From: Joe Corneli <holtzermann17@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: dynamic prompt
Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 17:02:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAN+qofm9thYFYRTTZmRQzYhELrYATcKvNNKtBEnEdT3JAxvUxA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvd36h1hrc.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org>
Thanks, here's my ugly code that seems to work:
(defun status (msg)
(interactive
(list (substring (let ((count 0)
(inhibit-read-only t))
(minibuffer-with-setup-hook
(lambda ()
(delete-region 8 (point-max))
(add-hook
'post-command-hook
(lambda ()
(save-excursion
(goto-char (point-min))
(when (looking-at "\\([0-9() ]*\\)Prompt:")
(delete-region (point-min) (match-end 1)))
(let ((str
(format "(%s) "
(length
(buffer-substring-no-properties
8
(point-max))))))
(insert str))))))
(read-string "Prompt: ")))
7)))
;; post to identica
(shell-command (concat "/home/jac2349/laconica.sh ") msg))
On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>>> > I'd like to have a prompt that shows the number of characters entered
>>> > in the response
>>> > Prompt (3): bla
>>> > Prompt (7): bla bla
>>> > Is that in any way possible?
>>> Of course: the prompt is normal text present in the (mini)buffer, which
>>> itself is a perfectly normal buffer (tho displayed in a special
>>> (mini)window) and you can edit it like any other buffer text.
>> I suspect he wants the character count to be updated automatically.
>
> Of course. But that can use any of the standard hooks for that:
> post-command-hook or after-change-functions.
>
>> Seems like he needs to enable a hook when he goes into the mini-buffer,
>> that modifies the prompt after each command.
>
> minibuffer-setup-hook should do the trick, or minibuffer-with-setup-hook
> depending on whether he wants it in one particular case or in all cases.
>
>
> Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-06 16:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2012-05-06 1:50 ` dynamic prompt Stefan Monnier
2012-05-06 2:37 ` Barry Margolin
2012-05-06 14:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-05-06 16:02 ` Joe Corneli [this message]
2012-05-07 0:32 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-05-07 9:49 ` Joe Corneli
2012-05-05 17:07 Joe Corneli
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