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1 ;;; mouse-drag.el --- use mouse-2 to do a new style of scrolling
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
4 ;; 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 ;; Author: John Heidemann <johnh@ISI.EDU>
7 ;; Keywords: mouse
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26 ;;; Commentary:
28 ;;; What is ``mouse-drag.el''?
29 ;;;
30 ;;; Doesn't that scroll bar seem far away when you want to scroll?
31 ;;; This module overloads mouse-2 to do ``throw'' scrolling. You
32 ;;; click and drag. The distance you move from your original click
33 ;;; turns into a scroll amount. The scroll amount is scaled
34 ;;; exponentially to make both large moves and short adjustments easy.
35 ;;; What this boils down to is that you can easily scroll around the
36 ;;; buffer without much mouse movement. Finally, clicks which aren't
37 ;;; drags are passed off to the old mouse-2 binding, so old mouse-2
38 ;;; operations (find-file in dired-mode, yanking in most other modes)
39 ;;; still work.
40 ;;;
41 ;;; There is an alternative way to scroll, ``drag'' scrolling. You
42 ;;; can click on a character and then drag it around, scrolling the
43 ;;; buffer with you. The character always stays under the mouse.
44 ;;; Compared to throw-scrolling, this approach provides direct
45 ;;; manipulation (nice) but requires more mouse movement
46 ;;; (unfortunate). It is offered as an alternative for those who
47 ;;; prefer it.
48 ;;;
49 ;;; If you like mouse-drag, you should also check out mouse-copy
50 ;;; for ``one-click text copy and move''.
51 ;;;
52 ;;; To use mouse-drag, place the following in your .emacs file:
53 ;;; (require 'mouse-drag)
54 ;;; -and either-
55 ;;; (global-set-key [down-mouse-2] 'mouse-drag-throw)
56 ;;; -or-
57 ;;; (global-set-key [down-mouse-2] 'mouse-drag-drag)
58 ;;;
59 ;;;
60 ;;;
61 ;;; Options:
62 ;;;
63 ;;; - reverse the throw-scroll direction with \\[mouse-throw-with-scroll-bar]
64 ;;; - work around a bug with \\[mouse-extras-work-around-drag-bug]
65 ;;; - auto-enable horizontal scrolling with
66 ;;; \\[mouse-drag-electric-col-scrolling]
67 ;;;
68 ;;;
69 ;;; History and related work:
70 ;;;
71 ;;; One-click copying and moving was inspired by lemacs-19.8.
72 ;;; Throw-scrolling was inspired by MacPaint's ``hand'' and by Tk's
73 ;;; mouse-2 scrolling. The package mouse-scroll.el by Tom Wurgler
74 ;;; <twurgler@goodyear.com> is similar to mouse-drag-throw, but
75 ;;; doesn't pass clicks through.
76 ;;;
77 ;;; These functions have been tested in emacs version 19.30,
78 ;;; and this package has run in the past on 19.25-19.29.
79 ;;;
80 ;;; Originally mouse-drag was part of a larger package.
81 ;;; As of 11 July 96 the scrolling functions were split out
82 ;;; in preparation for incorporation into (the future) emacs-19.32.
83 ;;;
84 ;;;
85 ;;; Thanks:
86 ;;;
87 ;;; Thanks to Kai Grossjohann
88 ;;; <grossjoh@dusty.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> for reporting bugs, to
89 ;;; Tom Wurgler <twurgler@goodyear.com> for reporting bugs and
90 ;;; suggesting fixes, and to Joel Graber <jgraber@ti.com> for
91 ;;; prompting me to do drag-scrolling and for an initial
92 ;;; implementation of horizontal drag-scrolling.
93 ;;;
94 ;;; -johnh@isi.edu, 11-Jul-96
95 ;;;
96 ;;;
97 ;;; What's new with mouse-drag 2.24?
98 ;;;
99 ;;; - mouse-drag-electric-col-scrolling (default: on)
100 ;;; auto-enables horizontal scrolling when clicks on wrapped
101 ;;; lines occur
103 ;;; Code:
106 ;; scrolling code
109 (defun mouse-drag-safe-scroll (row-delta &optional col-delta)
110 "Scroll down ROW-DELTA lines and right COL-DELTA, ignoring buffer edge errors.
111 Keep the cursor on the screen as needed."
112 (let ((scroll-preserve-screen-position nil))
113 (if (and row-delta
114 (/= 0 row-delta))
115 (condition-case nil ;; catch and ignore movement errors
116 (scroll-down row-delta)
117 (beginning-of-buffer (message "Beginning of buffer"))
118 (end-of-buffer (message "End of buffer"))))
119 (if (and col-delta
120 (/= 0 col-delta))
121 (progn
122 (scroll-right col-delta)
123 ;; Make sure that the point stays on the visible screen
124 ;; (if truncation-lines in set).
125 ;; This code mimics the behavior we automatically get
126 ;; when doing vertical scrolling.
127 ;; Problem identified and a fix suggested by Tom Wurgler.
128 (cond
129 ((< (current-column) (window-hscroll))
130 (move-to-column (window-hscroll))) ; make on left column
131 ((> (- (current-column) (window-hscroll) (window-width) -2) 0)
132 (move-to-column (+ (window-width) (window-hscroll) -3))))))))
134 (defun mouse-drag-repeatedly-safe-scroll (row-delta &optional col-delta)
135 "Scroll ROW-DELTA rows and COL-DELTA cols until an event happens."
136 (while (sit-for mouse-scroll-delay)
137 (mouse-drag-safe-scroll row-delta col-delta)))
139 (defun mouse-drag-events-are-point-events-p (start-posn end-posn)
140 "Determine if START-POSN and END-POSN are \"close\"."
141 (let*
142 ((start-col-row (posn-col-row start-posn))
143 (end-col-row (posn-col-row end-posn)))
144 (and
145 ;; We no longer exclude things by time.
146 ;; (< (- (posn-timestamp end-posn) (posn-timestamp start-posn))
147 ;; (if (numberp double-click-time)
148 ;; (* 2 double-click-time) ;; stretch it a little
149 ;; 999999)) ;; non-numeric => check by position alone
150 (= (car start-col-row) (car end-col-row))
151 (= (cdr start-col-row) (cdr end-col-row)))))
153 (defvar mouse-drag-electric-col-scrolling t
154 "If non-nil, mouse-drag on a long line enables truncate-lines.")
156 (defun mouse-drag-should-do-col-scrolling ()
157 "Determine if it's wise to enable col-scrolling for the current window.
158 Basically, we check for existing horizontal scrolling."
159 (or truncate-lines
160 (> (window-hscroll (selected-window)) 0)
161 (< (window-width) (frame-width))
162 (and
163 mouse-drag-electric-col-scrolling
164 (save-excursion ;; on a long line?
165 (let
166 ((beg (progn (beginning-of-line) (point)))
167 (end (progn (end-of-line) (point))))
168 (if (> (- end beg) (window-width))
169 (setq truncate-lines t)
170 nil))))))
172 (defvar mouse-throw-with-scroll-bar nil
173 "*Set direction of mouse-throwing.
174 If nil, the text moves in the direction the mouse moves.
175 If t, the scroll bar moves in the direction the mouse moves.")
176 (defconst mouse-throw-magnifier-with-scroll-bar
177 [-16 -8 -4 -2 -1 0 0 0 1 2 4 8 16])
178 (defconst mouse-throw-magnifier-with-mouse-movement
179 [ 16 8 4 2 1 0 0 0 -1 -2 -4 -8 -16])
180 (defconst mouse-throw-magnifier-min -6)
181 (defconst mouse-throw-magnifier-max 6)
183 (defun mouse-drag-throw (start-event)
184 "\"Throw\" the page according to a mouse drag.
186 A \"throw\" is scrolling the page at a speed relative to the distance
187 from the original mouse click to the current mouse location. Try it;
188 you'll like it. It's easier to observe than to explain.
190 If the mouse is clicked and released in the same place of time we
191 assume that the user didn't want to scdebugroll but wanted to whatever
192 mouse-2 used to do, so we pass it through.
194 Throw scrolling was inspired (but is not identical to) the \"hand\"
195 option in MacPaint, or the middle button in Tk text widgets.
197 If `mouse-throw-with-scroll-bar' is non-nil, then this command scrolls
198 in the opposite direction. (Different people have different ideas
199 about which direction is natural. Perhaps it has to do with which
200 hemisphere you're in.)
202 To test this function, evaluate:
203 (global-set-key [down-mouse-2] 'mouse-drag-throw)"
204 (interactive "e")
205 ;; we want to do save-selected-window, but that requires 19.29
206 (let* ((start-posn (event-start start-event))
207 (start-window (posn-window start-posn))
208 (start-row (cdr (posn-col-row start-posn)))
209 (start-col (car (posn-col-row start-posn)))
210 (old-selected-window (selected-window))
211 event end row mouse-delta scroll-delta
212 have-scrolled
213 window-last-row
214 col mouse-col-delta window-last-col
215 (scroll-col-delta 0)
216 adjusted-mouse-col-delta
217 adjusted-mouse-delta
218 ;; be conservative about allowing horizontal scrolling
219 (col-scrolling-p (mouse-drag-should-do-col-scrolling)))
220 (select-window start-window)
221 (track-mouse
222 (while (progn
223 (setq event (read-event)
224 end (event-end event)
225 row (cdr (posn-col-row end))
226 col (car (posn-col-row end)))
227 (or (mouse-movement-p event)
228 (eq (car-safe event) 'switch-frame)))
229 (if (eq start-window (posn-window end))
230 (progn
231 (setq mouse-delta (- start-row row)
232 adjusted-mouse-delta
233 (- (cond
234 ((<= mouse-delta mouse-throw-magnifier-min)
235 mouse-throw-magnifier-min)
236 ((>= mouse-delta mouse-throw-magnifier-max)
237 mouse-throw-magnifier-max)
238 (t mouse-delta))
239 mouse-throw-magnifier-min)
240 scroll-delta (aref (if mouse-throw-with-scroll-bar
241 mouse-throw-magnifier-with-scroll-bar
242 mouse-throw-magnifier-with-mouse-movement)
243 adjusted-mouse-delta))
244 (if col-scrolling-p
245 (setq mouse-col-delta (- start-col col)
246 adjusted-mouse-col-delta
247 (- (cond
248 ((<= mouse-col-delta mouse-throw-magnifier-min)
249 mouse-throw-magnifier-min)
250 ((>= mouse-col-delta mouse-throw-magnifier-max)
251 mouse-throw-magnifier-max)
252 (t mouse-col-delta))
253 mouse-throw-magnifier-min)
254 scroll-col-delta (aref (if mouse-throw-with-scroll-bar
255 mouse-throw-magnifier-with-scroll-bar
256 mouse-throw-magnifier-with-mouse-movement)
257 adjusted-mouse-col-delta)))))
258 (if (or (/= 0 scroll-delta)
259 (/= 0 scroll-col-delta))
260 (progn
261 (setq have-scrolled t)
262 (mouse-drag-safe-scroll scroll-delta scroll-col-delta)
263 (mouse-drag-repeatedly-safe-scroll scroll-delta scroll-col-delta))))) ;xxx
264 ;; If it was a click and not a drag, prepare to pass the event on.
265 ;; Is there a more correct way to reconstruct the event?
266 (if (and (not have-scrolled)
267 (mouse-drag-events-are-point-events-p start-posn end))
268 (push (cons (event-basic-type start-event) (cdr start-event))
269 unread-command-events))
270 ;; Now restore the old window.
271 (select-window old-selected-window)))
273 (defun mouse-drag-drag (start-event)
274 "\"Drag\" the page according to a mouse drag.
276 Drag scrolling moves the page according to the movement of the mouse.
277 You \"grab\" the character under the mouse and move it around.
279 If the mouse is clicked and released in the same place of time we
280 assume that the user didn't want to scroll but wanted to whatever
281 mouse-2 used to do, so we pass it through.
283 Drag scrolling is identical to the \"hand\" option in MacPaint, or the
284 middle button in Tk text widgets.
286 To test this function, evaluate:
287 (global-set-key [down-mouse-2] 'mouse-drag-drag)"
288 (interactive "e")
289 ;; we want to do save-selected-window, but that requires 19.29
290 (let* ((start-posn (event-start start-event))
291 (start-window (posn-window start-posn))
292 (start-row (cdr (posn-col-row start-posn)))
293 (start-col (car (posn-col-row start-posn)))
294 (old-selected-window (selected-window))
295 event end row mouse-delta scroll-delta
296 have-scrolled
297 window-last-row
298 col mouse-col-delta window-last-col
299 (scroll-col-delta 0)
300 ;; be conservative about allowing horizontal scrolling
301 (col-scrolling-p (mouse-drag-should-do-col-scrolling)))
302 (select-window start-window)
303 (setq window-last-row (- (window-height) 2)
304 window-last-col (- (window-width) 2))
305 (track-mouse
306 (while (progn
307 (setq event (read-event)
308 end (event-end event)
309 row (cdr (posn-col-row end))
310 col (car (posn-col-row end)))
311 (or (mouse-movement-p event)
312 (eq (car-safe event) 'switch-frame)))
313 ;; Scroll if see if we're on the edge.
314 ;; NEEDSWORK: should handle mouse-in-other window.
315 (cond
316 ((not (eq start-window (posn-window end)))
317 t) ; wait for return to original window
318 ((<= row 0) (mouse-drag-repeatedly-safe-scroll -1 0))
319 ((>= row window-last-row) (mouse-drag-repeatedly-safe-scroll 1 0))
320 ((and col-scrolling-p (<= col 1)) (mouse-drag-repeatedly-safe-scroll 0 -1))
321 ((and col-scrolling-p (>= col window-last-col)) (mouse-drag-repeatedly-safe-scroll 0 1))
323 (setq scroll-delta (- row start-row)
324 start-row row)
325 (if col-scrolling-p
326 (setq scroll-col-delta (- col start-col)
327 start-col col))
328 (if (or (/= 0 scroll-delta)
329 (/= 0 scroll-col-delta))
330 (progn
331 (setq have-scrolled t)
332 (mouse-drag-safe-scroll scroll-delta scroll-col-delta)))))))
333 ;; If it was a click and not a drag, prepare to pass the event on.
334 ;; Is there a more correct way to reconstruct the event?
335 (if (and (not have-scrolled)
336 (mouse-drag-events-are-point-events-p start-posn end))
337 (push (cons (event-basic-type start-event) (cdr start-event))
338 unread-command-events))
339 ;; Now restore the old window.
340 (select-window old-selected-window)))
343 (provide 'mouse-drag)
345 ;;; arch-tag: e47354ff-82f5-42c4-b3dc-88dd9c04b770
346 ;;; mouse-drag.el ends here