1 ;;; org-mks.el --- Multi-key-selection for Org-mode
3 ;; Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Carsten Dominik <carsten at orgmode dot org>
6 ;; Keywords: outlines, hypermedia, calendar, wp
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36 (defun org-mks (table title
&optional prompt specials
)
37 "Select a member of an alist with multiple keys.
38 TABLE is the alist which should contain entries where the car is a string.
39 There should be two types of entries.
41 1. prefix descriptions like (\"a\" \"Description\")
42 This indicates that `a' is a prefix key for multi-letter selection, and
43 that there are entries following with keys like \"ab\", \"ax\"...
45 2. Selectable members must have more than two elements, with the first
46 being the string of keys that lead to selecting it, and the second a
47 short description string of the item.
49 The command will then make a temporary buffer listing all entries
50 that can be selected with a single key, and all the single key
51 prefixes. When you press the key for a single-letter entry, it is selected.
52 When you press a prefix key, the commands (and maybe further prefixes)
53 under this key will be shown and offered for selection.
55 TITLE will be placed over the selection in the temporary buffer,
56 PROMPT will be used when prompting for a key. SPECIAL is an alist with
57 also (\"key\" \"description\") entries. When one of these is selection,
58 only the bare key is returned."
59 (setq prompt
(or prompt
"Select: "))
60 (let (tbl orig-table dkey ddesc des-keys allowed-keys
61 current prefix rtn re pressed buffer
(inhibit-quit t
))
62 (save-window-excursion
63 (setq buffer
(org-switch-to-buffer-other-window "*Org Select*"))
64 (setq orig-table table
)
72 (setq prefix
(if current
(concat current
" ") ""))
75 ((and (= 2 (length (car tbl
))) (= (length (caar tbl
)) 1))
76 ;; This is a description on this level
77 (setq dkey
(caar tbl
) ddesc
(cadar tbl
))
80 (push dkey allowed-keys
)
81 (insert prefix
"[" dkey
"]" "..." " " ddesc
"..." "\n")
82 ;; Skip keys which are below this prefix
83 (setq re
(concat "\\`" (regexp-quote dkey
)))
84 (while (and tbl
(string-match re
(caar tbl
))) (pop tbl
)))
85 ((= 2 (length (car tbl
)))
86 ;; Not yet a usable description, skip it
89 ;; usable entry on this level
90 (insert prefix
"[" (caar tbl
) "]" " " (nth 1 (car tbl
)) "\n")
91 (push (caar tbl
) allowed-keys
)
94 (insert "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n")
97 (insert (format "[%s] %s\n"
98 (caar sp
) (nth 1 (car sp
))))
99 (push (caar sp
) allowed-keys
)
101 (push "\C-g" allowed-keys
)
102 (goto-char (point-min))
103 (if (not (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max)))
104 (org-fit-window-to-buffer))
106 (setq pressed
(char-to-string (read-char-exclusive)))
107 (while (not (member pressed allowed-keys
))
108 (message "Invalid key `%s'" pressed
) (sit-for 1)
110 (setq pressed
(char-to-string (read-char-exclusive))))
111 (when (equal pressed
"\C-g")
114 (when (and (not (assoc pressed table
))
115 (not (member pressed des-keys
))
116 (assoc pressed specials
))
117 (throw 'exit
(setq rtn pressed
)))
118 (unless (member pressed des-keys
)
119 (throw 'exit
(setq rtn
(rassoc (cdr (assoc pressed table
))
121 (setq current
(concat current pressed
))
124 (if (and (> (length (car x
)) 1)
125 (equal (substring (car x
) 0 1) pressed
))
126 (cons (substring (car x
) 1) (cdr x
))
129 (setq table
(remove nil table
)))))
130 (when buffer
(kill-buffer buffer
))
135 ;; arch-tag: 4ea90d0e-c6e4-4684-bd61-baf878712f9f
137 ;;; org-mks.el ends here