lisp/delsel.el

   1 ;;; delsel.el --- delete selection if you insert
   2
   3 ;; Copyright (C) 1992, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
   4 ;;   2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   5
   6 ;; Author: Matthieu Devin <devin@lucid.com>
   7 ;; Maintainer: FSF
   8 ;; Created: 14 Jul 92
   9 ;; Keywords: convenience emulations
  10
  11 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
  12
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  27
  28 ;;; Commentary:
  29
  30 ;; This file makes the active region be pending delete, meaning that
  31 ;; text inserted while the region is active will replace the region contents.
  32 ;; This is a popular behavior of personal computers text editors.
  33
  34 ;; Interface:
  35
  36 ;; Commands which will delete the selection need a 'delete-selection
  37 ;; property on their symbols; commands which insert text but don't
  38 ;; have this property won't delete the selction.  It can be one of
  39 ;; the values:
  40 ;;  'yank
  41 ;;      For commands which do a yank; ensures the region about to be
  42 ;;      deleted isn't yanked.
  43 ;;  'supersede
  44 ;;      Delete the active region and ignore the current command,
  45 ;;      i.e. the command will just delete the region.
  46 ;;  'kill
  47 ;;      `kill-region' is used on the selection, rather than
  48 ;;      `delete-region'.  (Text selected with the mouse will typically
  49 ;;      be yankable anyhow.)
  50 ;;  non-nil
  51 ;;      The normal case: delete the active region prior to executing
  52 ;;      the command which will insert replacement text.
  53
  54 ;;; Code:
  55
  56 ;;;###autoload
  57 (defalias 'pending-delete-mode 'delete-selection-mode)
  58
  59 ;;;###autoload
  60 (define-minor-mode delete-selection-mode
  61   "Toggle Delete Selection mode.
  62 With prefix ARG, turn Delete Selection mode on if and only if ARG is
  63 positive.
  64
  65 When Delete Selection mode is enabled, Transient Mark mode is also
  66 enabled and typed text replaces the selection if the selection is
  67 active.  Otherwise, typed text is just inserted at point regardless of
  68 any selection."
  69   :global t :group 'editing-basics
  70   (if (not delete-selection-mode)
  71       (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook 'delete-selection-pre-hook)
  72     (add-hook 'pre-command-hook 'delete-selection-pre-hook)
  73     (transient-mark-mode t)))
  74
  75 (defun delete-active-region (&optional killp)
  76   (if killp
  77       (kill-region (point) (mark))
  78     (delete-region (point) (mark)))
  79   t)
  80
  81 (defun delete-selection-pre-hook ()
  82   (when (and delete-selection-mode transient-mark-mode mark-active
  83              (not buffer-read-only))
  84     (let ((type (and (symbolp this-command)
  85                      (get this-command 'delete-selection))))
  86       (condition-case data
  87           (cond ((eq type 'kill)
  88                  (delete-active-region t))
  89                 ((eq type 'yank)
  90                  ;; Before a yank command,
  91                  ;; make sure we don't yank the same region
  92                  ;; that we are going to delete.
  93                  ;; That would make yank a no-op.
  94                  (when (string= (buffer-substring-no-properties (point) (mark))
  95                                 (car kill-ring))
  96                    (current-kill 1))
  97                  (delete-active-region))
  98                 ((eq type 'supersede)
  99                  (let ((empty-region (= (point) (mark))))
 100                    (delete-active-region)
 101                    (unless empty-region
 102                      (setq this-command 'ignore))))
 103                 (type
 104                  (delete-active-region)
 105                  (if (and overwrite-mode (eq this-command 'self-insert-command))
 106                    (let ((overwrite-mode nil))
 107                      (self-insert-command (prefix-numeric-value current-prefix-arg))
 108                      (setq this-command 'ignore)))))
 109         (file-supersession
 110          ;; If ask-user-about-supersession-threat signals an error,
 111          ;; stop safe_run_hooks from clearing out pre-command-hook.
 112          (and (eq inhibit-quit 'pre-command-hook)
 113               (setq inhibit-quit 'delete-selection-dummy))
 114          (signal 'file-supersession (cdr data)))))))
 115
 116 (put 'self-insert-command 'delete-selection t)
 117 (put 'self-insert-iso 'delete-selection t)
 118
 119 (put 'yank 'delete-selection 'yank)
 120 (put 'clipboard-yank 'delete-selection 'yank)
 121 (put 'insert-register 'delete-selection t)
 122
 123 (put 'delete-backward-char 'delete-selection 'supersede)
 124 (put 'backward-delete-char-untabify 'delete-selection 'supersede)
 125 (put 'delete-char 'delete-selection 'supersede)
 126
 127 (put 'newline-and-indent 'delete-selection t)
 128 (put 'newline 'delete-selection t)
 129 (put 'open-line 'delete-selection 'kill)
 130
 131 ;; This is very useful for cancelling a selection in the minibuffer without
 132 ;; aborting the minibuffer.
 133 (defun minibuffer-keyboard-quit ()
 134   "Abort recursive edit.
 135 In Delete Selection mode, if the mark is active, just deactivate it;
 136 then it takes a second \\[keyboard-quit] to abort the minibuffer."
 137   (interactive)
 138   (if (and delete-selection-mode transient-mark-mode mark-active)
 139       (setq deactivate-mark t)
 140     (abort-recursive-edit)))
 141
 142 (define-key minibuffer-local-map "\C-g" 'minibuffer-keyboard-quit)
 143 (define-key minibuffer-local-ns-map "\C-g" 'minibuffer-keyboard-quit)
 144 (define-key minibuffer-local-completion-map "\C-g" 'minibuffer-keyboard-quit)
 145 (define-key minibuffer-local-must-match-map "\C-g" 'minibuffer-keyboard-quit)
 146 (define-key minibuffer-local-isearch-map "\C-g" 'minibuffer-keyboard-quit)
 147
 148 (defun delsel-unload-hook ()
 149   (define-key minibuffer-local-map "\C-g" 'abort-recursive-edit)
 150   (define-key minibuffer-local-ns-map "\C-g" 'abort-recursive-edit)
 151   (define-key minibuffer-local-completion-map "\C-g" 'abort-recursive-edit)
 152   (define-key minibuffer-local-must-match-map "\C-g" 'abort-recursive-edit)
 153   (define-key minibuffer-local-isearch-map "\C-g" 'abort-recursive-edit))
 154
 155 (add-hook 'delsel-unload-hook 'delsel-unload-hook)
 156
 157 (provide 'delsel)
 158
 159 ;;; arch-tag: 1e388890-1b50-4ed0-9347-763b1343b6ed
 160 ;;; delsel.el ends here