annotate lisp/select.el @ 2310:7fc39e81bfd9

Alpha-sorted this, and added some new hot buttons for the 1990s.

;;; select.el --- lisp portion of standard selection support.

;; Keywords: internal

;; Copyright (c) 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Based partially on earlier release by Lucid.

;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.

;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
;; any later version.

;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
;; GNU General Public License for more details.

;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

;;; Code:

;; This is for temporary compatibility with pre-release Emacs 19.
(fset 'x-selection 'x-get-selection)
(defun x-get-selection (&optional type data-type)
  "Return the value of an X Windows selection.
The argument TYPE (default `PRIMARY') says which selection, 
and the argument DATA-TYPE (default `STRING') says how to convert the data."
  (x-get-selection-internal (or type 'PRIMARY) (or data-type 'STRING)))

(defun x-get-clipboard ()
  "Return text pasted to the clipboard."
  (x-get-selection-internal 'CLIPBOARD 'STRING))

(defun x-set-selection (type data)
  "Make an X Windows selection of type TYPE and value DATA.
The argument TYPE (default `PRIMARY') says which selection, 
and DATA specifies the contents.  DATA may be a string,
a symbol, an integer (or a cons of two integers or list of two integers),
or a cons of two markers pointing to the same buffer.
In the last case, the selection is considered to be the text 
between the markers.
The data may also be a vector of valid non-vector selection values."
  (interactive (if (not current-prefix-arg)
		   (list (read-string "Store text for pasting: "))
		 (list (cons ;; these need not be ordered.
			(copy-marker (point-marker))
			(copy-marker (mark-marker))))))
  ;; This is for temporary compatibility with pre-release Emacs 19.
  (if (stringp type)
      (setq type (intern type)))
  (or (x-valid-simple-selection-p data)
      (and (vectorp data)
	   (let ((valid t)
		 (i (1- (length data))))
	     (while (>= i 0)
	       (or (x-valid-simple-selection-p (aref data i))
		   (setq valid nil))
	       (setq i (1- i)))
	     valid))
      (signal 'error (list "invalid selection" data)))
  (or type (setq type 'PRIMARY))
  (if data
      (x-own-selection-internal type data)
    (x-disown-selection-internal type))
  data)

(defun x-valid-simple-selection-p (data)
  (or (stringp data)
      (symbolp data)
      (integerp data)
      (and (consp data)
	   (integerp (car data))
	   (or (integerp (cdr data))
	       (and (consp (cdr data))
		    (integerp (car (cdr data))))))
;;;   (and (fboundp 'extentp)
;;;	   (extentp data))
      (and (consp data)
	   (markerp (car data))
	   (markerp (cdr data))
	   (marker-buffer (car data))
	   (marker-buffer (cdr data))
	   (eq (marker-buffer (car data))
	       (marker-buffer (cdr data)))
	   (buffer-name (marker-buffer (car data)))
	   (buffer-name (marker-buffer (cdr data))))))

;;; Cut Buffer support

(defun x-get-cut-buffer (&optional which-one)
  "Returns the value of one of the 8 X server cut-buffers.  Optional arg
WHICH-ONE should be a number from 0 to 7, defaulting to 0.
Cut buffers are considered obsolete; you should use selections instead."
  (x-get-cut-buffer-internal
   (if which-one
       (aref [CUT_BUFFER0 CUT_BUFFER1 CUT_BUFFER2 CUT_BUFFER3
	      CUT_BUFFER4 CUT_BUFFER5 CUT_BUFFER6 CUT_BUFFER7]
	     which-one)
     'CUT_BUFFER0)))

(defun x-set-cut-buffer (string)
  "Store STRING into the X server's primary cut buffer.
The previous value of the primary cut buffer is rotated to the secondary
cut buffer, and the second to the third, and so on (there are 8 buffers.)
Cut buffers are considered obsolete; you should use selections instead."
  ;; Check the data type of STRING.
  (substring string 0 0)
  (x-rotate-cut-buffers-internal 1)
  (x-store-cut-buffer-internal 'CUT_BUFFER0 string))


;;; Functions to convert the selection into various other selection types.
;;; Every selection type that Emacs handles is implemented this way, except
;;; for TIMESTAMP, which is a special case.

(defun xselect-convert-to-string (selection type value)
  (cond ((stringp value)
	 value)
;;;	((extentp value)
;;;	 (save-excursion
;;;	   (set-buffer (extent-buffer value))
;;;	   (buffer-substring (extent-start-position value)
;;;			     (extent-end-position value))))
	((and (consp value)
	      (markerp (car value))
	      (markerp (cdr value)))
	 (or (eq (marker-buffer (car value)) (marker-buffer (cdr value)))
	     (signal 'error
		     (list "markers must be in the same buffer"
			   (car value) (cdr value))))
	 (save-excursion
	   (set-buffer (or (marker-buffer (car value))
			   (error "selection is in a killed buffer")))
	   (buffer-substring (car value) (cdr value))))
	(t nil)))

(defun xselect-convert-to-length (selection type value)
  (let ((value
	 (cond ((stringp value)
		(length value))
;;;	       ((extentp value)
;;;		(extent-length value))
	       ((and (consp value)
		     (markerp (car value))
		     (markerp (cdr value)))
		(or (eq (marker-buffer (car value))
			(marker-buffer (cdr value)))
		    (signal 'error
			    (list "markers must be in the same buffer"
				  (car value) (cdr value))))
		(abs (- (car value) (cdr value)))))))
    (if value ; force it to be in 32-bit format.
	(cons (ash value -16) (logand value 65535))
      nil)))

(defun xselect-convert-to-targets (selection type value)
  ;; return a vector of atoms, but remove duplicates first.
  (let* ((all (cons 'TIMESTAMP (mapcar 'car selection-converter-alist)))
	 (rest all))
    (while rest
      (cond ((memq (car rest) (cdr rest))
	     (setcdr rest (delq (car rest) (cdr rest))))
	    ((eq (car (cdr rest)) '_EMACS_INTERNAL)  ; shh, it's a secret
	     (setcdr rest (cdr (cdr rest))))
	    (t
	     (setq rest (cdr rest)))))
    (apply 'vector all)))

(defun xselect-convert-to-delete (selection type value)
  (x-disown-selection-internal selection)
  ;; A return value of nil means that we do not know how to do this conversion,
  ;; and replies with an "error".  A return value of NULL means that we have
  ;; done the conversion (and any side-effects) but have no value to return.
  'NULL)

(defun xselect-convert-to-filename (selection type value)
  (cond 
;;;	((extentp value)
;;;	 (buffer-file-name (or (extent-buffer value)
;;;			       (error "selection is in a killed buffer"))))
	((and (consp value)
	      (markerp (car value))
	      (markerp (cdr value)))
	 (buffer-file-name (or (marker-buffer (car value))
			       (error "selection is in a killed buffer"))))
	(t nil)))

(defun xselect-convert-to-charpos (selection type value)
  (let (a b tmp)
    (cond ((cond 
;;;		 ((extentp value)
;;;		  (setq a (extent-start-position value)
;;;			b (extent-end-position value)))
		 ((and (consp value)
		       (markerp (car value))
		       (markerp (cdr value)))
		  (setq a (car value)
			b (cdr value))))
	   (setq a (1- a) b (1- b)) ; zero-based
	   (if (< b a) (setq tmp a a b b tmp))
	   (cons 'SPAN
		 (vector (cons (ash a -16) (logand a 65535))
			 (cons (ash b -16) (logand b 65535))))))))

(defun xselect-convert-to-lineno (selection type value)
  (let (a b buf tmp)
    (cond ((cond ((and (consp value)
		       (markerp (car value))
		       (markerp (cdr value)))
		  (setq a (marker-position (car value))
			b (marker-position (cdr value))
			buf (marker-buffer (car value))))
;;;		 ((extentp value)
;;;		  (setq buf (extent-buffer value)
;;;			a (extent-start-position value)
;;;			b (extent-end-position value)))
		 )
	   (save-excursion
	     (set-buffer buf)
	     (setq a (count-lines 1 a)
		   b (count-lines 1 b)))
	   (if (< b a) (setq tmp a a b b tmp))
	   (cons 'SPAN
		 (vector (cons (ash a -16) (logand a 65535))
			 (cons (ash b -16) (logand b 65535))))))))

(defun xselect-convert-to-colno (selection type value)
  (let (a b buf tmp)
    (cond ((cond ((and (consp value)
		       (markerp (car value))
		       (markerp (cdr value)))
		  (setq a (car value)
			b (cdr value)
			buf (marker-buffer a)))
;;;		 ((extentp value)
;;;		  (setq buf (extent-buffer value)
;;;			a (extent-start-position value)
;;;			b (extent-end-position value)))
		 )
	   (save-excursion
	     (set-buffer buf)
	     (goto-char a)
	     (setq a (current-column))
	     (goto-char b)
	     (setq b (current-column)))
	   (if (< b a) (setq tmp a a b b tmp))
	   (cons 'SPAN
		 (vector (cons (ash a -16) (logand a 65535))
			 (cons (ash b -16) (logand b 65535))))))))

(defun xselect-convert-to-os (selection type size)
  (symbol-name system-type))

(defun xselect-convert-to-host (selection type size)
  (system-name))

(defun xselect-convert-to-user (selection type size)
  (user-full-name))

(defun xselect-convert-to-class (selection type size)
  x-emacs-application-class)

;; We do not try to determine the name Emacs was invoked with,
;; because it is not clean for a program's behavior to depend on that.
(defun xselect-convert-to-name (selection type size)
  "emacs")

(defun xselect-convert-to-integer (selection type value)
  (and (integerp value)
       (cons (ash value -16) (logand value 65535))))

(defun xselect-convert-to-atom (selection type value)
  (and (symbolp value) value))

(defun xselect-convert-to-identity (selection type value) ; used internally
  (vector value))

(setq selection-converter-alist
      '((TEXT . xselect-convert-to-string)
	(STRING . xselect-convert-to-string)
	(TARGETS . xselect-convert-to-targets)
	(LENGTH . xselect-convert-to-length)
	(DELETE . xselect-convert-to-delete)
	(FILE_NAME . xselect-convert-to-filename)
	(CHARACTER_POSITION . xselect-convert-to-charpos)
	(LINE_NUMBER . xselect-convert-to-lineno)
	(COLUMN_NUMBER . xselect-convert-to-colno)
	(OWNER_OS . xselect-convert-to-os)
	(HOST_NAME . xselect-convert-to-host)
	(USER . xselect-convert-to-user)
	(CLASS . xselect-convert-to-class)
	(NAME . xselect-convert-to-name)
	(ATOM . xselect-convert-to-atom)
	(INTEGER . xselect-convert-to-integer)
	(_EMACS_INTERNAL . xselect-convert-to-identity)
	))

(provide 'select)

;;; select.el ends here.