lisp/play/dissociate.el

   1 ;;; dissociate.el --- scramble text amusingly for Emacs
   2
   3 ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4
   5 ;; Maintainer: FSF
   6 ;; Keywords: games
   7
   8 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
   9
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  22
  23 ;;; Commentary:
  24
  25 ;; The single entry point, `dissociated-press', applies a travesty
  26 ;; generator to the current buffer.  The results can be quite amusing.
  27
  28 ;;; Code:
  29
  30 ;;;###autoload
  31 (defun dissociated-press (&optional arg)
  32   "Dissociate the text of the current buffer.
  33 Output goes in buffer named *Dissociation*,
  34 which is redisplayed each time text is added to it.
  35 Every so often the user must say whether to continue.
  36 If ARG is positive, require ARG chars of continuity.
  37 If ARG is negative, require -ARG words of continuity.
  38 Default is 2."
  39   (interactive "P")
  40   (setq arg (if arg (prefix-numeric-value arg) 2))
  41   (let* ((inbuf (current-buffer))
  42          (outbuf (get-buffer-create "*Dissociation*"))
  43          (move-function (if (> arg 0) 'forward-char 'forward-word))
  44          (move-amount (if (> arg 0) arg (- arg)))
  45          (search-function (if (> arg 0) 'search-forward 'word-search-forward))
  46          (last-query-point 0))
  47     (if (= (point-max) (point-min))
  48         (error "The buffer contains no text to start from"))
  49     (switch-to-buffer outbuf)
  50     (erase-buffer)
  51     (while
  52       (save-excursion
  53         (goto-char last-query-point)
  54         (vertical-motion (- (window-height) 4))
  55         (or (= (point) (point-max))
  56             (and (progn (goto-char (point-max))
  57                         (y-or-n-p "Continue dissociation? "))
  58                  (progn
  59                    (message "")
  60                    (recenter 1)
  61                    (setq last-query-point (point-max))
  62                    t))))
  63       (let (start end)
  64         (with-current-buffer inbuf
  65          (setq start (point))
  66          (if (eq move-function 'forward-char)
  67              (progn
  68                (setq end (+ start (+ move-amount (random 16))))
  69                (if (> end (point-max))
  70                    (setq end (+ 1 move-amount (random 16))))
  71                (goto-char end))
  72            (funcall move-function
  73                     (+ move-amount (random 16))))
  74          (setq end (point)))
  75         (let ((opoint (point)))
  76           (insert-buffer-substring inbuf start end)
  77           (save-excursion
  78            (goto-char opoint)
  79            (end-of-line)
  80            (and (> (current-column) fill-column)
  81                 (do-auto-fill)))))
  82       (with-current-buffer inbuf
  83        (if (eobp)
  84            (goto-char (point-min))
  85          (let ((overlap
  86                 (buffer-substring (prog1 (point)
  87                                          (funcall move-function
  88                                                   (- move-amount)))
  89                                   (point))))
  90            (goto-char (1+ (random (1- (point-max)))))
  91            (or (funcall search-function overlap nil t)
  92                (let ((opoint (point)))
  93                  (goto-char 1)
  94                  (funcall search-function overlap opoint t))))))
  95       (sit-for 0))))
  96
  97 (provide 'dissociate)
  98
  99 ;;; dissociate.el ends here