix-arg}. In contrast, | |
2957 @code{current-prefix-arg} conveys the prefix argument to the current | |
2958 command, so setting it has no effect on the prefix arguments for future | |
2959 commands. | |
2960 | |
2961 Normally, commands specify which representation to use for the prefix | |
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2963 (@xref{Using Interactive}.) Alternatively, functions may look at the |
6260 | 2964 value of the prefix argument directly in the variable |
2965 @code{current-prefix-arg}, but this is less clean. | |
2966 | |
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2967 @defun prefix-numeric-value arg |
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2968 This function returns the numeric meaning of a valid raw prefix argument |
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2969 value, @var{arg}. The argument may be a symbol, a number, or a list. |
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2970 If it is @code{nil}, the value 1 is returned; if it is @code{-}, the |
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2973 returned. |
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2976 @defvar current-prefix-arg |
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2977 This variable holds the raw prefix argument for the @emph{current} |
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2979 accessing it is with @code{(interactive "P")}. |
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2982 @defvar prefix-arg |
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2989 @defvar last-prefix-arg |
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2996 @deffn Command universal-argument | |
2997 This command reads input and specifies a prefix argument for the | |
2998 following command. Don't call this command yourself unless you know | |
2999 what you are doing. | |
3000 @end deffn | |
3001 | |
3002 @deffn Command digit-argument arg | |
3003 This command adds to the prefix argument for the following command. The | |
3004 argument @var{arg} is the raw prefix argument as it was before this | |
3005 command; it is used to compute the updated prefix argument. Don't call | |
3006 this command yourself unless you know what you are doing. | |
3007 @end deffn | |
3008 | |
3009 @deffn Command negative-argument arg | |
3010 This command adds to the numeric argument for the next command. The | |
3011 argument @var{arg} is the raw prefix argument as it was before this | |
3012 command; its value is negated to form the new prefix argument. Don't | |
3013 call this command yourself unless you know what you are doing. | |
3014 @end deffn | |
3015 | |
3016 @node Recursive Editing | |
3017 @section Recursive Editing | |
3018 @cindex recursive command loop | |
3019 @cindex recursive editing level | |
3020 @cindex command loop, recursive | |
3021 | |
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3022 The Emacs command loop is entered automatically when Emacs starts up. |
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3023 This top-level invocation of the command loop never exits; it keeps |
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3024 running as long as Emacs does. Lisp programs can also invoke the |
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3025 command loop. Since this makes more than one activation of the command |
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3026 loop, we call it @dfn{recursive editing}. A recursive editing level has |
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3027 the effect of suspending whatever command invoked it and permitting the |
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3028 user to do arbitrary editing before resuming that command. |
6260 | 3029 |
3030 The commands available during recursive editing are the same ones | |
3031 available in the top-level editing loop and defined in the keymaps. | |
3032 Only a few special commands exit the recursive editing level; the others | |
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3033 return to the recursive editing level when they finish. (The special |
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3034 commands for exiting are always available, but they do nothing when |
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3035 recursive editing is not in progress.) |
6260 | 3036 |
3037 All command loops, including recursive ones, set up all-purpose error | |
3038 handlers so that an error in a command run from the command loop will | |
3039 not exit the loop. | |
3040 | |
3041 @cindex minibuffer input | |
3042 Minibuffer input is a special kind of recursive editing. It has a few | |
3043 special wrinkles, such as enabling display of the minibuffer and the | |
3044 minibuffer window, but fewer than you might suppose. Certain keys | |
3045 behave differently in the minibuffer, but that is only because of the | |
3046 minibuffer's local map; if you switch windows, you get the usual Emacs | |
3047 commands. | |
3048 | |
3049 @cindex @code{throw} example | |
3050 @kindex exit | |
3051 @cindex exit recursive editing | |
3052 @cindex aborting | |
3053 To invoke a recursive editing level, call the function | |
3054 @code{recursive-edit}. This function contains the command loop; it also | |
3055 contains a call to @code{catch} with tag @code{exit}, which makes it | |
3056 possible to exit the recursive editing level by throwing to @code{exit} | |
3057 (@pxref{Catch and Throw}). If you throw a value other than @code{t}, | |
3058 then @code{recursive-edit} returns normally to the function that called | |
3059 it. The command @kbd{C-M-c} (@code{exit-recursive-edit}) does this. | |
3060 Throwing a @code{t} value causes @code{recursive-edit} to quit, so that | |
3061 control returns to the command loop one level up. This is called | |
3062 @dfn{aborting}, and is done by @kbd{C-]} (@code{abort-recursive-edit}). | |
3063 | |
3064 Most applications should not use recursive editing, except as part of | |
3065 using the minibuffer. Usually it is more convenient for the user if you | |
3066 change the major mode of the current buffer temporarily to a special | |
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3067 major mode, which should have a command to go back to the previous mode. |
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3068 (The @kbd{e} command in Rmail uses this technique.) Or, if you wish to |
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3069 give the user different text to edit ``recursively,'' create and select |
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3070 a new buffer in a special mode. In this mode, define a command to |
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3071 complete the processing and go back to the previous buffer. (The |
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3072 @kbd{m} command in Rmail does this.) |
6260 | 3073 |
3074 Recursive edits are useful in debugging. You can insert a call to | |
3075 @code{debug} into a function definition as a sort of breakpoint, so that | |
3076 you can look around when the function gets there. @code{debug} invokes | |
3077 a recursive edit but also provides the other features of the debugger. | |
3078 | |
3079 Recursive editing levels are also used when you type @kbd{C-r} in | |
3080 @code{query-replace} or use @kbd{C-x q} (@code{kbd-macro-query}). | |
3081 | |
3082 @defun recursive-edit | |
3083 @cindex suspend evaluation | |
3084 This function invokes the editor command loop. It is called | |
3085 automatically by the initialization of Emacs, to let the user begin | |
3086 editing. When called from a Lisp program, it enters a recursive editing | |
3087 level. | |
3088 | |
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3089 If the current buffer is not the same as the selected window's buffer, |
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3090 @code{recursive-edit} saves and restores the current buffer. Otherwise, |
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3091 if you switch buffers, the buffer you switched to is current after |
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3092 @code{recursive-edit} returns. |
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3093 |
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3094 In the following example, the function @code{simple-rec} first |
6260 | 3095 advances point one word, then enters a recursive edit, printing out a |
3096 message in the echo area. The user can then do any editing desired, and | |
3097 then type @kbd{C-M-c} to exit and continue executing @code{simple-rec}. | |
3098 | |
3099 @example | |
3100 (defun simple-rec () | |
3101 (forward-word 1) | |
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3102 (message "Recursive edit in progress") |
6260 | 3103 (recursive-edit) |
3104 (forward-word 1)) | |
3105 @result{} simple-rec | |
3106 (simple-rec) | |
3107 @result{} nil | |
3108 @end example | |
3109 @end defun | |
3110 | |
3111 @deffn Command exit-recursive-edit | |
3112 This function exits from the innermost recursive edit (including | |
3113 minibuffer input). Its definition is effectively @code{(throw 'exit | |
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3114 nil)}. |
6260 | 3115 @end deffn |
3116 | |
3117 @deffn Command abort-recursive-edit | |
3118 This function aborts the command that requested the innermost recursive | |
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3119 edit (including minibuffer input), by signaling @code{quit} |
6260 | 3120 after exiting the recursive edit. Its definition is effectively |
3121 @code{(throw 'exit t)}. @xref{Quitting}. | |
3122 @end deffn | |
3123 | |
3124 @deffn Command top-level | |
3125 This function exits all recursive editing levels; it does not return a | |
3126 value, as it jumps completely out of any computation directly back to | |
3127 the main command loop. | |
3128 @end deffn | |
3129 | |
3130 @defun recursion-depth | |
3131 This function returns the current depth of recursive edits. When no | |
3132 recursive edit is active, it returns 0. | |
3133 @end defun | |
3134 | |
3135 @node Disabling Commands | |
3136 @section Disabling Commands | |
3137 @cindex disabled command | |
3138 | |
3139 @dfn{Disabling a command} marks the command as requiring user | |
3140 confirmation before it can be executed. Disabling is used for commands | |
3141 which might be confusing to beginning users, to prevent them from using | |
3142 the commands by accident. | |
3143 | |
3144 @kindex disabled | |
3145 The low-level mechanism for disabling a command is to put a | |
3146 non-@code{nil} @code{disabled} property on the Lisp symbol for the | |
3147 command. These properties are normally set up by the user's | |
25875 | 3148 init file (@pxref{Init File}) with Lisp expressions such as this: |
6260 | 3149 |
3150 @example | |
3151 (put 'upcase-region 'disabled t) | |
3152 @end example | |
3153 | |
3154 @noindent | |
25875 | 3155 For a few commands, these properties are present by default (you can |
3156 remove them in your init file if you wish). | |
6260 | 3157 |
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3158 If the value of the @code{disabled} property is a string, the message |
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3159 saying the command is disabled includes that string. For example: |
6260 | 3160 |
3161 @example | |
3162 (put 'delete-region 'disabled | |
3163 "Text deleted this way cannot be yanked back!\n") | |
3164 @end example | |
3165 | |
3166 @xref{Disabling,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, for the details on | |
3167 what happens when a disabled command is invoked interactively. | |
3168 Disabling a command has no effect on calling it as a function from Lisp | |
3169 programs. | |
3170 | |
3171 @deffn Command enable-command command | |
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3172 Allow @var{command} (a symbol) to be executed without special |
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3173 confirmation from now on, and alter the user's init file (@pxref{Init |
25875 | 3174 File}) so that this will apply to future sessions. |
6260 | 3175 @end deffn |
3176 | |
3177 @deffn Command disable-command command | |
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3178 Require special confirmation to execute @var{command} from now on, and |
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3179 alter the user's init file so that this will apply to future sessions. |
6260 | 3180 @end deffn |
3181 | |
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3182 @defvar disabled-command-function |
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3183 The value of this variable should be a function. When the user |
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3184 invokes a disabled command interactively, this function is called |
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3185 instead of the disabled command. It can use @code{this-command-keys} |
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3186 to determine what the user typed to run the command, and thus find the |
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3187 command itself. |
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3188 |
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3189 The value may also be @code{nil}. Then all commands work normally, |
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3190 even disabled ones. |
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3192 By default, the value is a function that asks the user whether to |
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3193 proceed. |
6260 | 3194 @end defvar |
3195 | |
3196 @node Command History | |
3197 @section Command History | |
3198 @cindex command history | |
3199 @cindex complex command | |
3200 @cindex history of commands | |
3201 | |
3202 The command loop keeps a history of the complex commands that have | |
3203 been executed, to make it convenient to repeat these commands. A | |
3204 @dfn{complex command} is one for which the interactive argument reading | |
3205 uses the minibuffer. This includes any @kbd{M-x} command, any | |
12098 | 3206 @kbd{M-:} command, and any command whose @code{interactive} |
6260 | 3207 specification reads an argument from the minibuffer. Explicit use of |
3208 the minibuffer during the execution of the command itself does not cause | |
3209 the command to be considered complex. | |
3210 | |
3211 @defvar command-history | |
3212 This variable's value is a list of recent complex commands, each | |
3213 represented as a form to evaluate. It continues to accumulate all | |
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3214 complex commands for the duration of the editing session, but when it |
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3215 reaches the maximum size (@pxref{Minibuffer History}), the oldest |
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3216 elements are deleted as new ones are added. |
6260 | 3217 |
3218 @example | |
3219 @group | |
3220 command-history | |
3221 @result{} ((switch-to-buffer "chistory.texi") | |
3222 (describe-key "^X^[") | |
3223 (visit-tags-table "~/emacs/src/") | |
3224 (find-tag "repeat-complex-command")) | |
3225 @end group | |
3226 @end example | |
3227 @end defvar | |
3228 | |
3229 This history list is actually a special case of minibuffer history | |
3230 (@pxref{Minibuffer History}), with one special twist: the elements are | |
3231 expressions rather than strings. | |
3232 | |
3233 There are a number of commands devoted to the editing and recall of | |
3234 previous commands. The commands @code{repeat-complex-command}, and | |
3235 @code{list-command-history} are described in the user manual | |
3236 (@pxref{Repetition,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}). Within the | |
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3237 minibuffer, the usual minibuffer history commands are available. |
6260 | 3238 |
3239 @node Keyboard Macros | |
3240 @section Keyboard Macros | |
3241 @cindex keyboard macros | |
3242 | |
3243 A @dfn{keyboard macro} is a canned sequence of input events that can | |
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3244 be considered a command and made the definition of a key. The Lisp |
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3245 representation of a keyboard macro is a string or vector containing the |
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3246 events. Don't confuse keyboard macros with Lisp macros |
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3247 (@pxref{Macros}). |
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3249 @defun execute-kbd-macro kbdmacro &optional count loopfunc |
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3250 This function executes @var{kbdmacro} as a sequence of events. If |
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3251 @var{kbdmacro} is a string or vector, then the events in it are executed |
6260 | 3252 exactly as if they had been input by the user. The sequence is |
3253 @emph{not} expected to be a single key sequence; normally a keyboard | |
3254 macro definition consists of several key sequences concatenated. | |
3255 | |
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3256 If @var{kbdmacro} is a symbol, then its function definition is used in |
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3257 place of @var{kbdmacro}. If that is another symbol, this process repeats. |
6260 | 3258 Eventually the result should be a string or vector. If the result is |
3259 not a symbol, string, or vector, an error is signaled. | |
3260 | |
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3261 The argument @var{count} is a repeat count; @var{kbdmacro} is executed that |
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3262 many times. If @var{count} is omitted or @code{nil}, @var{kbdmacro} is |
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3264 encounters an error or a failing search. |
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6260 | 3271 @end defun |
3272 | |
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6260 | 3274 This variable contains the string or vector that defines the keyboard |
3275 macro that is currently executing. It is @code{nil} if no macro is | |
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6260 | 3278 yourself. |
3279 @end defvar | |
3280 | |
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3284 differently while a macro is being defined. The value is |
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3285 @code{append} while appending to the definition of an existing macro. |
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3286 The commands @code{start-kbd-macro}, @code{kmacro-start-macro} and |
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3287 @code{end-kbd-macro} set this variable---do not set it yourself. |
12067 | 3288 |
12098 | 3289 The variable is always local to the current terminal and cannot be |
12067 | 3290 buffer-local. @xref{Multiple Displays}. |
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3291 @end defvar |
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12098 | 3293 @defvar last-kbd-macro |
3294 This variable is the definition of the most recently defined keyboard | |
3295 macro. Its value is a string or vector, or @code{nil}. | |
3296 | |
3297 The variable is always local to the current terminal and cannot be | |
3298 buffer-local. @xref{Multiple Displays}. | |
3299 @end defvar | |
3300 | |
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3301 @defvar kbd-macro-termination-hook |
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3302 This normal hook (@pxref{Standard Hooks}) is run when a keyboard |
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3303 macro terminates, regardless of what caused it to terminate (reaching |
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3304 the macro end or an error which ended the macro prematurely). |
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3305 @end defvar |
52401 | 3306 |
3307 @ignore | |
3308 arch-tag: e34944ad-7d5c-4980-be00-36a5fe54d4b1 | |
3309 @end ignore |