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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)
136 (cond ((stringp value)
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137 ;; Return the type as well, so that xselect.c could honor
138 ;; requests whose type is STRING.
139 (cons type value))
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140 ((overlayp value)
141 (save-excursion
142 (or (buffer-name (overlay-buffer value))
143 (error "selection is in a killed buffer"))
144 (set-buffer (overlay-buffer value))
145 (buffer-substring (overlay-start value)
146 (overlay-end value))))
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147 ((and (consp value)
148 (markerp (car value))
149 (markerp (cdr value)))
150 (or (eq (marker-buffer (car value)) (marker-buffer (cdr value)))
151 (signal 'error
152 (list "markers must be in the same buffer"
153 (car value) (cdr value))))
154 (save-excursion
155 (set-buffer (or (marker-buffer (car value))
156 (error "selection is in a killed buffer")))
157 (buffer-substring (car value) (cdr value))))
158 (t nil)))
159
160(defun xselect-convert-to-length (selection type value)
161 (let ((value
162 (cond ((stringp value)
163 (length value))
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164 ((overlayp value)
165 (abs (- (overlay-end value) (overlay-start value))))
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166 ((and (consp value)
167 (markerp (car value))
168 (markerp (cdr value)))
169 (or (eq (marker-buffer (car value))
170 (marker-buffer (cdr value)))
171 (signal 'error
172 (list "markers must be in the same buffer"
173 (car value) (cdr value))))
174 (abs (- (car value) (cdr value)))))))
175 (if value ; force it to be in 32-bit format.
176 (cons (ash value -16) (logand value 65535))
177 nil)))
178
179(defun xselect-convert-to-targets (selection type value)
180 ;; return a vector of atoms, but remove duplicates first.
181 (let* ((all (cons 'TIMESTAMP (mapcar 'car selection-converter-alist)))
182 (rest all))
183 (while rest
184 (cond ((memq (car rest) (cdr rest))
185 (setcdr rest (delq (car rest) (cdr rest))))
186 ((eq (car (cdr rest)) '_EMACS_INTERNAL) ; shh, it's a secret
187 (setcdr rest (cdr (cdr rest))))
188 (t
189 (setq rest (cdr rest)))))
190 (apply 'vector all)))
191
192(defun xselect-convert-to-delete (selection type value)
193 (x-disown-selection-internal selection)
194 ;; A return value of nil means that we do not know how to do this conversion,
195 ;; and replies with an "error". A return value of NULL means that we have
196 ;; done the conversion (and any side-effects) but have no value to return.
197 'NULL)
198
199(defun xselect-convert-to-filename (selection type value)
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200 (cond ((overlayp value)
201 (buffer-file-name (or (overlay-buffer value)
202 (error "selection is in a killed buffer"))))
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203 ((and (consp value)
204 (markerp (car value))
205 (markerp (cdr value)))
206 (buffer-file-name (or (marker-buffer (car value))
207 (error "selection is in a killed buffer"))))
208 (t nil)))
209
210(defun xselect-convert-to-charpos (selection type value)
211 (let (a b tmp)
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212 (cond ((cond ((overlayp value)
213 (setq a (overlay-start value)
214 b (overlay-end value)))
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215 ((and (consp value)
216 (markerp (car value))
217 (markerp (cdr value)))
218 (setq a (car value)
219 b (cdr value))))
220 (setq a (1- a) b (1- b)) ; zero-based
221 (if (< b a) (setq tmp a a b b tmp))
222 (cons 'SPAN
223 (vector (cons (ash a -16) (logand a 65535))
224 (cons (ash b -16) (logand b 65535))))))))
225
226(defun xselect-convert-to-lineno (selection type value)
227 (let (a b buf tmp)
228 (cond ((cond ((and (consp value)
229 (markerp (car value))
230 (markerp (cdr value)))
231 (setq a (marker-position (car value))
232 b (marker-position (cdr value))
233 buf (marker-buffer (car value))))
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234 ((overlayp value)
235 (setq buf (overlay-buffer value)
236 a (overlay-start value)
237 b (overlay-end value)))
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238 )
239 (save-excursion
240 (set-buffer buf)
241 (setq a (count-lines 1 a)
242 b (count-lines 1 b)))
243 (if (< b a) (setq tmp a a b b tmp))
244 (cons 'SPAN
245 (vector (cons (ash a -16) (logand a 65535))
246 (cons (ash b -16) (logand b 65535))))))))
247
248(defun xselect-convert-to-colno (selection type value)
249 (let (a b buf tmp)
250 (cond ((cond ((and (consp value)
251 (markerp (car value))
252 (markerp (cdr value)))
253 (setq a (car value)
254 b (cdr value)
255 buf (marker-buffer a)))
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256 ((overlayp value)
257 (setq buf (overlay-buffer value)
258 a (overlay-start value)
259 b (overlay-end value)))
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260 )
261 (save-excursion
262 (set-buffer buf)
263 (goto-char a)
264 (setq a (current-column))
265 (goto-char b)
266 (setq b (current-column)))
267 (if (< b a) (setq tmp a a b b tmp))
268 (cons 'SPAN
269 (vector (cons (ash a -16) (logand a 65535))
270 (cons (ash b -16) (logand b 65535))))))))
271
272(defun xselect-convert-to-os (selection type size)
273 (symbol-name system-type))
274
275(defun xselect-convert-to-host (selection type size)
276 (system-name))
277
278(defun xselect-convert-to-user (selection type size)
279 (user-full-name))
280
281(defun xselect-convert-to-class (selection type size)
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282 "Convert selection to class.
283This function returns the string \"Emacs\"."
7e773fb4 284 "Emacs")
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285
286;; We do not try to determine the name Emacs was invoked with,
287;; because it is not clean for a program's behavior to depend on that.
288(defun xselect-convert-to-name (selection type size)
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289 "Convert selection to name.
290This function returns the string \"emacs\"."
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291 "emacs")
292
293(defun xselect-convert-to-integer (selection type value)
294 (and (integerp value)
295 (cons (ash value -16) (logand value 65535))))
296
297(defun xselect-convert-to-atom (selection type value)
298 (and (symbolp value) value))
299
300(defun xselect-convert-to-identity (selection type value) ; used internally
301 (vector value))
302
303(setq selection-converter-alist
304 '((TEXT . xselect-convert-to-string)
79501c8d 305 (COMPOUND_TEXT . xselect-convert-to-string)
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306 (STRING . xselect-convert-to-string)
307 (TARGETS . xselect-convert-to-targets)
308 (LENGTH . xselect-convert-to-length)
309 (DELETE . xselect-convert-to-delete)
310 (FILE_NAME . xselect-convert-to-filename)
311 (CHARACTER_POSITION . xselect-convert-to-charpos)
312 (LINE_NUMBER . xselect-convert-to-lineno)
313 (COLUMN_NUMBER . xselect-convert-to-colno)
314 (OWNER_OS . xselect-convert-to-os)
315 (HOST_NAME . xselect-convert-to-host)
316 (USER . xselect-convert-to-user)
317 (CLASS . xselect-convert-to-class)
318 (NAME . xselect-convert-to-name)
319 (ATOM . xselect-convert-to-atom)
320 (INTEGER . xselect-convert-to-integer)
321 (_EMACS_INTERNAL . xselect-convert-to-identity)
322 ))
323
324(provide 'select)
325
60370d40 326;;; select.el ends here