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2 @c This is part of the XEmacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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6 @setfilename ../../info/specifiers.info
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7 @node Specifiers, Faces and Window-System Objects, Extents, top
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8 @chapter Specifiers
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9 @cindex specifier
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11 A specifier is an object used to keep track of a property whose value
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13 device. The value of many built-in properties, such as the font,
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14 foreground, background, and such properties of a face and variables
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15 such as @code{modeline-shadow-thickness} and
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16 @code{top-toolbar-height}, is actually a specifier object. The
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20 @defun specifierp object
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21 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{object} is a specifier.
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22 @end defun
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24 @menu
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25 * Introduction to Specifiers:: Specifiers provide a clean way for
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26 display and other properties to vary
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27 (under user control) in a wide variety
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28 of contexts.
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29 * Simple Specifier Usage:: Getting started with specifiers.
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30 * Specifiers In-Depth:: Gory details about specifier innards.
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32 a specifier in a particular context.
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33 * Specifier Types:: Specifiers come in different flavors.
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34 * Adding Specifications:: Specifications control a specifier's ``value''
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35 by giving conditions under which a
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36 particular value is valid.
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37 * Retrieving Specifications:: Querying a specifier's specifications.
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38 * Specifier Tag Functions:: Working with specifier tags.
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40 Functions to instantiate a specifier.
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42 * Creating Specifiers:: Creating specifiers for your own use.
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44 Validating the components of a specifier.
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48 Backward compatibility and GNU Emacs.
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49 @end menu
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51 @node Introduction to Specifiers
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52 @section Introduction to Specifiers
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54 Perhaps the most useful way to explain specifiers is via an analogy.
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55 Emacs Lisp programmers are used to @emph{buffer-local variables}
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56 @ref{Buffer-Local Variables}. For example, the variable
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58 have different values depending on the particular buffer being edited.
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59 The variable has a default value which most modes will use, but a
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60 specialized package such as Calendar might change the variable so as to
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61 tailor the modeline to its own purposes. Other variables are perhaps
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62 best thought of as ``mode local,'' such as font-lock keywords, but they
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65 Other properties (such as those that can be changed by the
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66 @code{modify-frame-parameters} function, for example the color of the
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67 text cursor) can have frame-local values, although it might also make
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68 sense for them to have buffer-local values. In other cases, you might
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69 want the property to vary depending on the particular window within the
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70 frame that applies (e.g. the top or bottom window in a split frame), the
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71 device type that that frame appears on (X or tty), etc. Perhaps you can
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72 envision some more complicated scenario where you want a particular
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73 value in a specified buffer, another value in all other buffers
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74 displayed on a particular frame, another value in all other buffers
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75 displayed in all other frames on any mono (two-color, e.g. black and
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76 white only) displays, and a default value in all other circumstances.
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79 Specifiers vary according to the @emph{display} context. Font-lock
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80 keywords in a buffer will be the same no matter which window the
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81 buffer is displayed in, but windows on TTY devices will simply not be
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83 Specifiers provide a way for the programmer to @emph{declare} that an
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84 emphasized text should be italic on GUI devices and inverse video on
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85 TTYs. They also provide a way for the programmer to declare
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86 fallbacks, so that a color specified as ``chartreuse'' where possible
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87 can fall back to ``yellow'' on devices where only ANSI (4-bit) color
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88 is available. The complex calculations and device querying are
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89 transparent to both user and programmer. You ask for what you want;
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90 it's up to XEmacs to provide it, or a reasonable approximation.
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93 @dfn{specification} applies in a particular @dfn{locale}, which is a
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94 window, buffer, frame, device, or the global locale. The value part
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95 of the specification is called an @dfn{instantiator}. The process of
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96 determining the value in a particular context, or @dfn{domain}, is
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97 called @dfn{instantiation}. A domain is a window, frame, or device.
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99 The difference between @dfn{locale} and @dfn{domain} is somewhat subtle.
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100 You may think of a locale as a class of domains, which may span
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101 different devices. Since the specification is abstract (a Lisp form),
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102 you can state it without reference to a device. On the other hand, when
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103 you instantiate a specification, you must know the type of the device.
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106 which it will be rendered.
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108 Thus a @dfn{specifier} allows a great deal of flexibility in
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109 controlling exactly what value a property has in which circumstances.
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114 @itemize @bullet
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115 @item
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116 blue for a particular buffer
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117 @item
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118 green for all other buffers
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119 @end itemize
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121 As a more complicated example, you could specify that the foreground of
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122 the default face be
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124 @itemize @bullet
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125 @item
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126 forest green for all buffers displayed in a particular Emacs window, or
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127 green if the X server doesn't recognize the color @samp{forest green}
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128 @item
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129 blue for all buffers displayed in a particular frame
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133 white for all other buffers
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137 @section Simple Specifier Usage
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138 @cindex specifier examples
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139 @cindex examples, specifier
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140 @cindex adding a button to a toolbar
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141 @cindex toolbar button, adding
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143 A useful specifier application is adding a button to a toolbar. XEmacs
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144 provides several toolbars, one along each edge of the frame. Normally
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145 only one is used at a time, the default. The default toolbar is
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147 @code{default-toolbar}. @xref{Toolbar Intro}.
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149 The specification of a toolbar is simple: it is a list of buttons.
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150 Each button is a vector with four elements: an icon, a command, the
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151 enabled flag, and a help string. Let's retrieve the instance of the
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152 toolbar you see in the selected frame.
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154 @example
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155 (specifier-instance default-toolbar)
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156 @end example
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158 The value returned is, as promised, a list of vectors. Now let's build
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159 up a button, and add it to the toolbar. Our button will invoke the last
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160 defined keyboard macro. This is an alternative to
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161 @code{name-last-kbd-macro} for creating a persistent macro, rather than
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162 an alias for @kbd{C-x e}.
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164 A toolbar button icon can be quite sophisticated, with different images
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165 for button up, button down, and disabled states, and a similar set with
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166 captions. We'll use a very simple icon, but we have to jump through a
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167 few non-obvious hoops designed to support the sophisticated applications.
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168 The rest of the button descriptor is straightforward.
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170 @example
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171 (setq toolbar-my-kbd-macro-button
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172 `[ (list (make-glyph "MyKbdMac"))
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173 (lambda () (interactive) (execute-kbd-macro ,last-kbd-macro))
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175 "Execute a previously defined keyboard macro." ])
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178 (cons toolbar-my-kbd-macro-button
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179 (specifier-specs default-toolbar 'global))
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180 'global)
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181 @end example
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183 To remove the button, just substitute the function @code{delete} for the
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184 @code{cons} above.
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186 What is the difference between @code{specifier-instance}, which we used
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187 in the example of retrieving the toolbar descriptor, and
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188 @code{specifier-specs}, which was used in the toolbar manipulating code?
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189 @code{specifier-specs} retrieves a copy of the instantiator, which is
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190 abstract and does not depend on context. @code{specifier-instance}, on
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191 the other hand, actually instantiates the specification, and returns the
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192 result for the given context. Another way to express this is:
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193 @code{specifier-specs} takes a @emph{locale} as an argument, while
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194 @code{specifier-instance} takes a @emph{domain}. The reason for
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195 providing @code{specifier-instance} is that sometimes you wish to see
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196 the object that XEmacs will actually use. @code{specifier-specs}, on
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197 the other hand, shows you what the programmer (or user) requested. When
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198 a program manipulates specifications, clearly it's the latter that is
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199 desirable.
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201 In the case of the toolbar descriptor, it turns out that these are the
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203 have non-trivial instantiation. Compare the results of the following forms
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205 Mule. On non-Mule XEmacsen, just use @code{specifier-specs}.)
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207 @example
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208 (cdr (first (specifier-specs (face-font 'default) 'global)))
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209 => "-*--14-*jisx0208*-0"
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211 (specifier-instance (face-font 'default))
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212 #<font-instance "-*--14-*jisx0208*-0" on #<x-device on ":0.0" 0x970> 0xe0028b 0x176b>
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215 In this case, @code{specifier-instance} returns an opaque object;
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216 programs can't work on it, they can only pass it around. Worse, in some
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221 @code{specifier-specs} is deterministic, and only depends on the
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222 specifications.
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224 Note that in the toolbar-changing code we operate in the global locale.
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225 This means that narrower locales, if they have specifications, will
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230 In fact, in our example, it seems pretty likely that different buffers
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231 @emph{should} have different buttons. (The icon can be the same, but
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232 the keyboard macro you create in a Dired buffer is highly unlikely to be
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233 useful in a LaTeX buffer!) Here's one way to implement this:
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248 (current-buffer))
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249 @end example
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252 code above is for expository purposes. Don't use it in production code.
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253 In fact, the @code{set-specifier} form above is likely to fail
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254 occasionally, because you can add many specifications for the same
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255 locale.
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257 In these cases, @code{specifier-specs} will return a list. A further
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258 refinement is that a specification may be associated with a set of
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259 @dfn{specifier tags}. If the list of specifier tags is non-nil, then
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260 @code{specifier-specs} will return a cons of the tag set and the
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261 instantiator. Evidently @code{specifier-specs} is a bit unreliable.
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262 (For toolbars, the code above should work 99% of the time, because
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263 toolbars are rarely changed. Since instantiation is trivial, multiple
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264 specs are not useful---the first one always succeeds.)
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268 specifications is via @code{specifier-spec-list}. @xref{Adding
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269 Specifications}, for the definition of @dfn{spec-list}. @xref{Retrieving
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270 Specifications}, for documentation of @code{specifier-specs} and
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271 @code{specifier-spec-list}. To get the desired effect, replace the form
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274 @example
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275 (cdr (second (first (specifier-spec-list default-toolbar 'global))))
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278 (It should be obvious why the example uses the lazy unreliable method!)
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281 @section In-Depth Overview of a Specifier
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282 @cindex specification (in a specifier)
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283 @cindex domain (in a specifier)
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284 @cindex locale (in a specifier)
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288 @cindex inst-list (in a specifier)
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289 @cindex inst-pair (in a specifier)
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290 @cindex tag (in a specifier)
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291 @cindex tag set (in a specifier)
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292 @cindex specifier, specification
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293 @cindex specifier, domain
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301 @cindex specifier, tag set
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304 the buffer is the natural ``atomic'' unit of editing context. In a GUI
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305 environment, it can be similarly useful to have variables whose values
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306 vary according to display context. The atomic unit of display context
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307 is the Emacs window. Buffers are cleanly grouped by modes, but windows
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308 are not so easily pigeonholed. On the one hand, a window displays a
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309 buffer, and thus one possible hierarchy is window, buffer, mode. On the
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310 other, a window is a component of a frame. This generates the window,
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311 frame, device hierarchy. Finally, there are objects such as toolbars
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312 whose properties are described by specifiers. These do not fit
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313 naturally into either hierarchy. This problem is as yet not cleanly
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314 solved.
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316 Another potential source of conceptual confusion is the instantiation
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317 process. Instantiating a buffer-local variable is simple: at any given
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318 point in time there is a current buffer, and its local values are used
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319 and set whenever the variable is accessed, unless the programmer goes to
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320 some special effort (uses @code{default-value} and @code{set-default}.
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321 However, a specifier object encapsulates a set of @dfn{specifications},
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322 each of which says what its value should be if a particular condition
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323 applies. Several such conditions might apply simultaneously in a given
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324 window.
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327 darkseagreen2 on X devices'' another might be ``The value should be blue
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329 device"? The answer is simple: give each type of locale a priority and
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330 check them in priority order, returning the first instantiator that
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331 successfully instantiates a value.
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334 particular situation?'' This involves looking through the specifications
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335 to see which ones apply to this particular situation, and perhaps
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336 preferring one over another if more than one applies. In specifier
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337 terminology, a ``particular situation'' is called a @dfn{domain}, and
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340 example, if the redisplay engine is drawing text in the default face in
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341 a particular window, it retrieves the specifier for the foreground color
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347 specifiers are designed to present a uniform and @emph{efficient} API
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348 to redisplay. It is the efficiency constraint that motivates the
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349 introduction of specifier tags, and many restrictions on access (for
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350 example, a buffer is not a domain, and you cannot instantiate a
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394 that the inst-pairs occur in the specification's inst-list.
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399 specifiers and boolean specifiers), the instantiator will be returned
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400 directly as the instance object. For other types, however, this
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404 A font-instance object encapsulates such things as the actual font name
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405 used to display the font on that device (a font-description string
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407 different font names, with possibly different foundries, widths, etc.,
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408 on different devices), the extra properties of that font on that
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409 device, etc. Furthermore, this conversion (called @dfn{instantiation})
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414 @section How a Specifier Is Instantiated
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416 @cindex specifier, fallback
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421 @itemize @bullet
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422 @item
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423 First, XEmacs searches for a specification whose locale is the same as
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424 the window. If that fails, the search is repeated, looking for a locale
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425 that is the same as the window's buffer. If that fails, the search is
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426 repeated using the window's frame, then using the device that frame is
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428 (if there is such a specification) is considered.
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429 @item
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430 The inst-pairs contained in the specification that was found are
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431 considered in their order in the inst-list, looking for one whose tag
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432 set matches the device that is derived from the window domain. (The
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433 tag set is an unordered list of zero or more tag symbols. For all
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434 tags that have predicates associated with them, the predicate must
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435 match the device.)
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436 @item
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437 If a matching tag set is found, the corresponding instantiator is passed
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438 to the specifier's instantiation method, which is specific to the type
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441 Otherwise, the operation continues, looking for another matching
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442 inst-pair in the current specification.
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443 @item
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444 When there are no more inst-pairs to be considered in the current
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445 specification, the search starts over, looking for another specification
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446 as in the first step above.
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447 @item
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448 If all specifications are exhausted and no instance object can be
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450 Some specifier objects for built-in properties have a @dfn{fallback}
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451 value, which is either an inst-list or another specifier object, that is
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453 the searching proceeds using the inst-pairs in that list. If it is a
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454 specifier, the entire instantiation starts over using that specifier
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455 instead of the given one. Fallback values are set by the C code and
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456 cannot be modified, except perhaps indirectly, using any Lisp functions.
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457 The purpose of them is to supply some values to make sure that
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458 instantiation of built-in properties can't fail and to implement some basic
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459 specifier inheritance, such as the fact that faces inherit their
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460 properties from the @code{default} face.)
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461 @end itemize
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462
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464 device domain instead of over a window domain. The C code, for example,
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466 order to determine the height of a frame's top toolbar. Instantiation over
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467 a frame or device is similar to instantiation over a window except that
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468 specifications for locales that cannot be derived from the domain are
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469 ignored. Specifically, instantiation over a frame looks first for frame
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470 locales, then device locales, then the @code{global} locale. Instantiation
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471 over a device domain looks only for device locales and the @code{global}
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472 locale.
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473
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474 Note that specifiers are instantiated on @emph{every} redisplay. (This is
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475 the concept; of course the implementation keeps track of changes and
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476 doesn't reinstantiate unchanged specifiers.) That means that changes in
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479 specification can be just as effective as adding one.
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480
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481 @emph{E.g.}, Giacomo Boffi wanted a modeline that indicates whether the
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482 frame containing it is selected or not. The first proposed implementation
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483 is natural in a world of ``local'' variables. The later implementations
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484 apply the power of specifiers.
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485
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486 (The copyright notice and permission statement below apply to the code in
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487 example format, up to the ``@code{;;; end of neon-modeline.el}''
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488 comment.)
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489
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490 @example
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491 ;;; neon-modeline.el
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492
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493 ;; Copyright (c) 2004 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@@xemacs.org>
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494
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495 ;; Based on a suggestion by Giacomo Boffi
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496
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497 ;; This code may be used and redistributed under the GNU GPL, v.2 or any
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498 ;; later version as published by the FSF, or under the license used for
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499 ;; XEmacs Texinfo manuals, at your option.
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500 @end example
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501
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502 A few customizations:
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503
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504 @example
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505 ;; Placate the specifier and Customize gods.
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506
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507 (unless (valid-specifier-tag-p 'modeline-background)
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508 (define-specifier-tag 'modeline-background))
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509
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510 (defgroup lisp-demos nil "Demos for Lisp programming techniques.")
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511
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512 (defgroup neon-modeline nil "Neon modeline identifies selected frame."
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513 :group 'lisp-demos)
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514
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515 (defcustom neon-modeline-selected-background "LemonChiffon"
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516 "Background color for modeline in selected frames."
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517 :type 'color
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518 :group 'neon-modeline)
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519
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520 (defcustom neon-modeline-deselected-background "Wheat"
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521 "Background color for modeline in unselected frames."
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522 :type 'color
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523 :group 'neon-modeline)
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524
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525 @end example
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526
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527 Our first try uses three functions, a setup and two hook functions.
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528 Separate hooks are defined for entry into a frame and exit from it.
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529 Since we're using hooks, it's a fairly natural approach: we operate on
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530 the background on each event corresponding to an appearance change we
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531 want to make. This doesn't depend on the specifier API, ``frame-local''
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532 variables would serve as well.
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533
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534 @example
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535 (defun select-modeline ()
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536 (set-face-background 'modeline neon-modeline-selected-background
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537 (selected-frame)))
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538
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539 (defun deselect-modeline ()
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540 (set-face-background 'modeline neon-modeline-deselected-background
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541 (selected-frame)))
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542 @end example
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543
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544 Note that the initialization removes no specifications, and therefore is
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545 not idempotent. Cruft will accumulate in the specifier if the
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546 @samp{-setup} function is called repeatedly. This shouldn't cause a
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547 performance problem; specifiers are quite efficient for their purpose.
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548 But it's ugly, and wastes a small amount of space.
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549
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550 @example
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551 (defun neon-modeline-setup ()
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552 (interactive)
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553 (set-face-background 'modeline neon-modeline-deselected-background)
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554 ;; Add the distinguished background on pointer entry to the frame;
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555 (add-hook 'select-frame-hook 'select-modeline)
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556 ;; restore the ordinary background on pointer exit from the frame.
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557 (add-hook 'deselect-frame-hook 'deselect-modeline)
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558 @end example
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559
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560 This approach causes a decided flicker on Boffi's platform, because the
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561 two hook functions are executed in response to separate GUI events.
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562
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563 The following code should be an improvement. First, the hook function.
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564
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565 @example
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566 (defun neon-modeline-reselect ()
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567 (set-face-background 'modeline neon-modeline-deselected-background
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568 (selected-frame) '(modeline-background)
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569 'remove-locale-type))
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570 @end example
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571
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572 Only one event triggers the configuration change, which should reduce
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573 flicker. Because this is implemented as a specifier, we can use the
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574 specifier API to reset all frame-local specifications (the
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575 @code{remove-locale-type} argument). This leaves the @code{global}
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576 specification alone, but removes all existing frame-local
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577 specifications. Then it adds the selected-frame background
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578 specification for the newly selected frame. @emph{I.e.}, this
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579 effectively implements a ``move specification from frame to frame''
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580 operation.
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581
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582 Why does it give the desired result? By ensuring that only one frame
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583 has the selected-frame modeline background. Frame-local specifications
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584 have precedence over global ones, so when the modeline background is
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585 instantiated in the selected frame, it matches the specification set up
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586 for it and gets the right color. On the other hand, in any other frame,
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587 it does not match the selected frame, so it falls through the
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588 frame-local specifications and picks up the global specification. Again
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589 we get the desired color, in this case for unselected frames.
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590
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591 Here the @code{modeline-background} tag is simply good practice
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592 (identifying an application's specifications allows it to avoid
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593 interfering with other applications, and other well-behaved applications
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594 and Customize should not munge specifications with our tag on them).
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595 However, an alternative implementation of this functionality would be
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596
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597 @example
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598 (defun neon-modeline-reselect-2 ()
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599 (set-face-background 'modeline neon-modeline-deselected-background
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600 (selected-frame) '(modeline-background)
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601 'remove-tag-set-prepend))
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602 @end example
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603
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604 @code{neon-modeline-reselect} may be a preferable implementation here, if we
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605 really want only one frame to have a local specification. The
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606 @code{neon-modeline-reselect-2} style would be useful if we had groups of
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607 frames which have @emph{different} modeline backgrounds when deselected.
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608
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609 Here's the initialization function, with different semantics from above.
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610 Note that it is destructive, unless the user saves off the state of the
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611 modeline face before invoking the function. This is only a problem if
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612 you remove specifications and expect the older ones to persist. In this
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613 example it should not be an issue. We use the customizations defined
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614 above.
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615
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616 @example
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617 (defun neon-modeline-modified-setup ()
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618 (interactive)
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619 (set-face-background 'modeline neon-modeline-selected-background
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620 'global nil 'remove-all)
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621 (add-hook 'select-frame-hook 'neon-modeline-reselect)
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622
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623 ;;; end of neon-modeline.el
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624 @end example
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625
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626 Note the use of @code{'remove-all} to clear out stale specifications.
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627 Thus it will be idempotent.
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628
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629
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630 @node Specifier Types
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631 @section Specifier Types
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632
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633 There are various different types of specifiers. The type of a
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634 specifier controls what sorts of instantiators are valid, how an
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635 instantiator is instantiated, etc. Here is a list of built-in specifier
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636 types:
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637
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638 @table @code
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639 @item boolean
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640 The valid instantiators are the symbols @code{t} and @code{nil}.
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641 Instance objects are the same as instantiators so no special
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642 instantiation function is needed.
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643
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644 @item integer
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645 The valid instantiators are integers. Instance objects are the same as
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646 instantiators so no special instantiation function is needed.
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647 @code{modeline-shadow-thickness} is an example of an integer specifier
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648 (negative thicknesses indicate that the shadow is drawn recessed instead
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649 of raised).
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650
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651 @item natnum
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652 The valid instantiators are natnums (non-negative integers). Instance
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653 objects are the same as instantiators so no special instantiation
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654 function is needed. Natnum specifiers are used for dimension variables
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655 such as @code{top-toolbar-height}.
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656
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657 @item generic
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658 All Lisp objects are valid instantiators. Instance objects are the same
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659 as instantiators so no special instantiation function is needed.
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660
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661 @item font
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662 The valid instantiators are strings describing fonts or vectors
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663 indicating inheritance from the font of some face. Instance objects are
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664 font-instance objects, which are specific to a particular device. The
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665 instantiation method for font specifiers can fail, unlike for integer,
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666 natnum, boolean, and generic specifiers.
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667
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668 @item color
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669 The valid instantiators are strings describing colors or vectors
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670 indicating inheritance from the foreground or background of some face.
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671 Instance objects are color-instance objects, which are specific to a
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672 particular device. The instantiation method for color specifiers can fail,
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673 as for font specifiers.
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674
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675 @item image
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676 Images are perhaps the most complicated type of built-in specifier. The
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677 valid instantiators are strings (a filename, inline data for a pixmap,
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678 or text to be displayed in a text glyph) or vectors describing inline
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679 data of various sorts or indicating inheritance from the
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680 background-pixmap property of some face. Instance objects are either
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681 strings (for text images), image-instance objects (for pixmap images),
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682 or subwindow objects (for subwindow images). The instantiation method
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683 for image specifiers can fail, as for font and color specifiers.
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684
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685 @item face-boolean
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686 The valid instantiators are the symbols @code{t} and @code{nil} and
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687 vectors indicating inheritance from a boolean property of some face.
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688 Specifiers of this sort are used for all of the built-in boolean
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689 properties of faces. Instance objects are either the symbol @code{t}
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690 or the symbol @code{nil}.
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691
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692 @item toolbar
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693 The valid instantiators are toolbar descriptors, which are lists
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694 of toolbar-button descriptors (each of which is a vector of two
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695 or four elements). @xref{Toolbar}, for more information.
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696 @end table
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697
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698 Color and font instance objects can also be used in turn as
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699 instantiators for a new color or font instance object. Since these
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700 instance objects are device-specific, the instantiator can be used
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701 directly as the new instance object, but only if they are of the same
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702 device. If the devices differ, the base color or font of the
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703 instantiating object is effectively used instead as the instantiator.
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704
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705 @xref{Faces and Window-System Objects}, for more information on fonts,
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706 colors, and face-boolean specifiers. @xref{Glyphs}, for more information
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707 about image specifiers. @xref{Toolbar}, for more information on toolbar
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708 specifiers.
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709
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710 @defun specifier-type specifier
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711 This function returns the type of @var{specifier}. The returned value
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712 will be a symbol: one of @code{integer}, @code{boolean}, etc., as
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713 listed in the above table.
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714 @end defun
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715
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716 Functions are also provided to query whether an object is a particular
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717 kind of specifier:
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718
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719 @defun boolean-specifier-p object
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720 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{object} is a boolean
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|
721 specifier.
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722 @end defun
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723
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724 @defun integer-specifier-p object
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725 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{object} is an integer
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726 specifier.
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727 @end defun
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728
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729 @defun natnum-specifier-p object
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730 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{object} is a natnum
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731 specifier.
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732 @end defun
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733
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734 @defun generic-specifier-p object
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735 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{object} is a generic
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736 specifier.
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737 @end defun
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738
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739 @defun face-boolean-specifier-p object
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740 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{object} is a face-boolean
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|
741 specifier.
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742 @end defun
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|
743
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744 @defun toolbar-specifier-p object
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745 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{object} is a toolbar
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|
746 specifier.
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747 @end defun
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748
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749 @defun font-specifier-p object
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750 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{object} is a font
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751 specifier.
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752 @end defun
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753
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754 @defun color-specifier-p object
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755 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{object} is a color
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756 specifier.
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757 @end defun
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758
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759 @defun image-specifier-p object
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760 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{object} is an image
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761 specifier.
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762 @end defun
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763
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764 @node Adding Specifications
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765 @section Adding specifications to a Specifier
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766
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767 @defun add-spec-to-specifier specifier instantiator &optional locale tag-set how-to-add
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768 This function adds a specification to @var{specifier}. The
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769 specification maps from @var{locale} (which should be a window, buffer,
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770 frame, device, or the symbol @code{global}, and defaults to
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771 @code{global}) to @var{instantiator}, whose allowed values depend on the
|
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|
772 type of the specifier. Optional argument @var{tag-set} limits the
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773 instantiator to apply only to the specified tag set, which should be a
|
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|
774 list of tags all of which must match the device being instantiated over
|
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|
775 (tags are a device type, a device class, or tags defined with
|
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|
776 @code{define-specifier-tag}). Specifying a single symbol for
|
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|
777 @var{tag-set} is equivalent to specifying a one-element list containing
|
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|
778 that symbol. Optional argument @var{how-to-add} specifies what to do if
|
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|
779 there are already specifications in the specifier. It should be one of
|
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|
780
|
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|
781 @table @code
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782 @item prepend
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783 Put at the beginning of the current list of instantiators for @var{locale}.
|
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|
784 @item append
|
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|
785 Add to the end of the current list of instantiators for @var{locale}.
|
|
|
786 @item remove-tag-set-prepend
|
|
|
787 This is the default. Remove any existing instantiators whose tag set is
|
|
|
788 the same as @var{tag-set}; then put the new instantiator at the
|
|
|
789 beginning of the current list.
|
|
|
790 @item remove-tag-set-append
|
|
|
791 Remove any existing instantiators whose tag set is the same as
|
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|
792 @var{tag-set}; then put the new instantiator at the end of the current
|
|
|
793 list.
|
|
|
794 @item remove-locale
|
|
|
795 Remove all previous instantiators for this locale before adding the new
|
|
|
796 spec.
|
|
|
797 @item remove-locale-type
|
|
|
798 Remove all specifications for all locales of the same type as
|
|
|
799 @var{locale} (this includes @var{locale} itself) before adding the new
|
|
|
800 spec.
|
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|
801 @item remove-all
|
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|
802 Remove all specifications from the specifier before adding the new spec.
|
|
|
803 @end table
|
|
|
804
|
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805 @code{remove-tag-set-prepend} is the default.
|
|
|
806
|
|
|
807 You can retrieve the specifications for a particular locale or locale type
|
|
|
808 with the function @code{specifier-spec-list} or @code{specifier-specs}.
|
|
|
809 @end defun
|
|
|
810
|
|
|
811 @defun add-spec-list-to-specifier specifier spec-list &optional how-to-add
|
|
|
812 This function adds a @dfn{spec-list} (a list of specifications) to
|
|
|
813 @var{specifier}. The format of a spec-list is
|
|
|
814
|
|
|
815 @example
|
|
|
816 @code{((@var{locale} (@var{tag-set} . @var{instantiator}) ...) ...)}
|
|
|
817 @end example
|
|
|
818
|
|
|
819 where
|
|
|
820
|
|
|
821 @itemize @bullet
|
|
|
822 @item
|
|
|
823 @var{locale} := a window, a buffer, a frame, a device, or @code{global}
|
|
|
824 @item
|
|
|
825 @var{tag-set} := an unordered list of zero or more @var{tags}, each of
|
|
|
826 which is a symbol
|
|
|
827 @item
|
|
|
828 @var{tag} := a device class (@pxref{Consoles and Devices}), a device type,
|
|
|
829 or a tag defined with @code{define-specifier-tag}
|
|
|
830 @item
|
|
|
831 @var{instantiator} := format determined by the type of specifier
|
|
|
832 @end itemize
|
|
|
833
|
|
|
834 The pair @code{(@var{tag-set} . @var{instantiator})} is called an
|
|
|
835 @dfn{inst-pair}. A list of inst-pairs is called an @dfn{inst-list}.
|
|
|
836 The pair @code{(@var{locale} . @var{inst-list})} is called a
|
|
|
837 @dfn{specification}. A spec-list, then, can be viewed as a list of
|
|
|
838 specifications.
|
|
|
839
|
|
|
840 @var{how-to-add} specifies how to combine the new specifications with
|
|
|
841 the existing ones, and has the same semantics as for
|
|
|
842 @code{add-spec-to-specifier}.
|
|
|
843
|
|
1875
|
844 The higher-level function @code{set-specifier} is often
|
|
|
845 more convenient because it allows abbreviations of spec-lists to be used
|
|
|
846 instead of the heavily nested canonical syntax. However, one should
|
|
|
847 take great care in using them with specifiers types which can have lists
|
|
|
848 as instantiators, such as toolbar specifiers and generic specifiers. In
|
|
|
849 those cases it's probably best to use @code{add-spec-to-specifier} or
|
|
|
850 @code{add-spec-list-to-specifier}.
|
|
428
|
851 @end defun
|
|
|
852
|
|
444
|
853 @defspec let-specifier specifier-list &rest body
|
|
428
|
854 This special form temporarily adds specifications to specifiers,
|
|
|
855 evaluates forms in @var{body} and restores the specifiers to their
|
|
|
856 previous states. The specifiers and their temporary specifications are
|
|
|
857 listed in @var{specifier-list}.
|
|
|
858
|
|
|
859 The format of @var{specifier-list} is
|
|
|
860
|
|
|
861 @example
|
|
|
862 ((@var{specifier} @var{value} &optional @var{locale} @var{tag-set} @var{how-to-add}) ...)
|
|
|
863 @end example
|
|
|
864
|
|
|
865 @var{specifier} is the specifier to be temporarily modified.
|
|
|
866 @var{value} is the instantiator to be temporarily added to specifier in
|
|
|
867 @var{locale}. @var{locale}, @var{tag-set} and @var{how-to-add} have the
|
|
|
868 same meaning as in @code{add-spec-to-specifier}.
|
|
|
869
|
|
|
870 This special form is implemented as a macro; the code resulting from
|
|
|
871 macro expansion will add specifications to specifiers using
|
|
|
872 @code{add-spec-to-specifier}. After forms in @var{body} are evaluated,
|
|
|
873 the temporary specifications are removed and old specifier spec-lists
|
|
|
874 are restored.
|
|
|
875
|
|
|
876 @var{locale}, @var{tag-set} and @var{how-to-add} may be omitted, and
|
|
|
877 default to @code{nil}. The value of the last form in @var{body} is
|
|
|
878 returned.
|
|
|
879
|
|
|
880 NOTE: If you want the specifier's instance to change in all
|
|
|
881 circumstances, use @code{(selected-window)} as the @var{locale}. If
|
|
|
882 @var{locale} is @code{nil} or omitted, it defaults to @code{global}.
|
|
|
883
|
|
|
884 The following example removes the 3D modeline effect in the currently
|
|
|
885 selected window for the duration of a second:
|
|
|
886
|
|
|
887 @example
|
|
|
888 (let-specifier ((modeline-shadow-thickness 0 (selected-window)))
|
|
|
889 (sit-for 1))
|
|
|
890 @end example
|
|
444
|
891 @end defspec
|
|
428
|
892
|
|
444
|
893 @defun set-specifier specifier value &optional locale tag-set how-to-add
|
|
428
|
894 This function adds some specifications to @var{specifier}. @var{value}
|
|
|
895 can be a single instantiator or tagged instantiator (added as a global
|
|
|
896 specification), a list of tagged and/or untagged instantiators (added as
|
|
|
897 a global specification), a cons of a locale and instantiator or locale
|
|
|
898 and instantiator list, a list of such conses, or nearly any other
|
|
|
899 reasonable form. More specifically, @var{value} can be anything
|
|
1875
|
900 accepted by @code{canonicalize-spec-list} (described below).
|
|
428
|
901
|
|
444
|
902 @var{locale}, @var{tag-set}, and @var{how-to-add} are the same as in
|
|
|
903 @code{add-spec-to-specifier}.
|
|
428
|
904
|
|
|
905 Note that @code{set-specifier} is exactly complementary to
|
|
|
906 @code{specifier-specs} except in the case where @var{specifier} has no
|
|
|
907 specs at all in it but @code{nil} is a valid instantiator (in that case,
|
|
|
908 @code{specifier-specs} will return @code{nil} (meaning no specs) and
|
|
|
909 @code{set-specifier} will interpret the @code{nil} as meaning ``I'm
|
|
|
910 adding a global instantiator and its value is @code{nil}''), or in
|
|
|
911 strange cases where there is an ambiguity between a spec-list and an
|
|
|
912 inst-list, etc. (The built-in specifier types are designed in such a way
|
|
1875
|
913 as to avoid any such ambiguities.) For robust code,
|
|
|
914 @code{set-specifier} should probably be avoided for specifier types
|
|
|
915 which accept lists as instantiators (currently toolbar specifiers and
|
|
|
916 generic specifiers).
|
|
428
|
917
|
|
|
918 If you want to work with spec-lists, you should probably not use these
|
|
|
919 functions, but should use the lower-level functions
|
|
|
920 @code{specifier-spec-list} and @code{add-spec-list-to-specifier}. These
|
|
|
921 functions always work with fully-qualified spec-lists; thus, there is no
|
|
|
922 ambiguity.
|
|
|
923 @end defun
|
|
|
924
|
|
|
925 @defun canonicalize-inst-pair inst-pair specifier-type &optional noerror
|
|
|
926 This function canonicalizes the given @var{inst-pair}.
|
|
|
927
|
|
|
928 @var{specifier-type} specifies the type of specifier that this
|
|
|
929 @var{spec-list} will be used for.
|
|
|
930
|
|
|
931 Canonicalizing means converting to the full form for an inst-pair, i.e.
|
|
|
932 @code{(@var{tag-set} . @var{instantiator})}. A single, untagged
|
|
|
933 instantiator is given a tag set of @code{nil} (the empty set), and a
|
|
|
934 single tag is converted into a tag set consisting only of that tag.
|
|
|
935
|
|
|
936 If @var{noerror} is non-@code{nil}, signal an error if the inst-pair is
|
|
|
937 invalid; otherwise return @code{t}.
|
|
|
938 @end defun
|
|
|
939
|
|
|
940 @defun canonicalize-inst-list inst-list specifier-type &optional noerror
|
|
|
941 This function canonicalizes the given @var{inst-list} (a list of
|
|
|
942 inst-pairs).
|
|
|
943
|
|
|
944 @var{specifier-type} specifies the type of specifier that this @var{inst-list}
|
|
|
945 will be used for.
|
|
|
946
|
|
|
947 Canonicalizing means converting to the full form for an inst-list, i.e.
|
|
|
948 @code{((@var{tag-set} . @var{instantiator}) ...)}. This function
|
|
|
949 accepts a single inst-pair or any abbreviation thereof or a list of
|
|
|
950 (possibly abbreviated) inst-pairs. (See @code{canonicalize-inst-pair}.)
|
|
|
951
|
|
|
952 If @var{noerror} is non-@code{nil}, signal an error if the inst-list is
|
|
|
953 invalid; otherwise return @code{t}.
|
|
|
954 @end defun
|
|
|
955
|
|
|
956 @defun canonicalize-spec spec specifier-type &optional noerror
|
|
|
957 This function canonicalizes the given @var{spec} (a specification).
|
|
|
958
|
|
|
959 @var{specifier-type} specifies the type of specifier that this
|
|
|
960 @var{spec-list} will be used for.
|
|
|
961
|
|
|
962 Canonicalizing means converting to the full form for a spec, i.e.
|
|
|
963 @code{(@var{locale} (@var{tag-set} . @var{instantiator}) ...)}. This
|
|
|
964 function accepts a possibly abbreviated inst-list or a cons of a locale
|
|
|
965 and a possibly abbreviated inst-list. (See
|
|
|
966 @code{canonicalize-inst-list}.)
|
|
|
967
|
|
|
968 If @var{noerror} is @code{nil}, signal an error if the specification is
|
|
|
969 invalid; otherwise return @code{t}.
|
|
|
970 @end defun
|
|
|
971
|
|
|
972 @defun canonicalize-spec-list spec-list specifier-type &optional noerror
|
|
|
973 This function canonicalizes the given @var{spec-list} (a list of
|
|
|
974 specifications).
|
|
|
975
|
|
|
976 @var{specifier-type} specifies the type of specifier that this
|
|
|
977 @var{spec-list} will be used for.
|
|
|
978
|
|
1875
|
979 If @var{noerror} is @code{nil}, signal an error if the spec-list is
|
|
|
980 invalid; otherwise return @code{t} for an invalid spec-list. (Note that
|
|
|
981 this cannot be confused with a canonical spec-list.)
|
|
|
982
|
|
428
|
983 Canonicalizing means converting to the full form for a spec-list, i.e.
|
|
|
984 @code{((@var{locale} (@var{tag-set} . @var{instantiator}) ...) ...)}.
|
|
|
985 This function accepts a possibly abbreviated specification or a list of
|
|
|
986 such things. (See @code{canonicalize-spec}.) This is the function used
|
|
|
987 to convert spec-lists accepted by @code{set-specifier} and such into a
|
|
|
988 form suitable for @code{add-spec-list-to-specifier}.
|
|
|
989
|
|
|
990 This function tries extremely hard to resolve any ambiguities,
|
|
|
991 and the built-in specifier types (font, image, toolbar, etc.) are
|
|
|
992 designed so that there won't be any ambiguities.
|
|
|
993
|
|
1875
|
994 The canonicalization algorithm is as follows:
|
|
|
995
|
|
|
996 @enumerate
|
|
|
997 @item
|
|
|
998 Attempt to parse @var{spec-list} as a single, possibly abbreviated,
|
|
|
999 specification.
|
|
|
1000 @item
|
|
|
1001 If that fails, attempt to parse @var{spec-list} as a list of (abbreviated)
|
|
|
1002 specifications.
|
|
|
1003 @item
|
|
|
1004 If that fails, @var{spec-list} is invalid.
|
|
|
1005 @end enumerate
|
|
|
1006
|
|
|
1007 A possibly abbreviated specification @var{spec} is parsed by
|
|
|
1008
|
|
|
1009 @enumerate
|
|
|
1010 @item
|
|
|
1011 Attempt to parse @var{spec} as a possibly abbreviated inst-list.
|
|
|
1012 @item
|
|
|
1013 If that fails, attempt to parse @var{spec} as a cons of a locale and an
|
|
|
1014 (abbreviated) inst-list.
|
|
|
1015 @item
|
|
|
1016 If that fails, @var{spec} is invalid.
|
|
|
1017 @end enumerate
|
|
|
1018
|
|
|
1019 A possibly abbreviated inst-list @var{inst-list} is parsed by
|
|
|
1020
|
|
|
1021 @enumerate
|
|
|
1022 @item
|
|
|
1023 Attempt to parse @var{inst-list} as a possibly abbreviated inst-pair.
|
|
|
1024 @item
|
|
|
1025 If that fails, attempt to parse @var{inst-list} as a list of (abbreviated)
|
|
|
1026 inst-pairs.
|
|
|
1027 @item
|
|
|
1028 If that fails, @var{inst-list} is invalid.
|
|
|
1029 @end enumerate
|
|
|
1030
|
|
|
1031 A possibly abbreviated inst-pair @var{inst-pair} is parsed by
|
|
|
1032
|
|
|
1033 @enumerate
|
|
|
1034 @item
|
|
|
1035 Check if @var{inst-pair} is @code{valid-instantiator-p}.
|
|
|
1036 @item
|
|
|
1037 If not, check if @var{inst-pair} is a cons of something that is a tag, ie,
|
|
|
1038 @code{valid-specifier-tag-p}, and something that is @code{valid-instantiator-p}.
|
|
|
1039 @item
|
|
|
1040 If not, check if @var{inst-pair} is a cons of a list of tags and something that
|
|
|
1041 is @code{valid-instantiator-p}.
|
|
|
1042 @item
|
|
|
1043 Otherwise, @var{inst-pair} is invalid.
|
|
|
1044 @end enumerate
|
|
|
1045
|
|
|
1046 In summary, this function generally prefers more abbreviated forms.
|
|
428
|
1047 @end defun
|
|
|
1048
|
|
|
1049 @node Retrieving Specifications
|
|
|
1050 @section Retrieving the Specifications from a Specifier
|
|
|
1051
|
|
|
1052 @defun specifier-spec-list specifier &optional locale tag-set exact-p
|
|
|
1053 This function returns the spec-list of specifications for
|
|
|
1054 @var{specifier} in @var{locale}.
|
|
|
1055
|
|
|
1056 If @var{locale} is a particular locale (a window, buffer, frame, device,
|
|
|
1057 or the symbol @code{global}), a spec-list consisting of the
|
|
|
1058 specification for that locale will be returned.
|
|
|
1059
|
|
444
|
1060 If @var{locale} is a locale type (i.e. one of the symbols @code{window},
|
|
428
|
1061 @code{buffer}, @code{frame}, or @code{device}), a spec-list of the
|
|
|
1062 specifications for all locales of that type will be returned.
|
|
|
1063
|
|
|
1064 If @var{locale} is @code{nil} or the symbol @code{all}, a spec-list of
|
|
|
1065 all specifications in @var{specifier} will be returned.
|
|
|
1066
|
|
|
1067 @var{locale} can also be a list of locales, locale types, and/or
|
|
|
1068 @code{all}; the result is as if @code{specifier-spec-list} were called
|
|
|
1069 on each element of the list and the results concatenated together.
|
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1070
|
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1071 Only instantiators where @var{tag-set} (a list of zero or more tags) is
|
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1072 a subset of (or possibly equal to) the instantiator's tag set are
|
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444
|
1073 returned. (The default value of @code{nil} is a subset of all tag sets,
|
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428
|
1074 so in this case no instantiators will be screened out.) If @var{exact-p}
|
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|
1075 is non-@code{nil}, however, @var{tag-set} must be equal to an
|
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|
1076 instantiator's tag set for the instantiator to be returned.
|
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1077 @end defun
|
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1078
|
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1079 @defun specifier-specs specifier &optional locale tag-set exact-p
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1080 This function returns the specification(s) for @var{specifier} in
|
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|
1081 @var{locale}.
|
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1082
|
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1083 If @var{locale} is a single locale or is a list of one element
|
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1084 containing a single locale, then a ``short form'' of the instantiators
|
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|
1085 for that locale will be returned. Otherwise, this function is identical
|
|
|
1086 to @code{specifier-spec-list}.
|
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1087
|
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1088 The ``short form'' is designed for readability and not for ease of use
|
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1089 in Lisp programs, and is as follows:
|
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1090
|
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1091 @enumerate
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1092 @item
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1093 If there is only one instantiator, then an inst-pair (i.e. cons of tag
|
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1094 and instantiator) will be returned; otherwise a list of inst-pairs will
|
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1095 be returned.
|
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1096 @item
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1097 For each inst-pair returned, if the instantiator's tag is @code{any},
|
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1098 the tag will be removed and the instantiator itself will be returned
|
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1099 instead of the inst-pair.
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1100 @item
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1101 If there is only one instantiator, its value is @code{nil}, and its tag
|
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1102 is @code{any}, a one-element list containing @code{nil} will be returned
|
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1103 rather than just @code{nil}, to distinguish this case from there being
|
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1104 no instantiators at all.
|
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1105 @end enumerate
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1106
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1107 @end defun
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1108
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1109 @defun specifier-fallback specifier
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1110 This function returns the fallback value for @var{specifier}. Fallback
|
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1111 values are provided by the C code for certain built-in specifiers to
|
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2953
|
1112 make sure that instantiation won't fail even if all specs are removed from
|
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428
|
1113 the specifier, or to implement simple inheritance behavior (e.g. this
|
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1114 method is used to ensure that faces other than @code{default} inherit
|
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1115 their attributes from @code{default}). By design, you cannot change the
|
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1116 fallback value, and specifiers created with @code{make-specifier} will
|
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1117 never have a fallback (although a similar, Lisp-accessible capability
|
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1118 may be provided in the future to allow for inheritance).
|
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1119
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2953
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1120 The fallback value will be an inst-list that is instantiated like
|
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428
|
1121 any other inst-list, a specifier of the same type as @var{specifier}
|
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1122 (results in inheritance), or @code{nil} for no fallback.
|
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1123
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2953
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1124 When you instantiate a specifier, you can explicitly request that the
|
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428
|
1125 fallback not be consulted. (The C code does this, for example, when
|
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1126 merging faces.) See @code{specifier-instance}.
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1127 @end defun
|
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1128
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1129 @node Specifier Tag Functions
|
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1130 @section Working With Specifier Tags
|
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1131
|
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1132 A specifier tag set is an entity that is attached to an instantiator
|
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|
1133 and can be used to restrict the scope of that instantiator to a
|
|
|
1134 particular device class or device type and/or to mark instantiators
|
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1135 added by a particular package so that they can be later removed.
|
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1136
|
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442
|
1137 A specifier tag set consists of a list of zero or more specifier tags,
|
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428
|
1138 each of which is a symbol that is recognized by XEmacs as a tag. (The
|
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1139 valid device types and device classes are always tags, as are any tags
|
|
|
1140 defined by @code{define-specifier-tag}.) It is called a ``tag set'' (as
|
|
|
1141 opposed to a list) because the order of the tags or the number of times
|
|
|
1142 a particular tag occurs does not matter.
|
|
|
1143
|
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|
1144 Each tag has a predicate associated with it, which specifies whether
|
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|
1145 that tag applies to a particular device. The tags which are device
|
|
|
1146 types and classes match devices of that type or class. User-defined
|
|
|
1147 tags can have any predicate, or none (meaning that all devices match).
|
|
2953
|
1148 When attempting to instantiate a specifier, a particular instantiator is
|
|
|
1149 only considered if the device of the domain being instantiated over matches
|
|
428
|
1150 all tags in the tag set attached to that instantiator.
|
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|
1151
|
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1152 Most of the time, a tag set is not specified, and the instantiator gets
|
|
|
1153 a null tag set, which matches all devices.
|
|
|
1154
|
|
|
1155 @defun valid-specifier-tag-p tag
|
|
|
1156 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{tag} is a valid specifier
|
|
|
1157 tag.
|
|
|
1158 @end defun
|
|
|
1159
|
|
|
1160 @defun valid-specifier-tag-set-p tag-set
|
|
|
1161 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{tag-set} is a valid
|
|
|
1162 specifier tag set.
|
|
|
1163 @end defun
|
|
|
1164
|
|
|
1165 @defun canonicalize-tag-set tag-set
|
|
|
1166 This function canonicalizes the given tag set. Two canonicalized tag
|
|
|
1167 sets can be compared with @code{equal} to see if they represent the same
|
|
|
1168 tag set. (Specifically, canonicalizing involves sorting by symbol name
|
|
|
1169 and removing duplicates.)
|
|
|
1170 @end defun
|
|
|
1171
|
|
|
1172 @defun device-matches-specifier-tag-set-p device tag-set
|
|
|
1173 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{device} matches specifier
|
|
|
1174 tag set @var{tag-set}. This means that @var{device} matches each tag in
|
|
|
1175 the tag set.
|
|
|
1176 @end defun
|
|
|
1177
|
|
|
1178 @defun define-specifier-tag tag &optional predicate
|
|
|
1179 This function defines a new specifier tag. If @var{predicate} is
|
|
|
1180 specified, it should be a function of one argument (a device) that
|
|
|
1181 specifies whether the tag matches that particular device. If
|
|
|
1182 @var{predicate} is omitted, the tag matches all devices.
|
|
|
1183
|
|
|
1184 You can redefine an existing user-defined specifier tag. However, you
|
|
|
1185 cannot redefine the built-in specifier tags (the device types and
|
|
|
1186 classes) or the symbols @code{nil}, @code{t}, @code{all}, or
|
|
|
1187 @code{global}.
|
|
|
1188 @end defun
|
|
|
1189
|
|
|
1190 @defun device-matching-specifier-tag-list &optional device
|
|
|
1191 This function returns a list of all specifier tags matching
|
|
|
1192 @var{device}. @var{device} defaults to the selected device if omitted.
|
|
|
1193 @end defun
|
|
|
1194
|
|
|
1195 @defun specifier-tag-list
|
|
|
1196 This function returns a list of all currently-defined specifier tags.
|
|
|
1197 This includes the built-in ones (the device types and classes).
|
|
|
1198 @end defun
|
|
|
1199
|
|
|
1200 @defun specifier-tag-predicate tag
|
|
|
1201 This function returns the predicate for the given specifier tag.
|
|
|
1202 @end defun
|
|
|
1203
|
|
2953
|
1204 @node Specifier Instantiation Functions
|
|
|
1205 @section Functions for Instantiating a Specifier
|
|
428
|
1206
|
|
|
1207 @defun specifier-instance specifier &optional domain default no-fallback
|
|
1882
|
1208 This function instantiates @var{specifier} (returns its value) in
|
|
428
|
1209 @var{domain}. If no instance can be generated for this domain, return
|
|
|
1210 @var{default}.
|
|
|
1211
|
|
|
1212 @var{domain} should be a window, frame, or device. Other values that
|
|
|
1213 are legal as a locale (e.g. a buffer) are not valid as a domain because
|
|
|
1214 they do not provide enough information to identify a particular device
|
|
|
1215 (see @code{valid-specifier-domain-p}). @var{domain} defaults to the
|
|
|
1216 selected window if omitted.
|
|
|
1217
|
|
|
1218 @dfn{Instantiating} a specifier in a particular domain means determining
|
|
|
1219 the specifier's ``value'' in that domain. This is accomplished by
|
|
|
1220 searching through the specifications in the specifier that correspond to
|
|
|
1221 all locales that can be derived from the given domain, from specific to
|
|
|
1222 general. In most cases, the domain is an Emacs window. In that case
|
|
|
1223 specifications are searched for as follows:
|
|
|
1224
|
|
|
1225 @enumerate
|
|
|
1226 @item
|
|
|
1227 A specification whose locale is the window itself;
|
|
|
1228 @item
|
|
|
1229 A specification whose locale is the window's buffer;
|
|
|
1230 @item
|
|
|
1231 A specification whose locale is the window's frame;
|
|
|
1232 @item
|
|
|
1233 A specification whose locale is the window's frame's device;
|
|
|
1234 @item
|
|
|
1235 A specification whose locale is the symbol @code{global}.
|
|
|
1236 @end enumerate
|
|
|
1237
|
|
|
1238 If all of those fail, then the C-code-provided fallback value for this
|
|
|
1239 specifier is consulted (see @code{specifier-fallback}). If it is an
|
|
|
1240 inst-list, then this function attempts to instantiate that list just as
|
|
|
1241 when a specification is located in the first five steps above. If the
|
|
|
1242 fallback is a specifier, @code{specifier-instance} is called recursively
|
|
|
1243 on this specifier and the return value used. Note, however, that if the
|
|
|
1244 optional argument @var{no-fallback} is non-@code{nil}, the fallback
|
|
|
1245 value will not be consulted.
|
|
|
1246
|
|
|
1247 Note that there may be more than one specification matching a particular
|
|
|
1248 locale; all such specifications are considered before looking for any
|
|
|
1249 specifications for more general locales. Any particular specification
|
|
|
1250 that is found may be rejected because it is tagged to a particular
|
|
|
1251 device class (e.g. @code{color}) or device type (e.g. @code{x}) or both
|
|
|
1252 and the device for the given domain does not match this, or because the
|
|
|
1253 specification is not valid for the device of the given domain (e.g. the
|
|
|
1254 font or color name does not exist for this particular X server).
|
|
|
1255
|
|
|
1256 The returned value is dependent on the type of specifier. For example,
|
|
|
1257 for a font specifier (as returned by the @code{face-font} function), the
|
|
|
1258 returned value will be a font-instance object. For images, the returned
|
|
|
1259 value will be a string, pixmap, or subwindow.
|
|
|
1260 @end defun
|
|
|
1261
|
|
1875
|
1262 @defun specifier-matching-instance specifier matchspec &optional domain default no-fallback
|
|
1882
|
1263 This function returns an instance for @var{specifier} in @var{domain}
|
|
1875
|
1264 that matches @var{matchspec}. If no instance can be generated for
|
|
2028
|
1265 @var{domain}, return @var{default}. @xref{Specifier Compatibility Notes}.
|
|
1875
|
1266
|
|
|
1267 This function is identical to @code{specifier-instance} except that a
|
|
|
1268 specification will only be considered if it matches @var{matchspec}.
|
|
|
1269 The definition of ``match,'' and allowed values for @var{matchspec}, are
|
|
|
1270 dependent on the particular type of specifier. Here are some examples:
|
|
|
1271
|
|
|
1272 @itemize
|
|
|
1273 @item
|
|
|
1274 For chartable (e.g. display table) specifiers, @var{matchspec} should be a
|
|
|
1275 character, and the specification (a chartable) must give a value for
|
|
|
1276 that character in order to be considered. This allows you to specify,
|
|
1877
|
1277 @emph{e.g.}, a buffer-local display table that only gives values for particular
|
|
1875
|
1278 characters. All other characters are handled as if the buffer-local
|
|
|
1279 display table is not there. (Chartable specifiers are not yet
|
|
|
1280 implemented.)
|
|
1877
|
1281 @item
|
|
1875
|
1282 For font specifiers, @var{matchspec} should be a list (@var{charset}
|
|
|
1283 . @var{second-stage-p}), and the specification (a font string) must have
|
|
|
1284 a registry that matches the charset's registry. (This only makes sense
|
|
|
1285 with Mule support.) This makes it easy to choose a font that can
|
|
|
1286 display a particular character. (This is what redisplay does, in fact.)
|
|
|
1287 @var{second-stage-p} means to ignore the font's registry and instead
|
|
|
1288 look at the characters in the font to see if the font can support the
|
|
|
1289 charset. This currently only makes sense under MS Windows.
|
|
1878
|
1290 @end itemize
|
|
1875
|
1291 @end defun
|
|
|
1292
|
|
428
|
1293 @defun specifier-instance-from-inst-list specifier domain inst-list &optional default
|
|
|
1294 This function attempts to convert a particular inst-list into an
|
|
|
1295 instance. This attempts to instantiate @var{inst-list} in the given
|
|
|
1296 @var{domain}, as if @var{inst-list} existed in a specification in
|
|
|
1297 @var{specifier}. If the instantiation fails, @var{default} is returned.
|
|
|
1298 In most circumstances, you should not use this function; use
|
|
|
1299 @code{specifier-instance} instead.
|
|
|
1300 @end defun
|
|
|
1301
|
|
1869
|
1302 @node Specifier Examples
|
|
|
1303 @section Examples of Specifier Usage
|
|
428
|
1304
|
|
|
1305 Now let us present an example to clarify the theoretical discussions we
|
|
|
1306 have been through. In this example, we will use the general specifier
|
|
|
1307 functions for clarity. Keep in mind that many types of specifiers, and
|
|
|
1308 some other types of objects that are associated with specifiers
|
|
|
1309 (e.g. faces), provide convenience functions making it easier to work
|
|
|
1310 with objects of that type.
|
|
|
1311
|
|
|
1312 Let us consider the background color of the default face. A specifier
|
|
|
1313 is used to specify how that color will appear in different domains.
|
|
|
1314 First, let's retrieve the specifier:
|
|
|
1315
|
|
|
1316 @example
|
|
|
1317 (setq sp (face-property 'default 'background))
|
|
|
1318 @result{} #<color-specifier 0x3da>
|
|
|
1319 @end example
|
|
|
1320
|
|
|
1321 @example
|
|
|
1322 (specifier-specs sp)
|
|
|
1323 @result{} ((#<buffer "device.c"> (nil . "forest green"))
|
|
|
1324 (#<window on "Makefile" 0x8a2b> (nil . "hot pink"))
|
|
|
1325 (#<x-frame "emacs" 0x4ac> (nil . "puke orange")
|
|
440
|
1326 (nil . "moccasin"))
|
|
428
|
1327 (#<x-frame "VM" 0x4ac> (nil . "magenta"))
|
|
440
|
1328 (global ((tty) . "cyan") (nil . "white"))
|
|
428
|
1329 )
|
|
|
1330 @end example
|
|
|
1331
|
|
|
1332 Then, say we want to determine what the background color of the default
|
|
|
1333 face is for the window currently displaying the buffer @samp{*scratch*}.
|
|
|
1334 We call
|
|
|
1335
|
|
|
1336 @example
|
|
|
1337 (get-buffer-window "*scratch*")
|
|
|
1338 @result{} #<window on "*scratch*" 0x4ad>
|
|
|
1339 (window-frame (get-buffer-window "*scratch*"))
|
|
|
1340 @result{} #<x-frame "emacs" 0x4ac>
|
|
|
1341 (specifier-instance sp (get-buffer-window "*scratch*"))
|
|
|
1342 @result{} #<color-instance moccasin 47=(FFFF,E4E4,B5B5) 0x6309>
|
|
|
1343 @end example
|
|
|
1344
|
|
|
1345 Note that we passed a window to @code{specifier-instance}, not a buffer.
|
|
|
1346 We cannot pass a buffer because a buffer by itself does not provide enough
|
|
|
1347 information. The buffer might not be displayed anywhere at all, or
|
|
|
1348 could be displayed in many different frames on different devices.
|
|
|
1349
|
|
|
1350 The result is arrived at like this:
|
|
|
1351
|
|
|
1352 @enumerate
|
|
|
1353 @item
|
|
|
1354 First, we look for a specification matching the buffer displayed in the
|
|
440
|
1355 window, i.e. @samp{*scratch*}. There are none, so we proceed.
|
|
428
|
1356 @item
|
|
|
1357 Then, we look for a specification matching the window itself. Again, there
|
|
|
1358 are none.
|
|
|
1359 @item
|
|
|
1360 Then, we look for a specification matching the window's frame. The
|
|
|
1361 specification @code{(#<x-frame "emacs" 0x4ac> . "puke orange")} is
|
|
|
1362 found. We call the instantiation method for colors, passing it the
|
|
|
1363 locale we were searching over (i.e. the window, in this case) and the
|
|
|
1364 instantiator (@samp{"puke orange"}). However, the particular device
|
|
|
1365 which this window is on (let's say it's an X connection) doesn't
|
|
|
1366 recognize the color @samp{"puke orange"}, so the specification is
|
|
|
1367 rejected.
|
|
|
1368 @item
|
|
|
1369 So we continue looking for a specification matching the window's frame.
|
|
|
1370 We find @samp{(#<x-frame "emacs" 0x4ac> . "moccasin")}. Again, we
|
|
|
1371 call the instantiation method for colors. This time, the X server
|
|
|
1372 our window is on recognizes the color @samp{moccasin}, and so the
|
|
|
1373 instantiation method succeeds and returns a color instance.
|
|
|
1374 @end enumerate
|
|
|
1375
|
|
1869
|
1376 Here's another example, which implements something like GNU Emacs's
|
|
|
1377 ``frame-local'' variables.
|
|
|
1378
|
|
|
1379 @example
|
|
|
1380 ;; Implementation
|
|
|
1381
|
|
|
1382 ;; There are probably better ways to write this macro
|
|
|
1383 ;; Heaven help you if VAR is a buffer-local; you will become very
|
|
|
1384 ;; confused. Probably should error on that.
|
|
|
1385 (defmacro define-frame-local-variable (var)
|
|
|
1386 "Make the unbound symbol VAR become a frame-local variable."
|
|
|
1387 (let ((val (if (boundp var) (symbol-value var) nil)))
|
|
|
1388 `(progn
|
|
|
1389 (setq ,var (make-specifier 'generic))
|
|
|
1390 (add-spec-to-specifier ,var ',val 'global))))
|
|
|
1391
|
|
|
1392 ;; I'm not real happy about this terminology, how can `setq' be a defun?
|
|
|
1393 ;; But `frame-set' would have people writing "(frame-set 'foo value)".
|
|
|
1394 (defun frame-setq (var value &optional frame)
|
|
|
1395 "Set the local value of VAR to VALUE in FRAME.
|
|
|
1396
|
|
|
1397 FRAME defaults to the selected frame."
|
|
|
1398 (and frame (not (framep frame))
|
|
|
1399 (error 'invalid-argument "FRAME must be a frame", frame))
|
|
|
1400 (add-spec-to-specifier var value (or frame (selected-frame))))
|
|
|
1401
|
|
|
1402 (defun frame-value (var &optional frame)
|
|
|
1403 "Get the local value of VAR in FRAME.
|
|
|
1404
|
|
|
1405 FRAME defaults to the selected frame."
|
|
|
1406 (and frame (not (framep frame))
|
|
|
1407 (error 'invalid-argument "FRAME must be a frame", frame))
|
|
|
1408 ;; this is not just a map from frames to values; it also falls back
|
|
|
1409 ;; to the global value
|
|
|
1410 (specifier-instance var (or frame (selected-frame))))
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1411
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1412 ;; for completeness
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1413 (defun frame-set-default (var value)
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1414 "Set the default value of frame-local variable VAR to VALUE."
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1415 (add-spec-to-specifier var value 'global))
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1416
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1417 (defun frame-get-default (var)
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1418 "Get the default value of frame-local variable VAR."
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1419 (car (specifier-specs var 'global)))
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1420 @end example
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1421
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1422 Now you can execute the above definitions (eg, with @code{eval-last-sexp})
|
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1423 and switch to @file{*scratch*} to play. Things will work differently if
|
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1424 you already have a variable named @code{foo}.
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1425
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1426 @example
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1427 ;; Usage
|
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1428
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1429 foo
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1430 @error{} Symbol's value as variable is void: foo
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1431
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1432 (define-frame-local-variable foo)
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1433 @result{} nil
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1434
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1435 ;; the value of foo is a specifier, which is an opaque object;
|
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1436 ;; you must use accessor functions to get values
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1437
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1438 foo
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1439 @result{} #<generic-specifier global=(nil) 0x4f5cb>
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1440
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1441 ;; since no frame-local value is set, the global value (which is the
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1442 ;; constant `nil') is returned
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1443 (frame-value foo)
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1444 @result{} nil
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1445
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1446 ;; get the default explicitly
|
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1447 (frame-get-default foo)
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1448 @result{} nil
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1449
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|
1450 ;; get the whole specification list
|
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1451 (specifier-specs foo 'global)
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1452 @result{} (nil)
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1453
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1454 ;; give foo a frame-local value
|
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1455
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1456 (frame-setq foo 'bar)
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1457 @result{} nil
|
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1458
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|
1459 ;; access foo in several ways
|
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1460
|
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|
1461 ;; Note that the print function for this kind of specifier only
|
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|
1462 ;; gives you the global setting. To get the full list of specs for
|
|
|
1463 ;; debugging or study purposes, you must use specifier-specs or
|
|
|
1464 ;; specifier-spec-list.
|
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|
1465 foo
|
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|
1466 @result{} #<generic-specifier global=(nil) 0x4f5cb>
|
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1467
|
|
|
1468 ;; get the whole specification list
|
|
|
1469 (specifier-specs foo)
|
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|
1470 @result{} ((#<x-frame "Message" 0x1bd66> (nil . bar)) (global (nil)))
|
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1471
|
|
|
1472 ;; get the frame-local value
|
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|
1473 (frame-value foo)
|
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|
1474 @result{} bar
|
|
|
1475
|
|
|
1476 ;; get the default explicitly
|
|
|
1477 (frame-get-default foo)
|
|
|
1478 @result{} nil
|
|
|
1479
|
|
|
1480 ;; Switch to another frame and evaluate:
|
|
|
1481 ;; C-x 5 o M-: (frame-setq foo 'baz) RET M-: (frame-value foo) RET
|
|
|
1482 @result{} baz
|
|
|
1483
|
|
|
1484 ;; Switch back.
|
|
|
1485 ;; C-x 5 o
|
|
|
1486 (specifier-specs foo)
|
|
|
1487 @result{} ((#<x-frame "emacs" 0x28ec> (nil . baz))
|
|
|
1488 (#<x-frame "Message" 0x1bd66> (nil . bar))
|
|
|
1489 (global (nil)))
|
|
|
1490
|
|
|
1491 (frame-value foo)
|
|
|
1492 @result{} bar
|
|
|
1493
|
|
|
1494 (frame-get-default foo)
|
|
|
1495 @result{} nil
|
|
|
1496 @end example
|
|
|
1497
|
|
|
1498 Note that since specifiers generalize both frame-local and buffer-local
|
|
|
1499 variables in a sensible way, XEmacs is not likely to put a high priority
|
|
2028
|
1500 on implementing frame-local variables @ref{Specifier Compatibility Notes}.
|
|
1869
|
1501
|
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1502
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428
|
1503 @node Creating Specifiers
|
|
|
1504 @section Creating New Specifier Objects
|
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|
1505
|
|
|
1506 @defun make-specifier type
|
|
|
1507 This function creates a new specifier.
|
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|
1508
|
|
|
1509 A specifier is an object that can be used to keep track of a property
|
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|
1510 whose value can be per-buffer, per-window, per-frame, or per-device,
|
|
|
1511 and can further be restricted to a particular device-type or device-class.
|
|
|
1512 Specifiers are used, for example, for the various built-in properties of a
|
|
|
1513 face; this allows a face to have different values in different frames,
|
|
444
|
1514 buffers, etc. For more information, see @code{specifier-instance},
|
|
|
1515 @code{specifier-specs}, and @code{add-spec-to-specifier}; or, for a detailed
|
|
428
|
1516 description of specifiers, including how they are instantiated over a
|
|
|
1517 particular domain (i.e. how their value in that domain is determined),
|
|
|
1518 see the chapter on specifiers in the XEmacs Lisp Reference Manual.
|
|
|
1519
|
|
|
1520 @var{type} specifies the particular type of specifier, and should be one
|
|
|
1521 of the symbols @code{generic}, @code{integer}, @code{natnum},
|
|
|
1522 @code{boolean}, @code{color}, @code{font}, @code{image},
|
|
|
1523 @code{face-boolean}, or @code{toolbar}.
|
|
|
1524
|
|
|
1525 For more information on particular types of specifiers, see the
|
|
442
|
1526 functions @code{make-generic-specifier}, @code{make-integer-specifier},
|
|
|
1527 @code{make-natnum-specifier}, @code{make-boolean-specifier},
|
|
|
1528 @code{make-color-specifier}, @code{make-font-specifier},
|
|
|
1529 @code{make-image-specifier}, @code{make-face-boolean-specifier}, and
|
|
|
1530 @code{make-toolbar-specifier}.
|
|
428
|
1531 @end defun
|
|
|
1532
|
|
|
1533 @defun make-specifier-and-init type spec-list &optional dont-canonicalize
|
|
1875
|
1534 This function creates and initializes a new specifier.
|
|
428
|
1535
|
|
1875
|
1536 This is a convenience API combining @code{make-specifier} and
|
|
|
1537 @code{set-specifier} that allows you to create
|
|
428
|
1538 a specifier and add specs to it at the same time. @var{type} specifies
|
|
1875
|
1539 the specifier type. Allowed types are as for @code{make-specifier}.
|
|
|
1540
|
|
|
1541 @var{spec-list} supplies the specification(s) to be
|
|
|
1542 added to the specifier. Any abbreviation of
|
|
|
1543 the full spec-list form accepted by @code{canonicalize-spec-list} may
|
|
|
1544 be used.
|
|
|
1545 However, if the optional argument @var{dont-canonicalize} is non-@code{nil},
|
|
|
1546 canonicalization is not performed, and the @var{spec-list} must already
|
|
|
1547 be in full form.
|
|
428
|
1548 @end defun
|
|
|
1549
|
|
442
|
1550 @defun make-integer-specifier spec-list
|
|
|
1551
|
|
|
1552 Return a new @code{integer} specifier object with the given
|
|
|
1553 specification list. @var{spec-list} can be a list of specifications
|
|
|
1554 (each of which is a cons of a locale and a list of instantiators), a
|
|
|
1555 single instantiator, or a list of instantiators.
|
|
|
1556
|
|
|
1557 Valid instantiators for integer specifiers are integers.
|
|
|
1558 @end defun
|
|
|
1559
|
|
|
1560 @defun make-boolean-specifier spec-list
|
|
|
1561
|
|
|
1562 Return a new @code{boolean} specifier object with the given
|
|
|
1563 specification list. @var{spec-list} can be a list of specifications
|
|
|
1564 (each of which is a cons of a locale and a list of instantiators), a
|
|
|
1565 single instantiator, or a list of instantiators.
|
|
|
1566
|
|
|
1567 Valid instantiators for boolean specifiers are @code{t} and @code{nil}.
|
|
|
1568 @end defun
|
|
|
1569
|
|
|
1570 @defun make-natnum-specifier spec-list
|
|
|
1571
|
|
|
1572 Return a new @code{natnum} specifier object with the given specification
|
|
|
1573 list. @var{spec-list} can be a list of specifications (each of which is
|
|
|
1574 a cons of a locale and a list of instantiators), a single instantiator,
|
|
|
1575 or a list of instantiators.
|
|
|
1576
|
|
|
1577 Valid instantiators for natnum specifiers are non-negative integers.
|
|
|
1578 @end defun
|
|
|
1579
|
|
|
1580 @defun make-generic-specifier spec-list
|
|
|
1581
|
|
|
1582 Return a new @code{generic} specifier object with the given
|
|
|
1583 specification list. @var{spec-list} can be a list of specifications
|
|
|
1584 (each of which is a cons of a locale and a list of instantiators), a
|
|
|
1585 single instantiator, or a list of instantiators.
|
|
|
1586
|
|
|
1587 Valid instantiators for generic specifiers are all Lisp values. They
|
|
|
1588 are returned back unchanged when a specifier is instantiated.
|
|
|
1589 @end defun
|
|
|
1590
|
|
|
1591 @defun make-display-table-specifier spec-list
|
|
|
1592
|
|
|
1593 Return a new @code{display-table} specifier object with the given spec
|
|
|
1594 list. @var{spec-list} can be a list of specifications (each of which is
|
|
|
1595 a cons of a locale and a list of instantiators), a single instantiator,
|
|
|
1596 or a list of instantiators.
|
|
|
1597
|
|
|
1598 Valid instantiators for display-table specifiers are described in detail
|
|
|
1599 in the doc string for @code{current-display-table} (@pxref{Active
|
|
|
1600 Display Table}).
|
|
|
1601 @end defun
|
|
|
1602
|
|
428
|
1603 @node Specifier Validation Functions
|
|
|
1604 @section Functions for Checking the Validity of Specifier Components
|
|
|
1605
|
|
|
1606 @defun valid-specifier-domain-p domain
|
|
|
1607 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{domain} is a valid
|
|
2953
|
1608 specifier domain. A domain is used to instantiate a specifier
|
|
428
|
1609 (i.e. determine the specifier's value in that domain). Valid domains
|
|
|
1610 are a window, frame, or device. (@code{nil} is not valid.)
|
|
|
1611 @end defun
|
|
|
1612
|
|
|
1613 @defun valid-specifier-locale-p locale
|
|
|
1614 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{locale} is a valid
|
|
|
1615 specifier locale. Valid locales are a device, a frame, a window, a
|
|
|
1616 buffer, and @code{global}. (@code{nil} is not valid.)
|
|
|
1617 @end defun
|
|
|
1618
|
|
|
1619 @defun valid-specifier-locale-type-p locale-type
|
|
444
|
1620 Given a specifier @var{locale-type}, this function returns non-@code{nil} if it
|
|
428
|
1621 is valid. Valid locale types are the symbols @code{global},
|
|
|
1622 @code{device}, @code{frame}, @code{window}, and @code{buffer}. (Note,
|
|
|
1623 however, that in functions that accept either a locale or a locale type,
|
|
|
1624 @code{global} is considered an individual locale.)
|
|
|
1625 @end defun
|
|
|
1626
|
|
|
1627 @defun valid-specifier-type-p specifier-type
|
|
|
1628 Given a @var{specifier-type}, this function returns non-@code{nil} if it
|
|
|
1629 is valid. Valid types are @code{generic}, @code{integer},
|
|
|
1630 @code{boolean}, @code{color}, @code{font}, @code{image},
|
|
|
1631 @code{face-boolean}, and @code{toolbar}.
|
|
|
1632 @end defun
|
|
|
1633
|
|
|
1634 @defun valid-specifier-tag-p tag
|
|
|
1635 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{tag} is a valid specifier
|
|
|
1636 tag.
|
|
|
1637 @end defun
|
|
|
1638
|
|
|
1639 @defun valid-instantiator-p instantiator specifier-type
|
|
|
1640 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{instantiator} is valid for
|
|
|
1641 @var{specifier-type}.
|
|
|
1642 @end defun
|
|
|
1643
|
|
|
1644 @defun valid-inst-list-p inst-list type
|
|
|
1645 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{inst-list} is valid for
|
|
|
1646 specifier type @var{type}.
|
|
|
1647 @end defun
|
|
|
1648
|
|
|
1649 @defun valid-spec-list-p spec-list type
|
|
|
1650 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{spec-list} is valid for
|
|
|
1651 specifier type @var{type}.
|
|
|
1652 @end defun
|
|
|
1653
|
|
|
1654 @defun check-valid-instantiator instantiator specifier-type
|
|
|
1655 This function signals an error if @var{instantiator} is invalid for
|
|
|
1656 @var{specifier-type}.
|
|
|
1657 @end defun
|
|
|
1658
|
|
|
1659 @defun check-valid-inst-list inst-list type
|
|
|
1660 This function signals an error if @var{inst-list} is invalid for
|
|
|
1661 specifier type @var{type}.
|
|
|
1662 @end defun
|
|
|
1663
|
|
|
1664 @defun check-valid-spec-list spec-list type
|
|
|
1665 This function signals an error if @var{spec-list} is invalid for
|
|
|
1666 specifier type @var{type}.
|
|
|
1667 @end defun
|
|
|
1668
|
|
|
1669 @node Other Specification Functions
|
|
|
1670 @section Other Functions for Working with Specifications in a Specifier
|
|
|
1671
|
|
|
1672 @defun copy-specifier specifier &optional dest locale tag-set exact-p how-to-add
|
|
|
1673 This function copies @var{specifier} to @var{dest}, or creates a new one
|
|
|
1674 if @var{dest} is @code{nil}.
|
|
|
1675
|
|
|
1676 If @var{dest} is @code{nil} or omitted, a new specifier will be created
|
|
|
1677 and the specifications copied into it. Otherwise, the specifications
|
|
|
1678 will be copied into the existing specifier in @var{dest}.
|
|
|
1679
|
|
|
1680 If @var{locale} is @code{nil} or the symbol @code{all}, all
|
|
|
1681 specifications will be copied. If @var{locale} is a particular locale,
|
|
|
1682 the specification for that particular locale will be copied. If
|
|
|
1683 @var{locale} is a locale type, the specifications for all locales of
|
|
|
1684 that type will be copied. @var{locale} can also be a list of locales,
|
|
|
1685 locale types, and/or @code{all}; this is equivalent to calling
|
|
|
1686 @code{copy-specifier} for each of the elements of the list. See
|
|
|
1687 @code{specifier-spec-list} for more information about @var{locale}.
|
|
|
1688
|
|
|
1689 Only instantiators where @var{tag-set} (a list of zero or more tags) is
|
|
|
1690 a subset of (or possibly equal to) the instantiator's tag set are
|
|
|
1691 copied. (The default value of @code{nil} is a subset of all tag sets,
|
|
|
1692 so in this case no instantiators will be screened out.) If @var{exact-p}
|
|
|
1693 is non-@code{nil}, however, @var{tag-set} must be equal to an
|
|
|
1694 instantiator's tag set for the instantiator to be copied.
|
|
|
1695
|
|
|
1696 Optional argument @var{how-to-add} specifies what to do with existing
|
|
444
|
1697 specifications in @var{dest}. If @code{nil}, then whichever locales or locale
|
|
428
|
1698 types are copied will first be completely erased in @var{dest}.
|
|
|
1699 Otherwise, it is the same as in @code{add-spec-to-specifier}.
|
|
|
1700 @end defun
|
|
|
1701
|
|
|
1702 @defun remove-specifier specifier &optional locale tag-set exact-p
|
|
|
1703 This function removes specification(s) for @var{specifier}.
|
|
|
1704
|
|
|
1705 If @var{locale} is a particular locale (a buffer, window, frame, device,
|
|
|
1706 or the symbol @code{global}), the specification for that locale will be
|
|
|
1707 removed.
|
|
|
1708
|
|
|
1709 If instead, @var{locale} is a locale type (i.e. a symbol @code{buffer},
|
|
|
1710 @code{window}, @code{frame}, or @code{device}), the specifications for
|
|
|
1711 all locales of that type will be removed.
|
|
|
1712
|
|
|
1713 If @var{locale} is @code{nil} or the symbol @code{all}, all
|
|
|
1714 specifications will be removed.
|
|
|
1715
|
|
|
1716 @var{locale} can also be a list of locales, locale types, and/or
|
|
|
1717 @code{all}; this is equivalent to calling @code{remove-specifier} for
|
|
|
1718 each of the elements in the list.
|
|
|
1719
|
|
|
1720 Only instantiators where @var{tag-set} (a list of zero or more tags) is
|
|
|
1721 a subset of (or possibly equal to) the instantiator's tag set are
|
|
|
1722 removed. (The default value of @code{nil} is a subset of all tag sets,
|
|
|
1723 so in this case no instantiators will be screened out.) If @var{exact-p}
|
|
|
1724 is non-@code{nil}, however, @var{tag-set} must be equal to an
|
|
|
1725 instantiator's tag set for the instantiator to be removed.
|
|
|
1726 @end defun
|
|
|
1727
|
|
|
1728 @defun map-specifier specifier func &optional locale maparg
|
|
|
1729 This function applies @var{func} to the specification(s) for
|
|
|
1730 @var{locale} in @var{specifier}.
|
|
|
1731
|
|
1875
|
1732 If optional @var{locale} is a locale, @var{func} will be called for that
|
|
|
1733 locale.
|
|
428
|
1734 If @var{locale} is a locale type, @var{func} will be mapped over all
|
|
|
1735 locales of that type. If @var{locale} is @code{nil} or the symbol
|
|
|
1736 @code{all}, @var{func} will be mapped over all locales in
|
|
|
1737 @var{specifier}.
|
|
|
1738
|
|
1875
|
1739 Optional @var{ms-tag-set} and @var{ms-exact-p} are as in
|
|
|
1740 @code{specifier-spec-list'}.
|
|
|
1741 Optional @var{ms-maparg} will be passed to @var{ms-func}.
|
|
|
1742
|
|
428
|
1743 @var{func} is called with four arguments: the @var{specifier}, the
|
|
|
1744 locale being mapped over, the inst-list for that locale, and the
|
|
|
1745 optional @var{maparg}. If any invocation of @var{func} returns
|
|
|
1746 non-@code{nil}, the mapping will stop and the returned value becomes the
|
|
|
1747 value returned from @code{map-specifier}. Otherwise,
|
|
|
1748 @code{map-specifier} returns @code{nil}.
|
|
|
1749 @end defun
|
|
|
1750
|
|
|
1751 @defun specifier-locale-type-from-locale locale
|
|
|
1752 Given a specifier @var{locale}, this function returns its type.
|
|
|
1753 @end defun
|
|
2028
|
1754
|
|
|
1755 @node Specifier Compatibility Notes
|
|
|
1756 @section Specifier Compatibility Notes
|
|
|
1757
|
|
|
1758 This node describes compatibility issues in the use of specifiers known
|
|
|
1759 as of 2004-01-22.
|
|
|
1760 @c I considered basing the main text on 21.4, but then future
|
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1761 @c maintenance of this documentation would be a pain.
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1762 The main text refers to XEmacs 21.5.16.
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1763
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1764 Effort will be made to describe changes in the API or semantics between
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1765 XEmacs versions accurately. Any inaccuracy or missing information about
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1766 backward and forward compatibility is a bug, and we greatly appreciate
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1767 your reports, whether you can provide a patch or not.
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1768
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1769 A change is reported as @dfn{changed} when we believe that the new or
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1770 changed API will cause old code to malfunction. When old code is
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1771 believed to be upward compatible with the changed API, the change is
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1772 reported as @dfn{added}.
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1773
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1774 We would like to also describe compatibility with GNU Emacs, but this is
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1775 not so high a priority. Inaccuracies or omissions will be addressed at
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1776 the priority of a feature request, and as such processing will be
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1777 greatly expedited if you can provide a patch.
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1778 @c #### xref here to bug reporting and patch submissions
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1779
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1780 @c #### write and xref a file on compatibility policy
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1781
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1782 @subsection Compatibility with GNU Emacs
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1783
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1784 Specifiers are not used in GNU Emacs. If your program depends on
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1785 specifers, you will probably have to rewrite the functionality
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1786 completely for GNU Emacs. If you wish to maximize portability, you
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1787 should plan to encapsulate use of specifiers.
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1788
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1789 GNU Emacs provides two features for context-sensitive variables,
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1790 buffer-local variables and frame-local variables. XEmacs implements
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1791 buffer-local variables 100%-compatibly with GNU Emacs. If buffer-local
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1792 variables will server your purpose and portability is a major concern,
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1793 consider using them instead of specifiers.
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1794
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1795 XEmacs does not implement frame-local variables at all. In this case
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1796 specifiers must be used to provide equivalent functionality.
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1797
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1798 It is not clear whether XEmacs will provide this feature in the future.
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1799 @c Thanks to Jerry James for the following explanation. He is not
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1800 @c responsible for its use here, Stephen Turnbull is.
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1801 In fact, some core XEmacs developers think that both frame-local
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1802 variables and buffer-local variables are evil, because the declaration
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1803 is both global and invisible. That is, you cannot tell whether a
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1804 variable is ``normal,'' buffer-local, or frame-local just by looking at
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1805 it. So if you have namespace management problems, and some other Lisp
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1806 package happens to use a variable name that you already declared frame-
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1807 or buffer-local, weird stuff happens, and it is extremely hard to track
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1808 down.
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1809 @c #### Direct comments to xemacs-design?
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1810
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1811 @subsection Backwards Compatibility with XEmacs 21.4
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1812
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1813 Sorry, I'm unwilling to find out exactly when these changes were made.
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1814
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1815 Changed by 21.5.16: the second argument of
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1816 @code{specifier-matching-instance} is now a cons of a charset and a
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1817 boolean value. Previously it was a charset or a symbol (a name of a
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1818 charset). It was not documented in Info.
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1819
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1820 Changed by 21.5.16: the specifier-specific error symbols
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1821 @code{specifier_syntax_error}, @code{specifier_argument_error}, and
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1822 @code{specifier_change_error} were removed. (This probably only
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1823 affected internal code.)
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1824
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1825 Added by 21.5.16: @code{map-specifier} got two new arguments,
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1826 @code{ms-tag-set} and @code{ms-exact-p}.
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1827
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1828 Added by 21.5.16: when skipping instantiators, XEmacs warns at level
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1829 `debug'.
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1830
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1831 Added by 21.5.16: new convenience APIs:
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1832 @code{instance-to-instantiator},
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1833 @code{device-type-matches-spec},
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1834 @code{add-tag-to-inst-list},
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1835 @code{derive-domain-from-locale},
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1836 @code{derive-device-type-from-tag-set},
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1837 @code{derive-device-type-from-locale-and-tag-set}, and
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1838 @code{derive-specifier-specs-from-locale}.
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