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;;;; ask.jl -- Boolean prompting
;;; Copyright (C) 1993, 1994 John Harper <jsh@ukc.ac.uk>
;;; This file is part of Jade.
;;; Jade 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.
;;; Jade 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 Jade; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
;;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
(defun ask-yes-or-no (question-str)
"(ask-yes-or-no QUESTION)
Prompts the user for a yes or no answer to QUESTION, returns t for yes."
(let*
((answer (prompt (concat question-str " (yes or no) "))))
(string= "yes" answer)))
(setq y-or-n-keymap (make-keylist))
(bind-keys y-or-n-keymap
"n" '(throw 'ask nil)
"y" '(throw 'ask t))
(defun ask-y-or-n (question-str)
"(ask-y-or-n QUESTION)
Prompts the user for a single keypress response, either `y' or `n' to the
string QUESTION, returns t for `y'."
(let*
(answer
(old-u-k-h unbound-key-hook)
(old-k-p keymap-path)
(title-string (concat question-str " (y or n)")))
(setq unbound-key-hook
(cons #'(lambda () (beep) (title title-string) t) nil))
(setq keymap-path '(y-or-n-keymap))
(title title-string)
(setq answer (catch 'ask (recursive-edit)))
(setq keymap-path old-k-p)
(setq unbound-key-hook old-u-k-h)
answer))