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- ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986 Free Software Foundation, inc.
-
- ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
-
- ;; GNU Emacs 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 1, or (at your option)
- ;; any later version.
-
- ;; GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
- ;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
-
- ;; This file is autloaded to handle certain conditions
- ;; detected by the file-locking code within Emacs.
- ;; The two entry points are `ask-user-about-lock' and
- ;; `ask-user-about-supersession-threat'.
-
-
- (put 'file-locked 'error-conditions '(file-locked file-error error))
-
- (defun ask-user-about-lock (fn opponent)
- "Ask user what to do when he wants to edit FILE but it is locked by USER.
- This function has a choice of three things to do:
- do (signal 'buffer-file-locked (list FILE USER))
- to refrain from editing the file
- return t (grab the lock on the file)
- return nil (edit the file even though it is locked).
- You can rewrite it to use any criterion you like to choose which one to do."
- (discard-input)
- (save-window-excursion
- (let (answer)
- (while (null answer)
- (message "%s is locking %s: action (s, q, p, ?)? " opponent fn)
- (let ((tem (let ((inhibit-quit t)
- (cursor-in-echo-area t))
- (prog1 (downcase (read-char))
- (setq quit-flag nil)))))
- (if (= tem help-char)
- (ask-user-about-lock-help)
- (setq answer (assoc tem '((?s . t)
- (?q . yield)
- (?\C-g . yield)
- (?p . nil)
- (?? . help))))
- (cond ((null answer)
- (beep)
- (message "Please type q, s, or p; or ? for help")
- (sit-for 3))
- ((eq (cdr answer) 'help)
- (ask-user-about-lock-help)
- (setq answer nil))
- ((eq (cdr answer) 'yield)
- (signal 'file-locked (list "File is locked" fn opponent)))))))
- (cdr answer))))
-
- (defun ask-user-about-lock-help ()
- (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
- (princ "It has been detected that you want to modify a file that someone else has
- already started modifying in EMACS.
-
- You can <s>teal the file; The other user becomes the
- intruder if (s)he ever unmodifies the file and then changes it again.
- You can <p>roceed; you edit at your own (and the other user's) risk.
- You can <q>uit; don't modify this file.")))
-
- (put
- 'file-supersession 'error-conditions '(file-supersession file-error error))
-
- (defun ask-user-about-supersession-threat (fn)
- "Ask a user who is about to modify an obsolete buffer what to do.
- This function has two choices: it can return, in which case the modification
- of the buffer will proceed, or it can (signal 'file-supersession (file)),
- in which case the proposed buffer modification will not be made.
- You can rewrite this to use any criterion you like to choose which one to do."
- (discard-input)
- (save-window-excursion
- (let (answer)
- (while (null answer)
- (message "File has changed on disk; really want to edit the buffer? (y, n or C-h) ")
- (let ((tem (downcase (let ((cursor-in-echo-area t))
- (read-char)))))
- (setq answer
- (if (= tem help-char)
- 'help
- (cdr (assoc tem '((?n . yield)
- (?\C-g . yield)
- (?y . proceed)
- (?? . help))))))
- (cond ((null answer)
- (beep)
- (message "Please type y or n; or ? for help")
- (sit-for 3))
- ((eq answer 'help)
- (ask-user-about-supersession-help)
- (setq answer nil))
- ((eq answer 'yield)
- (signal 'file-supersession
- (list "File changed on disk" fn))))))
- (message
- "File on disk now will become a backup file if you save these changes.")
- (setq buffer-backed-up nil))))
-
- (defun ask-user-about-supersession-help ()
- (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
- (princ "You want to modify a buffer whose disk file has changed
- since you last read it in or saved it with this buffer.
-
- If you say `y' to go ahead and modify this buffer,
- you risk ruining the work of whoever rewrote the file.
- If you say `n', the change you started to make will be aborted.
-
- You might consider answering `n', running `M-x revert-buffer' to
- bring the text in Emacs into accord with what is on disk, and then
- making the change again.")))
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