(command_loop_1) [HAVE_X_WINDOWS]: Call cancel_hourglass unconditionally.
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55535639 1;;; novice.el --- handling of disabled commands ("novice mode") for Emacs
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8f1204db 3;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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e5167999 5;; Maintainer: FSF
d7b4d18f 6;; Keywords: internal, help
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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
e5167999 12;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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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
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21;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
22;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
23;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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25;;; Commentary:
26
27;; This mode provides a hook which is, by default, attached to various
28;; putatively dangerous commands in a (probably futile) attempt to
29;; prevent lusers from shooting themselves in the feet.
30
aae56ea7 31;;; Code:
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32
33;; This function is called (by autoloading)
34;; to handle any disabled command.
35;; The command is found in this-command
36;; and the keys are returned by (this-command-keys).
37
7229064d 38;;;###autoload
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39(defvar disabled-command-hook 'disabled-command-hook
40 "Function to call to handle disabled commands.
41If nil, the feature is disabled, i.e., all commands work normally.")
73fa8346 42
1c599895 43;;;###autoload
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44(defun disabled-command-hook (&rest ignore)
45 (let (char)
46 (save-window-excursion
47 (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
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48 (let ((keys (this-command-keys)))
49 (if (or (eq (aref keys 0)
50 (if (stringp keys)
51 (aref "\M-x" 0)
52 ?\M-x))
53 (and (>= (length keys) 2)
54 (eq (aref keys 0) meta-prefix-char)
55 (eq (aref keys 1) ?x)))
56 (princ "You have invoked the disabled command ")
57 (princ "You have typed ")
58 (princ (key-description keys))
59 (princ ", invoking disabled command ")))
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60 (princ this-command)
61 (princ ":\n")
62 ;; Print any special message saying why the command is disabled.
63 (if (stringp (get this-command 'disabled))
64 (princ (get this-command 'disabled)))
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65 ;; Keep only the first paragraph of the documentation.
66 (save-excursion
67 (set-buffer "*Help*")
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68 (goto-char (point-max))
69 (save-excursion
70 (princ (or (condition-case ()
71 (documentation this-command)
72 (error nil))
73 "<< not documented >>")))
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74 (if (search-forward "\n\n" nil t)
75 (delete-region (1- (point)) (point-max))
76 (goto-char (point-max))))
77 (princ "\n\n")
78 (princ "You can now type
4442951c 79Space to try the command just this once, but leave it disabled,
a2535589 80Y to try it and enable it (no questions if you use it again),
4442951c 81! to try it and enable all commands in this session, or
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82N to do nothing (command remains disabled).")
83 (save-excursion
84 (set-buffer standard-output)
85 (help-mode)))
4442951c 86 (message "Type y, n, ! or Space: ")
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87 (let ((cursor-in-echo-area t))
88 (while (not (memq (setq char (downcase (read-char)))
4442951c 89 '(?! ? ?y ?n)))
a2535589 90 (ding)
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91 (message "Please type y, n, ! or Space: "))))
92 (if (= char ?!)
93 (setq disabled-command-hook nil))
a2535589 94 (if (= char ?y)
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95 (if (and user-init-file
96 (not (string= "" user-init-file))
97 (y-or-n-p "Enable command for future editing sessions also? "))
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98 (enable-command this-command)
99 (put this-command 'disabled nil)))
100 (if (/= char ?n)
101 (call-interactively this-command))))
102
7229064d 103;;;###autoload
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104(defun enable-command (command)
105 "Allow COMMAND to be executed without special confirmation from now on.
106The user's .emacs file is altered so that this will apply
107to future sessions."
108 (interactive "CEnable command: ")
109 (put command 'disabled nil)
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110 (let ((init-file user-init-file))
111 (when (or (not (stringp init-file))
112 (not (file-exists-p init-file)))
113 (setq init-file (if (eq system-type 'ms-dos) "~/_emacs" "~/.emacs"))
114 (if (and (not (file-exists-p init-file))
115 (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
116 (file-exists-p "~/_emacs"))
117 (setq init-file "~/_emacs")))
118 (save-excursion
119 (set-buffer (find-file-noselect
120 (substitute-in-file-name init-file)))
121 (goto-char (point-min))
122 (if (search-forward (concat "(put '" (symbol-name command) " ") nil t)
123 (delete-region
124 (progn (beginning-of-line) (point))
125 (progn (forward-line 1) (point))))
126 ;; Explicitly enable, in case this command is disabled by default
127 ;; or in case the code we deleted was actually a comment.
128 (goto-char (point-max))
129 (insert "\n(put '" (symbol-name command) " 'disabled nil)\n")
130 (save-buffer))))
a2535589 131
7229064d 132;;;###autoload
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133(defun disable-command (command)
134 "Require special confirmation to execute COMMAND from now on.
135The user's .emacs file is altered so that this will apply
136to future sessions."
137 (interactive "CDisable command: ")
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138 (if (not (commandp command))
139 (error "Invalid command name `%s'" command))
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140 (put command 'disabled t)
141 (save-excursion
7435bd25 142 (set-buffer (find-file-noselect
bb79850e 143 (substitute-in-file-name user-init-file)))
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144 (goto-char (point-min))
145 (if (search-forward (concat "(put '" (symbol-name command) " ") nil t)
146 (delete-region
147 (progn (beginning-of-line) (point))
148 (progn (forward-line 1) (point))))
149 (goto-char (point-max))
020c97d2 150 (insert "\n(put '" (symbol-name command) " 'disabled t)\n")
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151 (save-buffer)))
152
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153(provide 'novice)
154
6594deb0 155;;; novice.el ends here