Annotation of 43BSD/contrib/emacs/lisp/register.el, revision 1.1.1.1

1.1       root        1: ;; Register commands for Emacs.
                      2: ;; Copyright (C) 1985 Richard M. Stallman.
                      3: 
                      4: ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
                      5: 
                      6: ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
                      7: ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.  No author or distributor
                      8: ;; accepts responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it
                      9: ;; or for whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all,
                     10: ;; unless he says so in writing.  Refer to the GNU Emacs General Public
                     11: ;; License for full details.
                     12: 
                     13: ;; Everyone is granted permission to copy, modify and redistribute
                     14: ;; GNU Emacs, but only under the conditions described in the
                     15: ;; GNU Emacs General Public License.   A copy of this license is
                     16: ;; supposed to have been given to you along with GNU Emacs so you
                     17: ;; can know your rights and responsibilities.  It should be in a
                     18: ;; file named COPYING.  Among other things, the copyright notice
                     19: ;; and this notice must be preserved on all copies.
                     20: 
                     21: 
                     22: (defvar register-alist nil
                     23:   "Alist of elements (NAME . CONTENTS), one for each Emacs register.
                     24: NAME is a character (a number).  CONTENTS is a string, number,
                     25: mark or list.  A list represents a rectangle; its elements are strings.")
                     26: 
                     27: (defun get-register (char)
                     28:   "Return contents of Emacs register named CHAR, or nil if none."
                     29:   (cdr (assq char register-alist)))
                     30: 
                     31: (defun set-register (char value)
                     32:   "Set contents of Emacs register named CHAR to VALUE."
                     33:   (let ((aelt (assq char register-alist)))
                     34:     (if aelt
                     35:        (setcdr aelt value)
                     36:       (setq aelt (cons char value))
                     37:       (setq register-alist (cons aelt register-alist)))))
                     38: 
                     39: (defun point-to-register (char)
                     40:   "Store current location of point in a register.
                     41: Argument is a character, naming the register."
                     42:   (interactive "cPoint to register: ")
                     43:   (set-register char (point-marker)))
                     44: 
                     45: (defun register-to-point (char)
                     46:   "Move point to location stored in a register.
                     47: Argument is a character, naming the register."
                     48:   (interactive "cRegister to point: ")
                     49:   (let ((val (get-register char)))
                     50:     (if (markerp val)
                     51:        (progn
                     52:          (switch-to-buffer (marker-buffer val))
                     53:          (goto-char val))
                     54:       (error "Register doesn't contain a buffer position"))))
                     55: 
                     56: ;(defun number-to-register (arg char)
                     57: ;  "Store a number in a register.
                     58: ;Two args, NUMBER and REGISTER (a character, naming the register).
                     59: ;If NUMBER is nil, digits in the buffer following point are read
                     60: ;to get the number to store.
                     61: ;Interactively, NUMBER is the prefix arg (none means nil)."
                     62: ;  (interactive "P\ncNumber to register: ")
                     63: ;  (set-register char 
                     64: ;              (if arg
                     65: ;                  (prefix-numeric-value arg)
                     66: ;                (if (looking-at "[0-9][0-9]*")
                     67: ;                    (save-excursion
                     68: ;                     (save-restriction
                     69: ;                      (narrow-to-region (point)
                     70: ;                                        (progn (skip-chars-forward "0-9")
                     71: ;                                               (point)))
                     72: ;                      (goto-char (point-min))
                     73: ;                      (read (current-buffer))))
                     74: ;                  0))))
                     75: 
                     76: ;(defun increment-register (arg char)
                     77: ;  "Add NUMBER to the contents of register REGISTER.
                     78: ;Interactively, NUMBER is the prefix arg (none means nil)." 
                     79: ;  (interactive "p\ncNumber to register: ")
                     80: ;  (or (integerp (get-register char))
                     81: ;      (error "Register does not contain a number"))
                     82: ;  (set-register char (+ arg (get-register char))))
                     83: 
                     84: (defun view-register (char)
                     85:   "Display what is contained in register named REGISTER.
                     86: REGISTER is a character."
                     87:   (interactive "cView register: ")
                     88:   (let ((val (get-register char)))
                     89:     (if (null val)
                     90:        (message "Register %s is empty" (single-key-description char))
                     91:       (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Output*"
                     92:        (princ "Register ")
                     93:        (princ (single-key-description char))
                     94:        (princ " contains ")
                     95:        (if (integerp val)
                     96:            (princ val)
                     97:          (if (markerp val)
                     98:              (progn
                     99:                (princ "a buffer position:\nbuffer ")
                    100:                (princ (buffer-name (marker-buffer val)))
                    101:                (princ ", position ")
                    102:                (princ (+ 0 val)))
                    103:            (if (consp val)
                    104:                (progn
                    105:                  (princ "the rectangle:\n")
                    106:                  (setq val (cdr val))
                    107:                  (while val
                    108:                    (princ (car val))
                    109:                    (terpri)
                    110:                    (setq val (cdr val))))
                    111:              (princ "the string:\n")
                    112:              (princ val))))))))
                    113: 
                    114: (defun insert-register (char &optional arg)
                    115:   "Insert contents of register REG.  REG is a character.
                    116: Normally puts point before and mark after the inserted text.
                    117: If optional second arg is non-nil, puts mark before and point after.
                    118: Interactively, second arg is non-nil if prefix arg is supplied."
                    119:   (interactive "cInsert register: \nP")
                    120:   (push-mark)
                    121:   (let ((val (get-register char)))
                    122:     (if (consp val)
                    123:        (insert-rectangle val)
                    124:       (if (stringp val)
                    125:          (insert val)
                    126:        (if (or (integerp val) (markerp val))
                    127:            (princ (+ 0 val) (current-buffer))
                    128:          (error "Register does not contain text")))))
                    129:   (or arg (exchange-point-and-mark)))
                    130: 
                    131: (defun copy-to-register (char start end &optional delete-flag)
                    132:   "Copy region into register REG.
                    133: With prefix arg, delete as well.
                    134: Called from program, takes four args:
                    135: REG, START, END and DELETE-FLAG.
                    136: START and END are buffer positions indicating what to copy."
                    137:   (interactive "cCopy to register: \nr\nP")
                    138:   (set-register char (buffer-substring start end))
                    139:   (if delete-flag (delete-region start end)))
                    140: 
                    141: (defun append-to-register (char start end &optional delete-flag)
                    142:   "Append region to text in register REG.
                    143: With prefix arg, delete as well.
                    144: Called from program, takes four args:
                    145: REG, START, END and DELETE-FLAG.
                    146: START and END are buffer positions indicating what to append."
                    147:   (interactive "cAppend to register: \nr\nP")
                    148:   (or (stringp (get-register char))
                    149:       (error "Register does not contain text"))
                    150:   (set-register char (concat (get-register char)
                    151:                             (buffer-substring start end)))
                    152:   (if delete-flag (delete-region start end)))
                    153: 
                    154: (defun prepend-to-register (char start end &optional delete-flag)
                    155:   "Prepend region to text in register REG.
                    156: With prefix arg, delete as well.
                    157: Called from program, takes four args:
                    158: REG, START, END and DELETE-FLAG.
                    159: START and END are buffer positions indicating what to prepend."
                    160:   (interactive "cPrepend to register: \nr\nP")
                    161:   (or (stringp (get-register char))
                    162:       (error "Register does not contain text"))
                    163:   (set-register char (concat (buffer-substring start end)
                    164:                             (get-register char)))
                    165:   (if delete-flag (delete-region start end)))
                    166: 
                    167: (defun copy-rectangle-to-register (char start end &optional delete-flag)
                    168:   "Copy rectangular region into register REG.
                    169: With prefix arg, delete as well.
                    170: Called from program, takes four args:
                    171: REG, START, END and DELETE-FLAG.
                    172: START and END are buffer positions giving two corners of rectangle."
                    173:   (interactive "cCopy rectangle to register: \nr\nP")
                    174:   (set-register char
                    175:                (if delete-flag
                    176:                    (delete-extract-rectangle start end)
                    177:                  (extract-rectangle start end))))

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