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55535639 1;;; novice.el --- handling of disabled commands ("novice mode") for Emacs
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0d30b337 3;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2004,
aaef169d 4;; 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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e5167999 6;; Maintainer: FSF
d7b4d18f 7;; Keywords: internal, help
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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
e5167999 13;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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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
b578f267 22;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
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23;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
24;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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26;;; Commentary:
27
28;; This mode provides a hook which is, by default, attached to various
29;; putatively dangerous commands in a (probably futile) attempt to
30;; prevent lusers from shooting themselves in the feet.
31
aae56ea7 32;;; Code:
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33
34;; This function is called (by autoloading)
35;; to handle any disabled command.
36;; The command is found in this-command
37;; and the keys are returned by (this-command-keys).
38
7229064d 39;;;###autoload
939a7761 40(defvar disabled-command-function 'disabled-command-function
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41 "Function to call to handle disabled commands.
42If nil, the feature is disabled, i.e., all commands work normally.")
73fa8346 43
52e3545b 44;;;###autoload
6d9c9ad9 45(define-obsolete-variable-alias 'disabled-command-hook 'disabled-command-function "22.1")
939a7761 46
1c599895 47;;;###autoload
939a7761 48(defun disabled-command-function (&rest ignore)
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49 (let (char)
50 (save-window-excursion
72287c23 51 (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Disabled Command*"
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52 (let ((keys (this-command-keys)))
53 (if (or (eq (aref keys 0)
54 (if (stringp keys)
55 (aref "\M-x" 0)
56 ?\M-x))
57 (and (>= (length keys) 2)
58 (eq (aref keys 0) meta-prefix-char)
59 (eq (aref keys 1) ?x)))
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60 (princ (format "You have invoked the disabled command %s.\n"
61 (symbol-name this-command)))
62 (princ (format "You have typed %s, invoking disabled command %s.\n"
63 (key-description keys) (symbol-name this-command)))))
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64 ;; Print any special message saying why the command is disabled.
65 (if (stringp (get this-command 'disabled))
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66 (princ (get this-command 'disabled))
67 (princ "It is disabled because new users often find it confusing.\n")
68 (princ "Here's the first part of its description:\n\n")
69 ;; Keep only the first paragraph of the documentation.
72287c23 70 (with-current-buffer "*Disabled Command*"
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71 (goto-char (point-max))
72 (let ((start (point)))
73 (save-excursion
74 (princ (or (condition-case ()
75 (documentation this-command)
76 (error nil))
77 "<< not documented >>")))
78 (if (search-forward "\n\n" nil t)
79 (delete-region (match-beginning 0) (point-max)))
80 (goto-char (point-max))
81 (indent-rigidly start (point) 3))))
82 (princ "\n\nDo you want to use this command anyway?\n\n")
a2535589 83 (princ "You can now type
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84y to try it and enable it (no questions if you use it again).
85n to cancel--don't try the command, and it remains disabled.
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86SPC to try the command just this once, but leave it disabled.
87! to try it, and enable all disabled commands for this session only.")
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88 (save-excursion
89 (set-buffer standard-output)
90 (help-mode)))
eb4cb84f 91 (message "Type y, n, ! or SPC (the space bar): ")
a2535589 92 (let ((cursor-in-echo-area t))
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93 (while (progn (setq char (read-event))
94 (or (not (numberp char))
95 (not (memq (downcase char)
96 '(?! ?y ?n ?\ ?\C-g)))))
a2535589 97 (ding)
eb4cb84f 98 (message "Please type y, n, ! or SPC (the space bar): "))))
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99 (setq char (downcase char))
100 (if (= char ?\C-g)
101 (setq quit-flag t))
4442951c 102 (if (= char ?!)
939a7761 103 (setq disabled-command-function nil))
a2535589 104 (if (= char ?y)
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105 (if (and user-init-file
106 (not (string= "" user-init-file))
107 (y-or-n-p "Enable command for future editing sessions also? "))
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108 (enable-command this-command)
109 (put this-command 'disabled nil)))
110 (if (/= char ?n)
111 (call-interactively this-command))))
112
7229064d 113;;;###autoload
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114(defun enable-command (command)
115 "Allow COMMAND to be executed without special confirmation from now on.
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116COMMAND must be a symbol.
117This command alters the user's .emacs file so that this will apply
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118to future sessions."
119 (interactive "CEnable command: ")
120 (put command 'disabled nil)
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121 (let ((init-file user-init-file)
122 (default-init-file
123 (if (eq system-type 'ms-dos) "~/_emacs" "~/.emacs")))
124 (when (null init-file)
125 (if (or (file-exists-p default-init-file)
126 (and (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
127 (file-exists-p "~/_emacs")))
128 ;; Started with -q, i.e. the file containing
129 ;; enabled/disabled commands hasn't been read. Saving
130 ;; settings there would overwrite other settings.
131 (error "Saving settings from \"emacs -q\" would overwrite existing customizations"))
132 (setq init-file default-init-file)
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133 (if (and (not (file-exists-p init-file))
134 (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
135 (file-exists-p "~/_emacs"))
136 (setq init-file "~/_emacs")))
137 (save-excursion
138 (set-buffer (find-file-noselect
139 (substitute-in-file-name init-file)))
140 (goto-char (point-min))
141 (if (search-forward (concat "(put '" (symbol-name command) " ") nil t)
142 (delete-region
143 (progn (beginning-of-line) (point))
144 (progn (forward-line 1) (point))))
145 ;; Explicitly enable, in case this command is disabled by default
146 ;; or in case the code we deleted was actually a comment.
147 (goto-char (point-max))
148 (insert "\n(put '" (symbol-name command) " 'disabled nil)\n")
149 (save-buffer))))
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7229064d 151;;;###autoload
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152(defun disable-command (command)
153 "Require special confirmation to execute COMMAND from now on.
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154COMMAND must be a symbol.
155This command alters the user's .emacs file so that this will apply
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156to future sessions."
157 (interactive "CDisable command: ")
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158 (if (not (commandp command))
159 (error "Invalid command name `%s'" command))
a2535589 160 (put command 'disabled t)
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161 (let ((init-file user-init-file)
162 (default-init-file
163 (if (eq system-type 'ms-dos) "~/_emacs" "~/.emacs")))
164 (when (null init-file)
165 (if (or (file-exists-p default-init-file)
166 (and (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
167 (file-exists-p "~/_emacs")))
168 ;; Started with -q, i.e. the file containing
169 ;; enabled/disabled commands hasn't been read. Saving
170 ;; settings there would overwrite other settings.
171 (error "Saving settings from \"emacs -q\" would overwrite existing customizations"))
172 (setq init-file default-init-file)
173 (if (and (not (file-exists-p init-file))
174 (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
175 (file-exists-p "~/_emacs"))
176 (setq init-file "~/_emacs")))
177 (save-excursion
178 (set-buffer (find-file-noselect
179 (substitute-in-file-name init-file)))
180 (goto-char (point-min))
181 (if (search-forward (concat "(put '" (symbol-name command) " ") nil t)
182 (delete-region
183 (progn (beginning-of-line) (point))
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184 (progn (forward-line 1) (point)))
185 (goto-char (point-max))
186 (insert ?\n))
187 (insert "(put '" (symbol-name command) " 'disabled t)\n")
2308fe27 188 (save-buffer))))
a2535589 189
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190(provide 'novice)
191
c046590e 192;; arch-tag: f83c0f96-497e-4db6-a430-8703716c6dd9
6594deb0 193;;; novice.el ends here