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1;;; paragraphs.el --- paragraph and sentence parsing.
2
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e4550233 4;; Free Software Foundation, Inc.
9750e079 5
4821e2af 6;; Maintainer: FSF
d7b4d18f 7;; Keywords: wp
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9;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
10
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14;; any later version.
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22;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
23;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
24;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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26;;; Commentary:
27
28;; This package provides the paragraph-oriented commands documented in the
29;; Emacs manual.
30
4821e2af 31;;; Code:
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33(defgroup paragraphs nil
34 "Paragraph and sentence parsing."
35 :group 'editing)
36
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37;; It isn't useful to use defcustom for this variable
38;; because it is always buffer-local.
39(defvar use-hard-newlines nil
55cc5677 40 "Non-nil means to distinguish hard and soft newlines.
a994501e 41See also the documentation for the function `use-hard-newlines'.")
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42(make-variable-buffer-local 'use-hard-newlines)
43
44(defun use-hard-newlines (&optional arg insert)
45 "Minor mode to distinguish hard and soft newlines.
46When active, the functions `newline' and `open-line' add the
47text-property `hard' to newlines that they insert, and a line is
55cc5677 48only considered as a candidate to match `paragraph-start' or
965eb84a 49`paragraph-separate' if it follows a hard newline.
55cc5677 50
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51Prefix argument says to turn mode on if positive, off if negative.
52When the mode is turned on, if there are newlines in the buffer but no hard
53newlines, ask the user whether to mark as hard any newlines preceeding a
54`paragraph-start' line. From a program, second arg INSERT specifies whether
55to do this; it can be `never' to change nothing, t or `always' to force
56marking, `guess' to try to do the right thing with no questions, nil
57or anything else to ask the user.
58
59Newlines not marked hard are called \"soft\", and are always internal
60to paragraphs. The fill functions insert and delete only soft newlines."
61 (interactive (list current-prefix-arg nil))
62 (if (or (<= (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0)
63 (and use-hard-newlines (null arg)))
64 ;; Turn mode off
65 (setq use-hard-newlines nil)
66 ;; Turn mode on
67 ;; Intuit hard newlines --
68 ;; mark as hard any newlines preceding a paragraph-start line.
69 (if (or (eq insert t) (eq insert 'always)
70 (and (not (eq 'never insert))
71 (not use-hard-newlines)
72 (not (text-property-any (point-min) (point-max) 'hard t))
73 (save-excursion
74 (goto-char (point-min))
75 (search-forward "\n" nil t))
76 (or (eq insert 'guess)
77 (y-or-n-p "Make newlines between paragraphs hard? "))))
78 (save-excursion
79 (goto-char (point-min))
80 (while (search-forward "\n" nil t)
81 (let ((pos (point)))
82 (move-to-left-margin)
83 (if (looking-at paragraph-start)
84 (progn
85 (set-hard-newline-properties (1- pos) pos)
86 ;; If paragraph-separate, newline after it is hard too.
87 (if (looking-at paragraph-separate)
88 (progn
89 (end-of-line)
90 (if (not (eobp))
91 (set-hard-newline-properties
92 (point) (1+ (point))))))))))))
93 (setq use-hard-newlines t)))
55cc5677 94
e4550233 95(defcustom paragraph-start "[ \t\n\f]" "\
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96*Regexp for beginning of a line that starts OR separates paragraphs.
97This regexp should match lines that separate paragraphs
98and should also match lines that start a paragraph
99\(and are part of that paragraph).
a37669ec 100
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101This is matched against the text at the left margin, which is not necessarily
102the beginning of the line, so it should never use \"^\" as an anchor. This
103ensures that the paragraph functions will work equally well within a region
104of text indented by a margin setting.
105
1f2007b3 106The variable `paragraph-separate' specifies how to distinguish
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107lines that start paragraphs from lines that separate them.
108
109If the variable `use-hard-newlines' is nonnil, then only lines following a
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110hard newline are considered to match."
111 :group 'paragraphs
112 :type 'regexp)
6503cec3 113
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114;; paragraph-start requires a hard newline, but paragraph-separate does not:
115;; It is assumed that paragraph-separate is distinctive enough to be believed
116;; whenever it occurs, while it is reasonable to set paragraph-start to
117;; something very minimal, even including "." (which makes every hard newline
118;; start a new paragraph).
119
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120(defcustom paragraph-separate "[ \t\f]*$"
121 "*Regexp for beginning of a line that separates paragraphs.
9d7c4eb5 122If you change this, you may have to change `paragraph-start' also.
a37669ec 123
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124This is matched against the text at the left margin, which is not necessarily
125the beginning of the line, so it should not use \"^\" as an anchor. This
126ensures that the paragraph functions will work equally within a region of
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127text indented by a margin setting."
128 :group 'paragraphs
129 :type 'regexp)
6503cec3 130
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131(defcustom sentence-end (purecopy "[.?!][]\"')}]*\\($\\| $\\|\t\\| \\)[ \t\n]*")
132 "*Regexp describing the end of a sentence.
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133All paragraph boundaries also end sentences, regardless.
134
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135The default value specifies that in order to be recognized as the end
136of a sentence, the ending period, question mark, or exclamation point
137must be followed by two spaces, unless it's inside some sort of quotes
138or parenthesis.
139
140See also the variable `sentence-end-double-space' and Info node `Sentences'."
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141 :group 'paragraphs
142 :type 'regexp)
143
144(defcustom page-delimiter "^\014"
145 "*Regexp describing line-beginnings that separate pages."
146 :group 'paragraphs
147 :type 'regexp)
148
149(defcustom paragraph-ignore-fill-prefix nil
150 "*Non-nil means the paragraph commands are not affected by `fill-prefix'.
151This is desirable in modes where blank lines are the paragraph delimiters."
152 :group 'paragraphs
153 :type 'boolean)
77176e73 154
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155(defun forward-paragraph (&optional arg)
156 "Move forward to end of paragraph.
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157With argument ARG, do it ARG times;
158a negative argument ARG = -N means move backward N paragraphs.
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159
160A line which `paragraph-start' matches either separates paragraphs
161\(if `paragraph-separate' matches it also) or is the first line of a paragraph.
162A paragraph end is the beginning of a line which is not part of the paragraph
163to which the end of the previous line belongs, or the end of the buffer."
164 (interactive "p")
165 (or arg (setq arg 1))
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166 (let* ((opoint (point))
167 (fill-prefix-regexp
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168 (and fill-prefix (not (equal fill-prefix ""))
169 (not paragraph-ignore-fill-prefix)
170 (regexp-quote fill-prefix)))
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171 ;; Remove ^ from paragraph-start and paragraph-sep if they are there.
172 ;; These regexps shouldn't be anchored, because we look for them
173 ;; starting at the left-margin. This allows paragraph commands to
174 ;; work normally with indented text.
175 ;; This hack will not find problem cases like "whatever\\|^something".
176 (paragraph-start (if (and (not (equal "" paragraph-start))
177 (equal ?^ (aref paragraph-start 0)))
178 (substring paragraph-start 1)
179 paragraph-start))
c4ac30da 180 (paragraph-separate (if (and (not (equal "" paragraph-separate))
55cc5677 181 (equal ?^ (aref paragraph-separate 0)))
c4ac30da 182 (substring paragraph-separate 1)
55cc5677 183 paragraph-separate))
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184 (paragraph-separate
185 (if fill-prefix-regexp
55cc5677 186 (concat paragraph-separate "\\|"
a2535589 187 fill-prefix-regexp "[ \t]*$")
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188 paragraph-separate))
189 ;; This is used for searching.
190 (sp-paragraph-start (concat "^[ \t]*\\(" paragraph-start "\\)"))
eeb0f327 191 start found-start)
8a2a4ced 192 (while (and (< arg 0) (not (bobp)))
55cc5677 193 (if (and (not (looking-at paragraph-separate))
a37669ec 194 (re-search-backward "^\n" (max (1- (point)) (point-min)) t)
55cc5677 195 (looking-at paragraph-separate))
a2535589 196 nil
2be01738 197 (setq start (point))
8a2a4ced 198 ;; Move back over paragraph-separating lines.
a2535589 199 (forward-char -1) (beginning-of-line)
a37669ec 200 (while (and (not (bobp))
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201 (progn (move-to-left-margin)
202 (looking-at paragraph-separate)))
203 (forward-line -1))
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204 (if (bobp)
205 nil
206 ;; Go to end of the previous (non-separating) line.
207 (end-of-line)
208 ;; Search back for line that starts or separates paragraphs.
209 (if (if fill-prefix-regexp
210 ;; There is a fill prefix; it overrides paragraph-start.
2be01738 211 (let (multiple-lines)
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212 (while (and (progn (beginning-of-line) (not (bobp)))
213 (progn (move-to-left-margin)
214 (not (looking-at paragraph-separate)))
215 (looking-at fill-prefix-regexp))
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216 (if (not (= (point) start))
217 (setq multiple-lines t))
55cc5677 218 (forward-line -1))
2be01738 219 (move-to-left-margin)
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220;;; This deleted code caused a long hanging-indent line
221;;; not to be filled together with the following lines.
222;;; ;; Don't move back over a line before the paragraph
223;;; ;; which doesn't start with fill-prefix
224;;; ;; unless that is the only line we've moved over.
225;;; (and (not (looking-at fill-prefix-regexp))
226;;; multiple-lines
227;;; (forward-line 1))
2be01738 228 (not (bobp)))
55cc5677 229 (while (and (re-search-backward sp-paragraph-start nil 1)
eeb0f327 230 (setq found-start t)
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231 ;; Found a candidate, but need to check if it is a
232 ;; REAL paragraph-start.
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233 (progn (setq start (point))
234 (move-to-left-margin)
235 (not (looking-at paragraph-separate)))
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236 (not (and (looking-at paragraph-start)
237 (not
238 (and use-hard-newlines
239 (not (bobp))
240 (not (get-text-property (1- start)
241 'hard)))))))
242 (setq found-start nil)
55cc5677 243 (goto-char start))
eeb0f327 244 found-start)
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245 ;; Found one.
246 (progn
247 ;; Move forward over paragraph separators.
248 ;; We know this cannot reach the place we started
249 ;; because we know we moved back over a non-separator.
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250 (while (and (not (eobp))
251 (progn (move-to-left-margin)
252 (looking-at paragraph-separate)))
8a2a4ced 253 (forward-line 1))
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254 ;; If line before paragraph is just margin, back up to there.
255 (end-of-line 0)
256 (if (> (current-column) (current-left-margin))
257 (forward-char 1)
258 (skip-chars-backward " \t")
259 (if (not (bolp))
260 (forward-line 1))))
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261 ;; No starter or separator line => use buffer beg.
262 (goto-char (point-min)))))
a2535589 263 (setq arg (1+ arg)))
8a2a4ced 264 (while (and (> arg 0) (not (eobp)))
88c2fc2c 265 ;; Move forward over separator lines, and one more line.
a2535589 266 (while (prog1 (and (not (eobp))
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267 (progn (move-to-left-margin) (not (eobp)))
268 (looking-at paragraph-separate))
a37669ec 269 (forward-line 1)))
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270 (if fill-prefix-regexp
271 ;; There is a fill prefix; it overrides paragraph-start.
272 (while (and (not (eobp))
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273 (progn (move-to-left-margin) (not (eobp)))
274 (not (looking-at paragraph-separate))
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275 (looking-at fill-prefix-regexp))
276 (forward-line 1))
55cc5677 277 (while (and (re-search-forward sp-paragraph-start nil 1)
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278 (progn (setq start (match-beginning 0))
279 (goto-char start)
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280 (not (eobp)))
281 (progn (move-to-left-margin)
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282 (not (looking-at paragraph-separate)))
283 (or (not (looking-at paragraph-start))
284 (and use-hard-newlines
285 (not (get-text-property (1- start) 'hard)))))
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286 (forward-char 1))
287 (if (< (point) (point-max))
55cc5677 288 (goto-char start)))
779e6e56 289 (setq arg (1- arg)))
17cca868 290 (constrain-to-field nil opoint t)))
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291
292(defun backward-paragraph (&optional arg)
293 "Move backward to start of paragraph.
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294With argument ARG, do it ARG times;
295a negative argument ARG = -N means move forward N paragraphs.
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297A paragraph start is the beginning of a line which is a
298`first-line-of-paragraph' or which is ordinary text and follows a
299paragraph-separating line; except: if the first real line of a
300paragraph is preceded by a blank line, the paragraph starts at that
301blank line.
302
303See `forward-paragraph' for more information."
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304 (interactive "p")
305 (or arg (setq arg 1))
306 (forward-paragraph (- arg)))
307
308(defun mark-paragraph ()
309 "Put point at beginning of this paragraph, mark at end.
310The paragraph marked is the one that contains point or follows point."
311 (interactive)
312 (forward-paragraph 1)
0b108c01 313 (push-mark nil t t)
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314 (backward-paragraph 1))
315
316(defun kill-paragraph (arg)
317 "Kill forward to end of paragraph.
318With arg N, kill forward to Nth end of paragraph;
319negative arg -N means kill backward to Nth start of paragraph."
275cf1b2 320 (interactive "p")
8d6eaa00 321 (kill-region (point) (progn (forward-paragraph arg) (point))))
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322
323(defun backward-kill-paragraph (arg)
324 "Kill back to start of paragraph.
325With arg N, kill back to Nth start of paragraph;
326negative arg -N means kill forward to Nth end of paragraph."
275cf1b2 327 (interactive "p")
17cca868 328 (kill-region (point) (progn (backward-paragraph arg) (point))))
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329
330(defun transpose-paragraphs (arg)
331 "Interchange this (or next) paragraph with previous one."
332 (interactive "*p")
333 (transpose-subr 'forward-paragraph arg))
334
335(defun start-of-paragraph-text ()
336 (let ((opoint (point)) npoint)
337 (forward-paragraph -1)
338 (setq npoint (point))
339 (skip-chars-forward " \t\n")
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340 ;; If the range of blank lines found spans the original start point,
341 ;; try again from the beginning of it.
342 ;; Must be careful to avoid infinite loop
343 ;; when following a single return at start of buffer.
344 (if (and (>= (point) opoint) (< npoint opoint))
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345 (progn
346 (goto-char npoint)
347 (if (> npoint (point-min))
348 (start-of-paragraph-text))))))
349
350(defun end-of-paragraph-text ()
351 (let ((opoint (point)))
352 (forward-paragraph 1)
353 (if (eq (preceding-char) ?\n) (forward-char -1))
354 (if (<= (point) opoint)
355 (progn
356 (forward-char 1)
357 (if (< (point) (point-max))
358 (end-of-paragraph-text))))))
359
360(defun forward-sentence (&optional arg)
51534471 361 "Move forward to next `sentence-end'. With argument, repeat.
23b34992 362With negative argument, move backward repeatedly to `sentence-beginning'.
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364The variable `sentence-end' is a regular expression that matches ends of
365sentences. Also, every paragraph boundary terminates sentences as well."
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366 (interactive "p")
367 (or arg (setq arg 1))
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368 (let ((opoint (point)))
369 (while (< arg 0)
370 (let ((par-beg (save-excursion (start-of-paragraph-text) (point))))
371 (if (re-search-backward (concat sentence-end "[^ \t\n]") par-beg t)
372 (goto-char (1- (match-end 0)))
373 (goto-char par-beg)))
374 (setq arg (1+ arg)))
375 (while (> arg 0)
376 (let ((par-end (save-excursion (end-of-paragraph-text) (point))))
377 (if (re-search-forward sentence-end par-end t)
378 (skip-chars-backward " \t\n")
379 (goto-char par-end)))
380 (setq arg (1- arg)))
381 (constrain-to-field nil opoint t)))
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382
383(defun backward-sentence (&optional arg)
384 "Move backward to start of sentence. With arg, do it arg times.
23b34992 385See `forward-sentence' for more information."
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386 (interactive "p")
387 (or arg (setq arg 1))
388 (forward-sentence (- arg)))
389
390(defun kill-sentence (&optional arg)
391 "Kill from point to end of sentence.
392With arg, repeat; negative arg -N means kill back to Nth start of sentence."
275cf1b2 393 (interactive "p")
8d6eaa00 394 (kill-region (point) (progn (forward-sentence arg) (point))))
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395
396(defun backward-kill-sentence (&optional arg)
397 "Kill back from point to start of sentence.
398With arg, repeat, or kill forward to Nth end of sentence if negative arg -N."
275cf1b2 399 (interactive "p")
17cca868 400 (kill-region (point) (progn (backward-sentence arg) (point))))
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401
402(defun mark-end-of-sentence (arg)
23b34992 403 "Put mark at end of sentence. Arg works as in `forward-sentence'."
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404 (interactive "p")
405 (push-mark
406 (save-excursion
407 (forward-sentence arg)
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408 (point))
409 nil t))
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410
411(defun transpose-sentences (arg)
412 "Interchange this (next) and previous sentence."
413 (interactive "*p")
414 (transpose-subr 'forward-sentence arg))
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415
416;;; paragraphs.el ends here