Annotation of GNUtools/emacs/lisp/picture.el, revision 1.1.1.1

1.1       root        1: ;; "Picture mode" -- editing using quarter-plane screen model.
                      2: ;; Copyright (C) 1985 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
                      3: ;; Principal author K. Shane Hartman
                      4: 
                      5: ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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                     20: 
                     21: 
                     22: (provide 'picture)
                     23: 
                     24: (defun move-to-column-force (column)
                     25:   "Move to column COLUMN in current line.
                     26: Differs from move-to-column in that it creates or modifies whitespace
                     27: if necessary to attain exactly the specified column."
                     28:   (move-to-column column)
                     29:   (let ((col (current-column)))
                     30:     (if (< col column)
                     31:        (indent-to column)
                     32:       (if (and (/= col column)
                     33:               (= (preceding-char) ?\t))
                     34:          (let (indent-tabs-mode)
                     35:            (delete-char -1)
                     36:             (indent-to col)
                     37:             (move-to-column column))))))
                     38: 
                     39: 
                     40: ;; Picture Movement Commands
                     41: 
                     42: (defun picture-end-of-line (&optional arg)
                     43:   "Position point after last non-blank character on current line.
                     44: With ARG not nil, move forward ARG - 1 lines first.
                     45: If scan reaches end of buffer, stop there without error."
                     46:   (interactive "P")
                     47:   (if arg (forward-line (1- (prefix-numeric-value arg))))
                     48:   (beginning-of-line)
                     49:   (skip-chars-backward " \t" (prog1 (point) (end-of-line))))
                     50: 
                     51: (defun picture-forward-column (arg)
                     52:   "Move cursor right, making whitespace if necessary.
                     53: With argument, move that many columns."
                     54:   (interactive "p")
                     55:   (move-to-column-force (+ (current-column) arg)))
                     56: 
                     57: (defun picture-backward-column (arg)
                     58:   "Move cursor left, making whitespace if necessary.
                     59: With argument, move that many columns."
                     60:   (interactive "p")
                     61:   (move-to-column-force (- (current-column) arg)))
                     62: 
                     63: (defun picture-move-down (arg)
                     64:   "Move vertically down, making whitespace if necessary.
                     65: With argument, move that many lines."
                     66:   (interactive "p")
                     67:   (let ((col (current-column)))
                     68:     (picture-newline arg)
                     69:     (move-to-column-force col)))
                     70: 
                     71: (defconst picture-vertical-step 0
                     72:   "Amount to move vertically after text character in Picture mode.")
                     73: 
                     74: (defconst picture-horizontal-step 1
                     75:   "Amount to move horizontally after text character in Picture mode.")
                     76: 
                     77: (defun picture-move-up (arg)
                     78:   "Move vertically up, making whitespace if necessary.
                     79: With argument, move that many lines."
                     80:   (interactive "p")
                     81:   (picture-move-down (- arg)))
                     82: 
                     83: (defun picture-movement-right ()
                     84:   "Move right after self-inserting character in Picture mode."
                     85:   (interactive)
                     86:   (picture-set-motion 0 1))
                     87: 
                     88: (defun picture-movement-left ()
                     89:   "Move left after self-inserting character in Picture mode."
                     90:   (interactive)
                     91:   (picture-set-motion 0 -1))
                     92: 
                     93: (defun picture-movement-up ()
                     94:   "Move up after self-inserting character in Picture mode."
                     95:   (interactive)
                     96:   (picture-set-motion -1 0))
                     97: 
                     98: (defun picture-movement-down ()
                     99:   "Move down after self-inserting character in Picture mode."
                    100:   (interactive)
                    101:   (picture-set-motion 1 0))
                    102: 
                    103: (defun picture-movement-nw ()
                    104:   "Move up and left after self-inserting character in Picture mode."
                    105:   (interactive)
                    106:   (picture-set-motion -1 -1))
                    107: 
                    108: (defun picture-movement-ne ()
                    109:   "Move up and right after self-inserting character in Picture mode."
                    110:   (interactive)
                    111:   (picture-set-motion -1 1))
                    112: 
                    113: (defun picture-movement-sw ()
                    114:   "Move down and left after self-inserting character in Picture mode."
                    115:   (interactive)
                    116:   (picture-set-motion 1 -1))
                    117: 
                    118: (defun picture-movement-se ()
                    119:   "Move down and right after self-inserting character in Picture mode."
                    120:   (interactive)
                    121:   (picture-set-motion 1 1))
                    122: 
                    123: (defun picture-set-motion (vert horiz)
                    124:   "Set VERTICAL and HORIZONTAL increments for movement in Picture mode.
                    125: The mode line is updated to reflect the current direction."
                    126:   (setq picture-vertical-step vert
                    127:        picture-horizontal-step horiz)
                    128:   (setq mode-name
                    129:        (format "Picture:%s"
                    130:                (car (nthcdr (+ 1 (% horiz 2) (* 3 (1+ (% vert 2))))
                    131:                             '(nw up ne left none right sw down se)))))
                    132:   ;; Kludge - force the mode line to be updated.  Is there a better
                    133:   ;; way to this?
                    134:   (set-buffer-modified-p (buffer-modified-p))
                    135:   (message ""))
                    136: 
                    137: (defun picture-move ()
                    138:   "Move in direction of  picture-vertical-step  and  picture-horizontal-step."
                    139:   (picture-move-down picture-vertical-step)
                    140:   (picture-forward-column picture-horizontal-step))
                    141: 
                    142: (defun picture-motion (arg)
                    143:   "Move point in direction of current picture motion in Picture mode.
                    144: With ARG do it that many times.  Useful for delineating rectangles in
                    145: conjunction with diagonal picture motion.
                    146: Do \\[command-apropos]  picture-movement  to see commands which control motion."
                    147:   (interactive "p")
                    148:   (picture-move-down (* arg picture-vertical-step))
                    149:   (picture-forward-column (* arg picture-horizontal-step)))
                    150: 
                    151: (defun picture-motion-reverse (arg)
                    152:   "Move point in direction opposite of current picture motion in Picture mode.
                    153: With ARG do it that many times.  Useful for delineating rectangles in
                    154: conjunction with diagonal picture motion.
                    155: Do \\[command-apropos]  picture-movement  to see commands which control motion."
                    156:   (interactive "p")
                    157:   (picture-motion (- arg)))
                    158: 
                    159: 
                    160: ;; Picture insertion and deletion.
                    161: 
                    162: (defun picture-self-insert (arg)
                    163:   "Insert this character in place of character previously at the cursor.
                    164: The cursor then moves in the direction you previously specified
                    165: with the commands picture-movement-right, picture-movement-up, etc.
                    166: Do \\[command-apropos]  picture-movement  to see those commands."
                    167:   (interactive "p")
                    168:   (while (> arg 0)
                    169:     (setq arg (1- arg))
                    170:     (move-to-column-force (1+ (current-column)))
                    171:     (delete-char -1)
                    172:     (insert last-input-char)
                    173:     (forward-char -1)
                    174:     (picture-move)))
                    175: 
                    176: (defun picture-clear-column (arg)
                    177:   "Clear out ARG columns after point without moving."
                    178:   (interactive "p")
                    179:   (let* ((opoint (point))
                    180:         (original-col (current-column))
                    181:         (target-col (+ original-col arg)))
                    182:     (move-to-column-force target-col)
                    183:     (delete-region opoint (point))
                    184:     (save-excursion
                    185:      (indent-to (max target-col original-col)))))
                    186: 
                    187: (defun picture-backward-clear-column (arg)
                    188:   "Clear out ARG columns before point, moving back over them."
                    189:   (interactive "p")
                    190:   (picture-clear-column (- arg)))
                    191: 
                    192: (defun picture-clear-line (arg)
                    193:   "Clear out rest of line; if at end of line, advance to next line.
                    194: Cleared-out line text goes into the kill ring, as do
                    195: newlines that are advanced over.
                    196: With argument, clear out (and save in kill ring) that many lines."
                    197:   (interactive "P")
                    198:   (if arg
                    199:       (progn
                    200:        (setq arg (prefix-numeric-value arg))
                    201:        (kill-line arg)
                    202:        (newline (if (> arg 0) arg (- arg))))
                    203:     (if (looking-at "[ \t]*$")
                    204:        (kill-ring-save (point) (progn (forward-line 1) (point)))
                    205:       (kill-region (point) (progn (end-of-line) (point))))))
                    206: 
                    207: (defun picture-newline (arg)
                    208:   "Move to the beginning of the following line.
                    209: With argument, moves that many lines (up, if negative argument);
                    210: always moves to the beginning of a line."
                    211:   (interactive "p")
                    212:   (if (< arg 0)
                    213:       (forward-line arg)
                    214:     (while (> arg 0)
                    215:       (end-of-line)
                    216:       (if (eobp) (newline) (forward-char 1))
                    217:       (setq arg (1- arg)))))
                    218: 
                    219: (defun picture-open-line (arg)
                    220:   "Insert an empty line after the current line.
                    221: With positive argument insert that many lines."
                    222:   (interactive "p")
                    223:   (save-excursion
                    224:    (end-of-line)
                    225:    (open-line arg)))
                    226: 
                    227: (defun picture-duplicate-line ()
                    228:   "Insert a duplicate of the current line, below it."
                    229:   (interactive)
                    230:   (save-excursion
                    231:    (let ((contents
                    232:          (buffer-substring
                    233:           (progn (beginning-of-line) (point))
                    234:           (progn (picture-newline 1) (point)))))
                    235:      (forward-line -1)
                    236:      (insert contents))))
                    237: 
                    238: 
                    239: ;; Picture Tabs
                    240: 
                    241: (defvar picture-tab-chars "!-~"
                    242:   "*A character set which controls behavior of commands
                    243: \\[picture-set-tab-stops] and \\[picture-tab-search].  It is NOT a
                    244: regular expression, any regexp special characters will be quoted.
                    245: It defines a set of \"interesting characters\" to look for when setting
                    246: \(or searching for) tab stops, initially \"!-~\" (all printing characters).
                    247: For example, suppose that you are editing a table which is formatted thus:
                    248: | foo          | bar + baz | 23  *
                    249: | bubbles      | and + etc | 97  *
                    250: and that picture-tab-chars is \"|+*\".  Then invoking
                    251: \\[picture-set-tab-stops] on either of the previous lines would result
                    252: in the following tab stops
                    253:                :     :     :     :
                    254: Another example - \"A-Za-z0-9\" would produce the tab stops
                    255:   :              :     :     :
                    256: 
                    257: Note that if you want the character `-' to be in the set, it must be
                    258: included in a range or else appear in a context where it cannot be
                    259: taken for indicating a range (e.g. \"-A-Z\" declares the set to be the
                    260: letters `A' through `Z' and the character `-').  If you want the
                    261: character `\\' in the set it must be preceded by itself: \"\\\\\".
                    262: 
                    263: The command \\[picture-tab-search] is defined to move beneath (or to) a
                    264: character belonging to this set independent of the tab stops list.")
                    265: 
                    266: (defun picture-set-tab-stops (&optional arg)
                    267:   "Set value of  tab-stop-list  according to context of this line.
                    268: This controls the behavior of \\[picture-tab].  A tab stop
                    269: is set at every column occupied by an \"interesting character\" that is
                    270: preceded by whitespace.  Interesting characters are defined by the
                    271: variable  picture-tab-chars,  see its documentation for an example
                    272: of usage.  With ARG, just (re)set  tab-stop-list  to its default value.
                    273: The tab stops computed are displayed in the minibuffer with `:' at
                    274: each stop."
                    275:   (interactive "P")
                    276:   (save-excursion
                    277:     (let (tabs)
                    278:       (if arg
                    279:          (setq tabs (default-value 'tab-stop-list))
                    280:        (let ((regexp (concat "[ \t]+[" (regexp-quote picture-tab-chars) "]")))
                    281:          (beginning-of-line)
                    282:          (let ((bol (point)))
                    283:            (end-of-line)
                    284:            (while (re-search-backward regexp bol t)
                    285:              (skip-chars-forward " \t")
                    286:              (setq tabs (cons (current-column) tabs)))
                    287:            (if (null tabs)
                    288:                (error "No characters in set %s on this line."
                    289:                       (regexp-quote picture-tab-chars))))))
                    290:       (setq tab-stop-list tabs)
                    291:       (let ((blurb (make-string (1+ (nth (1- (length tabs)) tabs)) ?\ )))
                    292:        (while tabs
                    293:          (aset blurb (car tabs) ?:)
                    294:          (setq tabs (cdr tabs)))
                    295:        (message blurb)))))
                    296: 
                    297: (defun picture-tab-search (&optional arg)
                    298:   "Move to column beneath next interesting char in previous line.
                    299: With ARG move to column occupied by next interesting character in this
                    300: line.  The character must be preceded by whitespace.
                    301: \"interesting characters\" are defined by variable  picture-tab-chars.
                    302: If no such character is found, move to beginning of line."
                    303:   (interactive "P")
                    304:   (let ((target (current-column)))
                    305:     (save-excursion
                    306:       (if (and (not arg)
                    307:               (progn
                    308:                 (beginning-of-line)
                    309:                 (skip-chars-backward
                    310:                  (concat "^" (regexp-quote picture-tab-chars))
                    311:                  (point-min))
                    312:                 (not (bobp))))
                    313:          (move-to-column target))
                    314:       (if (re-search-forward
                    315:           (concat "[ \t]+[" (regexp-quote picture-tab-chars) "]")
                    316:           (save-excursion (end-of-line) (point))
                    317:           'move)
                    318:          (setq target (1- (current-column)))
                    319:        (setq target nil)))
                    320:     (if target
                    321:        (move-to-column-force target)
                    322:       (beginning-of-line))))
                    323: 
                    324: (defun picture-tab (&optional arg)
                    325:   "Tab transparently (move) to next tab stop.
                    326: With ARG overwrite the traversed text with spaces.  The tab stop
                    327: list can be changed by \\[picture-set-tab-stops] and \\[edit-tab-stops].
                    328: See also documentation for variable  picture-tab-chars."
                    329:   (interactive "P")
                    330:   (let* ((opoint (point))
                    331:         (target (prog2 (tab-to-tab-stop)
                    332:                        (current-column)
                    333:                        (delete-region opoint (point)))))
                    334:     (move-to-column-force target)
                    335:     (if arg
                    336:        (let (indent-tabs-mode)
                    337:          (delete-region opoint (point))
                    338:          (indent-to target)))))
                    339: 
                    340: ;; Picture Rectangles
                    341: 
                    342: (defconst picture-killed-rectangle nil
                    343:   "Rectangle killed or copied by \\[picture-clear-rectangle] in Picture mode.
                    344: The contents can be retrieved by \\[picture-yank-rectangle]")
                    345: 
                    346: (defun picture-clear-rectangle (start end &optional killp)
                    347:   "Clear and save rectangle delineated by point and mark.
                    348: The rectangle is saved for yanking by \\[picture-yank-rectangle] and replaced
                    349: with whitespace.  The previously saved rectangle, if any, is lost.
                    350: With prefix argument, the rectangle is actually killed, shifting remaining
                    351: text."
                    352:   (interactive "r\nP")
                    353:   (setq picture-killed-rectangle (picture-snarf-rectangle start end killp)))
                    354: 
                    355: (defun picture-clear-rectangle-to-register (start end register &optional killp)
                    356:   "Clear rectangle delineated by point and mark into REGISTER.
                    357: The rectangle is saved in REGISTER and replaced with whitespace.
                    358: With prefix argument, the rectangle is actually killed, shifting remaining
                    359: text."
                    360:   (interactive "r\ncRectangle to register: \nP")
                    361:   (set-register register (picture-snarf-rectangle start end killp)))
                    362: 
                    363: (defun picture-snarf-rectangle (start end &optional killp)
                    364:   (let ((column (current-column))
                    365:        (indent-tabs-mode nil)
                    366:        markpos oldmark)
                    367:     (prog1 (save-excursion
                    368:             (save-excursion
                    369:               (goto-char (setq oldmark (mark)))
                    370:               (setq markpos (current-column)))
                    371:              (if killp
                    372:                  (delete-extract-rectangle start end)
                    373:                (prog1 (extract-rectangle start end)
                    374:                 (clear-rectangle start end t))))
                    375:       (move-to-column-force column)
                    376:       ;; Make the mark point at the same column
                    377:       ;; as it did before.
                    378:       (set-marker (mark-marker) 
                    379:                  (save-excursion
                    380:                    (goto-char oldmark)
                    381:                    (move-to-column-force markpos)
                    382:                    (point))))))
                    383: 
                    384: (defun picture-yank-rectangle (&optional insertp)
                    385:   "Overlay rectangle saved by \\[picture-clear-rectangle]
                    386: The rectangle is positioned with upper left corner at point, overwriting
                    387: existing text.  With prefix argument, the rectangle is inserted instead,
                    388: shifting existing text.  Leaves mark at one corner of rectangle and
                    389: point at the other (diagonally opposed) corner."
                    390:   (interactive "P")
                    391:   (if (not (consp picture-killed-rectangle))
                    392:       (error "No rectangle saved.")
                    393:     (picture-insert-rectangle picture-killed-rectangle insertp)))
                    394: 
                    395: (defun picture-yank-rectangle-from-register (register &optional insertp)
                    396:   "Overlay rectangle saved in REGISTER.
                    397: The rectangle is positioned with upper left corner at point, overwriting
                    398: existing text.  With prefix argument, the rectangle is
                    399: inserted instead, shifting existing text.  Leaves mark at one corner
                    400: of rectangle and point at the other (diagonally opposed) corner."
                    401:   (interactive "cRectangle from register: \nP")
                    402:   (let ((rectangle (get-register register)))
                    403:     (if (not (consp rectangle))
                    404:        (error "Register %c does not contain a rectangle." register)
                    405:       (picture-insert-rectangle rectangle insertp))))
                    406: 
                    407: (defun picture-insert-rectangle (rectangle &optional insertp)
                    408:   "Overlay RECTANGLE with upper left corner at point.
                    409: Optional argument INSERTP, if non-nil causes RECTANGLE to be inserted.
                    410: Leaves the region surrounding the rectangle."
                    411:   (let ((indent-tabs-mode nil))
                    412:     (if (not insertp)
                    413:        (save-excursion
                    414:          (delete-rectangle (point)
                    415:                            (progn
                    416:                              (picture-forward-column (length (car rectangle)))
                    417:                              (picture-move-down (1- (length rectangle)))
                    418:                              (point)))))
                    419:     (push-mark)
                    420:     (insert-rectangle rectangle)))
                    421: 
                    422: 
                    423: ;; Picture Keymap, entry and exit points.
                    424: 
                    425: (defconst picture-mode-map nil)
                    426: 
                    427: (if (not picture-mode-map)
                    428:     (let ((i ?\ ))
                    429:       (setq picture-mode-map (make-keymap))
                    430:       (while (< i ?\177)
                    431:         (aset picture-mode-map i 'picture-self-insert)
                    432:        (setq i (1+ i)))
                    433:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-f" 'picture-forward-column)
                    434:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-b" 'picture-backward-column)
                    435:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-d" 'picture-clear-column)
                    436:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-c\C-d" 'delete-char)
                    437:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\177" 'picture-backward-clear-column)
                    438:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-k" 'picture-clear-line)
                    439:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-o" 'picture-open-line)
                    440:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-m" 'picture-newline)
                    441:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-j" 'picture-duplicate-line)
                    442:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-n" 'picture-move-down)
                    443:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-p" 'picture-move-up)
                    444:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-e" 'picture-end-of-line)
                    445:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\e\t" 'picture-toggle-tab-state)
                    446:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\t" 'picture-tab)
                    447:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\e\t" 'picture-tab-search)
                    448:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-c\t" 'picture-set-tab-stops)
                    449:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-c\C-k" 'picture-clear-rectangle)
                    450:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-c\C-w" 'picture-clear-rectangle-to-register)
                    451:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-c\C-y" 'picture-yank-rectangle)
                    452:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-c\C-x" 'picture-yank-rectangle-from-register)
                    453:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-c\C-c" 'picture-mode-exit)
                    454:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-c\C-f" 'picture-motion)
                    455:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-c\C-b" 'picture-motion-reverse)
                    456:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-c<" 'picture-movement-left)
                    457:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-c>" 'picture-movement-right)
                    458:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-c^" 'picture-movement-up)
                    459:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-c." 'picture-movement-down)
                    460:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-c`" 'picture-movement-nw)
                    461:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-c'" 'picture-movement-ne)
                    462:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-c/" 'picture-movement-sw)
                    463:       (define-key picture-mode-map "\C-c\\" 'picture-movement-se)))
                    464: 
                    465: (defvar edit-picture-hook nil
                    466:   "If non-nil, it's value is called on entry to Picture mode.
                    467: Picture mode is invoked by the command \\[edit-picture].")
                    468: 
                    469: (defun edit-picture ()
                    470:   "Switch to Picture mode, in which a quarter-plane screen model is used.
                    471: Printing characters replace instead of inserting themselves with motion
                    472: afterwards settable by these commands:
                    473:   C-c <          Move left after insertion.
                    474:   C-c >          Move right after insertion.
                    475:   C-c ^          Move up after insertion.
                    476:   C-c .          Move down after insertion.
                    477:   C-c `          Move northwest (nw) after insertion.
                    478:   C-c '          Move northeast (ne) after insertion.
                    479:   C-c /          Move southwest (sw) after insertion.
                    480:   C-c \\   Move southeast (se) after insertion.
                    481: The current direction is displayed in the mode line.  The initial
                    482: direction is right.  Whitespace is inserted and tabs are changed to
                    483: spaces when required by movement.  You can move around in the buffer
                    484: with these commands:
                    485:   C-p    Move vertically to SAME column in previous line.
                    486:   C-n    Move vertically to SAME column in next line.
                    487:   C-e    Move to column following last non-whitespace character.
                    488:   C-f    Move right inserting spaces if required.
                    489:   C-b    Move left changing tabs to spaces if required.
                    490:   C-c C-f Move in direction of current picture motion.
                    491:   C-c C-b Move in opposite direction of current picture motion.
                    492:   Return  Move to beginning of next line.
                    493: You can edit tabular text with these commands:
                    494:   M-Tab          Move to column beneath (or at) next interesting character.
                    495:            `Indents' relative to a previous line.
                    496:   Tab    Move to next stop in tab stop list.
                    497:   C-c Tab Set tab stops according to context of this line.
                    498:            With ARG resets tab stops to default (global) value.
                    499:            See also documentation of variable  picture-tab-chars
                    500:            which defines \"interesting character\".  You can manually
                    501:            change the tab stop list with command \\[edit-tab-stops].
                    502: You can manipulate text with these commands:
                    503:   C-d    Clear (replace) ARG columns after point without moving.
                    504:   C-c C-d Delete char at point - the command normally assigned to C-d.
                    505:   Delete  Clear (replace) ARG columns before point, moving back over them.
                    506:   C-k    Clear ARG lines, advancing over them.  The cleared
                    507:            text is saved in the kill ring.
                    508:   C-o    Open blank line(s) beneath current line.
                    509: You can manipulate rectangles with these commands:
                    510:   C-c C-k Clear (or kill) a rectangle and save it.
                    511:   C-c C-w Like C-c C-k except rectangle is saved in named register.
                    512:   C-c C-y Overlay (or insert) currently saved rectangle at point.
                    513:   C-c C-x Like C-c C-y except rectangle is taken from named register.
                    514:   \\[copy-rectangle-to-register]   Copies a rectangle to a register.
                    515:   \\[advertised-undo]   Can undo effects of rectangle overlay commands
                    516:            commands if invoked soon enough.
                    517: You can return to the previous mode with:
                    518:   C-c C-c Which also strips trailing whitespace from every line.
                    519:            Stripping is suppressed by supplying an argument.
                    520: 
                    521: Entry to this mode calls the value of  edit-picture-hook  if non-nil.
                    522: 
                    523: Note that Picture mode commands will work outside of Picture mode, but
                    524: they are not defaultly assigned to keys."
                    525:   (interactive)
                    526:   (if (eq major-mode 'edit-picture)
                    527:       (error "You are already editing a Picture.")
                    528:     (make-local-variable 'picture-mode-old-local-map)
                    529:     (setq picture-mode-old-local-map (current-local-map))
                    530:     (use-local-map picture-mode-map)
                    531:     (make-local-variable 'picture-mode-old-mode-name)
                    532:     (setq picture-mode-old-mode-name mode-name)
                    533:     (make-local-variable 'picture-mode-old-major-mode)
                    534:     (setq picture-mode-old-major-mode major-mode)
                    535:     (setq major-mode 'edit-picture)
                    536:     (make-local-variable 'picture-killed-rectangle)
                    537:     (setq picture-killed-rectangle nil)
                    538:     (make-local-variable 'tab-stop-list)
                    539:     (setq tab-stop-list (default-value 'tab-stop-list))
                    540:     (make-local-variable 'picture-tab-chars)
                    541:     (setq picture-tab-chars (default-value 'picture-tab-chars))
                    542:     (make-local-variable 'picture-vertical-step)
                    543:     (make-local-variable 'picture-horizontal-step)
                    544:     (picture-set-motion 0 1)
                    545:     (run-hooks 'edit-picture-hook 'picture-mode-hook)
                    546:     (message
                    547:      (substitute-command-keys
                    548:       "Type \\[picture-mode-exit] in this buffer to return it to %s mode.")
                    549:      picture-mode-old-mode-name)))
                    550: 
                    551: (fset 'picture-mode 'edit-picture)     ; for the confused
                    552: 
                    553: (defun picture-mode-exit (&optional nostrip)
                    554:   "Undo edit-picture and return to previous major mode.
                    555: With no argument strips whitespace from end of every line in Picture buffer
                    556:   otherwise just return to previous mode."
                    557:   (interactive "P")
                    558:   (if (not (eq major-mode 'edit-picture))
                    559:       (error "You aren't editing a Picture.")
                    560:     (if (not nostrip) (picture-clean))
                    561:     (setq mode-name picture-mode-old-mode-name)
                    562:     (use-local-map picture-mode-old-local-map)
                    563:     (setq major-mode picture-mode-old-major-mode)
                    564:     (kill-local-variable 'tab-stop-list)
                    565:     ;; Kludge - force the mode line to be updated.  Is there a better
                    566:     ;; way to do this?
                    567:     (set-buffer-modified-p (buffer-modified-p))))
                    568: 
                    569: (defun picture-clean ()
                    570:   "Eliminate whitespace at ends of lines."
                    571:   (save-excursion
                    572:    (goto-char (point-min))
                    573:    (while (re-search-forward "[ \t][ \t]*$" nil t)
                    574:      (delete-region (match-beginning 0) (point)))))

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