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60370d40 1;;; select.el --- lisp portion of standard selection support
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30764597 3;; Maintainer: FSF
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4;; Keywords: internal
5
8f1204db 6;; Copyright (c) 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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7;; Based partially on earlier release by Lucid.
8
9;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
10
11;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
12;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
13;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
14;; any later version.
15
16;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
17;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
18;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
19;; GNU General Public License for more details.
20
21;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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22;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
23;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
24;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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26;;; Commentary:
27
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28;;; Code:
29
30;; This is for temporary compatibility with pre-release Emacs 19.
31e1d920 31(defalias 'x-selection 'x-get-selection)
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32(defun x-get-selection (&optional type data-type)
33 "Return the value of an X Windows selection.
34The argument TYPE (default `PRIMARY') says which selection,
4029fd9a 35and the argument DATA-TYPE (default `STRING') says
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36how to convert the data.
37
38TYPE may be `SECONDARY' or `CLIPBOARD', in addition to `PRIMARY'.
39DATA-TYPE is usually `STRING', but can also be one of the symbols
40in `selection-converter-alist', which see."
4029fd9a 41 (x-get-selection-internal (or type 'PRIMARY) (or data-type 'STRING)))
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42
43(defun x-get-clipboard ()
44 "Return text pasted to the clipboard."
45 (x-get-selection-internal 'CLIPBOARD 'STRING))
46
47(defun x-set-selection (type data)
48 "Make an X Windows selection of type TYPE and value DATA.
49The argument TYPE (default `PRIMARY') says which selection,
50and DATA specifies the contents. DATA may be a string,
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51a symbol, an integer (or a cons of two integers or list of two integers).
52
53The selection may also be a cons of two markers pointing to the same buffer,
54or an overlay. In these cases, the selection is considered to be the text
55between the markers *at whatever time the selection is examined*.
56Thus, editing done in the buffer after you specify the selection
57can alter the effective value of the selection.
58
59The data may also be a vector of valid non-vector selection values.
60
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61Interactively, the text of the region is used as the selection value
62if the prefix arg is set."
3109d63f 63 (interactive (if (not current-prefix-arg)
5038b790 64 (list 'PRIMARY (read-string "Set text for pasting: "))
1b270b55 65 (list 'PRIMARY (buffer-substring (region-beginning) (region-end)))))
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66 ;; This is for temporary compatibility with pre-release Emacs 19.
67 (if (stringp type)
68 (setq type (intern type)))
69 (or (x-valid-simple-selection-p data)
70 (and (vectorp data)
71 (let ((valid t)
72 (i (1- (length data))))
73 (while (>= i 0)
74 (or (x-valid-simple-selection-p (aref data i))
75 (setq valid nil))
76 (setq i (1- i)))
77 valid))
78 (signal 'error (list "invalid selection" data)))
79 (or type (setq type 'PRIMARY))
80 (if data
81 (x-own-selection-internal type data)
82 (x-disown-selection-internal type))
83 data)
84
85(defun x-valid-simple-selection-p (data)
86 (or (stringp data)
87 (symbolp data)
88 (integerp data)
89 (and (consp data)
90 (integerp (car data))
91 (or (integerp (cdr data))
92 (and (consp (cdr data))
93 (integerp (car (cdr data))))))
6eac0de6 94 (overlayp data)
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95 (and (consp data)
96 (markerp (car data))
97 (markerp (cdr data))
98 (marker-buffer (car data))
99 (marker-buffer (cdr data))
100 (eq (marker-buffer (car data))
101 (marker-buffer (cdr data)))
102 (buffer-name (marker-buffer (car data)))
103 (buffer-name (marker-buffer (cdr data))))))
104\f
105;;; Cut Buffer support
106
107(defun x-get-cut-buffer (&optional which-one)
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108 "Returns the value of one of the 8 X server cut-buffers.
109Optional arg WHICH-ONE should be a number from 0 to 7, defaulting to 0.
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110Cut buffers are considered obsolete; you should use selections instead."
111 (x-get-cut-buffer-internal
112 (if which-one
113 (aref [CUT_BUFFER0 CUT_BUFFER1 CUT_BUFFER2 CUT_BUFFER3
114 CUT_BUFFER4 CUT_BUFFER5 CUT_BUFFER6 CUT_BUFFER7]
115 which-one)
116 'CUT_BUFFER0)))
117
39479f7e 118(defun x-set-cut-buffer (string &optional push)
3109d63f 119 "Store STRING into the X server's primary cut buffer.
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120If PUSH is non-nil, also rotate the cut buffers:
121this means the previous value of the primary cut buffer moves the second
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122cut buffer, and the second to the third, and so on (there are 8 buffers.)
123Cut buffers are considered obsolete; you should use selections instead."
124 ;; Check the data type of STRING.
125 (substring string 0 0)
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126 (if push
127 (x-rotate-cut-buffers-internal 1))
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128 (x-store-cut-buffer-internal 'CUT_BUFFER0 string))
129
130\f
131;;; Functions to convert the selection into various other selection types.
132;;; Every selection type that Emacs handles is implemented this way, except
133;;; for TIMESTAMP, which is a special case.
134
135(defun xselect-convert-to-string (selection type value)
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136 (let (str coding)
137 ;; Get the actual string from VALUE.
138 (cond ((stringp value)
139 (setq str value))
140
141 ((overlayp value)
142 (save-excursion
143 (or (buffer-name (overlay-buffer value))
144 (error "selection is in a killed buffer"))
145 (set-buffer (overlay-buffer value))
146 (setq str (buffer-substring (overlay-start value)
147 (overlay-end value)))))
148 ((and (consp value)
149 (markerp (car value))
150 (markerp (cdr value)))
151 (or (eq (marker-buffer (car value)) (marker-buffer (cdr value)))
152 (signal 'error
153 (list "markers must be in the same buffer"
154 (car value) (cdr value))))
155 (save-excursion
156 (set-buffer (or (marker-buffer (car value))
157 (error "selection is in a killed buffer")))
158 (setq str (buffer-substring (car value) (cdr value))))))
159
160 (when str
161 ;; If TYPE is nil, this is a local request, thus return STR as
162 ;; is. Otherwise, encode STR.
163 (if (not type)
164 str
165 (setq coding (or next-selection-coding-system selection-coding-system))
166 (if coding
167 (setq coding (coding-system-base coding))
168 (setq coding 'raw-text))
169 ;; Suppress producing escape sequences for compositions.
170 (remove-text-properties 0 (length str) '(composition nil) str)
171 (cond
172 ((eq type 'TEXT)
173 (if (not (multibyte-string-p str))
174 ;; Don't have to encode unibyte string.
175 (setq type 'STRING)
176 ;; If STR contains only ASCII, Latin-1, and raw bytes,
177 ;; encode STR by iso-latin-1, and return it as type
178 ;; `STRING'. Otherwise, encode STR by CODING. In that
179 ;; case, the returing type depends on CODING.
180 (let ((charsets (find-charset-string str)))
181 (setq charsets
182 (delq 'ascii
183 (delq 'latin-iso8859-1
184 (delq 'eight-bit-control
185 (delq 'eight-bit-graphic charsets)))))
186 (if charsets
187 (setq str (encode-coding-string str coding)
188 type (if (memq coding '(compound-text
189 compound-text-with-extensions))
190 'COMPOUND_TEXT
191 'STRING))
192 (setq type 'STRING
193 str (encode-coding-string str 'iso-latin-1))))))
194
195 ((eq type 'COMPOUND_TEXT)
196 (setq str (encode-coding-string str coding)))
197
198 ((eq type 'STRING)
199 (if (memq coding '(compound-text
200 compound-text-with-extensions))
201 (setq str (string-make-unibyte str))
202 (setq str (encode-coding-string str coding))))
203
204 ((eq type 'UTF8_STRING)
205 (setq str (encode-coding-string str 'utf-8)))
206
207 (t
208 (error "Unknow selection type: %S" type))
209 ))
210
211 (setq next-selection-coding-system nil)
212 (cons type str))))
213
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214
215(defun xselect-convert-to-length (selection type value)
216 (let ((value
217 (cond ((stringp value)
218 (length value))
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219 ((overlayp value)
220 (abs (- (overlay-end value) (overlay-start value))))
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221 ((and (consp value)
222 (markerp (car value))
223 (markerp (cdr value)))
224 (or (eq (marker-buffer (car value))
225 (marker-buffer (cdr value)))
226 (signal 'error
227 (list "markers must be in the same buffer"
228 (car value) (cdr value))))
229 (abs (- (car value) (cdr value)))))))
230 (if value ; force it to be in 32-bit format.
231 (cons (ash value -16) (logand value 65535))
232 nil)))
233
234(defun xselect-convert-to-targets (selection type value)
235 ;; return a vector of atoms, but remove duplicates first.
236 (let* ((all (cons 'TIMESTAMP (mapcar 'car selection-converter-alist)))
237 (rest all))
238 (while rest
239 (cond ((memq (car rest) (cdr rest))
240 (setcdr rest (delq (car rest) (cdr rest))))
241 ((eq (car (cdr rest)) '_EMACS_INTERNAL) ; shh, it's a secret
242 (setcdr rest (cdr (cdr rest))))
243 (t
244 (setq rest (cdr rest)))))
245 (apply 'vector all)))
246
247(defun xselect-convert-to-delete (selection type value)
248 (x-disown-selection-internal selection)
249 ;; A return value of nil means that we do not know how to do this conversion,
250 ;; and replies with an "error". A return value of NULL means that we have
251 ;; done the conversion (and any side-effects) but have no value to return.
252 'NULL)
253
254(defun xselect-convert-to-filename (selection type value)
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255 (cond ((overlayp value)
256 (buffer-file-name (or (overlay-buffer value)
257 (error "selection is in a killed buffer"))))
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258 ((and (consp value)
259 (markerp (car value))
260 (markerp (cdr value)))
261 (buffer-file-name (or (marker-buffer (car value))
262 (error "selection is in a killed buffer"))))
263 (t nil)))
264
265(defun xselect-convert-to-charpos (selection type value)
266 (let (a b tmp)
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267 (cond ((cond ((overlayp value)
268 (setq a (overlay-start value)
269 b (overlay-end value)))
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270 ((and (consp value)
271 (markerp (car value))
272 (markerp (cdr value)))
273 (setq a (car value)
274 b (cdr value))))
275 (setq a (1- a) b (1- b)) ; zero-based
276 (if (< b a) (setq tmp a a b b tmp))
277 (cons 'SPAN
278 (vector (cons (ash a -16) (logand a 65535))
279 (cons (ash b -16) (logand b 65535))))))))
280
281(defun xselect-convert-to-lineno (selection type value)
282 (let (a b buf tmp)
283 (cond ((cond ((and (consp value)
284 (markerp (car value))
285 (markerp (cdr value)))
286 (setq a (marker-position (car value))
287 b (marker-position (cdr value))
288 buf (marker-buffer (car value))))
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289 ((overlayp value)
290 (setq buf (overlay-buffer value)
291 a (overlay-start value)
292 b (overlay-end value)))
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293 )
294 (save-excursion
295 (set-buffer buf)
296 (setq a (count-lines 1 a)
297 b (count-lines 1 b)))
298 (if (< b a) (setq tmp a a b b tmp))
299 (cons 'SPAN
300 (vector (cons (ash a -16) (logand a 65535))
301 (cons (ash b -16) (logand b 65535))))))))
302
303(defun xselect-convert-to-colno (selection type value)
304 (let (a b buf tmp)
305 (cond ((cond ((and (consp value)
306 (markerp (car value))
307 (markerp (cdr value)))
308 (setq a (car value)
309 b (cdr value)
310 buf (marker-buffer a)))
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311 ((overlayp value)
312 (setq buf (overlay-buffer value)
313 a (overlay-start value)
314 b (overlay-end value)))
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315 )
316 (save-excursion
317 (set-buffer buf)
318 (goto-char a)
319 (setq a (current-column))
320 (goto-char b)
321 (setq b (current-column)))
322 (if (< b a) (setq tmp a a b b tmp))
323 (cons 'SPAN
324 (vector (cons (ash a -16) (logand a 65535))
325 (cons (ash b -16) (logand b 65535))))))))
326
327(defun xselect-convert-to-os (selection type size)
328 (symbol-name system-type))
329
330(defun xselect-convert-to-host (selection type size)
331 (system-name))
332
333(defun xselect-convert-to-user (selection type size)
334 (user-full-name))
335
336(defun xselect-convert-to-class (selection type size)
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337 "Convert selection to class.
338This function returns the string \"Emacs\"."
7e773fb4 339 "Emacs")
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340
341;; We do not try to determine the name Emacs was invoked with,
342;; because it is not clean for a program's behavior to depend on that.
343(defun xselect-convert-to-name (selection type size)
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344 "Convert selection to name.
345This function returns the string \"emacs\"."
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346 "emacs")
347
348(defun xselect-convert-to-integer (selection type value)
349 (and (integerp value)
350 (cons (ash value -16) (logand value 65535))))
351
352(defun xselect-convert-to-atom (selection type value)
353 (and (symbolp value) value))
354
355(defun xselect-convert-to-identity (selection type value) ; used internally
356 (vector value))
357
358(setq selection-converter-alist
359 '((TEXT . xselect-convert-to-string)
79501c8d 360 (COMPOUND_TEXT . xselect-convert-to-string)
3109d63f 361 (STRING . xselect-convert-to-string)
eb1416b9 362 (UTF8_STRING . xselect-convert-to-string)
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363 (TARGETS . xselect-convert-to-targets)
364 (LENGTH . xselect-convert-to-length)
365 (DELETE . xselect-convert-to-delete)
366 (FILE_NAME . xselect-convert-to-filename)
367 (CHARACTER_POSITION . xselect-convert-to-charpos)
368 (LINE_NUMBER . xselect-convert-to-lineno)
369 (COLUMN_NUMBER . xselect-convert-to-colno)
370 (OWNER_OS . xselect-convert-to-os)
371 (HOST_NAME . xselect-convert-to-host)
372 (USER . xselect-convert-to-user)
373 (CLASS . xselect-convert-to-class)
374 (NAME . xselect-convert-to-name)
375 (ATOM . xselect-convert-to-atom)
376 (INTEGER . xselect-convert-to-integer)
377 (_EMACS_INTERNAL . xselect-convert-to-identity)
378 ))
379
380(provide 'select)
381
60370d40 382;;; select.el ends here