1 ;;; saveplace.el --- automatically save place in files
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6 ;; Author: Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>
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30 ;; Automatically save place in files, so that visiting them later
31 ;; (even during a different Emacs session) automatically moves point
32 ;; to the saved position, when the file is first found. Uses the
33 ;; value of buffer-local variable save-place to determine whether to
34 ;; save position or not.
36 ;; Thanks to Stefan Schoef, who sent a patch with the
37 ;; `save-place-version-control' stuff in it.
41 ;; this is what I was using during testing:
42 ;; (define-key ctl-x-map "p" 'toggle-save-place)
44 (defgroup save-place nil
45 "Automatically save place in files."
49 (defvar save-place-alist nil
50 "Alist of saved places to go back to when revisiting files.
51 Each element looks like (FILENAME . POSITION);
52 visiting file FILENAME goes automatically to position POSITION
53 rather than the beginning of the buffer.
54 This alist is saved between Emacs sessions.")
56 (defcustom save-place nil
57 "*Non-nil means automatically save place in each file.
58 This means when you visit a file, point goes to the last place
59 where it was when you previously visited the same file.
60 This variable is automatically buffer-local.
62 If you wish your place in any file to always be automatically saved,
63 simply put this in your `~/.emacs' file:
65 \(setq-default save-place t)
68 or else use the Custom facility to set this option."
73 (make-variable-buffer-local 'save-place
)
75 (defcustom save-place-file
(convert-standard-filename "~/.emacs-places")
76 "*Name of the file that records `save-place-alist' value."
80 (defcustom save-place-version-control nil
81 "*Controls whether to make numbered backups of master save-place file.
82 It can have four values: t, nil, `never', and `nospecial'. The first
83 three have the same meaning that they do for the variable
84 `version-control', and the final value `nospecial' means just use the
85 value of `version-control'."
86 :type
'(radio (const :tag
"Unconditionally" t
)
87 (const :tag
"For VC Files" nil
)
89 (const :tag
"Use value of `version-control'" nospecial
))
92 (defvar save-place-loaded nil
93 "Non-nil means that the `save-place-file' has been loaded.")
95 (defcustom save-place-limit nil
96 "Maximum number of entries to retain in the list; nil means no limit."
97 :type
'(choice (integer :tag
"Entries" :value
1)
98 (const :tag
"No Limit" nil
))
101 (defcustom save-place-forget-unreadable-files t
102 "Non-nil means forget place in unreadable files.
104 The filenames in `save-place-alist' that do not match
105 `save-place-skip-check-regexp' are filtered through
106 `file-readable-p'. if nil, their alist entries are removed.
108 You may do this anytime by calling the complementary function,
109 `save-place-forget-unreadable-files'. When this option is turned on,
110 this happens automatically before saving `save-place-alist' to
112 :type
'boolean
:group
'save-place
)
114 (defcustom save-place-save-skipped t
115 "If non-nil, remember files matching `save-place-skip-check-regexp'.
117 When filtering `save-place-alist' for unreadable files, some will not
118 be checked, based on said regexp, and instead saved or forgotten based
120 :type
'boolean
:group
'save-place
)
122 (defcustom save-place-skip-check-regexp
123 ;; thanks to ange-ftp-name-format
124 "\\`/\\(?:cdrom\\|floppy\\|mnt\\|\\(?:[^@/:]*@\\)?[^@/:]*[^@/:.]:\\)"
125 "Regexp whose file names shall not be checked for readability.
127 When forgetting unreadable files, file names matching this regular
128 expression shall not be checked for readability, but instead be
129 subject to `save-place-save-skipped'.
131 Files for which such a check may be inconvenient include those on
132 removable and network volumes."
133 :type
'regexp
:group
'save-place
)
135 (defun toggle-save-place (&optional parg
)
136 "Toggle whether to save your place in this file between sessions.
137 If this mode is enabled, point is recorded when you kill the buffer
138 or exit Emacs. Visiting this file again will go to that position,
139 even in a later Emacs session.
141 If called with a prefix arg, the mode is enabled if and only if
142 the argument is positive.
144 To save places automatically in all files, put this in your `.emacs' file:
146 \(setq-default save-place t\)"
148 (if (not buffer-file-name
)
149 (message "Buffer `%s' not visiting a file" (buffer-name))
150 (if (and save-place
(or (not parg
) (<= parg
0)))
152 (message "No place will be saved in this file")
153 (setq save-place nil
))
154 (message "Place will be saved")
155 (setq save-place t
))))
157 (defun save-place-to-alist ()
158 ;; put filename and point in a cons box and then cons that onto the
159 ;; front of the save-place-alist, if save-place is non-nil.
160 ;; Otherwise, just delete that file from the alist.
161 ;; first check to make sure alist has been loaded in from the master
162 ;; file. If not, do so, then feel free to modify the alist. It
163 ;; will be saved again when Emacs is killed.
164 (or save-place-loaded
(load-save-place-alist-from-file))
167 (let ((cell (assoc buffer-file-name save-place-alist
))
168 (position (if (not (eq major-mode
'hexl-mode
))
171 (1+ (hexl-current-address))))))
173 (setq save-place-alist
(delq cell save-place-alist
)))
175 (not (= position
1))) ;; Optimize out the degenerate case.
176 (setq save-place-alist
177 (cons (cons buffer-file-name position
)
178 save-place-alist
)))))))
180 (defun save-place-forget-unreadable-files ()
181 "Remove unreadable files from `save-place-alist'.
182 For each entry in the alist, if `file-readable-p' returns nil for the
183 filename, remove the entry. Save the new alist \(as the first pair
184 may have changed\) back to `save-place-alist'."
186 ;; the following was adapted from an in-place filtering function,
187 ;; `filter-mod', used in the original.
188 (unless (null save-place-alist
) ;says it better than `when'
189 ;; first, check all except first
190 (let ((fmprev save-place-alist
) (fmcur (cdr save-place-alist
)))
191 (while fmcur
;not null
192 ;; a value is only saved when it becomes FMPREV.
193 (if (if (string-match save-place-skip-check-regexp
(caar fmcur
))
194 save-place-save-skipped
195 (file-readable-p (caar fmcur
)))
197 (setcdr fmprev
(cdr fmcur
)))
198 (setq fmcur
(cdr fmcur
))))
199 ;; test first pair, keep it if OK, otherwise 2nd element, which
201 (unless (if (string-match save-place-skip-check-regexp
202 (caar save-place-alist
))
203 save-place-save-skipped
204 (file-readable-p (caar save-place-alist
)))
205 (setq save-place-alist
(cdr save-place-alist
)))))
207 (defun save-place-alist-to-file ()
208 (let ((file (expand-file-name save-place-file
)))
210 (message "Saving places to %s..." file
)
211 (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *Saved Places*"))
212 (delete-region (point-min) (point-max))
213 (when save-place-forget-unreadable-files
214 (save-place-forget-unreadable-files))
215 (let ((print-length nil
)
217 (print save-place-alist
(current-buffer)))
218 (let ((version-control
220 ((null save-place-version-control
) nil
)
221 ((eq 'never save-place-version-control
) 'never
)
222 ((eq 'nospecial save-place-version-control
) version-control
)
226 ;; Don't use write-file; we don't want this buffer to visit it.
227 (write-region (point-min) (point-max) file
)
228 (file-error (message "Can't write %s" file
)))
229 (kill-buffer (current-buffer))
230 (message "Saving places to %s...done" file
)))))
232 (defun load-save-place-alist-from-file ()
233 (if (not save-place-loaded
)
235 (setq save-place-loaded t
)
236 (let ((file (expand-file-name save-place-file
)))
237 ;; make sure that the alist does not get overwritten, and then
238 ;; load it if it exists:
239 (if (file-readable-p file
)
241 (message "Loading places from %s..." save-place-file
)
242 ;; don't want to use find-file because we have been
243 ;; adding hooks to it.
244 (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *Saved Places*"))
245 (delete-region (point-min) (point-max))
246 (insert-file-contents file
)
247 (goto-char (point-min))
248 (setq save-place-alist
249 (car (read-from-string
250 (buffer-substring (point-min) (point-max)))))
252 ;; If there is a limit, and we're over it, then we'll
253 ;; have to truncate the end of the list:
255 (if (<= save-place-limit
0)
256 ;; Zero gets special cased. I'm not thrilled
257 ;; with this, but the loop for >= 1 is tight.
258 (setq save-place-alist nil
)
259 ;; Else the limit is >= 1, so enforce it by
260 ;; counting and then `setcdr'ing.
261 (let ((s save-place-alist
)
264 (if (>= count save-place-limit
)
266 (setq count
(1+ count
)))
269 (kill-buffer (current-buffer))
270 (message "Loading places from %s...done" file
)))
273 (defun save-places-to-alist ()
274 ;; go through buffer-list, saving places to alist if save-place is
275 ;; non-nil, deleting them from alist if it is nil.
276 (let ((buf-list (buffer-list)))
278 ;; put this into a save-excursion in case someone is counting on
279 ;; another function in kill-emacs-hook to act on the last buffer
282 (set-buffer (car buf-list
))
283 ;; save-place checks buffer-file-name too, but we can avoid
284 ;; overhead of function call by checking here too.
285 (and buffer-file-name
(save-place-to-alist))
286 (setq buf-list
(cdr buf-list
))))))
288 (defun save-place-find-file-hook ()
289 (or save-place-loaded
(load-save-place-alist-from-file))
290 (let ((cell (assoc buffer-file-name save-place-alist
)))
293 (or after-find-file-from-revert-buffer
294 (goto-char (cdr cell
)))
295 ;; and make sure it will be saved again for later
296 (setq save-place t
)))))
298 (defun save-place-kill-emacs-hook ()
299 ;; First update the alist. This loads the old save-place-file if nec.
300 (save-places-to-alist)
301 ;; Now save the alist in the file, if we have ever loaded the file
302 ;; (including just now).
303 (if save-place-loaded
304 (save-place-alist-to-file)))
306 (add-hook 'find-file-hook
'save-place-find-file-hook t
)
308 (add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook
'save-place-kill-emacs-hook
)
310 (add-hook 'kill-buffer-hook
'save-place-to-alist
)
312 (provide 'saveplace
) ; why not...
314 ;;; arch-tag: 3c2ef47b-0a22-4558-b116-118c9ef454a0
315 ;;; saveplace.el ends here