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1 ;; Edit Options command for Emacs.
2 ;; Copyright (C) 1985 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3
4 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
5
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19
20
21 ;;;###autoload
22 (defun list-options ()
23 "Display a list of Emacs user options, with values and documentation."
24 (interactive)
25 (save-excursion
26 (set-buffer (get-buffer-create "*List Options*"))
27 (Edit-options-mode))
28 (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*List Options*"
29 (let (vars)
30 (mapatoms (function (lambda (sym)
31 (if (user-variable-p sym)
32 (setq vars (cons sym vars))))))
33 (setq vars (sort vars 'string-lessp))
34 (while vars
35 (let ((sym (car vars)))
36 (princ ";; ")
37 (prin1 sym)
38 (princ ":\n\t")
39 (prin1 (symbol-value sym))
40 (terpri)
41 (princ (substitute-command-keys
42 (documentation-property sym 'variable-documentation)))
43 (princ "\n;;\n"))
44 (setq vars (cdr vars))))))
45
46 ;;;###autoload
47 (defun edit-options ()
48 "Edit a list of Emacs user option values.
49 Selects a buffer containing such a list,
50 in which there are commands to set the option values.
51 Type \\[describe-mode] in that buffer for a list of commands."
52 (interactive)
53 (list-options)
54 (pop-to-buffer "*List Options*"))
55
56 (defvar Edit-options-mode-map
57 (let ((map (make-keymap)))
58 (define-key map "s" 'Edit-options-set)
59 (define-key map "x" 'Edit-options-toggle)
60 (define-key map "1" 'Edit-options-t)
61 (define-key map "0" 'Edit-options-nil)
62 (define-key map "p" 'backward-paragraph)
63 (define-key map " " 'forward-paragraph)
64 (define-key map "n" 'forward-paragraph)
65 map)
66 "")
67
68 ;; Edit Options mode is suitable only for specially formatted data.
69 (put 'Edit-options-mode 'mode-class 'special)
70
71 (defun Edit-options-mode ()
72 "\\<Edit-options-mode-map>\
73 Major mode for editing Emacs user option settings.
74 Special commands are:
75 \\[Edit-options-set] -- set variable point points at. New value read using minibuffer.
76 \\[Edit-options-toggle] -- toggle variable, t -> nil, nil -> t.
77 \\[Edit-options-t] -- set variable to t.
78 \\[Edit-options-nil] -- set variable to nil.
79 Changed values made by these commands take effect immediately.
80
81 Each variable description is a paragraph.
82 For convenience, the characters \\[backward-paragraph] and \\[forward-paragraph] move back and forward by paragraphs."
83 (kill-all-local-variables)
84 (set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table)
85 (use-local-map Edit-options-mode-map)
86 (make-local-variable 'paragraph-separate)
87 (setq paragraph-separate "[^\^@-\^?]")
88 (make-local-variable 'paragraph-start)
89 (setq paragraph-start "^\t")
90 (setq truncate-lines t)
91 (setq major-mode 'Edit-options-mode)
92 (setq mode-name "Options")
93 (run-hooks 'Edit-options-mode-hook))
94
95 (defun Edit-options-set () (interactive)
96 (Edit-options-modify
97 '(lambda (var) (eval-minibuffer (concat "New " (symbol-name var) ": ")))))
98
99 (defun Edit-options-toggle () (interactive)
100 (Edit-options-modify '(lambda (var) (not (symbol-value var)))))
101
102 (defun Edit-options-t () (interactive)
103 (Edit-options-modify '(lambda (var) t)))
104
105 (defun Edit-options-nil () (interactive)
106 (Edit-options-modify '(lambda (var) nil)))
107
108 (defun Edit-options-modify (modfun)
109 (save-excursion
110 (let (var pos)
111 (re-search-backward "^;; \\|\\`")
112 (forward-char 3)
113 (setq pos (point))
114 (save-restriction
115 (narrow-to-region pos (progn (end-of-line) (1- (point))))
116 (goto-char pos)
117 (setq var (read (current-buffer))))
118 (goto-char pos)
119 (forward-line 1)
120 (forward-char 1)
121 (save-excursion
122 (set var (funcall modfun var)))
123 (kill-sexp 1)
124 (prin1 (symbol-value var) (current-buffer)))))
125