From: "Chong Yidong" <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
Subject: buffer-substring-filter
Date: 14 Mar 2005 04:55:45 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <lcsm2yjsj2.fsf@physics.stanford.edu> (raw)
This patch implements the kill filter following RMS' suggestions, as a
variant of buffer-substring. Is it OK?
*** emacs/lisp/simple.el~ Mon Mar 14 20:50:53 2005
--- emacs/lisp/simple.el Mon Mar 14 20:53:37 2005
***************
*** 2215,2220 ****
--- 2215,2251 ----
(reset-this-command-lengths)
(restore-overriding-map))
\f
+ (defvar buffer-substring-filters nil
+ "List of filter functions for `filter-buffer-substring'.
+ Each function must accept a single argument, a string, and return
+ a string. The buffer substring is passed to the first function
+ in the list, and the return value of each function is passed to
+ the next. The return value of the last function is used as the
+ return value of `filter-buffer-substring'.
+
+ If this variable is nil, no filtering is performed.")
+
+ (defun filter-buffer-substring (beg end &optional delete)
+ "Return the buffer substring between BEG and END, after filtering.
+ The buffer substring is passed through each of the filter
+ functions in `buffer-substring-filters', and the value from the
+ last filter function is returned. If `buffer-substring-filters'
+ is nil, the buffer substring is returned unaltered.
+
+ If DELETE is non-nil, the text between BEG and END is deleted
+ from the buffer.
+
+ This function should be used instead of `buffer-substring' or
+ `delete-and-extract-region' when you want to allow filtering to
+ take place. For example, major or minor modes can use
+ `buffer-substring-filters' to extract characters that are special
+ to a buffer, and should not be copied into other buffers."
+ (let ((string (if delete (delete-and-extract-region beg end)
+ (buffer-substring beg end))))
+ (mapcar (lambda (filter) (setq string (funcall filter string)))
+ buffer-substring-filters)
+ string))
+
;;;; Window system cut and paste hooks.
(defvar interprogram-cut-function nil
***************
*** 2391,2397 ****
text. See `insert-for-yank'."
(interactive "r")
(condition-case nil
! (let ((string (delete-and-extract-region beg end)))
(when string ;STRING is nil if BEG = END
;; Add that string to the kill ring, one way or another.
(if (eq last-command 'kill-region)
--- 2422,2428 ----
text. See `insert-for-yank'."
(interactive "r")
(condition-case nil
! (let ((string (filter-buffer-substring beg end t)))
(when string ;STRING is nil if BEG = END
;; Add that string to the kill ring, one way or another.
(if (eq last-command 'kill-region)
***************
*** 2427,2434 ****
system cut and paste."
(interactive "r")
(if (eq last-command 'kill-region)
! (kill-append (buffer-substring beg end) (< end beg))
! (kill-new (buffer-substring beg end)))
(if transient-mark-mode
(setq deactivate-mark t))
nil)
--- 2458,2465 ----
system cut and paste."
(interactive "r")
(if (eq last-command 'kill-region)
! (kill-append (filter-buffer-substring beg end) (< end beg))
! (kill-new (filter-buffer-substring beg end)))
(if transient-mark-mode
(setq deactivate-mark t))
nil)
*** emacs/lisp/register.el~ Mon Mar 14 20:45:35 2005
--- emacs/lisp/register.el Mon Mar 14 20:46:25 2005
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*** 277,283 ****
Called from program, takes four args: REGISTER, START, END and DELETE-FLAG.
START and END are buffer positions indicating what to copy."
(interactive "cCopy to register: \nr\nP")
! (set-register register (buffer-substring start end))
(if delete-flag (delete-region start end)))
(defun append-to-register (register start end &optional delete-flag)
--- 277,283 ----
Called from program, takes four args: REGISTER, START, END and DELETE-FLAG.
START and END are buffer positions indicating what to copy."
(interactive "cCopy to register: \nr\nP")
! (set-register register (filter-buffer-substring start end))
(if delete-flag (delete-region start end)))
(defun append-to-register (register start end &optional delete-flag)
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*** 289,295 ****
(or (stringp (get-register register))
(error "Register does not contain text"))
(set-register register (concat (get-register register)
! (buffer-substring start end)))
(if delete-flag (delete-region start end)))
(defun prepend-to-register (register start end &optional delete-flag)
--- 289,295 ----
(or (stringp (get-register register))
(error "Register does not contain text"))
(set-register register (concat (get-register register)
! (filter-buffer-substring start end)))
(if delete-flag (delete-region start end)))
(defun prepend-to-register (register start end &optional delete-flag)
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*** 300,306 ****
(interactive "cPrepend to register: \nr\nP")
(or (stringp (get-register register))
(error "Register does not contain text"))
! (set-register register (concat (buffer-substring start end)
(get-register register)))
(if delete-flag (delete-region start end)))
--- 300,306 ----
(interactive "cPrepend to register: \nr\nP")
(or (stringp (get-register register))
(error "Register does not contain text"))
! (set-register register (concat (filter-buffer-substring start end)
(get-register register)))
(if delete-flag (delete-region start end)))
next reply other threads:[~2005-03-14 12:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-03-14 12:55 Chong Yidong [this message]
2005-03-14 23:44 ` buffer-substring-filter Richard Stallman
2005-03-15 0:29 ` buffer-substring-filter Chong Yidong
2005-03-16 16:22 ` buffer-substring-filter Richard Stallman
2005-03-16 22:49 ` buffer-substring-filter Chong Yidong
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