1 ;;; dnd.el --- drag and drop support. -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
3 ;; Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
7 ;; Keywords: window, drag, drop
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27 ;; This file provides the generic handling of the drop part only.
28 ;; Different DND backends (X11, W32, etc.) that handle the platform
29 ;; specific DND parts call the functions here to do final delivery of
34 ;;; Customizable variables
38 (defcustom dnd-protocol-alist
39 `((,(purecopy "^file:///") . dnd-open-local-file
) ; XDND format.
40 (,(purecopy "^file://") . dnd-open-file
) ; URL with host
41 (,(purecopy "^file:") . dnd-open-local-file
) ; Old KDE, Motif, Sun
42 (,(purecopy "^\\(https?\\|ftp\\|file\\|nfs\\)://") . dnd-open-file
)
45 "The functions to call for different protocols when a drop is made.
46 This variable is used by `dnd-handle-one-url' and `dnd-handle-file-name'.
47 The list contains of (REGEXP . FUNCTION) pairs.
48 The functions shall take two arguments, URL, which is the URL dropped and
49 ACTION which is the action to be performed for the drop (move, copy, link,
51 If no match is found here, and the value of `browse-url-browser-function'
52 is a pair of (REGEXP . FUNCTION), those regexps are tried for a match.
53 If no match is found, the URL is inserted as text by calling `dnd-insert-text'.
54 The function shall return the action done (move, copy, link or private)
55 if some action was made, or nil if the URL is ignored."
57 :type
'(repeat (cons (regexp) (function)))
61 (defcustom dnd-open-remote-file-function
62 (if (eq system-type
'windows-nt
)
65 "The function to call when opening a file on a remote machine.
66 The function will be called with two arguments; URI and ACTION. See
67 `dnd-open-file' for details.
68 If nil, then dragging remote files into Emacs will result in an error.
69 Predefined functions are `dnd-open-local-file' and `dnd-open-remote-url'.
70 `dnd-open-local-file' attempts to open a remote file using its UNC name and
71 is the default on MS-Windows. `dnd-open-remote-url' uses `url-handler-mode'
72 and is the default except for MS-Windows."
78 (defcustom dnd-open-file-other-window nil
79 "If non-nil, always use find-file-other-window to open dropped files."
87 (defun dnd-handle-one-url (window action url
)
88 "Handle one dropped url by calling the appropriate handler.
89 The handler is first located by looking at `dnd-protocol-alist'.
90 If no match is found here, and the value of `browse-url-browser-function'
91 is a pair of (REGEXP . FUNCTION), those regexps are tried for a match.
92 If no match is found, just call `dnd-insert-text'.
93 WINDOW is where the drop happened, ACTION is the action for the drop,
94 URL is what has been dropped.
100 (dolist (bf dnd-protocol-alist
)
101 (when (string-match (car bf
) url
)
102 (setq ret
(funcall (cdr bf
) url action
))
105 (when (not (functionp browse-url-browser-function
))
107 (dolist (bf browse-url-browser-function
)
108 (when (string-match (car bf
) url
)
110 (funcall (cdr bf
) url action
)
114 (dnd-insert-text window action url
)
115 (setq ret
'private
)))
119 (defun dnd-get-local-file-uri (uri)
120 "Return an uri converted to file:/// syntax if uri is a local file.
121 Return nil if URI is not a local file."
123 ;; The hostname may be our hostname, in that case, convert to a local
124 ;; file. Otherwise return nil. TODO: How about an IP-address as hostname?
125 (let ((hostname (when (string-match "^file://\\([^/]*\\)" uri
)
126 (downcase (match-string 1 uri
))))
128 (downcase (if (string-match "^[^\\.]+" system-name
)
129 (match-string 0 system-name
)
132 (or (string-equal "localhost" hostname
)
133 (string-equal (downcase system-name
) hostname
)
134 (string-equal system-name-no-dot hostname
)))
135 (concat "file://" (substring uri
(+ 7 (length hostname
)))))))
137 (defsubst dnd-unescape-uri
(uri)
138 (replace-regexp-in-string
139 "%[A-Fa-f0-9][A-Fa-f0-9]"
141 (let ((str (make-string 1 0)))
142 (aset str
0 (string-to-number (substring arg
1) 16))
146 ;; http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2006-05/msg01060.html
147 (defun dnd-get-local-file-name (uri &optional must-exist
)
148 "Return file name converted from file:/// or file: syntax.
149 URI is the uri for the file. If MUST-EXIST is given and non-nil,
150 only return non-nil if the file exists.
151 Return nil if URI is not a local file."
152 (let ((f (cond ((string-match "^file:///" uri
) ; XDND format.
153 (substring uri
(1- (match-end 0))))
154 ((string-match "^file:" uri
) ; Old KDE, Motif, Sun
155 (substring uri
(match-end 0))))))
156 (and f
(setq f
(decode-coding-string (dnd-unescape-uri f
)
157 (or file-name-coding-system
158 default-file-name-coding-system
))))
159 (when (and f must-exist
(not (file-readable-p f
)))
163 (defun dnd-open-local-file (uri action
)
165 The file is opened in the current window, or a new window if
166 `dnd-open-file-other-window' is set. URI is the url for the file,
167 and must have the format file:file-name or file:///file-name.
168 The last / in file:/// is part of the file name. If the system
169 natively supports unc file names, then remote urls of the form
170 file://server-name/file-name will also be handled by this function.
171 An alternative for systems that do not support unc file names is
172 `dnd-open-remote-url'. ACTION is ignored."
174 (let* ((f (dnd-get-local-file-name uri t
)))
175 (if (and f
(file-readable-p f
))
177 (if dnd-open-file-other-window
178 (find-file-other-window f
)
181 (error "Can not read %s" uri
))))
183 (defun dnd-open-remote-url (uri action
)
184 "Open a remote file with `find-file' and `url-handler-mode'.
185 Turns `url-handler-mode' on if not on before. The file is opened in the
186 current window, or a new window if `dnd-open-file-other-window' is set.
187 URI is the url for the file. ACTION is ignored."
189 (require 'url-handlers
)
190 (or url-handler-mode
(url-handler-mode))
191 (if dnd-open-file-other-window
192 (find-file-other-window uri
)
197 (defun dnd-open-file (uri action
)
198 "Open a local or remote file.
199 The file is opened in the current window, or a new window if
200 `dnd-open-file-other-window' is set. URI is the url for the file,
201 and must have the format file://hostname/file-name. ACTION is ignored.
202 The last / in file://hostname/ is part of the file name."
204 ;; The hostname may be our hostname, in that case, convert to a local
205 ;; file. Otherwise return nil.
206 (let ((local-file (dnd-get-local-file-uri uri
)))
207 (if local-file
(dnd-open-local-file local-file action
)
208 (if dnd-open-remote-file-function
209 (funcall dnd-open-remote-file-function uri action
)
210 (error "Remote files not supported")))))
213 (defun dnd-insert-text (window action text
)
214 "Insert text at point or push to the kill ring if buffer is read only.
215 TEXT is the text as a string, WINDOW is the window where the drop happened."
216 (if (or buffer-read-only
217 (not (windowp window
)))
221 (substitute-command-keys
222 "The dropped text can be accessed with \\[yank]")))