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1;;; select.el --- lisp portion of standard selection support.
2
3;; Keywords: internal
4
8f1204db 5;; Copyright (c) 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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6;; Based partially on earlier release by Lucid.
7
8;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
9
10;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
11;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
12;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
13;; any later version.
14
15;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
16;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
17;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
18;; GNU General Public License for more details.
19
20;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
21;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
22;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
23
24;;; Code:
25
26;; This is for temporary compatibility with pre-release Emacs 19.
31e1d920 27(defalias 'x-selection 'x-get-selection)
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28(defun x-get-selection (&optional type data-type)
29 "Return the value of an X Windows selection.
30The argument TYPE (default `PRIMARY') says which selection,
31and the argument DATA-TYPE (default `STRING') says how to convert the data."
32 (x-get-selection-internal (or type 'PRIMARY) (or data-type 'STRING)))
33
34(defun x-get-clipboard ()
35 "Return text pasted to the clipboard."
36 (x-get-selection-internal 'CLIPBOARD 'STRING))
37
38(defun x-set-selection (type data)
39 "Make an X Windows selection of type TYPE and value DATA.
40The argument TYPE (default `PRIMARY') says which selection,
41and DATA specifies the contents. DATA may be a string,
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42a symbol, an integer (or a cons of two integers or list of two integers).
43
44The selection may also be a cons of two markers pointing to the same buffer,
45or an overlay. In these cases, the selection is considered to be the text
46between the markers *at whatever time the selection is examined*.
47Thus, editing done in the buffer after you specify the selection
48can alter the effective value of the selection.
49
50The data may also be a vector of valid non-vector selection values.
51
52Interactively, the text of the region is used as the selection value."
3109d63f 53 (interactive (if (not current-prefix-arg)
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54 (list 'PRIMARY (read-string "Set text for pasting: "))
55 (list 'PRIMARY (substring (region-beginning) (region-end)))))
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56 ;; This is for temporary compatibility with pre-release Emacs 19.
57 (if (stringp type)
58 (setq type (intern type)))
59 (or (x-valid-simple-selection-p data)
60 (and (vectorp data)
61 (let ((valid t)
62 (i (1- (length data))))
63 (while (>= i 0)
64 (or (x-valid-simple-selection-p (aref data i))
65 (setq valid nil))
66 (setq i (1- i)))
67 valid))
68 (signal 'error (list "invalid selection" data)))
69 (or type (setq type 'PRIMARY))
70 (if data
71 (x-own-selection-internal type data)
72 (x-disown-selection-internal type))
73 data)
74
75(defun x-valid-simple-selection-p (data)
76 (or (stringp data)
77 (symbolp data)
78 (integerp data)
79 (and (consp data)
80 (integerp (car data))
81 (or (integerp (cdr data))
82 (and (consp (cdr data))
83 (integerp (car (cdr data))))))
6eac0de6 84 (overlayp data)
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85 (and (consp data)
86 (markerp (car data))
87 (markerp (cdr data))
88 (marker-buffer (car data))
89 (marker-buffer (cdr data))
90 (eq (marker-buffer (car data))
91 (marker-buffer (cdr data)))
92 (buffer-name (marker-buffer (car data)))
93 (buffer-name (marker-buffer (cdr data))))))
94\f
95;;; Cut Buffer support
96
97(defun x-get-cut-buffer (&optional which-one)
98 "Returns the value of one of the 8 X server cut-buffers. Optional arg
99WHICH-ONE should be a number from 0 to 7, defaulting to 0.
100Cut buffers are considered obsolete; you should use selections instead."
101 (x-get-cut-buffer-internal
102 (if which-one
103 (aref [CUT_BUFFER0 CUT_BUFFER1 CUT_BUFFER2 CUT_BUFFER3
104 CUT_BUFFER4 CUT_BUFFER5 CUT_BUFFER6 CUT_BUFFER7]
105 which-one)
106 'CUT_BUFFER0)))
107
39479f7e 108(defun x-set-cut-buffer (string &optional push)
3109d63f 109 "Store STRING into the X server's primary cut buffer.
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110If PUSH is non-nil, also rotate the cut buffers:
111this means the previous value of the primary cut buffer moves the second
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112cut buffer, and the second to the third, and so on (there are 8 buffers.)
113Cut buffers are considered obsolete; you should use selections instead."
114 ;; Check the data type of STRING.
115 (substring string 0 0)
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116 (if push
117 (x-rotate-cut-buffers-internal 1))
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118 (x-store-cut-buffer-internal 'CUT_BUFFER0 string))
119
120\f
121;;; Functions to convert the selection into various other selection types.
122;;; Every selection type that Emacs handles is implemented this way, except
123;;; for TIMESTAMP, which is a special case.
124
125(defun xselect-convert-to-string (selection type value)
126 (cond ((stringp value)
127 value)
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128 ((overlayp value)
129 (save-excursion
130 (or (buffer-name (overlay-buffer value))
131 (error "selection is in a killed buffer"))
132 (set-buffer (overlay-buffer value))
133 (buffer-substring (overlay-start value)
134 (overlay-end value))))
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135 ((and (consp value)
136 (markerp (car value))
137 (markerp (cdr value)))
138 (or (eq (marker-buffer (car value)) (marker-buffer (cdr value)))
139 (signal 'error
140 (list "markers must be in the same buffer"
141 (car value) (cdr value))))
142 (save-excursion
143 (set-buffer (or (marker-buffer (car value))
144 (error "selection is in a killed buffer")))
145 (buffer-substring (car value) (cdr value))))
146 (t nil)))
147
148(defun xselect-convert-to-length (selection type value)
149 (let ((value
150 (cond ((stringp value)
151 (length value))
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152 ((overlayp value)
153 (abs (- (overlay-end value) (overlay-start value))))
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154 ((and (consp value)
155 (markerp (car value))
156 (markerp (cdr value)))
157 (or (eq (marker-buffer (car value))
158 (marker-buffer (cdr value)))
159 (signal 'error
160 (list "markers must be in the same buffer"
161 (car value) (cdr value))))
162 (abs (- (car value) (cdr value)))))))
163 (if value ; force it to be in 32-bit format.
164 (cons (ash value -16) (logand value 65535))
165 nil)))
166
167(defun xselect-convert-to-targets (selection type value)
168 ;; return a vector of atoms, but remove duplicates first.
169 (let* ((all (cons 'TIMESTAMP (mapcar 'car selection-converter-alist)))
170 (rest all))
171 (while rest
172 (cond ((memq (car rest) (cdr rest))
173 (setcdr rest (delq (car rest) (cdr rest))))
174 ((eq (car (cdr rest)) '_EMACS_INTERNAL) ; shh, it's a secret
175 (setcdr rest (cdr (cdr rest))))
176 (t
177 (setq rest (cdr rest)))))
178 (apply 'vector all)))
179
180(defun xselect-convert-to-delete (selection type value)
181 (x-disown-selection-internal selection)
182 ;; A return value of nil means that we do not know how to do this conversion,
183 ;; and replies with an "error". A return value of NULL means that we have
184 ;; done the conversion (and any side-effects) but have no value to return.
185 'NULL)
186
187(defun xselect-convert-to-filename (selection type value)
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188 (cond ((overlayp value)
189 (buffer-file-name (or (overlay-buffer value)
190 (error "selection is in a killed buffer"))))
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191 ((and (consp value)
192 (markerp (car value))
193 (markerp (cdr value)))
194 (buffer-file-name (or (marker-buffer (car value))
195 (error "selection is in a killed buffer"))))
196 (t nil)))
197
198(defun xselect-convert-to-charpos (selection type value)
199 (let (a b tmp)
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200 (cond ((cond ((overlayp value)
201 (setq a (overlay-start value)
202 b (overlay-end value)))
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203 ((and (consp value)
204 (markerp (car value))
205 (markerp (cdr value)))
206 (setq a (car value)
207 b (cdr value))))
208 (setq a (1- a) b (1- b)) ; zero-based
209 (if (< b a) (setq tmp a a b b tmp))
210 (cons 'SPAN
211 (vector (cons (ash a -16) (logand a 65535))
212 (cons (ash b -16) (logand b 65535))))))))
213
214(defun xselect-convert-to-lineno (selection type value)
215 (let (a b buf tmp)
216 (cond ((cond ((and (consp value)
217 (markerp (car value))
218 (markerp (cdr value)))
219 (setq a (marker-position (car value))
220 b (marker-position (cdr value))
221 buf (marker-buffer (car value))))
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222 ((overlayp value)
223 (setq buf (overlay-buffer value)
224 a (overlay-start value)
225 b (overlay-end value)))
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226 )
227 (save-excursion
228 (set-buffer buf)
229 (setq a (count-lines 1 a)
230 b (count-lines 1 b)))
231 (if (< b a) (setq tmp a a b b tmp))
232 (cons 'SPAN
233 (vector (cons (ash a -16) (logand a 65535))
234 (cons (ash b -16) (logand b 65535))))))))
235
236(defun xselect-convert-to-colno (selection type value)
237 (let (a b buf tmp)
238 (cond ((cond ((and (consp value)
239 (markerp (car value))
240 (markerp (cdr value)))
241 (setq a (car value)
242 b (cdr value)
243 buf (marker-buffer a)))
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244 ((overlayp value)
245 (setq buf (overlay-buffer value)
246 a (overlay-start value)
247 b (overlay-end value)))
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248 )
249 (save-excursion
250 (set-buffer buf)
251 (goto-char a)
252 (setq a (current-column))
253 (goto-char b)
254 (setq b (current-column)))
255 (if (< b a) (setq tmp a a b b tmp))
256 (cons 'SPAN
257 (vector (cons (ash a -16) (logand a 65535))
258 (cons (ash b -16) (logand b 65535))))))))
259
260(defun xselect-convert-to-os (selection type size)
261 (symbol-name system-type))
262
263(defun xselect-convert-to-host (selection type size)
264 (system-name))
265
266(defun xselect-convert-to-user (selection type size)
267 (user-full-name))
268
269(defun xselect-convert-to-class (selection type size)
7e773fb4 270 "Emacs")
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271
272;; We do not try to determine the name Emacs was invoked with,
273;; because it is not clean for a program's behavior to depend on that.
274(defun xselect-convert-to-name (selection type size)
275 "emacs")
276
277(defun xselect-convert-to-integer (selection type value)
278 (and (integerp value)
279 (cons (ash value -16) (logand value 65535))))
280
281(defun xselect-convert-to-atom (selection type value)
282 (and (symbolp value) value))
283
284(defun xselect-convert-to-identity (selection type value) ; used internally
285 (vector value))
286
287(setq selection-converter-alist
288 '((TEXT . xselect-convert-to-string)
289 (STRING . xselect-convert-to-string)
290 (TARGETS . xselect-convert-to-targets)
291 (LENGTH . xselect-convert-to-length)
292 (DELETE . xselect-convert-to-delete)
293 (FILE_NAME . xselect-convert-to-filename)
294 (CHARACTER_POSITION . xselect-convert-to-charpos)
295 (LINE_NUMBER . xselect-convert-to-lineno)
296 (COLUMN_NUMBER . xselect-convert-to-colno)
297 (OWNER_OS . xselect-convert-to-os)
298 (HOST_NAME . xselect-convert-to-host)
299 (USER . xselect-convert-to-user)
300 (CLASS . xselect-convert-to-class)
301 (NAME . xselect-convert-to-name)
302 (ATOM . xselect-convert-to-atom)
303 (INTEGER . xselect-convert-to-integer)
304 (_EMACS_INTERNAL . xselect-convert-to-identity)
305 ))
306
307(provide 'select)
308
309;;; select.el ends here.