1 ;;; hanoi.el --- towers of hanoi in Emacs
3 ;; Author: Damon Anton Permezel
7 ; Author (a) 1985, Damon Anton Permezel
8 ; This is in the public domain
9 ; since he distributed it in 1985 without copyright notice.
10 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
12 ; Support for horizontal poles, large numbers of rings, real-time,
13 ; faces, defcustom, and Towers of Unix added in 1999 by Alakazam
14 ; Petrofsky <Alakazam@Petrofsky.Berkeley.CA.US>.
18 ;; Solves the Towers of Hanoi puzzle while-U-wait.
20 ;; The puzzle: Start with N rings, decreasing in sizes from bottom to
21 ;; top, stacked around a post. There are two other posts. Your mission,
22 ;; should you choose to accept it, is to shift the pile, stacked in its
23 ;; original order, to another post.
25 ;; The challenge is to do it in the fewest possible moves. Each move
26 ;; shifts one ring to a different post. But there's a rule; you can
27 ;; only stack a ring on top of a larger one.
29 ;; The simplest nontrivial version of this puzzle is N = 3. Solution
30 ;; time rises as 2**N, and programs to solve it have long been considered
31 ;; classic introductory exercises in the use of recursion.
33 ;; The puzzle is called `Towers of Hanoi' because an early popular
34 ;; presentation wove a fanciful legend around it. According to this
35 ;; myth (uttered long before the Vietnam War), there is a Buddhist
36 ;; monastery at Hanoi which contains a large room with three time-worn
37 ;; posts in it surrounded by 21 golden discs. Monks, acting out the
38 ;; command of an ancient prophecy, have been moving these disks, in
39 ;; accordance with the rules of the puzzle, once every day since the
40 ;; monastery was founded over a thousand years ago. They are said to
41 ;; believe that when the last move of the puzzle is completed, the
42 ;; world will end in a clap of thunder. Fortunately, they are nowhere
43 ;; even close to being done...
45 ;; 1999 addition: The `Towers of Unix' command (hanoi-unix) stems from
46 ;; the never-disproven legend of a Eunuch monastery at Princeton that
47 ;; contains a large air-conditioned room with three time-worn posts in
48 ;; it surrounded by 32 silicon discs. Nimble monks, acting out the
49 ;; command of an ancient prophecy, have been moving these disks, in
50 ;; accordance with the rules of the puzzle, once every second since
51 ;; the monastery was founded almost a billion seconds ago. They are
52 ;; said to believe that when the last move of the puzzle is completed,
53 ;; the world will reboot in a clap of thunder. Actually, because the
54 ;; bottom disc is blocked by the "Do not feed the monks" sign, it is
55 ;; believed the End will come at the time that disc is to be moved...
62 (defvar baseward-step
)
64 (defvar fly-row-start
)
70 "The Towers of Hanoi."
73 (defcustom hanoi-horizontal-flag nil
74 "If non-nil, hanoi poles are oriented horizontally."
75 :group
'hanoi
:type
'boolean
)
77 (defcustom hanoi-move-period
1.0
78 "Time, in seconds, for each pole-to-pole move of a ring.
79 If nil, move rings as fast as possible while displaying all
80 intermediate positions."
81 :group
'hanoi
:type
'(restricted-sexp :match-alternatives
(numberp 'nil
)))
83 (defcustom hanoi-use-faces nil
84 "If nil, all hanoi-*-face variables are ignored."
85 :group
'hanoi
:type
'boolean
)
87 (defcustom hanoi-pole-face
'highlight
88 "Face for poles. Ignored if hanoi-use-faces is nil."
89 :group
'hanoi
:type
'face
)
91 (defcustom hanoi-base-face
'highlight
92 "Face for base. Ignored if hanoi-use-faces is nil."
93 :group
'hanoi
:type
'face
)
95 (defcustom hanoi-even-ring-face
'region
96 "Face for even-numbered rings. Ignored if hanoi-use-faces is nil."
97 :group
'hanoi
:type
'face
)
99 (defcustom hanoi-odd-ring-face
'secondary-selection
100 "Face for odd-numbered rings. Ignored if hanoi-use-faces is nil."
101 :group
'hanoi
:type
'face
)
105 ;;; hanoi - user callable Towers of Hanoi
108 (defun hanoi (nrings)
109 "Towers of Hanoi diversion. Use NRINGS rings."
111 (list (if (null current-prefix-arg
)
113 (prefix-numeric-value current-prefix-arg
))))
115 (error "Negative number of rings"))
116 (hanoi-internal nrings
(make-list nrings
0) (hanoi-current-time-float)))
120 "Towers of Hanoi, UNIX doomsday version.
121 Displays 32-ring towers that have been progressing at one move per
122 second since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 GMT.
124 Repent before ring 31 moves."
126 (let* ((start (ftruncate (hanoi-current-time-float)))
127 (bits (loop repeat
32
128 for x
= (/ start
(expt 2.0 31)) then
(* x
2.0)
129 collect
(truncate (mod x
2.0))))
130 (hanoi-move-period 1.0))
131 (hanoi-internal 32 bits start
)))
134 (defun hanoi-unix-64 ()
135 "Like hanoi-unix, but pretend to have a 64-bit clock.
136 This is, necessarily (as of Emacs 20.3), a crock. When the
137 current-time interface is made s2G-compliant, hanoi.el will need
140 (let* ((start (ftruncate (hanoi-current-time-float)))
141 (bits (loop repeat
64
142 for x
= (/ start
(expt 2.0 63)) then
(* x
2.0)
143 collect
(truncate (mod x
2.0))))
144 (hanoi-move-period 1.0))
145 (hanoi-internal 64 bits start
)))
147 (defun hanoi-internal (nrings bits start-time
)
148 "Towers of Hanoi internal interface. Use NRINGS rings.
149 Start after n steps, where BITS is a big-endian list of the bits of n.
150 BITS must be of length nrings. Start at START-TIME."
151 (switch-to-buffer "*Hanoi*")
152 (buffer-disable-undo (current-buffer))
153 (setq show-trailing-whitespace nil
)
156 (;; These lines can cause Emacs to crash if you ask for too
157 ;; many rings. If you uncomment them, on most systems you
158 ;; can get 10,000+ rings.
159 ;;(max-specpdl-size (max max-specpdl-size (* nrings 15)))
160 ;;(max-lisp-eval-depth (max max-lisp-eval-depth (+ nrings 20)))
161 (vert (not hanoi-horizontal-flag
))
162 (pole-width (length (format "%d" (max 0 (1- nrings
)))))
163 (pole-char (if vert ?\| ?\-
))
164 (base-char (if vert ?\
= ?\|
))
165 (base-len (max (+ 8 (* pole-width
3))
166 (1- (if vert
(window-width) (window-height)))))
167 (max-ring-diameter (/ (- base-len
2) 3))
168 (pole1-coord (/ max-ring-diameter
2))
169 (pole2-coord (/ base-len
2))
170 (pole3-coord (- base-len
(/ (1+ max-ring-diameter
) 2)))
171 (pole-coords (list pole1-coord pole2-coord pole3-coord
))
172 ;; Number of lines displayed below the bottom-most rings.
174 (min 3 (max 0 (- (1- (if vert
(window-height) (window-width)))
177 ;; These variables will be set according to hanoi-horizontal-flag:
179 ;; line-offset is the number of characters per line in the buffer.
181 ;; fly-row-start is the buffer position of the leftmost or
182 ;; uppermost position in the fly row.
184 ;; Adding fly-step to a buffer position moves you one step
185 ;; along the fly row in the direction from pole1 to pole2.
187 ;; Adding baseward-step to a buffer position moves you one step
191 (setq buffer-read-only nil
)
193 (setq truncate-lines t
)
194 (if hanoi-horizontal-flag
196 (setq line-offset
(+ base-lines nrings
3))
197 (setq fly-row-start
(1- line-offset
))
198 (setq fly-step line-offset
)
199 (setq baseward-step -
1)
200 (loop repeat base-len do
201 (unless (zerop base-lines
)
202 (insert-char ?\
(1- base-lines
))
204 (hanoi-put-face (1- (point)) (point) hanoi-base-face
))
205 (insert-char ?\
(+ 2 nrings
))
208 (loop for coord in pole-coords do
209 (loop for row from
(- coord
(/ pole-width
2))
210 for start
= (+ (* row line-offset
) base-lines
1)
212 (subst-char-in-region start
(+ start nrings
1)
214 (hanoi-put-face start
(+ start nrings
1)
217 (setq line-offset
(1+ base-len
))
219 (setq baseward-step line-offset
)
220 (let ((extra-lines (- (1- (window-height)) (+ nrings
2) base-lines
)))
221 (insert-char ?
\n (max 0 extra-lines
))
222 (setq fly-row-start
(point))
223 (insert-char ?\ base-len
)
225 (loop repeat
(1+ nrings
)
227 (loop with line
= (make-string base-len ?\
)
228 for coord in pole-coords
229 for start
= (- coord
(/ pole-width
2))
230 for end
= (+ start pole-width
) do
231 (hanoi-put-face start end hanoi-pole-face line
)
232 (loop for i from start below end do
233 (aset line i pole-char
))
235 do
(insert pole-line ?
\n))
236 (insert-char base-char base-len
)
237 (hanoi-put-face (- (point) base-len
) (point) hanoi-base-face
)
238 (set-window-start (selected-window)
240 (max 0 (- extra-lines
)))))))
243 (;; each pole is a pair of buffer positions:
244 ;; the car is the position of the top ring currently on the pole,
245 ;; (or the base of the pole if it is empty).
246 ;; the cdr is in the fly-row just above the pole.
247 (poles (loop for coord in pole-coords
248 for fly-pos
= (+ fly-row-start
(* fly-step coord
))
249 for base
= (+ fly-pos
(* baseward-step
(+ 2 nrings
)))
250 collect
(cons base fly-pos
)))
251 ;; compute the string for each ring and make the list of
252 ;; ring pairs. Each ring pair is initially (str . diameter).
253 ;; Once placed in buffer it is changed to (center-pos . diameter).
256 ;; radii are measured from the edge of the pole out.
257 ;; So diameter = 2 * radius + pole-width. When
258 ;; there's room, we make each ring's radius =
259 ;; pole-number + 1. If there isn't room, we step
260 ;; evenly from the max radius down to 1.
261 with max-radius
= (min nrings
262 (/ (- max-ring-diameter pole-width
) 2))
263 for n from
(1- nrings
) downto
0
264 for radius
= (1+ (/ (* n max-radius
) nrings
))
265 for diameter
= (+ pole-width
(* 2 radius
))
266 with format-str
= (format "%%0%dd" pole-width
)
267 for str
= (concat (if vert
"<" "^")
268 (make-string (1- radius
) (if vert ?\- ?\|
))
269 (format format-str n
)
270 (make-string (1- radius
) (if vert ?\- ?\|
))
273 (if (eq (logand n
1) 1) ; oddp would require cl at runtime
274 hanoi-odd-ring-face hanoi-even-ring-face
)
275 do
(hanoi-put-face 0 (length str
) face str
)
276 collect
(cons str diameter
)))
277 ;; Disable display of line and column numbers, for speed.
278 (line-number-mode nil
) (column-number-mode nil
))
280 (hanoi-n bits rings
(car poles
) (cadr poles
) (caddr poles
)
283 (setq buffer-read-only t
)
284 (force-mode-line-update)))
286 (defun hanoi-current-time-float ()
287 "Return values from current-time combined into a single float."
288 (destructuring-bind (high low micros
) (current-time)
289 (+ (* high
65536.0) low
(/ micros
1000000.0))))
291 (defun hanoi-put-face (start end value
&optional object
)
292 "If hanoi-use-faces is non-nil, call put-text-property for face property."
294 (put-text-property start end
'face value object
)))
297 ;;; Functions with a start-time argument (hanoi-0, hanoi-n, and
298 ;;; hanoi-move-ring) start working at start-time and return the ending
299 ;;; time. If hanoi-move-period is nil, start-time is ignored and the
300 ;;; return value is junk.
303 ;;; hanoi-0 - work horse of hanoi
304 (defun hanoi-0 (rings from to work start-time
)
307 (hanoi-0 (cdr rings
) work to from
308 (hanoi-move-ring (car rings
) from to
309 (hanoi-0 (cdr rings
) from work to start-time
)))))
311 ;; start after n moves, where BITS is a big-endian list of the bits of n.
312 ;; BITS must be of same length as rings.
313 (defun hanoi-n (bits rings from to work start-time
)
315 ;; All rings have been placed in starting positions. Update display.
319 (hanoi-insert-ring (car rings
) from
)
320 (hanoi-0 (cdr rings
) work to from
321 (hanoi-move-ring (car rings
) from to
322 (hanoi-n (cdr bits
) (cdr rings
) from work to
325 (hanoi-insert-ring (car rings
) to
)
326 (hanoi-n (cdr bits
) (cdr rings
) work to from start-time
))))
328 ;; put never-before-placed RING on POLE and update their cars.
329 (defun hanoi-insert-ring (ring pole
)
330 (decf (car pole
) baseward-step
)
331 (let ((str (car ring
))
332 (start (- (car pole
) (* (/ (cdr ring
) 2) fly-step
))))
333 (setcar ring
(car pole
))
334 (loop for pos upfrom start by fly-step
335 for i below
(cdr ring
) do
336 (subst-char-in-region pos
(1+ pos
) (char-after pos
) (aref str i
))
337 (set-text-properties pos
(1+ pos
) (text-properties-at i str
)))
338 (hanoi-goto-char (car pole
))))
340 ;; like goto-char, but if position is outside the window, then move to
341 ;; corresponding position in the first row displayed.
342 (defun hanoi-goto-char (pos)
343 (goto-char (if (or hanoi-horizontal-flag
(<= (window-start) pos
))
345 (+ (window-start) (%
(- pos fly-row-start
) baseward-step
)))))
347 ;; do one pole-to-pole move and update the ring and pole pairs.
348 (defun hanoi-move-ring (ring from to start-time
)
349 (incf (car from
) baseward-step
)
350 (decf (car to
) baseward-step
)
351 (let* ;; We move flywards-steps steps up the pole to the fly row,
352 ;; then fly fly-steps steps across the fly row, then go
353 ;; baseward-steps steps down the new pole.
354 ((flyward-steps (/ (- (car ring
) (cdr from
)) baseward-step
))
355 (fly-steps (abs (/ (- (cdr to
) (cdr from
)) fly-step
)))
356 (directed-fly-step (/ (- (cdr to
) (cdr from
)) fly-steps
))
357 (baseward-steps (/ (- (car to
) (cdr to
)) baseward-step
))
358 ;; A step is a character cell. A tick is a time-unit. To
359 ;; make horizontal and vertical motion appear roughly the
360 ;; same speed, we allow one tick per horizontal step and two
361 ;; ticks per vertical step.
362 (ticks-per-pole-step (if hanoi-horizontal-flag
1 2))
363 (ticks-per-fly-step (if hanoi-horizontal-flag
2 1))
364 (flyward-ticks (* ticks-per-pole-step flyward-steps
))
365 (fly-ticks (* ticks-per-fly-step fly-steps
))
366 (baseward-ticks (* ticks-per-pole-step baseward-steps
))
367 (total-ticks (+ flyward-ticks fly-ticks baseward-ticks
))
369 ;; Return the buffer position of the ring after TICK ticks.
372 ((<= tick flyward-ticks
)
375 (- flyward-steps
(/ tick ticks-per-pole-step
)))))
376 ((<= tick
(+ flyward-ticks fly-ticks
))
379 (/ (- tick flyward-ticks
) ticks-per-fly-step
))))
383 (/ (- tick flyward-ticks fly-ticks
)
384 ticks-per-pole-step
))))))))
385 (if hanoi-move-period
386 (loop for elapsed
= (- (hanoi-current-time-float) start-time
)
387 while
(< elapsed hanoi-move-period
)
388 with tick-period
= (/ (float hanoi-move-period
) total-ticks
)
389 for tick
= (ceiling (/ elapsed tick-period
)) do
390 (hanoi-ring-to-pos ring
(funcall tick-to-pos tick
))
391 (hanoi-sit-for (- (* tick tick-period
) elapsed
)))
392 (loop for tick from
1 to total-ticks by
2 do
393 (hanoi-ring-to-pos ring
(funcall tick-to-pos tick
))
395 ;; Always make last move to keep pole and ring data consistent
396 (hanoi-ring-to-pos ring
(car to
))
397 (if hanoi-move-period
(+ start-time hanoi-move-period
))))
399 ;; update display and pause, quitting with a pithy comment if the user
401 (defun hanoi-sit-for (seconds)
402 (unless (sit-for seconds
)
403 (signal 'quit
'("I can tell you've had enough"))))
405 ;; move ring to a given buffer position and update ring's car.
406 (defun hanoi-ring-to-pos (ring pos
)
407 (unless (= (car ring
) pos
)
408 (let* ((start (- (car ring
) (* (/ (cdr ring
) 2) fly-step
)))
409 (new-start (- pos
(- (car ring
) start
))))
410 (if hanoi-horizontal-flag
411 (loop for i below
(cdr ring
)
412 for j
= (if (< new-start start
) i
(- (cdr ring
) i
1))
413 for old-pos
= (+ start
(* j fly-step
))
414 for new-pos
= (+ new-start
(* j fly-step
)) do
415 (transpose-regions old-pos
(1+ old-pos
) new-pos
(1+ new-pos
)))
416 (let ((end (+ start
(cdr ring
)))
417 (new-end (+ new-start
(cdr ring
))))
418 (if (< (abs (- new-start start
)) (- end start
))
419 ;; Overlap. Adjust bounds
420 (if (< start new-start
)
422 (setq new-end start
)))
423 (transpose-regions start end new-start new-end t
))))
424 ;; If moved on or off a pole, redraw pole chars.
425 (unless (eq (hanoi-pos-on-tower-p (car ring
)) (hanoi-pos-on-tower-p pos
))
426 (let* ((pole-start (- (car ring
) (* fly-step
(/ pole-width
2))))
427 (pole-end (+ pole-start
(* fly-step pole-width
)))
428 (on-pole (hanoi-pos-on-tower-p (car ring
)))
429 (new-char (if on-pole pole-char ?\
))
430 (curr-char (if on-pole ?\ pole-char
))
431 (face (if on-pole hanoi-pole-face nil
)))
432 (if hanoi-horizontal-flag
433 (loop for pos from pole-start below pole-end by line-offset do
434 (subst-char-in-region pos
(1+ pos
) curr-char new-char
)
435 (hanoi-put-face pos
(1+ pos
) face
))
436 (subst-char-in-region pole-start pole-end curr-char new-char
)
437 (hanoi-put-face pole-start pole-end face
))))
439 (hanoi-goto-char pos
))
441 ;; Check if a buffer position lies on a tower (vis. in the fly row).
442 (defun hanoi-pos-on-tower-p (pos)
443 (if hanoi-horizontal-flag
444 (/= (% pos fly-step
) fly-row-start
)
445 (>= pos
(+ fly-row-start baseward-step
))))
449 ;;; hanoi.el ends here