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[xemacs-hg @ 2002-05-05 11:30:15 by ben] syntax cache, 8-bit-format, lots of code cleanup README.packages: Update info about --package-path. i.c: Create an inheritable event and pass it on to XEmacs, so that ^C can be handled properly. Intercept ^C and signal the event. "Stop Build" in VC++ now works. bytecomp-runtime.el: Doc string changes. compat.el: Some attempts to redo this to make it truly useful and fix the "multiple versions interacting with each other" problem. Not yet done. Currently doesn't work. files.el: Use with-obsolete-variable to avoid warnings in new revert-buffer code. xemacs.mak: Split up CFLAGS into a version without flags specifying the C library. The problem seems to be that minitar depends on zlib, which depends specifically on libc.lib, not on any of the other C libraries. Unless you compile with libc.lib, you get errors -- specifically, no _errno in the other libraries, which must make it something other than an int. (#### But this doesn't seem to obtain in XEmacs, which also uses zlib, and can be linked with any of the C libraries. Maybe zlib is used differently and doesn't need errno, or maybe XEmacs provides an int errno; ... I don't understand. Makefile.in.in: Fix so that packages are around when testing. abbrev.c, alloc.c, buffer.c, buffer.h, bytecode.c, callint.c, casefiddle.c, casetab.c, casetab.h, charset.h, chartab.c, chartab.h, cmds.c, console-msw.h, console-stream.c, console-x.c, console.c, console.h, data.c, device-msw.c, device.c, device.h, dialog-msw.c, dialog-x.c, dired-msw.c, dired.c, doc.c, doprnt.c, dumper.c, editfns.c, elhash.c, emacs.c, eval.c, event-Xt.c, event-gtk.c, event-msw.c, event-stream.c, events.c, events.h, extents.c, extents.h, faces.c, file-coding.c, file-coding.h, fileio.c, fns.c, font-lock.c, frame-gtk.c, frame-msw.c, frame-x.c, frame.c, frame.h, glade.c, glyphs-gtk.c, glyphs-msw.c, glyphs-msw.h, glyphs-x.c, glyphs.c, glyphs.h, gui-msw.c, gui-x.c, gui.h, gutter.h, hash.h, indent.c, insdel.c, intl-win32.c, intl.c, keymap.c, lisp-disunion.h, lisp-union.h, lisp.h, lread.c, lrecord.h, lstream.c, lstream.h, marker.c, menubar-gtk.c, menubar-msw.c, menubar-x.c, menubar.c, minibuf.c, mule-ccl.c, mule-charset.c, mule-coding.c, mule-wnnfns.c, nas.c, objects-msw.c, objects-x.c, opaque.c, postgresql.c, print.c, process-nt.c, process-unix.c, process.c, process.h, profile.c, rangetab.c, redisplay-gtk.c, redisplay-msw.c, redisplay-output.c, redisplay-x.c, redisplay.c, redisplay.h, regex.c, regex.h, scrollbar-msw.c, search.c, select-x.c, specifier.c, specifier.h, symbols.c, symsinit.h, syntax.c, syntax.h, syswindows.h, tests.c, text.c, text.h, tooltalk.c, ui-byhand.c, ui-gtk.c, unicode.c, win32.c, window.c: Another big Ben patch. -- FUNCTIONALITY CHANGES: add partial support for 8-bit-fixed, 16-bit-fixed, and 32-bit-fixed formats. not quite done yet. (in particular, needs functions to actually convert the buffer.) NOTE: lots of changes to regex.c here. also, many new *_fmt() inline funs that take an Internal_Format argument. redo syntax cache code. make the cache per-buffer; keep the cache valid across calls to functions that use it. also keep it valid across insertions/deletions and extent changes, as much as is possible. eliminate the junky regex-reentrancy code by passing in the relevant lisp info to the regex routines as local vars. add general mechanism in extents code for signalling extent changes. fix numerous problems with the case-table implementation; yoshiki never properly transferred many algorithms from old-style to new-style case tables. redo char tables to support a default argument, so that mapping only occurs over changed args. change many chartab functions to accept Lisp_Object instead of Lisp_Char_Table *. comment out the code in font-lock.c by default, because font-lock.el no longer uses it. we should consider eliminating it entirely. Don't output bell as ^G in console-stream when not a TTY. add -mswindows-termination-handle to interface with i.c, so we can properly kill a build. add more error-checking to buffer/string macros. add some additional buffer_or_string_() funs. -- INTERFACE CHANGES AFFECTING MORE CODE: switch the arguments of write_c_string and friends to be consistent with write_fmt_string, which must have printcharfun first. change BI_* macros to BYTE_* for increased clarity; similarly for bi_* local vars. change VOID_TO_LISP to be a one-argument function. eliminate no-longer-needed CVOID_TO_LISP. -- char/string macro changes: rename MAKE_CHAR() to make_emchar() for slightly less confusion with make_char(). (The former generates an Emchar, the latter a Lisp object. Conceivably we should rename make_char() -> wrap_char() and similarly for make_int(), make_float().) Similar changes for other *CHAR* macros -- we now consistently use names with `emchar' whenever we are working with Emchars. Any remaining name with just `char' always refers to a Lisp object. rename macros with XSTRING_* to string_* except for those that reference actual fields in the Lisp_String object, following conventions used elsewhere. rename set_string_{data,length} macros (the only ones to work with a Lisp_String_* instead of a Lisp_Object) to set_lispstringp_* to make the difference clear. try to be consistent about caps vs. lowercase in macro/inline-fun names for chars and such, which wasn't the case before. we now reserve caps either for XFOO_ macros that reference object fields (e.g. XSTRING_DATA) or for things that have non-function semantics, e.g. directly modifying an arg (BREAKUP_EMCHAR) or evaluating an arg (any arg) more than once. otherwise, use lowercase. here is a summary of most of the macros/inline funs changed by all of the above changes: BYTE_*_P -> byte_*_p XSTRING_BYTE -> string_byte set_string_data/length -> set_lispstringp_data/length XSTRING_CHAR_LENGTH -> string_char_length XSTRING_CHAR -> string_emchar INTBYTE_FIRST_BYTE_P -> intbyte_first_byte_p INTBYTE_LEADING_BYTE_P -> intbyte_leading_byte_p charptr_copy_char -> charptr_copy_emchar LEADING_BYTE_* -> leading_byte_* CHAR_* -> EMCHAR_* *_CHAR_* -> *_EMCHAR_* *_CHAR -> *_EMCHAR CHARSET_BY_ -> charset_by_* BYTE_SHIFT_JIS* -> byte_shift_jis* BYTE_BIG5* -> byte_big5* REP_BYTES_BY_FIRST_BYTE -> rep_bytes_by_first_byte char_to_unicode -> emchar_to_unicode valid_char_p -> valid_emchar_p Change intbyte_strcmp -> qxestrcmp_c (duplicated functionality). -- INTERFACE CHANGES AFFECTING LESS CODE: use DECLARE_INLINE_HEADER in various places. remove '#ifdef emacs' from XEmacs-only files. eliminate CHAR_TABLE_VALUE(), which duplicated the functionality of get_char_table(). add BUFFER_TEXT_LOOP to simplify iterations over buffer text. define typedefs for signed and unsigned types of fixed sizes (INT_32_BIT, UINT_32_BIT, etc.). create ALIGN_FOR_TYPE as a higher-level interface onto ALIGN_SIZE; fix code to use it. add charptr_emchar_len to return the text length of the character pointed to by a ptr; use it in place of charcount_to_bytecount(..., 1). add emchar_len to return the text length of a given character. add types Bytexpos and Charxpos to generalize Bytebpos/Bytecount and Charbpos/Charcount, in code (particularly, the extents code and redisplay code) that works with either kind of index. rename redisplay struct params with names such as `charbpos' to e.g. `charpos' when they are e.g. a Charxpos, not a Charbpos. eliminate xxDEFUN in place of DEFUN; no longer necessary with changes awhile back to doc.c. split up big ugly combined list of EXFUNs in lisp.h on a file-by-file basis, since other prototypes are similarly split. rewrite some "*_UNSAFE" macros as inline funs and eliminate the _UNSAFE suffix. move most string code from lisp.h to text.h; the string code and text.h code is now intertwined in such a fashion that they need to be in the same place and partially interleaved. (you can't create forward references for inline funs) automated/lisp-tests.el, automated/symbol-tests.el, automated/test-harness.el: Fix test harness to output FAIL messages to stderr when in batch mode. Fix up some problems in lisp-tests/symbol-tests that were causing spurious failures.
author ben
date Sun, 05 May 2002 11:33:57 +0000
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;;; cmdloop.el --- support functions for the top-level command loop.

;; Copyright (C) 1992-4, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Copyright (C) 2001 Ben Wing.
 
;; Author: Richard Mlynarik
;; Date: 8-Jul-92
;; Maintainer: XEmacs Development Team
;; Keywords: internal, dumped

;; This file is part of XEmacs.

;; XEmacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
;; any later version.

;; XEmacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
;; General Public License for more details.

;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with XEmacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the 
;; Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

;;; Synched up with: FSF 19.30. (Some of the stuff below is in FSF's subr.el.)

;;; Commentary:

;; This file is dumped with XEmacs.

;;; Code:

(defun recursion-depth ()
  "Return the current depth in recursive edits."
  (+ command-loop-level (minibuffer-depth)))

(defun top-level ()
  "Exit all recursive editing levels."
  (interactive)
  (throw 'top-level nil))

(defun exit-recursive-edit ()
  "Exit from the innermost recursive edit or minibuffer."
  (interactive)
  (if (> (recursion-depth) 0)
      (throw 'exit nil))
  (error "No recursive edit is in progress"))

(defun abort-recursive-edit ()
  "Abort the command that requested this recursive edit or minibuffer input."
  (interactive)
  (if (> (recursion-depth) 0)
      (throw 'exit t))
  (error "No recursive edit is in progress"))

;; (defun keyboard-quit ()
;;   "Signal a `quit' condition."
;;   (interactive)
;;  (deactivate-mark)
;;   (signal 'quit nil))

;; moved here from pending-del.
(defun keyboard-quit ()
  "Signal a `quit' condition.
If this character is typed while lisp code is executing, it will be treated
 as an interrupt.
If this character is typed at top-level, this simply beeps.
If `zmacs-regions' is true, and the zmacs region is active in this buffer,
then this key deactivates the region without beeping or signalling."
  (interactive)
  (if (and (region-active-p)
	   (eq (current-buffer) (zmacs-region-buffer)))
      ;; pseudo-zmacs compatibility: don't beep if this ^G is simply
      ;; deactivating the region.  If it is inactive, beep.
      nil
    (signal 'quit nil)))

(defvar buffer-quit-function nil
  "Function to call to \"quit\" the current buffer, or nil if none.
\\[keyboard-escape-quit] calls this function when its more local actions
\(such as cancelling a prefix argument, minibuffer or region) do not apply.")

(defun keyboard-escape-quit ()
  "Exit the current \"mode\" (in a generalized sense of the word).
This command can exit an interactive command such as `query-replace',
can clear out a prefix argument or a region,
can get out of the minibuffer or other recursive edit,
cancel the use of the current buffer (for special-purpose buffers),
or go back to just one window (by deleting all but the selected window)."
  (interactive)
  (cond ((eq last-command 'mode-exited) nil)
	((> (minibuffer-depth) 0)
	 (abort-recursive-edit))
	(current-prefix-arg
	 nil)
	((region-active-p)
	 (zmacs-deactivate-region))
	((> (recursion-depth) 0)
	 (exit-recursive-edit))
	(buffer-quit-function
	 (funcall buffer-quit-function))
	((not (one-window-p t))
	 (delete-other-windows))
	((string-match "^ \\*" (buffer-name (current-buffer)))
	 (bury-buffer))))

;; `cancel-mode-internal' is a function of a misc-user event, which is
;; queued when window system directs XEmacs frame to cancel any modal
;; behavior it exposes, like mouse pointer grabbing.
;;
;; This function does nothing at the top level, but the code which
;; runs modal event loops, such as selection drag loop in `mouse-track',
;; check if misc-user function symbol is `cancel-mode-internal', and
;; takes necessary cleanup actions.
(defun cancel-mode-internal (object)
  (setq zmacs-region-stays t))

;; Someone wrote: "This should really be a ring of last errors."
;;
;; But why bother?  This stuff is not all that necessary now that we
;; have message log, anyway.
(defvar last-error nil
  "Object describing the last signaled error.")

(defcustom errors-deactivate-region nil
  "*Non-nil means that errors will cause the region to be deactivated."
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'editing-basics)

(defvar breakpoint-on-error nil
  "Break into the C debugger when an unhandled error occurs noninteractively.
This happens by calling `force-debugging-signal'.  This can be very
useful when debugging noninteractive errors in tricky situations,
e.g. makefiles, since you can set this variable using an environment
variable, like this:

\(using csh)      setenv XEMACSDEBUG '(setq breakpoint-on-error t)'
\(using bash)     export XEMACSDEBUG='(setq breakpoint-on-error t)'

XEMACSDEBUG is also useful for setting `stack-trace-on-error'. which will
display a Lisp backtrace when exiting noninteractively due to an unhandled
error.")

(defun command-error (error-object)
  ;; if you want a backtrace before exiting, set stack-trace-on-error.
  (let* ((inhibit-quit t)
	 (debug-on-error nil)
	 (etype (car-safe error-object)))
    (setq quit-flag nil)
    (setq standard-output t)
    (setq standard-input t)
    (setq executing-kbd-macro nil)
    (and errors-deactivate-region
	 (zmacs-deactivate-region))
    (discard-input)

    (setq last-error error-object)

    (message nil)
    (ding nil (cond ((eq etype 'undefined-keystroke-sequence)
		     (if (and (vectorp (nth 1 error-object))
			      (/= 0 (length (nth 1 error-object)))
			      (button-event-p (aref (nth 1 error-object) 0)))
			 'undefined-click
		       'undefined-key))
		    ((eq etype 'quit)
		     'quit)
		    ((memq etype '(end-of-buffer beginning-of-buffer))
		     'buffer-bound)
		    ((eq etype 'buffer-read-only)
		     'read-only)
		    (t 'command-error)))
    (display-error error-object t)

    (if (noninteractive)
        (progn
	  (when breakpoint-on-error
	    (force-debugging-signal))
          (message "%s exiting\n." emacs-program-name)
          (kill-emacs -1)))
    t))

(defun describe-last-error ()
  "Redisplay the last error-message.  See the variable `last-error'."
  (interactive)
  (if last-error
      (with-displaying-help-buffer
       (lambda ()
	 (princ "Last error was:\n" standard-output)
	 (display-error last-error standard-output)))
    (message "No error yet")))


;;#### Must be done later in the loadup sequence
;(define-key (symbol-function 'help-command) "e" 'describe-last-error)


(defun truncate-command-history-for-gc ()
  (let ((tail (nthcdr 30 command-history)))
    (if tail (setcdr tail nil)))
  (let ((tail (nthcdr 30 values)))
    (if tail (setcdr tail nil)))
  )

(add-hook 'pre-gc-hook 'truncate-command-history-for-gc)


;;;; Object-oriented programming at its finest

;; Now in src/print.c; used by Ferror_message_string and others
;(defun display-error (error-object stream) ;(defgeneric report-condition ...)
;  "Display `error-object' on `stream' in a user-friendly way."
;  (funcall (or (let ((type (car-safe error-object)))
;                 (catch 'error
;                   (and (consp error-object)
;                        (symbolp type)
;                        ;;(stringp (get type 'error-message))
;			(consp (get type 'error-conditions))
;                        (let ((tail (cdr error-object)))
;                          (while (not (null tail))
;                            (if (consp tail)
;                                (setq tail (cdr tail))
;                                (throw 'error nil)))
;                          t)
;                        ;; (check-type condition condition)
;                        (get type 'error-conditions)
;                        ;; Search class hierarchy
;                        (let ((tail (get type 'error-conditions)))
;                          (while (not (null tail))
;                            (cond ((not (and (consp tail)
;                                             (symbolp (car tail))))
;                                   (throw 'error nil))
;                                  ((get (car tail) 'display-error)
;                                   (throw 'error (get (car tail)
;                                                      'display-error)))
;                                  (t
;                                   (setq tail (cdr tail)))))
;                          ;; Default method
;                          #'(lambda (error-object stream)
;                              (let ((type (car error-object))
;                                    (tail (cdr error-object))
;                                    (first t)
;				    (print-message-label 'error))
;                                (if (eq type 'error)
;                                    (progn (princ (car tail) stream)
;                                           (setq tail (cdr tail)))
;				  (princ (or (gettext (get type 'error-message)) type)
;					 stream))
;                                (while tail
;                                  (princ (if first ": " ", ") stream)
;                                  (prin1 (car tail) stream)
;                                  (setq tail (cdr tail)
;                                        first nil))))))))
;	       #'(lambda (error-object stream)
;                   (princ (gettext "Peculiar error ") stream)
;                   (prin1 error-object stream)))
;           error-object stream))

(put 'file-error 'display-error
     #'(lambda (error-object stream)
         (let ((tail (cdr error-object))
               (first t))
           (princ (car tail) stream)
           (while (setq tail (cdr tail))
             (princ (if first ": " ", ") stream)
             (princ (car tail) stream)
             (setq first nil)))))

(put 'undefined-keystroke-sequence 'display-error
     #'(lambda (error-object stream)
         (princ (key-description (car (cdr error-object))) stream)
	 ;; #### I18N3: doesn't localize properly.
         (princ (gettext " not defined.") stream) ; doo dah, doo dah.
         ))


(defcustom teach-extended-commands-p t
  "*If true, then `\\[execute-extended-command]' will teach you keybindings.
Any time you execute a command with \\[execute-extended-command] which has a
shorter keybinding, you will be shown the alternate binding before the
command executes.  There is a short pause after displaying the binding,
before executing it; the length can be controlled by
`teach-extended-commands-timeout'."
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'keyboard)

(defcustom teach-extended-commands-timeout 4
  "*How long to pause after displaying a keybinding before executing.
The value is measured in seconds.  This only applies if
`teach-extended-commands-p' is true."
  :type 'number
  :group 'keyboard)

;That damn RMS went off and implemented something differently, after
;we had already implemented it.  We can't support both properly until
;we have Lisp magic variables.
;(defvar suggest-key-bindings t
;  "*FSFmacs equivalent of `teach-extended-commands-*'.
;Provided for compatibility only.
;Non-nil means show the equivalent key-binding when M-x command has one.
;The value can be a length of time to show the message for.
;If the value is non-nil and not a number, we wait 2 seconds.")
;
;(make-obsolete-variable 'suggest-key-bindings 'teach-extended-commands-p)

(defun execute-extended-command (prefix-arg)
  "Read a command name from the minibuffer using 'completing-read'.
Then call the specified command using 'command-execute' and return its
return value.  If the command asks for a prefix argument, supply the
value of the current raw prefix argument, or the value of PREFIX-ARG
when called from Lisp."
  (interactive "P")
  ;; Note:  This doesn't hack "this-command-keys"
  (let ((prefix-arg prefix-arg))
    (setq this-command (read-command
                        ;; Note: this has the hard-wired
                        ;;  "C-u" and "M-x" string bug in common
                        ;;  with all Emacs's.
			;; (i.e. it prints C-u and M-x regardless of
			;; whether some other keys were actually bound
			;; to `execute-extended-command' and 
			;; `universal-argument'.
                        (cond ((eq prefix-arg '-)
                               "- M-x ")
                              ((equal prefix-arg '(4))
                               "C-u M-x ")
                              ((integerp prefix-arg)
                               (format "%d M-x " prefix-arg))
                              ((and (consp prefix-arg)
                                    (integerp (car prefix-arg)))
                               (format "%d M-x " (car prefix-arg)))
                              (t
                               "M-x ")))))

  (if (and teach-extended-commands-p
	   (interactive-p))
      ;; Remember the keys, run the command, and show the keys (if
      ;; any).  The funny variable names are a poor man's guarantee
      ;; that we don't get tripped by this-command doing something
      ;; funny.  Quoth our forefathers: "We want lexical scope!"
      (let ((_execute_command_keys_ (where-is-internal this-command))
	    (_execute_command_name_ this-command)) ; the name can change
	(command-execute this-command t)
	(when _execute_command_keys_
	  ;; Normally the region is adjusted in post_command_hook;
	  ;; however, it is not called until after we finish.  It
	  ;; looks ugly for the region to get updated after the
	  ;; delays, so we do it now.  The code below is a Lispified
	  ;; copy of code in event-stream.c:post_command_hook().
	  (if (and (not zmacs-region-stays)
		   (or (not (eq (selected-window) (minibuffer-window)))
		       (eq (zmacs-region-buffer) (current-buffer))))
	      (zmacs-deactivate-region)
	    (zmacs-update-region))
	  ;; Wait for a while, so the user can see a message printed,
	  ;; if any.
	  (when (sit-for 1)
	    (display-message
		'no-log
	      (format (if (cdr _execute_command_keys_)
			  "Command `%s' is bound to keys: %s"
			"Command `%s' is bound to key: %s")
		      _execute_command_name_
		      (sorted-key-descriptions _execute_command_keys_)))
	    (sit-for teach-extended-commands-timeout)
	    (clear-message 'no-log))))
    ;; Else, just run the command.
    (command-execute this-command t)))


;;; C code calls this; the underscores in the variable names are to avoid
;;; cluttering the specbind namespace (lexical scope!  lexical scope!)
;;; Putting this in Lisp instead of C slows kbd macros by 50%.
;(defun command-execute (_command &optional _record-flag)
;  "Execute CMD as an editor command.
;CMD must be a symbol that satisfies the `commandp' predicate.
;Optional second arg RECORD-FLAG non-nil
;means unconditionally put this command in `command-history'.
;Otherwise, that is done only if an arg is read using the minibuffer."
;  (let ((_prefix prefix-arg)
;        (_cmd (indirect-function _command)))
;    (setq prefix-arg nil
;          this-command _command
;          current-prefix-arg _prefix
;          zmacs-region-stays nil)
;    ;; #### debug_on_next_call = 0;
;    (cond ((and (symbolp _command)
;                (get _command 'disabled))
;           (run-hooks disabled-command-hook))
;          ((or (stringp _cmd) (vectorp _cmd))
;           ;; If requested, place the macro in the command history.  
;           ;;  For other sorts of commands, call-interactively takes
;           ;;  care of this. 
;           (if _record-flag
;               (setq command-history
;                     (cons (list 'execute-kbd-macro _cmd _prefix)
;                           command-history)))
;             (execute-kbd-macro _cmd _prefix))
;            (t
;             (call-interactively _command _record-flag)))))

(defun y-or-n-p-minibuf (prompt)
  "Ask user a \"y or n\" question.  Return t if answer is \"y\".
Takes one argument, which is the string to display to ask the question.
It should end in a space; `y-or-n-p' adds `(y or n) ' to it.
No confirmation of the answer is requested; a single character is enough.
Also accepts Space to mean yes, or Delete to mean no."
  (save-excursion
    (let* ((pre "")
           (yn (gettext "(y or n) "))
	   ;; we need to translate the prompt ourselves because of the
	   ;; strange way we handle it.
	   (prompt (gettext prompt))
           event)
      (while (stringp yn)
        (if (let ((cursor-in-echo-area t)
                  (inhibit-quit t))
              (message "%s%s%s" pre prompt yn)
              (setq event (next-command-event event))
	      (condition-case nil
		  (prog1
		      (or quit-flag (eq 'keyboard-quit (key-binding event)))
		    (setq quit-flag nil))
		(wrong-type-argument t)))
            (progn
              (message "%s%s%s%s" pre prompt yn (single-key-description event))
              (setq quit-flag nil)
              (signal 'quit '())))
        (let* ((keys (events-to-keys (vector event)))
	       (def (lookup-key query-replace-map keys)))
          (cond ((eq def 'skip)
                 (message "%s%sNo" prompt yn)
		 (setq yn nil))
                ((eq def 'act)
                 (message "%s%sYes" prompt yn)
		 (setq yn t))
		((eq def 'recenter)
		 (recenter))
		((or (eq def 'quit) (eq def 'exit-prefix))
		 (signal 'quit '()))
                ((button-release-event-p event) ; ignore them
                 nil)
                (t
                 (message "%s%s%s%s" pre prompt yn
                          (single-key-description event))
                 (ding nil 'y-or-n-p)
                 (discard-input)
                 (if (= (length pre) 0)
                     (setq pre (gettext "Please answer y or n.  ")))))))
      yn)))

(defun yes-or-no-p-minibuf (prompt)
  "Ask user a yes-or-no question.  Return t if answer is yes.
Takes one argument, which is the string to display to ask the question.
It should end in a space; `yes-or-no-p' adds `(yes or no) ' to it.
The user must confirm the answer with RET,
and can edit it until it has been confirmed."
  (save-excursion
    (let ((p (concat (gettext prompt) (gettext "(yes or no) ")))
          (ans ""))
      (while (stringp ans)
        (setq ans (downcase (read-string p nil t))) ;no history
        (cond ((string-equal ans (gettext "yes"))
               (setq ans t))
              ((string-equal ans (gettext "no"))
               (setq ans nil))
              (t
               (ding nil 'yes-or-no-p)
               (discard-input)
               (message "Please answer yes or no.")
               (sleep-for 2))))
      ans)))

(defun yes-or-no-p (prompt)
  "Ask user a yes-or-no question.  Return t if answer is yes.
The question is asked with a dialog box or the minibuffer, as appropriate.
Takes one argument, which is the string to display to ask the question.
It should end in a space; `yes-or-no-p' adds `(yes or no) ' to it.
The user must confirm the answer with RET,
and can edit it until it as been confirmed."
  (if (should-use-dialog-box-p)
      (yes-or-no-p-dialog-box prompt)
    (yes-or-no-p-minibuf prompt)))

(defun y-or-n-p (prompt)
  "Ask user a \"y or n\" question.  Return t if answer is \"y\".
Takes one argument, which is the string to display to ask the question.
The question is asked with a dialog box or the minibuffer, as appropriate.
It should end in a space; `y-or-n-p' adds `(y or n) ' to it.
No confirmation of the answer is requested; a single character is enough.
Also accepts Space to mean yes, or Delete to mean no."
  (if (should-use-dialog-box-p)
      (yes-or-no-p-dialog-box prompt)
    (y-or-n-p-minibuf prompt)))



(defun read-char ()
  "Read a character from the command input (keyboard or macro).
If a mouse click or non-ASCII character is detected, an error is
signalled.  The character typed is returned as an ASCII value.  This
is most likely the wrong thing for you to be using: consider using
the `next-command-event' function instead."
  (save-excursion
    (let ((event (next-command-event)))
      (or inhibit-quit
	  (and (event-matches-key-specifier-p event (quit-char))
	       (signal 'quit nil)))
      (prog1 (or (event-to-character event)
                 ;; Kludge.  If the event we read was a mouse-release,
                 ;; discard it and read the next one.
                 (if (button-release-event-p event)
                     (event-to-character (next-command-event event)))
                 (error "Key read has no ASCII equivalent %S" event))
        ;; this is not necessary, but is marginally more efficient than GC.
        (deallocate-event event)))))

(defun read-char-exclusive ()
  "Read a character from the command input (keyboard or macro).
If a mouse click or non-ASCII character is detected, it is discarded.
The character typed is returned as an ASCII value.  This is most likely
the wrong thing for you to be using: consider using the
`next-command-event' function instead."
  (let (event ch)
    (while (progn
	     (setq event (next-command-event))
	     (or inhibit-quit
		 (and (event-matches-key-specifier-p event (quit-char))
		      (signal 'quit nil)))
	     (setq ch (event-to-character event))
	     (deallocate-event event)
	     (null ch)))
    ch))

(defun read-quoted-char (&optional prompt)
  "Like `read-char', except that if the first character read is an octal
digit, we read up to two more octal digits and return the character
represented by the octal number consisting of those digits.
Optional argument PROMPT specifies a string to use to prompt the user."
  (let ((count 0) (code 0) done
	(prompt (and prompt (gettext prompt)))
	char event)
    (while (and (not done) (< count 3))
      (let ((inhibit-quit (zerop count))
	    ;; Don't let C-h get the help message--only help function keys.
	    (help-char nil)
	    (help-form
	     "Type the special character you want to use,
or three octal digits representing its character code."))
	(and prompt (display-message 'prompt (format "%s-" prompt)))
	(setq event (next-command-event)
	      char (or (event-to-character event nil nil t)
		       (signal 'error
			       (list "key read cannot be inserted in a buffer"
				     event))))
	(if inhibit-quit (setq quit-flag nil)))
      (cond ((<= ?0 char ?7)
	     (setq code (+ (* code 8) (- char ?0))
		   count (1+ count))
	     (when prompt
	       (display-message 'prompt
		 (setq prompt (format "%s %c" prompt char)))))
	    ((> count 0)
	     (setq unread-command-event event
		   done t))
	    (t (setq code (char-int char)
		     done t))))
    (int-char code)
    ;; Turn a meta-character into a character with the 0200 bit set.
;    (logior (if (/= (logand code ?\M-\^@) 0) 128 0)
;	    (logand 255 code))))
    ))

(defun momentary-string-display (string pos &optional exit-char message) 
  "Momentarily display STRING in the buffer at POS.
Display remains until next character is typed.
If the char is EXIT-CHAR (optional third arg, default is SPC) it is swallowed;
otherwise it is then available as input (as a command if nothing else).
Display MESSAGE (optional fourth arg) in the echo area.
If MESSAGE is nil, instructions to type EXIT-CHAR are displayed there."
  (or exit-char (setq exit-char ?\ ))
  (let ((buffer-read-only nil)
	;; Don't modify the undo list at all.
	(buffer-undo-list t)
	(modified (buffer-modified-p))
	(name buffer-file-name)
	insert-end)
    (unwind-protect
	(progn
	  (save-excursion
	    (goto-char pos)
	    ;; defeat file locking... don't try this at home, kids!
	    (setq buffer-file-name nil)
	    (insert-before-markers (gettext string))
	    (setq insert-end (point))
	    ;; If the message end is off frame, recenter now.
	    (if (> (window-end) insert-end)
		(recenter (/ (window-height) 2)))
	    ;; If that pushed message start off the frame,
	    ;; scroll to start it at the top of the frame.
	    (move-to-window-line 0)
	    (if (> (point) pos)
		(progn
		  (goto-char pos)
		  (recenter 0))))
	  (message (or message (gettext "Type %s to continue editing."))
		   (single-key-description exit-char))
	  (let ((event (save-excursion (next-command-event))))
	    (or (eq (event-to-character event) exit-char)
		(setq unread-command-event event))))
      (if insert-end
	  (save-excursion
	    (delete-region pos insert-end)))
      (setq buffer-file-name name)
      (set-buffer-modified-p modified))))

;;; cmdloop.el ends here