1 ;;; tempo.el --- Flexible template insertion
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1994, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: David K}gedal <davidk@lysator.liu.se>
6 ;; Created: 16 Feb 1994
7 ;; K}gedal's last version number: 1.2.4
8 ;; Keywords: extensions, languages, tools
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29 ;; This file provides a simple way to define powerful templates, or
30 ;; macros, if you wish. It is mainly intended for, but not limited to,
31 ;; other programmers to be used for creating shortcuts for editing
32 ;; certain kind of documents. It was originally written to be used by
33 ;; a HTML editing mode written by Nelson Minar <nelson@santafe.edu>,
34 ;; and his html-helper-mode.el is probably the best example of how to
37 ;; A template is defined as a list of items to be inserted in the
38 ;; current buffer at point. Some of the items can be simple strings,
39 ;; while other can control formatting or define special points of
40 ;; interest in the inserted text.
42 ;; If a template defines a "point of interest" that point is inserted
43 ;; in a buffer-local list of "points of interest" that the user can
44 ;; jump between with the commands `tempo-backward-mark' and
45 ;; `tempo-forward-mark'. If the template definer provides a prompt for
46 ;; the point, and the variable `tempo-interactive' is non-nil, the
47 ;; user will be prompted for a string to be inserted in the buffer,
48 ;; using the minibuffer.
50 ;; The template can also define one point to be replaced with the
51 ;; current region if the template command is called with a prefix (or
52 ;; a non-nil argument).
54 ;; More flexible templates can be created by including lisp symbols,
55 ;; which will be evaluated as variables, or lists, which will be
56 ;; evaluated as lisp expressions.
58 ;; See the documentation for tempo-define-template for the different
59 ;; items that can be used to define a tempo template.
61 ;; One of the more powerful features of tempo templates are automatic
62 ;; completion. With every template can be assigned a special tag that
63 ;; should be recognized by `tempo-complete-tag' and expanded to the
64 ;; complete template. By default the tags are added to a global list
65 ;; of template tags, and are matched against the last word before
66 ;; point. But if you assign your tags to a specific list, you can also
67 ;; specify another method for matching text in the buffer against the
68 ;; tags. In the HTML mode, for instance, the tags are matched against
69 ;; the text between the last `<' and point.
71 ;; When defining a template named `foo', a symbol named
72 ;; `tempo-template-foo' will be created whose value as a variable will
73 ;; be the template definition, and its function value will be an
74 ;; interactive function that inserts the template at the point.
76 ;; The latest tempo.el distribution can be fetched from
77 ;; ftp.lysator.liu.se in the directory /pub/emacs
79 ;; There is also a WWW page at
80 ;; http://www.lysator.liu.se/~davidk/elisp/ which has some information
84 ;; If the 'o is the first element in a template, strange things can
85 ;; happen when the template is inserted at the beginning of a
86 ;; line. This is due to strange behaviour in open-line. But it should
89 ;; The 'o tag is also a problem when including the region. This will
92 ;; Clicking mouse-2 in the completion buffer gives strange results.
94 ;; There is a bug in some emacs versions that prevents completion from
95 ;; working. If it doesn't work for you, send me a note indicating your
96 ;; emacs version and your problems.
100 ;; These people have given me important feedback and new ideas for
103 ;; Nelson Minar <nelson@santafe.edu>
104 ;; Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
105 ;; Lars Lindberg <Lars.Lindberg@sypro.cap.se>
106 ;; Glen Whitney <Glen.Whitney@math.lsa.umich.edu>
113 "Flexible template insertion."
117 (defcustom tempo-interactive nil
118 "*Prompt user for strings in templates.
119 If this variable is non-nil, `tempo-insert' prompts the
120 user for text to insert in the templates"
124 (defcustom tempo-insert-region nil
125 "*Automatically insert current region when there is a `r' in the template
126 If this variable is nil, `r' elements will be treated just like `p'
127 elements, unless the template function is given a prefix (or a non-nil
128 argument). If this variable is non-nil, the behaviour is reversed.
130 In Transient Mark mode, this option is unused."
134 (defcustom tempo-show-completion-buffer t
135 "*If non-nil, show a buffer with possible completions, when only
136 a partial completion can be found"
140 (defcustom tempo-leave-completion-buffer nil
141 "*If nil, a completion buffer generated by \\[tempo-complete-tag]
142 disappears at the next keypress; otherwise, it remains forever."
146 ;;; Internal variables
148 (defvar tempo-insert-string-functions nil
149 "List of functions to run when inserting a string.
150 Each function is called with a single arg, STRING and should return
151 another string. This could be used for making all strings upcase by
152 setting it to '(upcase), for example.")
154 (defvar tempo-tags nil
155 "An association list with tags and corresponding templates")
157 (defvar tempo-local-tags
'((tempo-tags . nil
))
158 "A list of locally installed tag completion lists.
159 It is a association list where the car of every element is a symbol
160 whose variable value is a template list. The cdr part, if non-nil, is a
161 function or a regexp that defines the string to match. See the
162 documentation for the function `tempo-complete-tag' for more info.
164 `tempo-tags' is always in the last position in this list.")
166 (defvar tempo-collection nil
167 "A collection of all the tags defined for the current buffer.")
169 (defvar tempo-dirty-collection t
170 "Indicates if the tag collection needs to be rebuilt.")
172 (defvar tempo-marks nil
173 "A list of marks to jump to with `\\[tempo-forward-mark]' and `\\[tempo-backward-mark]'.")
175 (defvar tempo-match-finder
"\\b\\([^\\b]+\\)\\="
176 "The regexp or function used to find the string to match against tags.
178 If `tempo-match-finder is a string, it should contain a regular
179 expression with at least one \\( \\) pair. When searching for tags,
180 `tempo-complete-tag' calls `re-search-backward' with this string, and
181 the string between the first \\( and \\) is used for matching against
182 each string in the tag list. If one is found, the whole text between
183 the first \\( and the point is replaced with the inserted template.
185 You will probably want to include \\ \= at the end of the regexp to
186 make sure that the string is matched only against text adjacent to the
189 If `tempo-match-finder' is a symbol, it should be a function that
190 returns a pair of the form (STRING . POS), where STRING is the string
191 used for matching and POS is the buffer position after which text
192 should be replaced with a template.")
194 (defvar tempo-user-elements nil
195 "Element handlers for user-defined elements.
196 A list of symbols which are bound to functions that take one argument.
197 This function should return something to be sent to `tempo-insert' if
198 it recognizes the argument, and nil otherwise.")
200 (defvar tempo-named-insertions nil
201 "Temporary storage for named insertions.")
203 (defvar tempo-region-start
(make-marker)
204 "Region start when inserting around the region.")
206 (defvar tempo-region-stop
(make-marker)
207 "Region stop when inserting around the region.")
209 ;; Make some variables local to every buffer
211 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tempo-marks
)
212 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tempo-local-tags
)
213 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tempo-match-finder
)
214 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tempo-collection
)
215 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tempo-dirty-collection
)
220 ;; tempo-define-template
222 (defun tempo-define-template (name elements
&optional tag documentation taglist
)
224 This function creates a template variable `tempo-template-NAME' and an
225 interactive function `tempo-template-NAME' that inserts the template
226 at the point. The created function is returned.
228 NAME is a string that contains the name of the template, ELEMENTS is a
229 list of elements in the template, TAG is the tag used for completion,
230 DOCUMENTATION is the documentation string for the insertion command
231 created, and TAGLIST (a symbol) is the tag list that TAG (if provided)
232 should be added to). If TAGLIST is nil and TAG is non-nil, TAG is
233 added to `tempo-tags'
235 The elements in ELEMENTS can be of several types:
237 - A string. It is sent to the hooks in `tempo-insert-string-functions',
238 and the result is inserted.
239 - The symbol 'p. This position is saved in `tempo-marks'.
240 - The symbol 'r. If `tempo-insert' is called with ON-REGION non-nil
241 the current region is placed here. Otherwise it works like 'p.
242 - (p PROMPT <NAME> <NOINSERT>) If `tempo-interactive' is non-nil, the
243 user is prompted in the minibuffer with PROMPT for a string to be
244 inserted. If the optional parameter NAME is non-nil, the text is
245 saved for later insertion with the `s' tag. If there already is
246 something saved under NAME that value is used instead and no
247 prompting is made. If NOINSERT is provided and non-nil, nothing is
248 inserted, but text is still saved when a NAME is provided. For
249 clarity, the symbol 'noinsert should be used as argument.
250 - (P PROMPT <NAME> <NOINSERT>) Works just like the previous tag, but
251 forces tempo-interactive to be true.
252 - (r PROMPT <NAME> <NOINSERT>) like the previous, but if
253 `tempo-interactive' is nil and `tempo-insert' is called with
254 ON-REGION non-nil, the current region is placed here. This usually
255 happens when you call the template function with a prefix argument.
256 - (s NAME) Inserts text previously read with the (p ..) construct.
257 Finds the insertion saved under NAME and inserts it. Acts like 'p
258 if tempo-interactive is nil.
259 - '& If there is only whitespace between the line start and point,
260 nothing happens. Otherwise a newline is inserted.
261 - '% If there is only whitespace between point and end-of-line
262 nothing happens. Otherwise a newline is inserted.
263 - 'n inserts a newline.
264 - '> The line is indented using `indent-according-to-mode'. Note that
265 you often should place this item after the text you want on the
267 - 'r> Like r, but it also indents the region.
268 - 'n> Inserts a newline and indents line.
269 - 'o Like '% but leaves the point before the newline.
270 - nil. It is ignored.
271 - Anything else. It is evaluated and the result is treated as an
272 element to be inserted. One additional tag is useful for these
273 cases. If an expression returns a list '(l foo bar), the elements
274 after 'l will be inserted according to the usual rules. This makes
275 it possible to return several elements from one expression."
277 (let* ((template-name (intern (concat "tempo-template-"
279 (command-name template-name
))
280 (set template-name elements
)
281 (fset command-name
(list 'lambda
(list '&optional
'arg
)
283 (concat "Insert a " name
"."))
284 (list 'interactive
"*P")
285 (list 'tempo-insert-template
(list 'quote
287 (list 'if
'tempo-insert-region
288 (list 'not
'arg
) 'arg
))))
290 (tempo-add-tag tag template-name taglist
))
294 ;;; tempo-insert-template
296 (defun tempo-insert-template (template on-region
)
298 TEMPLATE is the template to be inserted. If ON-REGION is non-nil the
299 `r' elements are replaced with the current region. In Transient Mark
300 mode, ON-REGION is ignored and assumed true if the region is active."
303 (if (or (and (boundp 'transient-mark-mode
) ; For Emacs
306 (and (boundp 'zmacs-regions
) ; For XEmacs
307 zmacs-regions
(mark)))
310 (set-marker tempo-region-start
(min (mark) (point)))
311 (set-marker tempo-region-stop
(max (mark) (point))))
313 (goto-char tempo-region-start
))
315 (tempo-insert-mark (point-marker))
316 (mapcar (function (lambda (elt)
317 (tempo-insert elt on-region
)))
318 (symbol-value template
))
319 (tempo-insert-mark (point-marker)))
320 (tempo-forward-mark))
321 (tempo-forget-insertions)
322 ;; Should I check for zmacs here too???
323 (and (boundp 'transient-mark-mode
)
330 (defun tempo-insert (element on-region
)
331 "Insert a template element.
332 Insert one element from a template. If ON-REGION is non-nil the `r'
333 elements are replaced with the current region.
335 See documentation for `tempo-define-template' for the kind of elements
337 (cond ((stringp element
) (tempo-process-and-insert-string element
))
338 ((and (consp element
)
339 (eq (car element
) 'p
)) (tempo-insert-prompt-compat
341 ((and (consp element
)
342 (eq (car element
) 'P
)) (let ((tempo-interactive t
))
343 (tempo-insert-prompt-compat
345 ;;; ((and (consp element)
346 ;;; (eq (car element) 'v)) (tempo-save-named
349 ;;; (nth 2 element)))
350 ((and (consp element
)
351 (eq (car element
) 'r
)) (if on-region
352 (goto-char tempo-region-stop
)
353 (tempo-insert-prompt-compat
355 ((and (consp element
)
356 (eq (car element
) 's
)) (tempo-insert-named (car (cdr element
))))
357 ((and (consp element
)
358 (eq (car element
) 'l
)) (mapcar (function
360 (tempo-insert elt on-region
)))
362 ((eq element
'p
) (tempo-insert-mark (point-marker)))
363 ((eq element
'r
) (if on-region
364 (goto-char tempo-region-stop
)
365 (tempo-insert-mark (point-marker))))
366 ((eq element
'r
>) (if on-region
368 (goto-char tempo-region-stop
)
369 (indent-region (mark) (point) nil
))
370 (tempo-insert-mark (point-marker))))
371 ((eq element
'>) (indent-according-to-mode))
372 ((eq element
'&) (if (not (or (= (current-column) 0)
375 "^\\s-*\\=" nil t
))))
377 ((eq element
'%
) (if (not (or (eolp)
380 "\\=\\s-*$" nil t
))))
382 ((eq element
'n
) (insert "\n"))
383 ((eq element
'n
>) (insert "\n") (indent-according-to-mode))
384 ;; Bug: If the 'o is the first element in a template, strange
385 ;; things can happen when the template is inserted at the
386 ;; beginning of a line.
387 ((eq element
'o
) (if (not (or on-region
391 "\\=\\s-*$" nil t
))))
394 (t (tempo-insert (or (tempo-is-user-element element
)
399 ;;; tempo-insert-prompt
401 (defun tempo-insert-prompt-compat (prompt)
402 "Compatibility hack for tempo-insert-prompt.
403 PROMPT can be either a prompt string, or a list of arguments to
404 tempo-insert-prompt, or nil."
405 (if (consp prompt
) ; not nil either
406 (apply 'tempo-insert-prompt prompt
)
407 (tempo-insert-prompt prompt
)))
409 (defun tempo-insert-prompt (prompt &optional save-name no-insert
)
410 "Prompt for a text string and insert it in the current buffer.
411 If the variable `tempo-interactive' is non-nil the user is prompted
412 for a string in the minibuffer, which is then inserted in the current
413 buffer. If `tempo-interactive' is nil, the current point is placed on
416 PROMPT is the prompt string, SAVE-NAME is a name to save the inserted
417 text under. If the optional argument NO-INSERT is non-nil, no text i
418 inserted. This can be useful when there is a SAVE-NAME.
420 If there already is a value for SAVE-NAME, it is used and the user is
423 (previous (and save-name
424 (tempo-lookup-named save-name
))))
426 ;; Insert previous value, unless no-insert is non-nil
429 (tempo-insert-named save-name
)) ; A double lookup here, but who
431 ;; If no-insert is non-nil, don't insert the previous value. Just
435 ;; No previous value. Prompt or insert mark
437 (if (not (stringp prompt
))
438 (error "tempo: The prompt (%s) is not a string" prompt
))
439 (setq insertion
(read-string prompt
))
443 (tempo-save-named save-name insertion
)))
445 (tempo-insert-mark (point-marker))))))
448 ;;; tempo-is-user-element
450 (defun tempo-is-user-element (element)
451 "Tries all the user-defined element handlers in
452 `tempo-user-elements'"
453 ;; Sigh... I need (some list)
455 (mapcar (function (lambda (handler)
456 (let ((result (funcall handler element
)))
457 (if result
(throw 'found result
)))))
462 ;;; tempo-forget-insertions
464 (defun tempo-forget-insertions ()
465 "Forget all the saved named insertions."
466 (setq tempo-named-insertions nil
))
471 (defun tempo-save-named (name data
) ; Had an optional prompt for 'v
472 "Save some data for later insertion
473 The contents of DATA is saved under the name NAME.
475 The data can later be retrieved with `tempo-lookup-named'.
477 This function returns nil, so it can be used in a template without
479 (setq tempo-named-insertions
480 (cons (cons name data
)
481 tempo-named-insertions
))
485 ;;; tempo-lookup-named
487 (defun tempo-lookup-named (name)
488 "Lookup some saved data under the name NAME.
489 Returns the data if NAME was found, and nil otherwise."
490 (cdr (assq name tempo-named-insertions
)))
493 ;;; tempo-insert-named
495 (defun tempo-insert-named (name)
496 "Insert the previous insertion saved under a named specified in NAME.
497 If there is no such name saved, a tempo mark is inserted.
499 Note that if the data is a string, it will not be run through the string
501 (let* ((insertion (tempo-lookup-named name
)))
502 (cond ((null insertion
)
503 (tempo-insert-mark (point-marker)))
507 (tempo-insert insertion nil
)))))
511 ;;; tempo-process-and-insert-string
513 (defun tempo-process-and-insert-string (string)
514 "Insert a string from a template.
515 Run a string through the preprocessors in `tempo-insert-string-functions'
516 and insert the results."
517 (cond ((null tempo-insert-string-functions
)
519 ((symbolp tempo-insert-string-functions
)
521 (funcall tempo-insert-string-functions string
)))
522 ((listp tempo-insert-string-functions
)
523 (dolist (fn tempo-insert-string-functions
)
524 (setq string
(funcall fn string
))))
526 (error "Bogus value in tempo-insert-string-functions: %s"
527 tempo-insert-string-functions
)))
531 ;;; tempo-insert-mark
533 (defun tempo-insert-mark (mark)
534 "Insert a mark `tempo-marks' while keeping it sorted"
535 (cond ((null tempo-marks
) (setq tempo-marks
(list mark
)))
536 ((< mark
(car tempo-marks
)) (setq tempo-marks
(cons mark tempo-marks
)))
537 (t (let ((lp tempo-marks
))
539 (<= (car (cdr lp
)) mark
))
541 (if (not (= mark
(car lp
)))
542 (setcdr lp
(cons mark
(cdr lp
))))))))
545 ;;; tempo-forward-mark
547 (defun tempo-forward-mark ()
548 "Jump to the next mark in `tempo-forward-mark-list'."
550 (let ((next-mark (catch 'found
555 (throw 'found mark
))))
557 ;; return nil if not found
560 (goto-char next-mark
))))
563 ;;; tempo-backward-mark
565 (defun tempo-backward-mark ()
566 "Jump to the previous mark in `tempo-back-mark-list'."
568 (let ((prev-mark (catch 'found
573 (if (<= (point) mark
)
579 (goto-char prev-mark
))))
584 (defun tempo-add-tag (tag template
&optional tag-list
)
586 Add the TAG, that should complete to TEMPLATE to the list in TAG-LIST,
587 or to `tempo-tags' if TAG-LIST is nil."
589 (interactive "sTag: \nCTemplate: ")
591 (setq tag-list
'tempo-tags
))
592 (if (not (assoc tag
(symbol-value tag-list
)))
593 (set tag-list
(cons (cons tag template
) (symbol-value tag-list
))))
594 (tempo-invalidate-collection))
597 ;;; tempo-use-tag-list
599 (defun tempo-use-tag-list (tag-list &optional completion-function
)
600 "Install TAG-LIST to be used for template completion in the current buffer.
601 TAG-LIST is a symbol whose variable value is a tag list created with
604 COMPLETION-FUNCTION is an obsolete option for specifying an optional
605 function or string that is used by `\\[tempo-complete-tag]' to find a
606 string to match the tag against. It has the same definition as the
607 variable `tempo-match-finder'. In this version, supplying a
608 COMPLETION-FUNCTION just sets `tempo-match-finder' locally."
609 (let ((old (assq tag-list tempo-local-tags
)))
611 (setcdr old completion-function
)
612 (setq tempo-local-tags
(cons (cons tag-list completion-function
)
614 (if completion-function
615 (setq tempo-match-finder completion-function
))
616 (tempo-invalidate-collection))
619 ;;; tempo-invalidate-collection
621 (defun tempo-invalidate-collection ()
622 "Marks the tag collection as obsolete.
623 Whenever it is needed again it will be rebuilt."
624 (setq tempo-dirty-collection t
))
627 ;;; tempo-build-collection
629 (defun tempo-build-collection ()
630 "Build a collection of all the tags and return it.
631 If `tempo-dirty-collection' is nil, the old collection is reused."
633 (or (and (not tempo-dirty-collection
)
635 (setq tempo-collection
636 (apply (function append
)
637 (mapcar (function (lambda (tag-list)
639 ; tempo-local-tags changes,
641 (eval (car tag-list
))))
643 (setq tempo-dirty-collection nil
)))
646 ;;; tempo-find-match-string
648 (defun tempo-find-match-string (finder)
649 "Find a string to be matched against a tag list.
650 FINDER is a function or a string. Returns (STRING . POS), or nil
651 if no reasonable string is found."
652 (cond ((stringp finder
)
655 (or (setq successful
(re-search-backward finder nil t
))
658 (cons (buffer-substring (match-beginning 1)
659 (match-end 1)) ; This seems to be a
667 ;;; tempo-complete-tag
669 (defun tempo-complete-tag (&optional silent
)
670 "Look for a tag and expand it.
671 All the tags in the tag lists in `tempo-local-tags'
672 \(this includes `tempo-tags') are searched for a match for the text
673 before the point. The way the string to match for is determined can
674 be altered with the variable `tempo-match-finder'. If
675 `tempo-match-finder' returns nil, then the results are the same as
678 If a single match is found, the corresponding template is expanded in
679 place of the matching string.
681 If a partial completion or no match at all is found, and SILENT is
682 non-nil, the function will give a signal.
684 If a partial completion is found and `tempo-show-completion-buffer' is
685 non-nil, a buffer containing possible completions is displayed."
687 ;; This function may look like a hack, but this is how I want it to
690 (let* ((collection (tempo-build-collection))
691 (match-info (tempo-find-match-string tempo-match-finder
))
692 (match-string (car match-info
))
693 (match-start (cdr match-info
))
694 (exact (assoc match-string collection
))
695 (compl (or (car exact
)
696 (and match-info
(try-completion match-string collection
)))))
697 (if compl
(delete-region match-start
(point)))
698 (cond ((null match-info
) (or silent
(ding)))
699 ((null compl
) (or silent
(ding)))
700 ((eq compl t
) (tempo-insert-template
701 (cdr (assoc match-string
704 (t (if (setq exact
(assoc compl collection
))
705 (tempo-insert-template (cdr exact
) nil
)
708 (if tempo-show-completion-buffer
709 (tempo-display-completions match-string
714 ;;; tempo-display-completions
716 (defun tempo-display-completions (string tag-list
)
717 "Show a buffer containing possible completions for STRING."
718 (if tempo-leave-completion-buffer
719 (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Completions*"
720 (display-completion-list
721 (all-completions string tag-list
)))
722 (save-window-excursion
723 (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Completions*"
724 (display-completion-list
725 (all-completions string tag-list
)))
729 ;;; tempo-expand-if-complete
731 (defun tempo-expand-if-complete ()
732 "Expand the tag before point if it is complete.
733 Returns non-nil if an expansion was made and nil otherwise.
735 This could as an example be used in a command that is bound to the
736 space bar, and looks something like this:
738 \(defun tempo-space ()
740 (or (tempo-expand-if-complete)
744 (let* ((collection (tempo-build-collection))
745 (match-info (tempo-find-match-string tempo-match-finder
))
746 (match-string (car match-info
))
747 (match-start (cdr match-info
))
748 (exact (assoc match-string collection
)))
751 (delete-region match-start
(point))
752 (tempo-insert-template (cdr exact
) nil
)
758 ;;; tempo.el ends here