;;; isearchb --- a marriage between iswitchb and isearch ;; Copyright (C) 2004-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. ;; Author: John Wiegley ;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org ;; Created: 16 Apr 2004 ;; Version: 1.5 ;; Keywords: lisp ;; X-URL: http://www.newartisans.com/johnw/emacs.html ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs. ;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by ;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or ;; (at your option) any later version. ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the ;; GNU General Public License for more details. ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License ;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see . ;;; Commentary: ;; This module allows you to switch to buffers even faster than with ;; iswitchb! It is not intended to replace it, however, as it works ;; well only with buffers whose names don't typically overlap. You'll ;; have to try it first, and see how your mileage varies. ;; ;; The first way to use isearchb is by holding down a modifier key, in ;; which case every letter you type while holding it searches for any ;; buffer matching what you're typing (using the same ordering scheme ;; employed by iswitchb). To use it this way, add to your .emacs: ;; ;; (isearchb-set-keybindings 'super) ; s-x s-y s-z now finds "xyz" ;; ;; The other way is by using a command that puts you into "search" ;; mode, just like with isearch. I use C-z for this. The binding in ;; my .emacs looks like: ;; ;; (define-key global-map [(control ?z)] 'isearchb-activate) ;; ;; Now, after pressing C-z (for example), each self-inserting ;; character thereafter will search for a buffer containing those ;; characters. For instance, typing "C-z xyz" will switch to the ;; first buffer containing "xyz". Once you press a non-self-inserting ;; character (such as any control key sequence), the search will end. ;; ;; C-z after C-z toggles between the previously selected buffer and ;; the current one. ;; ;; C-g aborts the search and returns you to your original buffer. ;; ;; TAB, after typing in a few characters (after C-z), will jump into ;; iswitchb, using the prefix you've typed so far. This is handy when ;; you realize that isearchb is not powerful enough to find the buffer ;; you're looking for. ;; ;; C-s and C-r move forward and backward in the buffer list. If ;; `isearchb-show-completions' is non-nil (the default), the list of ;; possible completions is shown in the minibuffer. ;; ;; If `isearchb-idle-timeout' is set to a number, isearchb will quit ;; after that many seconds of idle time. I recommend trying it set to ;; one or two seconds. Then, if you switch to a buffer and wait for ;; that amount of time, you can start typing without manually exiting ;; isearchb. ;; TODO: ;; C-z C-z is broken ;; killing iswitchb.el and then trying to switch back is broken ;; make sure TAB isn't broken (require 'iswitchb) (defgroup isearchb nil "Switch between buffers using a mechanism like isearch." :group 'iswitchb) (defcustom isearchb-idle-timeout nil "Number of idle seconds before isearchb turns itself off. If nil, don't use a timeout." :type '(choice (integer :tag "Seconds") (const :tag "Disable" nil)) :group 'isearchb) (defcustom isearchb-show-completions t "If non-nil, show possible completions in the minibuffer." :type 'boolean :group 'isearchb) (defvar isearchb-start-buffer nil) (defvar isearchb-last-buffer nil) (defvar isearchb-idle-timer nil) (defun isearchb-stop (&optional return-to-buffer ignore-command) "Called by isearchb to terminate a search in progress." (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook 'isearchb-follow-char) (if return-to-buffer (switch-to-buffer isearchb-start-buffer) (setq isearchb-last-buffer isearchb-start-buffer)) (when isearchb-idle-timer (cancel-timer isearchb-idle-timer) (setq isearchb-idle-timer nil)) (if ignore-command (setq this-command 'ignore last-command 'ignore)) (message nil)) (defun isearchb-iswitchb () "isearchb's custom version of the `iswitchb' command. Its purpose is to pass different call arguments to `iswitchb-read-buffer'." (interactive) (let* ((prompt "iswitch ") (iswitchb-method 'samewindow) (buf (iswitchb-read-buffer prompt nil nil iswitchb-text t))) (if (eq iswitchb-exit 'findfile) (call-interactively 'find-file) (when buf (if (get-buffer buf) ;; buffer exists, so view it and then exit (iswitchb-visit-buffer buf) ;; else buffer doesn't exist (iswitchb-possible-new-buffer buf)))))) (defun isearchb () "Switch to buffer matching a substring, based on chars typed." (interactive) (unless (eq last-command 'isearchb) (setq iswitchb-text nil)) (unless iswitchb-text (setq iswitchb-text "") (iswitchb-make-buflist nil)) (if last-command-event (setq iswitchb-rescan t iswitchb-text (concat iswitchb-text (char-to-string (event-basic-type last-command-event))))) (iswitchb-set-matches) (let* ((match (car iswitchb-matches)) (buf (and match (get-buffer match)))) (if (null buf) (progn (isearchb-stop t) (isearchb-iswitchb)) (switch-to-buffer buf) (if isearchb-show-completions (message "isearchb: %s%s" iswitchb-text (iswitchb-completions iswitchb-text)) (if (= 1 (length iswitchb-matches)) (message "isearchb: %s (only match)" iswitchb-text) (message "isearchb: %s" iswitchb-text)))))) (defun isearchb-set-keybindings (modifier) "Setup isearchb on the given MODIFIER." (dotimes (i 128) (if (eq 'self-insert-command (lookup-key global-map (vector i))) (define-key global-map (vector (list modifier i)) 'isearchb)))) (defun isearchb-follow-char () "Function added to `post-command-hook' to handle the isearchb \"mode\"." (let (keys) (if (not (and (memq last-command '(isearchb isearchb-activate)) (setq keys (this-command-keys)) (= 1 (length keys)))) (isearchb-stop) (cond ((or (equal keys "\C-h") (equal keys "\C-?") (equal keys [backspace]) (equal keys [delete])) (setq iswitchb-text (substring iswitchb-text 0 (1- (length iswitchb-text)))) (if (= 0 (length iswitchb-text)) (isearchb-stop t t) (setq last-command-event nil) (setq this-command 'isearchb))) ((or (equal keys "\C-i") (equal keys [tab])) (setq this-command 'isearchb-iswitchb)) ((equal keys "\C-s") (iswitchb-next-match) (setq last-command-event nil) (setq this-command 'isearchb)) ((equal keys "\C-r") (iswitchb-prev-match) (setq last-command-event nil) (setq this-command 'isearchb)) ((equal keys "\C-g") (ding) (isearchb-stop t t)) ((eq (lookup-key global-map keys) 'self-insert-command) (setq this-command 'isearchb))) (if (and isearchb-idle-timeout (null isearchb-idle-timer)) (setq isearchb-idle-timer (run-with-idle-timer isearchb-idle-timeout nil 'isearchb-stop)))))) ;;;###autoload (defun isearchb-activate () "Active isearchb mode for subsequent alphanumeric keystrokes. Executing this command again will terminate the search; or, if the search has not yet begun, will toggle to the last buffer accessed via isearchb." (interactive) (cond ((eq last-command 'isearchb) (isearchb-stop nil t)) ((eq last-command 'isearchb-activate) (if isearchb-last-buffer (switch-to-buffer isearchb-last-buffer) (error "isearchb: There is no previous buffer to toggle to")) (isearchb-stop nil t)) (t (message "isearchb: ") (setq iswitchb-text nil isearchb-start-buffer (current-buffer)) (add-hook 'pre-command-hook 'isearchb-follow-char)))) (provide 'isearchb) ;;; isearchb.el ends here