# HG changeset patch # User Miles Bader # Date 976334579 0 # Node ID 03fdc0082cc3e3d4952dc029e2d4bb753a5d0330 # Parent 7e51470d9b9ea0a5d5f469771139ada6b9f131da Initial checkin. diff -r 7e51470d9b9e -r 03fdc0082cc3 lisp/minibuf-eldef.el --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/lisp/minibuf-eldef.el Sat Dec 09 04:02:59 2000 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,161 @@ +;;; minibuf-eldef.el --- Only show defaults in prompts when applicable +;; +;; Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +;; +;; Author: Miles Bader +;; Keywords: convenience + +;; 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: +;; +;; Defines the mode `minibuffer-electric-default-mode'. +;; +;; When active, minibuffer prompts that show a default value only show +;; the default when it's applicable -- that is, when hitting RET would +;; yield the default value. If the user modifies the input such that +;; hitting RET would enter a non-default value, the prompt is modified +;; to remove the default indication (which is restored if the input is +;; ever restore to the match the initial input). + +;;; Code: + +(defvar minibuffer-default-in-prompt-regexps + '(("\\( (default\\>.*)\\):? \\'" . 1)) + "*A list of regexps matching the parts of minibuffer prompts showing defaults. +When `minibuffer-electric-default-mode' is active, these regexps are +used to identify the portions of prompts to elide. + +Each entry is either a string, which should be a regexp matching the +default portion of the prompt, or a cons cell, who's car is a regexp +matching the default part of the prompt, and who's cdr indicates the +regexp subexpression that matched.") + + +;;; Internal variables + +;; A list of minibuffers to which we've added a post-command-hook. +(defvar minibuf-eldef-frobbed-minibufs nil) + +;;; The following are all local variables in the minibuffer + +;; Input pre-inserted into the minibuffer before the user can edit it. +(defvar minibuf-eldef-initial-input) +(make-variable-buffer-local 'minibuf-eldef-initial-input) +;; and the length of the buffer with it inserted. +(defvar minibuf-eldef-initial-buffer-length) +(make-variable-buffer-local 'minibuf-eldef-initial-buffer-length) + +;; True if the current minibuffer prompt contains the default spec. +(defvar minibuf-eldef-showing-default-in-prompt) +(make-variable-buffer-local 'minibuf-eldef-showing-default-in-prompt) + +;; An overlay covering the default portion of the prompt +(defvar minibuf-eldef-overlay) +(make-variable-buffer-local 'minibuf-eldef-overlay) + + +;;; Hook functions + +;; This function goes on minibuffer-setup-hook +(defun minibuf-eldef-setup-minibuffer () + "Set up a minibuffer for `minibuffer-electric-default-mode'. +The prompt and initial input should already have been inserted." + (let ((prompt (field-string-no-properties (point-min))) + (regexps minibuffer-default-in-prompt-regexps) + (match nil) + (inhibit-point-motion-hooks t)) + (save-excursion + (save-restriction + ;; Narrow to only the prompt + (goto-char (point-min)) + (narrow-to-region (point) (field-end)) + ;; See the prompt contains a default input indicator + (while regexps + (setq match (pop regexps)) + (if (re-search-forward (if (stringp match) match (car match)) nil t) + (setq regexps nil) + (setq match nil))))) + (if (not match) + ;; Nope, so just make sure our post-command-hook isn't left around. + (remove-hook 'post-command-hook #'minibuf-eldef-update-minibuffer t) + ;; Yup; set things up so we can frob the prompt as the state of + ;; the input string changes. + (setq match (if (consp match) (cdr match) 0)) + (setq minibuf-eldef-overlay + (make-overlay (match-beginning match) (match-end match))) + (setq minibuf-eldef-showing-default-in-prompt t) + (setq minibuf-eldef-initial-input + (field-string-no-properties (point-max))) + (setq minibuf-eldef-initial-buffer-length (point-max)) + (add-to-list 'minibuf-eldef-frobbed-minibufs (current-buffer)) + (add-hook 'post-command-hook #'minibuf-eldef-update-minibuffer nil t)))) + +;; post-command-hook to swap prompts when necessary +(defun minibuf-eldef-update-minibuffer () + "Update a minibuffer's prompt to include a default only when applicable. +This is intended to be used as a minibuffer post-command-hook for +`minibuffer-electric-default-mode'; the minibuffer should have already +been set up by `minibuf-eldef-setup-minibuffer'." + (unless (eq minibuf-eldef-showing-default-in-prompt + (and (= (point-max) minibuf-eldef-initial-buffer-length) + (string-equal (field-string-no-properties (point-max)) + minibuf-eldef-initial-input))) + ;; swap state + (setq minibuf-eldef-showing-default-in-prompt + (not minibuf-eldef-showing-default-in-prompt)) + (cond (minibuf-eldef-showing-default-in-prompt + (overlay-put minibuf-eldef-overlay 'invisible nil) + (overlay-put minibuf-eldef-overlay 'intangible nil)) + (t + (overlay-put minibuf-eldef-overlay 'invisible t) + (overlay-put minibuf-eldef-overlay 'intangible t))))) + + +;;; Note this definition must be at the end of the file, because +;;; `define-minor-mode' actually calls the mode-function if the +;;; associated variable is non-nil, which requires that all needed +;;; functions be already defined. [This is arguably a bug in d-m-m] +;;;###autoload +(define-minor-mode minibuffer-electric-default-mode + "Toggle Minibuffer Electric Default mode +When active, minibuffer prompts that show a default value only show the +default when it's applicable -- that is, when hitting RET would yield +the default value. If the user modifies the input such that hitting RET +would enter a non-default value, the prompt is modified to remove the +default indication. + +With prefix argument ARG, turn on if positive, otherwise off. +Returns non-nil if the new state is enabled." + :global t + :group 'minibuffer + (if minibuffer-electric-default-mode + ;; Enable the mode + (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'minibuf-eldef-setup-minibuffer) + ;; Disable the mode + (remove-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'minibuf-eldef-setup-minibuffer) + ;; Remove our entry from any post-command-hook variable's it's still in + (dolist (minibuf minibuf-eldef-frobbed-minibufs) + (with-current-buffer minibuf + (remove-hook 'post-command-hook #'minibuf-eldef-update-minibuffer t))) + (setq minibuf-eldef-frobbed-minibufs nil))) + + +(provide 'minibuf-eldef) + +;;; minibuf-eldef.el ends here