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author Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
date Tue, 31 Oct 1989 15:59:53 +0000
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1 ;; Basic editing commands for Emacs
2 ;; Copyright (C) 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3
4 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
5
6 ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
9 ;; any later version.
10
11 ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
15
16 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
18 ;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
19
20
21 (defun copy-from-above-command (&optional arg)
22 "Copy characters from previous nonblank line, starting just above point.
23 Copy ARG characters, but not past the end of that line.
24 If no argument given, copy the entire rest of the line.
25 The characters copied are inserted in the buffer before point."
26 (interactive "P")
27 (let ((cc (current-column))
28 n
29 (string ""))
30 (save-excursion
31 (beginning-of-line)
32 (backward-char 1)
33 (skip-chars-backward "\ \t\n")
34 (move-to-column cc)
35 ;; Default is enough to copy the whole rest of the line.
36 (setq n (if arg (prefix-numeric-value arg) (point-max)))
37 ;; If current column winds up in middle of a tab,
38 ;; copy appropriate number of "virtual" space chars.
39 (if (< cc (current-column))
40 (if (= (preceding-char) ?\t)
41 (progn
42 (setq string (make-string (min n (- (current-column) cc)) ?\ ))
43 (setq n (- n (min n (- (current-column) cc)))))
44 ;; In middle of ctl char => copy that whole char.
45 (backward-char 1)))
46 (setq string (concat string
47 (buffer-substring
48 (point)
49 (min (save-excursion (end-of-line) (point))
50 (+ n (point)))))))
51 (insert string)))