1 ;;; tempo.el --- Flexible template insertion
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004,
4 ;; 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 ;; Author: David K}gedal <davidk@lysator.liu.se>
7 ;; Created: 16 Feb 1994
8 ;; K}gedal's last version number: 1.2.4
9 ;; Keywords: extensions, languages, tools
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30 ;; This file provides a simple way to define powerful templates, or
31 ;; macros, if you wish. It is mainly intended for, but not limited to,
32 ;; other programmers to be used for creating shortcuts for editing
33 ;; certain kind of documents. It was originally written to be used by
34 ;; a HTML editing mode written by Nelson Minar <nelson@santafe.edu>,
35 ;; and his html-helper-mode.el is probably the best example of how to
38 ;; A template is defined as a list of items to be inserted in the
39 ;; current buffer at point. Some of the items can be simple strings,
40 ;; while other can control formatting or define special points of
41 ;; interest in the inserted text.
43 ;; If a template defines a "point of interest" that point is inserted
44 ;; in a buffer-local list of "points of interest" that the user can
45 ;; jump between with the commands `tempo-backward-mark' and
46 ;; `tempo-forward-mark'. If the template definer provides a prompt for
47 ;; the point, and the variable `tempo-interactive' is non-nil, the
48 ;; user will be prompted for a string to be inserted in the buffer,
49 ;; using the minibuffer.
51 ;; The template can also define one point to be replaced with the
52 ;; current region if the template command is called with a prefix (or
53 ;; a non-nil argument).
55 ;; More flexible templates can be created by including lisp symbols,
56 ;; which will be evaluated as variables, or lists, which will be
57 ;; evaluated as lisp expressions.
59 ;; See the documentation for tempo-define-template for the different
60 ;; items that can be used to define a tempo template.
62 ;; One of the more powerful features of tempo templates are automatic
63 ;; completion. With every template can be assigned a special tag that
64 ;; should be recognized by `tempo-complete-tag' and expanded to the
65 ;; complete template. By default the tags are added to a global list
66 ;; of template tags, and are matched against the last word before
67 ;; point. But if you assign your tags to a specific list, you can also
68 ;; specify another method for matching text in the buffer against the
69 ;; tags. In the HTML mode, for instance, the tags are matched against
70 ;; the text between the last `<' and point.
72 ;; When defining a template named `foo', a symbol named
73 ;; `tempo-template-foo' will be created whose value as a variable will
74 ;; be the template definition, and its function value will be an
75 ;; interactive function that inserts the template at the point.
77 ;; The latest tempo.el distribution can be fetched from
78 ;; ftp.lysator.liu.se in the directory /pub/emacs
80 ;; There is also a WWW page at
81 ;; http://www.lysator.liu.se/~davidk/elisp/ which has some information
85 ;; If the 'o is the first element in a template, strange things can
86 ;; happen when the template is inserted at the beginning of a
87 ;; line. This is due to strange behaviour in open-line. But it should
90 ;; The 'o tag is also a problem when including the region. This will
93 ;; Clicking mouse-2 in the completion buffer gives strange results.
95 ;; There is a bug in some emacs versions that prevents completion from
96 ;; working. If it doesn't work for you, send me a note indicating your
97 ;; emacs version and your problems.
101 ;; These people have given me important feedback and new ideas for
104 ;; Nelson Minar <nelson@santafe.edu>
105 ;; Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
106 ;; Lars Lindberg <Lars.Lindberg@sypro.cap.se>
107 ;; Glen Whitney <Glen.Whitney@math.lsa.umich.edu>
114 "Flexible template insertion."
118 (defcustom tempo-interactive nil
119 "*Prompt user for strings in templates.
120 If this variable is non-nil, `tempo-insert' prompts the
121 user for text to insert in the templates."
125 (defcustom tempo-insert-region nil
126 "*Automatically insert current region when there is a `r' in the template
127 If this variable is nil, `r' elements will be treated just like `p'
128 elements, unless the template function is given a prefix (or a non-nil
129 argument). If this variable is non-nil, the behavior is reversed.
131 In Transient Mark mode, this option is unused."
135 (defcustom tempo-show-completion-buffer t
136 "*If non-nil, show a buffer with possible completions, when only
137 a partial completion can be found."
141 (defcustom tempo-leave-completion-buffer nil
142 "*If nil, a completion buffer generated by \\[tempo-complete-tag]
143 disappears at the next keypress; otherwise, it remains forever."
147 ;;; Internal variables
149 (defvar tempo-insert-string-functions nil
150 "List of functions to run when inserting a string.
151 Each function is called with a single arg, STRING and should return
152 another string. This could be used for making all strings upcase by
153 setting it to '(upcase), for example.")
155 (defvar tempo-tags nil
156 "An association list with tags and corresponding templates.")
158 (defvar tempo-local-tags
'((tempo-tags . nil
))
159 "A list of locally installed tag completion lists.
160 It is a association list where the car of every element is a symbol
161 whose variable value is a template list. The cdr part, if non-nil,
162 is a function or a regexp that defines the string to match. See the
163 documentation for the function `tempo-complete-tag' for more info.
165 `tempo-tags' is always in the last position in this list.")
167 (defvar tempo-collection nil
168 "A collection of all the tags defined for the current buffer.")
170 (defvar tempo-dirty-collection t
171 "Indicates if the tag collection needs to be rebuilt.")
173 (defvar tempo-marks nil
174 "A list of marks to jump to with `\\[tempo-forward-mark]' and `\\[tempo-backward-mark]'.")
176 (defvar tempo-match-finder
"\\b\\([[:word:]]+\\)\\="
177 "The regexp or function used to find the string to match against tags.
179 If `tempo-match-finder' is a string, it should contain a regular
180 expression with at least one \\( \\) pair. When searching for tags,
181 `tempo-complete-tag' calls `re-search-backward' with this string, and
182 the string between the first \\( and \\) is used for matching against
183 each string in the tag list. If one is found, the whole text between
184 the first \\( and the point is replaced with the inserted template.
186 You will probably want to include \\=\\= at the end of the regexp to
187 make sure that the string is matched only against text adjacent to the
190 If `tempo-match-finder' is a symbol, it should be a function that
191 returns a pair of the form (STRING . POS), where STRING is the string
192 used for matching and POS is the buffer position after which text
193 should be replaced with a template.")
195 (defvar tempo-user-elements nil
196 "Element handlers for user-defined elements.
197 A list of symbols which are bound to functions that take one argument.
198 This function should return something to be sent to `tempo-insert' if
199 it recognizes the argument, and nil otherwise.")
201 (defvar tempo-named-insertions nil
202 "Temporary storage for named insertions.")
204 (defvar tempo-region-start
(make-marker)
205 "Region start when inserting around the region.")
207 (defvar tempo-region-stop
(make-marker)
208 "Region stop when inserting around the region.")
210 ;; Make some variables local to every buffer
212 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tempo-marks
)
213 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tempo-local-tags
)
214 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tempo-match-finder
)
215 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tempo-collection
)
216 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tempo-dirty-collection
)
221 ;; tempo-define-template
223 (defun tempo-define-template (name elements
&optional tag documentation taglist
)
225 This function creates a template variable `tempo-template-NAME' and an
226 interactive function `tempo-template-NAME' that inserts the template
227 at the point. The created function is returned.
229 NAME is a string that contains the name of the template, ELEMENTS is a
230 list of elements in the template, TAG is the tag used for completion,
231 DOCUMENTATION is the documentation string for the insertion command
232 created, and TAGLIST (a symbol) is the tag list that TAG (if provided)
233 should be added to. If TAGLIST is nil and TAG is non-nil, TAG is
234 added to `tempo-tags'.
236 The elements in ELEMENTS can be of several types:
238 - A string: It is sent to the hooks in `tempo-insert-string-functions',
239 and the result is inserted.
240 - The symbol `p': This position is saved in `tempo-marks'.
241 - The symbol `r': If `tempo-insert' is called with ON-REGION non-nil
242 the current region is placed here. Otherwise it works like `p'.
243 - (p PROMPT <NAME> <NOINSERT>): If `tempo-interactive' is non-nil, the
244 user is prompted in the minibuffer with PROMPT for a string to be
245 inserted. If the optional parameter NAME is non-nil, the text is
246 saved for later insertion with the `s' tag. If there already is
247 something saved under NAME that value is used instead and no
248 prompting is made. If NOINSERT is provided and non-nil, nothing is
249 inserted, but text is still saved when a NAME is provided. For
250 clarity, the symbol `noinsert' should be used as argument.
251 - (P PROMPT <NAME> <NOINSERT>): Works just like the previous tag, but
252 forces `tempo-interactive' to be true.
253 - (r PROMPT <NAME> <NOINSERT>): Like the previous tag, but if
254 `tempo-interactive' is nil and `tempo-insert' is called with
255 ON-REGION non-nil, the current region is placed here. This usually
256 happens when you call the template function with a prefix argument.
257 - (s NAME): Inserts text previously read with the (p ..) construct.
258 Finds the insertion saved under NAME and inserts it. Acts like `p'
259 if tempo-interactive is nil.
260 - `&': If there is only whitespace between the line start and point,
261 nothing happens. Otherwise a newline is inserted.
262 - `%': If there is only whitespace between point and end of line,
263 nothing happens. Otherwise a newline is inserted.
264 - `n': Inserts a newline.
265 - `>': The line is indented using `indent-according-to-mode'. Note
266 that you often should place this item after the text you want on
268 - `r>': Like `r', but it also indents the region.
269 - `n>': Inserts a newline and indents line.
270 - `o': Like `%' but leaves the point before the newline.
271 - nil: It is ignored.
272 - Anything else: It is evaluated and the result is treated as an
273 element to be inserted. One additional tag is useful for these
274 cases. If an expression returns a list '(l foo bar), the elements
275 after `l' will be inserted according to the usual rules. This makes
276 it possible to return several elements from one expression."
277 (let* ((template-name (intern (concat "tempo-template-"
279 (command-name template-name
))
280 (set template-name elements
)
281 (fset command-name
(list 'lambda
(list '&optional
'arg
)
283 (concat "Insert a " name
"."))
284 (list 'interactive
"*P")
285 (list 'tempo-insert-template
(list 'quote
287 (list 'if
'tempo-insert-region
288 (list 'not
'arg
) 'arg
))))
290 (tempo-add-tag tag template-name taglist
))
294 ;;; tempo-insert-template
296 (defun tempo-insert-template (template on-region
)
298 TEMPLATE is the template to be inserted. If ON-REGION is non-nil the
299 `r' elements are replaced with the current region. In Transient Mark
300 mode, ON-REGION is ignored and assumed true if the region is active."
303 (if (or (and (boundp 'transient-mark-mode
) ; For Emacs
306 (if (featurep 'xemacs
)
307 (and zmacs-regions
(mark))))
310 (set-marker tempo-region-start
(min (mark) (point)))
311 (set-marker tempo-region-stop
(max (mark) (point))))
313 (goto-char tempo-region-start
))
315 (tempo-insert-mark (point-marker))
316 (mapcar (function (lambda (elt)
317 (tempo-insert elt on-region
)))
318 (symbol-value template
))
319 (tempo-insert-mark (point-marker)))
320 (tempo-forward-mark))
321 (tempo-forget-insertions)
322 ;; Should I check for zmacs here too???
323 (and (boundp 'transient-mark-mode
)
330 (defun tempo-insert (element on-region
)
331 "Insert a template element.
332 Insert one element from a template. If ON-REGION is non-nil the `r'
333 elements are replaced with the current region.
335 See documentation for `tempo-define-template' for the kind of elements
337 (cond ((stringp element
) (tempo-process-and-insert-string element
))
338 ((and (consp element
)
339 (eq (car element
) 'p
)) (tempo-insert-prompt-compat
341 ((and (consp element
)
342 (eq (car element
) 'P
)) (let ((tempo-interactive t
))
343 (tempo-insert-prompt-compat
345 ;;; ((and (consp element)
346 ;;; (eq (car element) 'v)) (tempo-save-named
349 ;;; (nth 2 element)))
350 ((and (consp element
)
351 (eq (car element
) 'r
)) (if on-region
352 (goto-char tempo-region-stop
)
353 (tempo-insert-prompt-compat
355 ((and (consp element
)
356 (eq (car element
) 's
)) (tempo-insert-named (car (cdr element
))))
357 ((and (consp element
)
358 (eq (car element
) 'l
)) (mapcar (function
360 (tempo-insert elt on-region
)))
362 ((eq element
'p
) (tempo-insert-mark (point-marker)))
363 ((eq element
'r
) (if on-region
364 (goto-char tempo-region-stop
)
365 (tempo-insert-mark (point-marker))))
366 ((eq element
'r
>) (if on-region
368 (goto-char tempo-region-stop
)
369 (indent-region (mark) (point) nil
))
370 (tempo-insert-mark (point-marker))))
371 ((eq element
'>) (indent-according-to-mode))
372 ((eq element
'&) (if (not (or (= (current-column) 0)
375 "^\\s-*\\=" nil t
))))
377 ((eq element
'%
) (if (not (or (eolp)
380 "\\=\\s-*$" nil t
))))
382 ((eq element
'n
) (insert "\n"))
383 ((eq element
'n
>) (insert "\n") (indent-according-to-mode))
384 ;; Bug: If the 'o is the first element in a template, strange
385 ;; things can happen when the template is inserted at the
386 ;; beginning of a line.
387 ((eq element
'o
) (if (not (or on-region
391 "\\=\\s-*$" nil t
))))
394 (t (tempo-insert (or (tempo-is-user-element element
)
399 ;;; tempo-insert-prompt
401 (defun tempo-insert-prompt-compat (prompt)
402 "Compatibility hack for `tempo-insert-prompt'.
403 PROMPT can be either a prompt string, or a list of arguments to
404 `tempo-insert-prompt', or nil."
405 (if (consp prompt
) ; not nil either
406 (apply 'tempo-insert-prompt prompt
)
407 (tempo-insert-prompt prompt
)))
409 (defun tempo-insert-prompt (prompt &optional save-name no-insert
)
410 "Prompt for a text string and insert it in the current buffer.
411 If the variable `tempo-interactive' is non-nil the user is prompted
412 for a string in the minibuffer, which is then inserted in the current
413 buffer. If `tempo-interactive' is nil, the current point is placed on
416 PROMPT is the prompt string, SAVE-NAME is a name to save the inserted
417 text under. If the optional argument NO-INSERT is non-nil, no text is
418 inserted. This can be useful when there is a SAVE-NAME.
420 If there already is a value for SAVE-NAME, it is used and the user is
423 (previous (and save-name
424 (tempo-lookup-named save-name
))))
426 ;; Insert previous value, unless no-insert is non-nil
429 (tempo-insert-named save-name
)) ; A double lookup here, but who
431 ;; If no-insert is non-nil, don't insert the previous value. Just
435 ;; No previous value. Prompt or insert mark
437 (if (not (stringp prompt
))
438 (error "tempo: The prompt (%s) is not a string" prompt
))
439 (setq insertion
(read-string prompt
))
443 (tempo-save-named save-name insertion
)))
445 (tempo-insert-mark (point-marker))))))
448 ;;; tempo-is-user-element
450 (defun tempo-is-user-element (element)
451 "Tries all the user-defined element handlers in `tempo-user-elements'."
452 ;; Sigh... I need (some list)
454 (mapcar (function (lambda (handler)
455 (let ((result (funcall handler element
)))
456 (if result
(throw 'found result
)))))
461 ;;; tempo-forget-insertions
463 (defun tempo-forget-insertions ()
464 "Forget all the saved named insertions."
465 (setq tempo-named-insertions nil
))
470 (defun tempo-save-named (name data
) ; Had an optional prompt for 'v
471 "Save some data for later insertion
472 The contents of DATA is saved under the name NAME.
474 The data can later be retrieved with `tempo-lookup-named'.
476 This function returns nil, so it can be used in a template without
478 (setq tempo-named-insertions
479 (cons (cons name data
)
480 tempo-named-insertions
))
484 ;;; tempo-lookup-named
486 (defun tempo-lookup-named (name)
487 "Lookup some saved data under the name NAME.
488 Returns the data if NAME was found, and nil otherwise."
489 (cdr (assq name tempo-named-insertions
)))
492 ;;; tempo-insert-named
494 (defun tempo-insert-named (name)
495 "Insert the previous insertion saved under a named specified in NAME.
496 If there is no such name saved, a tempo mark is inserted.
498 Note that if the data is a string, it will not be run through the string
500 (let* ((insertion (tempo-lookup-named name
)))
501 (cond ((null insertion
)
502 (tempo-insert-mark (point-marker)))
506 (tempo-insert insertion nil
)))))
510 ;;; tempo-process-and-insert-string
512 (defun tempo-process-and-insert-string (string)
513 "Insert a string from a template.
514 Run a string through the preprocessors in `tempo-insert-string-functions'
515 and insert the results."
516 (cond ((null tempo-insert-string-functions
)
518 ((symbolp tempo-insert-string-functions
)
520 (funcall tempo-insert-string-functions string
)))
521 ((listp tempo-insert-string-functions
)
522 (dolist (fn tempo-insert-string-functions
)
523 (setq string
(funcall fn string
))))
525 (error "Bogus value in tempo-insert-string-functions: %s"
526 tempo-insert-string-functions
)))
530 ;;; tempo-insert-mark
532 (defun tempo-insert-mark (mark)
533 "Insert a mark `tempo-marks' while keeping it sorted."
534 (cond ((null tempo-marks
) (setq tempo-marks
(list mark
)))
535 ((< mark
(car tempo-marks
)) (setq tempo-marks
(cons mark tempo-marks
)))
536 (t (let ((lp tempo-marks
))
538 (<= (car (cdr lp
)) mark
))
540 (if (not (= mark
(car lp
)))
541 (setcdr lp
(cons mark
(cdr lp
))))))))
544 ;;; tempo-forward-mark
546 (defun tempo-forward-mark ()
547 "Jump to the next mark in `tempo-forward-mark-list'."
549 (let ((next-mark (catch 'found
554 (throw 'found mark
))))
556 ;; return nil if not found
559 (goto-char next-mark
))))
562 ;;; tempo-backward-mark
564 (defun tempo-backward-mark ()
565 "Jump to the previous mark in `tempo-back-mark-list'."
567 (let ((prev-mark (catch 'found
572 (if (<= (point) mark
)
578 (goto-char prev-mark
))))
583 (defun tempo-add-tag (tag template
&optional tag-list
)
585 Add the TAG, that should complete to TEMPLATE to the list in TAG-LIST,
586 or to `tempo-tags' if TAG-LIST is nil."
588 (interactive "sTag: \nCTemplate: ")
590 (setq tag-list
'tempo-tags
))
591 (if (not (assoc tag
(symbol-value tag-list
)))
592 (set tag-list
(cons (cons tag template
) (symbol-value tag-list
))))
593 (tempo-invalidate-collection))
596 ;;; tempo-use-tag-list
598 (defun tempo-use-tag-list (tag-list &optional completion-function
)
599 "Install TAG-LIST to be used for template completion in the current buffer.
600 TAG-LIST is a symbol whose variable value is a tag list created with
603 COMPLETION-FUNCTION is an obsolete option for specifying an optional
604 function or string that is used by `\\[tempo-complete-tag]' to find a
605 string to match the tag against. It has the same definition as the
606 variable `tempo-match-finder'. In this version, supplying a
607 COMPLETION-FUNCTION just sets `tempo-match-finder' locally."
608 (let ((old (assq tag-list tempo-local-tags
)))
610 (setcdr old completion-function
)
611 (setq tempo-local-tags
(cons (cons tag-list completion-function
)
613 (if completion-function
614 (setq tempo-match-finder completion-function
))
615 (tempo-invalidate-collection))
618 ;;; tempo-invalidate-collection
620 (defun tempo-invalidate-collection ()
621 "Marks the tag collection as obsolete.
622 Whenever it is needed again it will be rebuilt."
623 (setq tempo-dirty-collection t
))
626 ;;; tempo-build-collection
628 (defun tempo-build-collection ()
629 "Build a collection of all the tags and return it.
630 If `tempo-dirty-collection' is nil, the old collection is reused."
632 (or (and (not tempo-dirty-collection
)
634 (setq tempo-collection
635 (apply (function append
)
636 (mapcar (function (lambda (tag-list)
638 ; tempo-local-tags changes,
640 (eval (car tag-list
))))
642 (setq tempo-dirty-collection nil
)))
645 ;;; tempo-find-match-string
647 (defun tempo-find-match-string (finder)
648 "Find a string to be matched against a tag list.
649 FINDER is a function or a string. Returns (STRING . POS), or nil
650 if no reasonable string is found."
651 (cond ((stringp finder
)
654 (or (setq successful
(re-search-backward finder nil t
))
657 (cons (buffer-substring (match-beginning 1)
658 (match-end 1)) ; This seems to be a
666 ;;; tempo-complete-tag
668 (defun tempo-complete-tag (&optional silent
)
669 "Look for a tag and expand it.
670 All the tags in the tag lists in `tempo-local-tags'
671 \(this includes `tempo-tags') are searched for a match for the text
672 before the point. The way the string to match for is determined can
673 be altered with the variable `tempo-match-finder'. If
674 `tempo-match-finder' returns nil, then the results are the same as
677 If a single match is found, the corresponding template is expanded in
678 place of the matching string.
680 If a partial completion or no match at all is found, and SILENT is
681 non-nil, the function will give a signal.
683 If a partial completion is found and `tempo-show-completion-buffer' is
684 non-nil, a buffer containing possible completions is displayed."
686 ;; This function may look like a hack, but this is how I want it to
689 (let* ((collection (tempo-build-collection))
690 (match-info (tempo-find-match-string tempo-match-finder
))
691 (match-string (car match-info
))
692 (match-start (cdr match-info
))
693 (exact (assoc match-string collection
))
694 (compl (or (car exact
)
695 (and match-info
(try-completion match-string collection
)))))
696 (if compl
(delete-region match-start
(point)))
697 (cond ((null match-info
) (or silent
(ding)))
698 ((null compl
) (or silent
(ding)))
699 ((eq compl t
) (tempo-insert-template
700 (cdr (assoc match-string
703 (t (if (setq exact
(assoc compl collection
))
704 (tempo-insert-template (cdr exact
) nil
)
707 (if tempo-show-completion-buffer
708 (tempo-display-completions match-string
713 ;;; tempo-display-completions
715 (defun tempo-display-completions (string tag-list
)
716 "Show a buffer containing possible completions for STRING."
717 (if tempo-leave-completion-buffer
718 (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Completions*"
719 (display-completion-list
720 (all-completions string tag-list
)
722 (save-window-excursion
723 (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Completions*"
724 (display-completion-list
725 (all-completions string tag-list
)
730 ;;; tempo-expand-if-complete
732 (defun tempo-expand-if-complete ()
733 "Expand the tag before point if it is complete.
734 Returns non-nil if an expansion was made and nil otherwise.
736 This could as an example be used in a command that is bound to the
737 space bar, and looks something like this:
739 \(defun tempo-space ()
741 (or (tempo-expand-if-complete)
745 (let* ((collection (tempo-build-collection))
746 (match-info (tempo-find-match-string tempo-match-finder
))
747 (match-string (car match-info
))
748 (match-start (cdr match-info
))
749 (exact (assoc match-string collection
)))
752 (delete-region match-start
(point))
753 (tempo-insert-template (cdr exact
) nil
)
759 ;;; arch-tag: b3c0ee36-db3b-47bc-875f-091b4e27a063
760 ;;; tempo.el ends here