| 1 | ;;; bandali-utils.el --- useful utilities -*- lexical-binding: t; -*- |
| 2 | |
| 3 | ;; Copyright (C) 2020 Amin Bandali |
| 4 | |
| 5 | ;; Author: Amin Bandali <bandali@gnu.org> |
| 6 | ;; Keywords: lisp, tools |
| 7 | |
| 8 | ;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
| 9 | ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
| 10 | ;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or |
| 11 | ;; (at your option) any later version. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | ;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
| 14 | ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
| 15 | ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
| 16 | ;; GNU General Public License for more details. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
| 19 | ;; along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | ;;; Commentary: |
| 22 | |
| 23 | ;; A small collection of useful utilities used through my init files. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | ;;; Code: |
| 26 | |
| 27 | (defmacro b/setq-every (value &rest vars) |
| 28 | "Set all the variables from VARS to value VALUE." |
| 29 | (declare (indent defun) (debug t)) |
| 30 | `(progn ,@(mapcar (lambda (x) (list 'setq x value)) vars))) |
| 31 | |
| 32 | (defun b/start-process (program &rest args) |
| 33 | "Same as `start-process', but doesn't bother about name and buffer." |
| 34 | (let ((process-name (concat program "_process")) |
| 35 | (buffer-name (generate-new-buffer-name |
| 36 | (concat program "_output")))) |
| 37 | (apply #'start-process |
| 38 | process-name buffer-name program args))) |
| 39 | |
| 40 | (defun b/dired-start-process (program &optional args) |
| 41 | "Open current file with a PROGRAM." |
| 42 | ;; Shell command looks like this: "program [ARGS]... FILE" (ARGS can |
| 43 | ;; be nil, so remove it). |
| 44 | (declare-function dired-get-file-for-visit "dired") |
| 45 | (apply #'b/start-process |
| 46 | program |
| 47 | (remove nil (list args (dired-get-file-for-visit))))) |
| 48 | |
| 49 | (defun b/add-elisp-section () |
| 50 | (interactive) |
| 51 | (insert "\n") |
| 52 | (forward-line -1) |
| 53 | (insert "\n\f\n;;; ")) |
| 54 | |
| 55 | ;; (defvar b/fill-column 47 |
| 56 | ;; "My custom `fill-column'.") |
| 57 | |
| 58 | (defconst b/asterism "* * *") |
| 59 | |
| 60 | (defun b/insert-asterism () |
| 61 | "Insert a centred asterism." |
| 62 | (interactive) |
| 63 | (insert |
| 64 | (concat |
| 65 | "\n" |
| 66 | (make-string (floor (/ (- fill-column (length b/asterism)) 2)) |
| 67 | ?\s) |
| 68 | b/asterism |
| 69 | "\n"))) |
| 70 | |
| 71 | (defun b/no-mouse-autoselect-window () |
| 72 | "Conveniently disable `focus-follows-mouse'. |
| 73 | For disabling the behaviour for certain buffers and/or modes." |
| 74 | (make-local-variable 'mouse-autoselect-window) |
| 75 | (setq mouse-autoselect-window nil)) |
| 76 | |
| 77 | (defun b/kill-current-buffer () |
| 78 | "Kill the current buffer." |
| 79 | ;; also see https://redd.it/64xb3q |
| 80 | (interactive) |
| 81 | (kill-buffer (current-buffer))) |
| 82 | |
| 83 | (defun b/move-indentation-or-beginning-of-line (arg) |
| 84 | "Move to the indentation or to the beginning of line." |
| 85 | (interactive "^p") |
| 86 | ;; (if (bolp) |
| 87 | ;; (back-to-indentation) |
| 88 | ;; (move-beginning-of-line arg)) |
| 89 | (if (= (point) |
| 90 | (progn (back-to-indentation) |
| 91 | (point))) |
| 92 | (move-beginning-of-line arg))) |
| 93 | |
| 94 | (defun b/join-line-top () |
| 95 | "Like `join-line', but join next line to the current line." |
| 96 | (interactive) |
| 97 | (join-line 1)) |
| 98 | |
| 99 | (defun b/duplicate-line-or-region (&optional n) |
| 100 | "Duplicate the current line, or region (if active). |
| 101 | Make N (default: 1) copies of the current line or region." |
| 102 | (interactive "*p") |
| 103 | (let ((u-r-p (use-region-p)) ; if region is active |
| 104 | (n1 (or n 1))) |
| 105 | (save-excursion |
| 106 | (let ((text |
| 107 | (if u-r-p |
| 108 | (buffer-substring (region-beginning) (region-end)) |
| 109 | (prog1 (thing-at-point 'line) |
| 110 | (end-of-line) |
| 111 | (if (eobp) |
| 112 | (newline) |
| 113 | (forward-line 1)))))) |
| 114 | (dotimes (_ (abs n1)) |
| 115 | (insert text)))))) |
| 116 | |
| 117 | (provide 'bandali-utils) |
| 118 | ;;; bandali-utils.el ends here |