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1 ;;; auto-show.el --- perform automatic horizontal scrolling as point moves
2 ;;; This file is in the public domain.
4 ;;; Keywords: scroll display minor-mode
5 ;;; Author: Pete Ware <ware@cis.ohio-state.edu>
6 ;;; Maintainer: FSF
8 ;;; Commentary:
10 ;;; This file provides functions that
11 ;;; automatically scroll the window horizontally when the point moves
12 ;;; off the left or right side of the window.
14 ;;; Once this library is loaded, automatic horizontal scrolling
15 ;;; occurs whenever long lines are being truncated.
16 ;;; To request truncation of long lines, set the variable
17 ;;; Setting the variable `truncate-lines' to non-nil.
18 ;;; You can do this for all buffers as follows:
19 ;;;
20 ;;; (set-default 'truncate-lines t)
22 ;;; Here is how to do it for C mode only:
23 ;;;
24 ;;; (set-default 'truncate-lines nil) ; this is the original value
25 ;;; (defun my-c-mode-hook ()
26 ;;; "Run when C-mode starts up. Changes ..."
27 ;;; ... set various personal preferences ...
28 ;;; (setq truncate-lines t))
29 ;;; (add-hook 'c-mode-hook 'my-c-mode-hook)
30 ;;;
31 ;;;
32 ;;; As a finer level of control, you can still have truncated lines but
33 ;;; without the automatic horizontal scrolling by setting the buffer
34 ;;; local variable `auto-show-mode' to nil. The default value is t.
35 ;;; The command `auto-show-mode' toggles the value of the variable
36 ;;; `auto-show-mode'.
38 ;;; Code:
40 (defgroup auto-show nil
41 "Perform automatic horizontal scrolling as point moves."
42 :group 'editing)
44 (defcustom auto-show-mode t
45 "*Non-nil enables automatic horizontal scrolling, when lines are truncated.
46 The default value is t. To change the default, do this:
47 (set-default 'auto-show-mode nil)
48 See also command `auto-show-mode'.
49 This variable has no effect when lines are not being truncated.
50 This variable is automatically local in each buffer where it is set."
51 :type 'boolean
52 :group 'auto-show)
54 (make-variable-buffer-local 'auto-show-mode)
56 (defcustom auto-show-shift-amount 8
57 "*Extra columns to scroll. for automatic horizontal scrolling."
58 :type 'integer
59 :group 'auto-show)
61 (defcustom auto-show-show-left-margin-threshold 50
62 "*Threshold column for automatic horizontal scrolling to the right.
63 If point is before this column, we try to scroll to make the left margin
64 visible. Setting this to 0 disables this feature."
65 :type 'integer
66 :group 'auto-show)
68 (defun auto-show-truncationp ()
69 "True if line truncation is enabled for the selected window."
70 (or truncate-lines
71 (and truncate-partial-width-windows
72 (< (window-width) (frame-width)))))
74 ;;;###autoload
75 (defun auto-show-mode (arg)
76 "Turn automatic horizontal scroll mode on or off.
77 With arg, turn auto scrolling on if arg is positive, off otherwise.
78 This mode is enabled or disabled for each buffer individually.
79 It takes effect only when `truncate-lines' is non-nil."
80 (interactive "P")
81 (setq auto-show-mode
82 (if (null arg)
83 (not auto-show-mode)
84 (> (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0))))
86 (defun auto-show-make-point-visible (&optional ignore-arg)
87 "Scroll horizontally to make point visible, if that is enabled.
88 This function only does something if `auto-show-mode' is non-nil
89 and longlines are being truncated in the selected window.
90 See also the command `auto-show-mode'."
91 (interactive)
92 (if (and auto-show-mode (auto-show-truncationp)
93 (equal (window-buffer) (current-buffer)))
94 (let* ((col (current-column)) ;column on line point is at
95 (scroll (window-hscroll)) ;how far window is scrolled
96 (w-width (- (window-width)
97 (if (> scroll 0)
98 2 1))) ;how wide window is on the screen
99 (right-col (+ scroll w-width)))
100 (if (and (< col auto-show-show-left-margin-threshold)
101 (< col (window-width))
102 (> scroll 0))
103 (scroll-right scroll)
104 (if (< col scroll) ;to the left of the screen
105 (scroll-right (+ (- scroll col) auto-show-shift-amount))
106 (if (or (> col right-col) ;to the right of the screen
107 (and (= col right-col)
108 (not (eolp))))
109 (scroll-left (+ auto-show-shift-amount
110 (- col (+ scroll w-width))))
118 ;; Do auto-scrolling after commands.
119 (add-hook 'post-command-hook 'auto-show-make-point-visible)
121 ;; Do auto-scrolling in comint buffers after process output also.
122 (add-hook 'comint-output-filter-functions 'auto-show-make-point-visible t)
124 (provide 'auto-show)
126 ;; auto-show.el ends here