;;; ielm.el --- interaction mode for Emacs Lisp
-;; Copyright (C) 1994, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1994, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: David Smith <maa036@lancaster.ac.uk>
;; Maintainer: FSF
"During IELM evaluation, most recent value evaluated in IELM.
Normally identical to `*'. However, if the working buffer is an IELM
buffer, distinct from the process buffer, then `*' gives the value in
-the working buffer, `*1' the value in the process buffer.
+the working buffer, `*1' the value in the process buffer.
The intended value is only accessible during IELM evaluation.")
(defvar *2 nil
"Major mode for interactively evaluating Emacs Lisp expressions.
Uses the interface provided by `comint-mode' (which see).
-* \\<ielm-map>\\[ielm-send-input] evaluates the sexp following the prompt. There must be at most
- one top-level sexp per prompt.
+* \\<ielm-map>\\[ielm-send-input] evaluates the sexp following the prompt. There must be at most
+ one top level sexp per prompt.
* \\[ielm-return] inserts a newline and indents, or evaluates a
complete expression (but see variable `ielm-dynamic-return').
(setq paragraph-start comint-prompt-regexp)
(setq comint-input-sender 'ielm-input-sender)
(setq comint-process-echoes nil)
+ (make-local-variable 'comint-dynamic-complete-functions)
(setq comint-dynamic-complete-functions
'(ielm-tab comint-replace-by-expanded-history ielm-complete-filename ielm-complete-symbol))
(setq comint-get-old-input 'ielm-get-old-input)
(unless (comint-check-proc (current-buffer))
;; Was cat, but on non-Unix platforms that might not exist, so
;; use hexl instead, which is part of the Emacs distribution.
- (start-process "ielm" (current-buffer) "hexl")
+ (condition-case nil
+ (start-process "ielm" (current-buffer) "hexl")
+ (file-error (start-process "ielm" (current-buffer) "cat")))
(process-kill-without-query (ielm-process))
(goto-char (point-max))
-
+
;; Lisp output can include raw characters that confuse comint's
;; carriage control code.
(set (make-local-variable 'comint-inhibit-carriage-motion) t)
;; Add a silly header
(insert ielm-header)
(ielm-set-pm (point-max))
+ (unless comint-use-prompt-regexp-instead-of-fields
+ (add-text-properties
+ (point-min) (point-max)
+ '(rear-nonsticky t field output inhibit-line-move-field-capture t)))
(comint-output-filter (ielm-process) ielm-prompt)
(set-marker comint-last-input-start (ielm-pm))
(set-process-filter (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)) 'comint-output-filter))
(provide 'ielm)
+;;; arch-tag: ef60e4c0-9c4f-4bdb-8402-271313329790
;;; ielm.el ends here