New variable completing-read-function to customize completing-read

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index ba33263..a7ec965 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ error, its exit status is 1.
 
 ** Completion can cycle, depending on completion-cycle-threshold.
 
+** `completing-read' can be customized using the new variable
+`completing-read-function'
+
 ** auto-mode-case-fold is now enabled by default.
 
 +++

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 4e71d35..fe45788 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-03-20  Leo  <sdl.web@gmail.com>
+
+       * ido.el (ido-read-internal): Use completing-read-default.
+       (ido-completing-read): Fix compatibility with completing-read.
+
 2011-03-20  Christian Ohler  <ohler@gnu.org>
 
        * emacs-lisp/ert.el (ert-run-tests-batch): Remove unused variable.

diff --git a/lisp/ido.el b/lisp/ido.el
index 2e67e36..2a5c7cf 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/ido.el
+++ b/lisp/ido.el
@@ -1983,7 +1983,7 @@ If INITIAL is non-nil, it specifies the initial input string."
        (setq ido-exit nil)
        (setq ido-final-text
              (catch 'ido
-               (completing-read
+               (completing-read-default
                 (ido-make-prompt item prompt)
                 '(("dummy" . 1)) nil nil ; table predicate require-match
                 (prog1 ido-text-init (setq ido-text-init nil)) ;initial-contents
@@ -4740,13 +4740,13 @@ See `read-directory-name' for additional parameters."
          (concat ido-current-directory filename)))))
 
 ;;;###autoload
-(defun ido-completing-read (prompt choices &optional predicate require-match initial-input hist def)
+(defun ido-completing-read (prompt choices &optional predicate require-match initial-input hist def inherit-input-method)
   "Ido replacement for the built-in `completing-read'.
 Read a string in the minibuffer with ido-style completion.
 PROMPT is a string to prompt with; normally it ends in a colon and a space.
 CHOICES is a list of strings which are the possible completions.
-PREDICATE is currently ignored; it is included to be compatible
- with `completing-read'.
+PREDICATE and INHERIT-INPUT-METHOD is currently ignored; it is included
+ to be compatible with `completing-read'.
 If REQUIRE-MATCH is non-nil, the user is not allowed to exit unless
  the input is (or completes to) an element of CHOICES or is null.
  If the input is null, `ido-completing-read' returns DEF, or an empty

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 5aee468..d5d1efe 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-03-20  Leo  <sdl.web@gmail.com>
+
+       * minibuf.c (completing-read-function): New variable.
+       (completing-read-default): Rename from completing-read.
+       (completing-read): Call completing-read-function.
+
 2011-03-19  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
 
        * xfaces.c (Fx_load_color_file):

diff --git a/src/minibuf.c b/src/minibuf.c
index 8ff861b..3fbe14e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/minibuf.c
+++ b/src/minibuf.c
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ Lisp_Object Qcompletion_ignore_case;
 Lisp_Object Qminibuffer_completion_table;
 Lisp_Object Qminibuffer_completion_predicate;
 Lisp_Object Qminibuffer_completion_confirm;
+Lisp_Object Qcompleting_read_default;
+Lisp_Object Vcompleting_read_function;
 Lisp_Object Quser_variable_p;
 
 Lisp_Object Qminibuffer_default;
@@ -1674,7 +1676,27 @@ If INHERIT-INPUT-METHOD is non-nil, the minibuffer inherits
   the current input method and the setting of `enable-multibyte-characters'.
 
 Completion ignores case if the ambient value of
-  `completion-ignore-case' is non-nil.  */)
+  `completion-ignore-case' is non-nil.
+
+See also `completing-read-function'.  */)
+  (Lisp_Object prompt, Lisp_Object collection, Lisp_Object predicate, Lisp_Object require_match, Lisp_Object initial_input, Lisp_Object hist, Lisp_Object def, Lisp_Object inherit_input_method)
+{
+  Lisp_Object args[9];
+  args[0] = Vcompleting_read_function;
+  args[1] = prompt;
+  args[2] = collection;
+  args[3] = predicate;
+  args[4] = require_match;
+  args[5] = initial_input;
+  args[6] = hist;
+  args[7] = def;
+  args[8] = inherit_input_method;
+  return Ffuncall (9, args);
+}
+
+DEFUN ("completing-read-default", Fcompleting_read_default, Scompleting_read_default, 2, 8, 0,
+       doc: /* Default method for reading from the minibuffer with completion.
+See `completing-read' for the meaning of the arguments.  */)
   (Lisp_Object prompt, Lisp_Object collection, Lisp_Object predicate, Lisp_Object require_match, Lisp_Object initial_input, Lisp_Object hist, Lisp_Object def, Lisp_Object inherit_input_method)
 {
   Lisp_Object val, histvar, histpos, position;
@@ -1972,6 +1994,9 @@ syms_of_minibuf (void)
   minibuf_save_list = Qnil;
   staticpro (&minibuf_save_list);
 
+  Qcompleting_read_default = intern_c_string ("completing-read-default");
+  staticpro (&Qcompleting_read_default);
+
   Qcompletion_ignore_case = intern_c_string ("completion-ignore-case");
   staticpro (&Qcompletion_ignore_case);
 
@@ -2116,6 +2141,12 @@ If the value is `confirm-after-completion', the user may exit with an
               doc: /* Non-nil means completing file names.  */);
   Vminibuffer_completing_file_name = Qnil;
 
+  DEFVAR_LISP ("completing-read-function",
+              &Vcompleting_read_function,
+              doc: /* The function called by `completing-read' to do the work.
+It should accept the same arguments as `completing-read'.  */);
+  Vcompleting_read_function = Qcompleting_read_default;
+
   DEFVAR_LISP ("minibuffer-help-form", Vminibuffer_help_form,
               doc: /* Value that `help-form' takes on inside the minibuffer.  */);
   Vminibuffer_help_form = Qnil;
@@ -2191,4 +2222,5 @@ properties.  */);
   defsubr (&Stest_completion);
   defsubr (&Sassoc_string);
   defsubr (&Scompleting_read);
+  defsubr (&Scompleting_read_default);
 }