Fix a minor mistake in the ELisp manual
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1 /* undo handling for GNU Emacs.
2 Copyright (C) 1990, 1993-1994, 2000-2018 Free Software Foundation,
3 Inc.
5 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
7 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
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12 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
21 #include <config.h>
23 #include "lisp.h"
24 #include "buffer.h"
25 #include "keyboard.h"
27 /* The first time a command records something for undo.
28 it also allocates the undo-boundary object
29 which will be added to the list at the end of the command.
30 This ensures we can't run out of space while trying to make
31 an undo-boundary. */
32 static Lisp_Object pending_boundary;
34 /* Prepare the undo info for recording a change. */
35 static void
36 prepare_record (void)
38 /* Allocate a cons cell to be the undo boundary after this command. */
39 if (NILP (pending_boundary))
40 pending_boundary = Fcons (Qnil, Qnil);
43 /* Record point, if necessary, as it was at beginning of this command.
44 BEG is the position of point that will naturally occur as a result
45 of the undo record that will be added just after this command
46 terminates. */
47 static void
48 record_point (ptrdiff_t beg)
50 /* Don't record position of pt when undo_inhibit_record_point holds. */
51 if (undo_inhibit_record_point)
52 return;
54 bool at_boundary;
56 /* Check whether we are at a boundary now, in case we record the
57 first change. FIXME: This check is currently dependent on being
58 called before record_first_change, but could be made not to by
59 ignoring timestamp undo entries */
60 at_boundary = ! CONSP (BVAR (current_buffer, undo_list))
61 || NILP (XCAR (BVAR (current_buffer, undo_list)));
63 /* If this is the first change since save, then record this.*/
64 if (MODIFF <= SAVE_MODIFF)
65 record_first_change ();
67 /* We may need to record point if we are immediately after a
68 boundary, so that this will be restored correctly after undo. We
69 do not need to do this if point is at the start of a change
70 region since it will be restored there anyway, and we must not do
71 this if the buffer has changed since the last command, since the
72 value of point that we have will be for that buffer, not this.*/
73 if (at_boundary
74 && point_before_last_command_or_undo != beg
75 && buffer_before_last_command_or_undo == current_buffer )
76 bset_undo_list (current_buffer,
77 Fcons (make_number (point_before_last_command_or_undo),
78 BVAR (current_buffer, undo_list)));
81 /* Record an insertion that just happened or is about to happen,
82 for LENGTH characters at position BEG.
83 (It is possible to record an insertion before or after the fact
84 because we don't need to record the contents.) */
86 void
87 record_insert (ptrdiff_t beg, ptrdiff_t length)
89 Lisp_Object lbeg, lend;
91 if (EQ (BVAR (current_buffer, undo_list), Qt))
92 return;
94 prepare_record ();
96 record_point (beg);
98 /* If this is following another insertion and consecutive with it
99 in the buffer, combine the two. */
100 if (CONSP (BVAR (current_buffer, undo_list)))
102 Lisp_Object elt;
103 elt = XCAR (BVAR (current_buffer, undo_list));
104 if (CONSP (elt)
105 && INTEGERP (XCAR (elt))
106 && INTEGERP (XCDR (elt))
107 && XINT (XCDR (elt)) == beg)
109 XSETCDR (elt, make_number (beg + length));
110 return;
114 XSETFASTINT (lbeg, beg);
115 XSETINT (lend, beg + length);
116 bset_undo_list (current_buffer,
117 Fcons (Fcons (lbeg, lend), BVAR (current_buffer, undo_list)));
120 /* Record the fact that markers in the region of FROM, TO are about to
121 be adjusted. This is done only when a marker points within text
122 being deleted, because that's the only case where an automatic
123 marker adjustment won't be inverted automatically by undoing the
124 buffer modification. */
126 static void
127 record_marker_adjustments (ptrdiff_t from, ptrdiff_t to)
129 Lisp_Object marker;
130 register struct Lisp_Marker *m;
131 register ptrdiff_t charpos, adjustment;
133 prepare_record();
135 for (m = BUF_MARKERS (current_buffer); m; m = m->next)
137 charpos = m->charpos;
138 eassert (charpos <= Z);
140 if (from <= charpos && charpos <= to)
142 /* insertion_type nil markers will end up at the beginning of
143 the re-inserted text after undoing a deletion, and must be
144 adjusted to move them to the correct place.
146 insertion_type t markers will automatically move forward
147 upon re-inserting the deleted text, so we have to arrange
148 for them to move backward to the correct position. */
149 adjustment = (m->insertion_type ? to : from) - charpos;
151 if (adjustment)
153 XSETMISC (marker, m);
154 bset_undo_list
155 (current_buffer,
156 Fcons (Fcons (marker, make_number (adjustment)),
157 BVAR (current_buffer, undo_list)));
163 /* Record that a deletion is about to take place, of the characters in
164 STRING, at location BEG. Optionally record adjustments for markers
165 in the region STRING occupies in the current buffer. */
166 void
167 record_delete (ptrdiff_t beg, Lisp_Object string, bool record_markers)
169 Lisp_Object sbeg;
171 if (EQ (BVAR (current_buffer, undo_list), Qt))
172 return;
174 prepare_record ();
176 record_point (beg);
178 if (PT == beg + SCHARS (string))
180 XSETINT (sbeg, -beg);
182 else
184 XSETFASTINT (sbeg, beg);
187 /* primitive-undo assumes marker adjustments are recorded
188 immediately before the deletion is recorded. See bug 16818
189 discussion. */
190 if (record_markers)
191 record_marker_adjustments (beg, beg + SCHARS (string));
193 bset_undo_list
194 (current_buffer,
195 Fcons (Fcons (string, sbeg), BVAR (current_buffer, undo_list)));
198 /* Record that a replacement is about to take place,
199 for LENGTH characters at location BEG.
200 The replacement must not change the number of characters. */
202 void
203 record_change (ptrdiff_t beg, ptrdiff_t length)
205 record_delete (beg, make_buffer_string (beg, beg + length, true), false);
206 record_insert (beg, length);
209 /* Record that an unmodified buffer is about to be changed.
210 Record the file modification date so that when undoing this entry
211 we can tell whether it is obsolete because the file was saved again. */
213 void
214 record_first_change (void)
216 struct buffer *base_buffer = current_buffer;
218 if (EQ (BVAR (current_buffer, undo_list), Qt))
219 return;
221 if (base_buffer->base_buffer)
222 base_buffer = base_buffer->base_buffer;
224 bset_undo_list (current_buffer,
225 Fcons (Fcons (Qt, Fvisited_file_modtime ()),
226 BVAR (current_buffer, undo_list)));
229 /* Record a change in property PROP (whose old value was VAL)
230 for LENGTH characters starting at position BEG in BUFFER. */
232 void
233 record_property_change (ptrdiff_t beg, ptrdiff_t length,
234 Lisp_Object prop, Lisp_Object value,
235 Lisp_Object buffer)
237 Lisp_Object lbeg, lend, entry;
238 struct buffer *buf = XBUFFER (buffer);
240 if (EQ (BVAR (buf, undo_list), Qt))
241 return;
243 prepare_record();
245 if (MODIFF <= SAVE_MODIFF)
246 record_first_change ();
248 XSETINT (lbeg, beg);
249 XSETINT (lend, beg + length);
250 entry = Fcons (Qnil, Fcons (prop, Fcons (value, Fcons (lbeg, lend))));
251 bset_undo_list (current_buffer,
252 Fcons (entry, BVAR (current_buffer, undo_list)));
255 DEFUN ("undo-boundary", Fundo_boundary, Sundo_boundary, 0, 0, 0,
256 doc: /* Mark a boundary between units of undo.
257 An undo command will stop at this point,
258 but another undo command will undo to the previous boundary. */)
259 (void)
261 Lisp_Object tem;
262 if (EQ (BVAR (current_buffer, undo_list), Qt))
263 return Qnil;
264 tem = Fcar (BVAR (current_buffer, undo_list));
265 if (!NILP (tem))
267 /* One way or another, cons nil onto the front of the undo list. */
268 if (!NILP (pending_boundary))
270 /* If we have preallocated the cons cell to use here,
271 use that one. */
272 XSETCDR (pending_boundary, BVAR (current_buffer, undo_list));
273 bset_undo_list (current_buffer, pending_boundary);
274 pending_boundary = Qnil;
276 else
277 bset_undo_list (current_buffer,
278 Fcons (Qnil, BVAR (current_buffer, undo_list)));
281 Fset (Qundo_auto__last_boundary_cause, Qexplicit);
282 point_before_last_command_or_undo = PT;
283 buffer_before_last_command_or_undo = current_buffer;
285 return Qnil;
288 /* At garbage collection time, make an undo list shorter at the end,
289 returning the truncated list. How this is done depends on the
290 variables undo-limit, undo-strong-limit and undo-outer-limit.
291 In some cases this works by calling undo-outer-limit-function. */
293 void
294 truncate_undo_list (struct buffer *b)
296 Lisp_Object list;
297 Lisp_Object prev, next, last_boundary;
298 EMACS_INT size_so_far = 0;
300 /* Make sure that calling undo-outer-limit-function
301 won't cause another GC. */
302 ptrdiff_t count = inhibit_garbage_collection ();
304 /* Make the buffer current to get its local values of variables such
305 as undo_limit. Also so that Vundo_outer_limit_function can
306 tell which buffer to operate on. */
307 record_unwind_current_buffer ();
308 set_buffer_internal (b);
310 list = BVAR (b, undo_list);
312 prev = Qnil;
313 next = list;
314 last_boundary = Qnil;
316 /* If the first element is an undo boundary, skip past it. */
317 if (CONSP (next) && NILP (XCAR (next)))
319 /* Add in the space occupied by this element and its chain link. */
320 size_so_far += sizeof (struct Lisp_Cons);
322 /* Advance to next element. */
323 prev = next;
324 next = XCDR (next);
327 /* Always preserve at least the most recent undo record
328 unless it is really horribly big.
330 Skip, skip, skip the undo, skip, skip, skip the undo,
331 Skip, skip, skip the undo, skip to the undo bound'ry. */
333 while (CONSP (next) && ! NILP (XCAR (next)))
335 Lisp_Object elt;
336 elt = XCAR (next);
338 /* Add in the space occupied by this element and its chain link. */
339 size_so_far += sizeof (struct Lisp_Cons);
340 if (CONSP (elt))
342 size_so_far += sizeof (struct Lisp_Cons);
343 if (STRINGP (XCAR (elt)))
344 size_so_far += (sizeof (struct Lisp_String) - 1
345 + SCHARS (XCAR (elt)));
348 /* Advance to next element. */
349 prev = next;
350 next = XCDR (next);
353 /* If by the first boundary we have already passed undo_outer_limit,
354 we're heading for memory full, so offer to clear out the list. */
355 if (INTEGERP (Vundo_outer_limit)
356 && size_so_far > XINT (Vundo_outer_limit)
357 && !NILP (Vundo_outer_limit_function))
359 Lisp_Object tem;
361 /* Normally the function this calls is undo-outer-limit-truncate. */
362 tem = call1 (Vundo_outer_limit_function, make_number (size_so_far));
363 if (! NILP (tem))
365 /* The function is responsible for making
366 any desired changes in buffer-undo-list. */
367 unbind_to (count, Qnil);
368 return;
372 if (CONSP (next))
373 last_boundary = prev;
375 /* Keep additional undo data, if it fits in the limits. */
376 while (CONSP (next))
378 Lisp_Object elt;
379 elt = XCAR (next);
381 /* When we get to a boundary, decide whether to truncate
382 either before or after it. The lower threshold, undo_limit,
383 tells us to truncate after it. If its size pushes past
384 the higher threshold undo_strong_limit, we truncate before it. */
385 if (NILP (elt))
387 if (size_so_far > undo_strong_limit)
388 break;
389 last_boundary = prev;
390 if (size_so_far > undo_limit)
391 break;
394 /* Add in the space occupied by this element and its chain link. */
395 size_so_far += sizeof (struct Lisp_Cons);
396 if (CONSP (elt))
398 size_so_far += sizeof (struct Lisp_Cons);
399 if (STRINGP (XCAR (elt)))
400 size_so_far += (sizeof (struct Lisp_String) - 1
401 + SCHARS (XCAR (elt)));
404 /* Advance to next element. */
405 prev = next;
406 next = XCDR (next);
409 /* If we scanned the whole list, it is short enough; don't change it. */
410 if (NILP (next))
412 /* Truncate at the boundary where we decided to truncate. */
413 else if (!NILP (last_boundary))
414 XSETCDR (last_boundary, Qnil);
415 /* There's nothing we decided to keep, so clear it out. */
416 else
417 bset_undo_list (b, Qnil);
419 unbind_to (count, Qnil);
423 void
424 syms_of_undo (void)
426 DEFSYM (Qinhibit_read_only, "inhibit-read-only");
427 DEFSYM (Qundo_auto__last_boundary_cause, "undo-auto--last-boundary-cause");
428 DEFSYM (Qexplicit, "explicit");
430 /* Marker for function call undo list elements. */
431 DEFSYM (Qapply, "apply");
433 pending_boundary = Qnil;
434 staticpro (&pending_boundary);
436 defsubr (&Sundo_boundary);
438 DEFVAR_INT ("undo-limit", undo_limit,
439 doc: /* Keep no more undo information once it exceeds this size.
440 This limit is applied when garbage collection happens.
441 When a previous command increases the total undo list size past this
442 value, the earlier commands that came before it are forgotten.
444 The size is counted as the number of bytes occupied,
445 which includes both saved text and other data. */);
446 undo_limit = 80000;
448 DEFVAR_INT ("undo-strong-limit", undo_strong_limit,
449 doc: /* Don't keep more than this much size of undo information.
450 This limit is applied when garbage collection happens.
451 When a previous command increases the total undo list size past this
452 value, that command and the earlier commands that came before it are forgotten.
453 However, the most recent buffer-modifying command's undo info
454 is never discarded for this reason.
456 The size is counted as the number of bytes occupied,
457 which includes both saved text and other data. */);
458 undo_strong_limit = 120000;
460 DEFVAR_LISP ("undo-outer-limit", Vundo_outer_limit,
461 doc: /* Outer limit on size of undo information for one command.
462 At garbage collection time, if the current command has produced
463 more than this much undo information, it discards the info and displays
464 a warning. This is a last-ditch limit to prevent memory overflow.
466 The size is counted as the number of bytes occupied, which includes
467 both saved text and other data. A value of nil means no limit. In
468 this case, accumulating one huge undo entry could make Emacs crash as
469 a result of memory overflow.
471 In fact, this calls the function which is the value of
472 `undo-outer-limit-function' with one argument, the size.
473 The text above describes the behavior of the function
474 that variable usually specifies. */);
475 Vundo_outer_limit = make_number (12000000);
477 DEFVAR_LISP ("undo-outer-limit-function", Vundo_outer_limit_function,
478 doc: /* Function to call when an undo list exceeds `undo-outer-limit'.
479 This function is called with one argument, the current undo list size
480 for the most recent command (since the last undo boundary).
481 If the function returns t, that means truncation has been fully handled.
482 If it returns nil, the other forms of truncation are done.
484 Garbage collection is inhibited around the call to this function,
485 so it must make sure not to do a lot of consing. */);
486 Vundo_outer_limit_function = Qnil;
488 DEFVAR_BOOL ("undo-inhibit-record-point", undo_inhibit_record_point,
489 doc: /* Non-nil means do not record `point' in `buffer-undo-list'. */);
490 undo_inhibit_record_point = false;