lisp/play/dissociate.el

   1 ;;; dissociate.el --- scramble text amusingly for Emacs.
   2
   3 ;; Copyright (C) 1985 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4
   5 ;; Maintainer: FSF
   6 ;; Keywords: games
   7
   8 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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  23
  24 ;;; Code:
  25
  26 ;;;###autoload
  27 (defun dissociated-press (&optional arg)
  28   "Dissociate the text of the current buffer.
  29 Output goes in buffer named *Dissociation*,
  30 which is redisplayed each time text is added to it.
  31 Every so often the user must say whether to continue.
  32 If ARG is positive, require ARG chars of continuity.
  33 If ARG is negative, require -ARG words of continuity.
  34 Default is 2."
  35   (interactive "P")
  36   (setq arg (if arg (prefix-numeric-value arg) 2))
  37   (let* ((inbuf (current-buffer))
  38          (outbuf (get-buffer-create "*Dissociation*"))
  39          (move-function (if (> arg 0) 'forward-char 'forward-word))
  40          (move-amount (if (> arg 0) arg (- arg)))
  41          (search-function (if (> arg 0) 'search-forward 'word-search-forward))
  42          (last-query-point 0))
  43     (switch-to-buffer outbuf)
  44     (erase-buffer)
  45     (while
  46       (save-excursion
  47         (goto-char last-query-point)
  48         (vertical-motion (- (window-height) 4))
  49         (or (= (point) (point-max))
  50             (and (progn (goto-char (point-max))
  51                         (y-or-n-p "Continue dissociation? "))
  52                  (progn
  53                    (message "")
  54                    (recenter 1)
  55                    (setq last-query-point (point-max))
  56                    t))))
  57       (let (start end)
  58         (save-excursion
  59          (set-buffer inbuf)
  60          (setq start (point))
  61          (if (eq move-function 'forward-char)
  62              (progn
  63                (setq end (+ start (+ move-amount (random 16))))
  64                (if (> end (point-max))
  65                    (setq end (+ 1 move-amount (random 16))))
  66                (goto-char end))
  67            (funcall move-function
  68                     (+ move-amount (random 16))))
  69          (setq end (point)))
  70         (let ((opoint (point)))
  71           (insert-buffer-substring inbuf start end)
  72           (save-excursion
  73            (goto-char opoint)
  74            (end-of-line)
  75            (and (> (current-column) fill-column)
  76                 (do-auto-fill)))))
  77       (save-excursion
  78        (set-buffer inbuf)
  79        (if (eobp)
  80            (goto-char (point-min))
  81          (let ((overlap
  82                 (buffer-substring (prog1 (point)
  83                                          (funcall move-function
  84                                                   (- move-amount)))
  85                                   (point))))
  86            (let (ranval)
  87              (while (< (setq ranval (random)) 0))
  88              (goto-char (1+ (% ranval (1- (point-max))))))
  89            (or (funcall search-function overlap nil t)
  90                (let ((opoint (point)))
  91                  (goto-char 1)
  92                  (funcall search-function overlap opoint t))))))
  93       (sit-for 0))))
  94
  95 ;;; dissociate.el ends here