1 ;;; tempo.el --- Flexible template insertion
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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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28 ;; This file provides a simple way to define powerful templates, or
29 ;; macros, if you wish. It is mainly intended for, but not limited to,
30 ;; other programmers to be used for creating shortcuts for editing
31 ;; certain kind of documents. It was originally written to be used by
32 ;; a HTML editing mode written by Nelson Minar <nelson@santafe.edu>,
33 ;; and his html-helper-mode.el is probably the best example of how to
36 ;; A template is defined as a list of items to be inserted in the
37 ;; current buffer at point. Some of the items can be simple strings,
38 ;; while other can control formatting or define special points of
39 ;; interest in the inserted text.
41 ;; If a template defines a "point of interest" that point is inserted
42 ;; in a buffer-local list of "points of interest" that the user can
43 ;; jump between with the commands `tempo-backward-mark' and
44 ;; `tempo-forward-mark'. If the template definer provides a prompt for
45 ;; the point, and the variable `tempo-interactive' is non-nil, the
46 ;; user will be prompted for a string to be inserted in the buffer,
47 ;; using the minibuffer.
49 ;; The template can also define one point to be replaced with the
50 ;; current region if the template command is called with a prefix (or
51 ;; a non-nil argument).
53 ;; More flexible templates can be created by including lisp symbols,
54 ;; which will be evaluated as variables, or lists, which will be
55 ;; evaluated as lisp expressions.
57 ;; See the documentation for tempo-define-template for the different
58 ;; items that can be used to define a tempo template.
60 ;; One of the more powerful features of tempo templates are automatic
61 ;; completion. With every template can be assigned a special tag that
62 ;; should be recognized by `tempo-complete-tag' and expanded to the
63 ;; complete template. By default the tags are added to a global list
64 ;; of template tags, and are matched against the last word before
65 ;; point. But if you assign your tags to a specific list, you can also
66 ;; specify another method for matching text in the buffer against the
67 ;; tags. In the HTML mode, for instance, the tags are matched against
68 ;; the text between the last `<' and point.
70 ;; When defining a template named `foo', a symbol named
71 ;; `tempo-template-foo' will be created whose value as a variable will
72 ;; be the template definition, and its function value will be an
73 ;; interactive function that inserts the template at the point.
75 ;; The latest tempo.el distribution can be fetched from
76 ;; ftp.lysator.liu.se in the directory /pub/emacs
78 ;; There is also a WWW page at
79 ;; http://www.lysator.liu.se/~davidk/elisp/ which has some information
83 ;; If the 'o is the first element in a template, strange things can
84 ;; happen when the template is inserted at the beginning of a
85 ;; line. This is due to strange behavior in open-line. But it should
88 ;; The 'o tag is also a problem when including the region. This will
91 ;; Clicking mouse-2 in the completion buffer gives strange results.
93 ;; There is a bug in some emacs versions that prevents completion from
94 ;; working. If it doesn't work for you, send me a note indicating your
95 ;; emacs version and your problems.
99 ;; These people have given me important feedback and new ideas for
102 ;; Nelson Minar <nelson@santafe.edu>
103 ;; Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
104 ;; Lars Lindberg <Lars.Lindberg@sypro.cap.se>
105 ;; Glen Whitney <Glen.Whitney@math.lsa.umich.edu>
112 "Flexible template insertion."
116 (defcustom tempo-interactive nil
117 "Prompt user for strings in templates.
118 If this variable is non-nil, `tempo-insert' prompts the
119 user for text to insert in the templates."
123 (defcustom tempo-insert-region nil
124 "Automatically insert current region when there is a `r' in the template
125 If this variable is nil, `r' elements will be treated just like `p'
126 elements, unless the template function is given a prefix (or a non-nil
127 argument). If this variable is non-nil, the behavior is reversed.
129 In Transient Mark mode, this option is unused."
133 (defcustom tempo-show-completion-buffer t
134 "If non-nil, show a buffer with possible completions, when only
135 a partial completion can be found."
139 (defcustom tempo-leave-completion-buffer nil
140 "If nil, a completion buffer generated by \\[tempo-complete-tag]
141 disappears at the next keypress; otherwise, it remains forever."
145 ;;; Internal variables
147 (defvar tempo-insert-string-functions nil
148 "List of functions to run when inserting a string.
149 Each function is called with a single arg, STRING and should return
150 another string. This could be used for making all strings upcase by
151 setting it to '(upcase), for example.")
153 (defvar tempo-tags nil
154 "An association list with tags and corresponding templates.")
156 (defvar tempo-local-tags
'((tempo-tags . nil
))
157 "A list of locally installed tag completion lists.
158 It is a association list where the car of every element is a symbol
159 whose variable value is a template list. The cdr part, if non-nil,
160 is a function or a regexp that defines the string to match. See the
161 documentation for the function `tempo-complete-tag' for more info.
163 `tempo-tags' is always in the last position in this list.")
165 (defvar tempo-collection nil
166 "A collection of all the tags defined for the current buffer.")
168 (defvar tempo-dirty-collection t
169 "Indicates if the tag collection needs to be rebuilt.")
171 (defvar tempo-marks nil
172 "A list of marks to jump to with `\\[tempo-forward-mark]' and `\\[tempo-backward-mark]'.")
174 (defvar tempo-match-finder
"\\b\\([[:word:]]+\\)\\="
175 "The regexp or function used to find the string to match against tags.
177 If `tempo-match-finder' is a string, it should contain a regular
178 expression with at least one \\( \\) pair. When searching for tags,
179 `tempo-complete-tag' calls `re-search-backward' with this string, and
180 the string between the first \\( and \\) is used for matching against
181 each string in the tag list. If one is found, the whole text between
182 the first \\( and the point is replaced with the inserted template.
184 You will probably want to include \\=\\= at the end of the regexp to
185 make sure that the string is matched only against text adjacent to the
188 If `tempo-match-finder' is a symbol, it should be a function that
189 returns a pair of the form (STRING . POS), where STRING is the string
190 used for matching and POS is the buffer position after which text
191 should be replaced with a template.")
193 (defvar tempo-user-elements nil
194 "Element handlers for user-defined elements.
195 A list of symbols which are bound to functions that take one argument.
196 This function should return something to be sent to `tempo-insert' if
197 it recognizes the argument, and nil otherwise.")
199 (defvar tempo-named-insertions nil
200 "Temporary storage for named insertions.")
202 (defvar tempo-region-start
(make-marker)
203 "Region start when inserting around the region.")
205 (defvar tempo-region-stop
(make-marker)
206 "Region stop when inserting around the region.")
208 ;; Make some variables local to every buffer
210 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tempo-marks
)
211 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tempo-local-tags
)
212 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tempo-match-finder
)
213 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tempo-collection
)
214 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tempo-dirty-collection
)
219 ;; tempo-define-template
221 (defun tempo-define-template (name elements
&optional tag documentation taglist
)
223 This function creates a template variable `tempo-template-NAME' and an
224 interactive function `tempo-template-NAME' that inserts the template
225 at the point. The created function is returned.
227 NAME is a string that contains the name of the template, ELEMENTS is a
228 list of elements in the template, TAG is the tag used for completion,
229 DOCUMENTATION is the documentation string for the insertion command
230 created, and TAGLIST (a symbol) is the tag list that TAG (if provided)
231 should be added to. If TAGLIST is nil and TAG is non-nil, TAG is
232 added to `tempo-tags'.
234 The elements in ELEMENTS can be of several types:
236 - A string: It is sent to the hooks in `tempo-insert-string-functions',
237 and the result is inserted.
238 - The symbol `p': This position is saved in `tempo-marks'.
239 - The symbol `r': If `tempo-insert' is called with ON-REGION non-nil
240 the current region is placed here. Otherwise it works like `p'.
241 - (p PROMPT <NAME> <NOINSERT>): If `tempo-interactive' is non-nil, the
242 user is prompted in the minibuffer with PROMPT for a string to be
243 inserted. If the optional parameter NAME is non-nil, the text is
244 saved for later insertion with the `s' tag. If there already is
245 something saved under NAME that value is used instead and no
246 prompting is made. If NOINSERT is provided and non-nil, nothing is
247 inserted, but text is still saved when a NAME is provided. For
248 clarity, the symbol `noinsert' should be used as argument.
249 - (P PROMPT <NAME> <NOINSERT>): Works just like the previous tag, but
250 forces `tempo-interactive' to be true.
251 - (r PROMPT <NAME> <NOINSERT>): Like the previous tag, but if
252 `tempo-interactive' is nil and `tempo-insert' is called with
253 ON-REGION non-nil, the current region is placed here. This usually
254 happens when you call the template function with a prefix argument.
255 - (s NAME): Inserts text previously read with the (p ..) construct.
256 Finds the insertion saved under NAME and inserts it. Acts like `p'
257 if tempo-interactive is nil.
258 - `&': If there is only whitespace between the line start and point,
259 nothing happens. Otherwise a newline is inserted.
260 - `%': If there is only whitespace between point and end of line,
261 nothing happens. Otherwise a newline is inserted.
262 - `n': Inserts a newline.
263 - `>': The line is indented using `indent-according-to-mode'. Note
264 that you often should place this item after the text you want on
266 - `r>': Like `r', but it also indents the region.
267 - (r> PROMPT <NAME> <NOINSERT>): Like (r ...), but is also indents
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 (mapc (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
) 'r
>)) (if on-region
358 (goto-char tempo-region-stop
)
359 (indent-region (mark) (point) nil
))
360 (tempo-insert-prompt-compat
362 ((and (consp element
)
363 (eq (car element
) 's
)) (tempo-insert-named (car (cdr element
))))
364 ((and (consp element
)
365 (eq (car element
) 'l
)) (mapcar (function
367 (tempo-insert elt on-region
)))
369 ((eq element
'p
) (tempo-insert-mark (point-marker)))
370 ((eq element
'r
) (if on-region
371 (goto-char tempo-region-stop
)
372 (tempo-insert-mark (point-marker))))
373 ((eq element
'r
>) (if on-region
375 (goto-char tempo-region-stop
)
376 (indent-region (mark) (point) nil
))
377 (tempo-insert-mark (point-marker))))
378 ((eq element
'>) (indent-according-to-mode))
379 ((eq element
'&) (if (not (or (= (current-column) 0)
382 "^\\s-*\\=" nil t
))))
384 ((eq element
'%
) (if (not (or (eolp)
387 "\\=\\s-*$" nil t
))))
389 ((eq element
'n
) (insert "\n"))
390 ((eq element
'n
>) (insert "\n") (indent-according-to-mode))
391 ;; Bug: If the 'o is the first element in a template, strange
392 ;; things can happen when the template is inserted at the
393 ;; beginning of a line.
394 ((eq element
'o
) (if (not (or on-region
398 "\\=\\s-*$" nil t
))))
401 (t (tempo-insert (or (tempo-is-user-element element
)
406 ;;; tempo-insert-prompt
408 (defun tempo-insert-prompt-compat (prompt)
409 "Compatibility hack for `tempo-insert-prompt'.
410 PROMPT can be either a prompt string, or a list of arguments to
411 `tempo-insert-prompt', or nil."
412 (if (consp prompt
) ; not nil either
413 (apply 'tempo-insert-prompt prompt
)
414 (tempo-insert-prompt prompt
)))
416 (defun tempo-insert-prompt (prompt &optional save-name no-insert
)
417 "Prompt for a text string and insert it in the current buffer.
418 If the variable `tempo-interactive' is non-nil the user is prompted
419 for a string in the minibuffer, which is then inserted in the current
420 buffer. If `tempo-interactive' is nil, the current point is placed on
423 PROMPT is the prompt string, SAVE-NAME is a name to save the inserted
424 text under. If the optional argument NO-INSERT is non-nil, no text is
425 inserted. This can be useful when there is a SAVE-NAME.
427 If there already is a value for SAVE-NAME, it is used and the user is
430 (previous (and save-name
431 (tempo-lookup-named save-name
))))
433 ;; Insert previous value, unless no-insert is non-nil
436 (tempo-insert-named save-name
)) ; A double lookup here, but who
438 ;; If no-insert is non-nil, don't insert the previous value. Just
442 ;; No previous value. Prompt or insert mark
444 (if (not (stringp prompt
))
445 (error "tempo: The prompt (%s) is not a string" prompt
))
446 (setq insertion
(read-string prompt
))
450 (tempo-save-named save-name insertion
)))
452 (tempo-insert-mark (point-marker))))))
455 ;;; tempo-is-user-element
457 (defun tempo-is-user-element (element)
458 "Tries all the user-defined element handlers in `tempo-user-elements'."
459 ;; Sigh... I need (some list)
461 (mapc (function (lambda (handler)
462 (let ((result (funcall handler element
)))
463 (if result
(throw 'found result
)))))
468 ;;; tempo-forget-insertions
470 (defun tempo-forget-insertions ()
471 "Forget all the saved named insertions."
472 (setq tempo-named-insertions nil
))
477 (defun tempo-save-named (name data
) ; Had an optional prompt for 'v
478 "Save some data for later insertion
479 The contents of DATA is saved under the name NAME.
481 The data can later be retrieved with `tempo-lookup-named'.
483 This function returns nil, so it can be used in a template without
485 (setq tempo-named-insertions
486 (cons (cons name data
)
487 tempo-named-insertions
))
491 ;;; tempo-lookup-named
493 (defun tempo-lookup-named (name)
494 "Lookup some saved data under the name NAME.
495 Returns the data if NAME was found, and nil otherwise."
496 (cdr (assq name tempo-named-insertions
)))
499 ;;; tempo-insert-named
501 (defun tempo-insert-named (name)
502 "Insert the previous insertion saved under a named specified in NAME.
503 If there is no such name saved, a tempo mark is inserted.
505 Note that if the data is a string, it will not be run through the string
507 (let* ((insertion (tempo-lookup-named name
)))
508 (cond ((null insertion
)
509 (tempo-insert-mark (point-marker)))
513 (tempo-insert insertion nil
)))))
517 ;;; tempo-process-and-insert-string
519 (defun tempo-process-and-insert-string (string)
520 "Insert a string from a template.
521 Run a string through the preprocessors in `tempo-insert-string-functions'
522 and insert the results."
523 (cond ((null tempo-insert-string-functions
)
525 ((symbolp tempo-insert-string-functions
)
527 (funcall tempo-insert-string-functions string
)))
528 ((listp tempo-insert-string-functions
)
529 (dolist (fn tempo-insert-string-functions
)
530 (setq string
(funcall fn string
))))
532 (error "Bogus value in tempo-insert-string-functions: %s"
533 tempo-insert-string-functions
)))
537 ;;; tempo-insert-mark
539 (defun tempo-insert-mark (mark)
540 "Insert a mark `tempo-marks' while keeping it sorted."
541 (cond ((null tempo-marks
) (setq tempo-marks
(list mark
)))
542 ((< mark
(car tempo-marks
)) (setq tempo-marks
(cons mark tempo-marks
)))
543 (t (let ((lp tempo-marks
))
545 (<= (car (cdr lp
)) mark
))
547 (if (not (= mark
(car lp
)))
548 (setcdr lp
(cons mark
(cdr lp
))))))))
551 ;;; tempo-forward-mark
553 (defun tempo-forward-mark ()
554 "Jump to the next mark in `tempo-forward-mark-list'."
556 (let ((next-mark (catch 'found
561 (throw 'found mark
))))
563 ;; return nil if not found
566 (goto-char next-mark
))))
569 ;;; tempo-backward-mark
571 (defun tempo-backward-mark ()
572 "Jump to the previous mark in `tempo-back-mark-list'."
574 (let ((prev-mark (catch 'found
579 (if (<= (point) mark
)
585 (goto-char prev-mark
))))
590 (defun tempo-add-tag (tag template
&optional tag-list
)
592 Add the TAG, that should complete to TEMPLATE to the list in TAG-LIST,
593 or to `tempo-tags' if TAG-LIST is nil."
595 (interactive "sTag: \nCTemplate: ")
597 (setq tag-list
'tempo-tags
))
598 (if (not (assoc tag
(symbol-value tag-list
)))
599 (set tag-list
(cons (cons tag template
) (symbol-value tag-list
))))
600 (tempo-invalidate-collection))
603 ;;; tempo-use-tag-list
605 (defun tempo-use-tag-list (tag-list &optional completion-function
)
606 "Install TAG-LIST to be used for template completion in the current buffer.
607 TAG-LIST is a symbol whose variable value is a tag list created with
610 COMPLETION-FUNCTION is an obsolete option for specifying an optional
611 function or string that is used by `\\[tempo-complete-tag]' to find a
612 string to match the tag against. It has the same definition as the
613 variable `tempo-match-finder'. In this version, supplying a
614 COMPLETION-FUNCTION just sets `tempo-match-finder' locally."
615 (let ((old (assq tag-list tempo-local-tags
)))
617 (setcdr old completion-function
)
618 (setq tempo-local-tags
(cons (cons tag-list completion-function
)
620 (if completion-function
621 (setq tempo-match-finder completion-function
))
622 (tempo-invalidate-collection))
625 ;;; tempo-invalidate-collection
627 (defun tempo-invalidate-collection ()
628 "Marks the tag collection as obsolete.
629 Whenever it is needed again it will be rebuilt."
630 (setq tempo-dirty-collection t
))
633 ;;; tempo-build-collection
635 (defun tempo-build-collection ()
636 "Build a collection of all the tags and return it.
637 If `tempo-dirty-collection' is nil, the old collection is reused."
639 (or (and (not tempo-dirty-collection
)
641 (setq tempo-collection
642 (apply (function append
)
643 (mapcar (function (lambda (tag-list)
645 ; tempo-local-tags changes,
647 (eval (car tag-list
))))
649 (setq tempo-dirty-collection nil
)))
652 ;;; tempo-find-match-string
654 (defun tempo-find-match-string (finder)
655 "Find a string to be matched against a tag list.
656 FINDER is a function or a string. Returns (STRING . POS), or nil
657 if no reasonable string is found."
658 (cond ((stringp finder
)
661 (or (setq successful
(re-search-backward finder nil t
))
664 (cons (buffer-substring (match-beginning 1)
665 (match-end 1)) ; This seems to be a
673 ;;; tempo-complete-tag
675 (defun tempo-complete-tag (&optional silent
)
676 "Look for a tag and expand it.
677 All the tags in the tag lists in `tempo-local-tags'
678 \(this includes `tempo-tags') are searched for a match for the text
679 before the point. The way the string to match for is determined can
680 be altered with the variable `tempo-match-finder'. If
681 `tempo-match-finder' returns nil, then the results are the same as
684 If a single match is found, the corresponding template is expanded in
685 place of the matching string.
687 If a partial completion or no match at all is found, and SILENT is
688 non-nil, the function will give a signal.
690 If a partial completion is found and `tempo-show-completion-buffer' is
691 non-nil, a buffer containing possible completions is displayed."
693 ;; This function may look like a hack, but this is how I want it to
696 (let* ((collection (tempo-build-collection))
697 (match-info (tempo-find-match-string tempo-match-finder
))
698 (match-string (car match-info
))
699 (match-start (cdr match-info
))
700 (exact (assoc match-string collection
))
701 (compl (or (car exact
)
702 (and match-info
(try-completion match-string collection
)))))
703 (if compl
(delete-region match-start
(point)))
704 (cond ((null match-info
) (or silent
(ding)))
705 ((null compl
) (or silent
(ding)))
706 ((eq compl t
) (tempo-insert-template
707 (cdr (assoc match-string
710 (t (if (setq exact
(assoc compl collection
))
711 (tempo-insert-template (cdr exact
) nil
)
714 (if tempo-show-completion-buffer
715 (tempo-display-completions match-string
720 ;;; tempo-display-completions
722 (defun tempo-display-completions (string tag-list
)
723 "Show a buffer containing possible completions for STRING."
724 (if tempo-leave-completion-buffer
725 (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Completions*"
726 (display-completion-list
727 (all-completions string tag-list
)
729 (save-window-excursion
730 (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Completions*"
731 (display-completion-list
732 (all-completions string tag-list
)
737 ;;; tempo-expand-if-complete
739 (defun tempo-expand-if-complete ()
740 "Expand the tag before point if it is complete.
741 Returns non-nil if an expansion was made and nil otherwise.
743 This could as an example be used in a command that is bound to the
744 space bar, and looks something like this:
746 \(defun tempo-space ()
748 (or (tempo-expand-if-complete)
752 (let* ((collection (tempo-build-collection))
753 (match-info (tempo-find-match-string tempo-match-finder
))
754 (match-string (car match-info
))
755 (match-start (cdr match-info
))
756 (exact (assoc match-string collection
)))
759 (delete-region match-start
(point))
760 (tempo-insert-template (cdr exact
) nil
)
766 ;; arch-tag: b3c0ee36-db3b-47bc-875f-091b4e27a063
767 ;;; tempo.el ends here