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+;;; auto-overlay-word.el --- automatic overlays for single "words"
+
+
+;; Copyright (C) 2005-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc
+
+;; Author: Toby Cubitt <toby-predictive@dr-qubit.org>
+;; Maintainer: Toby Cubitt <toby-predictive@dr-qubit.org>
+;; URL: http://www.dr-qubit.org/emacs.php
+;; Repository: http://www.dr-qubit.org/git/predictive.git
+
+;; This file is part of the Emacs.
+;;
+;; This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+;; the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+;; Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+;; any later version.
+;;
+;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+;; ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+;; FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
+;; more details.
+;;
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+;; with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+;;; Code:
+
+(require 'auto-overlays)
+(provide 'auto-overlay-word)
+
+
+;; set word overlay parsing and suicide functions
+(put 'word 'auto-overlay-parse-function 'auto-o-parse-word-match)
+(put 'word 'auto-overlay-suicide-function
+ (lambda (o) (auto-o-delete-overlay (overlay-get o 'parent))))
+
+
+
+(defun auto-o-parse-word-match (o-match)
+ ;; Create a new word overlay for new word match
+ (let ((o-new (make-overlay (overlay-get o-match 'delim-start)
+ (overlay-get o-match 'delim-end)
+ nil nil 'rear-advance)))
+ ;; give overlays appropriate properties
+ (overlay-put o-new 'auto-overlay t)
+ (overlay-put o-new 'set-id (overlay-get o-match 'set-id))
+ (overlay-put o-new 'definition-id (overlay-get o-match 'definition-id))
+ (overlay-put o-new 'start o-match)
+ (overlay-put o-match 'parent o-new)
+ ;; bundle properties inside list if not already, then update overlay
+ ;; properties
+ (let ((props (auto-o-props o-match)))
+ (when (symbolp (car props)) (setq props (list props)))
+ (dolist (p (auto-o-props o-match))
+ (overlay-put o-new (car p) (cdr p))))
+
+ ;; if new overlay is exclusive, delete lower priority overlays within it
+ (when (and (overlay-get o-new 'exclusive)
+ (/= (overlay-start o-new) (overlay-end o-new)))
+ (auto-o-update-exclusive (overlay-get o-new 'set)
+ (overlay-start o-new) (overlay-end o-new)
+ nil (overlay-get o-new 'priority)))
+
+ ;; return new overlay
+ o-new)
+)
+
+
+;; auto-overlay-word.el ends here