;;; novice.el --- handling of disabled commands ("novice mode") for Emacs
-;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2004,
+;; 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Maintainer: FSF
;; Keywords: internal, help
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
-;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
;;; Commentary:
;; and the keys are returned by (this-command-keys).
;;;###autoload
-(defvar disabled-command-hook 'disabled-command-hook
+(defvar disabled-command-function 'disabled-command-function
"Function to call to handle disabled commands.
If nil, the feature is disabled, i.e., all commands work normally.")
;;;###autoload
-(defun disabled-command-hook (&rest ignore)
+(define-obsolete-variable-alias 'disabled-command-hook 'disabled-command-function "22.1")
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun disabled-command-function (&rest ignore)
(let (char)
(save-window-excursion
- (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
+ (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Disabled Command*"
(let ((keys (this-command-keys)))
(if (or (eq (aref keys 0)
(if (stringp keys)
(and (>= (length keys) 2)
(eq (aref keys 0) meta-prefix-char)
(eq (aref keys 1) ?x)))
- (princ "You have invoked the disabled command ")
- (princ "You have typed ")
- (princ (key-description keys))
- (princ ", invoking disabled command ")))
- (princ this-command)
- (princ ":\n")
+ (princ (format "You have invoked the disabled command %s.\n"
+ (symbol-name this-command)))
+ (princ (format "You have typed %s, invoking disabled command %s.\n"
+ (key-description keys) (symbol-name this-command)))))
;; Print any special message saying why the command is disabled.
(if (stringp (get this-command 'disabled))
- (princ (get this-command 'disabled)))
- ;; Keep only the first paragraph of the documentation.
- (save-excursion
- (set-buffer "*Help*")
- (goto-char (point-max))
- (save-excursion
- (princ (or (condition-case ()
- (documentation this-command)
- (error nil))
- "<< not documented >>")))
- (if (search-forward "\n\n" nil t)
- (delete-region (1- (point)) (point-max))
- (goto-char (point-max))))
- (princ "\n\n")
+ (princ (get this-command 'disabled))
+ (princ "It is disabled because new users often find it confusing.\n")
+ (princ "Here's the first part of its description:\n\n")
+ ;; Keep only the first paragraph of the documentation.
+ (with-current-buffer "*Disabled Command*"
+ (goto-char (point-max))
+ (let ((start (point)))
+ (save-excursion
+ (princ (or (condition-case ()
+ (documentation this-command)
+ (error nil))
+ "<< not documented >>")))
+ (if (search-forward "\n\n" nil t)
+ (delete-region (match-beginning 0) (point-max)))
+ (goto-char (point-max))
+ (indent-rigidly start (point) 3))))
+ (princ "\n\nDo you want to use this command anyway?\n\n")
(princ "You can now type
-Space to try the command just this once, but leave it disabled,
-Y to try it and enable it (no questions if you use it again),
-! to try it and enable all commands in this session, or
-N to do nothing (command remains disabled).")
+y to try it and enable it (no questions if you use it again).
+n to cancel--don't try the command, and it remains disabled.
+SPC to try the command just this once, but leave it disabled.
+! to try it, and enable all disabled commands for this session only.")
(save-excursion
(set-buffer standard-output)
(help-mode)))
- (message "Type y, n, ! or Space: ")
+ (message "Type y, n, ! or SPC (the space bar): ")
(let ((cursor-in-echo-area t))
- (while (not (memq (setq char (downcase (read-char)))
- '(?! ? ?y ?n)))
+ (while (progn (setq char (read-event))
+ (or (not (numberp char))
+ (not (memq (downcase char)
+ '(?! ?y ?n ?\ ?\C-g)))))
(ding)
- (message "Please type y, n, ! or Space: "))))
+ (message "Please type y, n, ! or SPC (the space bar): "))))
+ (setq char (downcase char))
+ (if (= char ?\C-g)
+ (setq quit-flag t))
(if (= char ?!)
- (setq disabled-command-hook nil))
+ (setq disabled-command-function nil))
(if (= char ?y)
(if (and user-init-file
(not (string= "" user-init-file))
;;;###autoload
(defun enable-command (command)
"Allow COMMAND to be executed without special confirmation from now on.
-The user's .emacs file is altered so that this will apply
+COMMAND must be a symbol.
+This command alters the user's .emacs file so that this will apply
to future sessions."
(interactive "CEnable command: ")
(put command 'disabled nil)
;;;###autoload
(defun disable-command (command)
"Require special confirmation to execute COMMAND from now on.
-The user's .emacs file is altered so that this will apply
+COMMAND must be a symbol.
+This command alters the user's .emacs file so that this will apply
to future sessions."
(interactive "CDisable command: ")
(if (not (commandp command))
(if (search-forward (concat "(put '" (symbol-name command) " ") nil t)
(delete-region
(progn (beginning-of-line) (point))
- (progn (forward-line 1) (point))))
- (goto-char (point-max))
- (insert "\n(put '" (symbol-name command) " 'disabled t)\n")
+ (progn (forward-line 1) (point)))
+ (goto-char (point-max))
+ (insert ?\n))
+ (insert "(put '" (symbol-name command) " 'disabled t)\n")
(save-buffer))))
(provide 'novice)
+;; arch-tag: f83c0f96-497e-4db6-a430-8703716c6dd9
;;; novice.el ends here