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1;;; medit.el --- front-end to the MEDIT package for editing MDL
2
3;; Copyright (C) 1985 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
5;; Author: K. Shane Hartman
6;; Maintainer: FSF
7;; Keywords: languages
8
9;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
10
11;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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15
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24
25;;; Commentary:
26
27;; >> This package depends on two MDL packages: MEDIT and FORKS which
28;; >> can be obtained from the public (network) library at mit-ajax.
29
30;;; Code:
31
32(require 'mim-mode)
33
34(defconst medit-zap-file (concat "/tmp/" (user-login-name) ".medit.mud")
35  "File name for data sent to MDL by Medit.")
36(defconst medit-buffer "*MEDIT*"
37  "Name of buffer in which Medit accumulates data to send to MDL.")
38(defconst medit-save-files t
39  "If non-nil, Medit offers to save files on return to MDL.")
40
41(defun medit-save-define ()
42  "Mark the previous or surrounding toplevel object to be sent back to MDL."
43  (interactive)
44  (save-excursion
45      (beginning-of-DEFINE)
46      (let ((start (point)))
47	(forward-mim-object 1)
48	(append-to-buffer medit-buffer start (point))
49	(goto-char start)
50	(message (buffer-substring start (progn (end-of-line) (point)))))))
51
52(defun medit-save-region (start end)
53  "Mark the current region to be sent to back to MDL."
54  (interactive "r")
55  (append-to-buffer medit-buffer start end)
56  (message "Current region saved for MDL."))
57
58(defun medit-save-buffer ()
59  "Mark the current buffer to be sent back to MDL."
60  (interactive)
61  (append-to-buffer medit-buffer (point-min) (point-max))
62  (message "Current buffer saved for MDL."))
63
64(defun medit-zap-define-to-mdl ()
65  "Return to MDL with surrounding or previous toplevel MDL object."
66  (interactive)
67  (medit-save-define)
68  (medit-goto-mdl))
69
70(defun medit-zap-region-mdl (start end)
71  "Return to MDL with current region."
72  (interactive)
73  (medit-save-region start end)
74  (medit-goto-mdl))
75
76(defun medit-zap-buffer ()
77  "Return to MDL with current buffer."
78  (interactive)
79  (medit-save-buffer)
80  (medit-goto-mdl))
81
82(defun medit-goto-mdl ()
83  "Return from Emacs to superior MDL, sending saved code.
84Optionally, offers to save changed files."
85  (interactive)
86  (let ((buffer (get-buffer medit-buffer)))
87  (if buffer
88      (save-excursion
89	(set-buffer buffer)
90	(if (buffer-modified-p buffer)
91	    (write-region (point-min) (point-max) medit-zap-file))
92	(set-buffer-modified-p nil)
93	(erase-buffer)))
94  (if medit-save-files (save-some-buffers))
95  ;; Note could handle parallel fork by giving argument "%xmdl".  Then
96  ;; mdl would have to invoke with "%emacs".
97  (suspend-emacs)))
98
99(defconst medit-mode-map nil)
100(if (not medit-mode-map)
101    (progn
102      (setq medit-mode-map (copy-keymap mim-mode-map))
103      (define-key medit-mode-map "\e\z" 'medit-save-define)
104      (define-key medit-mode-map "\e\^z" 'medit-save-buffer)
105      (define-key medit-mode-map "\^xz" 'medit-goto-mdl)
106      (define-key medit-mode-map "\^xs" 'medit-zap-buffer)))
107
108(defconst medit-mode-hook (and (boundp 'mim-mode-hook) mim-mode-hook) "")
109(setq mim-mode-hook '(lambda () (medit-mode)))
110
111(defun medit-mode (&optional state)
112  "Major mode for editing text and returning it to a superior MDL.
113Like Mim mode, plus these special commands:
114\\{medit-mode-map}"
115  (interactive)
116  (use-local-map medit-mode-map)
117  (run-hooks 'medit-mode-hook)
118  (setq major-mode 'medit-mode)
119  (setq mode-name "Medit"))
120
121(mim-mode)
122
123;;; medit.el ends here
124