In programming we ofter have a task of selecting text between quotes. Suppose, we have the following PHP code:
lwt_shared_save_conditions_to_session($conditions, "bundles_listing"■);
The cursor position is shown with black square. And we want to select and copy the text "bundles_listing" into the clipboard. I created the following function:
(defun select-quoted-text ()
(interactive)
(search-backward "\"")
(forward-char 1)
(cua-set-mark)
(backward-char 1)
(search-backward "\"")
(kill-ring-save (region-beginning) (region-end))
)
It will select the text between quotes.
How can I do the following:
1.Fold this code into 1 function call:
(forward-char 1)
(cua-set-mark)
(backward-char 1)
Select text both between single ' and double " quotes.
Try this:
(defun copy-quoted ()
"Copy current string into kill-ring.
The point can be anywhere in the string."
(interactive)
(let ((beg (or (nth 8 (syntax-ppss))
(and (memq (char-after (point))
'(?\" ?\'))
(point))))
end)
(when beg
(setq end
(save-excursion
(goto-char beg)
(forward-sexp)
(point)))
(kill-ring-save beg end))))
Here's how I'd do it interactively (rather than defining a function for it):
C-SPC C-M-b M-w
That runs the following commands:
set-mark-command
backward-sexp
kill-ring-save
Related
Strike M-e in org which invokes org-forward-sentence and thus move point to end of the sentence.
I desire to move by comma. When refer to org-forward-sentence, notice the last two lines of
(let ((sentence-end (concat (sentence-end) "\\|^\\*+ .*$")))
(call-interactively #'forward-sentence)))))))
From the completed definition.
(defun org-forward-sentence (&optional _arg)
"Go to end of sentence, or end of table field.
This will call `forward-sentence' or `org-table-end-of-field',
depending on context."
(interactive)
(if (and (org-at-heading-p)
(save-restriction (skip-chars-forward " \t") (not (eolp))))
(save-restriction
(narrow-to-region (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position))
(call-interactively #'forward-sentence))
(let* ((element (org-element-at-point))
(contents-end (org-element-property :contents-end element))
(table (org-element-lineage element '(table) t)))
(if (and table
(>= (point) (org-element-property :contents-begin table))
(< (point) contents-end))
(call-interactively #'org-table-end-of-field)
(save-restriction
(when (and contents-end
(> (point-max) contents-end)
;; Skip blank lines between elements.
(< (org-element-property :end element)
(save-excursion (goto-char contents-end)
(skip-chars-forward " \r\t\n"))))
(narrow-to-region (org-element-property :contents-begin element)
contents-end))
;; End of heading is considered as the end of a sentence.
(let ((sentence-end (concat (sentence-end) "\\|^\\*+ .*$")))
(call-interactively #'forward-sentence)))))))
Then changed dot to comma
(let ((sentence-end (concat (sentence-end) "\\|^\\*+ ,*$"))) ;;changee . to ,
(call-interactively #'forward-sentence)))))))
However, it proved wrong.
Where should I change within the original function.
Define it as
(def org-forward-partial-sentence (&optional arg)
and (global-set-key "\C-m"
That . has special meaning in a regex context, see (emacs)Regexps in the manual.
A very simplistic modification could be,
(concat (sentence-end) "\\|^\\*+ .*$\\|,")
to move to , as well.
Instead of changing the entire function, you could just let bind sentence-end around org-forward-sentence, eg.
(defun my-org-forward-sentence ()
(interactive)
(let ((sentence-end (concat (sentence-end) "\\|,")))
(call-interactively #'org-forward-sentence)))
I have a question about Emacs Lisp, I want to achieve this functionality: ‘highlight a word under cursor, then when I push C-s C-s, I can jump to the next highlighted word’.
So after I highlight a word, I hope the isearch-string can be set as the same as the word I have high lightened, i.e. the default ** search string for command **isearch-forward or isearch-backward can be my highlighted word.
My code is like:
(defun highlight-current-word()
"highlight the word under cursor"
(interactive)
(let (head-point tail-point word)
(skip-chars-forward "-_A-Za-z0-9")
(setq tail-point (point))
(skip-chars-backward "-_A-Za-z0-9")
(setq head-point (point))
(setq word (buffer-substring-no-properties head-point tail-point))
(setq isearch-string word) ; no use
(isearch-search-and-update) ; no use
(highlight-regexp word 'hi-yellow)))
But it always prompts: [No previous search string]
Can you help me? Thank you!
I think you need add hook to isearch-mode, then your function will be work.
(defun highlight-current-word()
"highlight the word under cursor"
(interactive)
(let (head-point tail-point word)
(skip-chars-forward "-_A-Za-z0-9")
(setq tail-point (point))
(skip-chars-backward "-_A-Za-z0-9")
(setq head-point (point))
(setq word (buffer-substring-no-properties head-point tail-point))
(setq isearch-string word)
(isearch-search-and-update)))
(add-hook 'isearch-mode-hook 'highlight-current-word)
Is this all you are looking for (not too clear to me)?
(defun foo ()
(interactive)
(skip-chars-backward "-_A-Za-z0-9")
(isearch-yank-internal (lambda () (forward-word 1) (point))))
(define-key isearch-mode-map (kbd "C-o") 'foo)
That does what C-w does, except that it picks up the whole word at the cursor, not just the text from the cursor to word end.
I'm looking for a variant of M-x sort-lines that can handle multiline expressions properly. For instance:
this is the first line
this is the second lien
this is the (third
line
spanning multiple lines because of parens)
Any ideas?
Here is a similar question solved in a similar way
(defun end-of-chunk ()
"forward line or to ends of mid-expression."
(interactive)
(goto-char (point-at-eol))
(let ((limit (point-at-bol))
temp
expr-beg)
(while (and (setq temp (nth 1 (syntax-ppss)))
(<= limit temp))
(goto-char temp)
(setq expr-beg (point)))
(when expr-beg
(goto-char expr-beg)
(forward-sexp))))
(defun sort-lines-as-exprs (reverse beg end)
"sort lines, or whole expression if line ends mid-expression."
(interactive "P\nr")
(save-excursion
(save-restriction
(narrow-to-region beg end)
(goto-char (point-min))
(sort-subr reverse
'forward-line
'end-of-chunk))))
I write a simple defun for a region, and I want to apply it even if there's no region – i.e. call it with no selection at all. I thought I could do something like the following:
(defun region-study (strt end)
(interactive "r")
(if (= strt end)
(progn ....) ;; then
(progn ....))) ;; else
But it doesn't work. As it turns out, when you call (interactive "r") with no region it doesn't just set boundaries to be equal. Try this:
(defun region-study (strt end)
(interactive "r")
(message "strt=%d; end=%d" strt end))
So my question is that: "how to write a defun which acts on region, but acts on point if there's no region?"
Edit:
So I wanted to put selection in brackets or just to insert brackets and (backward-char 1). Here's a solution:
(defun put-in-lft-rit (lft rit)
(interactive "k")
(if (use-region-p) ;; act on region
(progn
(setq pP (point))
(setq strt (region-beginning))
(setq end (region-end))
(setq meat (buffer-substring-no-properties strt end))
(setq news (concat lft meat rit))
(delete-region strt end)
(goto-char strt)
(insert news)
(if (= pP strt)
(goto-char strt) ; then
(goto-char (+ end 1)))) ; else
(progn ;; act on point
(insert lft rit)
(backward-char 1))))
(defun bk-put-in-braces ()
(interactive)
(put-in-lft-rit "(" ")"))
(defun bk-put-in-curly-braces ()
(interactive)
(put-in-lft-rit "{" "}"))
(defun bk-put-in-quotes ()
(interactive)
(put-in-lft-rit "'" "'"))
(defun bk-put-in-double-quotes ()
(interactive)
(put-in-lft-rit "\"" "\""))
(defun bk-put-in-square-brackes ()
(interactive)
(put-in-lft-rit "[" "]"))
And then you bind in .emacs:
(global-set-key (kbd "C-<f9>") 'bk-put-in-square-brackes)
(global-set-key (kbd "<f9>") 'bk-put-in-curly-braces)
(global-set-key (kbd "S-<f7>") 'bk-put-in-quotes)
(global-set-key (kbd "S-<f8>") 'bk-put-in-double-quotes)
(global-set-key (kbd "S-<f9>") 'bk-put-in-braces)
That's it! Should be working in all modes.
Edit2:
#phils
Thanks. You are definetely right. One thing though - my code had an additional feature of leaving the point at the beginning or end of the region - depending on where it was in the selection. Here's Your code with this feature added:
(defun put-in-lft-rit (lft rit)
(interactive "k")
(if (use-region-p) ;; act on region
(let ((strt (region-beginning))
(end (region-end))
(pP (point)))
(save-excursion
(goto-char end)
(insert rit)
(goto-char strt)
(insert lft))
(if (= pP strt)
(goto-char strt) ; then
(goto-char (+ end 1)))) ; else
(progn ;; act on point
(insert lft rit)
(backward-char 1))))
A few notes on your solution...
It's good practice to avoid unnecessary global-scope setqs. Use (let) instead to define a temporary scope for your variables.
You are doing a lot more work than required. Instead of copying the region, concatenating that copy and the delimiters into a 'news' variable, deleting the region, and then inserting 'news', all you need to do is insert the delimiter characters at the beginning and end of the region.
(In general, if you try to "think like an editor" when writing elisp, and focus on manipulating buffers rather than variables, you'll generally wind up with more efficient code.)
save-excursion is very useful (along with several other save- and with- forms).
(defun put-in-lft-rit (lft rit)
(interactive "k")
(if (use-region-p) ;; act on region
(let ((strt (region-beginning))
(end (region-end)))
(save-excursion
(goto-char end)
(insert rit)
(goto-char strt)
(insert lft)))
(progn ;; act on point
(insert lft rit)
(backward-char 1))))
use-region-p should return t if your function should act on the region instead of at a point.
You may like to use the function region-or-word-at-point defined in thingatpt+.el
In TextMate, one can use ctrl-shift-w to wrap text in an Open/Close tag and ctrl-shift-cmd-w to wrap each line in a region in Open/Close tags. How can I implement this same functionality in Emacs using emacs lisp?
emacs
becomes
<p>emacs</p>
And ...
emacs
textmate
vi
becomes
<li>emacs</li>
<li>textmate</li>
<li>vi</li>
This answer gives you a solution for wrapping the region (once you modify it to use angle brackets).
This routine will prompt you for the tag to use, and should tag every line in the region with an open/close tag of that type:
(defun my-tag-lines (b e tag)
"'tag' every line in the region with a tag"
(interactive "r\nMTag for line: ")
(save-restriction
(narrow-to-region b e)
(save-excursion
(goto-char (point-min))
(while (< (point) (point-max))
(beginning-of-line)
(insert (format "<%s>" tag))
(end-of-line)
(insert (format "</%s>" tag))
(forward-line 1)))))
*Note: *If you wanted the tag to always be li, then remove the tag argument, remove the text \nMTag for line: from the call to interactive, and update the insert calls to just insert the "<li\>" as you would expect.
For sgml-mode deratives, mark region to tagify, type M-x sgml-tag, and type the tag name you like to use (press TAB to get list of available HTML elements). Altough, this method does not allow you to tagify each line in a region, you can work around this by recording a keyboard macro.
yasnippet is a particularly good implementation of Textmate's snippet syntax for Emacs. With that you can import all of Textmate's snippets. If you install it then, this snippet that I wrote should do what you want:
(defun wrap-region-or-point-with-html-tag (start end)
"Wraps the selected text or the point with a tag"
(interactive "r")
(let (string)
(if mark-active
(list (setq string (buffer-substring start end))
(delete-region start end)))
(yas/expand-snippet (point)
(point)
(concat "<${1:p}>" string "$0</${1:$(replace-regexp-in-string \" .*\" \"\" text)}>"))))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-W") 'wrap-region-or-point-with-html-tag)
EDIT: (Okay this is my last attempt at fixing this. It is exactly like Textmate's version. It even ignores characters after a space in the end tag)
Sorry I misread your question. This function should edit each line in the region.
(defun wrap-lines-in-region-with-html-tag (start end)
"Wraps the selected text or the point with a tag"
(interactive "r")
(let (string)
(if mark-active
(list (setq string (buffer-substring start end))
(delete-region start end)))
(yas/expand-snippet
(replace-regexp-in-string "\\(<$1>\\).*\\'" "<${1:p}>"
(mapconcat
(lambda (line) (format "%s" line))
(mapcar
(lambda (match) (concat "<$1>" match "</${1:$(replace-regexp-in-string \" .*\" \"\" text)}>"))
(split-string string "[\r\n]")) "\n") t nil 1) (point) (point))))
This variant on Trey's answer will also indent the html correctly.
(defun wrap-lines-region-html (b e tag)
"'tag' every line in the region with a tag"
(interactive "r\nMTag for line: ")
(setq p (point-marker))
(save-excursion
(goto-char b)
(while (< (point) p)
(beginning-of-line)
(indent-according-to-mode)
(insert (format "<%s>" tag))
(end-of-line)
(insert (format "</%s>" tag))
(forward-line 1))))