1 ;;; talk.el --- allow several users to talk to each other through Emacs
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 ;; Keywords: comm, frames
8 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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27 ;; This is a multi-user talk package that runs in Emacs.
28 ;; Use talk-connect to bring a new person into the conversation.
32 (defvar talk-display-alist nil
33 "Alist of displays on which Emacs talk is now running.
34 Each element has the form (DISPLAY FRAME BUFFER).")
37 (defun talk-connect (display)
38 "Connect to display DISPLAY for the Emacs talk group."
39 (interactive "sTalk to display: ")
40 ;; Make sure we have an entry for the current display.
41 (let ((mydisp (cdr (assq 'display
(frame-parameters (selected-frame))))))
42 (talk-add-display mydisp
))
43 ;; Make sure we have an entry for the specified display.
44 (talk-add-display display
)
45 ;; Add the new buffers to all talk frames.
46 (talk-update-buffers))
50 "Connect to the Emacs talk group from the current X display or tty frame."
52 (let ((type (frame-live-p (selected-frame))))
55 ((t) (talk-add-tty-frame (selected-frame)))
57 ((x) (talk-add-display (frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'display
)))
58 (t (error "Could not determine frame type"))))
59 (talk-update-buffers))
61 (defun talk-add-display (display)
62 (let* ((elt (assoc display talk-display-alist
))
63 (name (concat "*talk-" display
"*"))
65 (if (not (and elt
(frame-live-p (setq frame
(nth 1 elt
)))))
66 (setq frame
(make-frame-on-display display
(list (cons 'name name
)))))
67 (if (not (and elt
(buffer-name (get-buffer (setq buffer
(nth 2 elt
))))))
68 (setq buffer
(get-buffer-create name
)))
69 (setq talk-display-alist
70 (cons (list display frame buffer
) (delq elt talk-display-alist
)))))
72 (defun talk-add-tty-frame (frame)
73 (let* ((elt (assoc (frame-tty-name frame
) talk-display-alist
))
74 (name (concat "*talk-" (frame-tty-name frame
) "*"))
76 (if (not (and elt
(buffer-name (get-buffer (setq buffer
(nth 2 elt
))))))
77 (setq buffer
(get-buffer-create name
)))
78 (add-to-list 'delete-tty-after-functions
'talk-handle-delete-tty
)
79 (setq talk-display-alist
80 (cons (list (frame-tty-name frame
) frame buffer
) (delq elt talk-display-alist
)))))
82 (defun talk-handle-delete-tty (tty)
83 (let (elt (assoc tty talk-display-alist
))
84 (setq talk-display-alist
(delq elt talk-display-alist
))
85 (talk-update-buffers)))
87 (defun talk-disconnect ()
88 "Disconnect this display from the Emacs talk group."
90 (let* ((mydisp (cdr (assq 'display
(frame-parameters (selected-frame)))))
91 (elt (assoc mydisp talk-display-alist
)))
92 (delete-frame (nth 1 elt
))
93 (kill-buffer (nth 2 elt
))
94 (setq talk-display-alist
(delq elt talk-display-alist
))
95 (talk-update-buffers)))
97 (defun talk-update-buffers ()
98 "Update all the talk frames so that each shows all the talk buffers."
99 (let ((tail talk-display-alist
))
101 (let ((frame (nth 1 (car tail
)))
102 (this-buffer (nth 2 (car tail
)))
104 (mapcar (function (lambda (elt) (nth 2 elt
)))
105 talk-display-alist
)))
106 ;; Put this display's own talk buffer
107 ;; at the front of the list.
108 (setq buffers
(cons this-buffer
(delq this-buffer buffers
)))
109 (talk-split-up-frame frame buffers
))
110 (setq tail
(cdr tail
)))))
112 (defun talk-split-up-frame (frame buffers
)
113 "Split FRAME into equal-sized windows displaying the buffers in BUFFERS.
114 Select the first of these windows, displaying the first of the buffers."
115 (let ((lines-per-buffer (/ (frame-height frame
) (length buffers
)))
116 (old-frame (selected-frame)))
120 (select-window (frame-first-window frame
))
121 (delete-other-windows)
123 (switch-to-buffer (car buffers
))
124 (setq buffers
(cdr buffers
)))
125 (split-window-vertically lines-per-buffer
)
127 (select-window (frame-first-window frame
)))
128 (select-frame old-frame
))))
132 ;;; arch-tag: 7ab0ad88-1788-4886-a44c-ae685e6f8a1a
133 ;;; talk.el ends here