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1 ;;; map-ynp.el --- General-purpose boolean question-asker.
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3 ;;; Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5 ;; Author: Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
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6 ;; Keywords: lisp, extensions
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8 ;;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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9 ;;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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10 ;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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11 ;;; any later version.
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12 ;;;
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13 ;;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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14 ;;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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15 ;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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16 ;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
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17 ;;;
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18 ;;; A copy of the GNU General Public License can be obtained from this
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19 ;;; program's author (send electronic mail to roland@ai.mit.edu) or from
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20 ;;; the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
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21 ;;; 02139, USA.
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23 ;;; Commentary:
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25 ;;; map-y-or-n-p is a general-purpose question-asking function.
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26 ;;; It asks a series of y/n questions (a la y-or-n-p), and decides to
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27 ;;; applies an action to each element of a list based on the answer.
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28 ;;; The nice thing is that you also get some other possible answers
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29 ;;; to use, reminiscent of query-replace: ! to answer y to all remaining
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30 ;;; questions; ESC or q to answer n to all remaining questions; . to answer
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31 ;;; y once and then n for the remainder; and you can get help with C-h.
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33 ;;; Code:
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35 ;;;###autoload
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36 (defun map-y-or-n-p (prompter actor list &optional help action-alist)
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37 "Ask a series of boolean questions.
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38 Takes args PROMPTER ACTOR LIST, and optional args HELP and ACTION-ALIST.
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40 LIST is a list of objects, or a function of no arguments to return the next
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41 object or nil.
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43 If PROMPTER is a string, the prompt is \(format PROMPTER OBJECT\). If not
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44 a string, PROMPTER is a function of one arg (an object from LIST), which
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45 returns a string to be used as the prompt for that object. If the return
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46 value is not a string, it is eval'd to get the answer; it may be nil to
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47 ignore the object, t to act on the object without asking the user, or a
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48 form to do a more complex prompt.
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50 ACTOR is a function of one arg (an object from LIST),
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51 which gets called with each object that the user answers `yes' for.
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53 If HELP is given, it is a list (OBJECT OBJECTS ACTION),
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54 where OBJECT is a string giving the singular noun for an elt of LIST;
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55 OBJECTS is the plural noun for elts of LIST, and ACTION is a transitive
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56 verb describing ACTOR. The default is \(\"object\" \"objects\" \"act on\"\).
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58 At the prompts, the user may enter y, Y, or SPC to act on that object;
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59 n, N, or DEL to skip that object; ! to act on all following objects;
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60 ESC or q to exit (skip all following objects); . (period) to act on the
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61 current object and then exit; or \\[help-command] to get help.
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63 If ACTION-ALIST is given, it is an alist (KEY FUNCTION HELP) of extra keys
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64 that will be accepted. KEY is a character; FUNCTION is a function of one
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65 arg (an object from LIST); HELP is a string. When the user hits KEY,
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66 FUNCTION is called. If it returns non-nil, the object is considered
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67 \"acted upon\", and the next object from LIST is processed. If it returns
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68 nil, the prompt is repeated for the same object.
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70 Returns the number of actions taken."
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71 (let* ((old-help-form help-form)
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72 (help-form (let ((object (if help (nth 0 help) "object"))
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73 (objects (if help (nth 1 help) "objects"))
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74 (action (if help (nth 2 help) "act on")))
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75 (concat (format "Type SPC or `y' to %s the current %s;
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76 DEL or `n' to skip the current %s;
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77 ! to %s all remaining %s;
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78 ESC or `q' to exit;\n"
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79 action object object action objects)
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80 (mapconcat (lambda (elt)
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81 (format "%c to %s"
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82 (nth 0 elt)
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83 (nth 2 elt)))
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84 action-alist
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85 ";\n")
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86 (if action-alist ";\n")
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87 (format "or . (period) to %s \
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88 the current %s and exit."
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89 action object))))
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90 (user-keys (if action-alist
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91 (concat (mapconcat (lambda (elt)
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92 (key-description
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93 (char-to-string (car elt))))
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94 action-alist ", ")
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95 " ")
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96 ""))
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97 (actions 0)
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98 prompt char elt tail
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102 (and (consp list)
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103 (eq (car list) 'lambda)))
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104 (function (lambda ()
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105 (setq elt (funcall list))))
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106 (function (lambda ()
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107 (if list
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108 (progn
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109 (setq elt (car list)
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110 list (cdr list))
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111 t)
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112 nil))))))
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113 (if (stringp prompter)
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114 (setq prompter (` (lambda (object)
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115 (format (, prompter) object)))))
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116 (while (funcall next)
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117 (setq prompt (funcall prompter elt))
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118 (if (stringp prompt)
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119 (progn
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120 ;; Prompt the user about this object.
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121 (let ((cursor-in-echo-area t))
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122 (message "%s(y, n, !, ., q, %sor %s) "
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123 prompt user-keys
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124 (key-description (char-to-string help-char)))
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125 (setq char (read-char)))
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126 (cond ((or (= ?q char)
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127 (= ?\e char))
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128 (setq next (function (lambda () nil))))
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129 ((or (= ?y char)
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130 (= ?Y char)
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131 (= ? char))
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132 ;; Act on the object.
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133 (let ((help-form old-help-form))
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134 (funcall actor elt))
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135 (setq actions (1+ actions)))
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136 ((or (= ?n char)
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137 (= ?N char)
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138 (= ?\^? char))
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139 ;; Skip the object.
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140 )
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141 ((= ?. char)
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142 ;; Act on the object and then exit.
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143 (funcall actor elt)
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144 (setq actions (1+ actions)
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145 next (function (lambda () nil))))
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146 ((= ?! char)
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147 ;; Act on this and all following objects.
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148 (if (eval (funcall prompter elt))
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149 (progn
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150 (funcall actor elt)
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151 (setq actions (1+ actions))))
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152 (while (funcall next)
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153 (if (eval (funcall prompter elt))
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157 ((= ?? char)
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158 (setq unread-command-char help-char)
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159 (setq next (` (lambda ()
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160 (setq next '(, next))
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161 '(, elt)))))
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162 ((setq tail (assq char action-alist))
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163 ;; A user-defined key.
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164 (if (funcall (nth 1 tail) elt) ;Call its function.
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165 ;; The function has eaten this object.
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166 (setq actions (1+ actions))
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167 ;; Regurgitated; try again.
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168 (setq next (` (lambda ()
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169 (setq next '(, next))
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170 '(, elt))))))
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171 (t
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172 ;; Random char.
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173 (message "Type %s for help."
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174 (key-description (char-to-string help-char)))
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175 (beep)
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176 (sit-for 1)
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177 (setq next (` (lambda ()
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178 (setq next '(, next))
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179 '(, elt)))))))
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180 (if (eval prompt)
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181 (progn
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182 (funcall actor elt)
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183 (setq actions (1+ actions))))))
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184 ;; Clear the last prompt from the minibuffer.
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185 (message "")
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186 ;; Return the number of actions that were taken.
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187 actions))
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189 ;;; map-ynp.el ends here