-;;; saveplace.el --- automatically save place in files.
+;;; saveplace.el --- automatically save place in files
-;; Copyright (C) 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
+;; 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-;; Author: Karl Fogel <kfogel@cs.oberlin.edu>
+;; Author: Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>
;; Maintainer: FSF
;; Created: July, 1993
-;; Version: 1.2
;; Keywords: bookmarks, placeholders
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
;; 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:
;; 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)
+\(require 'saveplace)
+
+or else use the Custom facility to set this option."
+ :type 'boolean
+ :require 'saveplace
+ :group 'save-place)
(make-variable-buffer-local 'save-place)
-(defvar save-place-file (convert-standard-filename "~/.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)
+
+(defcustom save-place-forget-unreadable-files t
+ "Non-nil means forget place in unreadable files.
+
+The filenames in `save-place-alist' that do not match
+`save-place-skip-check-regexp' are filtered through
+`file-readable-p'. if nil, their alist entries are removed.
+
+You may do this anytime by calling the complementary function,
+`save-place-forget-unreadable-files'. When this option is turned on,
+this happens automatically before saving `save-place-alist' to
+`save-place-file'."
+ :type 'boolean :group 'save-place)
+
+(defcustom save-place-save-skipped t
+ "If non-nil, remember files matching `save-place-skip-check-regexp'.
+
+When filtering `save-place-alist' for unreadable files, some will not
+be checked, based on said regexp, and instead saved or forgotten based
+on this flag."
+ :type 'boolean :group 'save-place)
+
+(defcustom save-place-skip-check-regexp
+ ;; thanks to ange-ftp-name-format
+ "\\`/\\(?:cdrom\\|floppy\\|mnt\\|\\(?:[^@/:]*@\\)?[^@/:]*[^@/:.]:\\)"
+ "Regexp whose file names shall not be checked for readability.
+
+When forgetting unreadable files, file names matching this regular
+expression shall not be checked for readability, but instead be
+subject to `save-place-save-skipped'.
+
+Files for which such a check may be inconvenient include those on
+removable and network volumes."
+ :type 'regexp :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 "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)
+ (with-no-warnings
+ (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-forget-unreadable-files ()
+ "Remove unreadable files from `save-place-alist'.
+For each entry in the alist, if `file-readable-p' returns nil for the
+filename, remove the entry. Save the new alist \(as the first pair
+may have changed\) back to `save-place-alist'."
+ (interactive)
+ ;; the following was adapted from an in-place filtering function,
+ ;; `filter-mod', used in the original.
+ (unless (null save-place-alist) ;says it better than `when'
+ ;; first, check all except first
+ (let ((fmprev save-place-alist) (fmcur (cdr save-place-alist)))
+ (while fmcur ;not null
+ ;; a value is only saved when it becomes FMPREV.
+ (if (if (string-match save-place-skip-check-regexp (caar fmcur))
+ save-place-save-skipped
+ (file-readable-p (caar fmcur)))
+ (setq fmprev fmcur)
+ (setcdr fmprev (cdr fmcur)))
+ (setq fmcur (cdr fmcur))))
+ ;; test first pair, keep it if OK, otherwise 2nd element, which
+ ;; may be '()
+ (unless (if (string-match save-place-skip-check-regexp
+ (caar save-place-alist))
+ save-place-save-skipped
+ (file-readable-p (caar save-place-alist)))
+ (setq save-place-alist (cdr save-place-alist)))))
(defun save-place-alist-to-file ()
(let ((file (expand-file-name save-place-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)
- (insert-file-contents file))
- (delete-region (point-min) (point-max))
- (goto-char (point-min))
- (print save-place-alist (current-buffer))
+ (when save-place-forget-unreadable-files
+ (save-place-forget-unreadable-files))
+ (let ((print-length nil)
+ (print-level nil))
+ (print save-place-alist (current-buffer)))
(let ((version-control
(cond
((null save-place-version-control) nil)
((eq 'nospecial save-place-version-control) version-control)
(t
t))))
- (write-file file)
+ (condition-case nil
+ ;; Don't use write-file; we don't want this buffer to visit it.
+ (write-region (point-min) (point-max) file)
+ (file-error (message "Can't write %s" file)))
(kill-buffer (current-buffer))
(message "Saving places to %s...done" file)))))
(delete-region (point-min) (point-max))
(insert-file-contents file)
(goto-char (point-min))
- (setq save-place-alist
+ (setq save-place-alist
(car (read-from-string
(buffer-substring (point-min) (point-max)))))
(setcdr s nil)
(setq count (1+ count)))
(setq s (cdr s))))))
-
+
(kill-buffer (current-buffer))
- (message "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)
+(add-hook 'find-file-hook 'save-place-find-file-hook t)
(add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook 'save-place-kill-emacs-hook)
(provide 'saveplace) ; why not...
+;;; arch-tag: 3c2ef47b-0a22-4558-b116-118c9ef454a0
;;; saveplace.el ends here
-