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   1 ;;; dissociate.el --- scramble text amusingly for Emacs
   2
   3 ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
   4 ;;   2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   5
   6 ;; Maintainer: FSF
   7 ;; Keywords: games
   8
   9 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
  10
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  12 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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  15
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  20
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  22 ;; along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  23
  24 ;;; Commentary:
  25
  26 ;; The single entry point, `dissociated-press', applies a travesty
  27 ;; generator to the current buffer.  The results can be quite amusing.
  28
  29 ;;; Code:
  30
  31 ;;;###autoload
  32 (defun dissociated-press (&optional arg)
  33   "Dissociate the text of the current buffer.
  34 Output goes in buffer named *Dissociation*,
  35 which is redisplayed each time text is added to it.
  36 Every so often the user must say whether to continue.
  37 If ARG is positive, require ARG chars of continuity.
  38 If ARG is negative, require -ARG words of continuity.
  39 Default is 2."
  40   (interactive "P")
  41   (setq arg (if arg (prefix-numeric-value arg) 2))
  42   (let* ((inbuf (current-buffer))
  43          (outbuf (get-buffer-create "*Dissociation*"))
  44          (move-function (if (> arg 0) 'forward-char 'forward-word))
  45          (move-amount (if (> arg 0) arg (- arg)))
  46          (search-function (if (> arg 0) 'search-forward 'word-search-forward))
  47          (last-query-point 0))
  48     (if (= (point-max) (point-min))
  49         (error "The buffer contains no text to start from"))
  50     (switch-to-buffer outbuf)
  51     (erase-buffer)
  52     (while
  53       (save-excursion
  54         (goto-char last-query-point)
  55         (vertical-motion (- (window-height) 4))
  56         (or (= (point) (point-max))
  57             (and (progn (goto-char (point-max))
  58                         (y-or-n-p "Continue dissociation? "))
  59                  (progn
  60                    (message "")
  61                    (recenter 1)
  62                    (setq last-query-point (point-max))
  63                    t))))
  64       (let (start end)
  65         (save-excursion
  66          (set-buffer inbuf)
  67          (setq start (point))
  68          (if (eq move-function 'forward-char)
  69              (progn
  70                (setq end (+ start (+ move-amount (random 16))))
  71                (if (> end (point-max))
  72                    (setq end (+ 1 move-amount (random 16))))
  73                (goto-char end))
  74            (funcall move-function
  75                     (+ move-amount (random 16))))
  76          (setq end (point)))
  77         (let ((opoint (point)))
  78           (insert-buffer-substring inbuf start end)
  79           (save-excursion
  80            (goto-char opoint)
  81            (end-of-line)
  82            (and (> (current-column) fill-column)
  83                 (do-auto-fill)))))
  84       (save-excursion
  85        (set-buffer inbuf)
  86        (if (eobp)
  87            (goto-char (point-min))
  88          (let ((overlap
  89                 (buffer-substring (prog1 (point)
  90                                          (funcall move-function
  91                                                   (- move-amount)))
  92                                   (point))))
  93            (goto-char (1+ (random (1- (point-max)))))
  94            (or (funcall search-function overlap nil t)
  95                (let ((opoint (point)))
  96                  (goto-char 1)
  97                  (funcall search-function overlap opoint t))))))
  98       (sit-for 0))))
  99
 100 (random t)
 101
 102 (provide 'dissociate)
 103
 104 ;; arch-tag: 90d197d1-409b-45c5-a0b5-fbfb2e06334f
 105 ;;; dissociate.el ends here