emacs/lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el

;;; paragraphs.el --- paragraph and sentence parsing.

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;; Keywords: wp

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;;; Code:

(defconst paragraph-start "^[ \t\n\f]" "\
*Regexp for beginning of a line that starts OR separates paragraphs.")

(defconst paragraph-separate "^[ \t\f]*$" "\
*Regexp for beginning of a line that separates paragraphs.
If you change this, you may have to change paragraph-start also.")

(defconst sentence-end (purecopy "[.?!][]\"')}]*\\($\\| $\\|\t\\|  \\)[ \t\n]*") "\
*Regexp describing the end of a sentence.
All paragraph boundaries also end sentences, regardless.")

(defconst page-delimiter "^\014" "\
*Regexp describing line-beginnings that separate pages.")

(defvar paragraph-ignore-fill-prefix nil "\
Non-nil means the paragraph commands are not affected by `fill-prefix'.
This is desirable in modes where blank lines are the paragraph delimiters.")


(defun forward-paragraph (&optional arg)
  "Move forward to end of paragraph.
With arg N, do it N times; negative arg -N means move forward N paragraphs.

A line which `paragraph-start' matches either separates paragraphs
\(if `paragraph-separate' matches it also) or is the first line of a paragraph.
A paragraph end is the beginning of a line which is not part of the paragraph
to which the end of the previous line belongs, or the end of the buffer."
  (interactive "p")
  (or arg (setq arg 1))
  (let* ((fill-prefix-regexp
	  (and fill-prefix (not (equal fill-prefix ""))
	       (not paragraph-ignore-fill-prefix)
	       (regexp-quote fill-prefix)))
	 (paragraph-separate
	  (if fill-prefix-regexp
	      (concat paragraph-separate "\\|^"
		      fill-prefix-regexp "[ \t]*$")
	    paragraph-separate)))
    (while (< arg 0)
      (if (and (not (looking-at paragraph-separate))
	       (re-search-backward "^\n" (max (1- (point)) (point-min)) t))
	  nil
	(forward-char -1) (beginning-of-line)
	(while (and (not (bobp)) (looking-at paragraph-separate))
	  (forward-line -1))
	(end-of-line)
	;; Search back for line that starts or separates paragraphs.
	(if (if fill-prefix-regexp
		;; There is a fill prefix; it overrides paragraph-start.
		(progn
		 (while (progn (beginning-of-line)
			       (and (not (bobp))
				    (not (looking-at paragraph-separate))
				    (looking-at fill-prefix-regexp)))
		   (forward-line -1))
		 (not (bobp)))
	      (re-search-backward paragraph-start nil t))
	    ;; Found one.
	    (progn
	      (while (and (not (eobp)) (looking-at paragraph-separate))
		(forward-line 1))
	      (if (eq (char-after (- (point) 2)) ?\n)
		  (forward-line -1)))
	  ;; No starter or separator line => use buffer beg.
	  (goto-char (point-min))))
      (setq arg (1+ arg)))
    (while (> arg 0)
      (beginning-of-line)
      (while (prog1 (and (not (eobp))
			 (looking-at paragraph-separate))
		    (forward-line 1)))
      (if fill-prefix-regexp
	  ;; There is a fill prefix; it overrides paragraph-start.
	  (while (and (not (eobp))
		      (not (looking-at paragraph-separate))
		      (looking-at fill-prefix-regexp))
	    (forward-line 1))
	(if (re-search-forward paragraph-start nil t)
	    (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
	  (goto-char (point-max))))
      (setq arg (1- arg)))))

(defun backward-paragraph (&optional arg)
  "Move backward to start of paragraph.
With arg N, do it N times; negative arg -N means move forward N paragraphs.

A paragraph start is the beginning of a line which is a
`first-line-of-paragraph' or which is ordinary text and follows a
paragraph-separating line; except: if the first real line of a
paragraph is preceded by a blank line, the paragraph starts at that
blank line.

See `forward-paragraph' for more information."
  (interactive "p")
  (or arg (setq arg 1))
  (forward-paragraph (- arg)))

(defun mark-paragraph ()
  "Put point at beginning of this paragraph, mark at end.
The paragraph marked is the one that contains point or follows point."
  (interactive)
  (forward-paragraph 1)
  (push-mark nil t)
  (backward-paragraph 1))

(defun kill-paragraph (arg)
  "Kill forward to end of paragraph.
With arg N, kill forward to Nth end of paragraph;
negative arg -N means kill backward to Nth start of paragraph."
  (interactive "p")
  (kill-region (point) (save-excursion (forward-paragraph arg) (point))))

(defun backward-kill-paragraph (arg)
  "Kill back to start of paragraph.
With arg N, kill back to Nth start of paragraph;
negative arg -N means kill forward to Nth end of paragraph."
  (interactive "p")
  (kill-region (point) (save-excursion (backward-paragraph arg) (point))))

(defun transpose-paragraphs (arg)
  "Interchange this (or next) paragraph with previous one."
  (interactive "*p")
  (transpose-subr 'forward-paragraph arg))

(defun start-of-paragraph-text ()
  (let ((opoint (point)) npoint)
    (forward-paragraph -1)
    (setq npoint (point))
    (skip-chars-forward " \t\n")
    ;; If the range of blank lines found spans the original start point,
    ;; try again from the beginning of it.
    ;; Must be careful to avoid infinite loop
    ;; when following a single return at start of buffer.
    (if (and (>= (point) opoint) (< npoint opoint))
	(progn
	  (goto-char npoint)
	  (if (> npoint (point-min))
	      (start-of-paragraph-text))))))

(defun end-of-paragraph-text ()
  (let ((opoint (point)))
    (forward-paragraph 1)
    (if (eq (preceding-char) ?\n) (forward-char -1))
    (if (<= (point) opoint)
	(progn
	  (forward-char 1)
	  (if (< (point) (point-max))
	      (end-of-paragraph-text))))))

(defun forward-sentence (&optional arg)
  "Move forward to next`sentence-end'.  With argument, repeat.
With negative argument, move backward repeatedly to `sentence-beginning'.

The variable `sentence-end' is a regular expression that matches ends of
sentences.  Also, every paragraph boundary terminates sentences as well."
  (interactive "p")
  (or arg (setq arg 1))
  (while (< arg 0)
    (let ((par-beg (save-excursion (start-of-paragraph-text) (point))))
      (if (re-search-backward (concat sentence-end "[^ \t\n]") par-beg t)
	  (goto-char (1- (match-end 0)))
	(goto-char par-beg)))
    (setq arg (1+ arg)))
  (while (> arg 0)
    (let ((par-end (save-excursion (end-of-paragraph-text) (point))))
      (if (re-search-forward sentence-end par-end t)
	  (skip-chars-backward " \t\n")
	(goto-char par-end)))
    (setq arg (1- arg))))

(defun backward-sentence (&optional arg)
  "Move backward to start of sentence.  With arg, do it arg times.
See `forward-sentence' for more information."
  (interactive "p")
  (or arg (setq arg 1))
  (forward-sentence (- arg)))

(defun kill-sentence (&optional arg)
  "Kill from point to end of sentence.
With arg, repeat; negative arg -N means kill back to Nth start of sentence."
  (interactive "*p")
  (kill-region (point) (save-excursion (forward-sentence arg) (point))))

(defun backward-kill-sentence (&optional arg)
  "Kill back from point to start of sentence.
With arg, repeat, or kill forward to Nth end of sentence if negative arg -N."
  (interactive "*p")
  (kill-region (point) (save-excursion (backward-sentence arg) (point))))

(defun mark-end-of-sentence (arg)
  "Put mark at end of sentence.  Arg works as in `forward-sentence'."
  (interactive "p")
  (push-mark
    (save-excursion
      (forward-sentence arg)
      (point))))

(defun transpose-sentences (arg)
  "Interchange this (next) and previous sentence."
  (interactive "*p")
  (transpose-subr 'forward-sentence arg))

;;; paragraphs.el ends here