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1 ;;; select.el --- lisp portion of standard selection support
3 ;; Maintainer: FSF
4 ;; Keywords: internal
6 ;; Copyright (c) 1993, 1994, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
7 ;; Based partially on earlier release by Lucid.
9 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
11 ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
12 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
13 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
14 ;; any later version.
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18 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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23 ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
24 ;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
26 ;;; Commentary:
28 ;;; Code:
30 ;; This is for temporary compatibility with pre-release Emacs 19.
31 (defalias 'x-selection 'x-get-selection)
32 (defun x-get-selection (&optional type data-type)
33 "Return the value of an X Windows selection.
34 The argument TYPE (default `PRIMARY') says which selection,
35 and the argument DATA-TYPE (default `STRING') says
36 how to convert the data.
38 TYPE may be any symbol \(but nil stands for `PRIMARY'). However,
39 only a few symbols are commonly used. They conventionally have
40 all upper-case names. The most often used ones, in addition to
41 `PRIMARY', are `SECONDARY' and `CLIPBOARD'.
43 DATA-TYPE is usually `STRING', but can also be one of the symbols
44 in `selection-converter-alist', which see."
45 (let ((data (x-get-selection-internal (or type 'PRIMARY)
46 (or data-type 'STRING)))
47 coding)
48 (when (and (stringp data)
49 (setq data-type (get-text-property 0 'foreign-selection data)))
50 (setq coding (if (eq data-type 'UTF8_STRING)
51 'utf-8
52 (or next-selection-coding-system
53 selection-coding-system))
54 data (decode-coding-string data coding))
55 (put-text-property 0 (length data) 'foreign-selection data-type data))
56 data))
58 (defun x-get-clipboard ()
59 "Return text pasted to the clipboard."
60 (x-get-selection-internal 'CLIPBOARD 'STRING))
62 (defun x-set-selection (type data)
63 "Make an X Windows selection of type TYPE and value DATA.
64 The argument TYPE (nil means `PRIMARY') says which selection, and
65 DATA specifies the contents. TYPE must be a symbol. \(It can also
66 be a string, which stands for the symbol with that name, but this
67 is considered obsolete.) DATA may be a string, a symbol, an
68 integer (or a cons of two integers or list of two integers).
70 The selection may also be a cons of two markers pointing to the same buffer,
71 or an overlay. In these cases, the selection is considered to be the text
72 between the markers *at whatever time the selection is examined*.
73 Thus, editing done in the buffer after you specify the selection
74 can alter the effective value of the selection.
76 The data may also be a vector of valid non-vector selection values.
78 The return value is DATA.
80 Interactively, this command sets the primary selection. Without
81 prefix argument, it reads the selection in the minibuffer. With
82 prefix argument, it uses the text of the region as the selection value ."
83 (interactive (if (not current-prefix-arg)
84 (list 'PRIMARY (read-string "Set text for pasting: "))
85 (list 'PRIMARY (buffer-substring (region-beginning) (region-end)))))
86 ;; This is for temporary compatibility with pre-release Emacs 19.
87 (if (stringp type)
88 (setq type (intern type)))
89 (or (x-valid-simple-selection-p data)
90 (and (vectorp data)
91 (let ((valid t)
92 (i (1- (length data))))
93 (while (>= i 0)
94 (or (x-valid-simple-selection-p (aref data i))
95 (setq valid nil))
96 (setq i (1- i)))
97 valid))
98 (signal 'error (list "invalid selection" data)))
99 (or type (setq type 'PRIMARY))
100 (if data
101 (x-own-selection-internal type data)
102 (x-disown-selection-internal type))
103 data)
105 (defun x-valid-simple-selection-p (data)
106 (or (stringp data)
107 (symbolp data)
108 (integerp data)
109 (and (consp data)
110 (integerp (car data))
111 (or (integerp (cdr data))
112 (and (consp (cdr data))
113 (integerp (car (cdr data))))))
114 (overlayp data)
115 (and (consp data)
116 (markerp (car data))
117 (markerp (cdr data))
118 (marker-buffer (car data))
119 (marker-buffer (cdr data))
120 (eq (marker-buffer (car data))
121 (marker-buffer (cdr data)))
122 (buffer-name (marker-buffer (car data)))
123 (buffer-name (marker-buffer (cdr data))))))
125 ;;; Cut Buffer support
127 (defun x-get-cut-buffer (&optional which-one)
128 "Returns the value of one of the 8 X server cut-buffers.
129 Optional arg WHICH-ONE should be a number from 0 to 7, defaulting to 0.
130 Cut buffers are considered obsolete; you should use selections instead."
131 (x-get-cut-buffer-internal
132 (if which-one
133 (aref [CUT_BUFFER0 CUT_BUFFER1 CUT_BUFFER2 CUT_BUFFER3
134 CUT_BUFFER4 CUT_BUFFER5 CUT_BUFFER6 CUT_BUFFER7]
135 which-one)
136 'CUT_BUFFER0)))
138 (defun x-set-cut-buffer (string &optional push)
139 "Store STRING into the X server's primary cut buffer.
140 If PUSH is non-nil, also rotate the cut buffers:
141 this means the previous value of the primary cut buffer moves to the second
142 cut buffer, and the second to the third, and so on (there are 8 buffers.)
143 Cut buffers are considered obsolete; you should use selections instead."
144 (or (stringp string) (signal 'wrong-type-argument (list 'string string)))
145 (if push
146 (x-rotate-cut-buffers-internal 1))
147 (x-store-cut-buffer-internal 'CUT_BUFFER0 string))
150 ;;; Functions to convert the selection into various other selection types.
151 ;;; Every selection type that Emacs handles is implemented this way, except
152 ;;; for TIMESTAMP, which is a special case.
154 (defun xselect-convert-to-string (selection type value)
155 (let (str coding)
156 ;; Get the actual string from VALUE.
157 (cond ((stringp value)
158 (setq str value))
160 ((overlayp value)
161 (save-excursion
162 (or (buffer-name (overlay-buffer value))
163 (error "selection is in a killed buffer"))
164 (set-buffer (overlay-buffer value))
165 (setq str (buffer-substring (overlay-start value)
166 (overlay-end value)))))
167 ((and (consp value)
168 (markerp (car value))
169 (markerp (cdr value)))
170 (or (eq (marker-buffer (car value)) (marker-buffer (cdr value)))
171 (signal 'error
172 (list "markers must be in the same buffer"
173 (car value) (cdr value))))
174 (save-excursion
175 (set-buffer (or (marker-buffer (car value))
176 (error "selection is in a killed buffer")))
177 (setq str (buffer-substring (car value) (cdr value))))))
179 (when str
180 ;; If TYPE is nil, this is a local request, thus return STR as
181 ;; is. Otherwise, encode STR.
182 (if (not type)
184 (setq coding (or next-selection-coding-system selection-coding-system))
185 (if coding
186 (setq coding (coding-system-base coding))
187 (setq coding 'raw-text))
188 (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
189 ;; Suppress producing escape sequences for compositions.
190 (remove-text-properties 0 (length str) '(composition nil) str)
191 (cond
192 ((eq type 'TEXT)
193 (if (not (multibyte-string-p str))
194 ;; Don't have to encode unibyte string.
195 (setq type 'STRING)
196 ;; If STR contains only ASCII, Latin-1, and raw bytes,
197 ;; encode STR by iso-latin-1, and return it as type
198 ;; `STRING'. Otherwise, encode STR by CODING. In that
199 ;; case, the returing type depends on CODING.
200 (let ((charsets (find-charset-string str)))
201 (setq charsets
202 (delq 'ascii
203 (delq 'latin-iso8859-1
204 (delq 'eight-bit-control
205 (delq 'eight-bit-graphic charsets)))))
206 (if charsets
207 (setq str (encode-coding-string str coding)
208 type (if (memq coding '(compound-text
209 compound-text-with-extensions))
210 'COMPOUND_TEXT
211 'STRING))
212 (setq type 'STRING
213 str (encode-coding-string str 'iso-latin-1))))))
215 ((eq type 'COMPOUND_TEXT)
216 (setq str (encode-coding-string str coding)))
218 ((eq type 'STRING)
219 (if (memq coding '(compound-text
220 compound-text-with-extensions))
221 (setq str (string-make-unibyte str))
222 (setq str (encode-coding-string str coding))))
224 ((eq type 'UTF8_STRING)
225 (setq str (encode-coding-string str 'utf-8)))
228 (error "Unknow selection type: %S" type))
231 (setq next-selection-coding-system nil)
232 (cons type str))))
235 (defun xselect-convert-to-length (selection type value)
236 (let ((value
237 (cond ((stringp value)
238 (length value))
239 ((overlayp value)
240 (abs (- (overlay-end value) (overlay-start value))))
241 ((and (consp value)
242 (markerp (car value))
243 (markerp (cdr value)))
244 (or (eq (marker-buffer (car value))
245 (marker-buffer (cdr value)))
246 (signal 'error
247 (list "markers must be in the same buffer"
248 (car value) (cdr value))))
249 (abs (- (car value) (cdr value)))))))
250 (if value ; force it to be in 32-bit format.
251 (cons (ash value -16) (logand value 65535))
252 nil)))
254 (defun xselect-convert-to-targets (selection type value)
255 ;; return a vector of atoms, but remove duplicates first.
256 (let* ((all (cons 'TIMESTAMP (mapcar 'car selection-converter-alist)))
257 (rest all))
258 (while rest
259 (cond ((memq (car rest) (cdr rest))
260 (setcdr rest (delq (car rest) (cdr rest))))
261 ((eq (car (cdr rest)) '_EMACS_INTERNAL) ; shh, it's a secret
262 (setcdr rest (cdr (cdr rest))))
264 (setq rest (cdr rest)))))
265 (apply 'vector all)))
267 (defun xselect-convert-to-delete (selection type value)
268 (x-disown-selection-internal selection)
269 ;; A return value of nil means that we do not know how to do this conversion,
270 ;; and replies with an "error". A return value of NULL means that we have
271 ;; done the conversion (and any side-effects) but have no value to return.
272 'NULL)
274 (defun xselect-convert-to-filename (selection type value)
275 (cond ((overlayp value)
276 (buffer-file-name (or (overlay-buffer value)
277 (error "selection is in a killed buffer"))))
278 ((and (consp value)
279 (markerp (car value))
280 (markerp (cdr value)))
281 (buffer-file-name (or (marker-buffer (car value))
282 (error "selection is in a killed buffer"))))
283 (t nil)))
285 (defun xselect-convert-to-charpos (selection type value)
286 (let (a b tmp)
287 (cond ((cond ((overlayp value)
288 (setq a (overlay-start value)
289 b (overlay-end value)))
290 ((and (consp value)
291 (markerp (car value))
292 (markerp (cdr value)))
293 (setq a (car value)
294 b (cdr value))))
295 (setq a (1- a) b (1- b)) ; zero-based
296 (if (< b a) (setq tmp a a b b tmp))
297 (cons 'SPAN
298 (vector (cons (ash a -16) (logand a 65535))
299 (cons (ash b -16) (logand b 65535))))))))
301 (defun xselect-convert-to-lineno (selection type value)
302 (let (a b buf tmp)
303 (cond ((cond ((and (consp value)
304 (markerp (car value))
305 (markerp (cdr value)))
306 (setq a (marker-position (car value))
307 b (marker-position (cdr value))
308 buf (marker-buffer (car value))))
309 ((overlayp value)
310 (setq buf (overlay-buffer value)
311 a (overlay-start value)
312 b (overlay-end value)))
314 (save-excursion
315 (set-buffer buf)
316 (setq a (count-lines 1 a)
317 b (count-lines 1 b)))
318 (if (< b a) (setq tmp a a b b tmp))
319 (cons 'SPAN
320 (vector (cons (ash a -16) (logand a 65535))
321 (cons (ash b -16) (logand b 65535))))))))
323 (defun xselect-convert-to-colno (selection type value)
324 (let (a b buf tmp)
325 (cond ((cond ((and (consp value)
326 (markerp (car value))
327 (markerp (cdr value)))
328 (setq a (car value)
329 b (cdr value)
330 buf (marker-buffer a)))
331 ((overlayp value)
332 (setq buf (overlay-buffer value)
333 a (overlay-start value)
334 b (overlay-end value)))
336 (save-excursion
337 (set-buffer buf)
338 (goto-char a)
339 (setq a (current-column))
340 (goto-char b)
341 (setq b (current-column)))
342 (if (< b a) (setq tmp a a b b tmp))
343 (cons 'SPAN
344 (vector (cons (ash a -16) (logand a 65535))
345 (cons (ash b -16) (logand b 65535))))))))
347 (defun xselect-convert-to-os (selection type size)
348 (symbol-name system-type))
350 (defun xselect-convert-to-host (selection type size)
351 (system-name))
353 (defun xselect-convert-to-user (selection type size)
354 (user-full-name))
356 (defun xselect-convert-to-class (selection type size)
357 "Convert selection to class.
358 This function returns the string \"Emacs\"."
359 "Emacs")
361 ;; We do not try to determine the name Emacs was invoked with,
362 ;; because it is not clean for a program's behavior to depend on that.
363 (defun xselect-convert-to-name (selection type size)
364 "Convert selection to name.
365 This function returns the string \"emacs\"."
366 "emacs")
368 (defun xselect-convert-to-integer (selection type value)
369 (and (integerp value)
370 (cons (ash value -16) (logand value 65535))))
372 (defun xselect-convert-to-atom (selection type value)
373 (and (symbolp value) value))
375 (defun xselect-convert-to-identity (selection type value) ; used internally
376 (vector value))
378 (setq selection-converter-alist
379 '((TEXT . xselect-convert-to-string)
380 (COMPOUND_TEXT . xselect-convert-to-string)
381 (STRING . xselect-convert-to-string)
382 (UTF8_STRING . xselect-convert-to-string)
383 (TARGETS . xselect-convert-to-targets)
384 (LENGTH . xselect-convert-to-length)
385 (DELETE . xselect-convert-to-delete)
386 (FILE_NAME . xselect-convert-to-filename)
387 (CHARACTER_POSITION . xselect-convert-to-charpos)
388 (LINE_NUMBER . xselect-convert-to-lineno)
389 (COLUMN_NUMBER . xselect-convert-to-colno)
390 (OWNER_OS . xselect-convert-to-os)
391 (HOST_NAME . xselect-convert-to-host)
392 (USER . xselect-convert-to-user)
393 (CLASS . xselect-convert-to-class)
394 (NAME . xselect-convert-to-name)
395 (ATOM . xselect-convert-to-atom)
396 (INTEGER . xselect-convert-to-integer)
397 (_EMACS_INTERNAL . xselect-convert-to-identity)
400 (provide 'select)
402 ;;; arch-tag: bb634f97-8a3b-4b0a-b940-f6e09982328c
403 ;;; select.el ends here