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1;;; userlock.el --- handle file access contention between multiple users
2
3;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986 Free Software Foundation, inc.
4
5;; Maintainer: FSF
6;; Keywords: internal
7
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9
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23
24;;; Commentary:
25
26;; This file is autoloaded to handle certain conditions
27;; detected by the file-locking code within Emacs.
28;; The two entry points are `ask-user-about-lock' and
29;; `ask-user-about-supersession-threat'.
30
31;;; Code:
32
33(put 'file-locked 'error-conditions '(file-locked file-error error))
34
35;;;###autoload
36(defun ask-user-about-lock (fn opponent)
37  "Ask user what to do when he wants to edit FILE but it is locked by USER.
38This function has a choice of three things to do:
39  do (signal 'buffer-file-locked (list FILE USER))
40    to refrain from editing the file
41  return t (grab the lock on the file)
42  return nil (edit the file even though it is locked).
43You can rewrite it to use any criterion you like to choose which one to do."
44  (discard-input)
45  (save-window-excursion
46    (let (answer)
47      (while (null answer)
48	(message "%s is locking %s: action (s, q, p, ?)? " opponent fn)
49	(let ((tem (let ((inhibit-quit t)
50			 (cursor-in-echo-area t))
51		     (prog1 (downcase (read-char))
52		            (setq quit-flag nil)))))
53	  (if (= tem help-char)
54	      (ask-user-about-lock-help)
55	    (setq answer (assoc tem '((?s . t)
56				      (?q . yield)
57				      (?\C-g . yield)
58				      (?p . nil)
59				      (?? . help))))
60	    (cond ((null answer)
61		   (beep)
62		   (message "Please type q, s, or p; or ? for help")
63		   (sit-for 3))
64		  ((eq (cdr answer) 'help)
65		   (ask-user-about-lock-help)
66		   (setq answer nil))
67		  ((eq (cdr answer) 'yield)
68		   (signal 'file-locked (list "File is locked" fn opponent)))))))
69      (cdr answer))))
70
71(defun ask-user-about-lock-help ()
72  (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
73    (princ "It has been detected that you want to modify a file that someone else has
74already started modifying in EMACS.
75
76You can <s>teal the file; The other user becomes the
77  intruder if (s)he ever unmodifies the file and then changes it again.
78You can <p>roceed; you edit at your own (and the other user's) risk.
79You can <q>uit; don't modify this file.")))
80
81(put
82 'file-supersession 'error-conditions '(file-supersession file-error error))
83
84;;;###autoload
85(defun ask-user-about-supersession-threat (fn)
86  "Ask a user who is about to modify an obsolete buffer what to do.
87This function has two choices: it can return, in which case the modification
88of the buffer will proceed, or it can (signal 'file-supersession (file)),
89in which case the proposed buffer modification will not be made.
90
91You can rewrite this to use any criterion you like to choose which one to do.
92The buffer in question is current when this function is called."
93  (discard-input)
94  (save-window-excursion
95    (let (answer)
96      (while (null answer)
97	(message "%s changed on disk; really edit the buffer? (y, n or C-h) "
98		 (file-name-nondirectory fn))
99	(let ((tem (downcase (let ((cursor-in-echo-area t))
100			       (read-char)))))
101	  (setq answer
102		(if (= tem help-char)
103		    'help
104		  (cdr (assoc tem '((?n . yield)
105				    (?\C-g . yield)
106				    (?y . proceed)
107				    (?? . help))))))
108	  (cond ((null answer)
109		 (beep)
110		 (message "Please type y or n; or ? for help")
111		 (sit-for 3))
112		((eq answer 'help)
113		 (ask-user-about-supersession-help)
114		 (setq answer nil))
115		((eq answer 'yield)
116		 (signal 'file-supersession
117			 (list "File changed on disk" fn))))))
118      (message
119        "File on disk now will become a backup file if you save these changes.")
120      (setq buffer-backed-up nil))))
121
122(defun ask-user-about-supersession-help ()
123  (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
124    (princ "You want to modify a buffer whose disk file has changed
125since you last read it in or saved it with this buffer.
126
127If you say `y' to go ahead and modify this buffer,
128you risk ruining the work of whoever rewrote the file.
129If you say `n', the change you started to make will be aborted.
130
131Usually, you should type `n' and then `M-x revert-buffer',
132to get the latest version of the file, then make the change again.")))
133
134;;; userlock.el ends here
135