lisp/novice.el

   1 ;;; novice.el --- handling of disabled commands ("novice mode") for Emacs
   2
   3 ;; Copyright (C) 1985-1987, 1994, 2001-2015 Free Software Foundation,
   4 ;; Inc.
   5
   6 ;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org
   7 ;; Keywords: internal, help
   8
   9 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
  10
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  12 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  13 ;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
  14 ;; (at your option) any later version.
  15
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  17 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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  20
  21 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  22 ;; along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  23
  24 ;;; Commentary:
  25
  26 ;; This mode provides a hook which is, by default, attached to various
  27 ;; putatively dangerous commands in a (probably futile) attempt to
  28 ;; prevent lusers from shooting themselves in the feet.
  29
  30 ;;; Code:
  31
  32 ;; This function is called (by autoloading)
  33 ;; to handle any disabled command.
  34 ;; The command is found in this-command
  35 ;; and the keys are returned by (this-command-keys).
  36
  37 ;;;###autoload
  38 (define-obsolete-variable-alias 'disabled-command-hook
  39   'disabled-command-function "22.1")
  40 ;;;###autoload
  41 (defvar disabled-command-function 'disabled-command-function
  42   "Function to call to handle disabled commands.
  43 If nil, the feature is disabled, i.e., all commands work normally.")
  44
  45 ;; It is ok here to assume that this-command is a symbol
  46 ;; because we won't get called otherwise.
  47 ;;;###autoload
  48 (defun disabled-command-function (&optional cmd keys)
  49   (unless cmd (setq cmd this-command))
  50   (unless keys (setq keys (this-command-keys)))
  51   (let (char)
  52     (save-window-excursion
  53       (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Disabled Command*" ;; (help-buffer)
  54          (if (or (eq (aref keys 0)
  55                      (if (stringp keys)
  56                          (aref "\M-x" 0)
  57                        ?\M-x))
  58                  (and (>= (length keys) 2)
  59                       (eq (aref keys 0) meta-prefix-char)
  60                       (eq (aref keys 1) ?x)))
  61             (princ (format "You have invoked the disabled command %s.\n" cmd))
  62            (princ (format "You have typed %s, invoking disabled command %s.\n"
  63                          (key-description keys) cmd)))
  64        ;; Print any special message saying why the command is disabled.
  65         (if (stringp (get cmd 'disabled))
  66             (princ (get cmd 'disabled))
  67          (princ "It is disabled because new users often find it confusing.\n")
  68          (princ "Here's the first part of its description:\n\n")
  69          ;; Keep only the first paragraph of the documentation.
  70           (with-current-buffer "*Disabled Command*" ;; standard-output
  71            (goto-char (point-max))
  72            (let ((start (point)))
  73              (save-excursion
  74                (princ (or (condition-case ()
  75                                (documentation cmd)
  76                             (error nil))
  77                           "<< not documented >>")))
  78              (if (search-forward "\n\n" nil t)
  79                  (delete-region (match-beginning 0) (point-max)))
  80              (goto-char (point-max))
  81              (indent-rigidly start (point) 3))))
  82        (princ "\n\nDo you want to use this command anyway?\n\n")
  83        (princ "You can now type
  84 y   to try it and enable it (no questions if you use it again).
  85 n   to cancel--don't try the command, and it remains disabled.
  86 SPC to try the command just this once, but leave it disabled.
  87 !   to try it, and enable all disabled commands for this session only.")
  88         ;; Redundant since with-output-to-temp-buffer will do it anyway.
  89         ;; (with-current-buffer standard-output
  90         ;;   (help-mode))
  91         )
  92      (fit-window-to-buffer (get-buffer-window "*Disabled Command*"))
  93      (message "Type y, n, ! or SPC (the space bar): ")
  94      (let ((cursor-in-echo-area t))
  95        (while (progn (setq char (read-event))
  96                      (or (not (numberp char))
  97                          (not (memq (downcase char)
  98                                     '(?! ?y ?n ?\s ?\C-g)))))
  99          (ding)
 100          (message "Please type y, n, ! or SPC (the space bar): "))))
 101     (setq char (downcase char))
 102     (pcase char
 103      (?\C-g (setq quit-flag t))
 104      (?! (setq disabled-command-function nil))
 105      (?y
 106         (if (and user-init-file
 107                  (not (string= "" user-init-file))
 108                  (y-or-n-p "Enable command for future editing sessions also? "))
 109           (enable-command cmd)
 110         (put cmd 'disabled nil))))
 111     (or (char-equal char ?n)
 112         (call-interactively cmd))))
 113
 114 (defun en/disable-command (command disable)
 115   (unless (commandp command)
 116     (error "Invalid command name `%s'" command))
 117   (put command 'disabled disable)
 118   (let ((init-file user-init-file)
 119         (default-init-file
 120           (if (eq system-type 'ms-dos) "~/_emacs" "~/.emacs")))
 121     (unless init-file
 122       (if (or (file-exists-p default-init-file)
 123               (and (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
 124                    (file-exists-p "~/_emacs")))
 125           ;; Started with -q, i.e. the file containing
 126           ;; enabled/disabled commands hasn't been read.  Saving
 127           ;; settings there would overwrite other settings.
 128           (error "Saving settings from \"emacs -q\" would overwrite existing customizations"))
 129       (setq init-file default-init-file)
 130       (if (and (not (file-exists-p init-file))
 131                (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
 132                (file-exists-p "~/_emacs"))
 133           (setq init-file "~/_emacs")))
 134     (with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect
 135                           (substitute-in-file-name init-file))
 136       (goto-char (point-min))
 137       (if (search-forward (concat "(put '" (symbol-name command) " ") nil t)
 138           (delete-region
 139            (progn (beginning-of-line) (point))
 140            (progn (forward-line 1) (point))))
 141       ;; Explicitly enable, in case this command is disabled by default
 142       ;; or in case the code we deleted was actually a comment.
 143       (goto-char (point-max))
 144       (unless (bolp) (newline))
 145       (insert "(put '" (symbol-name command) " 'disabled "
 146               (symbol-name disable) ")\n")
 147       (save-buffer))))
 148
 149 ;;;###autoload
 150 (defun enable-command (command)
 151   "Allow COMMAND to be executed without special confirmation from now on.
 152 COMMAND must be a symbol.
 153 This command alters the user's .emacs file so that this will apply
 154 to future sessions."
 155   (interactive "CEnable command: ")
 156   (en/disable-command command nil))
 157
 158 ;;;###autoload
 159 (defun disable-command (command)
 160   "Require special confirmation to execute COMMAND from now on.
 161 COMMAND must be a symbol.
 162 This command alters your init file so that this choice applies to
 163 future sessions."
 164   (interactive "CDisable command: ")
 165   (en/disable-command command t))
 166
 167 (provide 'novice)
 168
 169 ;;; novice.el ends here