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- ;; Copyright (C) 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
-
- ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
- ;; any later version.
-
- ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
- ;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
- ;; suggested generic history stuff -- tale
-
- ;; This is intended to provided easy access to a list of elements
- ;; being kept as a history ring.
-
- ;; To use, variables for a list and the index to it need to be kept, and
- ;; a limit to how large the list can grow. Short wrappers can than be provided
- ;; to interact with these functions.
-
- ;; For example, a typical application of this is in interactive processes,
- ;; like shell or gdb. A history can be kept of commands that are sent
- ;; to the process so that they are easily retrieved for re-inspection or
- ;; re-use. Using process "foo" to illustrate:
-
- ;; Variable foo-history will be the list. foo-history-index would be the
- ;; pointer to the current item within the list; it is based with 0 being
- ;; the most recent element added to the list. foo-history-size can be a
- ;; user-variable which controls how many items are allowed to exist.
-
- ;; The following functions could interactive with the list; foo-mark
- ;; in these examples trackes the end of output from foo-process.
-
- ;; (defun foo-history-previous (arg) ;; Suggested binding: C-c C-p
- ;; "Retrieve the previous command sent to the foo process.
- ;; ARG means to select that message out of the list (0 is the first)."
- ;; (interactive "P")
- ;; (history-fetch 'foo-history 'foo-history-index (or arg 'previous)
- ;; foo-mark (point-max)))
-
- ;; foo-history-next would look practically the same, but substituting "next"
- ;; for "previous". Suggested binding: C-c C-n
-
- ;; (defun foo-history-clear () ;; Suggested binding: C-c C-u
- ;; "Clear the input region for the foo-process and reset history location."
- ;; (interactive)
- ;; (delete-region foo-mark (goto-char (point-max))))
-
- ;; To get the history on the stack, an extremely minimal function would look
- ;; something like this, probably bound to RET:
-
- ;; (defun foo-send ()
- ;; "Send a command to foo-process."
- ;; (interactive)
- ;; (let ((str (buffer-substring foo-mark (goto-char (point-max)))))
- ;; (insert ?\C-j)
- ;; (setq foo-history-index -1) ; reset the index
- ;; (set-marker foo-mark (point))
- ;; (send-string foo-process str)
- ;; (history-add 'foo-history str foo-history-size)))
-
- ;; ToDo: history-isearch
-
- (provide 'history)
-
- (defvar history-last-search ""
- "The last regexp used by history-search which resulted in a match.")
-
- (defun history-add (list item size)
- "At the head of LIST append ITEM. Limit the length of LIST to SIZE elements.
- LIST should be the name of the list."
- (set list (append (list item) (eval list)))
- (let ((elist (eval list)))
- (if (> (length elist) size)
- (setcdr (nthcdr (1- size) elist) nil))))
-
- (defun history-fetch (list index dir &optional beg end)
- "Retrieve an entry from LIST, working from INDEX in direction DIR.
- LIST should be the name of the list, for message purposes. INDEX should be
- the name of the variable used to index the list, so it can be maintained.
- DIR non-nil means to use previous entry, unless it is the symbol ``next''
- to get the next entry or a number to get an absolute reference. DIR
- nil is equivalent to ``next''.
-
- If optional numeric argument BEG is preset, it is taken as the point to insert
- the entry in the current buffer, leaving point at the start of the entry.
- If followed by a numeric END, the region between BEG and END will be deleted
- before the entry is inserted."
- (let (str (eind (eval index)) (elist (eval list)))
- (cond
- ((numberp dir)
- (setq str (nth dir elist))
- (if str (set index dir) (message "No entry %d in %s." dir list)))
- ((or (not dir) (eq dir 'next))
- (if (= eind -1)
- (message "No next entry in %s." list)
- (set index (1- eind))
- (setq str (if (zerop eind) "" (nth (1- eind) elist)))))
- (t
- (if (>= (1+ eind) (length elist))
- (message "No previous entry in %s." list)
- (set index (1+ eind))
- (setq str (nth (1+ eind) elist)))))
- (if (not (and (integer-or-marker-p beg) str)) ()
- (if (integer-or-marker-p end) (delete-region beg end))
- (insert str)
- (goto-char beg))
- str))
-
- (defun history-search (list index dir regexp &optional beg end)
- "In history LIST, starting at INDEX and working in direction DIR, find REGEXP.
- LIST and INDEX should be their respective symbol names. DIR nil or 'forward
- means to search from the current index toward the most recent history entry.
- DIR non-nil means to search toward the oldest entry. The current entry is
- not checked in either case.
-
- If an entry is found and optional numeric argument BEG exists then the entry
- will be inserted there and point left at BEG. If numeric END also exists
- then the region will be deleted between BEG and END."
- (let* ((forw (or (not dir) (eq dir 'forward))) str found
- (eind (eval index))
- (elist (eval list))
- (slist (if forw
- (nthcdr (- (length elist) eind) (reverse elist))
- (nthcdr (1+ eind) elist))))
- (while (and (not found) slist)
- (if (string-match regexp (car slist))
- (setq found (car slist)
- history-last-search regexp))
- (setq eind (+ (if forw -1 1) eind)
- slist (cdr slist)))
- (if (not found)
- (error "\"%s\" not found %s in %s"
- regexp (if forw "forward" "backward") list)
- (set index eind)
- (if (not (integer-or-marker-p beg)) ()
- (if (integer-or-marker-p end) (delete-region beg end))
- (insert found)
- (goto-char beg)))
- found))
-
- (defun history-menu (list buffer &optional notemp)
- "Show the history kept by LIST in BUFFER.
- This function will use ``with-output-to-temp-buffer'' unless optional third
- argument NOTEMP is non-nil."
- (let ((pop-up-windows t) (line 0)
- (menu
- (mapconcat (function (lambda (item)
- (setq line (1+ line))
- (format (format "%%%dd: %%s"
- (int-to-string (length list)))
- line item)))
- list "\n")))
- (if notemp
- (save-excursion
- (insert menu)
- (display-buffer buffer))
- (with-output-to-temp-buffer buffer (princ menu)))))
-