emacs/lisp/mb-depth.el

;;; mb-depth.el --- Indicate minibuffer-depth in prompt
;;
;; Copyright (C) 2006-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;;
;; Author: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
;; Keywords: convenience

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;;; Commentary:
;;
;; Defines the minor mode `minibuffer-depth-indicate-mode'.
;;
;; When active, any recursive use of the minibuffer will show
;; the recursion depth in the minibuffer prompt.  This is only
;; useful if `enable-recursive-minibuffers' is non-nil.

;;; Code:

(defvar minibuffer-depth-indicator-function nil
  "If non-nil, function to set up the minibuffer depth indicator.
It is called with one argument, the minibuffer depth,
and must return a string.")

;; An overlay covering the prompt.  This is a buffer-local variable in
;; each affected minibuffer.
;;
(defvar minibuffer-depth-overlay)
(make-variable-buffer-local 'minibuffer-depth-overlay)

;; This function goes on minibuffer-setup-hook
(defun minibuffer-depth-setup ()
  "Set up a minibuffer for `minibuffer-depth-indicate-mode'.
The prompt should already have been inserted."
  (when (> (minibuffer-depth) 1)
    (setq minibuffer-depth-overlay (make-overlay (point-min) (1+ (point-min))))
    (overlay-put minibuffer-depth-overlay 'before-string
		 (if minibuffer-depth-indicator-function
		     (funcall minibuffer-depth-indicator-function (minibuffer-depth))
		   (propertize (format "[%d]" (minibuffer-depth)) 'face 'highlight)))
    (overlay-put minibuffer-depth-overlay 'evaporate t)))

;;;###autoload
(define-minor-mode minibuffer-depth-indicate-mode
  "Toggle Minibuffer Depth Indication mode.
With a prefix argument ARG, enable Minibuffer Depth Indication
mode if ARG is positive, and disable it otherwise.  If called
from Lisp, enable the mode if ARG is omitted or nil.

Minibuffer Depth Indication mode is a global minor mode.  When
enabled, any recursive use of the minibuffer will show the
recursion depth in the minibuffer prompt.  This is only useful if
`enable-recursive-minibuffers' is non-nil."
  :global t
  :group 'minibuffer
  (if minibuffer-depth-indicate-mode
      ;; Enable the mode
      (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'minibuffer-depth-setup)
    ;; Disable the mode
    (remove-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'minibuffer-depth-setup)))

(provide 'mb-depth)

;;; mb-depth.el ends here