;;; rectangular-region-mode.el ;; Copyright (C) 2012 Magnar Sveen ;; Author: Magnar Sveen ;; Keywords: editing cursors ;; This program 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 3 of the License, or ;; (at your option) any later version. ;; This program 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 this program. If not, see . ;;; Commentary: ;; (global-set-key (kbd "H-SPC") 'set-rectangular-region-anchor) ;; Think of this one as `set-mark` except you're marking a rectangular region. It is ;; an exceedingly quick way of adding multiple cursors to multiple lines. ;;; Code: (require 'multiple-cursors-core) (defvar rrm/anchor (make-marker) "The position in the buffer that anchors the rectangular region.") (defvar rectangular-region-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap) "Keymap for rectangular region is mainly for rebinding C-g") (define-key rectangular-region-mode-map (kbd "C-g") 'rrm/keyboard-quit) (define-key rectangular-region-mode-map (kbd "") 'rrm/switch-to-multiple-cursors) (defvar rectangular-region-mode nil) (defun rrm/keyboard-quit () "Exit rectangular-region-mode." (interactive) (rectangular-region-mode 0) (rrm/remove-rectangular-region-overlays) (deactivate-mark)) ;; Bind this to a key (for instance H-SPC) to start rectangular-region-mode ;;;###autoload (defun set-rectangular-region-anchor () "Anchors the rectangular region at point. Think of this one as `set-mark' except you're marking a rectangular region. It is an exceedingly quick way of adding multiple cursors to multiple lines." (interactive) (set-marker rrm/anchor (point)) (push-mark (point)) (rectangular-region-mode 1)) (defun rrm/remove-rectangular-region-overlays () "Remove all rectangular-region overlays." (mc/remove-fake-cursors) (mapc #'(lambda (o) (when (eq (overlay-get o 'type) 'additional-region) (delete-overlay o))) (overlays-in (point-min) (point-max)))) (defun rrm/repaint () "Start from the anchor and draw a rectangle between it and point." (if (not rectangular-region-mode) (remove-hook 'post-command-hook 'rrm/repaint t) ;; else (rrm/remove-rectangular-region-overlays) (let* ((annoying-arrows-mode nil) (point-column (current-column)) (point-line (line-number-at-pos)) (anchor-column (save-excursion (goto-char rrm/anchor) (current-column))) (anchor-line (save-excursion (goto-char rrm/anchor) (line-number-at-pos))) (left-column (if (< point-column anchor-column) point-column anchor-column)) (right-column (if (> point-column anchor-column) point-column anchor-column)) (navigation-step (if (< point-line anchor-line) 1 -1))) (move-to-column anchor-column) (set-mark (point)) (move-to-column point-column) (mc/save-excursion (while (not (= anchor-line (line-number-at-pos))) (forward-line navigation-step) (move-to-column anchor-column) (when (= anchor-column (current-column)) (set-mark (point)) (move-to-column point-column) (when (= point-column (current-column)) (mc/create-fake-cursor-at-point)))))))) (defun rrm/switch-to-multiple-cursors (&rest forms) "Switch from rectangular-region-mode to multiple-cursors-mode." (interactive) (rectangular-region-mode 0) (multiple-cursors-mode 1)) (defadvice er/expand-region (before switch-from-rrm-to-mc activate) (when rectangular-region-mode (rrm/switch-to-multiple-cursors))) (defadvice kill-ring-save (before switch-from-rrm-to-mc activate) (when rectangular-region-mode (rrm/switch-to-multiple-cursors))) ;;;###autoload (define-minor-mode rectangular-region-mode "A mode for creating a rectangular region to edit" nil " rr" rectangular-region-mode-map (if rectangular-region-mode (progn (add-hook 'after-change-functions 'rrm/switch-to-multiple-cursors t t) (add-hook 'post-command-hook 'rrm/repaint t t)) (remove-hook 'after-change-functions 'rrm/switch-to-multiple-cursors t) (remove-hook 'post-command-hook 'rrm/repaint t) (set-marker rrm/anchor nil))) (provide 'rectangular-region-mode) ;;; rectangular-region-mode.el ends here