1 ;;; mh-compat.el --- make MH-E compatibile with various versions of Emacs
3 ;; Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>
6 ;; Maintainer: Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>
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31 ;; This is a good place to gather code that is used for compatibility
32 ;; between different versions of Emacs. Please document which versions
33 ;; of Emacs that the defsubst, defalias, or defmacro applies. That
34 ;; way, it's easy to occasionally go through this file and see which
35 ;; macros we can retire.
37 ;; Please use mh-gnus.el when providing compatibility with different
40 ;; Items are listed alphabetically (except for mh-require which is
41 ;; needed sooner it would normally appear).
46 (defalias 'mh-require
'require
))
49 (defun mh-require (feature &optional filename noerror
)
50 "If feature FEATURE is not loaded, load it from FILENAME.
51 If FEATURE is not a member of the list `features', then the feature
52 is not loaded; so load the file FILENAME.
53 If FILENAME is omitted, the printname of FEATURE is used as the file name.
54 If the optional third argument NOERROR is non-nil,
55 then return nil if the file is not found instead of signaling an error.
57 Simulate NOERROR argument in XEmacs which lacks it."
58 (if (not (featurep feature
))
60 (load filename noerror t
)
61 (load (format "%s" feature
) noerror t
)))))
63 (defun-mh mh-assoc-string assoc-string
(key list case-fold
)
64 "Like `assoc' but specifically for strings.
65 Case is ignored if CASE-FOLD is non-nil.
66 This function is used by Emacs versions that lack `assoc-string',
67 introduced in Emacs 22."
69 (assoc-ignore-case key list
)
73 (defalias 'mh-cancel-timer
74 (if (fboundp 'cancel-timer
)
78 (defun mh-display-color-cells (&optional display
)
79 "Return the number of color cells supported by DISPLAY.
80 This function is used by XEmacs to return 2 when `device-color-cells'
81 or `display-color-cells' returns nil. This happens when compiling or
82 running on a tty and causes errors since `display-color-cells' is
83 expected to return an integer."
84 (cond ((fboundp 'display-color-cells
) ; GNU Emacs, XEmacs 21.5b28
85 (or (display-color-cells display
) 2))
86 ((fboundp 'device-color-cells
) ; XEmacs 21.4
87 (or (device-color-cells display
) 2))
90 (defmacro mh-display-completion-list
(completions &optional common-substring
)
91 "Display the list of COMPLETIONS.
92 See documentation for `display-completion-list' for a description of the
93 arguments COMPLETIONS and perhaps COMMON-SUBSTRING.
94 This macro is used by Emacs versions that lack a COMMON-SUBSTRING
95 argument, introduced in Emacs 22."
96 (if (< emacs-major-version
22)
97 `(display-completion-list ,completions
)
98 `(display-completion-list ,completions
,common-substring
)))
100 (defmacro mh-face-foreground
(face &optional frame inherit
)
101 "Return the foreground color name of FACE, or nil if unspecified.
102 See documentation for `face-foreground' for a description of the
103 arguments FACE, FRAME, and perhaps INHERIT.
104 This macro is used by Emacs versions that lack an INHERIT argument,
105 introduced in Emacs 22."
106 (if (< emacs-major-version
22)
107 `(face-foreground ,face
,frame
)
108 `(face-foreground ,face
,frame
,inherit
)))
110 (defmacro mh-face-background
(face &optional frame inherit
)
111 "Return the background color name of face, or nil if unspecified.
112 See documentation for `back-foreground' for a description of the
113 arguments FACE, FRAME, and INHERIT.
114 This macro is used by Emacs versions that lack an INHERIT argument,
115 introduced in Emacs 22."
116 (if (< emacs-major-version
22)
117 `(face-background ,face
,frame
)
118 `(face-background ,face
,frame
,inherit
)))
120 (defun-mh mh-font-lock-add-keywords font-lock-add-keywords
121 (mode keywords
&optional how
)
122 "XEmacs does not have `font-lock-add-keywords'.
123 This function returns nil on that system.")
125 (defun-mh mh-image-load-path-for-library
126 image-load-path-for-library
(library image
&optional path no-error
)
127 "Return a suitable search path for images used by LIBRARY.
129 It searches for IMAGE in `image-load-path' (excluding
130 \"`data-directory'/images\") and `load-path', followed by a path
131 suitable for LIBRARY, which includes \"../../etc/images\" and
132 \"../etc/images\" relative to the library file itself, and then
133 in \"`data-directory'/images\".
135 Then this function returns a list of directories which contains
136 first the directory in which IMAGE was found, followed by the
137 value of `load-path'. If PATH is given, it is used instead of
140 If NO-ERROR is non-nil and a suitable path can't be found, don't
141 signal an error. Instead, return a list of directories as before,
142 except that nil appears in place of the image directory.
144 Here is an example that uses a common idiom to provide
145 compatibility with versions of Emacs that lack the variable
149 (defvar image-load-path)
151 (let* ((load-path (image-load-path-for-library \"mh-e\" \"mh-logo.xpm\"))
152 (image-load-path (cons (car load-path)
153 (when (boundp 'image-load-path)
155 (mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons-init))"
156 (unless library
(error "No library specified"))
157 (unless image
(error "No image specified"))
158 (let (image-directory image-directory-load-path
)
159 ;; Check for images in image-load-path or load-path.
162 ;; Images in image-load-path.
163 (mh-image-search-load-path image
)
164 ;; Images in load-path.
165 (locate-library image
)))
167 ;; Since the image might be in a nested directory (for
168 ;; example, mail/attach.pbm), adjust `image-directory'
171 (setq dir
(file-name-directory dir
))
172 (while (setq parent
(file-name-directory img
))
173 (setq img
(directory-file-name parent
)
174 dir
(expand-file-name "../" dir
))))
175 (setq image-directory-load-path dir
))
177 ;; If `image-directory-load-path' isn't Emacs' image directory,
178 ;; it's probably a user preference, so use it. Then use a
179 ;; relative setting if possible; otherwise, use
180 ;; `image-directory-load-path'.
182 ;; User-modified image-load-path?
183 ((and image-directory-load-path
184 (not (equal image-directory-load-path
185 (file-name-as-directory
186 (expand-file-name "images" data-directory
)))))
187 (setq image-directory image-directory-load-path
))
188 ;; Try relative setting.
189 ((let (library-name d1ei d2ei
)
190 ;; First, find library in the load-path.
191 (setq library-name
(locate-library library
))
192 (if (not library-name
)
193 (error "Cannot find library %s in load-path" library
))
194 ;; And then set image-directory relative to that.
197 d2ei
(file-name-as-directory
199 (concat (file-name-directory library-name
) "../../etc/images")))
201 d1ei
(file-name-as-directory
203 (concat (file-name-directory library-name
) "../etc/images"))))
204 (setq image-directory
205 ;; Set it to nil if image is not found.
206 (cond ((file-exists-p (expand-file-name image d2ei
)) d2ei
)
207 ((file-exists-p (expand-file-name image d1ei
)) d1ei
)))))
208 ;; Use Emacs' image directory.
209 (image-directory-load-path
210 (setq image-directory image-directory-load-path
))
212 (message "Could not find image %s for library %s" image library
))
214 (error "Could not find image %s for library %s" image library
)))
216 ;; Return an augmented `path' or `load-path'.
217 (nconc (list image-directory
)
218 (delete image-directory
(copy-sequence (or path load-path
))))))
220 (defun-mh mh-image-search-load-path
221 image-search-load-path
(file &optional path
)
222 "Emacs 21 and XEmacs don't have `image-search-load-path'.
223 This function returns nil on those systems."
227 (defalias 'mh-line-beginning-position
228 (if (fboundp 'line-beginning-position
)
229 'line-beginning-position
233 (defalias 'mh-line-end-position
234 (if (fboundp 'line-end-position
)
238 (mh-require 'mailabbrev nil t
)
239 (defun-mh mh-mail-abbrev-make-syntax-table
240 mail-abbrev-make-syntax-table
()
241 "Emacs 21 and XEmacs don't have `mail-abbrev-make-syntax-table'.
242 This function returns nil on those systems."
245 (defun-mh mh-match-string-no-properties
246 match-string-no-properties
(num &optional string
)
247 "Return string of text matched by last search, without text properties.
248 This function is used by XEmacs that lacks `match-string-no-properties'.
249 The function `buffer-substring-no-properties' is used instead.
250 The argument STRING is ignored."
251 (buffer-substring-no-properties
252 (match-beginning num
) (match-end num
)))
254 (defun-mh mh-replace-regexp-in-string replace-regexp-in-string
255 (regexp rep string
&optional fixedcase literal subexp start
)
256 "Replace REGEXP with REP everywhere in STRING and return result.
257 This function is used by XEmacs that lacks `replace-regexp-in-string'.
258 The function `replace-in-string' is used instead.
259 The arguments FIXEDCASE, SUBEXP, and START, used by
260 `replace-in-string' are ignored."
261 (replace-in-string string regexp rep literal
))
263 ;; Copy of constant from url-util.el in Emacs 22; needed by Emacs 21.
264 (if (not (boundp 'url-unreserved-chars
))
265 (defconst mh-url-unreserved-chars
267 ?a ?b ?c ?d ?e ?f ?g ?h ?i ?j ?k ?l ?m ?n ?o ?p ?q ?r ?s ?t ?u ?v ?w ?x ?y ?z
268 ?A ?B ?C ?D ?E ?F ?G ?H ?I ?J ?K ?L ?M ?N ?O ?P ?Q ?R ?S ?T ?U ?V ?W ?X ?Y ?Z
269 ?
0 ?
1 ?
2 ?
3 ?
4 ?
5 ?
6 ?
7 ?
8 ?
9
270 ?- ?_ ?. ?
! ?~ ?
* ?
' ?\
( ?\
))
271 "A list of characters that are _NOT_ reserved in the URL spec.
272 This is taken from RFC 2396."))
274 (defun-mh mh-url-hexify-string url-hexify-string
(str)
275 "Escape characters in a string.
276 This is a copy of `url-hexify-string' from url-util.el in Emacs
277 22; needed by Emacs 21."
280 ;; Fixme: use a char table instead.
281 (if (not (memq char mh-url-unreserved-chars
))
283 (error "Hexifying multibyte character %s" str
)
284 (format "%%%02X" char
))
285 (char-to-string char
)))
288 (defun-mh mh-view-mode-enter
289 view-mode-enter
(&optional return-to exit-action
)
291 This function is used by XEmacs that lacks `view-mode-enter'.
292 The function `view-mode' is used instead.
293 The arguments RETURN-TO and EXIT-ACTION are ignored."
299 (defmacro mh-write-file-functions
()
300 "Return `write-file-functions' if it exists.
301 Otherwise return `local-write-file-hooks'.
302 This macro exists purely for compatibility. The former symbol is used
303 in Emacs 22 onward while the latter is used in previous versions and
305 (if (boundp 'write-file-functions
)
306 ''write-file-functions
;Emacs 22 on
307 ''local-write-file-hooks
)) ;XEmacs
312 ;; no-byte-compile: t
313 ;; indent-tabs-mode: nil
314 ;; sentence-end-double-space: nil
317 ;; arch-tag: 577b0eab-a5cd-45e1-8d9f-c1a426f4d73c
318 ;;; mh-compat.el ends here