1 ;;; avoid.el --- make mouse pointer stay out of the way of editing
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5 ;; Author: Boris Goldowsky <boris@gnu.org>
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25 ;; For those who are annoyed by the mouse pointer obscuring text,
26 ;; this mode moves the mouse pointer - either just a little out of
27 ;; the way, or all the way to the corner of the frame.
28 ;; To use, load or evaluate this file and type M-x mouse-avoidance-mode .
29 ;; To set up permanently, put the following in your .emacs:
31 ;; (if (display-mouse-p) (mouse-avoidance-mode 'animate))
33 ;; Other legitimate alternatives include
34 ;; `banish', `exile', `jump', `cat-and-mouse', and `proteus'.
35 ;; They do somewhat different things.
36 ;; See the documentation for function `mouse-avoidance-mode' for
37 ;; details of the different modes.
39 ;; For added silliness, make the animatee animate...
40 ;; put something similar to the following into your .emacs:
42 ;; (if (eq window-system 'x)
43 ;; (mouse-avoidance-set-pointer-shape
45 ;; (list x-pointer-man x-pointer-spider
46 ;; x-pointer-gobbler x-pointer-gumby))))
48 ;; For completely random pointer shape, replace the setq above with:
49 ;; (setq x-pointer-shape (mouse-avoidance-random-shape))
51 ;; Bugs / Warnings / To-Do:
53 ;; - Using this code does slow Emacs down. "banish" mode shouldn't
54 ;; be too bad, and on my workstation even "animate" is reasonable.
56 ;; - It ought to find out where any overlapping frames are and avoid them,
57 ;; rather than always raising the frame.
60 ;; This code was helped by all those who contributed suggestions,
61 ;; fixes, and additions
62 ;; Joe Harrington (and his advisor), for the original inspiration.
63 ;; Ken Manheimer, for dreaming up the Protean mode.
64 ;; Richard Stallman, for the awful cat-and-mouse pun, among other things.
65 ;; Mike Williams, Denis Howe, Bill Benedetto, Chris Moore, Don Morris,
66 ;; Simon Marshall, and M.S. Ashton, for their feedback.
70 (eval-when-compile (require 'cl-lib
))
73 "Make mouse pointer stay out of the way of editing."
74 :prefix
"mouse-avoidance-"
78 (defcustom mouse-avoidance-mode nil
79 "Activate Mouse Avoidance mode.
80 See function `mouse-avoidance-mode' for possible values.
81 Setting this variable directly does not take effect;
82 use either \\[customize] or the function `mouse-avoidance-mode'."
83 :set
(lambda (_symbol value
)
84 ;; 'none below prevents toggling when value is nil.
85 (mouse-avoidance-mode (or value
'none
)))
86 :initialize
'custom-initialize-default
87 :type
'(choice (const :tag
"none" nil
) (const banish
) (const jump
)
88 (const animate
) (const exile
) (const proteus
))
94 (defcustom mouse-avoidance-nudge-dist
15
95 "Average distance that mouse will be moved when approached by cursor.
96 Only applies in Mouse Avoidance mode `jump' and its derivatives.
97 For best results make this larger than `mouse-avoidance-threshold'."
101 (defcustom mouse-avoidance-nudge-var
10
102 "Variability of `mouse-avoidance-nudge-dist' (which see)."
106 (defcustom mouse-avoidance-animation-delay
.01
107 "Delay between animation steps, in seconds."
111 (defcustom mouse-avoidance-threshold
5
112 "Mouse-pointer's flight distance.
113 If the cursor gets closer than this, the mouse pointer will move away.
114 Only applies in Mouse Avoidance modes `animate' and `jump'."
118 (defcustom mouse-avoidance-banish-position
'((frame-or-window . frame
)
121 (top-or-bottom . top
)
122 (top-or-bottom-pos .
0))
123 "Position to which Mouse Avoidance mode `banish' moves the mouse.
124 An alist where keywords mean:
125 FRAME-OR-WINDOW: banish the mouse to corner of frame or window.
126 SIDE: banish the mouse on right or left corner of frame or window.
127 SIDE-POS: Distance from right or left edge of frame or window.
128 TOP-OR-BOTTOM: banish the mouse to top or bottom of frame or window.
129 TOP-OR-BOTTOM-POS: Distance from top or bottom edge of frame or window."
132 :type
'(alist :key-type symbol
:value-type symbol
)
133 :options
'(frame-or-window side
(side-pos integer
)
134 top-or-bottom
(top-or-bottom-pos integer
)))
136 ;; Internal variables
137 (defvar mouse-avoidance-state nil
)
138 (defvar mouse-avoidance-pointer-shapes nil
)
139 (defvar mouse-avoidance-n-pointer-shapes
0)
140 (defvar mouse-avoidance-old-pointer-shape nil
)
141 (defvar mouse-avoidance-animating-pointer nil
)
143 ;; This timer is used to run something when Emacs is idle.
144 (defvar mouse-avoidance-timer nil
)
148 (defsubst mouse-avoidance-set-pointer-shape
(shape)
149 "Set the shape of the mouse pointer to SHAPE."
150 (when (boundp 'x-pointer-shape
)
151 (setq x-pointer-shape shape
)
152 (set-mouse-color nil
)))
154 (defun mouse-avoidance-point-position ()
155 "Return the position of point as (FRAME X . Y).
156 Analogous to `mouse-position'."
157 (let* ((edges (window-inside-edges))
158 (posn-at-point (posn-at-point))
159 (x-y (and posn-at-point
(posn-x-y posn-at-point
))))
161 (cons (selected-frame)
163 (/ (car x-y
) (frame-char-width)))
165 (/ (cdr x-y
) (frame-char-height))))))))
167 ;(defun mouse-avoidance-point-position-test ()
169 ; (message (format "point=%s mouse=%s"
170 ; (cdr (mouse-avoidance-point-position))
171 ; (cdr (mouse-position)))))
173 (defun mouse-avoidance-set-mouse-position (pos)
174 ;; Carefully set mouse position to given position (X . Y)
175 ;; Ideally, should check if X,Y is in the current frame, and if not,
176 ;; leave the mouse where it was. However, this is currently
177 ;; difficult to do, so we just raise the frame to avoid frame switches.
178 ;; Returns t if it moved the mouse.
179 (let ((f (selected-frame)))
181 (set-mouse-position f
(car pos
) (cdr pos
))
184 (defun mouse-avoidance-too-close-p (mouse)
185 "Return t if mouse pointer and point cursor are too close.
186 MOUSE is the current mouse position as returned by `mouse-position'.
187 Acceptable distance is defined by `mouse-avoidance-threshold'."
188 (let* ((frame (car mouse
))
189 (mouse-y (cdr (cdr mouse
)))
190 (tool-bar-lines (frame-parameter nil
'tool-bar-lines
))
193 (setq tool-bar-lines
0))
195 ((and mouse-y
(< mouse-y tool-bar-lines
))
197 ((setq point
(mouse-avoidance-point-position))
198 (let ((mouse-x (car (cdr mouse
))))
199 (and (eq frame
(car point
))
201 (< (abs (- mouse-x
(car (cdr point
))))
202 mouse-avoidance-threshold
)
203 (< (abs (- mouse-y
(cdr (cdr point
))))
204 mouse-avoidance-threshold
)))))))
206 (defun mouse-avoidance-banish-destination ()
207 "The position to which Mouse Avoidance mode `banish' moves the mouse.
209 If you want the mouse banished to a different corner set
210 `mouse-avoidance-banish-position' as you need."
211 (let* ((fra-or-win (assoc-default
213 mouse-avoidance-banish-position
'eq
))
214 (list-values (pcase fra-or-win
215 (`frame
(list 0 0 (frame-width) (frame-height)))
216 (`window
(window-edges))))
217 (alist (cl-loop for v in list-values
218 for k in
'(left top right bottom
)
222 mouse-avoidance-banish-position
#'eq
))
223 (side-dist (assoc-default
225 mouse-avoidance-banish-position
#'eq
))
226 (top-or-bottom (assoc-default
228 mouse-avoidance-banish-position
#'eq
))
229 (top-or-bottom-dist (assoc-default
231 mouse-avoidance-banish-position
#'eq
))
235 (top-or-bottom-fn (pcase top-or-bottom
238 (cons (funcall side-fn
; -/+
239 (assoc-default side alist
'eq
) ; right or left
240 side-dist
) ; distance from side
241 (funcall top-or-bottom-fn
; -/+
242 (assoc-default top-or-bottom alist
'eq
) ; top/bottom
243 top-or-bottom-dist
)))) ; distance from top/bottom
245 (defun mouse-avoidance-banish-mouse ()
246 "Put the mouse pointer to `mouse-avoidance-banish-position'."
247 (mouse-avoidance-set-mouse-position (mouse-avoidance-banish-destination)))
249 (defsubst mouse-avoidance-delta
(cur delta dist var min max
)
250 ;; Decide how far to move in either dimension.
251 ;; Args are the CURRENT location, the desired DELTA for
252 ;; warp-conservation, the DISTANCE we like to move, the VARIABILITY
253 ;; in distance allowed, and the MIN and MAX possible window positions.
254 ;; Returns something as close to DELTA as possible within the constraints.
255 (let ((L1 (max (- min cur
) (+ (- dist
) (- var
))))
256 (R1 (+ (- dist
) var
))
257 (L2 (+ dist
(- var
)))
258 (R2 (min (- max cur
) (+ dist var
))))
259 (if (< R1
(- min cur
)) (setq L1 nil R1 nil
))
260 (if (> L2
(- max cur
)) (setq L2 nil R2 nil
))
261 (cond ((and L1
(< delta L1
)) L1
)
262 ((and R1
(< delta R1
)) delta
)
263 ((and R1
(< delta
0)) R1
)
264 ((and L2
(< delta L2
)) L2
)
265 ((and R2
(< delta R2
)) delta
)
270 (defun mouse-avoidance-nudge-mouse ()
271 ;; Push the mouse a little way away, possibly animating the move.
272 ;; For these modes, state keeps track of the total offset that we've
273 ;; accumulated, and tries to keep it close to zero.
274 (let* ((cur (mouse-position))
281 (deltax (mouse-avoidance-delta
282 (car cur-pos
) (- (random mouse-avoidance-nudge-var
)
283 (car mouse-avoidance-state
))
284 mouse-avoidance-nudge-dist mouse-avoidance-nudge-var
286 (deltay (mouse-avoidance-delta
287 (cdr cur-pos
) (- (random mouse-avoidance-nudge-var
)
288 (cdr mouse-avoidance-state
))
289 mouse-avoidance-nudge-dist mouse-avoidance-nudge-var
291 (setq mouse-avoidance-state
292 (cons (+ (car mouse-avoidance-state
) deltax
)
293 (+ (cdr mouse-avoidance-state
) deltay
)))
294 (if (or (eq mouse-avoidance-mode
'animate
)
295 (eq mouse-avoidance-mode
'proteus
))
297 (incr (max .1 (/ 1.0 mouse-avoidance-nudge-dist
))))
298 (setq mouse-avoidance-animating-pointer t
)
300 (mouse-avoidance-set-mouse-position
301 (cons (+ (car cur-pos
) (round (* i deltax
)))
302 (+ (cdr cur-pos
) (round (* i deltay
)))))
304 (if (eq mouse-avoidance-mode
'proteus
)
305 (mouse-avoidance-set-pointer-shape
306 (mouse-avoidance-random-shape)))
307 (sit-for mouse-avoidance-animation-delay
))
308 (setq mouse-avoidance-animating-pointer nil
))
309 (mouse-avoidance-set-mouse-position (cons (+ (car (cdr cur
)) deltax
)
310 (+ (cdr (cdr cur
)) deltay
))))))
312 (defun mouse-avoidance-random-shape ()
313 "Return a random cursor shape.
314 This assumes that any variable whose name begins with x-pointer- and
315 has an integer value is a valid cursor shape. You might want to
316 redefine this function to suit your own tastes."
317 (if (null mouse-avoidance-pointer-shapes
)
319 (setq mouse-avoidance-pointer-shapes
320 (mapcar (lambda (x) (symbol-value (intern x
)))
321 (all-completions "x-pointer-" obarray
324 (integerp (symbol-value x
)))))))
325 (setq mouse-avoidance-n-pointer-shapes
326 (length mouse-avoidance-pointer-shapes
))))
327 (nth (random mouse-avoidance-n-pointer-shapes
)
328 mouse-avoidance-pointer-shapes
))
330 (defun mouse-avoidance-ignore-p ()
331 (let ((mp (mouse-position)))
332 (or (not (frame-pointer-visible-p)) ; The pointer is hidden
333 (not cursor-type
) ; There's no cursor
334 executing-kbd-macro
; don't check inside macro
335 (null (cadr mp
)) ; don't move unless in an Emacs frame
336 (not (eq (car mp
) (selected-frame)))
337 ;; Don't do anything if last event was a mouse event.
338 ;; FIXME: this code fails in the case where the mouse was moved
339 ;; since the last key-press but without generating any event.
340 (and (consp last-input-event
)
341 (symbolp (car last-input-event
))
342 (let ((modifiers (event-modifiers (car last-input-event
))))
343 (or (memq (car last-input-event
)
344 '(mouse-movement scroll-bar-movement
345 select-window switch-frame
))
346 (memq 'click modifiers
)
347 (memq 'double modifiers
)
348 (memq 'triple modifiers
)
349 (memq 'drag modifiers
)
350 (memq 'down modifiers
)))))))
352 (defun mouse-avoidance-banish ()
353 (if (not (mouse-avoidance-ignore-p))
354 (mouse-avoidance-banish-mouse)))
356 (defun mouse-avoidance-exile ()
357 ;; For exile mode, the state is nil when the mouse is in its normal
358 ;; position, and set to the old mouse-position when the mouse is in exile.
359 (if (not (mouse-avoidance-ignore-p))
360 (let ((mp (mouse-position)))
361 (cond ((and (not mouse-avoidance-state
)
362 (mouse-avoidance-too-close-p mp
))
363 (setq mouse-avoidance-state mp
)
364 (mouse-avoidance-banish-mouse))
365 ((and mouse-avoidance-state
366 (not (mouse-avoidance-too-close-p mouse-avoidance-state
)))
367 (if (and (eq (car mp
) (selected-frame))
368 (equal (cdr mp
) (mouse-avoidance-banish-destination)))
369 (mouse-avoidance-set-mouse-position
370 ;; move back only if user has not moved mouse
371 (cdr mouse-avoidance-state
)))
372 ;; but clear state anyway, to be ready for another move
373 (setq mouse-avoidance-state nil
))))))
375 (defun mouse-avoidance-fancy ()
376 ;; Used for the "fancy" modes, ie jump et al.
377 (if (and (not mouse-avoidance-animating-pointer
)
378 (not (mouse-avoidance-ignore-p))
379 (mouse-avoidance-too-close-p (mouse-position)))
380 (let ((old-pos (mouse-position)))
381 (mouse-avoidance-nudge-mouse)
382 (if (not (eq (selected-frame) (car old-pos
)))
383 ;; This should never happen.
384 (apply 'set-mouse-position old-pos
)))))
387 (defun mouse-avoidance-mode (&optional mode
)
388 "Set Mouse Avoidance mode to MODE.
389 MODE should be one of the symbols `banish', `exile', `jump', `animate',
390 `cat-and-mouse', `proteus', or `none'.
392 If MODE is nil, toggle mouse avoidance between `none' and `banish'
393 modes. Positive numbers and symbols other than the above are treated
394 as equivalent to `banish'; negative numbers and `-' are equivalent to `none'.
396 Effects of the different modes:
397 * banish: Move the mouse to the upper-right corner on any keypress.
398 * exile: Move the mouse to the corner only if the cursor gets too close,
399 and allow it to return once the cursor is out of the way.
400 * jump: If the cursor gets too close to the mouse, displace the mouse
401 a random distance & direction.
402 * animate: As `jump', but shows steps along the way for illusion of motion.
403 * cat-and-mouse: Same as `animate'.
404 * proteus: As `animate', but changes the shape of the mouse pointer too.
406 Whenever the mouse is moved, the frame is also raised.
408 \(See `mouse-avoidance-threshold' for definition of \"too close\",
409 and `mouse-avoidance-nudge-dist' and `mouse-avoidance-nudge-var' for
410 definition of \"random distance\".)"
412 (list (intern (completing-read
413 "Select cursor avoidance technique (SPACE for list): "
414 '(("banish") ("exile") ("jump") ("animate")
415 ("cat-and-mouse") ("proteus") ("none"))
417 (if (eq mode
'cat-and-mouse
)
418 (setq mode
'animate
))
419 (if mouse-avoidance-timer
420 (cancel-timer mouse-avoidance-timer
))
421 (setq mouse-avoidance-timer nil
)
423 ;; Restore pointer shape if necessary
424 (if (eq mouse-avoidance-mode
'proteus
)
425 (mouse-avoidance-set-pointer-shape mouse-avoidance-old-pointer-shape
))
427 ;; Do additional setup depending on version of mode requested
428 (cond ((eq mode
'none
)
429 (setq mouse-avoidance-mode nil
))
433 (setq mouse-avoidance-timer
434 (run-with-idle-timer 0.1 t
'mouse-avoidance-fancy
))
435 (setq mouse-avoidance-mode mode
436 mouse-avoidance-state
(cons 0 0)
437 mouse-avoidance-old-pointer-shape
438 (and (boundp 'x-pointer-shape
) x-pointer-shape
)))
440 (setq mouse-avoidance-timer
441 (run-with-idle-timer 0.1 t
'mouse-avoidance-exile
))
442 (setq mouse-avoidance-mode mode
443 mouse-avoidance-state nil
))
444 ((or (eq mode
'banish
)
446 (and (null mode
) (null mouse-avoidance-mode
))
447 (and mode
(> (prefix-numeric-value mode
) 0)))
448 (setq mouse-avoidance-timer
449 (run-with-idle-timer 0.1 t
'mouse-avoidance-banish
))
450 (setq mouse-avoidance-mode
'banish
))
451 (t (setq mouse-avoidance-mode nil
)))
452 (force-mode-line-update))
454 ;; Most people who use avoid mode leave it on all the time, so it's not
455 ;; very informative to announce it in the mode line.
456 ;;(or (assq 'mouse-avoidance-mode minor-mode-alist)
457 ;; (setq minor-mode-alist (cons '(mouse-avoidance-mode " Avoid")
458 ;; minor-mode-alist)))
460 ;; Needed for custom.
461 (if mouse-avoidance-mode
462 (mouse-avoidance-mode mouse-avoidance-mode
))
466 ;;; avoid.el ends here