1 ;;; rfn-eshadow.el --- Highlight `shadowed' part of read-file-name input text
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4 ;; 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 ;; Author: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
7 ;; Keywords: convenience minibuffer
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28 ;; Defines the mode `file-name-shadow-mode'.
30 ;; The `read-file-name' function passes its result through
31 ;; `substitute-in-file-name', so any part of the string preceding
32 ;; multiple slashes (or a drive indicator on MS-DOS/MS-Windows) is
35 ;; If `file-name-shadow-mode' is active, any part of the
36 ;; minibuffer text that would be ignored because of this is given the
37 ;; properties in `file-name-shadow-properties', which may
38 ;; be used to make the ignored text invisible, dim, etc.
46 (defconst file-name-shadow-properties-custom-type
49 (const :tag "Invisible"
50 :doc "Make shadowed part of filename invisible"
53 (invisible t intangible t))
57 :doc "Display shadowed part of filename using a different face"
58 (const :format "" face)
59 (face :value file-name-shadow))
63 ;; Note the 4 leading spaces in the doc string;
64 ;; this is hack to get around the fact that the
65 ;; newline after the second string widget comes
66 ;; from the string widget, and doesn't indent
67 ;; correctly. We could use a :size attribute to
68 ;; make the second string widget not have a
69 ;; terminating newline, but this makes it impossible
70 ;; to enter trailing whitespace, and it's desirable
71 ;; that it be possible.
72 :doc " Surround shadowed part of filename with brackets"
73 (const :format "" before-string)
74 (string :format "%v" :size 4 :value "{")
75 (const :format "" after-string)
76 ;; see above about why the 2nd string doesn't use :size
77 (string :format " and: %v" :value "} "))
81 :doc "Display a string instead of the shadowed part of filename"
82 (const :format "" display)
83 (string :format "%v" :size 15 :value "<...ignored...>"))
85 :doc "Try to keep cursor out of shadowed part of filename"
90 :tag "Other Properties"
93 (symbol :tag "Property")
94 (sexp :tag "Value")))))
96 (defcustom file-name-shadow-properties
97 '(face file-name-shadow field shadow)
98 "Properties given to the `shadowed' part of a filename in the minibuffer.
99 Only used when `file-name-shadow-mode' is active.
100 If Emacs is not running under a window system,
101 `file-name-shadow-tty-properties' is used instead."
102 :type file-name-shadow-properties-custom-type
106 (defcustom file-name-shadow-tty-properties
107 '(before-string "{" after-string "} " field shadow)
108 "Properties given to the `shadowed' part of a filename in the minibuffer.
109 Only used when `file-name-shadow-mode' is active and Emacs
110 is not running under a window-system; if Emacs is running under a window
111 system, `file-name-shadow-properties' is used instead."
112 :type file-name-shadow-properties-custom-type
116 (defface file-name-shadow
117 '((t :inherit shadow))
118 "Face used by `file-name-shadow-mode' for the shadow."
122 (defvar rfn-eshadow-setup-minibuffer-hook nil
123 "Minibuffer setup functions from other packages.")
125 (defvar rfn-eshadow-update-overlay-hook nil
126 "Customer overlay functions from other packages")
129 ;;; Internal variables
131 ;; A list of minibuffers to which we've added a post-command-hook.
132 (defvar rfn-eshadow-frobbed-minibufs nil)
134 ;; An overlay covering the shadowed part of the filename (local to the
136 (defvar rfn-eshadow-overlay)
137 (make-variable-buffer-local 'rfn-eshadow-overlay)
142 ;; This function goes on minibuffer-setup-hook
143 (defun rfn-eshadow-setup-minibuffer ()
144 "Set up a minibuffer for `file-name-shadow-mode'.
145 The prompt and initial input should already have been inserted."
146 (when minibuffer-completing-file-name
147 (setq rfn-eshadow-overlay
148 (make-overlay (minibuffer-prompt-end) (minibuffer-prompt-end)))
149 ;; Give rfn-eshadow-overlay the user's props.
152 file-name-shadow-properties
153 file-name-shadow-tty-properties)))
155 (overlay-put rfn-eshadow-overlay (pop props) (pop props))))
156 ;; Turn on overlay evaporation so that we don't have to worry about
157 ;; odd effects when the overlay sits empty at the beginning of the
159 (overlay-put rfn-eshadow-overlay 'evaporate t)
160 ;; Add our post-command hook, and make sure can remove it later.
161 (add-to-list 'rfn-eshadow-frobbed-minibufs (current-buffer))
162 (add-hook 'post-command-hook #'rfn-eshadow-update-overlay nil t)
164 (run-hooks 'rfn-eshadow-setup-minibuffer-hook)))
166 (defsubst rfn-eshadow-sifn-equal (goal pos)
167 (equal goal (condition-case nil
168 (substitute-in-file-name
169 (buffer-substring-no-properties pos (point-max)))
170 ;; `substitute-in-file-name' can fail on partial input.
173 ;; post-command-hook to update overlay
174 (defun rfn-eshadow-update-overlay ()
175 "Update `rfn-eshadow-overlay' to cover shadowed part of minibuffer input.
176 This is intended to be used as a minibuffer `post-command-hook' for
177 `file-name-shadow-mode'; the minibuffer should have already
178 been set up by `rfn-eshadow-setup-minibuffer'."
180 (let ((goal (substitute-in-file-name (minibuffer-contents)))
181 (mid (overlay-end rfn-eshadow-overlay))
182 (start (minibuffer-prompt-end))
185 ;; Catch the common case where the shadow does not need to move.
188 (not (rfn-eshadow-sifn-equal goal (1+ mid))))
190 (rfn-eshadow-sifn-equal goal mid)))
191 ;; Binary search for the greatest position still equivalent to
193 (while (or (< (1+ start) end)
194 (if (and (< (1+ end) (point-max))
195 (rfn-eshadow-sifn-equal goal (1+ end)))
196 ;; (SIFN end) != goal, but (SIFN (1+end)) == goal,
197 ;; We've reached a discontinuity: this can happen
198 ;; e.g. if `end' point to "/:...".
199 (setq start (1+ end) end (point-max))))
200 (setq mid (/ (+ start end) 2))
201 (if (rfn-eshadow-sifn-equal goal mid)
204 (move-overlay rfn-eshadow-overlay (minibuffer-prompt-end) start))
206 (run-hooks 'rfn-eshadow-update-overlay-hook))
207 ;; `substitute-in-file-name' can fail on partial input.
210 (define-minor-mode file-name-shadow-mode
211 "Toggle File-Name Shadow mode.
212 When active, any part of a filename being read in the minibuffer
213 that would be ignored (because the result is passed through
214 `substitute-in-file-name') is given the properties in
215 `file-name-shadow-properties', which can be used to make
216 that portion dim, invisible, or otherwise less visually noticeable.
218 With prefix argument ARG, turn on if positive, otherwise off.
219 Returns non-nil if the new state is enabled."
224 (if file-name-shadow-mode
226 (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'rfn-eshadow-setup-minibuffer)
228 (remove-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'rfn-eshadow-setup-minibuffer)
229 ;; Remove our entry from any post-command-hook variable's it's still in
230 (dolist (minibuf rfn-eshadow-frobbed-minibufs)
231 (with-current-buffer minibuf
232 (remove-hook 'post-command-hook #'rfn-eshadow-update-overlay t)))
233 (setq rfn-eshadow-frobbed-minibufs nil)))
236 (provide 'rfn-eshadow)
238 ;; arch-tag: dcf70a52-0115-4ec2-b1e3-4f8d3541a888
239 ;;; rfn-eshadow.el ends here