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1 ;;; detached-minibuf.el -- Support a detached minibuffer for XEmacs.
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2
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3 ;; Copyright (C) 1997 Alvin C. Shelton
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4
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5 ;; Author: Alvin Shelton <acs@acm.org>
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6 ;; Keywords: extensions
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7
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8 ;; This file is part of XEmacs.
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9
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10 ;; XEmacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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11 ;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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12 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your
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13 ;; option) any later version.
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14
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15 ;; XEmacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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16 ;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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17 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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18 ;; General Public License for more details.
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19
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20 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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21 ;; along with XEmacs; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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22 ;; Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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23
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24 ;;; Synched up with: not in FSF.
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25
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26 ;;; Commentary:
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27
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28 ;; WARNING. DANGER. This file reportedly crashes 19.14, use it only with a
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29 ;; recent XEmacs.
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30
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31 ;; Version: 1.1
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32
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33 ;;; Code:
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34
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35 ;;
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36 ;; Variable definitions
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37
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38 (defvar add-minibuf-options t
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39 "*If nil, prevent minibuffer options from being added to the Options menu.\
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40 This must be set before detached-minibuf is loaded.")
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41 (defvar minibuf-frame-height 1
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42 "*The height in lines of the minibuffer frame created by make-detached-minibuf")
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43 (defvar minibuf-frame-width (frame-width (selected-frame))
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44 "*The width in chars of the minibuffer frame created by make-detached-minibuf")
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45 (defvar minibuf-frame-pos-y -2
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46 "*The y position of the minibuffer frame as created by make-detached-minibuf")
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47 (defvar minibuf-frame-pos-x -2
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48 "*The x position of the minibuffer frame as created by make-detached-minibuf")
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49
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50 ;;
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51 ;; Add minibuffer options to the Options menu
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52 (if add-minibuf-options
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53 (progn
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54 (defun toggle-minibuf ()
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55 (interactive)
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56 (if (equal (frame-property (selected-frame) 'minibuffer) t)
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57
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58 ;; This frame already has a minibuffer, so remove the minibuffer.
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59 ;; Unfortunately, we must delete and redraw the frame
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60 (let ((fp (frame-properties (selected-frame)))
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61 (buf (current-buffer))
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62 (orig (selected-frame)))
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63
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64 ;; Create and select the new frame;
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65 ;; we have to do this before we delete the old frame.
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66 (setq fp (plist-remprop fp 'window-id)
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67 fp (plist-remprop fp 'minibuffer))
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68 (select-frame
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69 (make-frame (plist-put fp 'minibuffer nil)))
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70 (switch-to-buffer buf)
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71
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72 (set-frame-properties
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73 orig (list 'minibuffer default-minibuffer-frame))
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74 (delete-frame orig t))
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75
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76 ;; This frame does not have a minibuffer, so add one
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77 (set-frame-property (selected-frame) 'minibuffer t)))
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78
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79 (add-menu-button '("Options" "Frame Appearance")
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80 ["------" nil nil]
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81 nil)
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82 (add-menu-button '("Options" "Frame Appearance")
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83 ["Toggle minibuffer"
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84 (toggle-minibuf)
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85 :style toggle
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86 :active (not (equal (selected-frame)
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87 default-minibuffer-frame))
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88 :selected (equal
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89 (frame-property (selected-frame) 'minibuffer)
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90 t)]
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91 nil)
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92 (add-menu-button '("Options" "Frame Appearance")
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93 ["Default minibuffer here"
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94 (setq default-minibuffer-frame (selected-frame))
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95 :style toggle
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96 :active (let ((mbf (frame-property
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97 (selected-frame) 'minibuffer)))
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98 (or (equal mbf (selected-frame))
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99 (equal mbf t)))
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100 :selected (equal (selected-frame)
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101 default-minibuffer-frame)]
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102 nil)
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103 (add-menu-button '("Options" "Frame Appearance")
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104 ["Make a detached minibuffer"
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105 (make-detached-minibuf)
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106 :style nil]
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107 nil)))
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108
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109 ;;
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110 ;; Create a minibuffer-only frame.
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111 ;;
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112 ;; This function creates a frame named "minibuffer".
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113 ;; You will likely want this frame not to have a titlebar.
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114 ;; In order to do this for gwm, uncomment the following line
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115 ;; and add it to your .profile.gwm:
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116 ;; (set-window Emacs.minibuffer no-frame)
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117 ;;
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118 (defun make-detached-minibuf ()
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119 "Create a standalone minibuffer"
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120 (interactive)
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121 (if (console-on-window-system-p)
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122 (progn
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123 (setq initial-frame-plist
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124 (list 'minibuffer nil
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125 'width (frame-width (selected-frame))
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126 'height (frame-height (selected-frame))))
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127 (setq default-minibuffer-frame
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128 (make-frame
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129 (list 'minibuffer 'only
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130 'width minibuf-frame-width
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131 'height minibuf-frame-height
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132 'menubar-visible-p nil
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133 'default-toolbar-visible-p nil
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134 'name "minibuffer"
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135 'top minibuf-frame-pos-y
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136 'left minibuf-frame-pos-x
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137 'has-modeline-p nil)))
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138
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139 ;; Bogus! But it avoids annoying screen flash at startup
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140 (if (not command-line-args-left)
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141 (frame-notice-user-settings)))))
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142
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143 (provide 'detached-minibuf)
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144
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145 ;;; detached-minibuf.el ends here
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