;; Author: Karl Fogel <kfogel@cs.oberlin.edu>
;; Maintainer: FSF
;; Created: July, 1993
-;; Version: 1.2
;; Keywords: bookmarks, placeholders
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
;; GNU General Public License for more details.
;; 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, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+;; 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.
+
+;;; Commentary:
;; Automatically save place in files, so that visiting them later
;; (even during a different Emacs session) automatically moves point
;; Thanks to Stefan Schoef, who sent a patch with the
;; `save-place-version-control' stuff in it.
+;;; Code:
+
;; this is what I was using during testing:
;; (define-key ctl-x-map "p" 'toggle-save-place)
+(defgroup save-place nil
+ "Automatically save place in files."
+ :group 'data)
+
+
(defvar save-place-alist nil
"Alist of saved places to go back to when revisiting files.
Each element looks like (FILENAME . POSITION);
rather than the beginning of the buffer.
This alist is saved between Emacs sessions.")
-(defvar save-place nil
+(defcustom save-place nil
"*Non-nil means automatically save place in each file.
This means when you visit a file, point goes to the last place
where it was when you previously visited the same file.
If you wish your place in any file to always be automatically saved,
simply put this in your `~/.emacs' file:
-\(setq-default save-place t\)")
+\(setq-default save-place t\)"
+ :type 'boolean
+ :group 'save-place)
(make-variable-buffer-local 'save-place)
-(defvar save-place-file "~/.emacs-places"
- "*Name of the file that records `save-place-alist' value.")
+(defcustom save-place-file (convert-standard-filename "~/.emacs-places")
+ "*Name of the file that records `save-place-alist' value."
+ :type 'file
+ :group 'save-place)
-(defvar save-place-version-control 'nospecial
+(defcustom save-place-version-control nil
"*Controls whether to make numbered backups of master save-place file.
It can have four values: t, nil, `never', and `nospecial'. The first
three have the same meaning that they do for the variable
`version-control', and the final value `nospecial' means just use the
-value of `version-control'.")
+value of `version-control'."
+ :type '(radio (const :tag "Unconditionally" t)
+ (const :tag "For VC Files" nil)
+ (const never)
+ (const :tag "Use value of `version-control'" nospecial))
+ :group 'save-place)
(defvar save-place-loaded nil
"Non-nil means that the `save-place-file' has been loaded.")
-(defvar save-place-limit nil
- "Maximum number of entries to retain in the list; nil means no limit.")
+(defcustom save-place-limit nil
+ "Maximum number of entries to retain in the list; nil means no limit."
+ :type '(choice (integer :tag "Entries" :value 1)
+ (const :tag "No Limit" nil))
+ :group 'save-place)
(defun toggle-save-place (&optional parg)
"Toggle whether to save your place in this file between sessions.
\(setq-default save-place t\)"
(interactive "P")
(if (not buffer-file-name)
- (message
- (format "Buffer \"%s\" not visiting a file." (buffer-name)))
+ (message "Buffer `%s' not visiting a file" (buffer-name))
(if (and save-place (or (not parg) (<= parg 0)))
(progn
- (message "No place will be saved in this file.")
+ (message "No place will be saved in this file")
(setq save-place nil))
- (message "Place will be saved.")
+ (message "Place will be saved")
(setq save-place t))))
(defun save-place-to-alist ()
(or save-place-loaded (load-save-place-alist-from-file))
(if buffer-file-name
(progn
- (let ((cell (assoc buffer-file-name save-place-alist)))
+ (let ((cell (assoc buffer-file-name save-place-alist))
+ (position (if (not (eq major-mode 'hexl-mode))
+ (point)
+ (1+ (hexl-current-address)))))
(if cell
- (setq save-place-alist (delq cell save-place-alist))))
- (if save-place
- (setq save-place-alist
- (cons (cons buffer-file-name
- (if (not (eq major-mode 'hexl-mode))
- (point)
- (1+ (hexl-current-address))))
- save-place-alist))))))
+ (setq save-place-alist (delq cell save-place-alist)))
+ (if (and save-place
+ (not (= position 1))) ;; Optimize out the degenerate case.
+ (setq save-place-alist
+ (cons (cons buffer-file-name position)
+ save-place-alist)))))))
(defun save-place-alist-to-file ()
(let ((file (expand-file-name save-place-file)))
(save-excursion
- (message (format "Saving places to %s..." file))
+ (message "Saving places to %s..." file)
(set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *Saved Places*"))
(delete-region (point-min) (point-max))
(if (file-readable-p file)
t))))
(write-file file)
(kill-buffer (current-buffer))
- (message (format "Saving places to %s...done" file))))))
+ (message "Saving places to %s...done" file)))))
(defun load-save-place-alist-from-file ()
(if (not save-place-loaded)
;; load it if it exists:
(if (file-readable-p file)
(save-excursion
- (message (format "Loading places from %s..."
- save-place-file))
+ (message "Loading places from %s..." save-place-file)
;; don't want to use find-file because we have been
;; adding hooks to it.
(set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *Saved Places*"))
(setq s (cdr s))))))
(kill-buffer (current-buffer))
- (message (format "Loading places from %s...done" file))
- t)
- t)
+ (message "Loading places from %s...done" file)))
nil))))
(defun save-places-to-alist ()
(or save-place-loaded (load-save-place-alist-from-file))
(let ((cell (assoc buffer-file-name save-place-alist)))
(if cell
- (progn
+ (progn
(or after-find-file-from-revert-buffer
(goto-char (cdr cell)))
;; and make sure it will be saved again for later
(setq save-place t)))))
(defun save-place-kill-emacs-hook ()
+ ;; First update the alist. This loads the old save-place-file if nec.
(save-places-to-alist)
- (save-place-alist-to-file))
+ ;; Now save the alist in the file, if we have ever loaded the file
+ ;; (including just now).
+ (if save-place-loaded
+ (save-place-alist-to-file)))
(add-hook 'find-file-hooks 'save-place-find-file-hook t)