lisp/mb-depth.el

   1 ;;; mb-depth.el --- Indicate minibuffer-depth in prompt
   2 ;;
   3 ;; Copyright (C) 2006-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4 ;;
   5 ;; Author: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
   6 ;; Keywords: convenience
   7
   8 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
   9
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  22
  23 ;;; Commentary:
  24 ;;
  25 ;; Defines the minor mode `minibuffer-depth-indicate-mode'.
  26 ;;
  27 ;; When active, any recursive use of the minibuffer will show
  28 ;; the recursion depth in the minibuffer prompt.  This is only
  29 ;; useful if `enable-recursive-minibuffers' is non-nil.
  30
  31 ;;; Code:
  32
  33 (defvar minibuffer-depth-indicator-function nil
  34   "If non-nil, function to set up the minibuffer depth indicator.
  35 It is called with one argument, the minibuffer depth,
  36 and must return a string.")
  37
  38 ;; An overlay covering the prompt.  This is a buffer-local variable in
  39 ;; each affected minibuffer.
  40 ;;
  41 (defvar minibuffer-depth-overlay)
  42 (make-variable-buffer-local 'minibuffer-depth-overlay)
  43
  44 ;; This function goes on minibuffer-setup-hook
  45 (defun minibuffer-depth-setup ()
  46   "Set up a minibuffer for `minibuffer-depth-indicate-mode'.
  47 The prompt should already have been inserted."
  48   (when (> (minibuffer-depth) 1)
  49     (setq minibuffer-depth-overlay (make-overlay (point-min) (1+ (point-min))))
  50     (overlay-put minibuffer-depth-overlay 'before-string
  51                  (if minibuffer-depth-indicator-function
  52                      (funcall minibuffer-depth-indicator-function (minibuffer-depth))
  53                    (propertize (format "[%d]" (minibuffer-depth)) 'face 'highlight)))
  54     (overlay-put minibuffer-depth-overlay 'evaporate t)))
  55
  56 ;;;###autoload
  57 (define-minor-mode minibuffer-depth-indicate-mode
  58   "Toggle Minibuffer Depth Indication mode.
  59 With a prefix argument ARG, enable Minibuffer Depth Indication
  60 mode if ARG is positive, and disable it otherwise.  If called
  61 from Lisp, enable the mode if ARG is omitted or nil.
  62
  63 Minibuffer Depth Indication mode is a global minor mode.  When
  64 enabled, any recursive use of the minibuffer will show the
  65 recursion depth in the minibuffer prompt.  This is only useful if
  66 `enable-recursive-minibuffers' is non-nil."
  67   :global t
  68   :group 'minibuffer
  69   (if minibuffer-depth-indicate-mode
  70       ;; Enable the mode
  71       (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'minibuffer-depth-setup)
  72     ;; Disable the mode
  73     (remove-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'minibuffer-depth-setup)))
  74
  75 (provide 'mb-depth)
  76
  77 ;;; mb-depth.el ends here