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Update whitespace.el - comment out the :version string, since it seems to have trouble with XEmacs 20.4 (user reported bug). Xemacs doesn't create group if this is present. Bug verified. Not yet determined the problem.
author Rajesh Vaidheeswarran <rv@gnu.org>
date Wed, 07 Jun 2000 19:04:57 +0000
parents 11218164bc54
children 3c9f67eea2f9
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;;; novice.el --- handling of disabled commands ("novice mode") for Emacs.

;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Maintainer: FSF
;; Keywords: internal, help

;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.

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

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

;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

;;; Commentary:

;; This mode provides a hook which is, by default, attached to various
;; putatively dangerous commands in a (probably futile) attempt to
;; prevent lusers from shooting themselves in the feet.

;;; Code:

;; This function is called (by autoloading)
;; to handle any disabled command.
;; The command is found in this-command
;; and the keys are returned by (this-command-keys).

;;;###autoload
(defvar disabled-command-hook 'disabled-command-hook
  "Function to call to handle disabled commands.
If nil, the feature is disabled, i.e., all commands work normally.")

;;;###autoload
(defun disabled-command-hook (&rest ignore)
  (let (char)
    (save-window-excursion
     (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
       (let ((keys (this-command-keys)))
	 (if (or (eq (aref keys 0)
		     (if (stringp keys)
			 (aref "\M-x" 0)
		       ?\M-x))
		 (and (>= (length keys) 2)
		      (eq (aref keys 0) meta-prefix-char)
		      (eq (aref keys 1) ?x)))
	     (princ "You have invoked the disabled command ")
	   (princ "You have typed ")
	   (princ (key-description keys))
	   (princ ", invoking disabled command ")))
       (princ this-command)
       (princ ":\n")
       ;; Print any special message saying why the command is disabled.
       (if (stringp (get this-command 'disabled))
	   (princ (get this-command 'disabled)))
       ;; Keep only the first paragraph of the documentation.
       (save-excursion
	 (set-buffer "*Help*")
	 (goto-char (point-max))
	 (save-excursion
	   (princ (or (condition-case ()
			  (documentation this-command)
			(error nil))
		      "<< not documented >>")))
	 (if (search-forward "\n\n" nil t)
	     (delete-region (1- (point)) (point-max))
	   (goto-char (point-max))))
       (princ "\n\n")
       (princ "You can now type
Space to try the command just this once, but leave it disabled,
Y to try it and enable it (no questions if you use it again),
! to try it and enable all commands in this session, or
N to do nothing (command remains disabled).")
       (save-excursion
	(set-buffer standard-output)
	(help-mode)))
     (message "Type y, n, ! or Space: ")
     (let ((cursor-in-echo-area t))
       (while (not (memq (setq char (downcase (read-char)))
			 '(?! ?  ?y ?n)))
	 (ding)
	 (message "Please type y, n, ! or Space: "))))
    (if (= char ?!)
	(setq disabled-command-hook nil))
    (if (= char ?y)
	(if (and user-init-file
		 (not (string= "" user-init-file))
		 (y-or-n-p "Enable command for future editing sessions also? "))
	    (enable-command this-command)
	  (put this-command 'disabled nil)))
    (if (/= char ?n)
	(call-interactively this-command))))

;;;###autoload
(defun enable-command (command)
  "Allow COMMAND to be executed without special confirmation from now on.
The user's .emacs file is altered so that this will apply
to future sessions."
  (interactive "CEnable command: ")
  (put command 'disabled nil)
  (save-excursion
   (set-buffer (find-file-noselect
		(substitute-in-file-name user-init-file)))
   (goto-char (point-min))
   (if (search-forward (concat "(put '" (symbol-name command) " ") nil t)
       (delete-region
	(progn (beginning-of-line) (point))
	(progn (forward-line 1) (point))))
   ;; Explicitly enable, in case this command is disabled by default
   ;; or in case the code we deleted was actually a comment.
   (goto-char (point-max))
   (insert "\n(put '" (symbol-name command) " 'disabled nil)\n")
   (save-buffer)))

;;;###autoload
(defun disable-command (command)
  "Require special confirmation to execute COMMAND from now on.
The user's .emacs file is altered so that this will apply
to future sessions."
  (interactive "CDisable command: ")
  (if (not (commandp command))
      (error "Invalid command name `%s'" command))
  (put command 'disabled t)
  (save-excursion
   (set-buffer (find-file-noselect
		(substitute-in-file-name user-init-file)))
   (goto-char (point-min))
   (if (search-forward (concat "(put '" (symbol-name command) " ") nil t)
       (delete-region
	(progn (beginning-of-line) (point))
	(progn (forward-line 1) (point))))
   (goto-char (point-max))
   (insert "\n(put '" (symbol-name command) " 'disabled t)\n")
   (save-buffer)))

(provide 'novice)

;;; novice.el ends here