changeset 95776:dc7fbbea402e

(make-text-button): Allow `start' to be a string.
author Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
date Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:17:32 +0000
parents a3877ae5028b
children edc51d72cb17
files lisp/ChangeLog lisp/button.el
diffstat 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/ChangeLog	Tue Jun 10 11:14:15 2008 +0000
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog	Tue Jun 10 14:17:32 2008 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-06-10  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+	* button.el (make-text-button): Allow `start' to be a string.
+
 2008-06-10  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
 
 	* emacs-lisp/autoload.el (autoload-rubric):
@@ -13,8 +17,8 @@
 	* subr.el (locate-library): Doc fix.
 
 	* net/newsticker-treeview.el (w3m-toggle-inline-images): Declare.
-	(newsticker-treeview-tool-bar-map, newsticker-treeview-mode): Check
-	tool-bar-map is bound, for non-X builds.
+	(newsticker-treeview-tool-bar-map, newsticker-treeview-mode):
+	Check tool-bar-map is bound, for non-X builds.
 
 	* net/newsticker-reader.el (newsticker--next-item-image)
 	(newsticker--previous-item-image, newsticker--previous-feed-image)
--- a/lisp/button.el	Tue Jun 10 11:14:15 2008 +0000
+++ b/lisp/button.el	Tue Jun 10 14:17:32 2008 +0000
@@ -293,10 +293,15 @@
 large numbers of buttons can also be somewhat faster using
 `make-text-button'.
 
+BEG can also be a string, in which case it is made into a button.
+
 Also see `insert-text-button'."
-  (let ((type-entry
+  (let ((object nil)
+        (type-entry
 	 (or (plist-member properties 'type)
 	     (plist-member properties :type))))
+    (when (stringp beg)
+      (setq object beg beg 0 end (length object)))
     ;; Disallow setting the `category' property directly.
     (when (plist-get properties 'category)
       (error "Button `category' property may not be set directly"))
@@ -308,15 +313,16 @@
       ;; text-properties for inheritance.
       (setcar type-entry 'category)
       (setcar (cdr type-entry)
-	      (button-category-symbol (car (cdr type-entry))))))
-  ;; Now add all the text properties at once
-  (add-text-properties beg end
-                       ;; Each button should have a non-eq `button'
-                       ;; property so that next-single-property-change can
-                       ;; detect boundaries reliably.
-                       (cons 'button (cons (list t) properties)))
-  ;; Return something that can be used to get at the button.
-  beg)
+	      (button-category-symbol (car (cdr type-entry)))))
+    ;; Now add all the text properties at once
+    (add-text-properties beg end
+                         ;; Each button should have a non-eq `button'
+                         ;; property so that next-single-property-change can
+                         ;; detect boundaries reliably.
+                         (cons 'button (cons (list t) properties))
+                         object)
+    ;; Return something that can be used to get at the button.
+    beg))
 
 (defun insert-text-button (label &rest properties)
   "Insert a button with the label LABEL.