(read-quoted-char): Fix handling of meta-chars.
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c88ab9ce 1;;; subr.el --- basic lisp subroutines for Emacs
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b578f267 3;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
6
7;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
492878e4 9;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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12;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15;; GNU General Public License for more details.
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17;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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18;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
19;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
20;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
be9b65ac 21
630cc463 22;;; Code:
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23(defvar custom-declare-variable-list nil
24 "Record `defcustom' calls made before `custom.el' is loaded to handle them.
25Each element of this list holds the arguments to one call to `defcustom'.")
26
27;; Use this rather that defcustom, in subr.el and other files loaded
28;; before custom.el.
29(defun custom-declare-variable-early (&rest arguments)
30 (setq custom-declare-variable-list
31 (cons arguments custom-declare-variable-list)))
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32\f
33;;;; Lisp language features.
34
35(defmacro lambda (&rest cdr)
36 "Return a lambda expression.
37A call of the form (lambda ARGS DOCSTRING INTERACTIVE BODY) is
38self-quoting; the result of evaluating the lambda expression is the
39expression itself. The lambda expression may then be treated as a
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40function, i.e., stored as the function value of a symbol, passed to
41funcall or mapcar, etc.
42
9a5336ae 43ARGS should take the same form as an argument list for a `defun'.
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44DOCSTRING is an optional documentation string.
45 If present, it should describe how to call the function.
46 But documentation strings are usually not useful in nameless functions.
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47INTERACTIVE should be a call to the function `interactive', which see.
48It may also be omitted.
49BODY should be a list of lisp expressions."
50 ;; Note that this definition should not use backquotes; subr.el should not
51 ;; depend on backquote.el.
52 (list 'function (cons 'lambda cdr)))
53
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54(defmacro when (cond &rest body)
55 "(when COND BODY...): if COND yields non-nil, do BODY, else return nil."
56 (list 'if cond (cons 'progn body)))
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57(put 'when 'lisp-indent-function 1)
58(put 'when 'edebug-form-spec '(&rest form))
9a5336ae 59
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60(defmacro unless (cond &rest body)
61 "(unless COND BODY...): if COND yields nil, do BODY, else return nil."
62 (cons 'if (cons cond (cons nil body))))
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63(put 'unless 'lisp-indent-function 1)
64(put 'unless 'edebug-form-spec '(&rest form))
9a5336ae 65\f
9a5336ae 66;;;; Keymap support.
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67
68(defun undefined ()
69 (interactive)
70 (ding))
71
72;Prevent the \{...} documentation construct
73;from mentioning keys that run this command.
74(put 'undefined 'suppress-keymap t)
75
76(defun suppress-keymap (map &optional nodigits)
77 "Make MAP override all normally self-inserting keys to be undefined.
78Normally, as an exception, digits and minus-sign are set to make prefix args,
79but optional second arg NODIGITS non-nil treats them like other chars."
80e7b471 80 (substitute-key-definition 'self-insert-command 'undefined map global-map)
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81 (or nodigits
82 (let (loop)
83 (define-key map "-" 'negative-argument)
84 ;; Make plain numbers do numeric args.
85 (setq loop ?0)
86 (while (<= loop ?9)
87 (define-key map (char-to-string loop) 'digit-argument)
88 (setq loop (1+ loop))))))
89
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90;Moved to keymap.c
91;(defun copy-keymap (keymap)
92; "Return a copy of KEYMAP"
93; (while (not (keymapp keymap))
94; (setq keymap (signal 'wrong-type-argument (list 'keymapp keymap))))
95; (if (vectorp keymap)
96; (copy-sequence keymap)
97; (copy-alist keymap)))
98
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99(defvar key-substitution-in-progress nil
100 "Used internally by substitute-key-definition.")
101
7f2c2edd 102(defun substitute-key-definition (olddef newdef keymap &optional oldmap prefix)
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103 "Replace OLDDEF with NEWDEF for any keys in KEYMAP now defined as OLDDEF.
104In other words, OLDDEF is replaced with NEWDEF where ever it appears.
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105If optional fourth argument OLDMAP is specified, we redefine
106in KEYMAP as NEWDEF those chars which are defined as OLDDEF in OLDMAP."
107 (or prefix (setq prefix ""))
108 (let* ((scan (or oldmap keymap))
109 (vec1 (vector nil))
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110 (prefix1 (vconcat prefix vec1))
111 (key-substitution-in-progress
112 (cons scan key-substitution-in-progress)))
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113 ;; Scan OLDMAP, finding each char or event-symbol that
114 ;; has any definition, and act on it with hack-key.
115 (while (consp scan)
116 (if (consp (car scan))
117 (let ((char (car (car scan)))
118 (defn (cdr (car scan))))
119 ;; The inside of this let duplicates exactly
120 ;; the inside of the following let that handles array elements.
121 (aset vec1 0 char)
122 (aset prefix1 (length prefix) char)
44d798af 123 (let (inner-def skipped)
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124 ;; Skip past menu-prompt.
125 (while (stringp (car-safe defn))
44d798af 126 (setq skipped (cons (car defn) skipped))
7f2c2edd 127 (setq defn (cdr defn)))
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128 ;; Skip past cached key-equivalence data for menu items.
129 (and (consp defn) (consp (car defn))
130 (setq defn (cdr defn)))
7f2c2edd 131 (setq inner-def defn)
e025dddf 132 ;; Look past a symbol that names a keymap.
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133 (while (and (symbolp inner-def)
134 (fboundp inner-def))
135 (setq inner-def (symbol-function inner-def)))
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136 (if (or (eq defn olddef)
137 ;; Compare with equal if definition is a key sequence.
138 ;; That is useful for operating on function-key-map.
139 (and (or (stringp defn) (vectorp defn))
140 (equal defn olddef)))
44d798af 141 (define-key keymap prefix1 (nconc (nreverse skipped) newdef))
f14dbba7 142 (if (and (keymapp defn)
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143 ;; Avoid recursively scanning
144 ;; where KEYMAP does not have a submap.
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145 (let ((elt (lookup-key keymap prefix1)))
146 (or (null elt)
147 (keymapp elt)))
350b7567 148 ;; Avoid recursively rescanning keymap being scanned.
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149 (not (memq inner-def
150 key-substitution-in-progress)))
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151 ;; If this one isn't being scanned already,
152 ;; scan it now.
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153 (substitute-key-definition olddef newdef keymap
154 inner-def
155 prefix1)))))
916cc49f 156 (if (vectorp (car scan))
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157 (let* ((array (car scan))
158 (len (length array))
159 (i 0))
160 (while (< i len)
161 (let ((char i) (defn (aref array i)))
162 ;; The inside of this let duplicates exactly
163 ;; the inside of the previous let.
164 (aset vec1 0 char)
165 (aset prefix1 (length prefix) char)
44d798af 166 (let (inner-def skipped)
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167 ;; Skip past menu-prompt.
168 (while (stringp (car-safe defn))
44d798af 169 (setq skipped (cons (car defn) skipped))
7f2c2edd 170 (setq defn (cdr defn)))
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171 (and (consp defn) (consp (car defn))
172 (setq defn (cdr defn)))
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173 (setq inner-def defn)
174 (while (and (symbolp inner-def)
175 (fboundp inner-def))
176 (setq inner-def (symbol-function inner-def)))
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177 (if (or (eq defn olddef)
178 (and (or (stringp defn) (vectorp defn))
179 (equal defn olddef)))
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180 (define-key keymap prefix1
181 (nconc (nreverse skipped) newdef))
f14dbba7 182 (if (and (keymapp defn)
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183 (let ((elt (lookup-key keymap prefix1)))
184 (or (null elt)
185 (keymapp elt)))
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186 (not (memq inner-def
187 key-substitution-in-progress)))
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188 (substitute-key-definition olddef newdef keymap
189 inner-def
190 prefix1)))))
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191 (setq i (1+ i))))
192 (if (char-table-p (car scan))
193 (map-char-table
194 (function (lambda (char defn)
195 (let ()
196 ;; The inside of this let duplicates exactly
197 ;; the inside of the previous let,
198 ;; except that it uses set-char-table-range
199 ;; instead of define-key.
200 (aset vec1 0 char)
201 (aset prefix1 (length prefix) char)
202 (let (inner-def skipped)
203 ;; Skip past menu-prompt.
204 (while (stringp (car-safe defn))
205 (setq skipped (cons (car defn) skipped))
206 (setq defn (cdr defn)))
207 (and (consp defn) (consp (car defn))
208 (setq defn (cdr defn)))
209 (setq inner-def defn)
210 (while (and (symbolp inner-def)
211 (fboundp inner-def))
212 (setq inner-def (symbol-function inner-def)))
213 (if (or (eq defn olddef)
214 (and (or (stringp defn) (vectorp defn))
215 (equal defn olddef)))
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216 (define-key keymap prefix1
217 (nconc (nreverse skipped) newdef))
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218 (if (and (keymapp defn)
219 (let ((elt (lookup-key keymap prefix1)))
220 (or (null elt)
221 (keymapp elt)))
222 (not (memq inner-def
223 key-substitution-in-progress)))
224 (substitute-key-definition olddef newdef keymap
225 inner-def
226 prefix1)))))))
227 (car scan)))))
7f2c2edd 228 (setq scan (cdr scan)))))
9a5336ae 229
06ae9cf2 230(defun define-key-after (keymap key definition after)
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231 "Add binding in KEYMAP for KEY => DEFINITION, right after AFTER's binding.
232This is like `define-key' except that the binding for KEY is placed
233just after the binding for the event AFTER, instead of at the beginning
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234of the map. Note that AFTER must be an event type (like KEY), NOT a command
235\(like DEFINITION).
236
237If AFTER is t, the new binding goes at the end of the keymap.
238
9ed287b0 239KEY must contain just one event type--that is to say, it must be
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240a string or vector of length 1.
241
242The order of bindings in a keymap matters when it is used as a menu."
243
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244 (or (keymapp keymap)
245 (signal 'wrong-type-argument (list 'keymapp keymap)))
ab375e6c 246 (if (> (length key) 1)
626f67f3 247 (error "multi-event key specified in `define-key-after'"))
113d28a8 248 (let ((tail keymap) done inserted
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249 (first (aref key 0)))
250 (while (and (not done) tail)
251 ;; Delete any earlier bindings for the same key.
252 (if (eq (car-safe (car (cdr tail))) first)
253 (setcdr tail (cdr (cdr tail))))
254 ;; When we reach AFTER's binding, insert the new binding after.
255 ;; If we reach an inherited keymap, insert just before that.
113d28a8 256 ;; If we reach the end of this keymap, insert at the end.
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257 (if (or (and (eq (car-safe (car tail)) after)
258 (not (eq after t)))
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259 (eq (car (cdr tail)) 'keymap)
260 (null (cdr tail)))
4434d61b 261 (progn
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262 ;; Stop the scan only if we find a parent keymap.
263 ;; Keep going past the inserted element
264 ;; so we can delete any duplications that come later.
265 (if (eq (car (cdr tail)) 'keymap)
266 (setq done t))
267 ;; Don't insert more than once.
268 (or inserted
269 (setcdr tail (cons (cons (aref key 0) definition) (cdr tail))))
270 (setq inserted t)))
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271 (setq tail (cdr tail)))))
272
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273(defmacro kbd (keys)
274 "Convert KEYS to the internal Emacs key representation.
275KEYS should be a string constant in the format used for
276saving keyboard macros (see `insert-kbd-macro')."
277 (read-kbd-macro keys))
278
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279(put 'keyboard-translate-table 'char-table-extra-slots 0)
280
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281(defun keyboard-translate (from to)
282 "Translate character FROM to TO at a low level.
283This function creates a `keyboard-translate-table' if necessary
284and then modifies one entry in it."
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285 (or (char-table-p keyboard-translate-table)
286 (setq keyboard-translate-table
287 (make-char-table 'keyboard-translate-table nil)))
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288 (aset keyboard-translate-table from to))
289
290\f
291;;;; The global keymap tree.
292
293;;; global-map, esc-map, and ctl-x-map have their values set up in
294;;; keymap.c; we just give them docstrings here.
295
296(defvar global-map nil
297 "Default global keymap mapping Emacs keyboard input into commands.
298The value is a keymap which is usually (but not necessarily) Emacs's
299global map.")
300
301(defvar esc-map nil
302 "Default keymap for ESC (meta) commands.
303The normal global definition of the character ESC indirects to this keymap.")
304
305(defvar ctl-x-map nil
306 "Default keymap for C-x commands.
307The normal global definition of the character C-x indirects to this keymap.")
308
309(defvar ctl-x-4-map (make-sparse-keymap)
310 "Keymap for subcommands of C-x 4")
059184dd 311(defalias 'ctl-x-4-prefix ctl-x-4-map)
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312(define-key ctl-x-map "4" 'ctl-x-4-prefix)
313
314(defvar ctl-x-5-map (make-sparse-keymap)
315 "Keymap for frame commands.")
059184dd 316(defalias 'ctl-x-5-prefix ctl-x-5-map)
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317(define-key ctl-x-map "5" 'ctl-x-5-prefix)
318
0f03054a 319\f
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320;;;; Event manipulation functions.
321
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322;; The call to `read' is to ensure that the value is computed at load time
323;; and not compiled into the .elc file. The value is negative on most
324;; machines, but not on all!
325(defconst listify-key-sequence-1 (logior 128 (read "?\\M-\\^@")))
114137b8 326
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327(defun listify-key-sequence (key)
328 "Convert a key sequence to a list of events."
329 (if (vectorp key)
330 (append key nil)
331 (mapcar (function (lambda (c)
332 (if (> c 127)
114137b8 333 (logxor c listify-key-sequence-1)
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334 c)))
335 (append key nil))))
336
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337(defsubst eventp (obj)
338 "True if the argument is an event object."
339 (or (integerp obj)
340 (and (symbolp obj)
341 (get obj 'event-symbol-elements))
342 (and (consp obj)
343 (symbolp (car obj))
344 (get (car obj) 'event-symbol-elements))))
345
346(defun event-modifiers (event)
347 "Returns a list of symbols representing the modifier keys in event EVENT.
348The elements of the list may include `meta', `control',
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349`shift', `hyper', `super', `alt', `click', `double', `triple', `drag',
350and `down'."
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351 (let ((type event))
352 (if (listp type)
353 (setq type (car type)))
354 (if (symbolp type)
355 (cdr (get type 'event-symbol-elements))
356 (let ((list nil))
da16e648 357 (or (zerop (logand type ?\M-\^@))
53e5a4e8 358 (setq list (cons 'meta list)))
da16e648 359 (or (and (zerop (logand type ?\C-\^@))
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360 (>= (logand type 127) 32))
361 (setq list (cons 'control list)))
da16e648 362 (or (and (zerop (logand type ?\S-\^@))
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363 (= (logand type 255) (downcase (logand type 255))))
364 (setq list (cons 'shift list)))
da16e648 365 (or (zerop (logand type ?\H-\^@))
53e5a4e8 366 (setq list (cons 'hyper list)))
da16e648 367 (or (zerop (logand type ?\s-\^@))
53e5a4e8 368 (setq list (cons 'super list)))
da16e648 369 (or (zerop (logand type ?\A-\^@))
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370 (setq list (cons 'alt list)))
371 list))))
372
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373(defun event-basic-type (event)
374 "Returns the basic type of the given event (all modifiers removed).
375The value is an ASCII printing character (not upper case) or a symbol."
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376 (if (consp event)
377 (setq event (car event)))
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378 (if (symbolp event)
379 (car (get event 'event-symbol-elements))
380 (let ((base (logand event (1- (lsh 1 18)))))
381 (downcase (if (< base 32) (logior base 64) base)))))
382
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383(defsubst mouse-movement-p (object)
384 "Return non-nil if OBJECT is a mouse movement event."
385 (and (consp object)
386 (eq (car object) 'mouse-movement)))
387
388(defsubst event-start (event)
389 "Return the starting position of EVENT.
390If EVENT is a mouse press or a mouse click, this returns the location
391of the event.
392If EVENT is a drag, this returns the drag's starting position.
393The return value is of the form
e55c21be 394 (WINDOW BUFFER-POSITION (X . Y) TIMESTAMP)
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395The `posn-' functions access elements of such lists."
396 (nth 1 event))
397
398(defsubst event-end (event)
399 "Return the ending location of EVENT. EVENT should be a click or drag event.
400If EVENT is a click event, this function is the same as `event-start'.
401The return value is of the form
e55c21be 402 (WINDOW BUFFER-POSITION (X . Y) TIMESTAMP)
0f03054a 403The `posn-' functions access elements of such lists."
69b95560 404 (nth (if (consp (nth 2 event)) 2 1) event))
0f03054a 405
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406(defsubst event-click-count (event)
407 "Return the multi-click count of EVENT, a click or drag event.
408The return value is a positive integer."
409 (if (integerp (nth 2 event)) (nth 2 event) 1))
410
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411(defsubst posn-window (position)
412 "Return the window in POSITION.
413POSITION should be a list of the form
e55c21be 414 (WINDOW BUFFER-POSITION (X . Y) TIMESTAMP)
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415as returned by the `event-start' and `event-end' functions."
416 (nth 0 position))
417
418(defsubst posn-point (position)
419 "Return the buffer location in POSITION.
420POSITION should be a list of the form
e55c21be 421 (WINDOW BUFFER-POSITION (X . Y) TIMESTAMP)
0f03054a 422as returned by the `event-start' and `event-end' functions."
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423 (if (consp (nth 1 position))
424 (car (nth 1 position))
425 (nth 1 position)))
0f03054a 426
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427(defsubst posn-x-y (position)
428 "Return the x and y coordinates in POSITION.
0f03054a 429POSITION should be a list of the form
e55c21be 430 (WINDOW BUFFER-POSITION (X . Y) TIMESTAMP)
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431as returned by the `event-start' and `event-end' functions."
432 (nth 2 position))
433
ed627e08 434(defun posn-col-row (position)
dbbcac56 435 "Return the column and row in POSITION, measured in characters.
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436POSITION should be a list of the form
437 (WINDOW BUFFER-POSITION (X . Y) TIMESTAMP)
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438as returned by the `event-start' and `event-end' functions.
439For a scroll-bar event, the result column is 0, and the row
440corresponds to the vertical position of the click in the scroll bar."
441 (let ((pair (nth 2 position))
442 (window (posn-window position)))
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443 (if (eq (if (consp (nth 1 position))
444 (car (nth 1 position))
445 (nth 1 position))
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446 'vertical-scroll-bar)
447 (cons 0 (scroll-bar-scale pair (1- (window-height window))))
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448 (if (eq (if (consp (nth 1 position))
449 (car (nth 1 position))
450 (nth 1 position))
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451 'horizontal-scroll-bar)
452 (cons (scroll-bar-scale pair (window-width window)) 0)
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453 (let* ((frame (if (framep window) window (window-frame window)))
454 (x (/ (car pair) (frame-char-width frame)))
455 (y (/ (cdr pair) (frame-char-height frame))))
ed627e08 456 (cons x y))))))
e55c21be 457
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458(defsubst posn-timestamp (position)
459 "Return the timestamp of POSITION.
460POSITION should be a list of the form
e55c21be 461 (WINDOW BUFFER-POSITION (X . Y) TIMESTAMP)
f415c00c 462as returned by the `event-start' and `event-end' functions."
0f03054a 463 (nth 3 position))
9a5336ae 464
0f03054a 465\f
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466;;;; Obsolescent names for functions.
467
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468(defalias 'dot 'point)
469(defalias 'dot-marker 'point-marker)
470(defalias 'dot-min 'point-min)
471(defalias 'dot-max 'point-max)
472(defalias 'window-dot 'window-point)
473(defalias 'set-window-dot 'set-window-point)
474(defalias 'read-input 'read-string)
475(defalias 'send-string 'process-send-string)
476(defalias 'send-region 'process-send-region)
477(defalias 'show-buffer 'set-window-buffer)
478(defalias 'buffer-flush-undo 'buffer-disable-undo)
479(defalias 'eval-current-buffer 'eval-buffer)
480(defalias 'compiled-function-p 'byte-code-function-p)
ae1cc031 481(defalias 'define-function 'defalias)
be9b65ac 482
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483;; Some programs still use this as a function.
484(defun baud-rate ()
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485 "Obsolete function returning the value of the `baud-rate' variable.
486Please convert your programs to use the variable `baud-rate' directly."
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487 baud-rate)
488
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489(defalias 'focus-frame 'ignore)
490(defalias 'unfocus-frame 'ignore)
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491\f
492;;;; Alternate names for functions - these are not being phased out.
493
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494(defalias 'string= 'string-equal)
495(defalias 'string< 'string-lessp)
496(defalias 'move-marker 'set-marker)
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497(defalias 'not 'null)
498(defalias 'rplaca 'setcar)
499(defalias 'rplacd 'setcdr)
eb8c3be9 500(defalias 'beep 'ding) ;preserve lingual purity
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501(defalias 'indent-to-column 'indent-to)
502(defalias 'backward-delete-char 'delete-backward-char)
503(defalias 'search-forward-regexp (symbol-function 're-search-forward))
504(defalias 'search-backward-regexp (symbol-function 're-search-backward))
505(defalias 'int-to-string 'number-to-string)
1e0a78a1 506(defalias 'set-match-data 'store-match-data)
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507
508;;; Should this be an obsolete name? If you decide it should, you get
509;;; to go through all the sources and change them.
059184dd 510(defalias 'string-to-int 'string-to-number)
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9a5336ae 512;;;; Hook manipulation functions.
be9b65ac 513
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514(defun make-local-hook (hook)
515 "Make the hook HOOK local to the current buffer.
516When a hook is local, its local and global values
517work in concert: running the hook actually runs all the hook
518functions listed in *either* the local value *or* the global value
519of the hook variable.
520
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522which acts as a flag to run the hook functions in the default value as
523well. This works for all normal hooks, but does not work for most
524non-normal hooks yet. We will be changing the callers of non-normal
525hooks so that they can handle localness; this has to be done one by
526one.
527
528This function does nothing if HOOK is already local in the current
529buffer.
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531Do not use `make-local-variable' to make a hook variable buffer-local."
532 (if (local-variable-p hook)
533 nil
534 (or (boundp hook) (set hook nil))
535 (make-local-variable hook)
536 (set hook (list t))))
537
538(defun add-hook (hook function &optional append local)
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540FUNCTION is not added if already present.
541FUNCTION is added (if necessary) at the beginning of the hook list
542unless the optional argument APPEND is non-nil, in which case
543FUNCTION is added at the end.
544
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545The optional fourth argument, LOCAL, if non-nil, says to modify
546the hook's buffer-local value rather than its default value.
547This makes no difference if the hook is not buffer-local.
548To make a hook variable buffer-local, always use
549`make-local-hook', not `make-local-variable'.
550
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551HOOK should be a symbol, and FUNCTION may be any valid function. If
552HOOK is void, it is first set to nil. If HOOK's value is a single
aa09b5ca 553function, it is changed to a list of functions."
be9b65ac 554 (or (boundp hook) (set hook nil))
0e4d378b 555 (or (default-boundp hook) (set-default hook nil))
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556 ;; If the hook value is a single function, turn it into a list.
557 (let ((old (symbol-value hook)))
558 (if (or (not (listp old)) (eq (car old) 'lambda))
559 (set hook (list old))))
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560 (if (or local
561 ;; Detect the case where make-local-variable was used on a hook
562 ;; and do what we used to do.
cd2db344 563 (and (local-variable-if-set-p hook)
f4e5bca5 564 (not (memq t (symbol-value hook)))))
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565 ;; Alter the local value only.
566 (or (if (consp function)
567 (member function (symbol-value hook))
568 (memq function (symbol-value hook)))
569 (set hook
570 (if append
571 (append (symbol-value hook) (list function))
572 (cons function (symbol-value hook)))))
573 ;; Alter the global value (which is also the only value,
574 ;; if the hook doesn't have a local value).
575 (or (if (consp function)
576 (member function (default-value hook))
577 (memq function (default-value hook)))
578 (set-default hook
579 (if append
580 (append (default-value hook) (list function))
581 (cons function (default-value hook)))))))
582
583(defun remove-hook (hook function &optional local)
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585HOOK should be a symbol, and FUNCTION may be any valid function. If
586FUNCTION isn't the value of HOOK, or, if FUNCTION doesn't appear in the
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587list of hooks to run in HOOK, then nothing is done. See `add-hook'.
588
589The optional third argument, LOCAL, if non-nil, says to modify
590the hook's buffer-local value rather than its default value.
591This makes no difference if the hook is not buffer-local.
592To make a hook variable buffer-local, always use
593`make-local-hook', not `make-local-variable'."
24980d16 594 (if (or (not (boundp hook)) ;unbound symbol, or
0e4d378b 595 (not (default-boundp 'hook))
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596 (null (symbol-value hook)) ;value is nil, or
597 (null function)) ;function is nil, then
598 nil ;Do nothing.
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599 (if (or local
600 ;; Detect the case where make-local-variable was used on a hook
601 ;; and do what we used to do.
602 (and (local-variable-p hook)
603 (not (memq t (symbol-value hook)))))
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604 (let ((hook-value (symbol-value hook)))
605 (if (consp hook-value)
606 (if (member function hook-value)
607 (setq hook-value (delete function (copy-sequence hook-value))))
608 (if (equal hook-value function)
609 (setq hook-value nil)))
610 (set hook hook-value))
611 (let ((hook-value (default-value hook)))
612 (if (consp hook-value)
613 (if (member function hook-value)
614 (setq hook-value (delete function (copy-sequence hook-value))))
615 (if (equal hook-value function)
616 (setq hook-value nil)))
617 (set-default hook hook-value)))))
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619(defun add-to-list (list-var element)
8851c1f0 620 "Add to the value of LIST-VAR the element ELEMENT if it isn't there yet.
9f0b1f09 621The test for presence of ELEMENT is done with `equal'.
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622If you want to use `add-to-list' on a variable that is not defined
623until a certain package is loaded, you should put the call to `add-to-list'
624into a hook function that will be run only after loading the package.
625`eval-after-load' provides one way to do this. In some cases
626other hooks, such as major mode hooks, can do the job."
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627 (or (member element (symbol-value list-var))
628 (set list-var (cons element (symbol-value list-var)))))
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631
632(defun eval-after-load (file form)
633 "Arrange that, if FILE is ever loaded, FORM will be run at that time.
634This makes or adds to an entry on `after-load-alist'.
90914938 635If FILE is already loaded, evaluate FORM right now.
12c7071c 636It does nothing if FORM is already on the list for FILE.
9a5336ae 637FILE should be the name of a library, with no directory name."
90914938 638 ;; Make sure there is an element for FILE.
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639 (or (assoc file after-load-alist)
640 (setq after-load-alist (cons (list file) after-load-alist)))
90914938 641 ;; Add FORM to the element if it isn't there.
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642 (let ((elt (assoc file after-load-alist)))
643 (or (member form (cdr elt))
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644 (progn
645 (nconc elt (list form))
646 ;; If the file has been loaded already, run FORM right away.
647 (and (assoc file load-history)
648 (eval form)))))
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649 form)
650
651(defun eval-next-after-load (file)
652 "Read the following input sexp, and run it whenever FILE is loaded.
653This makes or adds to an entry on `after-load-alist'.
654FILE should be the name of a library, with no directory name."
655 (eval-after-load file (read)))
656
657\f
658;;;; Input and display facilities.
659
77a5664f 660(defvar read-quoted-char-radix 8
1ba764de 661 "*Radix for \\[quoted-insert] and other uses of `read-quoted-char'.
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662Legitimate radix values are 8, 10 and 16.")
663
664(custom-declare-variable-early
665 'read-quoted-char-radix 8
666 "*Radix for \\[quoted-insert] and other uses of `read-quoted-char'.
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667Legitimate radix values are 8, 10 and 16."
668 :type '(choice (const 8) (const 10) (const 16))
669 :group 'editing-basics)
670
9a5336ae 671(defun read-quoted-char (&optional prompt)
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673Also, if the first character read is an octal digit,
674we read any number of octal digits and return the
675soecified character code. Any nondigit terminates the sequence.
1ba764de 676If the terminator is RET, it is discarded;
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677any other terminator is used itself as input.
678
679The optional argument PROMPT specifies a string to use to prompt the user."
680 (let ((message-log-max nil) done (first t) (code 0) char)
681 (while (not done)
682 (let ((inhibit-quit first)
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684 (help-char nil)
685 (help-form
686 "Type the special character you want to use,
2444730b 687or the octal character code.
1ba764de 688RET terminates the character code and is discarded;
2444730b 689any other non-digit terminates the character code and is then used as input."))
9a5336ae 690 (and prompt (message "%s-" prompt))
1ba764de 691 (setq char (read-event))
9a5336ae 692 (if inhibit-quit (setq quit-flag nil)))
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693 ;; Translate TAB key into control-I ASCII character, and so on.
694 (and char
695 (let ((translated (lookup-key function-key-map (vector char))))
bf896a1b 696 (if (arrayp translated)
4867f7b2 697 (setq char (aref translated 0)))))
9a5336ae 698 (cond ((null char))
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699 ((not (integerp char))
700 (setq unread-command-events (list char)
701 done t))
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702 ((/= (logand char ?\M-\^@) 0)
703 ;; Turn a meta-character into a character with the 0200 bit set.
704 (setq code (logior (logand char (lognot ?\M-\^@)) 128)
705 done t))
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706 ((and (<= ?0 char) (< char (+ ?0 (min 10 read-quoted-char-radix))))
707 (setq code (+ (* code read-quoted-char-radix) (- char ?0)))
708 (and prompt (setq prompt (message "%s %c" prompt char))))
709 ((and (<= ?a (downcase char))
710 (< (downcase char) (+ ?a -10 (min 26 read-quoted-char-radix))))
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711 (setq code (+ (* code read-quoted-char-radix)
712 (+ 10 (- (downcase char) ?a))))
91a6acc3 713 (and prompt (setq prompt (message "%s %c" prompt char))))
1ba764de 714 ((and (not first) (eq char ?\C-m))
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715 (setq done t))
716 ((not first)
717 (setq unread-command-events (list char)
718 done t))
719 (t (setq code char
720 done t)))
721 (setq first nil))
bf896a1b 722 code))
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724(defun force-mode-line-update (&optional all)
725 "Force the mode-line of the current buffer to be redisplayed.
7ec2a18c 726With optional non-nil ALL, force redisplay of all mode-lines."
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727 (if all (save-excursion (set-buffer (other-buffer))))
728 (set-buffer-modified-p (buffer-modified-p)))
729
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731 "Momentarily display STRING in the buffer at POS.
732Display remains until next character is typed.
733If the char is EXIT-CHAR (optional third arg, default is SPC) it is swallowed;
734otherwise it is then available as input (as a command if nothing else).
735Display MESSAGE (optional fourth arg) in the echo area.
736If MESSAGE is nil, instructions to type EXIT-CHAR are displayed there."
737 (or exit-char (setq exit-char ?\ ))
738 (let ((buffer-read-only nil)
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740 (buffer-undo-list t)
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742 (name buffer-file-name)
743 insert-end)
744 (unwind-protect
745 (progn
746 (save-excursion
747 (goto-char pos)
748 ;; defeat file locking... don't try this at home, kids!
749 (setq buffer-file-name nil)
750 (insert-before-markers string)
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751 (setq insert-end (point))
752 ;; If the message end is off screen, recenter now.
753 (if (> (window-end) insert-end)
754 (recenter (/ (window-height) 2)))
755 ;; If that pushed message start off the screen,
756 ;; scroll to start it at the top of the screen.
757 (move-to-window-line 0)
758 (if (> (point) pos)
759 (progn
760 (goto-char pos)
761 (recenter 0))))
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762 (message (or message "Type %s to continue editing.")
763 (single-key-description exit-char))
3547c855 764 (let ((char (read-event)))
be9b65ac 765 (or (eq char exit-char)
dbc4e1c1 766 (setq unread-command-events (list char)))))
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767 (if insert-end
768 (save-excursion
769 (delete-region pos insert-end)))
770 (setq buffer-file-name name)
771 (set-buffer-modified-p modified))))
772
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774;;;; Miscellanea.
775
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776;; A number of major modes set this locally.
777;; Give it a global value to avoid compiler warnings.
778(defvar font-lock-defaults nil)
779
780;; Avoid compiler warnings about this variable,
781;; which has a special meaning on certain system types.
782(defvar buffer-file-type nil
783 "Non-nil if the visited file is a binary file.
784This variable is meaningful on MS-DOG and Windows NT.
785On those systems, it is automatically local in every buffer.
786On other systems, this variable is normally always nil.")
787
a860d25f 788;; This should probably be written in C (i.e., without using `walk-windows').
63503b24 789(defun get-buffer-window-list (buffer &optional minibuf frame)
a860d25f 790 "Return windows currently displaying BUFFER, or nil if none.
63503b24 791See `walk-windows' for the meaning of MINIBUF and FRAME."
43c5ac8c 792 (let ((buffer (if (bufferp buffer) buffer (get-buffer buffer))) windows)
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794 (if (eq (window-buffer window) buffer)
795 (setq windows (cons window windows)))))
63503b24 796 minibuf frame)
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797 windows))
798
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800 "Do nothing and return nil.
801This function accepts any number of arguments, but ignores them."
c0f1a4f6 802 (interactive)
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804
805(defun error (&rest args)
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806 "Signal an error, making error message by passing all args to `format'.
807In Emacs, the convention is that error messages start with a capital
808letter but *do not* end with a period. Please follow this convention
809for the sake of consistency."
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810 (while t
811 (signal 'error (list (apply 'format args)))))
812
cef7ae6e 813(defalias 'user-original-login-name 'user-login-name)
9a5336ae 814
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816 "Start a program in a subprocess. Return the process object for it.
817Args are NAME BUFFER COMMAND &rest COMMAND-ARGS.
818NAME is name for process. It is modified if necessary to make it unique.
819BUFFER is the buffer or (buffer-name) to associate with the process.
820 Process output goes at end of that buffer, unless you specify
821 an output stream or filter function to handle the output.
822 BUFFER may be also nil, meaning that this process is not associated
823 with any buffer
824Third arg is command name, the name of a shell command.
825Remaining arguments are the arguments for the command.
4f1d6310 826Wildcards and redirection are handled as usual in the shell."
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828 ((eq system-type 'vax-vms)
829 (apply 'start-process name buffer args))
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830 ;; We used to use `exec' to replace the shell with the command,
831 ;; but that failed to handle (...) and semicolon, etc.
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832 (t
833 (start-process name buffer shell-file-name shell-command-switch
b59f6d7a 834 (mapconcat 'identity args " ")))))
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836(defmacro with-current-buffer (buffer &rest body)
837 "Execute the forms in BODY with BUFFER as the current buffer.
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838The value returned is the value of the last form in BODY.
839See also `with-temp-buffer'."
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840 `(save-current-buffer
841 (set-buffer ,buffer)
a2fdb55c 842 ,@body))
a7f284ec 843
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844(defmacro with-temp-file (file &rest forms)
845 "Create a new buffer, evaluate FORMS there, and write the buffer to FILE.
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846The value of the last form in FORMS is returned, like `progn'.
847See also `with-temp-buffer'."
a7ed4c2a 848 (let ((temp-file (make-symbol "temp-file"))
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849 (temp-buffer (make-symbol "temp-buffer")))
850 `(let ((,temp-file ,file)
851 (,temp-buffer
852 (get-buffer-create (generate-new-buffer-name " *temp file*"))))
853 (unwind-protect
854 (prog1
855 (with-current-buffer ,temp-buffer
856 ,@forms)
857 (with-current-buffer ,temp-buffer
858 (widen)
859 (write-region (point-min) (point-max) ,temp-file nil 0)))
860 (and (buffer-name ,temp-buffer)
861 (kill-buffer ,temp-buffer))))))
862
863(defmacro with-temp-buffer (&rest forms)
864 "Create a temporary buffer, and evaluate FORMS there like `progn'.
865See also `with-temp-file' and `with-output-to-string'."
866 (let ((temp-buffer (make-symbol "temp-buffer")))
867 `(let ((,temp-buffer
868 (get-buffer-create (generate-new-buffer-name " *temp*"))))
869 (unwind-protect
870 (with-current-buffer ,temp-buffer
871 ,@forms)
872 (and (buffer-name ,temp-buffer)
873 (kill-buffer ,temp-buffer))))))
874
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875(defmacro with-output-to-string (&rest body)
876 "Execute BODY, return the text it sent to `standard-output', as a string."
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877 `(let ((standard-output
878 (get-buffer-create (generate-new-buffer-name " *string-output*"))))
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879 (let ((standard-output standard-output))
880 ,@body)
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881 (with-current-buffer standard-output
882 (prog1
883 (buffer-string)
884 (kill-buffer nil)))))
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886(defmacro combine-after-change-calls (&rest body)
887 "Execute BODY, but don't call the after-change functions till the end.
888If BODY makes changes in the buffer, they are recorded
889and the functions on `after-change-functions' are called several times
890when BODY is finished.
31aa282e 891The return value is the value of the last form in BODY.
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892
893If `before-change-functions' is non-nil, then calls to the after-change
894functions can't be deferred, so in that case this macro has no effect.
895
896Do not alter `after-change-functions' or `before-change-functions'
897in BODY."
898 `(unwind-protect
899 (let ((combine-after-change-calls t))
900 . ,body)
901 (combine-after-change-execute)))
902
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904(defvar save-match-data-internal)
905
906;; We use save-match-data-internal as the local variable because
907;; that works ok in practice (people should not use that variable elsewhere).
908;; We used to use an uninterned symbol; the compiler handles that properly
909;; now, but it generates slower code.
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911 "Execute the BODY forms, restoring the global value of the match data."
9fc0eb95 912 `(let ((save-match-data-internal (match-data)))
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914 (progn ,@body)
ecc06779 915 (store-match-data save-match-data-internal))))
993713ce 916
cd323f89 917(defun match-string (num &optional string)
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919NUM specifies which parenthesized expression in the last regexp.
920 Value is nil if NUMth pair didn't match, or there were less than NUM pairs.
921Zero means the entire text matched by the whole regexp or whole string.
922STRING should be given if the last search was by `string-match' on STRING."
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923 (if (match-beginning num)
924 (if string
925 (substring string (match-beginning num) (match-end num))
926 (buffer-substring (match-beginning num) (match-end num)))))
58f950b4 927
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929 "Splits STRING into substrings where there are matches for SEPARATORS.
930Each match for SEPARATORS is a splitting point.
931The substrings between the splitting points are made into a list
932which is returned.
933If SEPARATORS is absent, it defaults to \"[ \\f\\t\\n\\r\\v]+\"."
934 (let ((rexp (or separators "[ \f\t\n\r\v]+"))
935 (start 0)
936 (list nil))
937 (while (string-match rexp string start)
7eb47123 938 (or (eq (match-beginning 0) 0)
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940 (cons (substring string start (match-beginning 0))
941 list)))
942 (setq start (match-end 0)))
943 (or (eq start (length string))
944 (setq list
945 (cons (substring string start)
946 list)))
947 (nreverse list)))
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949(defun shell-quote-argument (argument)
950 "Quote an argument for passing as argument to an inferior shell."
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951 (if (eq system-type 'ms-dos)
952 ;; MS-DOS shells don't have quoting, so don't do any.
953 argument
954 (if (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
955 (concat "\"" argument "\"")
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956 (if (equal argument "")
957 "''"
958 ;; Quote everything except POSIX filename characters.
959 ;; This should be safe enough even for really weird shells.
960 (let ((result "") (start 0) end)
961 (while (string-match "[^-0-9a-zA-Z_./]" argument start)
962 (setq end (match-beginning 0)
963 result (concat result (substring argument start end)
964 "\\" (substring argument end (1+ end)))
965 start (1+ end)))
966 (concat result (substring argument start)))))))
8af7df60 967
297d863b 968(defun make-syntax-table (&optional oldtable)
984f718a 969 "Return a new syntax table.
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970If OLDTABLE is non-nil, copy OLDTABLE.
971Otherwise, create a syntax table which inherits
972all letters and control characters from the standard syntax table;
973other characters are copied from the standard syntax table."
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975 (copy-syntax-table oldtable)
976 (let ((table (copy-syntax-table))
977 i)
978 (setq i 0)
979 (while (<= i 31)
a6889c57 980 (aset table i nil)
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981 (setq i (1+ i)))
982 (setq i ?A)
983 (while (<= i ?Z)
a6889c57 984 (aset table i nil)
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985 (setq i (1+ i)))
986 (setq i ?a)
987 (while (<= i ?z)
a6889c57 988 (aset table i nil)
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989 (setq i (1+ i)))
990 (setq i 128)
991 (while (<= i 255)
a6889c57 992 (aset table i nil)
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993 (setq i (1+ i)))
994 table)))
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996(defun add-to-invisibility-spec (arg)
997 "Add elements to `buffer-invisibility-spec'.
998See documentation for `buffer-invisibility-spec' for the kind of elements
999that can be added."
1000 (cond
1001 ((or (null buffer-invisibility-spec) (eq buffer-invisibility-spec t))
1002 (setq buffer-invisibility-spec (list arg)))
1003 (t
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1005 (cons arg buffer-invisibility-spec)))))
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1007(defun remove-from-invisibility-spec (arg)
1008 "Remove elements from `buffer-invisibility-spec'."
1009 (if buffer-invisibility-spec
071a2a71 1010 (setq buffer-invisibility-spec (delete arg buffer-invisibility-spec))))
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1012(defun global-set-key (key command)
1013 "Give KEY a global binding as COMMAND.
1014COMMAND is a symbol naming an interactively-callable function.
1015KEY is a key sequence (a string or vector of characters or event types).
1016Non-ASCII characters with codes above 127 (such as ISO Latin-1)
1017can be included if you use a vector.
1018Note that if KEY has a local binding in the current buffer
1019that local binding will continue to shadow any global binding."
1020 (interactive "KSet key globally: \nCSet key %s to command: ")
1021 (or (vectorp key) (stringp key)
1022 (signal 'wrong-type-argument (list 'arrayp key)))
1023 (define-key (current-global-map) key command)
1024 nil)
1025
1026(defun local-set-key (key command)
1027 "Give KEY a local binding as COMMAND.
1028COMMAND is a symbol naming an interactively-callable function.
1029KEY is a key sequence (a string or vector of characters or event types).
1030Non-ASCII characters with codes above 127 (such as ISO Latin-1)
1031can be included if you use a vector.
1032The binding goes in the current buffer's local map,
1033which in most cases is shared with all other buffers in the same major mode."
1034 (interactive "KSet key locally: \nCSet key %s locally to command: ")
1035 (let ((map (current-local-map)))
1036 (or map
1037 (use-local-map (setq map (make-sparse-keymap))))
1038 (or (vectorp key) (stringp key)
1039 (signal 'wrong-type-argument (list 'arrayp key)))
1040 (define-key map key command))
1041 nil)
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1043(defun global-unset-key (key)
1044 "Remove global binding of KEY.
1045KEY is a string representing a sequence of keystrokes."
1046 (interactive "kUnset key globally: ")
1047 (global-set-key key nil))
1048
db2474b8 1049(defun local-unset-key (key)
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1050 "Remove local binding of KEY.
1051KEY is a string representing a sequence of keystrokes."
1052 (interactive "kUnset key locally: ")
1053 (if (current-local-map)
db2474b8 1054 (local-set-key key nil))
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1055 nil)
1056\f
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1057;; We put this here instead of in frame.el so that it's defined even on
1058;; systems where frame.el isn't loaded.
1059(defun frame-configuration-p (object)
1060 "Return non-nil if OBJECT seems to be a frame configuration.
1061Any list whose car is `frame-configuration' is assumed to be a frame
1062configuration."
1063 (and (consp object)
1064 (eq (car object) 'frame-configuration)))
1065
a9a44ed1 1066(defun functionp (object)
77a5664f 1067 "Non-nil if OBJECT is a type of object that can be called as a function."
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1068 (or (subrp object) (compiled-function-p object)
1069 (eq (car-safe object) 'lambda)
1070 (and (symbolp object) (fboundp object))))
1071
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1072;; now in fns.c
1073;(defun nth (n list)
1074; "Returns the Nth element of LIST.
1075;N counts from zero. If LIST is not that long, nil is returned."
1076; (car (nthcdr n list)))
1077;
1078;(defun copy-alist (alist)
1079; "Return a copy of ALIST.
1080;This is a new alist which represents the same mapping
1081;from objects to objects, but does not share the alist structure with ALIST.
1082;The objects mapped (cars and cdrs of elements of the alist)
1083;are shared, however."
1084; (setq alist (copy-sequence alist))
1085; (let ((tail alist))
1086; (while tail
1087; (if (consp (car tail))
1088; (setcar tail (cons (car (car tail)) (cdr (car tail)))))
1089; (setq tail (cdr tail))))
1090; alist)
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1091
1092;;; subr.el ends here