1 ;;; mail-hist.el --- headers and message body history for outgoing mail
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1994, 2001-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>
6 ;; Created: March, 1994
7 ;; Keywords: mail, history
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27 ;; Thanks to Jim Blandy for mentioning ring.el. It saved a lot of
30 ;; To use this package, put it in a directory in your load-path, and
31 ;; put this in your init file:
33 ;; (load "mail-hist" nil t)
35 ;; Or you could do it with autoloads and hooks in your .emacs:
37 ;; (add-hook 'mail-mode-hook 'mail-hist-define-keys)
38 ;; (add-hook 'mail-send-hook 'mail-hist-put-headers-into-history)
39 ;; (add-hook 'vm-mail-mode-hook 'mail-hist-define-keys) ;or rmail, etc
40 ;; (autoload 'mail-hist-define-keys "mail-hist")
41 ;; (autoload 'mail-hist-put-headers-into-history "mail-hist")
43 ;; Once it's installed, use M-p and M-n from mail headers to recover
44 ;; previous/next contents in the history for that header, or, in the
45 ;; body of the message, to recover previous/next text of the message.
46 ;; This only applies to outgoing mail -- mail-hist ignores received
49 ;; Although repeated history requests do clear out the text from the
50 ;; previous request, an isolated request just inserts its text at
51 ;; point, so that you can mix the histories of different messages
52 ;; easily. This might be confusing at times, but there should be no
53 ;; problems that undo can't handle.
59 (defgroup mail-hist nil
60 "Headers and message body history for outgoing mail."
65 (defun mail-hist-define-keys ()
66 "Define keys for accessing mail header history. For use in hooks."
67 (local-set-key "\M-p" 'mail-hist-previous-input
)
68 (local-set-key "\M-n" 'mail-hist-next-input
))
71 (defun mail-hist-enable ()
72 (add-hook 'mail-mode-hook
'mail-hist-define-keys
)
73 (add-hook 'mail-send-hook
'mail-hist-put-headers-into-history
))
75 (defvar mail-hist-header-ring-alist nil
76 "Alist of form (header-name . history-ring).
77 Used for knowing which history list to look in when the user asks for
78 previous/next input.")
80 (defcustom mail-hist-history-size
(or kill-ring-max
1729)
81 "The maximum number of elements in a mail field's history.
82 Oldest elements are dumped first."
87 (defcustom mail-hist-keep-history t
88 "Non-nil means keep a history for headers and text of outgoing mail."
92 ;; For handling repeated history requests
93 (defvar mail-hist-access-count
0)
95 (defvar mail-hist-last-bounds nil
)
96 ;; (start . end) A pair indicating the buffer positions delimiting the
97 ;; last inserted history, so it can be replaced by a new input if the
98 ;; command is repeated.
100 (defvar mail-hist-header-regexp
"^[^:]*:"
101 "Regular expression for matching headers in a mail message.")
103 (defsubst mail-hist-current-header-name
()
104 "Get name of mail header point is currently in, without the colon.
105 Returns nil if not in a header, implying that point is in the body of
107 (if (>= (point) (mail-text-start))
108 nil
; then we are in the body of the message
113 (re-search-backward mail-hist-header-regexp nil t
))
115 (prog2 (search-forward ":" body-start t
) (1- (point)))))
119 (downcase (buffer-substring-no-properties name-start name-end
)))))))
121 (defsubst mail-hist-forward-header
(count)
122 "Move forward COUNT headers (backward if COUNT is negative).
123 If last/first header is encountered first, stop there and returns
126 Places point on the first non-whitespace on the line following the
127 colon after the header name, or on the second space following that if
128 the header is empty."
129 (let ((boundary (mail-header-end)))
133 (setq boundary
(save-excursion
141 (re-search-forward mail-hist-header-regexp boundary t
))
142 (setq count
(1- count
)))
143 ;; because the current header will match too.
144 (setq count
(1- count
))
149 (re-search-backward mail-hist-header-regexp nil t
))
150 (setq count
(1+ count
)))
151 ;; we end up behind the header, so must move to the front
152 (re-search-forward mail-hist-header-regexp boundary t
))
153 ;; Now we are right after the colon
154 (and (looking-at "\\s-") (forward-char 1))
155 ;; return nil if didn't go as far as asked, otherwise point
158 (defsubst mail-hist-beginning-of-header
()
159 "Move to the start of the current header.
160 The start of the current header is defined as one space after the
161 colon, or just after the colon if it is not followed by whitespace."
162 ;; this is slick as all heck:
163 (if (mail-hist-forward-header -
1)
164 (mail-hist-forward-header 1)
165 (mail-hist-forward-header 1)
166 (mail-hist-forward-header -
1)))
168 (defsubst mail-hist-current-header-contents
()
169 "Get the contents of the mail header in which point is located."
171 (mail-hist-beginning-of-header)
172 (let ((start (point)))
173 (or (mail-hist-forward-header 1)
174 (goto-char (mail-header-end)))
176 (buffer-substring start
(1- (point))))))
178 (defsubst mail-hist-get-header-ring
(header)
179 "Get HEADER's history ring, or nil if none.
180 HEADER is a string without the colon."
181 (setq header
(downcase header
))
182 (cdr (assoc header mail-hist-header-ring-alist
)))
184 (defcustom mail-hist-text-size-limit nil
185 "Don't store any header or body with more than this many characters.
186 If the value is nil, that means no limit on text size."
187 :type
'(choice (const nil
) integer
)
190 (defun mail-hist-text-too-long-p (text)
191 "Return non-nil if TEXT's length exceeds `mail-hist-text-size-limit'."
192 (if mail-hist-text-size-limit
193 (> (length text
) mail-hist-text-size-limit
)))
195 (defsubst mail-hist-add-header-contents-to-ring
(header &optional contents
)
196 "Add the contents of HEADER to the header history ring.
197 Optional argument CONTENTS is a string which will be the contents
198 \(instead of whatever's found in the header)."
199 (setq header
(downcase header
))
200 (let ((ctnts (or contents
(mail-hist-current-header-contents)))
201 (ring (cdr (assoc header mail-hist-header-ring-alist
))))
202 (if (mail-hist-text-too-long-p ctnts
) (setq ctnts
""))
204 ;; If the ring doesn't exist, we'll have to make it and add it
205 ;; to the mail-header-ring-alist:
207 (setq ring
(make-ring mail-hist-history-size
))
208 (setq mail-hist-header-ring-alist
209 (cons (cons header ring
) mail-hist-header-ring-alist
))))
210 (ring-insert ring ctnts
)))
213 (defun mail-hist-put-headers-into-history ()
214 "Put headers and contents of this message into mail header history.
215 Each header has its own independent history, as does the body of the
218 This function normally would be called when the message is sent."
220 mail-hist-keep-history
222 (goto-char (point-min))
223 (while (mail-hist-forward-header 1)
224 (mail-hist-add-header-contents-to-ring
225 (mail-hist-current-header-name)))
227 (buffer-substring (mail-text-start) (point-max))))
228 (mail-hist-add-header-contents-to-ring "body" body-contents
)))))
232 (defun mail-hist-retrieve-and-insert (header access-func
)
233 "Helper for `mail-hist-previous-input' and `mail-hist-next-input'."
234 (setq header
(downcase header
))
235 (let* ((ring (cdr (assoc header mail-hist-header-ring-alist
)))
236 (len (ring-length ring
))
237 (repeat (eq last-command
'mail-hist-input-access
)))
239 (setq mail-hist-access-count
240 (funcall access-func mail-hist-access-count len
))
241 (setq mail-hist-access-count
0))
245 (message "No history for \"%s\"." header
))
246 (if (ring-empty-p ring
)
247 (error "\"%s\" ring is empty" header
)
249 (delete-region (car mail-hist-last-bounds
)
250 (cdr mail-hist-last-bounds
)))
251 (let ((start (point)))
252 (insert (ring-ref ring mail-hist-access-count
))
253 (setq mail-hist-last-bounds
(cons start
(point)))
254 (setq this-command
'mail-hist-input-access
)
255 ;; Special case: when flipping through message bodies, it's
256 ;; usually most useful for point to stay at the top. This
257 ;; is because the unique part of a message in a thread is
258 ;; more likely to be at the top than the bottom, as the
259 ;; bottom is often just the same quoted history for every
260 ;; message in the thread, differing only in indentation
262 (if (string-equal header
"body")
267 (defun mail-hist-previous-input (header)
268 "Insert the previous contents of this mail header or message body.
269 Moves back through the history of sent mail messages. Each header has
270 its own independent history, as does the body of the message.
272 The history only contains the contents of outgoing messages, not
274 (interactive (list (or (mail-hist-current-header-name) "body")))
275 (mail-hist-retrieve-and-insert header
'ring-plus1
))
278 (defun mail-hist-next-input (header)
279 "Insert next contents of this mail header or message body.
280 Moves back through the history of sent mail messages. Each header has
281 its own independent history, as does the body of the message.
283 Although you can do so, it does not make much sense to call this
284 without having called `mail-hist-previous-header' first
285 \(\\[mail-hist-previous-header]).
287 The history only contains the contents of outgoing messages, not
289 (interactive (list (or (mail-hist-current-header-name) "body")))
290 (mail-hist-retrieve-and-insert header
'ring-minus1
))
295 ;;; mail-hist.el ends here