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1;;; select.el --- lisp portion of standard selection support.
2
3;; Keywords: internal
4
8f1204db 5;; Copyright (c) 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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6;; Based partially on earlier release by Lucid.
7
8;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
9
10;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
11;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
12;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
13;; any later version.
14
15;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
16;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
17;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
18;; GNU General Public License for more details.
19
20;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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21;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
22;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
23;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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24
25;;; Code:
26
27;; This is for temporary compatibility with pre-release Emacs 19.
31e1d920 28(defalias 'x-selection 'x-get-selection)
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29(defun x-get-selection (&optional type data-type)
30 "Return the value of an X Windows selection.
31The argument TYPE (default `PRIMARY') says which selection,
4029fd9a 32and the argument DATA-TYPE (default `STRING') says
79501c8d 33how to convert the data."
4029fd9a 34 (x-get-selection-internal (or type 'PRIMARY) (or data-type 'STRING)))
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35
36(defun x-get-clipboard ()
37 "Return text pasted to the clipboard."
38 (x-get-selection-internal 'CLIPBOARD 'STRING))
39
40(defun x-set-selection (type data)
41 "Make an X Windows selection of type TYPE and value DATA.
42The argument TYPE (default `PRIMARY') says which selection,
43and DATA specifies the contents. DATA may be a string,
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44a symbol, an integer (or a cons of two integers or list of two integers).
45
46The selection may also be a cons of two markers pointing to the same buffer,
47or an overlay. In these cases, the selection is considered to be the text
48between the markers *at whatever time the selection is examined*.
49Thus, editing done in the buffer after you specify the selection
50can alter the effective value of the selection.
51
52The data may also be a vector of valid non-vector selection values.
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54Interactively, the text of the region is used as the selection value."
3109d63f 55 (interactive (if (not current-prefix-arg)
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56 (list 'PRIMARY (read-string "Set text for pasting: "))
57 (list 'PRIMARY (substring (region-beginning) (region-end)))))
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58 ;; This is for temporary compatibility with pre-release Emacs 19.
59 (if (stringp type)
60 (setq type (intern type)))
61 (or (x-valid-simple-selection-p data)
62 (and (vectorp data)
63 (let ((valid t)
64 (i (1- (length data))))
65 (while (>= i 0)
66 (or (x-valid-simple-selection-p (aref data i))
67 (setq valid nil))
68 (setq i (1- i)))
69 valid))
70 (signal 'error (list "invalid selection" data)))
71 (or type (setq type 'PRIMARY))
72 (if data
73 (x-own-selection-internal type data)
74 (x-disown-selection-internal type))
75 data)
76
77(defun x-valid-simple-selection-p (data)
78 (or (stringp data)
79 (symbolp data)
80 (integerp data)
81 (and (consp data)
82 (integerp (car data))
83 (or (integerp (cdr data))
84 (and (consp (cdr data))
85 (integerp (car (cdr data))))))
6eac0de6 86 (overlayp data)
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87 (and (consp data)
88 (markerp (car data))
89 (markerp (cdr data))
90 (marker-buffer (car data))
91 (marker-buffer (cdr data))
92 (eq (marker-buffer (car data))
93 (marker-buffer (cdr data)))
94 (buffer-name (marker-buffer (car data)))
95 (buffer-name (marker-buffer (cdr data))))))
96\f
97;;; Cut Buffer support
98
99(defun x-get-cut-buffer (&optional which-one)
100 "Returns the value of one of the 8 X server cut-buffers. Optional arg
101WHICH-ONE should be a number from 0 to 7, defaulting to 0.
102Cut buffers are considered obsolete; you should use selections instead."
103 (x-get-cut-buffer-internal
104 (if which-one
105 (aref [CUT_BUFFER0 CUT_BUFFER1 CUT_BUFFER2 CUT_BUFFER3
106 CUT_BUFFER4 CUT_BUFFER5 CUT_BUFFER6 CUT_BUFFER7]
107 which-one)
108 'CUT_BUFFER0)))
109
39479f7e 110(defun x-set-cut-buffer (string &optional push)
3109d63f 111 "Store STRING into the X server's primary cut buffer.
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112If PUSH is non-nil, also rotate the cut buffers:
113this means the previous value of the primary cut buffer moves the second
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114cut buffer, and the second to the third, and so on (there are 8 buffers.)
115Cut buffers are considered obsolete; you should use selections instead."
116 ;; Check the data type of STRING.
117 (substring string 0 0)
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118 (if push
119 (x-rotate-cut-buffers-internal 1))
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120 (x-store-cut-buffer-internal 'CUT_BUFFER0 string))
121
122\f
123;;; Functions to convert the selection into various other selection types.
124;;; Every selection type that Emacs handles is implemented this way, except
125;;; for TIMESTAMP, which is a special case.
126
127(defun xselect-convert-to-string (selection type value)
128 (cond ((stringp value)
129 value)
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130 ((overlayp value)
131 (save-excursion
132 (or (buffer-name (overlay-buffer value))
133 (error "selection is in a killed buffer"))
134 (set-buffer (overlay-buffer value))
135 (buffer-substring (overlay-start value)
136 (overlay-end value))))
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137 ((and (consp value)
138 (markerp (car value))
139 (markerp (cdr value)))
140 (or (eq (marker-buffer (car value)) (marker-buffer (cdr value)))
141 (signal 'error
142 (list "markers must be in the same buffer"
143 (car value) (cdr value))))
144 (save-excursion
145 (set-buffer (or (marker-buffer (car value))
146 (error "selection is in a killed buffer")))
147 (buffer-substring (car value) (cdr value))))
148 (t nil)))
149
150(defun xselect-convert-to-length (selection type value)
151 (let ((value
152 (cond ((stringp value)
153 (length value))
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154 ((overlayp value)
155 (abs (- (overlay-end value) (overlay-start value))))
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156 ((and (consp value)
157 (markerp (car value))
158 (markerp (cdr value)))
159 (or (eq (marker-buffer (car value))
160 (marker-buffer (cdr value)))
161 (signal 'error
162 (list "markers must be in the same buffer"
163 (car value) (cdr value))))
164 (abs (- (car value) (cdr value)))))))
165 (if value ; force it to be in 32-bit format.
166 (cons (ash value -16) (logand value 65535))
167 nil)))
168
169(defun xselect-convert-to-targets (selection type value)
170 ;; return a vector of atoms, but remove duplicates first.
171 (let* ((all (cons 'TIMESTAMP (mapcar 'car selection-converter-alist)))
172 (rest all))
173 (while rest
174 (cond ((memq (car rest) (cdr rest))
175 (setcdr rest (delq (car rest) (cdr rest))))
176 ((eq (car (cdr rest)) '_EMACS_INTERNAL) ; shh, it's a secret
177 (setcdr rest (cdr (cdr rest))))
178 (t
179 (setq rest (cdr rest)))))
180 (apply 'vector all)))
181
182(defun xselect-convert-to-delete (selection type value)
183 (x-disown-selection-internal selection)
184 ;; A return value of nil means that we do not know how to do this conversion,
185 ;; and replies with an "error". A return value of NULL means that we have
186 ;; done the conversion (and any side-effects) but have no value to return.
187 'NULL)
188
189(defun xselect-convert-to-filename (selection type value)
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190 (cond ((overlayp value)
191 (buffer-file-name (or (overlay-buffer value)
192 (error "selection is in a killed buffer"))))
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193 ((and (consp value)
194 (markerp (car value))
195 (markerp (cdr value)))
196 (buffer-file-name (or (marker-buffer (car value))
197 (error "selection is in a killed buffer"))))
198 (t nil)))
199
200(defun xselect-convert-to-charpos (selection type value)
201 (let (a b tmp)
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202 (cond ((cond ((overlayp value)
203 (setq a (overlay-start value)
204 b (overlay-end value)))
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205 ((and (consp value)
206 (markerp (car value))
207 (markerp (cdr value)))
208 (setq a (car value)
209 b (cdr value))))
210 (setq a (1- a) b (1- b)) ; zero-based
211 (if (< b a) (setq tmp a a b b tmp))
212 (cons 'SPAN
213 (vector (cons (ash a -16) (logand a 65535))
214 (cons (ash b -16) (logand b 65535))))))))
215
216(defun xselect-convert-to-lineno (selection type value)
217 (let (a b buf tmp)
218 (cond ((cond ((and (consp value)
219 (markerp (car value))
220 (markerp (cdr value)))
221 (setq a (marker-position (car value))
222 b (marker-position (cdr value))
223 buf (marker-buffer (car value))))
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224 ((overlayp value)
225 (setq buf (overlay-buffer value)
226 a (overlay-start value)
227 b (overlay-end value)))
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228 )
229 (save-excursion
230 (set-buffer buf)
231 (setq a (count-lines 1 a)
232 b (count-lines 1 b)))
233 (if (< b a) (setq tmp a a b b tmp))
234 (cons 'SPAN
235 (vector (cons (ash a -16) (logand a 65535))
236 (cons (ash b -16) (logand b 65535))))))))
237
238(defun xselect-convert-to-colno (selection type value)
239 (let (a b buf tmp)
240 (cond ((cond ((and (consp value)
241 (markerp (car value))
242 (markerp (cdr value)))
243 (setq a (car value)
244 b (cdr value)
245 buf (marker-buffer a)))
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246 ((overlayp value)
247 (setq buf (overlay-buffer value)
248 a (overlay-start value)
249 b (overlay-end value)))
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250 )
251 (save-excursion
252 (set-buffer buf)
253 (goto-char a)
254 (setq a (current-column))
255 (goto-char b)
256 (setq b (current-column)))
257 (if (< b a) (setq tmp a a b b tmp))
258 (cons 'SPAN
259 (vector (cons (ash a -16) (logand a 65535))
260 (cons (ash b -16) (logand b 65535))))))))
261
262(defun xselect-convert-to-os (selection type size)
263 (symbol-name system-type))
264
265(defun xselect-convert-to-host (selection type size)
266 (system-name))
267
268(defun xselect-convert-to-user (selection type size)
269 (user-full-name))
270
271(defun xselect-convert-to-class (selection type size)
7e773fb4 272 "Emacs")
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273
274;; We do not try to determine the name Emacs was invoked with,
275;; because it is not clean for a program's behavior to depend on that.
276(defun xselect-convert-to-name (selection type size)
277 "emacs")
278
279(defun xselect-convert-to-integer (selection type value)
280 (and (integerp value)
281 (cons (ash value -16) (logand value 65535))))
282
283(defun xselect-convert-to-atom (selection type value)
284 (and (symbolp value) value))
285
286(defun xselect-convert-to-identity (selection type value) ; used internally
287 (vector value))
288
289(setq selection-converter-alist
290 '((TEXT . xselect-convert-to-string)
79501c8d 291 (COMPOUND_TEXT . xselect-convert-to-string)
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292 (STRING . xselect-convert-to-string)
293 (TARGETS . xselect-convert-to-targets)
294 (LENGTH . xselect-convert-to-length)
295 (DELETE . xselect-convert-to-delete)
296 (FILE_NAME . xselect-convert-to-filename)
297 (CHARACTER_POSITION . xselect-convert-to-charpos)
298 (LINE_NUMBER . xselect-convert-to-lineno)
299 (COLUMN_NUMBER . xselect-convert-to-colno)
300 (OWNER_OS . xselect-convert-to-os)
301 (HOST_NAME . xselect-convert-to-host)
302 (USER . xselect-convert-to-user)
303 (CLASS . xselect-convert-to-class)
304 (NAME . xselect-convert-to-name)
305 (ATOM . xselect-convert-to-atom)
306 (INTEGER . xselect-convert-to-integer)
307 (_EMACS_INTERNAL . xselect-convert-to-identity)
308 ))
309
310(provide 'select)
311
312;;; select.el ends here.