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pp-eval-expression enhancements
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
pp-eval-expression enhancements |
Date: |
Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:54:42 -0700 |
This patch improves `pp-eval-expression' in these ways:
* Provides a progress message.
* Does not make buffer *Pp Eval Output* read-only.
* Inhibits emacs-lisp-mode-hook and change-major-mode-hook
when entering emacs-lisp-mode.
* Fontifies buffer *Pp Eval Output*.
I often want to use *Pp Eval Output* as more or less a normal Emacs-Lisp
buffer: killing, yanking, evaluating. I see no reason to make it read-only.
It should probably also have undo, but I'll leave that to someone else's
patch.
I also propose that we use `M-:', the binding of `eval-expression', for
`pp-eval-expression' instead. Why would we not want to do that? To try that
out, do this:
(substitute-key-definition 'eval-expression 'pp-eval-expression global-map)
--------------8<---------------------
*** pp-CVS-2007-07-10.el Tue Jul 10 15:37:26 2007
--- pp-CVS-patched-2007-07-10.el Tue Jul 10 15:40:38 2007
***************
*** 103,108 ****
--- 103,109 ----
(interactive
(list (read-from-minibuffer "Eval: " nil read-expression-map t
'read-expression-history)))
+ (message "Evaluating...")
(setq values (cons (eval expression) values))
(let* ((old-show-function temp-buffer-show-function)
;; Use this function to display the buffer.
***************
*** 126,139 ****
(progn
(select-window window)
(run-hooks 'temp-buffer-show-hook))
! (select-window old-selected)))
! (message "%s" (buffer-substring (point-min) (point)))
! ))))))
! (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Pp Eval Output*"
! (pp (car values))
! (with-current-buffer standard-output
! (emacs-lisp-mode)
! (set (make-local-variable 'font-lock-verbose) nil)))))
;;;###autoload
(defun pp-eval-last-sexp (arg)
--- 127,144 ----
(progn
(select-window window)
(run-hooks 'temp-buffer-show-hook))
! (select-window old-selected)
! (message "Evaluating...done. See buffer *Pp Eval
Output*.")))
! (message "%s" (buffer-substring (point-min)
(point)))))))))
! (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Pp Eval Output*" (pp (car values)))
! (save-excursion
! (set-buffer "*Pp Eval Output*")
! (setq buffer-read-only nil)
! (let ((emacs-lisp-mode-hook nil)
! (change-major-mode-hook nil))
! (emacs-lisp-mode))
! (set (make-local-variable 'font-lock-verbose) nil)
! (font-lock-fontify-buffer))))
;;;###autoload
(defun pp-eval-last-sexp (arg)
- pp-eval-expression enhancements,
Drew Adams <=
- RE: pp-eval-expression enhancements, Drew Adams, 2007/07/22
- Re: pp-eval-expression enhancements, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/23
- RE: pp-eval-expression enhancements, Drew Adams, 2007/07/23
- Re: pp-eval-expression enhancements, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/24
- RE: pp-eval-expression enhancements, Drew Adams, 2007/07/24
- Re: pp-eval-expression enhancements, Stefan Monnier, 2007/07/24
- RE: pp-eval-expression enhancements, Drew Adams, 2007/07/24
- Re: pp-eval-expression enhancements, Stefan Monnier, 2007/07/24
- RE: pp-eval-expression enhancements, Drew Adams, 2007/07/24
- Re: pp-eval-expression enhancements, Stefan Monnier, 2007/07/24