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1;; Expand a word trying various ways to find its expansion.
2;; Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3;;
4;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
5
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10
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15
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18;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
19;;
20;; Author: Anders Holst (aho@sans.kth.se)
21;;
22;; Last change: 4 January 1993
23
24;;
25;; DESCRIPTION
26;;
27;; `hippie-expand' is a single function for a lot of different kinds
28;; of completions and expansions. Called repeatedly it tries all
29;; possible completions in succession.
30;; Which kinds of completions to try, and in which order, is
31;; determined by the contents of `hippie-expand-try-functions-list'.
32;; Much customization of `hippie-expand' can be made by changing the
33;; order of, removing, or inserting new functions in this list.
34;; Given a positive numeric argument, `hippie-expand' jumps directly
35;; ARG functions forward in this list. Given some other argument
36;; (a negative argument or just Ctrl-U) it undoes the tried
37;; completion.
38;; If the variable `hippie-expand-verbose' is non-nil, `hippie-expand'
39;; outputs in a message which try-function in the list that is used
40;; currently (ie. was used currently and will be tried first the next
41;; time).
42;; See also the macro `make-hippie-expand-function' below.
43;;
44;; A short description of the current try-functions in this file:
45;; `try-complete-file-name' : very convenient to have in any buffer,
46;; and not just in the minibuffer or (some) shell-mode. It goes
47;; through all possible completions instead of just completing as
48;; much as is unique.
49;; `try-complete-file-name-partially' : To insert in the list just
50;; before `try-complete-file-name' for those who want first to get
51;; a file name completed only as many characters as is unique.
52;; (NOTE: Not by default in `hippie-expand-try-functions-list'.)
53;; `try-expand-all-abbrevs' : can be removed if you don't use abbrevs.
54;; Otherwise it looks through all abbrev-tables, starting with
55;; the local followed by the global.
56;; `try-expand-line' : Searches the buffer for an entire line that
57;; begins exactly as the current line. Convenient sometimes, for
58;; example as a substitute for (or complement to) the history
59;; list in shell-like buffers. Remove it if you find it confusing.
60;; `try-expand-line-all-buffers' : Like `try-expand-line' but searches
61;; in all buffers (except the current). (This may be a little
62;; slow, don't use it unless you are really fond of `hippie-expand'.
63;; NOTE: Not by default in hippie-expand-try-functions-list.)
64;; `try-expand-dabbrev' : works exactly as dabbrev-expand (but of
65;; course in a way compatible with the other try-functions).
66;; `try-expand-dabbrev-all-buffers' : perhaps the most useful of them,
67;; like `dabbrev-expand' but searches all Emacs buffers (except the
68;; current) for matching words. (No, I don't find this one
69;; particularly slow.)
70;; `try-complete-lisp-symbol' : like `lisp-complete-symbol', but goes
71;; through all possibilities instead of completing what is unique.
72;; Might be tedious (usually a lot of possible completions) and
73;; since its function is much like `lisp-complete-symbol', which
74;; already has a key of its own, you might want to remove this.
75;; `try-complete-lisp-symbol-partially' : To insert in the list just
76;; before `try-complete-lisp-symbol' for those who first want to get
77;; completion of what is unique in the name. (NOTE: Not by
78;; default in hippie-expand-try-functions-list.)
79;;
80;; To write new try-functions, consider the following:
81;; Each try-function takes one argument OLD which is nil the first
82;; time the function is called and true in succeeding calls for the
83;; same string to complete. The first time the function has to
84;; extract the string before point to complete, and substitute the
85;; first completion alternative for it. On following calls it has to
86;; substitute the next possible completion for the last tried string.
87;; The try-function is to return t as long as it finds new
88;; possible completions. When there are no more alternatives it has
89;; to restore the text before point to its original contents, and
90;; return nil (don't beep or message or anything).
91;; The try-function can (should) use the following functions:
92;; `he-init-string' : Initializes the text to substitute to the
93;; contents of the region BEGIN to END. Also sets the variable
94;; `he-search-string' to the text to expand.
95;; `he-substitute-string' : substitutes STR into the region
96;; initialized with `he-init-string'. (An optional second argument
97;; TRANS-CASE non-nil, means transfer of case from the abbreviation
98;; to the expansion is ok if that is enabled in the buffer.)
99;; `he-reset-string' : Resets the initialized region to its original
100;; contents.
101;; There is also a variable: `he-tried-table' which is meant to contain
102;; all tried expansions so far. The try-function can check this
103;; variable to see whether an expansion has already been tried
104;; (hint: `he-string-member'), and add its own tried expansions to it.
105;;
106;;
107;; KNOWN BUGS
108;;
109;; It may happen that some completion suggestion occurs twice, in
110;; spite of the use of `he-tried-table' to prevent that. This is
111;; because different try-functions may try to complete different
112;; lengths of text, and thus put different amounts of the
113;; text in `he-try-table'. Anyway this seems to occur seldom enough not
114;; to be too disturbing. Also it should NOT bee possible for the
115;; opposite situation to occur, that `hippie-expand' misses some
116;; suggestion because it thinks it has already tried it.
117;;
118;;
119;; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
120;;
121;; I want to thank Mikael Djurfeldt in discussions with whom the idea
122;; of this function took form.
123;; I am also grateful to all those who have given me suggestions on
124;; how to improve it.
125;;
126
127
128(defvar he-num -1)
129
130(defvar he-string-beg ())
131
132(defvar he-string-end ())
133
134(defvar he-search-string ())
135
136(defvar he-expand-list ())
137
138(defvar he-tried-table ())
139
140(defvar he-search-loc ())
141
142(defvar he-search-bw ())
143
144(defvar he-search-bufs ())
145
146(defvar hippie-expand-try-functions-list '(try-complete-file-name
147 try-expand-all-abbrevs
148 try-expand-line
149 try-expand-dabbrev
150 try-expand-dabbrev-all-buffers
151 try-complete-lisp-symbol)
152 "The list of expansion functions tried in order by `hippie-expand'.
153To change the behavior of `hippie-expand', remove, change the order of,
154or insert functions in this list.")
155
156(defvar hippie-expand-verbose t
157 "*Non-nil makes `hippie-expand' output which function it is trying.")
158
159(defun hippie-expand (arg)
160 "Try to expand text before point, using multiple methods.
161The expansion functions in `hippie-expand-try-functions-list' are
162tried in order, until a possible expansion is found. Repeated
163application of `hippie-expand' inserts successively possible
164expansions.
165With a positive numeric argument, jumps directly to the ARG next
166function in this list. With a negative argument or just \\[universal-argument],
167undoes the expansion."
168 (interactive "P")
169 (if (or (not arg)
170 (and (integerp arg) (> arg 0)))
171 (let ((first (or (= he-num -1)
172 (not (equal this-command last-command)))))
173 (if first
174 (progn
175 (setq he-num -1)
176 (setq he-tried-table nil)))
177 (if arg
178 (if (not first) (he-reset-string))
179 (setq arg 0))
180 (let ((i (max (+ he-num arg) 0)))
181 (while (not (or (>= i (length hippie-expand-try-functions-list))
182 (apply (nth i hippie-expand-try-functions-list)
183 (list (= he-num i)))))
184 (setq i (1+ i)))
185 (setq he-num i))
186 (if (>= he-num (length hippie-expand-try-functions-list))
187 (progn
188 (setq he-num -1)
189 (if first
190 (message "No expansion found")
191 (message "No further expansions found"))
192 (ding))
193 (if hippie-expand-verbose
194 (message (concat "Using "
195 (prin1-to-string (nth he-num
196 hippie-expand-try-functions-list)))))))
197 (if (>= he-num 0)
198 (progn
199 (setq he-num -1)
200 (he-reset-string)
201 (if hippie-expand-verbose
202 (message "Undoing expansions"))))))
203
204;; Initializes the region to expand (to between BEG and END).
205(defun he-init-string (beg end)
206 (setq he-string-beg beg)
207 (setq he-string-end end)
208 (setq he-search-string (buffer-substring beg end)))
209
210;; Resets the expanded region to its original contents.
211(defun he-reset-string ()
212 (delete-region he-string-beg he-string-end)
213 (insert he-search-string)
214 (setq he-string-end (point)))
215
216;; Substitutes an expansion STR into the correct region (the region
217;; initialized with `he-init-string').
218;; An optional argument TRANS-CASE means that it is ok to transfer case
219;; from the abbreviation to the expansion if that is possible, and is
220;; enabled in the buffer.
221(defun he-substitute-string (str &optional trans-case)
222 (let ((trans-case (and trans-case
223 case-replace
224 case-fold-search
225 (he-transfer-case-ok str he-search-string))))
226 (he-reset-string)
227 (goto-char he-string-beg)
228 (search-forward he-search-string)
229 (replace-match (if trans-case (downcase str) str)
230 (not trans-case)
231 'literal)
232 (setq he-string-end (point))))
233
234(defun he-ordinary-case-p (str)
235 (or (string= str (downcase str))
236 (string= str (upcase str))
237 (string= str (capitalize str))))
238
239(defun he-transfer-case-ok (to-str from-str)
240 (and (not (string= from-str (substring to-str 0 (length from-str))))
241 ;; otherwise transfer is not needed (and this also solves
242 ;; some obscure situations)
243 (he-ordinary-case-p to-str)
244 ;; otherwise case may be significant
245 (he-ordinary-case-p from-str)
246 ;; otherwise replace-match wont know what to do
247 ))
248
249;; Check if STR is a member of LST.
250;; Ignore case if `case-replace' and `case-fold-search' are both t.
251(defun he-string-member (str lst)
252 (while (and lst
253 (not
254 (if (and case-fold-search case-replace)
255 (string= (downcase (car lst)) (downcase str))
256 (string= (car lst) str))))
257 (setq lst (cdr lst)))
258 lst)
259
260;; For the real hippie-expand enthusiast: A macro that makes it
261;; possible to use many functions like hippie-expand, but with
262;; different try-functions-lists.
263;; Usage is for example:
264;; (fset 'my-complete-file (make-hippie-expand-function
265;; '(try-complete-file-name-partially
266;; try-complete-file-name)))
267;; (fset 'my-complete-line (make-hippie-expand-function
268;; '(try-expand-line
269;; try-expand-line-all-buffers)))
270;;
271(defmacro make-hippie-expand-function (try-list &optional verbose)
272 "Construct a function similar to `hippie-expand'.
273Make it use the expansion functions in TRY-LIST. An optional second
274argument VERBOSE non-nil makes the function verbose."
275 (` '(lambda (arg)
276 (, (concat
277 "Try to expand text before point, using the following functions: \n"
278 (mapconcat 'prin1-to-string (eval try-list) ", ")))
279 (interactive "P")
280 (let ((hippie-expand-try-functions-list (, try-list))
281 (hippie-expand-verbose (, verbose)))
282 (hippie-expand arg)))))
283
284
285;;; Here follows the try-functions and their requisites:
286
287(defun try-complete-file-name (old)
288 "Try to complete text as a file name.
289The argument OLD has to be nil the first call of this function, and t
290for subsequent calls (for further possible completions of the same
291string). It returns t if a new completion is found, nil otherwise."
292 (if (not old)
293 (progn
294 (he-init-string (he-file-name-beg) (point))
295 (let ((name-part (file-name-nondirectory he-search-string))
296 (dir-part (expand-file-name (or (file-name-directory
297 he-search-string) ""))))
298 (if (not (he-string-member name-part he-tried-table))
299 (setq he-tried-table (cons name-part he-tried-table)))
300 (if (and (not (equal he-search-string ""))
301 (file-directory-p dir-part))
302 (setq he-expand-list (sort (file-name-all-completions
303 name-part
304 dir-part)
305 'string-lessp))
306 (setq he-expand-list ())))))
307
308 (while (and he-expand-list
309 (he-string-member (car he-expand-list) he-tried-table))
310 (setq he-expand-list (cdr he-expand-list)))
311 (if (null he-expand-list)
312 (progn
313 (he-reset-string)
314 ())
315 (let ((filename (concat (file-name-directory he-search-string)
316 (car he-expand-list))))
317 (he-substitute-string filename)
318 (setq he-tried-table (cons (car he-expand-list) he-tried-table))
319 (setq he-expand-list (cdr he-expand-list))
320 t)))
321
322(defun try-complete-file-name-partially (old)
323 "Try to complete text as a file name, as many characters as unique.
324The argument OLD has to be nil the first call of this function. It
325returns t if a unique, possibly partial, completion is found, nil
326otherwise."
327 (let ((expansion ()))
328 (if (not old)
329 (progn
330 (he-init-string (he-file-name-beg) (point))
331 (let ((name-part (file-name-nondirectory he-search-string))
332 (dir-part (expand-file-name (or (file-name-directory
333 he-search-string) ""))))
334 (if (and (not (equal he-search-string ""))
335 (file-directory-p dir-part))
336 (setq expansion (file-name-completion name-part
337 dir-part)))
338 (if (or (eq expansion t)
339 (string= expansion name-part))
340 (setq expansion ())))))
341
342 (if (not expansion)
343 (progn
344 (he-reset-string)
345 ())
346 (let ((filename (concat (file-name-directory he-search-string)
347 expansion)))
348 (he-substitute-string filename)
349 (setq he-tried-table (cons expansion he-tried-table))
350 t))))
351
352(defun he-file-name-beg ()
353 (let ((skips "-a-zA-Z0-9_./~^#$"))
354 (save-excursion
355 (skip-chars-backward skips)
356 (point))))
357
358(defun try-complete-lisp-symbol (old)
359 "Try to complete word as an Emacs Lisp symbol.
360The argument OLD has to be nil the first call of this function, and t
361for subsequent calls (for further possible completions of the same
362string). It returns t if a new completion is found, nil otherwise."
363 (if (not old)
364 (progn
365 (he-init-string (he-lisp-symbol-beg) (point))
366 (if (not (he-string-member he-search-string he-tried-table))
367 (setq he-tried-table (cons he-search-string he-tried-table)))
368 (setq he-expand-list
369 (and (not (equal he-search-string ""))
370 (sort (all-completions he-search-string obarray
371 (function (lambda (sym)
372 (or (boundp sym)
373 (fboundp sym)
374 (symbol-plist sym)))))
375 'string-lessp)))))
376 (while (and he-expand-list
377 (he-string-member (car he-expand-list) he-tried-table))
378 (setq he-expand-list (cdr he-expand-list)))
379 (if (null he-expand-list)
380 (progn
381 (he-reset-string)
382 ())
383 (progn
384 (he-substitute-string (car he-expand-list))
385 (setq he-tried-table (cons (car he-expand-list) he-tried-table))
386 (setq he-expand-list (cdr he-expand-list))
387 t)))
388
389(defun try-complete-lisp-symbol-partially (old)
390 "Try to complete as an Emacs Lisp symbol, as many characters as unique.
391The argument OLD has to be nil the first call of this function. It
392returns t if a unique, possibly partial, completion is found, nil
393otherwise."
394 (let ((expansion ()))
395 (if (not old)
396 (progn
397 (he-init-string (he-lisp-symbol-beg) (point))
398 (if (not (string= he-search-string ""))
399 (setq expansion
400 (try-completion he-search-string obarray
401 (function (lambda (sym)
402 (or (boundp sym)
403 (fboundp sym)
404 (symbol-plist sym)))))))
405 (if (or (eq expansion t)
406 (string= expansion he-search-string))
407 (setq expansion ()))))
408
409 (if (not expansion)
410 (progn
411 (he-reset-string)
412 ())
413 (progn
414 (he-substitute-string expansion)
415 (setq he-tried-table (cons expansion he-tried-table))
416 t))))
417
418(defun he-lisp-symbol-beg ()
419 (let ((skips "-a-zA-Z0-9_."))
420 (save-excursion
421 (skip-chars-backward skips)
422 (point))))
423
424(defun try-expand-line (old)
425 "Try to complete the current line to an entire line in the buffer.
426The argument OLD has to be nil the first call of this function, and t
427for subsequent calls (for further possible completions of the same
428string). It returns t if a new completion is found, nil otherwise."
429 (let ((expansion ())
430 (strip-prompt (and (get-buffer-process (current-buffer))
431 shell-prompt-pattern)))
432 (if (not old)
433 (progn
434 (he-init-string (he-line-beg strip-prompt) (point))
435 (setq he-search-loc he-string-beg)
436 (setq he-search-bw t)))
437
438 (if (not (equal he-search-string ""))
439 (save-excursion
440 ;; Try looking backward unless inhibited.
441 (if he-search-bw
442 (progn
443 (goto-char he-search-loc)
444 (setq expansion (he-line-search he-search-string
445 strip-prompt t))
446 (setq he-search-loc (point-marker))
447 (if (not expansion)
448 (progn
449 (setq he-search-loc he-string-end)
450 (setq he-search-bw ())))))
451
452 (if (not expansion) ; Then look forward.
453 (progn
454 (goto-char he-search-loc)
455 (setq expansion (he-line-search he-search-string
456 strip-prompt nil))
457 (setq he-search-loc (point-marker))))))
458
459 (if (not expansion)
460 (progn
461 (he-reset-string)
462 ())
463 (progn
464 (he-substitute-string expansion t)
465 (setq he-tried-table (cons expansion he-tried-table))
466 t))))
467
468(defun try-expand-line-all-buffers (old)
469 "Try to complete the current line, searching all other buffers.
470The argument OLD has to be nil the first call of this function, and t
471for subsequent calls (for further possible completions of the same
472string). It returns t if a new completion is found, nil otherwise."
473 (let ((expansion ())
474 (strip-prompt (and (get-buffer-process (current-buffer))
475 shell-prompt-pattern))
476 (buf (current-buffer)))
477 (if (not old)
478 (progn
479 (he-init-string (he-line-beg strip-prompt) (point))
480 (setq he-search-loc 0)
481 (setq he-search-bufs (buffer-list))))
482
483 (if (not (equal he-search-string ""))
484 (while (and he-search-bufs (not expansion))
485 (set-buffer (car he-search-bufs))
486 (if (and (not (eq (current-buffer) buf))
487 (not (eq major-mode 'dired-mode)))
488 ;; dont search dired buffers
489 (save-excursion
490 (goto-char he-search-loc)
491 (setq expansion (he-line-search he-search-string
492 strip-prompt nil))
493 (setq he-search-loc (point-marker))))
494 (if expansion
495 (setq he-tried-table (cons expansion he-tried-table))
496 (progn
497 (setq he-search-loc 0)
498 (setq he-search-bufs (cdr he-search-bufs))))))
499
500 (set-buffer buf)
501 (if (not expansion)
502 (progn
503 (he-reset-string)
504 ())
505 (progn
506 (he-substitute-string expansion t)
507 t))))
508
509(defun he-line-search (str strip-prompt reverse)
510 (let ((result ()))
511 (while (and (not result)
512 (if reverse
513 (re-search-backward
514 (he-line-search-regexp str strip-prompt)
515 nil t)
516 (re-search-forward
517 (he-line-search-regexp str strip-prompt)
518 nil t)))
519 (setq result (buffer-substring (match-beginning 2) (match-end 2)))
520 (if (he-string-member result he-tried-table)
521 (setq result nil))) ; if already in table, ignore
522 result))
523
524(defun he-line-beg (strip-prompt)
525 (save-excursion
526 (end-of-line)
527 (if (re-search-backward (he-line-search-regexp "" strip-prompt)
528 (save-excursion (beginning-of-line)
529 (point)) t)
530 (match-beginning 2)
531 (beginning-of-line)
532 (point))))
533
534(defun he-line-search-regexp (pat strip-prompt)
535 (if strip-prompt
536 (concat "\\(" shell-prompt-pattern "\\|^\\s-*\\)\\("
537 (regexp-quote pat)
538 "[^\n]*[^ \t\n]\\)")
539 (concat "^\\(\\s-*\\)\\("
540 (regexp-quote pat)
541 "[^\n]*[^ \t\n]\\)")))
542
543(defun try-expand-all-abbrevs (old)
544 "Try to expand word before point according to all abbrev tables.
545The argument OLD has to be nil the first call of this function, and t
546for subsequent calls (for further possible expansions of the same
547string). It returns t if a new expansion is found, nil otherwise."
548 (if (not old)
549 (progn
550 (he-init-string (he-dabbrev-beg) (point))
551 (setq he-expand-list
552 (and (not (equal he-search-string ""))
553 (mapcar (function (lambda (sym)
554 (abbrev-expansion he-search-string
555 (eval sym))))
556 (append '(local-abbrev-table
557 global-abbrev-table)
558 abbrev-table-name-list))))))
559 (while (and he-expand-list
560 (or (not (car he-expand-list))
561 (he-string-member (car he-expand-list) he-tried-table)))
562 (setq he-expand-list (cdr he-expand-list)))
563 (if (null he-expand-list)
564 (progn
565 (he-reset-string)
566 ())
567 (progn
568 (he-substitute-string (car he-expand-list))
569 (setq he-tried-table (cons (car he-expand-list) he-tried-table))
570 (setq he-expand-list (cdr he-expand-list))
571 t)))
572
573(defun try-expand-dabbrev (old)
574 "Try to expand word \"dynamically\", searching the current buffer.
575The argument OLD has to be nil the first call of this function, and t
576for subsequent calls (for further possible expansions of the same
577string). It returns t if a new expansion is found, nil otherwise."
578 (let ((expansion ()))
579 (if (not old)
580 (progn
581 (he-init-string (he-dabbrev-beg) (point))
582 (setq he-search-loc he-string-beg)
583 (setq he-search-bw t)))
584
585 (if (not (equal he-search-string ""))
586 (save-excursion
587 ;; Try looking backward unless inhibited.
588 (if he-search-bw
589 (progn
590 (goto-char he-search-loc)
591 (setq expansion (he-dab-search he-search-string t))
592 (setq he-search-loc (point-marker))
593 (if (not expansion)
594 (progn
595 (setq he-search-loc he-string-end)
596 (setq he-search-bw ())))))
597
598 (if (not expansion) ; Then look forward.
599 (progn
600 (goto-char he-search-loc)
601 (setq expansion (he-dab-search he-search-string nil))
602 (setq he-search-loc (point-marker))))))
603
604 (if (not expansion)
605 (progn
606 (he-reset-string)
607 ())
608 (progn
609 (he-substitute-string expansion t)
610 (setq he-tried-table (cons expansion he-tried-table))
611 t))))
612
613(defun try-expand-dabbrev-all-buffers (old)
614 "Tries to expand word \"dynamically\", searching all other buffers.
615The argument OLD has to be nil the first call of this function, and t
616for subsequent calls (for further possible expansions of the same
617string). It returns t if a new expansion is found, nil otherwise."
618 (let ((expansion ())
619 (buf (current-buffer)))
620 (if (not old)
621 (progn
622 (he-init-string (he-dabbrev-beg) (point))
623 (setq he-search-loc 0)
624 (setq he-search-bufs (buffer-list))))
625
626 (if (not (equal he-search-string ""))
627 (while (and he-search-bufs (not expansion))
628 (set-buffer (car he-search-bufs))
629 (if (and (not (eq (current-buffer) buf))
630 (not (eq major-mode 'dired-mode)))
631 ;; dont search dired buffers
632 (save-excursion
633 (goto-char he-search-loc)
634 (setq expansion (he-dab-search he-search-string nil))
635 (setq he-search-loc (point-marker))))
636 (if expansion
637 (setq he-tried-table (cons expansion he-tried-table))
638 (progn
639 (setq he-search-loc 0)
640 (setq he-search-bufs (cdr he-search-bufs))))))
641
642 (set-buffer buf)
643 (if (not expansion)
644 (progn
645 (he-reset-string)
646 ())
647 (progn
648 (he-substitute-string expansion t)
649 t))))
650
651(defun he-dab-search-regexp (pat)
652 (concat "\\b" (regexp-quote pat)
653 "\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+"))
654
655(defun he-dab-search (pattern reverse)
656 (let ((result ()))
657 (while (and (not result)
658 (if reverse
659 (re-search-backward (he-dab-search-regexp pattern)
660 nil t)
661 (re-search-forward (he-dab-search-regexp pattern)
662 nil t)))
663 (setq result (buffer-substring (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)))
664 (if (he-string-member result he-tried-table)
665 (setq result nil))) ; if already in table, ignore
666 result))
667
668(defun he-dabbrev-beg ()
669 (let ((skips "-a-zA-Z0-9_."))
670 (save-excursion
671 (skip-chars-backward skips)
672 (skip-chars-forward "-_.")
673 (point))))
674