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1;;; paragraphs.el --- paragraph and sentence parsing.
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77176e73 3;; Copyright (C) 1985-1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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22;;;###autoload
23(defconst paragraph-start "^[ \t\n\f]" "\
24*Regexp for beginning of a line that starts OR separates paragraphs.")
25
26;;;###autoload
27(defconst paragraph-separate "^[ \t\f]*$" "\
28*Regexp for beginning of a line that separates paragraphs.
29If you change this, you may have to change paragraph-start also.")
30
31;;;###autoload
32(defconst sentence-end (purecopy "[.?!][]\"')}]*\\($\\| $\\|\t\\| \\)[ \t\n]*") "\
33*Regexp describing the end of a sentence.
34All paragraph boundaries also end sentences, regardless.")
35
36;;;###autoload
37(defconst page-delimiter "^\014" "\
38*Regexp describing line-beginnings that separate pages.")
39
40;;;###autoload
41(defvar paragraph-ignore-fill-prefix nil "\
42Non-nil means the paragraph commands are not affected by `fill-prefix'.
43This is desirable in modes where blank lines are the paragraph delimiters.")
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45
46(defun forward-paragraph (&optional arg)
47 "Move forward to end of paragraph.
48With arg N, do it N times; negative arg -N means move forward N paragraphs.
49
50A line which `paragraph-start' matches either separates paragraphs
51\(if `paragraph-separate' matches it also) or is the first line of a paragraph.
52A paragraph end is the beginning of a line which is not part of the paragraph
53to which the end of the previous line belongs, or the end of the buffer."
54 (interactive "p")
55 (or arg (setq arg 1))
56 (let* ((fill-prefix-regexp
57 (and fill-prefix (not (equal fill-prefix ""))
58 (not paragraph-ignore-fill-prefix)
59 (regexp-quote fill-prefix)))
60 (paragraph-separate
61 (if fill-prefix-regexp
62 (concat paragraph-separate "\\|^"
63 fill-prefix-regexp "[ \t]*$")
64 paragraph-separate)))
65 (while (< arg 0)
66 (if (and (not (looking-at paragraph-separate))
67 (re-search-backward "^\n" (max (1- (point)) (point-min)) t))
68 nil
69 (forward-char -1) (beginning-of-line)
70 (while (and (not (bobp)) (looking-at paragraph-separate))
71 (forward-line -1))
72 (end-of-line)
73 ;; Search back for line that starts or separates paragraphs.
74 (if (if fill-prefix-regexp
75 ;; There is a fill prefix; it overrides paragraph-start.
76 (progn
77 (while (progn (beginning-of-line)
78 (and (not (bobp))
79 (not (looking-at paragraph-separate))
80 (looking-at fill-prefix-regexp)))
81 (forward-line -1))
82 (not (bobp)))
83 (re-search-backward paragraph-start nil t))
84 ;; Found one.
85 (progn
86 (while (and (not (eobp)) (looking-at paragraph-separate))
87 (forward-line 1))
88 (if (eq (char-after (- (point) 2)) ?\n)
89 (forward-line -1)))
90 ;; No starter or separator line => use buffer beg.
91 (goto-char (point-min))))
92 (setq arg (1+ arg)))
93 (while (> arg 0)
94 (beginning-of-line)
95 (while (prog1 (and (not (eobp))
96 (looking-at paragraph-separate))
97 (forward-line 1)))
98 (if fill-prefix-regexp
99 ;; There is a fill prefix; it overrides paragraph-start.
100 (while (and (not (eobp))
101 (not (looking-at paragraph-separate))
102 (looking-at fill-prefix-regexp))
103 (forward-line 1))
104 (if (re-search-forward paragraph-start nil t)
105 (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
106 (goto-char (point-max))))
107 (setq arg (1- arg)))))
108
109(defun backward-paragraph (&optional arg)
110 "Move backward to start of paragraph.
111With arg N, do it N times; negative arg -N means move forward N paragraphs.
112
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113A paragraph start is the beginning of a line which is a
114`first-line-of-paragraph' or which is ordinary text and follows a
115paragraph-separating line; except: if the first real line of a
116paragraph is preceded by a blank line, the paragraph starts at that
117blank line.
118
119See `forward-paragraph' for more information."
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120 (interactive "p")
121 (or arg (setq arg 1))
122 (forward-paragraph (- arg)))
123
124(defun mark-paragraph ()
125 "Put point at beginning of this paragraph, mark at end.
126The paragraph marked is the one that contains point or follows point."
127 (interactive)
128 (forward-paragraph 1)
129 (push-mark nil t)
130 (backward-paragraph 1))
131
132(defun kill-paragraph (arg)
133 "Kill forward to end of paragraph.
134With arg N, kill forward to Nth end of paragraph;
135negative arg -N means kill backward to Nth start of paragraph."
23b34992 136 (interactive "p")
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137 (kill-region (point) (progn (forward-paragraph arg) (point))))
138
139(defun backward-kill-paragraph (arg)
140 "Kill back to start of paragraph.
141With arg N, kill back to Nth start of paragraph;
142negative arg -N means kill forward to Nth end of paragraph."
23b34992 143 (interactive "p")
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144 (kill-region (point) (progn (backward-paragraph arg) (point))))
145
146(defun transpose-paragraphs (arg)
147 "Interchange this (or next) paragraph with previous one."
148 (interactive "*p")
149 (transpose-subr 'forward-paragraph arg))
150
151(defun start-of-paragraph-text ()
152 (let ((opoint (point)) npoint)
153 (forward-paragraph -1)
154 (setq npoint (point))
155 (skip-chars-forward " \t\n")
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156 ;; If the range of blank lines found spans the original start point,
157 ;; try again from the beginning of it.
158 ;; Must be careful to avoid infinite loop
159 ;; when following a single return at start of buffer.
160 (if (and (>= (point) opoint) (< npoint opoint))
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161 (progn
162 (goto-char npoint)
163 (if (> npoint (point-min))
164 (start-of-paragraph-text))))))
165
166(defun end-of-paragraph-text ()
167 (let ((opoint (point)))
168 (forward-paragraph 1)
169 (if (eq (preceding-char) ?\n) (forward-char -1))
170 (if (<= (point) opoint)
171 (progn
172 (forward-char 1)
173 (if (< (point) (point-max))
174 (end-of-paragraph-text))))))
175
176(defun forward-sentence (&optional arg)
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177 "Move forward to next`sentence-end'. With argument, repeat.
178With negative argument, move backward repeatedly to `sentence-beginning'.
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180The variable `sentence-end' is a regular expression that matches ends of
181sentences. Also, every paragraph boundary terminates sentences as well."
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182 (interactive "p")
183 (or arg (setq arg 1))
184 (while (< arg 0)
185 (let ((par-beg (save-excursion (start-of-paragraph-text) (point))))
186 (if (re-search-backward (concat sentence-end "[^ \t\n]") par-beg t)
187 (goto-char (1- (match-end 0)))
188 (goto-char par-beg)))
189 (setq arg (1+ arg)))
190 (while (> arg 0)
191 (let ((par-end (save-excursion (end-of-paragraph-text) (point))))
192 (if (re-search-forward sentence-end par-end t)
193 (skip-chars-backward " \t\n")
194 (goto-char par-end)))
195 (setq arg (1- arg))))
196
197(defun backward-sentence (&optional arg)
198 "Move backward to start of sentence. With arg, do it arg times.
23b34992 199See `forward-sentence' for more information."
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200 (interactive "p")
201 (or arg (setq arg 1))
202 (forward-sentence (- arg)))
203
204(defun kill-sentence (&optional arg)
205 "Kill from point to end of sentence.
206With arg, repeat; negative arg -N means kill back to Nth start of sentence."
207 (interactive "*p")
208 (let ((beg (point)))
209 (forward-sentence arg)
210 (kill-region beg (point))))
211
212(defun backward-kill-sentence (&optional arg)
213 "Kill back from point to start of sentence.
214With arg, repeat, or kill forward to Nth end of sentence if negative arg -N."
215 (interactive "*p")
216 (let ((beg (point)))
217 (backward-sentence arg)
218 (kill-region beg (point))))
219
220(defun mark-end-of-sentence (arg)
23b34992 221 "Put mark at end of sentence. Arg works as in `forward-sentence'."
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222 (interactive "p")
223 (push-mark
224 (save-excursion
225 (forward-sentence arg)
226 (point))))
227
228(defun transpose-sentences (arg)
229 "Interchange this (next) and previous sentence."
230 (interactive "*p")
231 (transpose-subr 'forward-sentence arg))
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233;;; paragraphs.el ends here