;; Users are encouraged to add functionality to this file.
;; The present file contains all the infrastructure needed for that.
;;
-;; Generally, to to implement a new multisession capability within Ediff,
+;; Generally, to implement a new multisession capability within Ediff,
;; you need to tell it
;;
;; 1. How to display the session group buffer.
;; or string). The function ediff-redraw-registry-buffer displays the
;; second through last of these in the registry buffer.
;; Also, keep in mind that the function ediff-prepare-meta-buffer
-;; (which see) prepends the session group buffer to the descriptor and
+;; (which see) prepends the session group buffer to the descriptor, and
;; nil in front of each subsequent list (i.e., the above list
;; will become
;; ((meta-buf descriptor) (nil obj1 obj2 obj3) (nil ...) ...)
;;; API for ediff-meta-list
+;; Structure of the meta-list:
+;; (HEADER SESSION1 SESSION2 ...)
+;; HEADER: (GROUP-BUF REGEXP OBJA OBJB OBJC SAVE-DIR)
+;; OBJA - first directory
+;; OBJB - second directory
+;; OBJC - third directory
+;; SESSION1/2/... are described below
;; group buffer/regexp
(defsubst ediff-get-group-buffer (meta-list)
(nth 0 (car meta-list)))
(defsubst ediff-get-group-merge-autostore-dir (meta-list)
(nth 5 (car meta-list)))
+;; ELT is a session meta descriptor (what is being preserved as
+;; 'ediff-meta-info)
+;; The structure is: (SESSION-CTL-BUFFER STATUS OBJA OBJB OBJC)
+;; STATUS is ?I, ?*, ?H
+;; OBJA/B/C is (FILENAME EQSTATUS)
+;; EQSTATUS is ?= or nil (?= means that this file is equal to some other
+;; file in this session)
;; session buffer
(defsubst ediff-get-session-buffer (elt)
(nth 0 elt))
;; Sets overlay around a meta record with 'ediff-meta-info property PROP
;; If optional SESSION-NUMBER, make it a property of the overlay,
;; ediff-meta-session-number
+;; PROP is either the ctl or meta buffer (used when we work with the registry)
+;; or a session meta descriptor of the form
+;; (SESSION-CTL-BUFFER STATUS OBJA OBJB OBJC)
(defun ediff-set-meta-overlay (b e prop &optional session-number hidden)
(let (overl)
(setq overl (ediff-make-overlay b e))
(ediff-overlay-get tmp 'ediff-meta-info)))
(setq olist (overlays-at point))
(setq olist
- (mapcar (lambda (elt) (overlay-get elt 'ediff-meta-info))
+ (mapcar (lambda (elt)
+ (unless (overlay-get elt 'invisible)
+ (overlay-get elt 'ediff-meta-info)))
olist))
- (while (and olist
- (or (null (car olist))
- (overlay-get (car olist) 'invisible)))
+ (while (and olist (null (car olist)))
(setq olist (cdr olist)))
(setq result (car olist)))))
(if result
(ediff-update-meta-buffer (current-buffer) 'must-redraw))
-(defun ediff-meta-mark-equal-files ()
- "Run though the session list and mark identical files.
-This is used only for sessions that involve 2 or 3 files at the same time."
+;; ACTION is ?h, ?m, ?=: to mark for hiding, mark for operation, or simply
+;; indicate which are equal files
+(defun ediff-meta-mark-equal-files (&optional action)
+ "Run through the session list and mark identical files.
+This is used only for sessions that involve 2 or 3 files at the same time.
+ACTION is an optional argument that can be ?h, ?m, ?=, to mark for hiding, mark
+for operation, or simply indicate which are equal files. If it is nil, then
+last-command-char is used to decide which action to take."
(interactive)
+ (if (null action)
+ (setq action last-command-char))
(let ((list (cdr ediff-meta-list))
marked1 marked2 marked3
fileinfo1 fileinfo2 fileinfo3 elt)
(or (ediff-mark-if-equal fileinfo2 fileinfo3)
(setq marked3 nil))))
(if (and marked1 marked2 marked3)
- (cond ((eq last-command-char ?h)
+ (cond ((eq action ?h)
(ediff-mark-session-for-hiding elt 'mark))
- ((eq last-command-char ?m)
+ ((eq action ?m)
(ediff-mark-session-for-operation elt 'mark))
))
(setq list (cdr list)))