src/play/dissociate.lisp

   1 ;;; dissociate.lisp --- scramble text amusingly for Emacs
   2
   3 ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
   4 ;;   2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   5
   6 ;; Maintainer: FSF
   7 ;; Keywords: games
   8
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  22 ;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  23
  24 ;;; Commentary:
  25
  26 ;; The single entry point, `dissociated-press', applies a travesty
  27 ;; generator to the current buffer.  The results can be quite amusing.
  28
  29 ;;; Code:
  30
  31 (in-package "LICE")
  32
  33 ;;;###autoload
  34 (defcommand dissociated-press ((&optional arg)
  35                                :raw-prefix)
  36   "Dissociate the text of the current buffer.
  37 Output goes in buffer named *Dissociation*,
  38 which is redisplayed each time text is added to it.
  39 Every so often the user must say whether to continue.
  40 If ARG is positive, require ARG chars of continuity.
  41 If ARG is negative, require -ARG words of continuity.
  42 Default is 2."
  43   (setq arg (if arg (prefix-numeric-value arg) 2))
  44   (let* ((inbuf (current-buffer))
  45          (outbuf (get-buffer-create "*Dissociation*"))
  46          (move-function (if (> arg 0) 'forward-char 'forward-word))
  47          (move-amount (if (> arg 0) arg (- arg)))
  48          (search-function (if (> arg 0) 'search-forward 'word-search-forward))
  49          (last-query-point 0))
  50     (if (= (point-max) (point-min))
  51         (error "The buffer contains no text to start from"))
  52     (switch-to-buffer outbuf)
  53     (erase-buffer)
  54     (while
  55       (save-excursion
  56         (goto-char last-query-point)
  57         (vertical-motion (- (window-height) 4))
  58         (or (= (point) (point-max))
  59             (and (progn (goto-char (point-max))
  60                         (y-or-n-p "Continue dissociation? "))
  61                  (progn
  62                    (message "")
  63                    (recenter 1)
  64                    (setq last-query-point (point-max))
  65                    t))))
  66       (let (start end)
  67         (save-excursion
  68          (set-buffer inbuf)
  69          (setq start (point))
  70          (if (eq move-function 'forward-char)
  71              (progn
  72                (setq end (+ start (+ move-amount (random 16))))
  73                (if (> end (point-max))
  74                    (setq end (+ 1 move-amount (random 16))))
  75                (goto-char end))
  76            (funcall move-function
  77                     (+ move-amount (random 16))))
  78          (setq end (point)))
  79         (let ((opoint (point)))
  80           (insert-buffer-substring inbuf start end)
  81           (save-excursion
  82            (goto-char opoint)
  83            (end-of-line)
  84            (and (> (current-column) *fill-column*)
  85                 (do-auto-fill)))))
  86       (save-excursion
  87        (set-buffer inbuf)
  88        (if (eobp)
  89            (goto-char (point-min))
  90          (let ((overlap
  91                 (buffer-substring (prog1 (point)
  92                                          (funcall move-function
  93                                                   (- move-amount)))
  94                                   (point))))
  95            (goto-char (1+ (random (1- (point-max)))))
  96            (or (funcall search-function overlap :error nil)
  97                (let ((opoint (point)))
  98                  (goto-char 1)
  99                  (funcall search-function overlap :bound opoint :error nil))))))
 100       (sit-for 0))))
 101
 102 (provide 'dissociate)
 103
 104 ;;; arch-tag: 90d197d1-409b-45c5-a0b5-fbfb2e06334f
 105 ;;; dissociate.el ends here