* msb.el (msb): If EVENT is a down event, read and discard the up

[gnu-emacs] / lisp / misc.el

diff --git a/lisp/misc.el b/lisp/misc.el
index ebdf52806f73fe084e50c6d1eb0ca21eeb822bbd..e4c54092a49e2c5c168df42a1fa6de5b93296a06 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/misc.el
+++ b/lisp/misc.el
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-;;; misc.el --- basic editing commands for Emacs
+;;; misc.el --- some nonstandard basic editing commands for Emacs
 
-;; Maintainer: FSF
-;; Last-Modified: 31 Oct 1989
+;; Copyright (C) 1989, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
+;;   2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Maintainer: FSF
+;; Keywords: convenience
 
 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
@@ -18,8 +19,11 @@
 ;; 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+;;; Commentary:
 
 ;;; Code:
 
@@ -55,4 +59,56 @@ The characters copied are inserted in the buffer before point."
                                 (+ n (point)))))))
     (insert string)))
 
+;; Variation of `zap-to-char'.
+
+(defun zap-up-to-char (arg char)
+  "Kill up to, but not including ARG'th occurrence of CHAR.
+Case is ignored if `case-fold-search' is non-nil in the current buffer.
+Goes backward if ARG is negative; error if CHAR not found.
+Ignores CHAR at point."
+  (interactive "p\ncZap up to char: ")
+  (let ((direction (if (>= arg 0) 1 -1)))
+    (kill-region (point)
+                (progn
+                  (forward-char direction)
+                  (unwind-protect
+                      (search-forward (char-to-string char) nil nil arg)
+                    (backward-char direction))
+                  (point)))))
+
+;; These were added with an eye to making possible a more CCA-compatible
+;; command set; but that turned out not to be interesting.
+
+(defun mark-beginning-of-buffer ()
+  "Set mark at the beginning of the buffer."
+  (interactive)
+  (push-mark (point-min)))
+
+(defun mark-end-of-buffer ()
+  "Set mark at the end of the buffer."
+  (interactive)
+  (push-mark (point-max)))
+
+(defun upcase-char (arg)
+  "Uppercasify ARG chars starting from point.  Point doesn't move."
+  (interactive "p")
+  (save-excursion
+    (upcase-region (point) (progn (forward-char arg) (point)))))
+
+(defun forward-to-word (arg)
+  "Move forward until encountering the beginning of a word.
+With argument, do this that many times."
+  (interactive "p")
+  (or (re-search-forward (if (> arg 0) "\\W\\b" "\\b\\W") nil t arg)
+      (goto-char (if (> arg 0) (point-max) (point-min)))))
+
+(defun backward-to-word (arg)
+  "Move backward until encountering the end of a word.
+With argument, do this that many times."
+  (interactive "p")
+  (forward-to-word (- arg)))
+
+(provide 'misc)
+
+;;; arch-tag: 908f7884-c19e-4388-920c-9cfa425e449b
 ;;; misc.el ends here