comparison lisp/vcursor.el @ 21061:7813d4b7bea5

Some support for character terminals provided. Various functions are smarter about using the correct windows and the appropriate keymaps. (vcursor-string): New variable, shows vcursor on dumb terminals. (vcursor-map): New variable, holds keymap for vcursor commands. (vcursor-use-vcursor-map): New variable, non-nil if vcursor keys are overlaid onto main keymap. (vcursor-toggle-vcursor-map): New function to implement this. (vcursor-interpret-input): New variable, copy input as if typed. (vcursor-window-funcall): With list instead of symbol, now calls interactively. (vcursor-isearch-backward): New function to match forward isearch.

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;;; vcursor.el --- manipulate an alternative ("virtual") cursor.

;; Copyright (C) 1994, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author:   Peter Stephenson <[e-mail]>
;; Keywords: virtual cursor, display, copying

;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.

;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

;;; Commentary:

;; Virtual cursor commands.  I got this idea from the old BBC micro.
;; You need Emacs 19 (I have not tried XEmacs) and a windowing
;; system: I have tried X Windows and Oemacs but any system which
;; supports multiple windows should have the ability to run vcursor.
;; In fact, only overlays are required to work, though some of the
;; key-bindings may need changing.
;;
;; This is much easier to use than the instructions are to read.
;; I suggest you simply load it and play around with holding down Ctrl
;; and Shift and pressing up, down, left, right, tab, return, and see
;; what happens.  (Find a scratch buffer before using C-S-tab: that

;; All the keybindings require you to hold down control and shift at
;; once.  I assumed this combination wouldn't be heavily bound by most
;; people and that it would be easy to type with the left hand.
;; Inevitably it will clash with some other packages, but I can't help
;; that: an intuitive binding is a prerequisite here.  See below for
;; other alternatives (search for "Oemacs").
;; 
;; Holding down control and shift and pressing insert (vcursor-copy)
;; copies one character from wherever the virtual cursor is to point;
;; point and the virtual cursor advance in the separate and equal
;; station to which... (etc.).  M-C-S-return (vcursor-copy-line)

;; C-S-return (vcursor-disable) disables the virtual cursor, removing
;; it so that it starts from point whenever you move it again --- note
;; that simply moving the cursor and virtual cursor on top of one
;; another does not have this effect.
;; 
;; If you gave C-S-return a positive prefix arg, it will also delete the
;; window (unless it's the current one).  Whenever the virtual cursor
;; goes off-screen in its own window, point in that window is moved as
;; well to restore it to view.  (It's easier that way, that's why.
;; However, point doesn't move unless the view in the window does, so
;; it's not tied to the virtual cursor location.)

;; this file.  (This feature partially emulates the way the "copy" key
;; on the BBC micro worked; actually, the copy cursor was homed when
;; you hit return.  This was in keeping with the line-by-line way of
;; entering BASIC, but is less appropriate here.)
;;
;; There is a way of moving the virtual cursor using ordinary
;; commands: C-S-f9 (vcursor-execute-key) reads a key string,
;; moves to the virtual cursor position, executes the command bound to
;; the string, then returns to the original point.  Thus C-S-f9 M-m
;; moves the virtual cursor back to the first non-whitespace character
;; on its line.  As the command is called interactively all the usual
;; ways of passing information to the command called, such as by a
;; prefix argument, are available.  C-S-f10 (C-S-x)
;; (vcursor-execute-command) behaves the same way but you enter the
;; name of the command.  Of course, only some commands are useful
;; here, mainly simple movement commands.  Killing at the virtual
;; cursor position in this way works as well; you can even save
;; another buffer with C-S-f9 C-x C-s.  To do anything more
;; complicated, you are better off using M-C-S-tab
;; (vcursor-swap-point), doing whatever it is, then calling M-C-S-tab
;; again.
;;
;; If you want to add your own moving or copying functions you should
;; be able to do this fairly easily with (vcursor-relative-move) and
;; (vcursor-copy) together with (vcursor-get-char-count).  If you want to
;; do something in a different window, use (vcursor-window-funcall).
;;
;; There is an alternative set of key bindings which will be used
;; automatically for a PC if Oemacs is detected.  This set uses separate
;; control, shift and meta keys with function keys 1 to 10.  In
;; particular, movement keys are concentrated on f5 to f8 with (in
;; increasing order of distance travelled) C-, M- and S- as prefixes.

;; and you can define your own.  The default is t, which makes vcursor
;; guess (it will use xterm unless it thinks Oemacs is running).  The
;; oemacs set will work on an X terminal with function keys, but the
;; xterm set will not work under Oemacs.
;;
;; Un-features:
;;  - The vcursor will not move to point-max, since otherwise it would
;;    disappear.  However, no error is flagged as point-max is a valid
;;    point in the buffer.  Thus cursor right or down at the second
;;    last point in the file does not flag an error, which is inconsistent,
;;    and if copying is on the last character (typically newline) will

;;; Code:

(or (memq 'vcursor (face-list))
    (progn
      (copy-face 'modeline 'vcursor)
      (if (or (fboundp 'oemacs-version) (x-display-color-p))
	  (progn
	    (set-face-foreground 'vcursor "blue")
	    (set-face-background 'vcursor "cyan")))
      (set-face-underline-p 'vcursor t)))

  "*How to bind keys when vcursor is loaded.
If t (the default), guess; if xterm, use bindings suitable for an
X terminal; if oemacs, use bindings which work on a PC with Oemacs.
If nil, don't define any key bindings.")

(defvar vcursor-overlay nil
  "Overlay for the virtual cursor.
It is nil if that is not enabled.")

(defvar vcursor-window nil
  "Last window to have displayed the virtual cursor.

(defvar vcursor-copy-flag nil 
  "*Non-nil means moving vcursor should copy characters moved over to point.")

(defvar vcursor-temp-goal-column nil
  "Keeps track of temporary goal columns for the virtual cursor.")

(cond
 ((not vcursor-key-bindings))  ;; don't set any key bindings
 ((or (eq vcursor-key-bindings 'oemacs)
      (and (eq vcursor-key-bindings t) (fboundp 'oemacs-version)))

	vcursor-last-command t)
  (or nomsg (message "Copying from the vcursor is now %s."
		     (if vcursor-copy-flag "on" "off")))
  )

(defun vcursor-move (pt)
  "Move the virtual cursor to the character to the right of PT.
PT is an absolute location in the current buffer.

If the new virtual cursor location would not be visible, display it in
another window."
  ;; this works even if we're on-mass-shell, but usually we won't be.

  (if (eq pt (point-max)) (setq pt (1- pt)))
  (if (vcursor-check t)
      (move-overlay vcursor-overlay pt (+ pt 1) (current-buffer))
    (setq vcursor-overlay (make-overlay pt (+ pt 1)))
    (overlay-put vcursor-overlay 'face 'vcursor))
  (vcursor-find-window nil t)
  ;; vcursor-window now contains the right buffer
  (or (pos-visible-in-window-p pt vcursor-window)
      (set-window-point vcursor-window pt))
  )

(defun vcursor-relative-move (fn &rest args)
  "Use FUNCTION with arbitrary ARG1 ... to move the virtual cursor.

      (apply fn args)
      (and (eq opoint (point-max)) (eq opoint (point))
	   (signal 'end-of-buffer nil))
      (vcursor-move (point))
      (if vcursor-copy-flag (setq text (buffer-substring opoint (point)))))
    (if text (insert text)))
  (setq vcursor-last-command t)
  )

(defun vcursor-goto (&optional arg)
  "Move the real cursor to the virtual cursor position.

  (interactive "P")
  (vcursor-window-funcall 'isearch-forward rep norecurs)
  )

(defun vcursor-window-funcall (func &rest args)
  "Call FUNC with ARGS ... in a virtual cursor window.
A window other than the currently-selected one will always be used.
The virtual cursor is moved to the value of point when the function
returns."

  (vcursor-find-window t t)
  (let ((sw (selected-window)) text)
    ;; We can't use save-window-excursion because that would restore
    ;; the original display in the window we may want to alter.
    (unwind-protect
	(let ((here (point)))
	  (select-window vcursor-window)
	  (vcursor-locate)
	  (apply func args)
	  (if vcursor-copy-flag (setq text (buffer-substring here (point))))
	  (vcursor-move (point)))
      (select-window sw))
    (if text (insert text)))
  (setq vcursor-last-command t)
  )

(defun vcursor-get-char-count (fn &rest args)
  "Apply FN to ARG1 ... and return the number of characters moved.

	(setq vcursor-overlay nil)))
  (cond
   ((not (vcursor-find-window t)))
   ((or (not arg) (< (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0)))
   ((delete-window vcursor-window)))
  (and arg (< (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0)
       (progn
         (vcursor-move (point))
         (setq vcursor-window (selected-window))))
  (setq vcursor-copy-flag nil)
  )

(defun vcursor-other-window (n &optional all-frames)
  "Activate the virtual cursor in another window.

	;; else start from here
	(other-window n all-frames)
	(vcursor-disable -1))))
  )

(defun vcursor-compare-windows (&optional arg)
  "Call `compare-windows' in the vcursor window.
This has the effect of comparing the vcursor window with whichever
window `next-window' returns there, which may not be the selected one.

A prefix argument, if any, is passed to `compare-windows'."
  (interactive "P")
  (vcursor-window-funcall 'compare-windows arg))

(defun vcursor-next-line (arg)
  "Move the virtual cursor forward ARG lines."
  ;; This is next-line rewritten for the vcursor.  Maybe it would
  ;; be easier simply to rewrite line-move.

	   (signal 'end-of-buffer nil))
      (if vcursor-copy-flag (setq text (buffer-substring opoint (point))))
      (vcursor-move (point))
      (setq vcursor-temp-goal-column temporary-goal-column
	    vcursor-last-command t))
    (if text (insert text)))
  )

(defun vcursor-previous-line (arg)
  "Move the virtual cursor back ARG lines."
  (interactive "p")

(defun vcursor-execute-command (cmd)
  "Execute COMMAND for the virtual cursor.
COMMAND is called interactively.  Not all commands (in fact, only a
small subset) are useful."
  (interactive "CCommand: ")
  (let (text opoint)
    (save-excursion
      (vcursor-locate)
      (setq opoint (point))
      (call-interactively cmd)
      (if vcursor-copy-flag (setq text (buffer-substring opoint (point))))
      (vcursor-move (point)))
    (if text (insert text)))
  (setq vcursor-last-command t)
  )

(defun vcursor-execute-key (keys)
  "Execute the command bound to KEYS for the virtual cursor.
The command found is called interactively, so prefix argument etc.
are usable."

  (interactive "kKey sequence: ")
  (let ((cmd (key-binding keys)))
    (if cmd (vcursor-execute-command (key-binding keys))))
  )

(defun vcursor-copy (arg)
  "Copy ARG characters from the virtual cursor position to point."
  (interactive "p")
  (vcursor-check)
  (insert
   (save-excursion
     (set-buffer (overlay-buffer vcursor-overlay))
     (let* ((ostart (overlay-start vcursor-overlay))
	    (end (+ ostart arg)))
       (prog1

  (let* ((num (prefix-numeric-value arg))
	 (count (vcursor-get-char-count 'end-of-line num)))
    (vcursor-copy (if (or (= count 0) arg) (1+ count) count)))
  )

(defun vcursor-post-command ()
  (and vcursor-auto-disable (not vcursor-last-command)
       vcursor-overlay (vcursor-disable))
  (setq vcursor-last-command nil)
  )

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;;; vcursor.el --- manipulate an alternative ("virtual") cursor.

;; Copyright (C) 1994, 1996, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author:   Peter Stephenson <[e-mail]>
;; Keywords: virtual cursor, display, copying

;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.

;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

;;; Commentary:

;; Latest changes (1.6)
;; ====================
;;
;; - works on dumb terminals with Emacs 19.29 and later
;; - new keymap vcursor-map for binding to a prefix key
;; - vcursor-compare-windows substantially improved
;; - vcursor-execute-{key,command} much better about using the
;;   right keymaps and arranging for the correct windows to be used
;; - vcursor-window-funcall can call functions interactively
;; - vcursor-interpret-input for special effects
;;
;; Introduction
;; ============
;;
;; Virtual cursor commands.  I got this idea from the old BBC micro.
;; You need Emacs 19 or 20 and a window system for the best effects.
;; For character terminals, at least Emacs 19.29 is required
;; (special behaviour for the overlay property
;; "before-string" must be implemented).  Search for "dumb terminals"
;; for more information.
;;
;; This is much easier to use than the instructions are to read.
;; I suggest you simply load it and play around with holding down Ctrl
;; and Shift and pressing up, down, left, right, tab, return, and see
;; what happens.  (Find a scratch buffer before using C-S-tab: that

;; All the keybindings require you to hold down control and shift at
;; once.  I assumed this combination wouldn't be heavily bound by most
;; people and that it would be easy to type with the left hand.
;; Inevitably it will clash with some other packages, but I can't help
;; that: an intuitive binding is a prerequisite here.  See below for
;; other alternatives (search for "Oemacs").  There is also a keymap
;; which you can bind to a prefix key, which may give some more
;; intuitive alternatives in some cases, see `The vcursor keymap' below.
;; 
;; Holding down control and shift and pressing insert (vcursor-copy)
;; copies one character from wherever the virtual cursor is to point;
;; point and the virtual cursor advance in the separate and equal
;; station to which... (etc.).  M-C-S-return (vcursor-copy-line)

;; C-S-return (vcursor-disable) disables the virtual cursor, removing
;; it so that it starts from point whenever you move it again --- note
;; that simply moving the cursor and virtual cursor on top of one
;; another does not have this effect.
;; 
;; If you give C-S-return a positive prefix arg, it will also delete the
;; window (unless it's the current one).  Whenever the virtual cursor
;; goes off-screen in its own window, point in that window is moved as
;; well to restore it to view.  (It's easier that way, that's why.
;; However, point doesn't move unless the view in the window does, so
;; it's not tied to the virtual cursor location.)

;; this file.  (This feature partially emulates the way the "copy" key
;; on the BBC micro worked; actually, the copy cursor was homed when
;; you hit return.  This was in keeping with the line-by-line way of
;; entering BASIC, but is less appropriate here.)
;;
;; vcursor-compare-windows is now a reliable adaption of
;; compare-windows, which compares between point in the current buffer
;; and the vcursor location in the other one.  It is an error if
;; vcursor is not set, however it will be brought up in another window
;; if it is not currently visible.  The prefix argument acts just like
;; compare-windows, ignoring whitespace if set.  (In versions before
;; 1.6, this simply called compare-windows, which was much less likely
;; to pick the two windows you wanted.)
;;
;; There is a way of moving the virtual cursor using ordinary
;; commands: C-S-f9 (vcursor-execute-key) reads a key string,
;; moves to the virtual cursor position, executes the command bound to
;; the string, then returns to the original point.  Thus C-S-f9 M-m
;; moves the virtual cursor back to the first non-whitespace character
;; on its line.  As the command is called interactively all the usual
;; ways of passing information to the command called, such as by a
;; prefix argument, are available.  This has many uses not necessarily
;; related to moving the vcursor itself; it can do essentially
;; everything that the \C-x 4 series of commands can do and a lot
;; more.  Note, however, that a new window is not used if the vcursor
;; is visible in the current one:  this can lead to some strange effects,
;; but it is preferable to making a new window every time the vcursor
;; is moved in this may.
;;
;; C-S-f10 (C-S-x) (vcursor-execute-command) behaves the same way but
;; you enter the name of the command.  To do anything really
;; complicated, you are better off using M-C-S-tab
;; (vcursor-swap-point), doing whatever it is, then calling M-C-S-tab
;; again.
;;
;; If you want to add your own moving or copying functions you should
;; be able to do this fairly easily with (vcursor-relative-move) and
;; (vcursor-copy) together with (vcursor-get-char-count).  If you want to
;; do something in a different window, use (vcursor-window-funcall).
;;
;; Key bindings
;; ============
;; 
;; There is an alternative set of key bindings which will be used
;; automatically for a PC if Oemacs is detected.  This set uses separate
;; control, shift and meta keys with function keys 1 to 10.  In
;; particular, movement keys are concentrated on f5 to f8 with (in
;; increasing order of distance travelled) C-, M- and S- as prefixes.

;; and you can define your own.  The default is t, which makes vcursor
;; guess (it will use xterm unless it thinks Oemacs is running).  The
;; oemacs set will work on an X terminal with function keys, but the
;; xterm set will not work under Oemacs.
;;
;; Usage on dumb terminals
;; =======================
;;
;; If Emacs has set the variable window-system to nil, vcursor will
;; assume that overlays cannot be displayed in a different face,
;; and will instead use an string (the variable vcursor-string, by
;; default "**>") to show its position.  This was first implemented
;; in Emacs 19.29.  Unlike the old-fashioned overlay arrow (as used
;; by debuggers), this appears between existing text, which can
;; make it hard to read if you're not used to it.  (This seemed the
;; better option here.)  This means moving the vcursor up and down is
;; a very efficient way of locating it!
;;
;; Everything else should function as expected, but there is no way to
;; get an easy key binding for the vcursor keys on a generic terminal.
;; Consequently a special keymap is defined for you to use traditional
;; methods: the keymap, however, is available on any terminal type.
;; 
;; The vcursor keymap
;; ==================
;;
;; In addition to any other bindings, vcursor-map contains key definitions
;; for handling the vcursor.  You should assign this to a prefix key
;; in the usual way, e.g.
;;      (global-set-key [f14] vcursor-map)
;; and also as usual \C-h in this map will list the key definitions, which
;; are designed to be easy to remember.
;;
;; A special feature is provided by (vcursor-toggle-vcursor-map), bound
;; to t in that keymap.  With this in effect, the main keymap
;; is overridden by the vcursor map, so keys like \C-p and so on
;; move the vcursor instead.  Remember how to turn it off (type t),
;; or you are in serious trouble!  Note that the cursor keys are not
;; bound by default in this keymap and will continue to move the
;; ordinary cursor.
;;
;; Interpreted input
;; =================
;;
;; Just occasionally, you may want to pretend the strings copied from
;; the vcursor position are to be interpreted as if you had typed them
;; from the keyboard.  Normally, they will just insert themselves anyway,
;; but in some modes (Info and calc for example) typing ordinary characters
;; does something else.  To get this effect, set
;; vcursor-interpret-input to t.  This is normally not a good idea as
;; interpreting input is very much slower than copying text.
;; 
;; Un-features
;; ===========
;;
;;  - The vcursor will not move to point-max, since otherwise it would
;;    disappear.  However, no error is flagged as point-max is a valid
;;    point in the buffer.  Thus cursor right or down at the second
;;    last point in the file does not flag an error, which is inconsistent,
;;    and if copying is on the last character (typically newline) will

;;; Code:

(or (memq 'vcursor (face-list))
    (progn
      (copy-face 'modeline 'vcursor)
      (if (or (fboundp 'oemacs-version)
	      (and (eq window-system 'x) (x-display-color-p)))
	  (progn
	    (set-face-foreground 'vcursor "blue")
	    (set-face-background 'vcursor "cyan")))
      (set-face-underline-p 'vcursor t)))

  "*How to bind keys when vcursor is loaded.
If t (the default), guess; if xterm, use bindings suitable for an
X terminal; if oemacs, use bindings which work on a PC with Oemacs.
If nil, don't define any key bindings.")

(defvar vcursor-interpret-input nil
  "*If non-nil, input from the vcursor is treated as interactive input.
This will cause text insertion to be much slower.  Note that no special
interpretation of strings is done: \"\C-x\" is a string of four
characters.  The default is simply to copy strings.")

(defvar vcursor-string "**>"
  "String used to show the vcursor position on dumb terminals.")

(defvar vcursor-overlay nil 
  "Overlay for the virtual cursor.
It is nil if that is not enabled.")

(defvar vcursor-window nil
  "Last window to have displayed the virtual cursor.

(defvar vcursor-copy-flag nil 
  "*Non-nil means moving vcursor should copy characters moved over to point.")

(defvar vcursor-temp-goal-column nil
  "Keeps track of temporary goal columns for the virtual cursor.")

(defvar vcursor-use-vcursor-map nil
  "Non-nil if the vcursor map is mapped directly onto the main keymap.
See vcursor-toggle-vcursor-map.")
(make-variable-buffer-local 'vcursor-use-vcursor-map)

(defvar vcursor-map nil "Keymap for vcursor command.")
(define-prefix-command 'vcursor-map)

(define-key vcursor-map "t" 'vcursor-toggle-vcursor-map)

(define-key vcursor-map "\C-p" 'vcursor-previous-line)
(define-key vcursor-map "\C-n" 'vcursor-next-line)
(define-key vcursor-map "\C-b" 'vcursor-backward-char)
(define-key vcursor-map "\C-f" 'vcursor-forward-char)

(define-key vcursor-map "\r" 'vcursor-disable)
(define-key vcursor-map " " 'vcursor-copy)
(define-key vcursor-map "\C-y" 'vcursor-copy-word)
(define-key vcursor-map "\C-i" 'vcursor-toggle-copy)
(define-key vcursor-map "<" 'vcursor-beginning-of-buffer)
(define-key vcursor-map ">" 'vcursor-end-of-buffer)
(define-key vcursor-map "\M-v" 'vcursor-scroll-down)
(define-key vcursor-map "\C-v" 'vcursor-scroll-up)
(define-key vcursor-map "o" 'vcursor-other-window)
(define-key vcursor-map "g" 'vcursor-goto)
(define-key vcursor-map "x" 'vcursor-swap-point)
(define-key vcursor-map "\C-s" 'vcursor-isearch-forward)
(define-key vcursor-map "\C-r" 'vcursor-isearch-backward)
(define-key vcursor-map "\C-a" 'vcursor-beginning-of-line)
(define-key vcursor-map "\C-e" 'vcursor-end-of-line)
(define-key vcursor-map "\M-w" 'vcursor-forward-word)
(define-key vcursor-map "\M-b" 'vcursor-backward-word)
(define-key vcursor-map "\M-l" 'vcursor-copy-line)
(define-key vcursor-map "c" 'vcursor-compare-windows)
(define-key vcursor-map "k" 'vcursor-execute-key)
(define-key vcursor-map "\M-x" 'vcursor-execute-command)

(cond
 ((not vcursor-key-bindings))  ;; don't set any key bindings
 ((or (eq vcursor-key-bindings 'oemacs)
      (and (eq vcursor-key-bindings t) (fboundp 'oemacs-version)))

	vcursor-last-command t)
  (or nomsg (message "Copying from the vcursor is now %s."
		     (if vcursor-copy-flag "on" "off")))
  )

(defun vcursor-move (pt &optional leave-b leave-w)
  "Move the virtual cursor to the character to the right of PT.
PT is an absolute location in the current buffer.  With optional
LEAVE-B, PT is in the same buffer the vcursor is currently in.

If the new virtual cursor location would not be visible, display it in
another window.  With LEAVE-W, use the current `vcursor-window'."
  ;; this works even if we're on-mass-shell, but usually we won't be.

  (save-excursion
    (and leave-b (vcursor-check t)
	 (set-buffer (overlay-buffer vcursor-overlay)))
    (if (eq pt (point-max))
	  (setq pt (1- pt)))
    (if (vcursor-check t)
	(move-overlay vcursor-overlay pt (+ pt 1) (current-buffer))
      (setq vcursor-overlay (make-overlay pt (+ pt 1)))
      (or window-system
	  (overlay-put vcursor-overlay 'before-string vcursor-string))
      (overlay-put vcursor-overlay 'face 'vcursor))
    (or leave-w (vcursor-find-window nil t))
    ;; vcursor-window now contains the right buffer
    (or (pos-visible-in-window-p pt vcursor-window)
	(set-window-point vcursor-window pt)))
  )

(defun vcursor-insert (text)
  "Insert TEXT, respecting `vcursor-interpret-input'."
  (if vcursor-interpret-input
      (setq unread-command-events
	    (append (listify-key-sequence text) unread-command-events))
    (insert text))
  )

(defun vcursor-relative-move (fn &rest args)
  "Use FUNCTION with arbitrary ARG1 ... to move the virtual cursor.

      (apply fn args)
      (and (eq opoint (point-max)) (eq opoint (point))
	   (signal 'end-of-buffer nil))
      (vcursor-move (point))
      (if vcursor-copy-flag (setq text (buffer-substring opoint (point)))))
    (if text (vcursor-insert text)))
  (setq vcursor-last-command t)
  )

(defun vcursor-goto (&optional arg)
  "Move the real cursor to the virtual cursor position.

  (interactive "P")
  (vcursor-window-funcall 'isearch-forward rep norecurs)
  )

(defun vcursor-isearch-backward (&optional rep norecurs)
  "Perform backward incremental search in the virtual cursor window.
The virtual cursor is moved to the resulting point; the ordinary
cursor stays where it was."

  (interactive "P")
  (vcursor-window-funcall 'isearch-backward rep norecurs)
  )

(defun vcursor-window-funcall (func &rest args)
  "Call FUNC with ARGS ... in a virtual cursor window.
A window other than the currently-selected one will always be used.
The virtual cursor is moved to the value of point when the function
returns.

If FUNC is a list, call the car of the list interactively, ignoring
ARGS.  In this case, a new window will not be created if the vcursor
is visible in the current one."
;; that's to avoid messing up compatibility with old versions
;; by introducing a new argument, which would have to come before ARGS.

  (vcursor-find-window (not (and (listp func) (vcursor-check t))) t)
  (save-excursion
    (let ((sw (selected-window)) text)
      ;; We can't use save-window-excursion because that would restore
      ;; the original display in the window we may want to alter.
      (unwind-protect
	  (let ((here (point)))
	    (select-window vcursor-window)
	    (vcursor-locate)
	    (if (listp func)
		(call-interactively (car func))
	      (apply func args))
	    (setq vcursor-window (selected-window))
	    (and vcursor-copy-flag
		 (eq (current-buffer) (overlay-buffer vcursor-overlay))
		 (setq text (buffer-substring here (point))))
	    ;; vcursor-window and the current buffer are definitely
	    ;; right, so make sure vcursor-move doesn't pick others.
	    (vcursor-move (point) nil t))
	(select-window sw))
      (if text (vcursor-insert text))))
  (setq vcursor-last-command t)
  )

(defun vcursor-get-char-count (fn &rest args)
  "Apply FN to ARG1 ... and return the number of characters moved.

	(setq vcursor-overlay nil)))
  (cond
   ((not (vcursor-find-window t)))
   ((or (not arg) (< (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0)))
   ((delete-window vcursor-window)))
  (cond
   ((and arg (< (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0))
    (vcursor-move (point))
    (setq vcursor-window (selected-window)))
   (vcursor-use-vcursor-map (vcursor-toggle-vcursor-map 0)))
  (setq vcursor-copy-flag nil)
  )

(defun vcursor-other-window (n &optional all-frames)
  "Activate the virtual cursor in another window.

	;; else start from here
	(other-window n all-frames)
	(vcursor-disable -1))))
  )

;; vcursor-compare-windows is copied from compare-w.el with only
;; minor modifications; these are too bound up with the function
;; to make it really useful to call compare-windows itself.
(defun vcursor-compare-windows (&optional ignore-whitespace)
  "Compare text in current window with text in window with vcursor.
Compares the text starting at point in the current window and at the
vcursor position in the other window, moving over text in each one as
far as they match.

A prefix argument, if any, means ignore changes in whitespace.
The variable `compare-windows-whitespace' controls how whitespace is skipped.
If `compare-ignore-case' is non-nil, changes in case are also ignored."
  (interactive "P")
  ;; (vcursor-window-funcall 'compare-windows arg)
  (require 'compare-w)
  (let* (p1 p2 maxp1 maxp2 b1 b2 w2
	    success size
	    (opoint1 (point))
	    opoint2
	    (skip-whitespace (if ignore-whitespace
				 compare-windows-whitespace)))
    (setq p1 (point) b1 (current-buffer))
    (setq w2 (vcursor-find-window t t))
    (if (or (eq w2 (selected-window)) (not w2))
	(error "No other window with vcursor"))
    (save-excursion
      (vcursor-locate)
      (setq p2 (point) b2 (current-buffer)))
    (setq opoint2 p2)
    (setq maxp1 (point-max))
    (save-excursion
      (set-buffer b2)
      (setq maxp2 (point-max)))

    (setq success t)
    (while success
      (setq success nil)
      ;; if interrupted, show how far we've gotten
      (goto-char p1)
      (vcursor-move p2 t)

      ;; If both buffers have whitespace next to point,
      ;; optionally skip over it.

      (and skip-whitespace
	   (save-excursion
	     (let (p1a p2a w1 w2 result1 result2)
	       (setq result1
		     (if (stringp skip-whitespace)
			 (compare-windows-skip-whitespace opoint1)
		       (funcall skip-whitespace opoint1)))
	       (setq p1a (point))
	       (set-buffer b2)
	       (goto-char p2)
	       (setq result2
		     (if (stringp skip-whitespace)
			 (compare-windows-skip-whitespace opoint2)
		       (funcall skip-whitespace opoint2)))
	       (setq p2a (point))
	       (if (or (stringp skip-whitespace)
		       (and result1 result2 (eq result1 result2)))
		   (setq p1 p1a
			 p2 p2a)))))

      ;; Try advancing comparing 1000 chars at a time.
      ;; When that fails, go 500 chars at a time, and so on.
      (let ((size 1000)
	    success-1
	    (case-fold-search compare-ignore-case))
	(while (> size 0)
	  (setq success-1 t)
	  ;; Try comparing SIZE chars at a time, repeatedly, till that fails.
	  (while success-1
	    (setq size (min size (- maxp1 p1) (- maxp2 p2)))
	    (setq success-1
		  (and (> size 0)
		       (= 0 (compare-buffer-substrings b2 p2 (+ size p2)
						       b1 p1 (+ size p1)))))
	    (if success-1
		(setq p1 (+ p1 size) p2 (+ p2 size)
		      success t)))
	  ;; If SIZE chars don't match, try fewer.
	  (setq size (/ size 2)))))

    (goto-char p1)
    (vcursor-move p2 t)
    (if (= (point) opoint1)
	(ding)))
)

(defun vcursor-next-line (arg)
  "Move the virtual cursor forward ARG lines."
  ;; This is next-line rewritten for the vcursor.  Maybe it would
  ;; be easier simply to rewrite line-move.

	   (signal 'end-of-buffer nil))
      (if vcursor-copy-flag (setq text (buffer-substring opoint (point))))
      (vcursor-move (point))
      (setq vcursor-temp-goal-column temporary-goal-column
	    vcursor-last-command t))
    (if text (vcursor-insert text)))
  )

(defun vcursor-previous-line (arg)
  "Move the virtual cursor back ARG lines."
  (interactive "p")

(defun vcursor-execute-command (cmd)
  "Execute COMMAND for the virtual cursor.
COMMAND is called interactively.  Not all commands (in fact, only a
small subset) are useful."
  (interactive "CCommand: ")
  (vcursor-window-funcall (list cmd))
  )

(defun vcursor-execute-key ()
  "Read a key sequence and execute the bound command for the virtual cursor.
The key sequence is read at the vcursor location.  The command found
is called interactively, so prefix argument etc. are usable."
  (interactive)
  (let (cmd)
    (save-excursion
      ;; We'd like to avoid the display changing when we locate
      ;; to the vcursor position and read a key sequence.
      (vcursor-find-window (not (vcursor-check t)) t)
      (save-window-excursion
	(select-window vcursor-window)
	(vcursor-locate)
	(setq cmd (key-binding (read-key-sequence "Key sequence: ")))))
    (vcursor-window-funcall (list cmd)))
  )

(defun vcursor-copy (arg)
  "Copy ARG characters from the virtual cursor position to point."
  (interactive "p")
  (vcursor-check)
  (vcursor-insert
   (save-excursion
     (set-buffer (overlay-buffer vcursor-overlay))
     (let* ((ostart (overlay-start vcursor-overlay))
	    (end (+ ostart arg)))
       (prog1

  (let* ((num (prefix-numeric-value arg))
	 (count (vcursor-get-char-count 'end-of-line num)))
    (vcursor-copy (if (or (= count 0) arg) (1+ count) count)))
  )

(defun vcursor-toggle-vcursor-map (&optional force noredisp)
  "Toggle the state of the vcursor key map.
When on, the keys defined in it are mapped directly on top of the main
keymap,  allowing you to move the vcursor with ordinary motion keys.
An indication \"!VC\" appears in the mode list.  The effect is
local to the current buffer.
With prefix FORCE, turn on, or off if it is 0.
With NOREDISP, don't force redisplay.
Disabling the vcursor automatically turns this off."
  (interactive "P")
  (let ((new (cond ((not force) (not vcursor-use-vcursor-map))
		   ((eq force 0) nil)
		   (t))))
    (or (eq new vcursor-use-vcursor-map)
	(progn
	  (setq vcursor-use-vcursor-map new)
	  (or (assq 'vcursor-use-vcursor-map minor-mode-map-alist)
	      (setq minor-mode-map-alist
		    (cons (cons 'vcursor-use-vcursor-map vcursor-map)
			  minor-mode-map-alist)))
	  (or (assq 'vcursor-use-vcursor-map minor-mode-alist)
	      (setq minor-mode-alist
		    (cons (list 'vcursor-use-vcursor-map " !VC")
			  minor-mode-alist)))
	  (or noredisp (redraw-display)))))
  )

(defun vcursor-post-command ()
  (and vcursor-auto-disable (not vcursor-last-command)
       vcursor-overlay (vcursor-disable))
  (setq vcursor-last-command nil)
  )