;;; rmc.el --- read from a multiple choice question -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
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;;; Commentary:
;;; Code:
(require 'seq)
;;;###autoload
(defun read-multiple-choice (prompt choices &optional help-string)
"Ask user to select an entry from CHOICES, promting with PROMPT.
This function allows to ask the user a multiple-choice question.
CHOICES should be a list of the form (KEY NAME [DESCRIPTION]).
KEY is a character the user should type to select the entry.
NAME is a short name for the entry to be displayed while prompting
\(if there's no room, it might be shortened).
DESCRIPTION is an optional longer description of the entry; it will
be displayed in a help buffer if the user requests more help. This
help description has a fixed format in columns. For greater
flexibility, instead of passing a DESCRIPTION, the caller can pass
the optional argument HELP-STRING. This argument is a string that
should contain a more detailed description of all of the possible
choices. `read-multiple-choice' will display that description in a
help buffer if the user requests that.
This function translates user input into responses by consulting
the bindings in `query-replace-map'; see the documentation of
that variable for more information. The relevant bindings for the
purposes of this function are `recenter', `scroll-up', `scroll-down',
and `edit'.
If the user types the `recenter', `scroll-up', or `scroll-down'
responses, the function performs the requested window recentering or
scrolling, and then asks the question again. If the user enters `edit',
the function starts a recursive edit. When the user exit the recursive
edit, the multiple-choice prompt gains focus again.
When `use-dialog-box' is t (the default), and the command using this
function was invoked via the mouse, this function pops up a GUI dialog
to collect the user input, but only if Emacs is capable of using GUI
dialogs. Otherwise, the function will always use text-mode dialogs.
The return value is the matching entry from the CHOICES list.
Usage example:
\(read-multiple-choice \"Continue connecting?\"
\\='((?a \"always\")
(?s \"session only\")
(?n \"no\")))"
(let* ((altered-names nil)
(full-prompt
(format
"%s (%s): "
prompt
(mapconcat
(lambda (elem)
(let* ((name (cadr elem))
(pos (seq-position name (car elem)))
(altered-name
(cond
;; Not in the name string.
((not pos)
(format "[%c] %s" (car elem) name))
;; The prompt character is in the name, so highlight
;; it on graphical terminals...
((display-supports-face-attributes-p
'(:underline t) (window-frame))
(setq name (copy-sequence name))
(put-text-property pos (1+ pos)
'face 'read-multiple-choice-face
name)
name)
;; And put it in [bracket] on non-graphical terminals.
(t
(concat
(substring name 0 pos)
"["
(upcase (substring name pos (1+ pos)))
"]"
(substring name (1+ pos)))))))
(push (cons (car elem) altered-name)
altered-names)
altered-name))
(append choices '((?? "?")))
", ")))
tchar buf wrong-char answer)
(save-window-excursion
(save-excursion
(while (not tchar)
(message "%s%s"
(if wrong-char
"Invalid choice. "
"")
full-prompt)
(setq tchar
(if (and (display-popup-menus-p)
last-input-event ; not during startup
(consp last-nonmenu-event)
use-dialog-box)
(x-popup-dialog
t
(cons prompt
(mapcar
(lambda (elem)
(cons (capitalize (cadr elem))
(car elem)))
choices)))
(condition-case nil
(let ((cursor-in-echo-area t))
(read-event))
(error nil))))
(setq answer (lookup-key query-replace-map (vector tchar) t))
(setq tchar
(cond
((eq answer 'recenter)
(recenter) t)
((eq answer 'scroll-up)
(ignore-errors (scroll-up-command)) t)
((eq answer 'scroll-down)
(ignore-errors (scroll-down-command)) t)
((eq answer 'scroll-other-window)
(ignore-errors (scroll-other-window)) t)
((eq answer 'scroll-other-window-down)
(ignore-errors (scroll-other-window-down)) t)
((eq answer 'edit)
(save-match-data
(save-excursion
(message "%s"
(substitute-command-keys
"Recursive edit; type \\[exit-recursive-edit] to return to help screen"))
(recursive-edit))))
(t tchar)))
(when (eq tchar t)
(setq wrong-char nil
tchar nil))
;; The user has entered an invalid choice, so display the
;; help messages.
(when (and (not (eq tchar nil))
(not (assq tchar choices)))
(setq wrong-char (not (memq tchar `(?? ,help-char)))
tchar nil)
(when wrong-char
(ding))
(setq buf (get-buffer-create "*Multiple Choice Help*"))
(if (stringp help-string)
(with-help-window buf
(with-current-buffer buf
(insert help-string)))
(with-help-window buf
(with-current-buffer buf
(erase-buffer)
(pop-to-buffer buf)
(insert prompt "\n\n")
(let* ((columns (/ (window-width) 25))
(fill-column 21)
(times 0)
(start (point)))
(dolist (elem choices)
(goto-char start)
(unless (zerop times)
(if (zerop (mod times columns))
;; Go to the next "line".
(goto-char (setq start (point-max)))
;; Add padding.
(while (not (eobp))
(end-of-line)
(insert (make-string (max (- (* (mod times columns)
(+ fill-column 4))
(current-column))
0)
?\s))
(forward-line 1))))
(setq times (1+ times))
(let ((text
(with-temp-buffer
(insert (format
"%c: %s\n"
(car elem)
(cdr (assq (car elem) altered-names))))
(fill-region (point-min) (point-max))
(when (nth 2 elem)
(let ((start (point)))
(insert (nth 2 elem))
(unless (bolp)
(insert "\n"))
(fill-region start (point-max))))
(buffer-string))))
(goto-char start)
(dolist (line (split-string text "\n"))
(end-of-line)
(if (bolp)
(insert line "\n")
(insert line))
(forward-line 1))))))))))))
(when (buffer-live-p buf)
(kill-buffer buf))
(assq tchar choices)))
(provide 'rmc)
;;; rmc.el ends here