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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. | |
21 * Command Loop Info:: Variables set by the command loop for you to examine. | |
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22 * Adjusting Point:: Adjustment of point after a command. |
6260 | 23 * Input Events:: What input looks like when you read it. |
24 * Reading Input:: How to read input events from the keyboard or mouse. | |
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25 * Special Events:: Events processed immediately and individually. |
6260 | 26 * Waiting:: Waiting for user input or elapsed time. |
27 * Quitting:: How @kbd{C-g} works. How to catch or defer quitting. | |
28 * Prefix Command Arguments:: How the commands to set prefix args work. | |
29 * Recursive Editing:: Entering a recursive edit, | |
30 and why you usually shouldn't. | |
31 * Disabling Commands:: How the command loop handles disabled commands. | |
32 * Command History:: How the command history is set up, and how accessed. | |
33 * Keyboard Macros:: How keyboard macros are implemented. | |
34 @end menu | |
35 | |
36 @node Command Overview | |
37 @section Command Loop Overview | |
38 | |
39 The first thing the command loop must do is read a key sequence, which | |
40 is a sequence of events that translates into a command. It does this by | |
41 calling the function @code{read-key-sequence}. Your Lisp code can also | |
42 call this function (@pxref{Key Sequence Input}). Lisp programs can also | |
43 do input at a lower level with @code{read-event} (@pxref{Reading One | |
44 Event}) or discard pending input with @code{discard-input} | |
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45 (@pxref{Event Input Misc}). |
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47 The key sequence is translated into a command through the currently | |
48 active keymaps. @xref{Key Lookup}, for information on how this is done. | |
49 The result should be a keyboard macro or an interactively callable | |
50 function. If the key is @kbd{M-x}, then it reads the name of another | |
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51 command, which it then calls. This is done by the command |
6260 | 52 @code{execute-extended-command} (@pxref{Interactive Call}). |
53 | |
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54 To execute a command requires first reading the arguments for it. |
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55 This is done by calling @code{command-execute} (@pxref{Interactive |
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56 Call}). For commands written in Lisp, the @code{interactive} |
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57 specification says how to read the arguments. This may use the prefix |
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58 argument (@pxref{Prefix Command Arguments}) or may read with prompting |
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59 in the minibuffer (@pxref{Minibuffers}). For example, the command |
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60 @code{find-file} has an @code{interactive} specification which says to |
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61 read a file name using the minibuffer. The command's function body does |
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62 not use the minibuffer; if you call this command from Lisp code as a |
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63 function, you must supply the file name string as an ordinary Lisp |
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64 function argument. |
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66 If the command is a string or vector (i.e., a keyboard macro) then | |
67 @code{execute-kbd-macro} is used to execute it. You can call this | |
68 function yourself (@pxref{Keyboard Macros}). | |
69 | |
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70 To terminate the execution of a running command, type @kbd{C-g}. This |
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71 character causes @dfn{quitting} (@pxref{Quitting}). |
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73 @defvar pre-command-hook | |
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74 The editor command loop runs this normal hook before each command. At |
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75 that time, @code{this-command} contains the command that is about to |
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76 run, and @code{last-command} describes the previous command. |
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77 @xref{Command Loop Info}. |
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79 | |
80 @defvar post-command-hook | |
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81 The editor command loop runs this normal hook after each command |
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83 and also when the command loop is first entered. At that time, |
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87 | |
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88 Quitting is suppressed while running @code{pre-command-hook} and |
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90 these hooks, it terminates execution of the hook, and clears the hook |
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91 variable to @code{nil} so as to prevent an infinite loop of errors. |
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93 A request coming into the Emacs server (@pxref{Emacs Server,,, |
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94 emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}) runs these two hooks just as a keyboard |
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95 command does. |
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6260 | 97 @node Defining Commands |
98 @section Defining Commands | |
99 @cindex defining commands | |
100 @cindex commands, defining | |
101 @cindex functions, making them interactive | |
102 @cindex interactive function | |
103 | |
104 A Lisp function becomes a command when its body contains, at top | |
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105 level, a form that calls the special form @code{interactive}. This |
6260 | 106 form does nothing when actually executed, but its presence serves as a |
107 flag to indicate that interactive calling is permitted. Its argument | |
108 controls the reading of arguments for an interactive call. | |
109 | |
110 @menu | |
111 * Using Interactive:: General rules for @code{interactive}. | |
112 * Interactive Codes:: The standard letter-codes for reading arguments | |
113 in various ways. | |
114 * Interactive Examples:: Examples of how to read interactive arguments. | |
115 @end menu | |
116 | |
117 @node Using Interactive | |
118 @subsection Using @code{interactive} | |
119 | |
120 This section describes how to write the @code{interactive} form that | |
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121 makes a Lisp function an interactively-callable command, and how to |
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122 examine a command's @code{interactive} form. |
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124 @defspec interactive arg-descriptor | |
125 @cindex argument descriptors | |
126 This special form declares that the function in which it appears is a | |
127 command, and that it may therefore be called interactively (via | |
128 @kbd{M-x} or by entering a key sequence bound to it). The argument | |
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129 @var{arg-descriptor} declares how to compute the arguments to the |
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130 command when the command is called interactively. |
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132 A command may be called from Lisp programs like any other function, but | |
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133 then the caller supplies the arguments and @var{arg-descriptor} has no |
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134 effect. |
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136 The @code{interactive} form has its effect because the command loop | |
137 (actually, its subroutine @code{call-interactively}) scans through the | |
138 function definition looking for it, before calling the function. Once | |
139 the function is called, all its body forms including the | |
140 @code{interactive} form are executed, but at this time | |
141 @code{interactive} simply returns @code{nil} without even evaluating its | |
142 argument. | |
143 @end defspec | |
144 | |
145 There are three possibilities for the argument @var{arg-descriptor}: | |
146 | |
147 @itemize @bullet | |
148 @item | |
149 It may be omitted or @code{nil}; then the command is called with no | |
150 arguments. This leads quickly to an error if the command requires one | |
151 or more arguments. | |
152 | |
153 @item | |
154 @cindex argument prompt | |
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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187 @cindex @samp{*} in @code{interactive} |
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188 @cindex read-only buffers in interactive |
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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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210 @cindex argument evaluation form |
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212 Providing point or the mark as an argument value is also common, but |
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213 if you do this @emph{and} read input (whether using the minibuffer or |
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214 not), be sure to get the integer values of point or the mark after |
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215 reading. The current buffer may be receiving subprocess output; if |
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216 subprocess output arrives while the command is waiting for input, it |
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221 @smallexample |
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222 (interactive |
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223 (list (region-beginning) (region-end) |
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224 (read-string "Foo: " nil 'my-history))) |
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227 @noindent |
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228 Here's how to avoid the problem, by examining point and the mark after |
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232 (interactive |
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233 (let ((string (read-string "Foo: " nil 'my-history))) |
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264 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
265 @subsection Code Characters for @code{interactive} | |
266 @cindex interactive code description | |
267 @cindex description for interactive codes | |
268 @cindex codes, interactive, description of | |
269 @cindex characters for interactive codes | |
270 | |
271 The code character descriptions below contain a number of key words, | |
272 defined here as follows: | |
273 | |
274 @table @b | |
275 @item Completion | |
276 @cindex interactive completion | |
277 Provide completion. @key{TAB}, @key{SPC}, and @key{RET} perform name | |
278 completion because the argument is read using @code{completing-read} | |
279 (@pxref{Completion}). @kbd{?} displays a list of possible completions. | |
280 | |
281 @item Existing | |
282 Require the name of an existing object. An invalid name is not | |
283 accepted; the commands to exit the minibuffer do not exit if the current | |
284 input is not valid. | |
285 | |
286 @item Default | |
287 @cindex default argument string | |
288 A default value of some sort is used if the user enters no text in the | |
289 minibuffer. The default depends on the code character. | |
290 | |
291 @item No I/O | |
292 This code letter computes an argument without reading any input. | |
293 Therefore, it does not use a prompt string, and any prompt string you | |
294 supply is ignored. | |
295 | |
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300 A prompt immediately follows the code character. The prompt ends either | |
301 with the end of the string or with a newline. | |
302 | |
303 @item Special | |
304 This code character is meaningful only at the beginning of the | |
305 interactive string, and it does not look for a prompt or a newline. | |
306 It is a single, isolated character. | |
307 @end table | |
308 | |
309 @cindex reading interactive arguments | |
310 Here are the code character descriptions for use with @code{interactive}: | |
311 | |
312 @table @samp | |
313 @item * | |
314 Signal an error if the current buffer is read-only. Special. | |
315 | |
316 @item @@ | |
317 Select the window mentioned in the first mouse event in the key | |
318 sequence that invoked this command. Special. | |
319 | |
320 @item a | |
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323 | |
324 @item b | |
325 The name of an existing buffer. By default, uses the name of the | |
326 current buffer (@pxref{Buffers}). Existing, Completion, Default, | |
327 Prompt. | |
328 | |
329 @item B | |
330 A buffer name. The buffer need not exist. By default, uses the name of | |
331 a recently used buffer other than the current buffer. Completion, | |
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334 @item c | |
335 A character. The cursor does not move into the echo area. Prompt. | |
336 | |
337 @item C | |
338 A command name (i.e., a symbol satisfying @code{commandp}). Existing, | |
339 Completion, Prompt. | |
340 | |
341 @item d | |
342 @cindex position argument | |
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345 @item D | |
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349 | |
350 @item e | |
351 The first or next mouse event in the key sequence that invoked the command. | |
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354 | |
355 You can use @samp{e} more than once in a single command's interactive | |
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359 and @acronym{ASCII} characters, do not count where @samp{e} is concerned. |
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361 @item f | |
362 A file name of an existing file (@pxref{File Names}). The default | |
363 directory is @code{default-directory}. Existing, Completion, Default, | |
364 Prompt. | |
365 | |
366 @item F | |
367 A file name. The file need not exist. Completion, Default, Prompt. | |
368 | |
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370 A file name. The file need not exist. If the user enters just a |
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381 maps. The key sequence argument is represented as a string or vector. | |
382 The cursor does not move into the echo area. Prompt. | |
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389 @code{global-set-key}. | |
390 | |
12067 | 391 @item K |
392 A key sequence, whose definition you intend to change. This works like | |
393 @samp{k}, except that it suppresses, for the last input event in the key | |
394 sequence, the conversions that are normally used (when necessary) to | |
395 convert an undefined key into a defined one. | |
396 | |
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398 @cindex marker argument | |
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416 @item p | |
417 @cindex numeric prefix argument usage | |
418 The numeric prefix argument. (Note that this @samp{p} is lower case.) | |
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426 @item r | |
427 @cindex region argument | |
428 Point and the mark, as two numeric arguments, smallest first. This is | |
429 the only code letter that specifies two successive arguments rather than | |
430 one. No I/O. | |
431 | |
432 @item s | |
433 Arbitrary text, read in the minibuffer and returned as a string | |
434 (@pxref{Text from Minibuffer}). Terminate the input with either | |
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437 | |
438 @item S | |
439 An interned symbol whose name is read in the minibuffer. Any whitespace | |
440 character terminates the input. (Use @kbd{C-q} to include whitespace in | |
441 the string.) Other characters that normally terminate a symbol (e.g., | |
442 parentheses and brackets) do not do so here. Prompt. | |
443 | |
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455 | |
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460 | |
461 @item X | |
462 @cindex evaluated expression argument | |
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477 | |
478 @node Interactive Examples | |
479 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
480 @subsection Examples of Using @code{interactive} | |
481 @cindex examples of using @code{interactive} | |
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484 Here are some examples of @code{interactive}: | |
485 | |
486 @example | |
487 @group | |
488 (defun foo1 () ; @r{@code{foo1} takes no arguments,} | |
489 (interactive) ; @r{just moves forward two words.} | |
490 (forward-word 2)) | |
491 @result{} foo1 | |
492 @end group | |
493 | |
494 @group | |
495 (defun foo2 (n) ; @r{@code{foo2} takes one argument,} | |
496 (interactive "p") ; @r{which is the numeric prefix.} | |
497 (forward-word (* 2 n))) | |
498 @result{} foo2 | |
499 @end group | |
500 | |
501 @group | |
502 (defun foo3 (n) ; @r{@code{foo3} takes one argument,} | |
503 (interactive "nCount:") ; @r{which is read with the Minibuffer.} | |
504 (forward-word (* 2 n))) | |
505 @result{} foo3 | |
506 @end group | |
507 | |
508 @group | |
509 (defun three-b (b1 b2 b3) | |
510 "Select three existing buffers. | |
511 Put them into three windows, selecting the last one." | |
512 @end group | |
513 (interactive "bBuffer1:\nbBuffer2:\nbBuffer3:") | |
514 (delete-other-windows) | |
515 (split-window (selected-window) 8) | |
516 (switch-to-buffer b1) | |
517 (other-window 1) | |
518 (split-window (selected-window) 8) | |
519 (switch-to-buffer b2) | |
520 (other-window 1) | |
521 (switch-to-buffer b3)) | |
522 @result{} three-b | |
523 @group | |
524 (three-b "*scratch*" "declarations.texi" "*mail*") | |
525 @result{} nil | |
526 @end group | |
527 @end example | |
528 | |
529 @node Interactive Call | |
530 @section Interactive Call | |
531 @cindex interactive call | |
532 | |
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543 The interactively callable objects include strings and vectors (treated | |
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558 See @code{documentation} in @ref{Accessing Documentation}, for a | |
559 realistic example of using @code{commandp}. | |
560 @end defun | |
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564 reading arguments according to its interactive calling specifications. | |
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572 @cindex record command history | |
573 If @var{record-flag} is non-@code{nil}, then this command and its | |
574 arguments are unconditionally added to the list @code{command-history}. | |
575 Otherwise, the command is added only if it uses the minibuffer to read | |
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596 A symbol is handled by using its function definition in its place. A | |
597 symbol with an @code{autoload} definition counts as a command if it was | |
598 declared to stand for an interactively callable function. Such a | |
599 definition is handled by loading the specified library and then | |
600 rechecking the definition of the symbol. | |
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603 argument and not clear it. This is used for executing special events | |
604 (@pxref{Special Events}). | |
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606 | |
607 @deffn Command execute-extended-command prefix-argument | |
608 @cindex read command name | |
609 This function reads a command name from the minibuffer using | |
610 @code{completing-read} (@pxref{Completion}). Then it uses | |
611 @code{command-execute} to call the specified command. Whatever that | |
612 command returns becomes the value of @code{execute-extended-command}. | |
613 | |
614 @cindex execute with prefix argument | |
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620 @c !!! Should this be @kindex? | |
621 @cindex @kbd{M-x} | |
622 @code{execute-extended-command} is the normal definition of @kbd{M-x}, | |
623 so it uses the string @w{@samp{M-x }} as a prompt. (It would be better | |
624 to take the prompt from the events used to invoke | |
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626 description of the value of the prefix argument, if any, also becomes | |
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628 | |
629 @example | |
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635 @result{} t | |
636 @end group | |
637 @end example | |
638 @end deffn | |
639 | |
640 @defun interactive-p | |
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655 @example | |
656 @group | |
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668 (interactive) | |
669 (setq foobar (list (foo) (interactive-p)))) | |
670 @result{} bar | |
671 @end group | |
672 | |
673 @group | |
674 ;; @r{Type @kbd{M-x foo}.} | |
675 @print{} foo | |
676 @end group | |
677 | |
678 @group | |
679 ;; @r{Type @kbd{M-x bar}.} | |
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683 @group | |
684 foobar | |
685 @result{} (nil t) | |
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687 @end example | |
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717 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
718 @section Information from the Command Loop | |
719 | |
720 The editor command loop sets several Lisp variables to keep status | |
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723 @defvar last-command | |
724 This variable records the name of the previous command executed by the | |
725 command loop (the one before the current command). Normally the value | |
726 is a symbol with a function definition, but this is not guaranteed. | |
727 | |
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732 This variable is always local to the current terminal and cannot be | |
733 buffer-local. @xref{Multiple Displays}. | |
6260 | 734 @end defvar |
735 | |
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742 @cindex current command | |
743 This variable records the name of the command now being executed by | |
744 the editor command loop. Like @code{last-command}, it is normally a symbol | |
745 with a function definition. | |
746 | |
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752 @cindex kill command repetition | |
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6260 | 758 @end defvar |
759 | |
760 If you do not want a particular command to be recognized as the previous | |
761 command in the case where it got an error, you must code that command to | |
762 prevent this. One way is to set @code{this-command} to @code{t} at the | |
763 beginning of the command, and set @code{this-command} back to its proper | |
764 value at the end, like this: | |
765 | |
766 @example | |
767 (defun foo (args@dots{}) | |
768 (interactive @dots{}) | |
769 (let ((old-this-command this-command)) | |
770 (setq this-command t) | |
771 @r{@dots{}do the work@dots{}} | |
772 (setq this-command old-this-command))) | |
773 @end example | |
774 | |
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789 This function returns a string or vector containing the key sequence | |
790 that invoked the present command, plus any previous commands that | |
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799 @example | |
800 @group | |
801 (this-command-keys) | |
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6260 | 803 @result{} "^U^X^E" |
804 @end group | |
805 @end example | |
806 @end defun | |
807 | |
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832 | |
833 @defvar last-command-event | |
834 @defvarx last-command-char | |
835 This variable is set to the last input event that was read by the | |
836 command loop as part of a command. The principal use of this variable | |
837 is in @code{self-insert-command}, which uses it to decide which | |
838 character to insert. | |
839 | |
840 @example | |
841 @group | |
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845 @end group | |
846 @end example | |
847 | |
848 @noindent | |
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851 The alias @code{last-command-char} exists for compatibility with | |
852 Emacs version 18. | |
853 @end defvar | |
854 | |
855 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
856 @defvar last-event-frame | |
857 This variable records which frame the last input event was directed to. | |
858 Usually this is the frame that was selected when the event was | |
859 generated, but if that frame has redirected input focus to another | |
860 frame, the value is the frame to which the event was redirected. | |
861 @xref{Input Focus}. | |
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894 @section Input Events | |
895 @cindex events | |
896 @cindex input events | |
897 | |
898 The Emacs command loop reads a sequence of @dfn{input events} that | |
899 represent keyboard or mouse activity. The events for keyboard activity | |
900 are characters or symbols; mouse events are always lists. This section | |
901 describes the representation and meaning of input events in detail. | |
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903 @defun eventp object | |
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914 | |
915 @menu | |
916 * Keyboard Events:: Ordinary characters--keys with symbols on them. | |
917 * Function Keys:: Function keys--keys with names, not symbols. | |
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920 * Drag Events:: Moving the mouse before releasing the button. | |
921 * Button-Down Events:: A button was pushed and not yet released. | |
922 * Repeat Events:: Double and triple click (or drag, or down). | |
923 * Motion Events:: Just moving the mouse, not pushing a button. | |
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927 * Classifying Events:: Finding the modifier keys in an event symbol. | |
928 Event types. | |
929 * Accessing Events:: Functions to extract info from events. | |
930 * Strings of Events:: Special considerations for putting | |
931 keyboard character events in a string. | |
932 @end menu | |
933 | |
934 @node Keyboard Events | |
935 @subsection Keyboard Events | |
936 | |
937 There are two kinds of input you can get from the keyboard: ordinary | |
938 keys, and function keys. Ordinary keys correspond to characters; the | |
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941 @ref{Classifying Events}. |
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943 @cindex modifier bits (of input character) | |
944 @cindex basic code (of input character) | |
945 An input character event consists of a @dfn{basic code} between 0 and | |
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948 @table @asis | |
949 @item meta | |
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12098 | 1051 bit in the character code indicates a character typed with |
6260 | 1052 the alt key held down. (On some terminals, the key labeled @key{ALT} |
1053 is actually the meta key.) | |
1054 @end table | |
1055 | |
12098 | 1056 It is best to avoid mentioning specific bit numbers in your program. |
1057 To test the modifier bits of a character, use the function | |
1058 @code{event-modifiers} (@pxref{Classifying Events}). When making key | |
1059 bindings, you can use the read syntax for characters with modifier bits | |
1060 (@samp{\C-}, @samp{\M-}, and so on). For making key bindings with | |
1061 @code{define-key}, you can use lists such as @code{(control hyper ?x)} to | |
1062 specify the characters (@pxref{Changing Key Bindings}). The function | |
1063 @code{event-convert-list} converts such a list into an event type | |
1064 (@pxref{Classifying Events}). | |
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1066 @node Function Keys | |
1067 @subsection Function Keys | |
1068 | |
1069 @cindex function keys | |
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1077 @xref{Classifying Events}. |
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1081 | |
1082 @table @asis | |
1083 @item @code{backspace}, @code{tab}, @code{newline}, @code{return}, @code{delete} | |
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72212 | 1093 @code{function-key-map} (@pxref{Translation Keymaps}) is set up to map |
15764 | 1094 @code{tab} into 9. Thus, a key binding for character code 9 (the |
1095 character @kbd{C-i}) also applies to @code{tab}. Likewise for the other | |
1096 symbols in this group. The function @code{read-char} likewise converts | |
1097 these events into characters. | |
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1106 Keypad keys (to the right of the regular keyboard). | |
1107 @item @code{kp-0}, @code{kp-1}, @dots{} | |
1108 Keypad keys with digits. | |
1109 @item @code{kp-f1}, @code{kp-f2}, @code{kp-f3}, @code{kp-f4} | |
1110 Keypad PF keys. | |
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1123 @table @samp | |
1124 @item A- | |
1125 The alt modifier. | |
1126 @item C- | |
1127 The control modifier. | |
1128 @item H- | |
1129 The hyper modifier. | |
1130 @item M- | |
1131 The meta modifier. | |
1132 @item S- | |
1133 The shift modifier. | |
1134 @item s- | |
1135 The super modifier. | |
1136 @end table | |
1137 | |
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1149 mouse button was involved, and which modifier keys were used with it. |
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1156 values of these events using the @samp{e} interactive code. |
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1157 @xref{Interactive Codes}. |
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1165 @node Click Events | |
1166 @subsection Click Events | |
1167 @cindex click event | |
1168 @cindex mouse click event | |
1169 | |
1170 When the user presses a mouse button and releases it at the same | |
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1171 location, that generates a @dfn{click} event. All mouse click event |
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1172 share the same format: |
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1174 @example | |
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1175 (@var{event-type} @var{position} @var{click-count}) |
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1177 | |
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1179 @item @var{event-type} |
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1181 one of the symbols @code{mouse-1}, @code{mouse-2}, @dots{}, where the | |
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1184 You can also use prefixes @samp{A-}, @samp{C-}, @samp{H-}, @samp{M-}, | |
1185 @samp{S-} and @samp{s-} for modifiers alt, control, hyper, meta, shift | |
1186 and super, just as you would with function keys. | |
1187 | |
1188 This symbol also serves as the event type of the event. Key bindings | |
1189 describe events by their types; thus, if there is a key binding for | |
1190 @code{mouse-1}, that binding would apply to all events whose | |
1191 @var{event-type} is @code{mouse-1}. | |
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1194 This is the position where the mouse click occurred. The actual |
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1200 button. @xref{Repeat Events}. | |
1201 @end table | |
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1203 For mouse click events in the text area, mode line, header line, or in |
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1204 the marginal areas, @var{position} has this form: |
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1206 @example |
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1207 (@var{window} @var{pos-or-area} (@var{x} . @var{y}) @var{timestamp} |
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1208 @var{object} @var{text-pos} (@var{col} . @var{row}) |
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1209 @var{image} (@var{dx} . @var{dy}) (@var{width} . @var{height})) |
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1214 This is the window in which the click occurred. |
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1216 @item @var{pos-or-area} |
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1217 This is the buffer position of the character clicked on in the text |
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1218 area, or if clicked outside the text area, it is the window area in |
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1219 which the click occurred. It is one of the symbols @code{mode-line}, |
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1220 @code{header-line}, @code{vertical-line}, @code{left-margin}, |
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1221 @code{right-margin}, @code{left-fringe}, or @code{right-fringe}. |
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1223 @item @var{x}, @var{y} |
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1224 These are the pixel-denominated coordinates of the click, relative to |
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1226 For the mode or header line, @var{y} does not have meaningful data. |
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1227 For the vertical line, @var{x} does not have meaningful data. |
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1229 @item @var{timestamp} |
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1230 This is the time at which the event occurred, in milliseconds. |
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1233 This is the object on which the click occurred. It is either |
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1234 @code{nil} if there is no string property, or it has the form |
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1235 (@var{string} . @var{string-pos}) when there is a string-type text |
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1236 property at the click position. |
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1238 @item @var{string} |
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1239 This is the string on which the click occurred, including any |
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1240 properties. |
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1243 This is the position in the string on which the click occurred, |
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1244 relevant if properties at the click need to be looked up. |
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1246 @item @var{text-pos} |
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1247 For clicks on a marginal area or on a fringe, this is the buffer |
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1248 position of the first visible character in the corresponding line in |
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1249 the window. For other events, it is the current buffer position in |
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1250 the window. |
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1252 @item @var{col}, @var{row} |
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1253 These are the actual coordinates of the glyph under the @var{x}, |
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1254 @var{y} position, possibly padded with default character width |
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1255 glyphs if @var{x} is beyond the last glyph on the line. |
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1257 @item @var{image} |
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1258 This is the image object on which the click occurred. It is either |
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1259 @code{nil} if there is no image at the position clicked on, or it is |
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1260 an image object as returned by @code{find-image} if click was in an image. |
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1265 @var{object} is @code{nil}, the coordinates are relative to the top |
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1266 left corner of the character glyph clicked on. |
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1269 For mouse clicks on a scroll-bar, @var{position} has this form: |
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1273 @end example |
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1276 @item @var{window} |
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1277 This is the window whose scroll-bar was clicked on. |
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1280 This is the scroll bar where the click occurred. It is one of the |
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1281 symbols @code{vertical-scroll-bar} or @code{horizontal-scroll-bar}. |
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1284 This is the distance of the click from the top or left end of |
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1285 the scroll bar. |
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1287 @item @var{whole} |
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1288 This is the length of the entire scroll bar. |
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1304 @node Drag Events | |
1305 @subsection Drag Events | |
1306 @cindex drag event | |
1307 @cindex mouse drag event | |
1308 | |
1309 With Emacs, you can have a drag event without even changing your | |
1310 clothes. A @dfn{drag event} happens every time the user presses a mouse | |
1311 button and then moves the mouse to a different character position before | |
1312 releasing the button. Like all mouse events, drag events are | |
1313 represented in Lisp as lists. The lists record both the starting mouse | |
1314 position and the final position, like this: | |
1315 | |
1316 @example | |
1317 (@var{event-type} | |
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1321 @end example | |
1322 | |
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1332 The @samp{drag-} prefix follows the modifier key prefixes such as | |
1333 @samp{C-} and @samp{M-}. | |
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1335 If @code{read-key-sequence} receives a drag event that has no key |
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1337 changes the drag event into a click event at the drag's starting | |
1338 position. This means that you don't have to distinguish between click | |
1339 and drag events unless you want to. | |
1340 | |
1341 @node Button-Down Events | |
1342 @subsection Button-Down Events | |
1343 @cindex button-down event | |
1344 | |
1345 Click and drag events happen when the user releases a mouse button. | |
1346 They cannot happen earlier, because there is no way to distinguish a | |
1347 click from a drag until the button is released. | |
1348 | |
1349 If you want to take action as soon as a button is pressed, you need to | |
1350 handle @dfn{button-down} events.@footnote{Button-down is the | |
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1360 button-down events unless you want them to do something. The usual |
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1361 reason to define a button-down event is so that you can track mouse |
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1363 @xref{Motion Events}. |
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1365 @node Repeat Events | |
1366 @subsection Repeat Events | |
1367 @cindex repeat events | |
1368 @cindex double-click events | |
1369 @cindex triple-click events | |
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1376 The most common repeat events are @dfn{double-click} events. Emacs | |
1377 generates a double-click event when you click a button twice; the event | |
1378 happens when you release the button (as is normal for all click | |
1379 events). | |
1380 | |
1381 The event type of a double-click event contains the prefix | |
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1384 @code{M-double-mouse-2}. If a double-click event has no binding, the | |
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1388 | |
1389 When the user performs a double click, Emacs generates first an ordinary | |
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1391 the command binding of the double click event to assume that the |
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1393 results of a double click, starting from the results of a single click. | |
1394 | |
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1395 This is convenient, if the meaning of a double click somehow ``builds |
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1397 design practice for double clicks. |
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1399 If you click a button, then press it down again and start moving the | |
1400 mouse with the button held down, then you get a @dfn{double-drag} event | |
1401 when you ultimately release the button. Its event type contains | |
1402 @samp{double-drag} instead of just @samp{drag}. If a double-drag event | |
1403 has no binding, Emacs looks for an alternate binding as if the event | |
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1406 Before the double-click or double-drag event, Emacs generates a | |
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1410 alternate binding as if the event were an ordinary button-down event. | |
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1414 To summarize, when you click a button and then press it again right | |
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1419 If you click a button twice and then press it again, all in quick | |
1420 succession, Emacs generates a @dfn{triple-down} event, followed by | |
1421 either a @dfn{triple-click} or a @dfn{triple-drag}. The event types of | |
1422 these events contain @samp{triple} instead of @samp{double}. If any | |
1423 triple event has no binding, Emacs uses the binding that it would use | |
1424 for the corresponding double event. | |
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1426 If you click a button three or more times and then press it again, the |
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1427 events for the presses beyond the third are all triple events. Emacs |
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1432 @defun event-click-count event | |
1433 This function returns the number of consecutive button presses that led | |
1434 up to @var{event}. If @var{event} is a double-down, double-click or | |
1435 double-drag event, the value is 2. If @var{event} is a triple event, | |
1436 the value is 3 or greater. If @var{event} is an ordinary mouse event | |
1437 (not a repeat event), the value is 1. | |
1438 @end defun | |
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1455 @code{nil} disables multi-click detection entirely. Setting it to | |
1456 @code{t} removes the time limit; Emacs then detects multi-clicks by | |
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1460 @node Motion Events | |
1461 @subsection Motion Events | |
1462 @cindex motion event | |
1463 @cindex mouse motion events | |
1464 | |
1465 Emacs sometimes generates @dfn{mouse motion} events to describe motion | |
1466 of the mouse without any button activity. Mouse motion events are | |
1467 represented by lists that look like this: | |
1468 | |
1469 @example | |
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1472 | |
1473 The second element of the list describes the current position of the | |
1474 mouse, just as in a click event (@pxref{Click Events}). | |
1475 | |
1476 The special form @code{track-mouse} enables generation of motion events | |
1477 within its body. Outside of @code{track-mouse} forms, Emacs does not | |
1478 generate events for mere motion of the mouse, and these events do not | |
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1481 @node Focus Events | |
1482 @subsection Focus Events | |
1483 @cindex focus event | |
1484 | |
1485 Window systems provide general ways for the user to control which window | |
1486 gets keyboard input. This choice of window is called the @dfn{focus}. | |
1487 When the user does something to switch between Emacs frames, that | |
1488 generates a @dfn{focus event}. The normal definition of a focus event, | |
1489 in the global keymap, is to select a new frame within Emacs, as the user | |
1490 would expect. @xref{Input Focus}. | |
1491 | |
1492 Focus events are represented in Lisp as lists that look like this: | |
1493 | |
1494 @example | |
1495 (switch-frame @var{new-frame}) | |
1496 @end example | |
1497 | |
1498 @noindent | |
1499 where @var{new-frame} is the frame switched to. | |
1500 | |
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1510 A focus event in the middle of a key sequence would garble the | |
1511 sequence. So Emacs never generates a focus event in the middle of a key | |
1512 sequence. If the user changes focus in the middle of a key | |
1513 sequence---that is, after a prefix key---then Emacs reorders the events | |
1514 so that the focus event comes either before or after the multi-event key | |
1515 sequence, and not within it. | |
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1522 @table @code | |
1523 @cindex @code{delete-frame} event | |
1524 @item (delete-frame (@var{frame})) | |
1525 This kind of event indicates that the user gave the window manager | |
1526 a command to delete a particular window, which happens to be an Emacs frame. | |
1527 | |
1528 The standard definition of the @code{delete-frame} event is to delete @var{frame}. | |
1529 | |
1530 @cindex @code{iconify-frame} event | |
1531 @item (iconify-frame (@var{frame})) | |
1532 This kind of event indicates that the user iconified @var{frame} using | |
13007 | 1533 the window manager. Its standard definition is @code{ignore}; since the |
1534 frame has already been iconified, Emacs has no work to do. The purpose | |
1535 of this event type is so that you can keep track of such events if you | |
1536 want to. | |
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1538 @cindex @code{make-frame-visible} event |
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1539 @item (make-frame-visible (@var{frame})) |
12067 | 1540 This kind of event indicates that the user deiconified @var{frame} using |
1541 the window manager. Its standard definition is @code{ignore}; since the | |
13007 | 1542 frame has already been made visible, Emacs has no work to do. |
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1544 @cindex @code{wheel-up} event |
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1545 @cindex @code{wheel-down} event |
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1546 @item (wheel-up @var{position}) |
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1547 @item (wheel-down @var{position}) |
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1548 These kinds of event are generated by moving a mouse wheel. Their |
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1549 usual meaning is a kind of scroll or zoom. |
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1551 The element @var{position} is a list describing the position of the |
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1552 event, in the same format as used in a mouse-click event. |
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1553 |
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1554 This kind of event is generated only on some kinds of systems. On some |
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1555 systems, @code{mouse-4} and @code{mouse-5} are used instead. For |
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1556 portable code, use the variables @code{mouse-wheel-up-event} and |
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1557 @code{mouse-wheel-down-event} defined in @file{mwheel.el} to determine |
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1558 what event types to expect for the mouse wheel. |
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1560 @cindex @code{drag-n-drop} event |
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1561 @item (drag-n-drop @var{position} @var{files}) |
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1562 This kind of event is generated when a group of files is |
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1563 selected in an application outside of Emacs, and then dragged and |
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1564 dropped onto an Emacs frame. |
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1565 |
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1566 The element @var{position} is a list describing the position of the |
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1568 @var{files} is the list of file names that were dragged and dropped. |
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1569 The usual way to handle this event is by visiting these files. |
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1571 This kind of event is generated, at present, only on some kinds of |
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1572 systems. |
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1574 @cindex @code{help-echo} event |
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1575 @item help-echo |
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1576 This kind of event is generated when a mouse pointer moves onto a |
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1577 portion of buffer text which has a @code{help-echo} text property. |
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1578 The generated event has this form: |
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1579 |
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1580 @example |
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1581 (help-echo @var{frame} @var{help} @var{window} @var{object} @var{pos}) |
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1582 @end example |
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1584 @noindent |
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1585 The precise meaning of the event parameters and the way these |
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1586 parameters are used to display the help-echo text are described in |
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1587 @ref{Text help-echo}. |
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1589 @cindex @code{sigusr1} event |
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1590 @cindex @code{sigusr2} event |
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1591 @cindex user signals |
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1592 @item sigusr1 |
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1593 @itemx sigusr2 |
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1594 These events are generated when the Emacs process receives |
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1595 the signals @code{SIGUSR1} and @code{SIGUSR2}. They contain no |
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1596 additional data because signals do not carry additional information. |
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1598 To catch a user signal, bind the corresponding event to an interactive |
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1599 command in the @code{special-event-map} (@pxref{Active Keymaps}). |
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1600 The command is called with no arguments, and the specific signal event is |
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1601 available in @code{last-input-event}. For example: |
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1603 @example |
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1604 (defun sigusr-handler () |
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1605 (interactive) |
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1606 (message "Caught signal %S" last-input-event)) |
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1608 (define-key special-event-map [sigusr1] 'sigusr-handler) |
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1609 @end example |
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1611 To test the signal handler, you can make Emacs send a signal to itself: |
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1613 @example |
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1614 (signal-process (emacs-pid) 'sigusr1) |
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1615 @end example |
12067 | 1616 @end table |
1617 | |
12098 | 1618 If one of these events arrives in the middle of a key sequence---that |
1619 is, after a prefix key---then Emacs reorders the events so that this | |
1620 event comes either before or after the multi-event key sequence, not | |
1621 within it. | |
1622 | |
6260 | 1623 @node Event Examples |
1624 @subsection Event Examples | |
1625 | |
1626 If the user presses and releases the left mouse button over the same | |
1627 location, that generates a sequence of events like this: | |
1628 | |
1629 @smallexample | |
1630 (down-mouse-1 (#<window 18 on NEWS> 2613 (0 . 38) -864320)) | |
1631 (mouse-1 (#<window 18 on NEWS> 2613 (0 . 38) -864180)) | |
1632 @end smallexample | |
1633 | |
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1634 While holding the control key down, the user might hold down the |
6260 | 1635 second mouse button, and drag the mouse from one line to the next. |
1636 That produces two events, as shown here: | |
1637 | |
1638 @smallexample | |
1639 (C-down-mouse-2 (#<window 18 on NEWS> 3440 (0 . 27) -731219)) | |
1640 (C-drag-mouse-2 (#<window 18 on NEWS> 3440 (0 . 27) -731219) | |
1641 (#<window 18 on NEWS> 3510 (0 . 28) -729648)) | |
1642 @end smallexample | |
1643 | |
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1644 While holding down the meta and shift keys, the user might press the |
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1648 @smallexample | |
1649 (M-S-down-mouse-2 (#<window 18 on NEWS> mode-line (33 . 31) -457844)) | |
1650 (M-S-drag-mouse-2 (#<window 18 on NEWS> mode-line (33 . 31) -457844) | |
1651 (#<window 20 on carlton-sanskrit.tex> 161 (33 . 3) | |
1652 -453816)) | |
1653 @end smallexample | |
1654 | |
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1655 To handle a SIGUSR1 signal, define an interactive function, and |
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1656 bind it to the @code{signal usr1} event sequence: |
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1661 (message "Got USR1 signal")) |
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1662 (global-set-key [signal usr1] 'usr1-handler) |
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1663 @end smallexample |
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1666 @subsection Classifying Events | |
1667 @cindex event type | |
1668 | |
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1669 Every event has an @dfn{event type}, which classifies the event for |
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1670 key binding purposes. For a keyboard event, the event type equals the |
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1671 event value; thus, the event type for a character is the character, and |
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1674 the list. Thus, the event type is always a symbol or a character. |
6260 | 1675 |
1676 Two events of the same type are equivalent where key bindings are | |
1677 concerned; thus, they always run the same command. That does not | |
1678 necessarily mean they do the same things, however, as some commands look | |
1679 at the whole event to decide what to do. For example, some commands use | |
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1680 the location of a mouse event to decide where in the buffer to act. |
6260 | 1681 |
1682 Sometimes broader classifications of events are useful. For example, | |
1683 you might want to ask whether an event involved the @key{META} key, | |
1684 regardless of which other key or mouse button was used. | |
1685 | |
1686 The functions @code{event-modifiers} and @code{event-basic-type} are | |
1687 provided to get such information conveniently. | |
1688 | |
1689 @defun event-modifiers event | |
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6260 | 1692 @code{meta}, @code{alt}, @code{hyper} and @code{super}. In addition, |
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1705 @example | |
1706 (event-modifiers ?a) | |
1707 @result{} nil | |
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1711 @result{} (control) | |
1712 (event-modifiers ?\C-%) | |
1713 @result{} (control) | |
1714 (event-modifiers ?\C-\S-a) | |
1715 @result{} (control shift) | |
1716 (event-modifiers 'f5) | |
1717 @result{} nil | |
1718 (event-modifiers 's-f5) | |
1719 @result{} (super) | |
1720 (event-modifiers 'M-S-f5) | |
1721 @result{} (meta shift) | |
1722 (event-modifiers 'mouse-1) | |
1723 @result{} (click) | |
1724 (event-modifiers 'down-mouse-1) | |
1725 @result{} (down) | |
1726 @end example | |
1727 | |
1728 The modifiers list for a click event explicitly contains @code{click}, | |
1729 but the event symbol name itself does not contain @samp{click}. | |
1730 @end defun | |
1731 | |
1732 @defun event-basic-type event | |
1733 This function returns the key or mouse button that @var{event} | |
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1737 @example | |
1738 (event-basic-type ?a) | |
1739 @result{} 97 | |
1740 (event-basic-type ?A) | |
1741 @result{} 97 | |
1742 (event-basic-type ?\C-a) | |
1743 @result{} 97 | |
1744 (event-basic-type ?\C-\S-a) | |
1745 @result{} 97 | |
1746 (event-basic-type 'f5) | |
1747 @result{} f5 | |
1748 (event-basic-type 's-f5) | |
1749 @result{} f5 | |
1750 (event-basic-type 'M-S-f5) | |
1751 @result{} f5 | |
1752 (event-basic-type 'down-mouse-1) | |
1753 @result{} mouse-1 | |
1754 @end example | |
1755 @end defun | |
1756 | |
1757 @defun mouse-movement-p object | |
1758 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{object} is a mouse movement | |
1759 event. | |
1760 @end defun | |
1761 | |
12098 | 1762 @defun event-convert-list list |
1763 This function converts a list of modifier names and a basic event type | |
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1767 @example | |
1768 (event-convert-list '(control ?a)) | |
1769 @result{} 1 | |
1770 (event-convert-list '(control meta ?a)) | |
1771 @result{} -134217727 | |
1772 (event-convert-list '(control super f1)) | |
1773 @result{} C-s-f1 | |
1774 @end example | |
1775 @end defun | |
1776 | |
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1778 @subsection Accessing Events | |
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1780 @cindex accessing data of mouse events |
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1794 @defun event-start event | |
1795 This returns the starting position of @var{event}. | |
1796 | |
1797 If @var{event} is a click or button-down event, this returns the | |
1798 location of the event. If @var{event} is a drag event, this returns the | |
1799 drag's starting position. | |
1800 @end defun | |
1801 | |
1802 @defun event-end event | |
1803 This returns the ending position of @var{event}. | |
1804 | |
1805 If @var{event} is a drag event, this returns the position where the user | |
1806 released the mouse button. If @var{event} is a click or button-down | |
1807 event, the value is actually the starting position, which is the only | |
1808 position such events have. | |
1809 @end defun | |
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1815 @defun posn-window position | |
1816 Return the window that @var{position} is in. | |
1817 @end defun | |
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2034 @math{2^{27} + 127}, |
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2035 @end tex |
27193 | 2036 @ifnottex |
12098 | 2037 2**27+127, |
27193 | 2038 @end ifnottex |
12098 | 2039 can also go in the string, but you must change their |
2040 numeric values. You must set the | |
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2042 @math{2^{7}} |
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2043 @end tex |
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12098 | 2045 2**7 |
27193 | 2046 @end ifnottex |
12098 | 2047 bit instead of the |
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2049 @math{2^{27}} |
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2050 @end tex |
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27193 | 2053 @end ifnottex |
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2054 bit, resulting in a value between 128 and 255. Only a unibyte string |
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2058 Non-@acronym{ASCII} characters above 256 can be included in a multibyte string. |
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2060 @item | |
2061 Other keyboard character events cannot fit in a string. This includes | |
2062 keyboard events in the range of 128 to 255. | |
2063 @end itemize | |
2064 | |
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2065 Functions such as @code{read-key-sequence} that construct strings of |
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2066 keyboard input characters follow these rules: they construct vectors |
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2067 instead of strings, when the events won't fit in a string. |
6260 | 2068 |
2069 When you use the read syntax @samp{\M-} in a string, it produces a | |
2070 code in the range of 128 to 255---the same code that you get if you | |
2071 modify the corresponding keyboard event to put it in the string. Thus, | |
2072 meta events in strings work consistently regardless of how they get into | |
2073 the strings. | |
2074 | |
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2075 However, most programs would do well to avoid these issues by |
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2076 following the recommendations at the beginning of this section. |
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2077 |
6260 | 2078 @node Reading Input |
2079 @section Reading Input | |
2080 | |
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2081 The editor command loop reads key sequences using the function |
6260 | 2082 @code{read-key-sequence}, which uses @code{read-event}. These and other |
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2083 functions for event input are also available for use in Lisp programs. |
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2084 See also @code{momentary-string-display} in @ref{Temporary Displays}, |
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2085 and @code{sit-for} in @ref{Waiting}. @xref{Terminal Input}, for |
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2086 functions and variables for controlling terminal input modes and |
72212 | 2087 debugging terminal input. |
6260 | 2088 |
2089 For higher-level input facilities, see @ref{Minibuffers}. | |
2090 | |
2091 @menu | |
2092 * Key Sequence Input:: How to read one key sequence. | |
2093 * Reading One Event:: How to read just one event. | |
72212 | 2094 * Event Mod:: How Emacs modifies events as they are read. |
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2095 * Invoking the Input Method:: How reading an event uses the input method. |
6260 | 2096 * Quoted Character Input:: Asking the user to specify a character. |
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2097 * Event Input Misc:: How to reread or throw away input events. |
6260 | 2098 @end menu |
2099 | |
2100 @node Key Sequence Input | |
2101 @subsection Key Sequence Input | |
2102 @cindex key sequence input | |
2103 | |
2104 The command loop reads input a key sequence at a time, by calling | |
2105 @code{read-key-sequence}. Lisp programs can also call this function; | |
2106 for example, @code{describe-key} uses it to read the key to describe. | |
2107 | |
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2108 @defun read-key-sequence prompt &optional continue-echo dont-downcase-last switch-frame-ok command-loop |
6260 | 2109 @cindex key sequence |
2110 This function reads a key sequence and returns it as a string or | |
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2111 vector. It keeps reading events until it has accumulated a complete key |
6260 | 2112 sequence; that is, enough to specify a non-prefix command using the |
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2113 currently active keymaps. (Remember that a key sequence that starts |
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2114 with a mouse event is read using the keymaps of the buffer in the |
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2115 window that the mouse was in, not the current buffer.) |
6260 | 2116 |
2117 If the events are all characters and all can fit in a string, then | |
2118 @code{read-key-sequence} returns a string (@pxref{Strings of Events}). | |
2119 Otherwise, it returns a vector, since a vector can hold all kinds of | |
2120 events---characters, symbols, and lists. The elements of the string or | |
2121 vector are the events in the key sequence. | |
2122 | |
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2123 Reading a key sequence includes translating the events in various |
72212 | 2124 ways. @xref{Translation Keymaps}. |
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2126 The argument @var{prompt} is either a string to be displayed in the |
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2127 echo area as a prompt, or @code{nil}, meaning not to display a prompt. |
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2128 The argument @var{continue-echo}, if non-@code{nil}, means to echo |
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2129 this key as a continuation of the previous key. |
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2130 |
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2131 Normally any upper case event is converted to lower case if the |
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2132 original event is undefined and the lower case equivalent is defined. |
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2133 The argument @var{dont-downcase-last}, if non-@code{nil}, means do not |
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2134 convert the last event to lower case. This is appropriate for reading |
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2135 a key sequence to be defined. |
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2136 |
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2137 The argument @var{switch-frame-ok}, if non-@code{nil}, means that this |
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2138 function should process a @code{switch-frame} event if the user |
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2139 switches frames before typing anything. If the user switches frames |
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2140 in the middle of a key sequence, or at the start of the sequence but |
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2141 @var{switch-frame-ok} is @code{nil}, then the event will be put off |
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2142 until after the current key sequence. |
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2143 |
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2144 The argument @var{command-loop}, if non-@code{nil}, means that this |
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2145 key sequence is being read by something that will read commands one |
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2146 after another. It should be @code{nil} if the caller will read just |
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2147 one key sequence. |
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2149 In the following example, Emacs displays the prompt @samp{?} in the |
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2150 echo area, and then the user types @kbd{C-x C-f}. |
6260 | 2151 |
2152 @example | |
2153 (read-key-sequence "?") | |
2154 | |
2155 @group | |
2156 ---------- Echo Area ---------- | |
2157 ?@kbd{C-x C-f} | |
2158 ---------- Echo Area ---------- | |
2159 | |
2160 @result{} "^X^F" | |
2161 @end group | |
2162 @end example | |
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2164 The function @code{read-key-sequence} suppresses quitting: @kbd{C-g} |
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2165 typed while reading with this function works like any other character, |
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2166 and does not set @code{quit-flag}. @xref{Quitting}. |
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2167 @end defun |
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2169 @defun read-key-sequence-vector prompt &optional continue-echo dont-downcase-last switch-frame-ok command-loop |
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2170 This is like @code{read-key-sequence} except that it always |
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2171 returns the key sequence as a vector, never as a string. |
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2172 @xref{Strings of Events}. |
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2174 | |
2175 @cindex upper case key sequence | |
2176 @cindex downcasing in @code{lookup-key} | |
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2177 If an input character is upper-case (or has the shift modifier) and |
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2179 @code{read-key-sequence} converts the character to lower case. Note |
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2180 that @code{lookup-key} does not perform case conversion in this way. |
6260 | 2181 |
2182 The function @code{read-key-sequence} also transforms some mouse events. | |
2183 It converts unbound drag events into click events, and discards unbound | |
12098 | 2184 button-down events entirely. It also reshuffles focus events and |
2185 miscellaneous window events so that they never appear in a key sequence | |
2186 with any other events. | |
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2188 @cindex @code{header-line} prefix key |
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2189 @cindex @code{mode-line} prefix key |
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2190 @cindex @code{vertical-line} prefix key |
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2191 @cindex @code{horizontal-scroll-bar} prefix key |
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2192 @cindex @code{vertical-scroll-bar} prefix key |
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2193 @cindex @code{menu-bar} prefix key |
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2194 @cindex mouse events, in special parts of frame |
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2197 same symbol that would normally represent that combination of mouse |
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2198 button and modifier keys. The information about the window part is kept |
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2199 elsewhere in the event---in the coordinates. But |
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2201 ``prefix keys,'' all of which are symbols: @code{header-line}, |
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2202 @code{horizontal-scroll-bar}, @code{menu-bar}, @code{mode-line}, |
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2203 @code{vertical-line}, and @code{vertical-scroll-bar}. You can define |
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2204 meanings for mouse clicks in special window parts by defining key |
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6260 | 2207 For example, if you call @code{read-key-sequence} and then click the |
12098 | 2208 mouse on the window's mode line, you get two events, like this: |
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2212 @result{} [mode-line | |
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2228 @cindex event, reading only one |
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2235 @defun read-event &optional prompt inherit-input-method seconds |
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2237 if necessary until an event is available. Events can come directly from | |
2238 the user or from a keyboard macro. | |
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2241 string to display in the echo area as a prompt. Otherwise, |
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2254 displayed there. Otherwise @code{read-event} does not move the cursor. | |
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2257 the maximum time to wait for input, in seconds. If no input arrives |
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2260 for a fractional number of seconds. Some systems support only a whole |
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2263 necessary for input to arrive. |
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2265 If @var{seconds} is @code{nil}, Emacs is considered idle while waiting |
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2276 returning. @xref{Help Functions}. Certain other events, called |
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2277 @dfn{special events}, are also processed directly within |
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2278 @code{read-event} (@pxref{Special Events}). |
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6260 | 2280 Here is what happens if you call @code{read-event} and then press the |
2281 right-arrow function key: | |
2282 | |
2283 @example | |
2284 @group | |
2285 (read-event) | |
2286 @result{} right | |
2287 @end group | |
2288 @end example | |
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2291 @defun read-char &optional prompt inherit-input-method seconds |
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2292 This function reads and returns a character of command input. If the |
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2293 user generates an event which is not a character (i.e. a mouse click or |
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2294 function key event), @code{read-char} signals an error. The arguments |
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2295 work as in @code{read-event}. |
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2297 In the first example, the user types the character @kbd{1} (@acronym{ASCII} |
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2300 @code{read-char} reads the keyboard macro's very next character, which |
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6260 | 2303 |
2304 @example | |
2305 @group | |
2306 (read-char) | |
2307 @result{} 49 | |
2308 @end group | |
2309 | |
2310 @group | |
12098 | 2311 ;; @r{We assume here you use @kbd{M-:} to evaluate this.} |
6260 | 2312 (symbol-function 'foo) |
12098 | 2313 @result{} "^[:(read-char)^M1" |
6260 | 2314 @end group |
2315 @group | |
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6260 | 2317 @print{} 49 |
2318 @result{} nil | |
2319 @end group | |
2320 @end example | |
2321 @end defun | |
2322 | |
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2324 This function reads and returns a character of command input. If the |
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2325 user generates an event which is not a character, |
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2326 @code{read-char-exclusive} ignores it and reads another event, until it |
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2330 @defvar num-nonmacro-input-events |
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2331 This variable holds the total number of input events received so far |
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2332 from the terminal---not counting those generated by keyboard macros. |
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2336 @subsection Modifying and Translating Input Events | |
2337 | |
2338 Emacs modifies every event it reads according to | |
2339 @code{extra-keyboard-modifiers}, then translates it through | |
2340 @code{keyboard-translate-table} (if applicable), before returning it | |
2341 from @code{read-event}. | |
2342 | |
2343 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
2344 @defvar extra-keyboard-modifiers | |
2345 This variable lets Lisp programs ``press'' the modifier keys on the | |
2346 keyboard. The value is a character. Only the modifiers of the | |
2347 character matter. Each time the user types a keyboard key, it is | |
2348 altered as if those modifier keys were held down. For instance, if | |
2349 you bind @code{extra-keyboard-modifiers} to @code{?\C-\M-a}, then all | |
2350 keyboard input characters typed during the scope of the binding will | |
2351 have the control and meta modifiers applied to them. The character | |
2352 @code{?\C-@@}, equivalent to the integer 0, does not count as a control | |
2353 character for this purpose, but as a character with no modifiers. | |
2354 Thus, setting @code{extra-keyboard-modifiers} to zero cancels any | |
2355 modification. | |
2356 | |
2357 When using a window system, the program can ``press'' any of the | |
2358 modifier keys in this way. Otherwise, only the @key{CTL} and @key{META} | |
2359 keys can be virtually pressed. | |
2360 | |
2361 Note that this variable applies only to events that really come from | |
2362 the keyboard, and has no effect on mouse events or any other events. | |
2363 @end defvar | |
2364 | |
2365 @defvar keyboard-translate-table | |
2366 This variable is the translate table for keyboard characters. It lets | |
2367 you reshuffle the keys on the keyboard without changing any command | |
2368 bindings. Its value is normally a char-table, or else @code{nil}. | |
2369 (It can also be a string or vector, but this is considered obsolete.) | |
2370 | |
2371 If @code{keyboard-translate-table} is a char-table | |
2372 (@pxref{Char-Tables}), then each character read from the keyboard is | |
2373 looked up in this char-table. If the value found there is | |
2374 non-@code{nil}, then it is used instead of the actual input character. | |
2375 | |
2376 Note that this translation is the first thing that happens to a | |
2377 character after it is read from the terminal. Record-keeping features | |
2378 such as @code{recent-keys} and dribble files record the characters after | |
2379 translation. | |
2380 | |
2381 Note also that this translation is done before the characters are | |
2382 supplied to input methods (@pxref{Input Methods}). Use | |
2383 @code{translation-table-for-input} (@pxref{Translation of Characters}), | |
2384 if you want to translate characters after input methods operate. | |
2385 @end defvar | |
2386 | |
2387 @defun keyboard-translate from to | |
2388 This function modifies @code{keyboard-translate-table} to translate | |
2389 character code @var{from} into character code @var{to}. It creates | |
2390 the keyboard translate table if necessary. | |
2391 @end defun | |
2392 | |
2393 Here's an example of using the @code{keyboard-translate-table} to | |
2394 make @kbd{C-x}, @kbd{C-c} and @kbd{C-v} perform the cut, copy and paste | |
2395 operations: | |
2396 | |
2397 @example | |
2398 (keyboard-translate ?\C-x 'control-x) | |
2399 (keyboard-translate ?\C-c 'control-c) | |
2400 (keyboard-translate ?\C-v 'control-v) | |
2401 (global-set-key [control-x] 'kill-region) | |
2402 (global-set-key [control-c] 'kill-ring-save) | |
2403 (global-set-key [control-v] 'yank) | |
2404 @end example | |
2405 | |
2406 @noindent | |
2407 On a graphical terminal that supports extended @acronym{ASCII} input, | |
2408 you can still get the standard Emacs meanings of one of those | |
2409 characters by typing it with the shift key. That makes it a different | |
2410 character as far as keyboard translation is concerned, but it has the | |
2411 same usual meaning. | |
2412 | |
2413 @xref{Translation Keymaps}, for mechanisms that translate event sequences | |
2414 at the level of @code{read-key-sequence}. | |
2415 | |
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2443 bits. |
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2445 If the input method function calls @code{read-event} or |
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2450 subsequent events of a key sequence. Thus, these characters are not |
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2451 subject to input method processing. The input method function should |
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2452 test the values of @code{overriding-local-map} and |
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2453 @code{overriding-terminal-local-map}; if either of these variables is |
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2454 non-@code{nil}, the input method should put its argument into a list and |
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2455 return that list with no further processing. |
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6260 | 2457 @node Quoted Character Input |
2458 @subsection Quoted Character Input | |
2459 @cindex quoted character input | |
2460 | |
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2461 You can use the function @code{read-quoted-char} to ask the user to |
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2462 specify a character, and allow the user to specify a control or meta |
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2463 character conveniently, either literally or as an octal character code. |
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2464 The command @code{quoted-insert} uses this function. |
6260 | 2465 |
2466 @defun read-quoted-char &optional prompt | |
2467 @cindex octal character input | |
2468 @cindex control characters, reading | |
2469 @cindex nonprinting characters, reading | |
2470 This function is like @code{read-char}, except that if the first | |
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2474 character that terminates the sequence of octal digits is @key{RET}, |
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2475 it is discarded. Any other terminating character is used as input |
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2476 after this function returns. |
6260 | 2477 |
2478 Quitting is suppressed when the first character is read, so that the | |
2479 user can enter a @kbd{C-g}. @xref{Quitting}. | |
2480 | |
2481 If @var{prompt} is supplied, it specifies a string for prompting the | |
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2482 user. The prompt string is always displayed in the echo area, followed |
6260 | 2483 by a single @samp{-}. |
2484 | |
2485 In the following example, the user types in the octal number 177 (which | |
2486 is 127 in decimal). | |
2487 | |
2488 @example | |
2489 (read-quoted-char "What character") | |
2490 | |
2491 @group | |
2492 ---------- Echo Area ---------- | |
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2493 What character @kbd{1 7 7}- |
6260 | 2494 ---------- Echo Area ---------- |
2495 | |
2496 @result{} 127 | |
2497 @end group | |
2498 @end example | |
2499 @end defun | |
2500 | |
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2501 @need 2000 |
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2502 @node Event Input Misc |
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2503 @subsection Miscellaneous Event Input Features |
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2505 This section describes how to ``peek ahead'' at events without using |
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2506 them up, how to check for pending input, and how to discard pending |
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2507 input. See also the function @code{read-passwd} (@pxref{Reading a |
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2508 Password}). |
6260 | 2509 |
2510 @defvar unread-command-events | |
2511 @cindex next input | |
2512 @cindex peeking at input | |
2513 This variable holds a list of events waiting to be read as command | |
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2514 input. The events are used in the order they appear in the list, and |
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2515 removed one by one as they are used. |
6260 | 2516 |
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2517 The variable is needed because in some cases a function reads an event |
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2518 and then decides not to use it. Storing the event in this variable |
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2519 causes it to be processed normally, by the command loop or by the |
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2520 functions to read command input. |
6260 | 2521 |
2522 @cindex prefix argument unreading | |
2523 For example, the function that implements numeric prefix arguments reads | |
2524 any number of digits. When it finds a non-digit event, it must unread | |
2525 the event so that it can be read normally by the command loop. | |
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2526 Likewise, incremental search uses this feature to unread events with no |
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2527 special meaning in a search, because these events should exit the search |
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2528 and then execute normally. |
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2529 |
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2530 The reliable and easy way to extract events from a key sequence so as to |
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2531 put them in @code{unread-command-events} is to use |
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2532 @code{listify-key-sequence} (@pxref{Strings of Events}). |
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2534 Normally you add events to the front of this list, so that the events |
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2535 most recently unread will be reread first. |
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2537 Events read from this list are not normally added to the current |
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2538 command's key sequence (as returned by e.g. @code{this-command-keys}), |
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2539 as the events will already have been added once as they were read for |
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2540 the first time. An element of the form @code{(@code{t} . @var{event})} |
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2541 forces @var{event} to be added to the current command's key sequence. |
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6260 | 2543 @end defvar |
2544 | |
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2545 @defun listify-key-sequence key |
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2546 This function converts the string or vector @var{key} to a list of |
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2547 individual events, which you can put in @code{unread-command-events}. |
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2548 @end defun |
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2551 This variable holds a character to be read as command input. | |
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2552 A value of -1 means ``empty.'' |
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2554 This variable is mostly obsolete now that you can use |
6260 | 2555 @code{unread-command-events} instead; it exists only to support programs |
2556 written for Emacs versions 18 and earlier. | |
2557 @end defvar | |
2558 | |
2559 @defun input-pending-p | |
2560 @cindex waiting for command key input | |
2561 This function determines whether any command input is currently | |
2562 available to be read. It returns immediately, with value @code{t} if | |
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6260 | 2565 @end defun |
2566 | |
2567 @defvar last-input-event | |
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2568 @defvarx last-input-char |
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2569 This variable records the last terminal input event read, whether |
6260 | 2570 as part of a command or explicitly by a Lisp program. |
2571 | |
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2573 @acronym{ASCII} code 49. It becomes the value of @code{last-input-event}, |
12098 | 2574 while @kbd{C-e} (we assume @kbd{C-x C-e} command is used to evaluate |
2575 this expression) remains the value of @code{last-command-event}. | |
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2577 @example | |
2578 @group | |
2579 (progn (print (read-char)) | |
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2580 (print last-command-event) |
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6260 | 2582 @print{} 49 |
2583 @print{} 5 | |
2584 @result{} 49 | |
2585 @end group | |
2586 @end example | |
2587 | |
2588 The alias @code{last-input-char} exists for compatibility with | |
2589 Emacs version 18. | |
2590 @end defvar | |
2591 | |
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2596 like a quit). The @code{while-no-input} form returns @code{nil} if |
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6260 | 2615 @defun discard-input |
2616 @cindex flush input | |
2617 @cindex discard input | |
2618 @cindex terminate keyboard macro | |
2619 This function discards the contents of the terminal input buffer and | |
2620 cancels any keyboard macro that might be in the process of definition. | |
2621 It returns @code{nil}. | |
2622 | |
2623 In the following example, the user may type a number of characters right | |
2624 after starting the evaluation of the form. After the @code{sleep-for} | |
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2628 @example | |
2629 (progn (sleep-for 2) | |
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2632 @end example | |
2633 @end defun | |
2634 | |
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2639 Special events are handled at a very low level---as soon as they are |
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2646 @code{last-command-event} or @code{(this-command-keys)}. They do not |
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2647 discard a numeric argument, they cannot be unread with |
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2648 @code{unread-command-events}, they may not appear in a keyboard macro, |
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2649 and they are not recorded in a keyboard macro while you are defining |
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2652 These events do, however, appear in @code{last-input-event} immediately |
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2654 find the actual event. |
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2656 The events types @code{iconify-frame}, @code{make-frame-visible}, |
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2658 @code{sigusr1} are normally handled in this way. The keymap which |
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2659 defines how to handle special events---and which events are special---is |
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2660 in the variable @code{special-event-map} (@pxref{Active Keymaps}). |
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6260 | 2662 @node Waiting |
2663 @section Waiting for Elapsed Time or Input | |
2664 @cindex pausing | |
2665 @cindex waiting | |
2666 | |
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2667 The wait functions are designed to wait for a certain amount of time |
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2668 to pass or until there is input. For example, you may wish to pause in |
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2669 the middle of a computation to allow the user time to view the display. |
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2670 @code{sit-for} pauses and updates the screen, and returns immediately if |
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2671 input comes in, while @code{sleep-for} pauses without updating the |
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2672 screen. |
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2674 @defun sit-for seconds &optional nodisp |
6260 | 2675 This function performs redisplay (provided there is no pending input |
2676 from the user), then waits @var{seconds} seconds, or until input is | |
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2677 available. The usual purpose of @code{sit-for} is to give the user |
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2678 time to read text that you display. The value is @code{t} if |
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2679 @code{sit-for} waited the full time with no input arriving |
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2680 (@pxref{Event Input Misc}). Otherwise, the value is @code{nil}. |
6260 | 2681 |
12098 | 2682 The argument @var{seconds} need not be an integer. If it is a floating |
2683 point number, @code{sit-for} waits for a fractional number of seconds. | |
2684 Some systems support only a whole number of seconds; on these systems, | |
2685 @var{seconds} is rounded down. | |
2686 | |
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2687 The expression @code{(sit-for 0)} is equivalent to @code{(redisplay)}, |
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2688 i.e. it requests a redisplay, without any delay, if there is no pending input. |
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2689 @xref{Forcing Redisplay}. |
6260 | 2690 |
2691 If @var{nodisp} is non-@code{nil}, then @code{sit-for} does not | |
2692 redisplay, but it still returns as soon as input is available (or when | |
2693 the timeout elapses). | |
2694 | |
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2695 In batch mode (@pxref{Batch Mode}), @code{sit-for} cannot be |
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2696 interrupted, even by input from the standard input descriptor. It is |
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2697 thus equivalent to @code{sleep-for}, which is described below. |
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2699 It is also possible to call @code{sit-for} with three arguments, |
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2701 but that is considered obsolete. |
6260 | 2702 @end defun |
2703 | |
2704 @defun sleep-for seconds &optional millisec | |
2705 This function simply pauses for @var{seconds} seconds without updating | |
2706 the display. It pays no attention to available input. It returns | |
2707 @code{nil}. | |
2708 | |
12098 | 2709 The argument @var{seconds} need not be an integer. If it is a floating |
2710 point number, @code{sleep-for} waits for a fractional number of seconds. | |
2711 Some systems support only a whole number of seconds; on these systems, | |
2712 @var{seconds} is rounded down. | |
2713 | |
6260 | 2714 The optional argument @var{millisec} specifies an additional waiting |
2715 period measured in milliseconds. This adds to the period specified by | |
12098 | 2716 @var{seconds}. If the system doesn't support waiting fractions of a |
2717 second, you get an error if you specify nonzero @var{millisec}. | |
6260 | 2718 |
2719 Use @code{sleep-for} when you wish to guarantee a delay. | |
2720 @end defun | |
2721 | |
2722 @xref{Time of Day}, for functions to get the current time. | |
2723 | |
2724 @node Quitting | |
2725 @section Quitting | |
2726 @cindex @kbd{C-g} | |
2727 @cindex quitting | |
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2728 @cindex interrupt Lisp functions |
6260 | 2729 |
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2730 Typing @kbd{C-g} while a Lisp function is running causes Emacs to |
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2731 @dfn{quit} whatever it is doing. This means that control returns to the |
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2732 innermost active command loop. |
6260 | 2733 |
2734 Typing @kbd{C-g} while the command loop is waiting for keyboard input | |
2735 does not cause a quit; it acts as an ordinary input character. In the | |
2736 simplest case, you cannot tell the difference, because @kbd{C-g} | |
2737 normally runs the command @code{keyboard-quit}, whose effect is to quit. | |
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2738 However, when @kbd{C-g} follows a prefix key, they combine to form an |
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2739 undefined key. The effect is to cancel the prefix key as well as any |
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2740 prefix argument. |
6260 | 2741 |
2742 In the minibuffer, @kbd{C-g} has a different definition: it aborts out | |
2743 of the minibuffer. This means, in effect, that it exits the minibuffer | |
2744 and then quits. (Simply quitting would return to the command loop | |
2745 @emph{within} the minibuffer.) The reason why @kbd{C-g} does not quit | |
2746 directly when the command reader is reading input is so that its meaning | |
2747 can be redefined in the minibuffer in this way. @kbd{C-g} following a | |
2748 prefix key is not redefined in the minibuffer, and it has its normal | |
2749 effect of canceling the prefix key and prefix argument. This too | |
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2752 When @kbd{C-g} does directly quit, it does so by setting the variable |
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2753 @code{quit-flag} to @code{t}. Emacs checks this variable at appropriate |
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2754 times and quits if it is not @code{nil}. Setting @code{quit-flag} |
6260 | 2755 non-@code{nil} in any way thus causes a quit. |
2756 | |
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2757 At the level of C code, quitting cannot happen just anywhere; only at the |
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2758 special places that check @code{quit-flag}. The reason for this is |
6260 | 2759 that quitting at other places might leave an inconsistency in Emacs's |
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2760 internal state. Because quitting is delayed until a safe place, quitting |
6260 | 2761 cannot make Emacs crash. |
2762 | |
2763 Certain functions such as @code{read-key-sequence} or | |
2764 @code{read-quoted-char} prevent quitting entirely even though they wait | |
2765 for input. Instead of quitting, @kbd{C-g} serves as the requested | |
2766 input. In the case of @code{read-key-sequence}, this serves to bring | |
2767 about the special behavior of @kbd{C-g} in the command loop. In the | |
2768 case of @code{read-quoted-char}, this is so that @kbd{C-q} can be used | |
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2769 to quote a @kbd{C-g}. |
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2771 @cindex prevent quitting |
6260 | 2772 You can prevent quitting for a portion of a Lisp function by binding |
2773 the variable @code{inhibit-quit} to a non-@code{nil} value. Then, | |
2774 although @kbd{C-g} still sets @code{quit-flag} to @code{t} as usual, the | |
2775 usual result of this---a quit---is prevented. Eventually, | |
2776 @code{inhibit-quit} will become @code{nil} again, such as when its | |
2777 binding is unwound at the end of a @code{let} form. At that time, if | |
2778 @code{quit-flag} is still non-@code{nil}, the requested quit happens | |
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2779 immediately. This behavior is ideal when you wish to make sure that |
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2780 quitting does not happen within a ``critical section'' of the program. |
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2782 @cindex @code{read-quoted-char} quitting | |
2783 In some functions (such as @code{read-quoted-char}), @kbd{C-g} is | |
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6260 | 2786 setting @code{quit-flag} to @code{nil} before @code{inhibit-quit} |
2787 becomes @code{nil} again. This excerpt from the definition of | |
2788 @code{read-quoted-char} shows how this is done; it also shows that | |
2789 normal quitting is permitted after the first character of input. | |
2790 | |
2791 @example | |
2792 (defun read-quoted-char (&optional prompt) | |
2793 "@dots{}@var{documentation}@dots{}" | |
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2804 | |
2805 @defvar quit-flag | |
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6260 | 2808 @code{quit-flag} non-@code{nil}, regardless of @code{inhibit-quit}. |
2809 @end defvar | |
2810 | |
2811 @defvar inhibit-quit | |
2812 This variable determines whether Emacs should quit when @code{quit-flag} | |
2813 is set to a value other than @code{nil}. If @code{inhibit-quit} is | |
2814 non-@code{nil}, then @code{quit-flag} has no special effect. | |
2815 @end defvar | |
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6260 | 2841 @deffn Command keyboard-quit |
2842 This function signals the @code{quit} condition with @code{(signal 'quit | |
2843 nil)}. This is the same thing that quitting does. (See @code{signal} | |
2844 in @ref{Errors}.) | |
2845 @end deffn | |
2846 | |
2847 You can specify a character other than @kbd{C-g} to use for quitting. | |
2848 See the function @code{set-input-mode} in @ref{Terminal Input}. | |
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6260 | 2850 @node Prefix Command Arguments |
2851 @section Prefix Command Arguments | |
2852 @cindex prefix argument | |
2853 @cindex raw prefix argument | |
2854 @cindex numeric prefix argument | |
2855 | |
2856 Most Emacs commands can use a @dfn{prefix argument}, a number | |
2857 specified before the command itself. (Don't confuse prefix arguments | |
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2860 argument. Each command may use the prefix argument or ignore it. |
6260 | 2861 |
2862 There are two representations of the prefix argument: @dfn{raw} and | |
2863 @dfn{numeric}. The editor command loop uses the raw representation | |
2864 internally, and so do the Lisp variables that store the information, but | |
2865 commands can request either representation. | |
2866 | |
2867 Here are the possible values of a raw prefix argument: | |
2868 | |
2869 @itemize @bullet | |
2870 @item | |
2871 @code{nil}, meaning there is no prefix argument. Its numeric value is | |
2872 1, but numerous commands make a distinction between @code{nil} and the | |
2873 integer 1. | |
2874 | |
2875 @item | |
2876 An integer, which stands for itself. | |
2877 | |
2878 @item | |
2879 A list of one element, which is an integer. This form of prefix | |
2880 argument results from one or a succession of @kbd{C-u}'s with no | |
2881 digits. The numeric value is the integer in the list, but some | |
2882 commands make a distinction between such a list and an integer alone. | |
2883 | |
2884 @item | |
2885 The symbol @code{-}. This indicates that @kbd{M--} or @kbd{C-u -} was | |
2886 typed, without following digits. The equivalent numeric value is | |
2887 @minus{}1, but some commands make a distinction between the integer | |
2888 @minus{}1 and the symbol @code{-}. | |
2889 @end itemize | |
2890 | |
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2892 various prefixes: |
6260 | 2893 |
2894 @example | |
2895 @group | |
2896 (defun display-prefix (arg) | |
2897 "Display the value of the raw prefix arg." | |
2898 (interactive "P") | |
2899 (message "%s" arg)) | |
2900 @end group | |
2901 @end example | |
2902 | |
2903 @noindent | |
2904 Here are the results of calling @code{display-prefix} with various | |
2905 raw prefix arguments: | |
2906 | |
2907 @example | |
2908 M-x display-prefix @print{} nil | |
2909 | |
2910 C-u M-x display-prefix @print{} (4) | |
2911 | |
2912 C-u C-u M-x display-prefix @print{} (16) | |
2913 | |
2914 C-u 3 M-x display-prefix @print{} 3 | |
2915 | |
2916 M-3 M-x display-prefix @print{} 3 ; @r{(Same as @code{C-u 3}.)} | |
2917 | |
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2918 C-u - M-x display-prefix @print{} - |
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2920 M-- M-x display-prefix @print{} - ; @r{(Same as @code{C-u -}.)} |
6260 | 2921 |
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2922 C-u - 7 M-x display-prefix @print{} -7 |
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2924 M-- 7 M-x display-prefix @print{} -7 ; @r{(Same as @code{C-u -7}.)} |
6260 | 2925 @end example |
2926 | |
2927 Emacs uses two variables to store the prefix argument: | |
2928 @code{prefix-arg} and @code{current-prefix-arg}. Commands such as | |
2929 @code{universal-argument} that set up prefix arguments for other | |
2930 commands store them in @code{prefix-arg}. In contrast, | |
2931 @code{current-prefix-arg} conveys the prefix argument to the current | |
2932 command, so setting it has no effect on the prefix arguments for future | |
2933 commands. | |
2934 | |
2935 Normally, commands specify which representation to use for the prefix | |
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2936 argument, either numeric or raw, in the @code{interactive} specification. |
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2937 (@xref{Using Interactive}.) Alternatively, functions may look at the |
6260 | 2938 value of the prefix argument directly in the variable |
2939 @code{current-prefix-arg}, but this is less clean. | |
2940 | |
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2941 @defun prefix-numeric-value arg |
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2942 This function returns the numeric meaning of a valid raw prefix argument |
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2943 value, @var{arg}. The argument may be a symbol, a number, or a list. |
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2944 If it is @code{nil}, the value 1 is returned; if it is @code{-}, the |
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2945 value @minus{}1 is returned; if it is a number, that number is returned; |
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2946 if it is a list, the @sc{car} of that list (which should be a number) is |
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2947 returned. |
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2948 @end defun |
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2950 @defvar current-prefix-arg |
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2951 This variable holds the raw prefix argument for the @emph{current} |
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2952 command. Commands may examine it directly, but the usual method for |
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2953 accessing it is with @code{(interactive "P")}. |
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2954 @end defvar |
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2955 |
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2956 @defvar prefix-arg |
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2957 The value of this variable is the raw prefix argument for the |
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2958 @emph{next} editing command. Commands such as @code{universal-argument} |
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2959 that specify prefix arguments for the following command work by setting |
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2960 this variable. |
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2961 @end defvar |
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2963 @defvar last-prefix-arg |
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2964 The raw prefix argument value used by the previous command. |
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2965 @end defvar |
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2967 The following commands exist to set up prefix arguments for the |
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2968 following command. Do not call them for any other reason. |
6260 | 2969 |
2970 @deffn Command universal-argument | |
2971 This command reads input and specifies a prefix argument for the | |
2972 following command. Don't call this command yourself unless you know | |
2973 what you are doing. | |
2974 @end deffn | |
2975 | |
2976 @deffn Command digit-argument arg | |
2977 This command adds to the prefix argument for the following command. The | |
2978 argument @var{arg} is the raw prefix argument as it was before this | |
2979 command; it is used to compute the updated prefix argument. Don't call | |
2980 this command yourself unless you know what you are doing. | |
2981 @end deffn | |
2982 | |
2983 @deffn Command negative-argument arg | |
2984 This command adds to the numeric argument for the next command. The | |
2985 argument @var{arg} is the raw prefix argument as it was before this | |
2986 command; its value is negated to form the new prefix argument. Don't | |
2987 call this command yourself unless you know what you are doing. | |
2988 @end deffn | |
2989 | |
2990 @node Recursive Editing | |
2991 @section Recursive Editing | |
2992 @cindex recursive command loop | |
2993 @cindex recursive editing level | |
2994 @cindex command loop, recursive | |
2995 | |
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2997 This top-level invocation of the command loop never exits; it keeps |
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2998 running as long as Emacs does. Lisp programs can also invoke the |
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2999 command loop. Since this makes more than one activation of the command |
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3001 the effect of suspending whatever command invoked it and permitting the |
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3002 user to do arbitrary editing before resuming that command. |
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3004 The commands available during recursive editing are the same ones | |
3005 available in the top-level editing loop and defined in the keymaps. | |
3006 Only a few special commands exit the recursive editing level; the others | |
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3007 return to the recursive editing level when they finish. (The special |
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3009 recursive editing is not in progress.) |
6260 | 3010 |
3011 All command loops, including recursive ones, set up all-purpose error | |
3012 handlers so that an error in a command run from the command loop will | |
3013 not exit the loop. | |
3014 | |
3015 @cindex minibuffer input | |
3016 Minibuffer input is a special kind of recursive editing. It has a few | |
3017 special wrinkles, such as enabling display of the minibuffer and the | |
3018 minibuffer window, but fewer than you might suppose. Certain keys | |
3019 behave differently in the minibuffer, but that is only because of the | |
3020 minibuffer's local map; if you switch windows, you get the usual Emacs | |
3021 commands. | |
3022 | |
3023 @cindex @code{throw} example | |
3024 @kindex exit | |
3025 @cindex exit recursive editing | |
3026 @cindex aborting | |
3027 To invoke a recursive editing level, call the function | |
3028 @code{recursive-edit}. This function contains the command loop; it also | |
3029 contains a call to @code{catch} with tag @code{exit}, which makes it | |
3030 possible to exit the recursive editing level by throwing to @code{exit} | |
3031 (@pxref{Catch and Throw}). If you throw a value other than @code{t}, | |
3032 then @code{recursive-edit} returns normally to the function that called | |
3033 it. The command @kbd{C-M-c} (@code{exit-recursive-edit}) does this. | |
3034 Throwing a @code{t} value causes @code{recursive-edit} to quit, so that | |
3035 control returns to the command loop one level up. This is called | |
3036 @dfn{aborting}, and is done by @kbd{C-]} (@code{abort-recursive-edit}). | |
3037 | |
3038 Most applications should not use recursive editing, except as part of | |
3039 using the minibuffer. Usually it is more convenient for the user if you | |
3040 change the major mode of the current buffer temporarily to a special | |
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3045 complete the processing and go back to the previous buffer. (The |
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3046 @kbd{m} command in Rmail does this.) |
6260 | 3047 |
3048 Recursive edits are useful in debugging. You can insert a call to | |
3049 @code{debug} into a function definition as a sort of breakpoint, so that | |
3050 you can look around when the function gets there. @code{debug} invokes | |
3051 a recursive edit but also provides the other features of the debugger. | |
3052 | |
3053 Recursive editing levels are also used when you type @kbd{C-r} in | |
3054 @code{query-replace} or use @kbd{C-x q} (@code{kbd-macro-query}). | |
3055 | |
3056 @defun recursive-edit | |
3057 @cindex suspend evaluation | |
3058 This function invokes the editor command loop. It is called | |
3059 automatically by the initialization of Emacs, to let the user begin | |
3060 editing. When called from a Lisp program, it enters a recursive editing | |
3061 level. | |
3062 | |
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3063 If the current buffer is not the same as the selected window's buffer, |
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3064 @code{recursive-edit} saves and restores the current buffer. Otherwise, |
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3065 if you switch buffers, the buffer you switched to is current after |
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3066 @code{recursive-edit} returns. |
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3068 In the following example, the function @code{simple-rec} first |
6260 | 3069 advances point one word, then enters a recursive edit, printing out a |
3070 message in the echo area. The user can then do any editing desired, and | |
3071 then type @kbd{C-M-c} to exit and continue executing @code{simple-rec}. | |
3072 | |
3073 @example | |
3074 (defun simple-rec () | |
3075 (forward-word 1) | |
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3076 (message "Recursive edit in progress") |
6260 | 3077 (recursive-edit) |
3078 (forward-word 1)) | |
3079 @result{} simple-rec | |
3080 (simple-rec) | |
3081 @result{} nil | |
3082 @end example | |
3083 @end defun | |
3084 | |
3085 @deffn Command exit-recursive-edit | |
3086 This function exits from the innermost recursive edit (including | |
3087 minibuffer input). Its definition is effectively @code{(throw 'exit | |
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3088 nil)}. |
6260 | 3089 @end deffn |
3090 | |
3091 @deffn Command abort-recursive-edit | |
3092 This function aborts the command that requested the innermost recursive | |
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3093 edit (including minibuffer input), by signaling @code{quit} |
6260 | 3094 after exiting the recursive edit. Its definition is effectively |
3095 @code{(throw 'exit t)}. @xref{Quitting}. | |
3096 @end deffn | |
3097 | |
3098 @deffn Command top-level | |
3099 This function exits all recursive editing levels; it does not return a | |
3100 value, as it jumps completely out of any computation directly back to | |
3101 the main command loop. | |
3102 @end deffn | |
3103 | |
3104 @defun recursion-depth | |
3105 This function returns the current depth of recursive edits. When no | |
3106 recursive edit is active, it returns 0. | |
3107 @end defun | |
3108 | |
3109 @node Disabling Commands | |
3110 @section Disabling Commands | |
3111 @cindex disabled command | |
3112 | |
3113 @dfn{Disabling a command} marks the command as requiring user | |
3114 confirmation before it can be executed. Disabling is used for commands | |
3115 which might be confusing to beginning users, to prevent them from using | |
3116 the commands by accident. | |
3117 | |
3118 @kindex disabled | |
3119 The low-level mechanism for disabling a command is to put a | |
3120 non-@code{nil} @code{disabled} property on the Lisp symbol for the | |
3121 command. These properties are normally set up by the user's | |
25875 | 3122 init file (@pxref{Init File}) with Lisp expressions such as this: |
6260 | 3123 |
3124 @example | |
3125 (put 'upcase-region 'disabled t) | |
3126 @end example | |
3127 | |
3128 @noindent | |
25875 | 3129 For a few commands, these properties are present by default (you can |
3130 remove them in your init file if you wish). | |
6260 | 3131 |
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3133 saying the command is disabled includes that string. For example: |
6260 | 3134 |
3135 @example | |
3136 (put 'delete-region 'disabled | |
3137 "Text deleted this way cannot be yanked back!\n") | |
3138 @end example | |
3139 | |
3140 @xref{Disabling,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, for the details on | |
3141 what happens when a disabled command is invoked interactively. | |
3142 Disabling a command has no effect on calling it as a function from Lisp | |
3143 programs. | |
3144 | |
3145 @deffn Command enable-command command | |
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3147 confirmation from now on, and alter the user's init file (@pxref{Init |
25875 | 3148 File}) so that this will apply to future sessions. |
6260 | 3149 @end deffn |
3150 | |
3151 @deffn Command disable-command command | |
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3152 Require special confirmation to execute @var{command} from now on, and |
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6260 | 3154 @end deffn |
3155 | |
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3156 @defvar disabled-command-function |
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3157 The value of this variable should be a function. When the user |
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3158 invokes a disabled command interactively, this function is called |
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3159 instead of the disabled command. It can use @code{this-command-keys} |
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3160 to determine what the user typed to run the command, and thus find the |
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3161 command itself. |
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3162 |
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3163 The value may also be @code{nil}. Then all commands work normally, |
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3164 even disabled ones. |
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3166 By default, the value is a function that asks the user whether to |
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3167 proceed. |
6260 | 3168 @end defvar |
3169 | |
3170 @node Command History | |
3171 @section Command History | |
3172 @cindex command history | |
3173 @cindex complex command | |
3174 @cindex history of commands | |
3175 | |
3176 The command loop keeps a history of the complex commands that have | |
3177 been executed, to make it convenient to repeat these commands. A | |
3178 @dfn{complex command} is one for which the interactive argument reading | |
3179 uses the minibuffer. This includes any @kbd{M-x} command, any | |
12098 | 3180 @kbd{M-:} command, and any command whose @code{interactive} |
6260 | 3181 specification reads an argument from the minibuffer. Explicit use of |
3182 the minibuffer during the execution of the command itself does not cause | |
3183 the command to be considered complex. | |
3184 | |
3185 @defvar command-history | |
3186 This variable's value is a list of recent complex commands, each | |
3187 represented as a form to evaluate. It continues to accumulate all | |
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3188 complex commands for the duration of the editing session, but when it |
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3189 reaches the maximum size (@pxref{Minibuffer History}), the oldest |
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3190 elements are deleted as new ones are added. |
6260 | 3191 |
3192 @example | |
3193 @group | |
3194 command-history | |
3195 @result{} ((switch-to-buffer "chistory.texi") | |
3196 (describe-key "^X^[") | |
3197 (visit-tags-table "~/emacs/src/") | |
3198 (find-tag "repeat-complex-command")) | |
3199 @end group | |
3200 @end example | |
3201 @end defvar | |
3202 | |
3203 This history list is actually a special case of minibuffer history | |
3204 (@pxref{Minibuffer History}), with one special twist: the elements are | |
3205 expressions rather than strings. | |
3206 | |
3207 There are a number of commands devoted to the editing and recall of | |
3208 previous commands. The commands @code{repeat-complex-command}, and | |
3209 @code{list-command-history} are described in the user manual | |
3210 (@pxref{Repetition,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}). Within the | |
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3211 minibuffer, the usual minibuffer history commands are available. |
6260 | 3212 |
3213 @node Keyboard Macros | |
3214 @section Keyboard Macros | |
3215 @cindex keyboard macros | |
3216 | |
3217 A @dfn{keyboard macro} is a canned sequence of input events that can | |
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3218 be considered a command and made the definition of a key. The Lisp |
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3219 representation of a keyboard macro is a string or vector containing the |
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3220 events. Don't confuse keyboard macros with Lisp macros |
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3221 (@pxref{Macros}). |
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3223 @defun execute-kbd-macro kbdmacro &optional count loopfunc |
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3224 This function executes @var{kbdmacro} as a sequence of events. If |
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3225 @var{kbdmacro} is a string or vector, then the events in it are executed |
6260 | 3226 exactly as if they had been input by the user. The sequence is |
3227 @emph{not} expected to be a single key sequence; normally a keyboard | |
3228 macro definition consists of several key sequences concatenated. | |
3229 | |
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3230 If @var{kbdmacro} is a symbol, then its function definition is used in |
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3231 place of @var{kbdmacro}. If that is another symbol, this process repeats. |
6260 | 3232 Eventually the result should be a string or vector. If the result is |
3233 not a symbol, string, or vector, an error is signaled. | |
3234 | |
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3235 The argument @var{count} is a repeat count; @var{kbdmacro} is executed that |
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3236 many times. If @var{count} is omitted or @code{nil}, @var{kbdmacro} is |
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3237 executed once. If it is 0, @var{kbdmacro} is executed over and over until it |
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3238 encounters an error or a failing search. |
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3241 without arguments, prior to each iteration of the macro. If |
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3242 @var{loopfunc} returns @code{nil}, then this stops execution of the macro. |
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3244 @xref{Reading One Event}, for an example of using @code{execute-kbd-macro}. |
6260 | 3245 @end defun |
3246 | |
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6260 | 3248 This variable contains the string or vector that defines the keyboard |
3249 macro that is currently executing. It is @code{nil} if no macro is | |
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3250 currently executing. A command can test this variable so as to behave |
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6260 | 3252 yourself. |
3253 @end defvar | |
3254 | |
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3258 differently while a macro is being defined. The value is |
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3259 @code{append} while appending to the definition of an existing macro. |
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3261 @code{end-kbd-macro} set this variable---do not set it yourself. |
12067 | 3262 |
12098 | 3263 The variable is always local to the current terminal and cannot be |
12067 | 3264 buffer-local. @xref{Multiple Displays}. |
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6260 | 3266 |
12098 | 3267 @defvar last-kbd-macro |
3268 This variable is the definition of the most recently defined keyboard | |
3269 macro. Its value is a string or vector, or @code{nil}. | |
3270 | |
3271 The variable is always local to the current terminal and cannot be | |
3272 buffer-local. @xref{Multiple Displays}. | |
3273 @end defvar | |
3274 | |
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52401 | 3280 |
3281 @ignore | |
3282 arch-tag: e34944ad-7d5c-4980-be00-36a5fe54d4b1 | |
3283 @end ignore |