1 ;;; lselect.el --- Lucid interface to X Selections
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1990, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
4 ;; 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
7 ;; Keywords: emulations
9 ;; This won't completely work until we support or emulate Lucid-style extents.
10 ;; Based on Lucid's selection code.
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33 ;; The selection code requires us to use certain symbols whose names are
34 ;; all upper-case; this may seem tasteless, but it makes there be a 1:1
35 ;; correspondence between these symbols and X Atoms (which are upcased.)
37 ;; This is Lucid/XEmacs stuff
38 (defvar mouse-highlight-priority
)
39 (defvar x-lost-selection-functions
)
40 (defvar zmacs-regions
)
42 (defalias 'x-get-cutbuffer
'x-get-cut-buffer
)
43 (defalias 'x-store-cutbuffer
'x-set-cut-buffer
)
45 (or (facep 'primary-selection
)
46 (make-face 'primary-selection
))
48 (or (facep 'secondary-selection
)
49 (make-face 'secondary-selection
))
51 (defun x-get-secondary-selection ()
52 "Return text selected from some X window."
53 (x-get-selection-internal 'SECONDARY
'STRING
))
55 (defvar primary-selection-extent nil
56 "The extent of the primary selection; don't use this.")
58 (defvar secondary-selection-extent nil
59 "The extent of the secondary selection; don't use this.")
62 (defun x-select-make-extent-for-selection (selection previous-extent face
)
63 ;; Given a selection, this makes an extent in the buffer which holds that
64 ;; selection, for highlighting purposes. If the selection isn't associated
65 ;; with a buffer, this does nothing.
67 (valid (and (extentp previous-extent
)
68 (extent-buffer previous-extent
)
69 (buffer-name (extent-buffer previous-extent
))))
71 (cond ((stringp selection
)
72 ;; if we're selecting a string, lose the previous extent used
73 ;; to highlight the selection.
76 (setq start
(min (car selection
) (cdr selection
))
77 end
(max (car selection
) (cdr selection
))
79 (eq (marker-buffer (car selection
))
80 (extent-buffer previous-extent
)))
81 buffer
(marker-buffer (car selection
))))
83 (setq start
(extent-start-position selection
)
84 end
(extent-end-position selection
)
86 (eq (extent-buffer selection
)
87 (extent-buffer previous-extent
)))
88 buffer
(extent-buffer selection
)))
91 (extentp previous-extent
)
92 (extent-buffer previous-extent
)
93 (buffer-name (extent-buffer previous-extent
)))
94 (delete-extent previous-extent
))
100 (set-extent-endpoints previous-extent start end
)
101 (setq previous-extent
(make-extent start end buffer
))
102 ;; use same priority as mouse-highlighting so that conflicts between
103 ;; the selection extent and a mouse-highlighted extent are resolved
104 ;; by the usual size-and-endpoint-comparison method.
105 (set-extent-priority previous-extent mouse-highlight-priority
)
106 (set-extent-face previous-extent face
)))))
109 (defun x-own-selection (selection &optional type
)
110 "Make a primary X Selection of the given argument.
111 The argument may be a string, a cons of two markers, or an extent.
112 In the latter cases the selection is considered to be the text
113 between the markers, or the between extents endpoints."
114 (interactive (if (not current-prefix-arg
)
115 (list (read-string "Store text for pasting: "))
116 (list (cons ;; these need not be ordered.
117 (copy-marker (point-marker))
118 (copy-marker (mark-marker))))))
119 (or type
(setq type
'PRIMARY
))
120 (x-set-selection selection type
)
121 (cond ((eq type
'PRIMARY
)
122 (setq primary-selection-extent
123 (x-select-make-extent-for-selection
124 selection primary-selection-extent
'primary-selection
)))
125 ((eq type
'SECONDARY
)
126 (setq secondary-selection-extent
127 (x-select-make-extent-for-selection
128 selection secondary-selection-extent
'secondary-selection
))))
132 (defun x-own-secondary-selection (selection &optional type
)
133 "Make a secondary X Selection of the given argument. The argument may be a
134 string or a cons of two markers (in which case the selection is considered to
135 be the text between those markers.)"
136 (interactive (if (not current-prefix-arg
)
137 (list (read-string "Store text for pasting: "))
138 (list (cons ;; these need not be ordered.
139 (copy-marker (point-marker))
140 (copy-marker (mark-marker))))))
141 (x-own-selection selection
'SECONDARY
))
144 (defun x-own-clipboard (string)
145 "Paste the given string to the X Clipboard."
146 (x-own-selection string
'CLIPBOARD
))
149 (defun x-disown-selection (&optional secondary-p
)
150 "Assuming we own the selection, disown it. With an argument, discard the
151 secondary selection instead of the primary selection."
152 (x-disown-selection-internal (if secondary-p
'SECONDARY
'PRIMARY
)))
154 (defun x-dehilight-selection (selection)
155 "for use as a value of `x-lost-selection-functions'."
156 (cond ((eq selection
'PRIMARY
)
157 (if primary-selection-extent
158 (let ((inhibit-quit t
))
159 (delete-extent primary-selection-extent
)
160 (setq primary-selection-extent nil
)))
161 (if zmacs-regions
(zmacs-deactivate-region)))
162 ((eq selection
'SECONDARY
)
163 (if secondary-selection-extent
164 (let ((inhibit-quit t
))
165 (delete-extent secondary-selection-extent
)
166 (setq secondary-selection-extent nil
)))))
169 (setq x-lost-selection-functions
'x-dehilight-selection
)
171 (defun x-notice-selection-requests (selection type successful
)
172 "for possible use as the value of `x-sent-selection-functions'."
174 (message "Selection request failed to convert %s to %s"
176 (message "Sent selection %s as %s" selection type
)))
178 (defun x-notice-selection-failures (selection type successful
)
179 "for possible use as the value of `x-sent-selection-functions'."
181 (message "Selection request failed to convert %s to %s"
184 ;(setq x-sent-selection-functions 'x-notice-selection-requests)
185 ;(setq x-sent-selection-functions 'x-notice-selection-failures)
188 ;; Random utility functions
190 (defun x-kill-primary-selection ()
191 "If there is a selection, delete the text it covers, and copy it to
192 both the kill ring and the Clipboard."
194 (or (x-selection-owner-p) (error "Emacs does not own the primary selection"))
195 (setq last-command nil
)
196 (or primary-selection-extent
197 (error "the primary selection is not an extent?"))
199 (set-buffer (extent-buffer primary-selection-extent
))
200 (kill-region (extent-start-position primary-selection-extent
)
201 (extent-end-position primary-selection-extent
)))
202 (x-disown-selection nil
))
204 (defun x-delete-primary-selection ()
205 "If there is a selection, delete the text it covers *without* copying it to
206 the kill ring or the Clipboard."
208 (or (x-selection-owner-p) (error "Emacs does not own the primary selection"))
209 (setq last-command nil
)
210 (or primary-selection-extent
211 (error "the primary selection is not an extent?"))
213 (set-buffer (extent-buffer primary-selection-extent
))
214 (delete-region (extent-start-position primary-selection-extent
)
215 (extent-end-position primary-selection-extent
)))
216 (x-disown-selection nil
))
218 (defun x-copy-primary-selection ()
219 "If there is a selection, copy it to both the kill ring and the Clipboard."
221 (setq last-command nil
)
222 (or (x-selection-owner-p) (error "Emacs does not own the primary selection"))
223 (or primary-selection-extent
224 (error "the primary selection is not an extent?"))
226 (set-buffer (extent-buffer primary-selection-extent
))
227 (copy-region-as-kill (extent-start-position primary-selection-extent
)
228 (extent-end-position primary-selection-extent
))))
230 (defun x-yank-clipboard-selection ()
231 "If someone owns a Clipboard selection, insert it at point."
233 (setq last-command nil
)
234 (let ((clip (x-get-clipboard)))
235 (or clip
(error "there is no clipboard selection"))
243 ;; byte-compile-warnings: (not unresolved)
246 ;; arch-tag: 92fa54d4-c5d1-4e9b-ad58-cf1e13930556
247 ;;; lselect.el ends here