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1 ;;; widget.el --- a library of user interface components.
2 ;;
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 ;;
5 ;; Author: Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk>
6 ;; Keywords: help, extensions, faces, hypermedia
7 ;; Version: 1.9920
8 ;; X-URL: http://www.dina.kvl.dk/~abraham/custom/
9
10 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
11
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16
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25 ;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
26
27 ;;; Commentary:
28 ;;
29 ;; If you want to use this code, please visit the URL above.
30 ;;
31 ;; This file only contain the code needed to define new widget types.
32 ;; Everything else is autoloaded from `wid-edit.el'.
33
34 ;;; Code:
35
36 (eval-when-compile (require 'cl))
37
38 (defmacro define-widget-keywords (&rest keys)
39 ;; Don't use backquote, since that makes trouble trying to
40 ;; re-bootstrap from just the .el files.
41 (list 'eval-and-compile
42 (list 'let (list (list 'keywords (list 'quote keys)))
43 (list 'while 'keywords
44 (list 'or (list 'boundp (list 'car 'keywords))
45 (list 'set (list 'car 'keywords) (list 'car 'keywords)))
46 (list 'setq 'keywords (list 'cdr 'keywords))))))
47
48 (define-widget-keywords :documentation-indent
49 :complete-function :complete :button-overlay
50 :field-overlay
51 :documentation-shown :button-prefix
52 :button-suffix :mouse-down-action :glyph-up :glyph-down :glyph-inactive
53 :prompt-internal :prompt-history :prompt-match
54 :prompt-value :deactivate :active
55 :inactive :activate :sibling-args :delete-button-args
56 :insert-button-args :append-button-args :button-args
57 :tag-glyph :off-glyph :on-glyph :valid-regexp
58 :secret :sample-face :sample-face-get :case-fold
59 :create :convert-widget :format :value-create :offset :extra-offset
60 :tag :doc :from :to :args :value :action
61 :value-set :value-delete :match :parent :delete :menu-tag-get
62 :value-get :choice :void :menu-tag :on :off :on-type :off-type
63 :notify :entry-format :button :children :buttons :insert-before
64 :delete-at :format-handler :widget :value-pos :value-to-internal
65 :indent :size :value-to-external :validate :error :directory
66 :must-match :type-error :value-inline :inline :match-inline :greedy
67 :button-face-get :button-face :value-face :keymap :entry-from
68 :entry-to :help-echo :documentation-property :tab-order)
69
70 (defun define-widget (name class doc &rest args)
71 "Define a new widget type named NAME from CLASS.
72
73 NAME and CLASS should both be symbols, CLASS should be one of the
74 existing widget types, or nil to create the widget from scratch.
75
76 After the new widget has been defined, the following two calls will
77 create identical widgets:
78
79 * (widget-create NAME)
80
81 * (apply 'widget-create CLASS ARGS)
82
83 The third argument DOC is a documentation string for the widget."
84 (put name 'widget-type (cons class args))
85 (put name 'widget-documentation doc)
86 name)
87
88 ;;; The End.
89
90 (provide 'widget)
91
92 ;; widget.el ends here