1 ;;; rect.el --- rectangle functions for GNU Emacs.
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Maintainer: Didier Verna <verna@inf.enst.fr>
8 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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23 ;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
27 ;; This package provides the operations on rectangles that are documented
28 ;; in the Emacs manual.
30 ;; ### NOTE: this file has been almost completely rewritten by Didier Verna
31 ;; <verna@inf.enst.fr> in July 1999. The purpose of this rewrite is to be less
32 ;; intrusive and fill lines with whitespaces only when needed. A few functions
33 ;; are untouched though, as noted above their definition.
39 (defun move-to-column-force (column &optional flag
)
40 "Move point to column COLUMN rigidly in the current line.
41 If COLUMN is within a multi-column character, replace it by
44 As for `move-to-column', passing anything but nil or t in FLAG will move to
45 the desired column only if the line is long enough."
46 (let ((col (move-to-column column
(or flag t
))))
50 (insert-char ?
(- column
(current-column)))
56 ;; not used any more --dv
57 ;; extract-rectangle-line stores lines into this list
58 ;; to accumulate them for extract-rectangle and delete-extract-rectangle.
59 (defvar operate-on-rectangle-lines
)
61 ;; ### NOTE: this function is untouched, but not used anymore apart from
62 ;; `delete-whitespace-rectangle'. `apply-on-rectangle' is used instead. --dv
63 (defun operate-on-rectangle (function start end coerce-tabs
)
64 "Call FUNCTION for each line of rectangle with corners at START, END.
65 If COERCE-TABS is non-nil, convert multi-column characters
66 that span the starting or ending columns on any line
67 to multiple spaces before calling FUNCTION.
68 FUNCTION is called with three arguments:
69 position of start of segment of this line within the rectangle,
70 number of columns that belong to rectangle but are before that position,
71 number of columns that belong to rectangle but are after point.
72 Point is at the end of the segment of this line within the rectangle."
73 (let (startcol startlinepos endcol endlinepos
)
76 (setq startcol
(current-column))
78 (setq startlinepos
(point)))
81 (setq endcol
(current-column))
83 (setq endlinepos
(point-marker)))
84 (if (< endcol startcol
)
85 (setq startcol
(prog1 endcol
(setq endcol startcol
))))
87 (goto-char startlinepos
)
88 (while (< (point) endlinepos
)
89 (let (startpos begextra endextra
)
91 (move-to-column-force startcol
)
92 (move-to-column startcol
))
93 (setq begextra
(- (current-column) startcol
))
94 (setq startpos
(point))
96 (move-to-column-force endcol
)
97 (move-to-column endcol
))
98 ;; If we overshot, move back one character
99 ;; so that endextra will be positive.
100 (if (and (not coerce-tabs
) (> (current-column) endcol
))
102 (setq endextra
(- endcol
(current-column)))
104 (setq endextra
(+ endextra begextra
)
106 (funcall function startpos begextra endextra
))
108 (- endcol startcol
)))
110 ;; The replacement for `operate-on-rectangle' -- dv
111 (defun apply-on-rectangle (function start end
&rest args
)
112 "Call FUNCTION for each line of rectangle with corners at START, END.
113 FUNCTION is called with two arguments: the start and end columns of the
114 rectangle, plus ARGS extra arguments. Point is at the beginning of line when
115 the function is called."
116 (let (startcol startpt endcol endpt
)
119 (setq startcol
(current-column))
121 (setq startpt
(point))
123 (setq endcol
(current-column))
125 (setq endpt
(point-marker))
126 ;; ensure the start column is the left one.
127 (if (< endcol startcol
)
128 (let ((col startcol
))
129 (setq startcol endcol endcol col
)))
130 ;; start looping over lines
132 (while (< (point) endpt
)
133 (apply function startcol endcol args
)
137 (defun delete-rectangle-line (startcol endcol fill
)
138 (let ((pt (line-end-position)))
139 (when (= (move-to-column-force startcol
(or fill
'coerce
)) startcol
)
140 (if (and (not fill
) (<= pt endcol
))
141 (delete-region (point) pt
)
144 (move-to-column-force endcol
)
145 (delete-region pt
(point))))
148 (defun delete-extract-rectangle-line (startcol endcol lines fill
)
149 (let ((pt (point-at-eol)))
150 (if (< (move-to-column-force startcol
(or fill
'coerce
)) startcol
)
151 (setcdr lines
(cons (spaces-string (- endcol startcol
))
155 (move-to-column-force endcol
)
156 (setcdr lines
(cons (buffer-substring pt
(point)) (cdr lines
)))
157 (delete-region pt
(point)))
160 ;; ### NOTE: this is actually the only function that needs to do complicated
161 ;; stuff like what's happening in `operate-on-rectangle', because the buffer
162 ;; might be read-only. --dv
163 (defun extract-rectangle-line (startcol endcol lines
)
164 (let (start end begextra endextra line
)
165 (move-to-column startcol
)
167 begextra
(- (current-column) startcol
))
168 (move-to-column endcol
)
170 endextra
(- endcol
(current-column)))
171 (setq line
(buffer-substring start
(point)))
173 (setq endextra
(+ endextra begextra
)
178 (while (search-forward "\t" end t
)
179 (let ((width (- (current-column)
180 (save-excursion (forward-char -
1)
182 (setq line
(concat (substring line
0 (- (point) end
1))
183 (spaces-string width
)
184 (substring line
(+ (length line
)
185 (- (point) end
)))))))
186 (if (or (> begextra
0) (> endextra
0))
187 (setq line
(concat (spaces-string begextra
)
189 (spaces-string endextra
))))
190 (setcdr lines
(cons line
(cdr lines
)))))
192 (defconst spaces-strings
193 '["" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "])
195 ;; this one is untouched --dv
196 (defun spaces-string (n)
197 (if (<= n
8) (aref spaces-strings n
)
200 (setq val
(concat " " val
)
202 (concat val
(aref spaces-strings n
)))))
205 (defun delete-rectangle (start end
&optional fill
)
206 "Delete (don't save) text in the region-rectangle.
207 The same range of columns is deleted in each line starting with the
208 line where the region begins and ending with the line where the region
211 When called from a program the rectangle's corners are START and END.
212 With a prefix (or a FILL) argument, also fill lines where nothing has
214 (interactive "*r\nP")
215 (apply-on-rectangle 'delete-rectangle-line start end fill
))
218 (defun delete-extract-rectangle (start end
&optional fill
)
219 "Delete the contents of the rectangle with corners at START and END.
220 Return it as a list of strings, one for each line of the rectangle.
222 When called from a program the rectangle's corners are START and END.
223 With an optional FILL argument, also fill lines where nothing has to be
225 (let ((lines (list nil
)))
226 (apply-on-rectangle 'delete-extract-rectangle-line start end lines fill
)
227 (nreverse (cdr lines
))))
230 (defun extract-rectangle (start end
)
231 "Return the contents of the rectangle with corners at START and END.
232 Return it as a list of strings, one for each line of the rectangle."
233 (let ((lines (list nil
)))
234 (apply-on-rectangle 'extract-rectangle-line start end lines
)
235 (nreverse (cdr lines
))))
237 (defvar killed-rectangle nil
238 "Rectangle for `yank-rectangle' to insert.")
241 (defun kill-rectangle (start end
&optional fill
)
242 "Delete the region-rectangle and save it as the last killed one.
244 When called from a program the rectangle's corners are START and END.
245 You might prefer to use `delete-extract-rectangle' from a program.
247 With a prefix (or a FILL) argument, also fill lines where nothing has to be
249 (interactive "*r\nP")
250 (when buffer-read-only
251 (setq killed-rectangle
(extract-rectangle start end
))
252 (barf-if-buffer-read-only))
253 (setq killed-rectangle
(delete-extract-rectangle start end fill
)))
255 ;; this one is untouched --dv
257 (defun yank-rectangle ()
258 "Yank the last killed rectangle with upper left corner at point."
260 (insert-rectangle killed-rectangle
))
262 ;; this one is untoutched --dv
264 (defun insert-rectangle (rectangle)
265 "Insert text of RECTANGLE with upper left corner at point.
266 RECTANGLE's first line is inserted at point, its second
267 line is inserted at a point vertically under point, etc.
268 RECTANGLE should be a list of strings.
269 After this command, the mark is at the upper left corner
270 and point is at the lower right corner."
271 (let ((lines rectangle
)
272 (insertcolumn (current-column))
279 (or (bolp) (insert ?
\n))
280 (move-to-column-force insertcolumn
)))
283 (setq lines
(cdr lines
)))))
286 (defun open-rectangle (start end
&optional fill
)
287 "Blank out the region-rectangle, shifting text right.
289 The text previously in the region is not overwritten by the blanks,
290 but instead winds up to the right of the rectangle.
292 When called from a program the rectangle's corners are START and END.
293 With a prefix (or a FILL) argument, fill with blanks even if there is no text
294 on the right side of the rectangle."
295 (interactive "*r\nP")
296 (apply-on-rectangle 'open-rectangle-line start end fill
)
299 (defun open-rectangle-line (startcol endcol fill
)
300 (when (= (move-to-column-force startcol
(or fill
'coerce
)) startcol
)
301 (unless (and (not fill
)
302 (= (point) (point-at-eol)))
303 (indent-to endcol
))))
305 (defun delete-whitespace-rectangle-line (startcol endcol fill
)
306 (when (= (move-to-column-force startcol
(or fill
'coerce
)) startcol
)
307 (unless (= (point) (point-at-eol))
308 (delete-region (point) (progn (skip-syntax-forward " ") (point))))
311 ;;;###autoload (defalias 'close-rectangle 'delete-whitespace-rectangle) ;; Old name
313 (defun delete-whitespace-rectangle (start end
&optional fill
)
314 "Delete all whitespace following a specified column in each line.
315 The left edge of the rectangle specifies the position in each line
316 at which whitespace deletion should begin. On each line in the
317 rectangle, all continuous whitespace starting at that column is deleted.
319 When called from a program the rectangle's corners are START and END.
320 With a prefix (or a FILL) argument, also fill too short lines."
321 (interactive "*r\nP")
322 (apply-on-rectangle 'delete-whitespace-rectangle-line start end fill
))
324 ;; not used any more --dv
325 ;; string-rectangle uses this variable to pass the string
326 ;; to string-rectangle-line.
327 (defvar string-rectangle-string
)
330 (defun string-rectangle (start end string
)
331 "Insert STRING on each line of the region-rectangle, shifting text right.
333 When called from a program the rectangle's corners are START and END.
334 The left edge of the rectangle specifies the column for insertion.
335 This command does not delete or overwrite any existing text."
336 (interactive "*r\nsString rectangle: ")
337 ;; XEmacs tests `pending-delete-mode' here, and replaces the
338 ;; rectangle if that's on. Using `delete-selection-mode' here would
339 ;; only be useful if `mark-even-if-inactive' is on since otherwise
340 ;; we need the mark to be active, given the interactive spec, and
341 ;; then we'd always delete. Maybe revisit this and consider testing
342 ;; `mark-even-if-inactive' too?
343 (apply-on-rectangle 'string-rectangle-line start end string nil
))
345 (defun string-rectangle-line (startcol endcol string delete
)
346 (move-to-column-force startcol
)
348 (delete-rectangle-line startcol endcol nil
))
352 (defun replace-rectangle (start end string
)
353 "Like `string-rectangle', but replace the original region."
354 (interactive "*r\nsString rectangle: ")
355 (apply-on-rectangle 'string-rectangle-line start end string t
))
358 (defun clear-rectangle (start end
&optional fill
)
359 "Blank out the region-rectangle.
360 The text previously in the region is overwritten with blanks.
362 When called from a program the rectangle's corners are START and END.
363 With a prefix (or a FILL) argument, also fill with blanks the parts of the
364 rectangle which were empty."
365 (interactive "*r\nP")
366 (apply-on-rectangle 'clear-rectangle-line start end fill
))
368 (defun clear-rectangle-line (startcol endcol fill
)
369 (let ((pt (point-at-eol))
371 (when (= (move-to-column-force startcol
(or fill
'coerce
)) startcol
)
373 (<= (save-excursion (goto-char pt
) (current-column)) endcol
))
374 (delete-region (point) pt
)
377 (move-to-column-force endcol
)
378 (setq spaces
(- (point) pt
))
379 (delete-region pt
(point))
380 (indent-to (+ (current-column) spaces
))))
385 ;;; rect.el ends here