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1 ;;; options.el --- edit Options command for Emacs.
3 ;; Maintainer: FSF
4 ;; Last-Modified: 10 Apr 1991
6 ;; Copyright (C) 1985 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
8 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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24 ;;; Code:
26 ;;;###autoload
27 (defun list-options ()
28 "Display a list of Emacs user options, with values and documentation."
29 (interactive)
30 (save-excursion
31 (set-buffer (get-buffer-create "*List Options*"))
32 (Edit-options-mode))
33 (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*List Options*"
34 (let (vars)
35 (mapatoms (function (lambda (sym)
36 (if (user-variable-p sym)
37 (setq vars (cons sym vars))))))
38 (setq vars (sort vars 'string-lessp))
39 (while vars
40 (let ((sym (car vars)))
41 (princ ";; ")
42 (prin1 sym)
43 (princ ":\n\t")
44 (prin1 (symbol-value sym))
45 (terpri)
46 (princ (substitute-command-keys
47 (documentation-property sym 'variable-documentation)))
48 (princ "\n;;\n"))
49 (setq vars (cdr vars))))))
51 ;;;###autoload
52 (defun edit-options ()
53 "Edit a list of Emacs user option values.
54 Selects a buffer containing such a list,
55 in which there are commands to set the option values.
56 Type \\[describe-mode] in that buffer for a list of commands."
57 (interactive)
58 (list-options)
59 (pop-to-buffer "*List Options*"))
61 (defvar Edit-options-mode-map
62 (let ((map (make-keymap)))
63 (define-key map "s" 'Edit-options-set)
64 (define-key map "x" 'Edit-options-toggle)
65 (define-key map "1" 'Edit-options-t)
66 (define-key map "0" 'Edit-options-nil)
67 (define-key map "p" 'backward-paragraph)
68 (define-key map " " 'forward-paragraph)
69 (define-key map "n" 'forward-paragraph)
70 map)
71 "")
73 ;; Edit Options mode is suitable only for specially formatted data.
74 (put 'Edit-options-mode 'mode-class 'special)
76 (defun Edit-options-mode ()
77 "\\<Edit-options-mode-map>\
78 Major mode for editing Emacs user option settings.
79 Special commands are:
80 \\[Edit-options-set] -- set variable point points at. New value read using minibuffer.
81 \\[Edit-options-toggle] -- toggle variable, t -> nil, nil -> t.
82 \\[Edit-options-t] -- set variable to t.
83 \\[Edit-options-nil] -- set variable to nil.
84 Changed values made by these commands take effect immediately.
86 Each variable description is a paragraph.
87 For convenience, the characters \\[backward-paragraph] and \\[forward-paragraph] move back and forward by paragraphs."
88 (kill-all-local-variables)
89 (set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table)
90 (use-local-map Edit-options-mode-map)
91 (make-local-variable 'paragraph-separate)
92 (setq paragraph-separate "[^\^@-\^?]")
93 (make-local-variable 'paragraph-start)
94 (setq paragraph-start "^\t")
95 (setq truncate-lines t)
96 (setq major-mode 'Edit-options-mode)
97 (setq mode-name "Options")
98 (run-hooks 'Edit-options-mode-hook))
100 (defun Edit-options-set () (interactive)
101 (Edit-options-modify
102 '(lambda (var) (eval-minibuffer (concat "New " (symbol-name var) ": ")))))
104 (defun Edit-options-toggle () (interactive)
105 (Edit-options-modify '(lambda (var) (not (symbol-value var)))))
107 (defun Edit-options-t () (interactive)
108 (Edit-options-modify '(lambda (var) t)))
110 (defun Edit-options-nil () (interactive)
111 (Edit-options-modify '(lambda (var) nil)))
113 (defun Edit-options-modify (modfun)
114 (save-excursion
115 (let (var pos)
116 (re-search-backward "^;; \\|\\`")
117 (forward-char 3)
118 (setq pos (point))
119 (save-restriction
120 (narrow-to-region pos (progn (end-of-line) (1- (point))))
121 (goto-char pos)
122 (setq var (read (current-buffer))))
123 (goto-char pos)
124 (forward-line 1)
125 (forward-char 1)
126 (save-excursion
127 (set var (funcall modfun var)))
128 (kill-sexp 1)
129 (prin1 (symbol-value var) (current-buffer)))))
131 ;;; options.el ends here