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.Lc The\ LISP\ Editor 16
.sh 2 The\ Editors 16
It is quite possible to use VI, Emacs or other standard editors to edit your
lisp programs, and many people do just that.
However there is a lisp
structure editor which is particularly good for the editing
of lisp programs, and operates in a rather different fashion, namely
within a lisp environment.
application. It
is handy to know how to use it for fixing problems without exiting
from the lisp system (e.g. from the debugger
so you can continue to execute rather than having to start over.) The
editor is not quite like the top-level and debugger, in that it expects
you to type editor commands to it. It will not evaluate whatever you
happen to type. (There is an editor command to evaluate things, though.)
The editor is available (assuming your system is set up correctly with
a lisp library) by typing (load 'cmufncs) and (load 'cmuedit).
The most frequent use of the editor is to change function
definitions by starting the editor with one of the commands described in
section 16.14. (see \fIeditf\fP), values (\fIeditv\fP), properties
(\fIeditp\fP), and expressions (\fIedite\fP). The beginner is
advised to start with the following (very basic) commands: \fIok,
undo, p, #\fP, under which are explained two different basic commands
which start with numbers, and f.
This documentation, and the editor, were imported from PDP-10 CMULisp
by Don Cohen. PDP-10 CMULisp is based on UCILisp, and the editor
itself was derived from an early version of Interlisp. Lars
Ericson, the author of this section,
has provided this very concise summary.
Tutorial examples and implementation details
may be found in the Interlisp Reference Manual,
where a similar editor is described.
.sh 2 Scope\ of\ Attention
Attention-changing commands allow you to look at a different
part of a Lisp expression you are editing.
The sub-structure upon which the editor's attention is
centered is called "the current expression". Changing the
current expression means shifting attention and not actually modifying
any structure.
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\fISCOPE OF ATTENTION COMMAND SUMMARY\fP
\fIn (n>0) \fP. Makes the nth element of the current expression be the
new current expression.
\fI-n (n>0)\fP. Makes the nth element from the end of the current
expression be the new current expression.
\fI0\fP. Makes the next higher expression be the new correct
expression. If the intention is to go back to the next higher left
parenthesis, use the command !0.
\fIup\ \fP. If a p command would cause the editor to
type ... before typing the current expression, (the current
expression is a tail of the next higher expression) then has no effect;
else, up makes the old current expression the first element in the new
current expression.
\fI!0 \fP. Goes back to the next higher left parenthesis.
\fI^\ \fP.
Makes the top level expression be the current expression.
\fInx\ \fP.
Makes the current expression be the next expression.
\fI(nx n)\fP equivalent to n nx commands.
\fI!nx \fP. Makes current expression be the next
expression at a higher level. Goes through any number of right
parentheses to get to the next expression.
\fI bk\ \fP.
Makes the current expression be the previous expression in the next
higher expression.
\fI(nth n) n>0 \fP. Makes the list starting with
the nth element of the current expression be the current expression.
\fI(nth $) - generalized nth command.\fP nth locates $, and then backs
up to the current level, where the new current expression is the tail
whose first element contains, however deeply, the expression that was
the terminus of the location operation.
\fI:: \fP. (pattern :: . $) e.g., (cond ::
return). finds a cond that contains a return, at any depth.
\fI(below com x) \fP. The below command is useful for
locating a substructure by specifying something it contains. (below
cond) will cause the cond clause containing the current expression to
become the new current expression. Suppose you are editing a list
of lists, and want to find a sublist that contains a foo (at any
depth). Then simply executes f foo (below \).
\fI(nex x) \fP. same as \fI(below x)\fP followed by
nx. For example, if you are deep inside of a selectq clause, you
can advance to the next clause with \fI(nex selectq)\fP.
\fInex\fP. The atomic form of \fInex\fP is useful
if you will be performing repeated executions of \fI(nex x)\fP. By
simply marking the chain corresponding to x, you can use \fInex\fP to step
through the sublists.
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.sh 2 Pattern\ Matching\ Commands
Many editor commands that search take patterns.
A pattern \fIpat\fP matches with x if:
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\fIPATTERN SPECIFICATION SUMMARY\fP
- \fIpat\fP is \fIeq\fP to x.
- \fIpat\fP is &.
- \fIpat\fP is a number and equal to x.
- if (car \fIpat\fP) is the atom *any*, (cdr \fIpat\fP) is a list of patterns, and
\fIpat\fP matches x if and only if one of the patterns on (cdr \fIpat\fP) matches x.
- if \fIpat\fP is a literal atom or string, and (nthchar \fIpat\fP -1) is @, then
\fIpat\fP matches with any literal atom or string which has the same initial
characters as \fIpat\fP, e.g. ver@ matches with verylongatom, as well as
"verylongstring".
- if (car \fIpat\fP) is the atom --, \fIpat\fP matches x if (a) (cdr \fIpat\fP)=nil, i.e.
\fIpat\fP=(--), e.g., (a --) matches (a) (a b c) and (a . b) in other words,
-- can match any tail of a list. (b) (cdr \fIpat\fP) matches with some tail
of x, e.g. (a -- (&)) will match with (a b c (d)), but not (a b c d),
or (a b c (d) e). however, note that (a -- (&) --) will match with (a b
c (d) e). in other words, -- will match any interior segment of a list.
- if (car \fIpat\fP) is the atom ==, \fIpat\fP matches x if and only if (cdr \fIpat\fP)
is \fIeq\fP to x. (this pattern is for use by programs that call the editor
as a subroutine, since any non-atomic expression in a command typed in
by the user obviously cannot be \fIeq\fP to existing structure.)
- otherwise if x is a list, \fIpat\fP matches x if (car \fIpat\fP) matches (car
x), and (cdr \fIpat\fP) matches (cdr x).
- when searching, the pattern matching routine is called only to match
with elements in the structure, unless the pattern begins with :::, in
which case cdr of the pattern is matched against tails in the
structure. (in this case, the tail does not have to be a proper tail,
e.g. (::: a --) will match with the element (a b c) as well as with cdr
of (x a b c), since (a b c) is a tail of (a b c).)
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.sh 3 Commands\ That\ Search
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\fISEARCH COMMAND SUMMARY\fP
\fIf pattern \fP. f informs the editor that the next
command is to be interpreted as a pattern. If no pattern is given on
the same line as the f then the last pattern is used. f pattern means
find the next instance of pattern.
\fI(f pattern n)\fP. Finds the next instance of pattern.
\fI(f pattern t)\fP. similar to f pattern, except, for example, if the
current expression is (cond ..), f cond will look for the next cond,
but (f cond t) will 'stay here'.
\fI(f pattern n) n>0\fP. Finds the nth place that pattern matches.
If the current expression is (foo1 foo2 foo3), (f f00@ 3) will find foo3.
\fI(f pattern) or (f pattern nil)\fP. only matches with elements at
the top level of the current expression. If the current expression is
\fI(prog nil (setq x (cond & &)) (cond &) ...)\fP f (cond --) will find
the cond inside the setq, whereas (f (cond --)) will find the top level
cond, i.e., the second one.
\fI(second . $) \fP.
same as (lc . $) followed by another (lc . $) except that if the
first succeeds and second fails, no change is made to the edit chain.
\fI(third . $) \fP. Similar to second.
\fI(fs pattern1 ... patternn) \fP.
equivalent to f pattern1 followed by f pattern2 ... followed by f
pattern n, so that if f pattern m fails, edit chain is left at place
pattern m-1 matched.
\fI(f= expression x) \fP. Searches for a structure eq
to expression.
\fI(orf pattern1 ... patternn) \fP. Searches for an
expression that is matched by either pattern1 or ... patternn.
\fIbf pattern \fP. backwards find. If the current
expression is \fI(prog nil (setq x (setq y (list z))) (cond ((setq w
--) --)) --)\fP f list followed by bf setq will leave the current
expression as (setq y (list z)), as will f cond followed by bf setq
\fI(bf pattern t)\fP. backwards find. Search always includes current
expression, i.e., starts at end of current expression and works
backward, then ascends and backs up, etc.
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.sh 4 Location\ Specifications
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Many editor commands use a
method of specifying position called a location specification. The
meta-symbol $ is used to denote a location specification. $ is a
list of commands interpreted as described above. $ can also be atomic,
in which case it is interpreted as (list $). a location specification
is a list of edit commands that are executed in the normal fashion with
two exceptions. first, all commands not recognized by the editor are
interpreted as though they had been preceded by f.
The location specification
(cond 2 3) specifies the 3rd element in the first clause of the next
cond.
the if command and the ## function provide a way of using in location
specifications arbitrary predicates applied to elements in the current
expression.
In insert, delete, replace and change, if $ is nil (empty), the
corresponding operation is performed on the current edit chain, i.e.
(replace with (car x)) is equivalent to (:(car x)). for added
readability, here is also permitted, e.g., (insert (print x) before
here) will insert (print x) before the current expression (but not
change the edit chain). It is perfectly legal to ascend to insert,
replace, or delete. for example (insert (\fIreturn\fP) after ^ prog
-1) will go to the top, find the first prog, and insert a
(\fIreturn\fP) at its end, and not change the current edit chain.
The a, b, and : commands all make special checks in e1 thru em for
expressions of the form (## . coms). In this case, the expression used
for inserting or replacing is a copy of the current expression after
executing coms, a list of edit commands. (insert (## f cond -1 -1)
after3) will make a copy of the last form in the last clause of the
next cond, and insert it after the third element of the current
expression.
\fI$\fP. In descriptions of the editor, the meta-symbol $ is used to
denote a location specification. $ is a list of commands interpreted
as described above. $ can also be atomic.
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\fILOCATION COMMAND SUMMARY\fP
\fI(lc . $) \fP.
Provides a way of explicitly invoking the location operation.
(lc cond 2 3) will perform search.
\fI(lcl . $) \fP. Same as lc except search is confined
to current expression. To find a cond containing a \fIreturn\fP, one
might use the location specification (cond (lcl \fIreturn\fP) \) where
the \ would reverse the effects of the lcl command, and make the final
current expression be the cond.
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.sh 3 The\ Edit\ Chain
The edit-chain is a list of which the first element is the the one you
are now editing ("current expression"), the next element is what would
become the current expression if you were to do a 0, etc., until the
last element which is the expression that was passed to the editor.
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\fIEDIT CHAIN COMMAND SUMMARY\fP
\fImark \fP.
Adds the current edit chain to the front of the list marklst.
\fI_ \fP.
Makes the new edit chain be (car marklst).
\fI(_ pattern) \fP. Ascends the edit chain looking for
a link which matches pattern. for example:
\fI__ \fP.
Similar to _ but also erases the mark.
\fI\\ \fP. Makes the edit chain be the value of unfind.
unfind is set to the current edit chain by each command that makes a
"big jump", i.e., a command that usually performs more than a single
ascent or descent, namely ^, _, __, !nx, all commands that involve a
search, e.g., f, lc, ::, below, et al and \ and \p themselves. if
the user types f cond, and then f car, \ would take him back to the
cond. another \ would take him back to the car, etc.
\fI\\p \fP. Restores the edit chain to its state as of
the last print operation. If the edit chain has not changed since the
last printing, \\p restores it to its state as of the printing before
that one. If the user types p followed by 3 2 1 p, \\p will return to
the first p, i.e., would be equivalent to 0 0 0. Another \\p would
then take him back to the second p.
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.sh 2 Printing\ Commands
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\fIPRINTING COMMAND SUMMARY\fP
\fIp \fP Prints current expression in abbreviated
form. (p m) prints mth element of current expression in abbreviated
form. (p m n) prints mth element of current expression as though
printlev were given a depth of n. (p 0 n) prints current expression as
though printlev were given a depth of n. (p cond 3) will work.
\fI? \fP. prints the current expression as though
printlev were given a depth of 100.
\fIpp \fP. pretty-prints the current expression.
\fIpp*\fP. is like pp, but forces comments to be shown.
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.sh 2 Structure\ Modification\ Commands
All structure modification commands are undoable. See \fIundo\fP.
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\fISTRUCTURE MODIFICATION COMMAND SUMMARY\fP
\fI# [editor commands]\fP (n) n>1 deletes the
corresponding element from the current expression.
\fI(n e1 ... em) n,m>1\fP replaces the nth element in the current
expression with e1 ... em.
\fI(-n e1 ... em) n,m>1\fP inserts e1 ... em before the n element in the
current expression.
\fI(n e1 ... em)\fP (the letter "n" for "next" or "nconc", not a number)
m>1 attaches e1 ... em at the end of the current expression.
\fI(a e1 ... em) \fP. inserts e1 ... em after the
current expression (or after its first element if it is a tail).
\fI(b e1 ... em) \fP. inserts e1 ... em before the
current expression. to insert foo before the last element in the
current expression, perform -1 and then (b foo).
\fI(: e1 ... em) \fP. replaces the current expression
by e1 ... em. If the current expression is a tail then replace its
first element.
\fIdelete or (:) \fP. deletes the current expression,
or if the current expression is a tail, deletes its first element.
\fI(delete . $)\fP. does a (lc . $) followed by delete. current edit
chain is not changed.
\fI(insert e1 ... em before . $) \fP. similar to (lc.
$) followed by (b e1 ... em).
\fI(insert e1 ... em after . $)\fP. similar to insert before except
uses a instead of b.
\fI(insert e1 ... em for . $)\fP. similar to insert before except
uses : for b.
\fI(replace $ with e1 ... em) \fP. here $ is the
segment of the command between replace and with.
\fI(change $ to e1 ... em) \fP. same as replace with.
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.sh 2 Extraction\ and\ Embedding\ Commands
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\fIEXTRACTION AND EMBEDDING COMMAND SUMMARY\fP
\fI(xtr . $) \fP. replaces the original current
expression with the expression that is current after performing (lcl . $).
\fI(mbd x) \fP. x is a list, substitutes the current
expression for all instances of the atom * in x, and replaces the
current expression with the result of that substitution. (mbd x) : x
atomic, same as (mbd (x *)).
\fI(extract $1 from $2) \fP. extract is an editor
command which replaces the current expression with one of its
subexpressions (from any depth). ($1 is the segment between extract
and from.) example: if the current expression is (print (cond
((null x) y) (t z))) then following (extract y from cond), the current
expression will be (print y). (extract 2 -1 from cond), (extract y
from 2), (extract 2 -1 from 2) will all produce the same result.
\fI(embed $ in . x) \fP. embed replaces the current
expression with a new expression which contains it as a subexpression.
($ is the segment between embed and in.) example: (embed print in
setq x), (embed 3 2 in \fIreturn\fP), (embed cond 3 1 in (or * (null x))).
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.sh 2 Move\ and\ Copy\ Commands
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\fIMOVE AND COPY COMMAND SUMMARY\fP
\fI(move $1 to com . $2) \fP. ($1 is the segment
between move and to.) where com is before, after, or the name of a
list command, e.g., :, n, etc. If $2 is nil, or (here), the current
position specifies where the operation is to take place. If $1 is nil,
the move command allows the user to specify some place the current
expression is to be moved to. if the current expression is (a b d c),
(move 2 to after 4) will make the new current expression be (a c d b).
\fI(mv com . $) \fP. is the same as (move here to com . $).
\fI(copy $1 to com . $2)\fP is like move except that the source
expression is not deleted.
\fI(cp com . $)\fP. is like mv except that the source expression is
not deleted.
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.sh 2 Parentheses\ Moving\ Commands
The commands presented in this section permit modification of the
list structure itself, as opposed to modifying components thereof.
their effect can be described as inserting or removing a single left or
right parenthesis, or pair of left and right parentheses.
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\fIPARENTHESES MOVING COMMAND SUMMARY\fP
\fI(bi n m) \fP. both in. inserts parentheses before
the nth element and after the mth element in the current expression.
example: if the current expression is (a b (c d e) f g), then (bi 2 4)
will modify it to be (a (b (c d e) f) g). (bi n) : same as (bi n n).
example: if the current expression is (a b (c d e) f g), then (bi -2)
will modify it to be (a b (c d e) (f) g).
\fI(bo n) \fP. both out. removes both parentheses
from the nth element. example: if the current expression is (a b (c d
e) f g), then (bo d) will modify it to be (a b c d e f g).
\fI(li n) \fP. left in. inserts a left parenthesis
before the nth element (and a matching right parenthesis at the end of
the current expression). example: if the current expression is (a b
(c d e) f g), then (li 2) will modify it to be (a (b (c d e) f g)).
\fI(lo n) \fP. left out. removes a left
parenthesis from the nth element. all elements following the nth
element are deleted. example: if the current expression is (a b (c d
e) f g), then (lo 3) will modify it to be (a b c d e).
\fI(ri n m) \fP. right in. move the right
parenthesis at the end of the nth element in to after the mth element.
inserts a right parenthesis after the mth element of the nth
element. The rest of the nth element is brought up to the level of
the current expression. example: if the current expression is (a (b
c d e) f g), (ri 2 2) will modify it to be (a (b c) d e f g).
\fI(ro n) \fP. right out. move the right parenthesis
at the end of the nth element out to the end of the current
expression. removes the right parenthesis from the nth element, moving
it to the end of the current expression. all elements following the
nth element are moved inside of the nth element. example: if the
current expression is (a b (c d e) f g), (ro 3) will modify it to
be (a b (c d e f g)).
\fI(r x y) \fP replaces all instances of x by y in
the current expression, e.g., (r caadr cadar). x can be the
s-expression (or atom) to be substituted for, or can be a pattern which
specifies that s-expression (or atom).
\fI(sw n m) \fP switches the nth and mth elements of
the current expression. for example, if the current expression is
(list (cons (car x) (car y)) (cons (cdr y))), (sw 2 3) will modify
it to be (list (cons (cdr x) (cdr y)) (cons (car x) (car y))). (sw
car cdr) would produce the same result.
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.sh 3 Using\ to\ and\ thru
to, thru, extract, embed, delete, replace, and move can be made to
operate on several contiguous elements, i.e., a segment of a list, by
using the to or thru command in their respective location
specifications. thru and to are intended to be used in conjunction
with extract, embed, delete, replace, and move. to and thru can also
be used directly with xtr (which takes after a location specification),
as in (xtr (2 thru 4)) (from the current expression).
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\fITO AND THRU COMMAND SUMMARY\fP
\fI($1 to $2) \fP. same as thru except last element
not included.
\fI($1 to)\fP. same as ($1 thru -1)
\fI($1 thru $2) \fP. If the current expression is (a
(b (c d) (e) (f g h) i) j k), following (c thru g), the current
expression will be ((c d) (e) (f g h)). If both $1 and $2 are numbers,
and $2 is greater than $1, then $2 counts from the beginning of the
current expression, the same as $1. in other words, if the current
expression is (a b c d e f g), (3 thru 4) means (c thru d), not (c thru
f). in this case, the corresponding bi command is (bi 1 $2-$1+1).
\fI($1 thru)\fP. same as \fI($1 thru -1)\fP.
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.sh 2 Undoing\ Commands
each command that causes structure modification automatically adds an
entry to the front of undolst containing the information required to
restore all pointers that were changed by the command. The undo
command undoes the last, i.e., most recent such command.
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\fIUNDO COMMAND SUMMARY\fP
\fIundo \fP. the undo command undoes most recent, structure
modification command that has not yet been undone, and prints the name
of that command, e.g., mbd undone. The edit chain is then exactly what
it was before the 'undone' command had been performed.
\fI!undo \fP. undoes all modifications performed during this editing
session, i.e., this call to the editor.
\fIunblock \fP. removes an undo-block. If executed at a non-blocked
state, i.e., if undo or !undo could operate, types not blocked.
\fItest \fP. adds an undo-block at the front of undolst. note that
test together with !undo provide a 'tentative' mode for editing,
i.e., the user can perform a number of changes, and then undo all of
them with a single !undo command.
\fIundolst [value]\fP. each editor command that causes structure
modification automatically adds an entry to the front of undolst
containing the information required to restore all pointers that were
changed by the command.
\fI?? \fP prints the entries on undolst. The entries are listed most
recent entry first.
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.sh 2 \Commands\ that\ Evaluate
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\fIEVALUATION COMMAND SUMMARY\fP
\fIe \fP. only when typed in, (i.e., (insert d before e) will treat
e as a pattern) causes the editor to call the lisp interpreter
giving it the next input as argument.
\fI(e x)\fP evaluates x, and prints the result. (e x t) same as (e
x) but does not print.
\fI(i c x1 ... xn) \fP same as (c y1 ... yn) where yi=(eval xi).
example: (i 3 (cdr foo)) will replace the 3rd element of the current
expression with the cdr of the value of foo. (i n foo (car fie)) will
attach the value of foo and car of the value of fie to the end of the
current expression. (i f= foo t) will search for an expression eq to
the value of foo. If c is not an atom, it is evaluated as well.
\fI(coms x1 ... xn) \fP. each xi is evaluated and its value executed
as a command. The i command is not very convenient for computing an
entire edit command for execution, since it computes the command name
and its arguments separately. also, the i command cannot be used to
compute an atomic command. The coms and comsq commands provide
more general ways of computing commands. (coms (cond (x (list 1 x))))
will replace the first element of the current expression with the value
of x if non-nil, otherwise do nothing. (nil as a command is a nop.)
\fI(comsq com1 ... comn) \fP. executes com1 ... comn. comsq is mainly
useful in conjunction with the coms command. for example, suppose
the user wishes to compute an entire list of commands for evaluation,
as opposed to computing each command one at a time as does the coms
command. he would then write (coms (cons (quote comsq) x)) where x
computed the list of commands, e.g., (coms (cons (quote comsq)
(get foo (quote commands))))
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.sh 2 Commands\ that\ Test
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\fITESTING COMMAND SUMMARY\fP
\fI(if x) \fP generates an error unless the value of (eval x) is
non-nil, i.e., if (eval x) causes an error or (eval x)=nil, if will
cause an error. (if x coms1 coms2) if (eval x) is non-nil, execute
coms1; if (eval x) causes an error or is equal to nil, execute coms2.
(if x coms1) if (eval x) is non-nil, execute coms1; otherwise
generate an error.
\fI(lp . coms) \fP. repeatedly executes coms, a list of commands,
until an error occurs. (lp f print (n t)) will attach a
t at the end of every print expression. (lp f print (if (## 3) nil ((n
t)))) will attach a t at the end of each print expression which does
not already have a second argument. (i.e. the form (## 3) will cause
an error if the edit command 3 causes an error, thereby selecting ((n
t)) as the list of commands to be executed. The if could also be
written as (if (cddr (##)) nil ((n t))).).
\fI(lpq . coms) \fP same as lp but does not print n occurrences.
\fI(orr coms1 ... comsn) \fP. orr begins by executing coms1, a list of
commands. If no error occurs, orr is finished. otherwise, orr
restores the edit chain to its original value, and continues by
executing coms2, etc. If none of the command lists execute without
errors, i.e., the orr "drops off the end", orr generates an error.
otherwise, the edit chain is left as of the completion of the first
command list which executes without error.
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.sh 2 Editor\ Macros
Many of the more sophisticated branching commands in the editor, such
as orr, if, etc., are most often used in conjunction with edit
macros. The macro feature permits the user to define new commands and
thereby expand the editor's repertoire. (however, built in commands
always take precedence over macros, i.e., the editor's
repertoire can be expanded, but not modified.) macros are defined by
using the m command.
\fI(m c . coms) \fP for c an atom, m defines c as an
atomic command. (if a macro is redefined, its new definition
replaces its old.) executing c is then the same as executing the list
of commands coms. macros can also define list commands, i.e.,
commands that take arguments. (m (c) (arg[1] ... arg[n]) . coms) c an
atom. m defines c as a list command. executing (c e1 ... en) is
then performed by substituting e1 for arg[1], ... en for
arg[n] throughout coms, and then executing coms. a list command can be
defined via a macro so as to take a fixed or indefinite number
of 'arguments'. The form given above specified a macro with a fixed
number of arguments, as indicated by its argument list. if the
'argument list' is atomic, the command takes an indefinite number
of arguments. (m (c) args . coms) c, args both atoms, defines c
as a list command. executing (c e1 ... en) is performed by
substituting (e1 ... en), i.e., cdr of the command, for args
throughout coms, and then executing coms.
(m bp bk up p) will define bp as an atomic command which does three
things, a bk, an up, and a p. note that macros can use commands
defined by macros as well as built in commands in their
definitions. for example, suppose z is defined by (m z -1 (if
(null (##)) nil (p))), i.e. z does a -1, and then if the current
expression is not nil, a p. now we can define zz by (m zz -1 z), and
zzz by (m zzz -1 -1 z) or (m zzz -1 zz). we could define a more
general bp by (m (bp) (n) (bk n) up p). (bp 3) would perform (bk
3), followed by an up, followed by a p. The command second can be
defined as a macro by (m (2nd) x (orr ((lc . x) (lc . x)))).
Note that for all editor commands, 'built in' commands as well as
commands defined by macros, atomic definitions and list
definitions are completely independent. in other words, the
existence of an atomic definition for c in no way affects the
treatment of c when it appears as car of a list command, and the
existence of a list definition for c in no way affects the treatment
of c when it appears as an atom. in particular, c can be used as the
name of either an atomic command, or a list command, or both. in the
latter case, two entirely different definitions can be used. note
also that once c is defined as an atomic command via a macro
definition, it will not be searched for when used in a location
specification, unless c is preceded by an f. (insert -- before
bp) would not search for bp, but instead perform a bk, an up, and a p,
and then do the insertion. The corresponding also holds true for list
commands.
\fI(bind . coms) \fP bind is an edit command which
is useful mainly in macros. it binds three dummy variables #1, #2, #3,
(initialized to nil), and then executes the edit commands coms.
note that these bindings are only in effect while the commands are
being executed, and that bind can be used recursively; it will rebind
#1, #2, and #3 each time it is invoked.
\fIusermacros [value]\fP. this variable contains the users editing
macros . if you want to save your macros then you should save
usermacros. you should probably also save editcomsl.
\fIeditcomsl [value]\fP.
editcomsl is the list of "list commands" recognized by the editor. (these
are the ones of the form (command arg1 arg2 ...).)
.sh 2 Miscellaneous\ Editor\ Commands
.Fb
.fi
\fIMISCELLANEOUS EDITOR COMMAND SUMMARY\fP
\fIok \fP. Exits from the editor.
\fInil \fP. Unless preceded by f or bf, is always a null operation.
\fItty: \fP. Calls the editor recursively. The user can then type
in commands, and have them executed. The tty: command is completed
when the user exits from the lower editor (with ok or stop).
the tty: command is extremely useful. it enables the user to set up
a complex operation, and perform interactive attention-changing
commands part way through it. for example the command (move 3 to after
cond 3 p tty:) allows the user to interact, in effect, within the
move command. he can verify for himself that the correct location
has been found, or complete the specification "by hand". in effect,
tty: says "I'll tell you what you should do when you get there."
\fIstop \fP. exits from the editor with an error. mainly for use in
conjunction with tty: commands that the user wants to abort. since
all of the commands in the editor are errset protected, the user must
exit from the editor via a command. stop provides a way of
distinguishing between a successful and unsuccessful (from the
user's standpoint) editing session.
\fItl \fP. tl calls (top-level). to return to the editor just use
the \fIreturn\fP top-level command.
\fIrepack \fP. permits the 'editing' of an atom or string.
\fI(repack $)\fP does (lc . $) followed by repack, e.g. (repack this@).
\fI(makefn form args n m) \fP. makes (car form) an expr with the nth
through mth elements of the current expression with each
occurrence of an element of (cdr form) replaced by the corresponding
element of args. The nth through mth elements are replaced by form.
\fI(makefn form args n)\fP. same as (makefn form args n n).
\fI(s var . $) \fP. sets var (using setq) to the current expression
after performing (lc . $). (s foo) will set foo to the current
expression, (s foo -1 1) will set foo to the first element in the last
element of the current expression.
.Fe
.sh 2 Editor\ Functions
.Lf editf "s_x1 ..."
.Se
edits a function. s_x1 is the name of the function,
any additional arguments are an optional list of commands.
.Re
s_x1.
.No
if s_x1 is not an editable function, editf generates an fn not editable error.
.Lf edite "l_expr l_coms s_atm)"
edits an expression. its value is the last element of (editl (list
l_expr) l_coms s_atm nil nil).
.Lf editracefn "s_com"
is available to help the user debug complex edit macros, or subroutine
calls to the editor. editracefn is to be defined by the user.
whenever the value of editracefn is non-nil, the editor calls
the function editracefn before executing each command (at any
level), giving it that command as its argument. editracefn is
initially equal to nil, and undefined.
.Lf editv "s_var [ g_com1 ... ]"
.Se
similar to editf, for editing values. editv sets the variable to the value
returned.
.Re
the name of the variable whose value was edited.
.Lf editp "s_x"
.Se
similar to editf for editing property lists.
used if x is nil.
.Re
the atom whose property list was edited.
.Lf editl "coms atm marklst mess"
.Se
editl is the editor. its first argument is the edit chain, and its
value is an edit chain, namely the value of l at the time editl is
exited. (l is a special variable, and so can be examined or set by
edit commands. ^ is equivalent to (e (setq l(last l)) t).) coms is
an optional list of commands. for interactive editing, coms is nil.
in this case, editl types edit and then waits for input from the
teletype. (if mess is not nil editl types it instead of edit. for
example, the tty: command is essentially (setq l (editl l nil nil nil
(quote tty:))).) exit occurs only via an ok, stop, or save command.
If coms is not nil, no message is typed, and each member of coms is
treated as a command and executed. If an error occurs in the execution
of one of the commands, no error message is printed , the rest of the
commands are ignored, and editl exits with an error, i.e., the effect
is the same as though a stop command had been executed. If all
commands execute successfully, editl returns the current value of l.
marklst is the list of marks. on calls from editf, atm is the name of
the function being edited; on calls from editv, the name of the
variable, and calls from editp, the atom of which some property of its
property list is being edited. The property list of atm is used by the
save command for saving the state of the edit. save will not save
anything if atm=nil i.e., when editing arbitrary expressions via edite
or editl directly.
.Lf editfns "s_x [ g_coms1 ... ]"
fsubr function, used to perform the same editing operations on
several functions.
editfns maps down the list of
functions, prints the name of each function, and calls the editor (via
editf) on that function.
.Ex
editfns foofns (r fie fum)) will change every fie to fum in
each of the functions on foofns.
.No
the call to the editor is errset protected, so that if the editing of one
function causes an error, editfns will proceed to the next function. in
the above example, if one of the functions did not contain a fie, the r command
would cause an error, but editing would continue with the next function. The
value of editfns is nil.
.Lf edit4e "pat y"
.Se
is the pattern match routine.
.Re
t if pat matches y. see edit-match for definition of 'match'.
.No
before each search operation in the editor begins, the entire pattern
is scanned for atoms or strings that end in at-signs. These are replaced by
patterns of the form (cons (quote /@) (explodec atom)). from the
standpoint of edit4e, pattern type 5, atoms or strings ending in at-signs, is
really "if car[pat] is the atom @ (at-sign), pat will match with any literal
atom or string whose initial character codes (up to the @) are the same as
those in cdr[pat]."
if the user wishes to call edit4e directly, he must therefore convert any
patterns which contain atoms or strings ending in at-signs to the form
recognized by edit4e. this can be done via the function editfpat.
.Lf editfpat "pat flg"
makes a copy of pat with all patterns of type 5 (see edit-match) converted to
the form expected by edit4e. flg should be passed as nil (flg=t is for internal
use by the editor).
.Lf editfindp "x pat flg"
.No
Allows a program to use the edit find command as a pure predicate
from outside the editor. x is an expression, pat a pattern. The value
of editfindp is t if the command f pat would succeed, nil otherwise.
editfindp calls editfpat to convert pat to the form expected by edit4e,
unless flg=t. if the program is applying editfindp to several
different expressions using the same pattern, it will be more efficient
to call editfpat once, and then call editfindp with the converted
pattern and flg=t.
.Lf ## "g_com1 ..."
.Re
what the current expression would be after executing the edit commands
com1 ... starting from the present edit chain. generates an error
if any of comi cause errors. The current edit chain is never
changed. example: (i r (quote x) (## (cons ..z))) replaces all x's in
the current expression by the first cons containing a z.