lisp/fringe.el

   1 ;;; fringe.el --- change fringes appearance in various ways
   2
   3 ;; Copyright (C) 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4
   5 ;; Author: Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>
   6 ;; Maintainer: FSF
   7 ;; Keywords: frames
   8
   9 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
  10
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  24 ;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
  25
  26 ;;; Commentary:
  27
  28 ;; This file contains helpful functions for customizing the appearance
  29 ;; of the fringe.
  30
  31 ;; The code is influenced by scroll-bar.el and avoid.el.  The author
  32 ;; gratefully acknowledge comments and suggestions made by Miles
  33 ;; Bader, Eli Zaretski, Richard Stallman, Pavel Janík and others which
  34 ;; improved this package.
  35
  36 ;;; Code:
  37
  38 (defvar fringe-mode)
  39
  40 (defun set-fringe-mode-1 (ignore value)
  41   "Call `set-fringe-mode' with VALUE.
  42 See `fringe-mode' for valid values and their effect.
  43 This is usually invoked when setting `fringe-mode' via customize."
  44   (set-fringe-mode value))
  45
  46 (defun set-fringe-mode (value)
  47   "Set `fringe-mode' to VALUE and put the new value into effect.
  48 See `fringe-mode' for possible values and their effect."
  49   (setq fringe-mode value)
  50
  51   ;; Apply it to default-frame-alist.
  52   (let ((parameter (assq 'left-fringe default-frame-alist)))
  53     (if (consp parameter)
  54         (setcdr parameter (if (consp fringe-mode)
  55                               (car fringe-mode)
  56                             fringe-mode))
  57       (setq default-frame-alist
  58             (cons (cons 'left-fringe (if (consp fringe-mode)
  59                                          (car fringe-mode)
  60                                        fringe-mode))
  61                   default-frame-alist))))
  62   (let ((parameter (assq 'right-fringe default-frame-alist)))
  63     (if (consp parameter)
  64         (setcdr parameter (if (consp fringe-mode)
  65                               (cdr fringe-mode)
  66                             fringe-mode))
  67       (setq default-frame-alist
  68             (cons (cons 'right-fringe (if (consp fringe-mode)
  69                                           (cdr fringe-mode)
  70                                         fringe-mode))
  71                   default-frame-alist))))
  72
  73   ;; Apply it to existing frames.
  74   (let ((frames (frame-list)))
  75     (while frames
  76       (modify-frame-parameters
  77        (car frames)
  78        (list (cons 'left-fringe (if (consp fringe-mode)
  79                                     (car fringe-mode)
  80                                   fringe-mode))
  81              (cons 'right-fringe (if (consp fringe-mode)
  82                                      (cdr fringe-mode)
  83                                    fringe-mode))))
  84       (setq frames (cdr frames)))))
  85
  86 ;;;###autoload
  87 (defcustom fringe-mode nil
  88   "*Specify appearance of fringes on all frames.
  89 This variable can be nil (the default) meaning the fringes should have
  90 the default width (8 pixels), it can be an integer value specifying
  91 the width of both left and right fringe (where 0 means no fringe), or
  92 a cons cell where car indicates width of left fringe and cdr indicates
  93 width of right fringe (where again 0 can be used to indicate no
  94 fringe).
  95 To set this variable in a Lisp program, use `set-fringe-mode' to make
  96 it take real effect.
  97 Setting the variable with a customization buffer also takes effect.
  98 If you only want to modify the appearance of the fringe in one frame,
  99 you can use the interactive function `toggle-fringe'"
 100   :type '(choice (const :tag "Default width" nil)
 101                  (const :tag "No fringes" 0)
 102                  (const :tag "Only right" (0 . nil))
 103                  (const :tag "Only left" (nil . 0))
 104                  (const :tag "Half width" (5 . 5))
 105                  (const :tag "Minimal" (1 . 1))
 106                  (integer :tag "Specific width")
 107                  (cons :tag "Different left/right sizes"
 108                        (integer :tag "Left width")
 109                        (integer :tag "Right width")))
 110   :group 'frames
 111   :require 'fringe
 112   :set 'set-fringe-mode-1)
 113
 114 (defun fringe-query-style (&optional all-frames)
 115   "Query user for fringe style.
 116 Returns values suitable for left-fringe and right-fringe frame parameters.
 117 If ALL-FRAMES, the negation of the fringe values in
 118 `default-frame-alist' is used when user enters the empty string.
 119 Otherwise the negation of the fringe value in the currently selected
 120 frame parameter is used."
 121   (let ((mode (intern (completing-read
 122                        "Select fringe mode for all frames (SPACE for list): "
 123                        '(("none") ("default") ("left-only")
 124                          ("right-only") ("half") ("minimal"))
 125                        nil t))))
 126     (cond ((eq mode 'none) 0)
 127           ((eq mode 'default) nil)
 128           ((eq mode 'left-only) '(nil . 0))
 129           ((eq mode 'right-only) '(0 . nil))
 130           ((eq mode 'half) '(5 . 5))
 131           ((eq mode 'minimal) '(1 . 1))
 132           ((eq mode (intern ""))
 133            (if (eq 0 (cdr (assq 'left-fringe
 134                                 (if all-frames
 135                                     default-frame-alist
 136                                   (frame-parameters (selected-frame))))))
 137                nil
 138              0)))))
 139
 140 ;;;###autoload
 141 (defun fringe-mode (&optional mode)
 142   "Toggle appearance of fringes on all frames.
 143 Valid values for MODE include `none', `default', `left-only',
 144 `right-only', `minimal' and `half'.  MODE can also be a cons cell
 145 where the integer in car will be used as left fringe width and the
 146 integer in cdr will be used as right fringe width. If MODE is not
 147 specified, the user is queried.
 148 It applies to all frames that exist and frames to be created in the
 149 future.
 150 If you want to set appearance of fringes on the selected frame only,
 151 see `set-fringe-style'."
 152   (interactive (list (fringe-query-style 'all-frames)))
 153   (set-fringe-mode mode))
 154
 155 ;;;###autoload
 156 (defun set-fringe-style (&optional mode)
 157   "Set appearance of fringes on selected frame.
 158 Valid values for MODE include `none', `default', `left-only',
 159 `right-only', `minimal' and `half'.  MODE can also be a cons cell
 160 where the integer in car will be used as left fringe width and the
 161 integer in cdr will be used as right fringe width. If MODE is not
 162 specified, the user is queried.
 163 If you want to set appearance of fringes on all frames, see `fringe-mode'."
 164   (interactive (list (fringe-query-style)))
 165   (modify-frame-parameters
 166    (selected-frame)
 167    (list (cons 'left-fringe (if (consp mode) (car mode) mode))
 168          (cons 'right-fringe (if (consp mode) (cdr mode) mode)))))
 169
 170 (provide 'fringe)
 171
 172 ;;; fringe.el ends here