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1 ;;; indent.el --- indentation commands for Emacs
2
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24
25 ;;; Commentary:
26
27 ;; Commands for making and changing indentation in text. These are
28 ;; described in the Emacs manual.
29
30 ;;; Code:
31
32 (defgroup indent nil
33 "Indentation commands."
34 :group 'editing)
35
36 (defcustom standard-indent 4
37 "*Default number of columns for margin-changing functions to indent."
38 :group 'indent
39 :type 'integer)
40
41 (defvar indent-line-function 'indent-relative
42 "Function to indent the current line.
43 This function will be called with no arguments.
44 If it is called somewhere where auto-indentation cannot be done
45 \(f.ex. inside a string), the function should simply return `noindent'.
46 Setting this function is all you need to make TAB indent appropriately.
47 Don't rebind TAB unless you really need to.")
48
49 (defcustom tab-always-indent t
50 "*Controls the operation of the TAB key.
51 If t, hitting TAB always just indents the current line.
52 If nil, hitting TAB indents the current line if point is at the left margin
53 or in the line's indentation, otherwise it insert a \"real\" TAB character.
54 Most programming language modes have their own variable to control this,
55 e.g., `c-tab-always-indent', and do not respect this variable."
56 :group 'indent
57 :type '(choice (const nil) (const t) (const always)))
58
59 (defun indent-according-to-mode ()
60 "Indent line in proper way for current major mode.
61 The buffer-local variable `indent-line-function' determines how to do this,
62 but the functions `indent-relative' and `indent-relative-maybe' are
63 special; we don't actually use them here."
64 (interactive)
65 (if (memq indent-line-function
66 '(indent-relative indent-relative-maybe))
67 ;; These functions are used for tabbing, but can't be used for
68 ;; indenting. Replace with something ad-hoc.
69 (let ((column (save-excursion
70 (beginning-of-line)
71 (skip-chars-backward "\n \t")
72 (beginning-of-line)
73 (current-indentation))))
74 (if (<= (current-column) (current-indentation))
75 (indent-line-to column)
76 (save-excursion (indent-line-to column))))
77 ;; The normal case.
78 (funcall indent-line-function)))
79
80 (defun indent-for-tab-command (&optional arg)
81 "Indent line in proper way for current major mode or insert a tab.
82 Depending on `tab-always-indent', either insert a tab or indent.
83 If initial point was within line's indentation, position after
84 the indentation. Else stay at same point in text.
85 The function actually called to indent is determined by the value of
86 `indent-line-function'."
87 (interactive "P")
88 (cond
89 ((or ;; indent-to-left-margin is only meant for indenting,
90 ;; so we force it to always insert a tab here.
91 (eq indent-line-function 'indent-to-left-margin)
92 (and (not tab-always-indent)
93 (or (> (current-column) (current-indentation))
94 (eq this-command last-command))))
95 (insert-tab arg))
96 ;; Those functions are meant specifically for tabbing and not for
97 ;; indenting, so we can't pass them to indent-according-to-mode.
98 ((memq indent-line-function '(indent-relative indent-relative-maybe))
99 (funcall indent-line-function))
100 (t ;; The normal case.
101 (indent-according-to-mode))))
102
103 (defun insert-tab (&optional arg)
104 (let ((count (prefix-numeric-value arg)))
105 (if (and abbrev-mode
106 (eq (char-syntax (preceding-char)) ?w))
107 (expand-abbrev))
108 (if indent-tabs-mode
109 (insert-char ?\t count)
110 (indent-to (* tab-width (+ count (/ (current-column) tab-width)))))))
111
112 (defun indent-rigidly (start end arg)
113 "Indent all lines starting in the region sideways by ARG columns.
114 Called from a program, takes three arguments, START, END and ARG.
115 You can remove all indentation from a region by giving a large negative ARG."
116 (interactive "r\np")
117 (save-excursion
118 (goto-char end)
119 (setq end (point-marker))
120 (goto-char start)
121 (or (bolp) (forward-line 1))
122 (while (< (point) end)
123 (let ((indent (current-indentation))
124 eol-flag)
125 (save-excursion
126 (skip-chars-forward " \t")
127 (setq eol-flag (eolp)))
128 (or eol-flag
129 (indent-to (max 0 (+ indent arg)) 0))
130 (delete-region (point) (progn (skip-chars-forward " \t") (point))))
131 (forward-line 1))
132 (move-marker end nil)))
133
134 (defun indent-line-to (column)
135 "Indent current line to COLUMN.
136 This function removes or adds spaces and tabs at beginning of line
137 only if necessary. It leaves point at end of indentation."
138 (back-to-indentation)
139 (let ((cur-col (current-column)))
140 (cond ((< cur-col column)
141 (if (>= (- column (* (/ cur-col tab-width) tab-width)) tab-width)
142 (delete-region (point)
143 (progn (skip-chars-backward " ") (point))))
144 (indent-to column))
145 ((> cur-col column) ; too far right (after tab?)
146 (delete-region (progn (move-to-column column t) (point))
147 (progn (back-to-indentation) (point)))))))
148
149 (defun current-left-margin ()
150 "Return the left margin to use for this line.
151 This is the value of the buffer-local variable `left-margin' plus the value
152 of the `left-margin' text-property at the start of the line."
153 (save-excursion
154 (back-to-indentation)
155 (max 0
156 (+ left-margin (or (get-text-property
157 (if (and (eobp) (not (bobp)))
158 (1- (point)) (point))
159 'left-margin) 0)))))
160
161 (defun move-to-left-margin (&optional n force)
162 "Move to the left margin of the current line.
163 With optional argument, move forward N-1 lines first.
164 The column moved to is the one given by the `current-left-margin' function.
165 If the line's indentation appears to be wrong, and this command is called
166 interactively or with optional argument FORCE, it will be fixed."
167 (interactive (list (prefix-numeric-value current-prefix-arg) t))
168 (beginning-of-line n)
169 (skip-chars-forward " \t")
170 (if (minibufferp (current-buffer))
171 (if (save-excursion (beginning-of-line) (bobp))
172 (goto-char (minibuffer-prompt-end))
173 (beginning-of-line))
174 (let ((lm (current-left-margin))
175 (cc (current-column)))
176 (cond ((> cc lm)
177 (if (> (move-to-column lm force) lm)
178 ;; If lm is in a tab and we are not forcing, move before tab
179 (backward-char 1)))
180 ((and force (< cc lm))
181 (indent-to-left-margin))))))
182
183 ;; This used to be the default indent-line-function,
184 ;; used in Fundamental Mode, Text Mode, etc.
185 (defun indent-to-left-margin ()
186 "Indent current line to the column given by `current-left-margin'."
187 (indent-line-to (current-left-margin)))
188
189 (defun delete-to-left-margin (&optional from to)
190 "Remove left margin indentation from a region.
191 This deletes to the column given by `current-left-margin'.
192 In no case will it delete non-whitespace.
193 Args FROM and TO are optional; default is the whole buffer."
194 (save-excursion
195 (goto-char (or to (point-max)))
196 (setq to (point-marker))
197 (goto-char (or from (point-min)))
198 (or (bolp) (forward-line 1))
199 (while (< (point) to)
200 (delete-region (point) (progn (move-to-left-margin nil t) (point)))
201 (forward-line 1))
202 (move-marker to nil)))
203
204 (defun set-left-margin (from to width)
205 "Set the left margin of the region to WIDTH.
206 If `auto-fill-mode' is active, re-fill the region to fit the new margin.
207
208 Interactively, WIDTH is the prefix argument, if specified.
209 Without prefix argument, the command prompts for WIDTH."
210 (interactive "r\nNSet left margin to column: ")
211 (save-excursion
212 ;; If inside indentation, start from BOL.
213 (goto-char from)
214 (skip-chars-backward " \t")
215 (if (bolp) (setq from (point)))
216 ;; Place end after whitespace
217 (goto-char to)
218 (skip-chars-forward " \t")
219 (setq to (point-marker)))
220 ;; Delete margin indentation first, but keep paragraph indentation.
221 (delete-to-left-margin from to)
222 (put-text-property from to 'left-margin width)
223 (indent-rigidly from to width)
224 (if auto-fill-function (save-excursion (fill-region from to nil t t)))
225 (move-marker to nil))
226
227 (defun set-right-margin (from to width)
228 "Set the right margin of the region to WIDTH.
229 If `auto-fill-mode' is active, re-fill the region to fit the new margin.
230
231 Interactively, WIDTH is the prefix argument, if specified.
232 Without prefix argument, the command prompts for WIDTH."
233 (interactive "r\nNSet right margin to width: ")
234 (save-excursion
235 (goto-char from)
236 (skip-chars-backward " \t")
237 (if (bolp) (setq from (point))))
238 (put-text-property from to 'right-margin width)
239 (if auto-fill-function (save-excursion (fill-region from to nil t t))))
240
241 (defun alter-text-property (from to prop func &optional object)
242 "Programmatically change value of a text-property.
243 For each region between FROM and TO that has a single value for PROPERTY,
244 apply FUNCTION to that value and sets the property to the function's result.
245 Optional fifth argument OBJECT specifies the string or buffer to operate on."
246 (let ((begin from)
247 end val)
248 (while (setq val (get-text-property begin prop object)
249 end (text-property-not-all begin to prop val object))
250 (put-text-property begin end prop (funcall func val) object)
251 (setq begin end))
252 (if (< begin to)
253 (put-text-property begin to prop (funcall func val) object))))
254
255 (defun increase-left-margin (from to inc)
256 "Increase or decrease the left-margin of the region.
257 With no prefix argument, this adds `standard-indent' of indentation.
258 A prefix arg (optional third arg INC noninteractively) specifies the amount
259 to change the margin by, in characters.
260 If `auto-fill-mode' is active, re-fill the region to fit the new margin."
261 (interactive "*r\nP")
262 (setq inc (if inc (prefix-numeric-value inc) standard-indent))
263 (save-excursion
264 (goto-char from)
265 (skip-chars-backward " \t")
266 (if (bolp) (setq from (point)))
267 (goto-char to)
268 (setq to (point-marker)))
269 (alter-text-property from to 'left-margin
270 (lambda (v) (max (- left-margin) (+ inc (or v 0)))))
271 (indent-rigidly from to inc)
272 (if auto-fill-function (save-excursion (fill-region from to nil t t)))
273 (move-marker to nil))
274
275 (defun decrease-left-margin (from to inc)
276 "Make the left margin of the region smaller.
277 With no prefix argument, decrease the indentation by `standard-indent'.
278 A prefix arg (optional third arg INC noninteractively) specifies the amount
279 to change the margin by, in characters.
280 If `auto-fill-mode' is active, re-fill the region to fit the new margin."
281 (interactive "*r\nP")
282 (setq inc (if inc (prefix-numeric-value inc) standard-indent))
283 (increase-left-margin from to (- inc)))
284
285 (defun increase-right-margin (from to inc)
286 "Increase the right-margin of the region.
287 With no prefix argument, increase the right margin by `standard-indent'.
288 A prefix arg (optional third arg INC noninteractively) specifies the amount
289 to change the margin by, in characters. A negative argument decreases
290 the right margin width.
291 If `auto-fill-mode' is active, re-fill the region to fit the new margin."
292 (interactive "r\nP")
293 (setq inc (if inc (prefix-numeric-value inc) standard-indent))
294 (save-excursion
295 (alter-text-property from to 'right-margin
296 (lambda (v) (+ inc (or v 0))))
297 (if auto-fill-function
298 (fill-region from to nil t t))))
299
300 (defun decrease-right-margin (from to inc)
301 "Make the right margin of the region smaller.
302 With no prefix argument, decrease the right margin by `standard-indent'.
303 A prefix arg (optional third arg INC noninteractively) specifies the amount
304 of width to remove, in characters. A negative argument increases
305 the right margin width.
306 If `auto-fill-mode' is active, re-fills region to fit in new margin."
307 (interactive "*r\nP")
308 (setq inc (if inc (prefix-numeric-value inc) standard-indent))
309 (increase-right-margin from to (- inc)))
310
311 (defun beginning-of-line-text (&optional n)
312 "Move to the beginning of the text on this line.
313 With optional argument, move forward N-1 lines first.
314 From the beginning of the line, moves past the left-margin indentation, the
315 fill-prefix, and any indentation used for centering or right-justifying the
316 line, but does not move past any whitespace that was explicitly inserted
317 \(such as a tab used to indent the first line of a paragraph)."
318 (interactive "p")
319 (beginning-of-line n)
320 (skip-chars-forward " \t")
321 ;; Skip over fill-prefix.
322 (if (and fill-prefix
323 (not (string-equal fill-prefix "")))
324 (if (equal fill-prefix
325 (buffer-substring
326 (point) (min (point-max) (+ (length fill-prefix) (point)))))
327 (forward-char (length fill-prefix)))
328 (if (and adaptive-fill-mode adaptive-fill-regexp
329 (looking-at adaptive-fill-regexp))
330 (goto-char (match-end 0))))
331 ;; Skip centering or flushright indentation
332 (if (memq (current-justification) '(center right))
333 (skip-chars-forward " \t")))
334
335 (defvar indent-region-function nil
336 "Short cut function to indent region using `indent-according-to-mode'.
337 A value of nil means really run `indent-according-to-mode' on each line.")
338
339 (defun indent-region (start end &optional column)
340 "Indent each nonblank line in the region.
341 A numeric prefix argument specifies a column: indent each line to that column.
342
343 With no prefix argument, the command chooses one of these methods and
344 indents all the lines with it:
345
346 1) If `fill-prefix' is non-nil, insert `fill-prefix' at the
347 beginning of each line in the region that does not already begin
348 with it.
349 2) If `indent-region-function' is non-nil, call that function
350 to indent the region.
351 3) Indent each line as specified by the variable `indent-line-function'.
352
353 Called from a program, START and END specify the region to indent.
354 If the third argument COLUMN is an integer, it specifies the
355 column to indent to; if it is nil, use one of the three methods above."
356 (interactive "r\nP")
357 (if (null column)
358 (if fill-prefix
359 (save-excursion
360 (goto-char end)
361 (setq end (point-marker))
362 (goto-char start)
363 (let ((regexp (regexp-quote fill-prefix)))
364 (while (< (point) end)
365 (or (looking-at regexp)
366 (and (bolp) (eolp))
367 (insert fill-prefix))
368 (forward-line 1))))
369 (if indent-region-function
370 (funcall indent-region-function start end)
371 (save-excursion
372 (setq end (copy-marker end))
373 (goto-char start)
374 (while (< (point) end)
375 (or (and (bolp) (eolp))
376 (funcall indent-line-function))
377 (forward-line 1))
378 (move-marker end nil))))
379 (setq column (prefix-numeric-value column))
380 (save-excursion
381 (goto-char end)
382 (setq end (point-marker))
383 (goto-char start)
384 (or (bolp) (forward-line 1))
385 (while (< (point) end)
386 (delete-region (point) (progn (skip-chars-forward " \t") (point)))
387 (or (eolp)
388 (indent-to column 0))
389 (forward-line 1))
390 (move-marker end nil))))
391
392 (defun indent-relative-maybe ()
393 "Indent a new line like previous nonblank line.
394 If the previous nonblank line has no indent points beyond the
395 column point starts at, this command does nothing.
396
397 See also `indent-relative'."
398 (interactive)
399 (indent-relative t))
400
401 (defun indent-relative (&optional unindented-ok)
402 "Space out to under next indent point in previous nonblank line.
403 An indent point is a non-whitespace character following whitespace.
404 The following line shows the indentation points in this line.
405 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
406 If the previous nonblank line has no indent points beyond the
407 column point starts at, `tab-to-tab-stop' is done instead, unless
408 this command is invoked with a numeric argument, in which case it
409 does nothing.
410
411 See also `indent-relative-maybe'."
412 (interactive "P")
413 (if (and abbrev-mode
414 (eq (char-syntax (preceding-char)) ?w))
415 (expand-abbrev))
416 (let ((start-column (current-column))
417 indent)
418 (save-excursion
419 (beginning-of-line)
420 (if (re-search-backward "^[^\n]" nil t)
421 (let ((end (save-excursion (forward-line 1) (point))))
422 (move-to-column start-column)
423 ;; Is start-column inside a tab on this line?
424 (if (> (current-column) start-column)
425 (backward-char 1))
426 (or (looking-at "[ \t]")
427 unindented-ok
428 (skip-chars-forward "^ \t" end))
429 (skip-chars-forward " \t" end)
430 (or (= (point) end) (setq indent (current-column))))))
431 (if indent
432 (let ((opoint (point-marker)))
433 (indent-to indent 0)
434 (if (> opoint (point))
435 (goto-char opoint))
436 (move-marker opoint nil))
437 (tab-to-tab-stop))))
438
439 (defcustom tab-stop-list
440 '(8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 72 80 88 96 104 112 120)
441 "*List of tab stop positions used by `tab-to-tab-stop'.
442 This should be a list of integers, ordered from smallest to largest."
443 :group 'indent
444 :type '(repeat integer))
445
446 (defvar edit-tab-stops-map
447 (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
448 (define-key map "\C-x\C-s" 'edit-tab-stops-note-changes)
449 (define-key map "\C-c\C-c" 'edit-tab-stops-note-changes)
450 map)
451 "Keymap used in `edit-tab-stops'.")
452
453 (defvar edit-tab-stops-buffer nil
454 "Buffer whose tab stops are being edited.
455 This matters if the variable `tab-stop-list' is local in that buffer.")
456
457 (defun edit-tab-stops ()
458 "Edit the tab stops used by `tab-to-tab-stop'.
459 Creates a buffer *Tab Stops* containing text describing the tab stops.
460 A colon indicates a column where there is a tab stop.
461 You can add or remove colons and then do \\<edit-tab-stops-map>\\[edit-tab-stops-note-changes] to make changes take effect."
462 (interactive)
463 (setq edit-tab-stops-buffer (current-buffer))
464 (switch-to-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Tab Stops*"))
465 (use-local-map edit-tab-stops-map)
466 (make-local-variable 'indent-tabs-mode)
467 (setq indent-tabs-mode nil)
468 (overwrite-mode 1)
469 (setq truncate-lines t)
470 (erase-buffer)
471 (let ((tabs tab-stop-list))
472 (while tabs
473 (indent-to (car tabs) 0)
474 (insert ?:)
475 (setq tabs (cdr tabs))))
476 (let ((count 0))
477 (insert ?\n)
478 (while (< count 8)
479 (insert (+ count ?0))
480 (insert " ")
481 (setq count (1+ count)))
482 (insert ?\n)
483 (while (> count 0)
484 (insert "0123456789")
485 (setq count (1- count))))
486 (insert "\nTo install changes, type C-c C-c")
487 (goto-char (point-min)))
488
489 (defun edit-tab-stops-note-changes ()
490 "Put edited tab stops into effect."
491 (interactive)
492 (let (tabs)
493 (save-excursion
494 (goto-char 1)
495 (end-of-line)
496 (while (search-backward ":" nil t)
497 (setq tabs (cons (current-column) tabs))))
498 (bury-buffer (prog1 (current-buffer)
499 (switch-to-buffer edit-tab-stops-buffer)))
500 (setq tab-stop-list tabs))
501 (message "Tab stops installed"))
502
503 (defun tab-to-tab-stop ()
504 "Insert spaces or tabs to next defined tab-stop column.
505 The variable `tab-stop-list' is a list of columns at which there are tab stops.
506 Use \\[edit-tab-stops] to edit them interactively."
507 (interactive)
508 (and abbrev-mode (= (char-syntax (preceding-char)) ?w)
509 (expand-abbrev))
510 (let ((tabs tab-stop-list))
511 (while (and tabs (>= (current-column) (car tabs)))
512 (setq tabs (cdr tabs)))
513 (if tabs
514 (let ((opoint (point)))
515 (delete-horizontal-space t)
516 (indent-to (car tabs)))
517 (insert ?\s))))
518
519 (defun move-to-tab-stop ()
520 "Move point to next defined tab-stop column.
521 The variable `tab-stop-list' is a list of columns at which there are tab stops.
522 Use \\[edit-tab-stops] to edit them interactively."
523 (interactive)
524 (let ((tabs tab-stop-list))
525 (while (and tabs (>= (current-column) (car tabs)))
526 (setq tabs (cdr tabs)))
527 (if tabs
528 (let ((before (point)))
529 (move-to-column (car tabs) t)
530 (save-excursion
531 (goto-char before)
532 ;; If we just added a tab, or moved over one,
533 ;; delete any superfluous spaces before the old point.
534 (if (and (eq (preceding-char) ?\s)
535 (eq (following-char) ?\t))
536 (let ((tabend (* (/ (current-column) tab-width) tab-width)))
537 (while (and (> (current-column) tabend)
538 (eq (preceding-char) ?\s))
539 (forward-char -1))
540 (delete-region (point) before))))))))
541
542 (define-key global-map "\t" 'indent-for-tab-command)
543 (define-key esc-map "\C-\\" 'indent-region)
544 (define-key ctl-x-map "\t" 'indent-rigidly)
545 (define-key esc-map "i" 'tab-to-tab-stop)
546
547 ;;; arch-tag: f402b2a7-e44f-492f-b5b8-38996020b7c3
548 ;;; indent.el ends here