mc-separate-operations.el

;;; mc-separate-operations.el - functions that work differently on each cursor

;; Copyright (C) 2012 Magnar Sveen

;; Author: Magnar Sveen <magnars@gmail.com>
;; Keywords: editing cursors

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;;; Commentary:

;; This file contains functions that work differently on each cursor,
;; instead of treating all of them the same.

;; Please see multiple-cursors.el for more commentary.

;;; Code:

(require 'multiple-cursors-core)

;;;###autoload
(defun mc/insert-numbers (arg)
  "Insert increasing numbers for each cursor, starting at 0 or ARG."
  (interactive "P")
  (setq mc--insert-numbers-number (or (and arg (prefix-numeric-value arg))
                                      0))
  (mc/for-each-cursor-ordered
   (mc/execute-command-for-fake-cursor 'mc--insert-number-and-increase cursor)))

(defvar mc--insert-numbers-number 0)

(defun mc--insert-number-and-increase ()
  (interactive)
  (insert (number-to-string mc--insert-numbers-number))
  (setq mc--insert-numbers-number (1+ mc--insert-numbers-number)))

(defun mc--ordered-region-strings ()
  (let (strings)
    (save-excursion
      (mc/for-each-cursor-ordered
       (setq strings (cons (buffer-substring-no-properties
                            (mc/cursor-beg cursor)
                            (mc/cursor-end cursor)) strings))))
    (nreverse strings)))

;;;###autoload
(defun mc/insert-letters (arg)
  "Insert increasing letters for each cursor, starting at 0 or ARG.
     Where letter[0]=a letter[2]=c letter[26]=aa"
  (interactive "P")
  (setq mc--insert-letters-number (or (and arg (prefix-numeric-value arg))
                                      0))
  (mc/for-each-cursor-ordered
   (mc/execute-command-for-fake-cursor 'mc--insert-letter-and-increase cursor)))

(defun mc--number-to-letters (number)
  (let ((letter
	 (char-to-string
	  (+ (mod number 26) ?a)))
	(number2 (/ number 26)))
    (if (> number2 0)
	(concat (mc--number-to-letters (- number2 1)) letter)
      letter)))

(defvar mc--insert-letters-number 0)

(defun mc--insert-letter-and-increase ()
  (interactive)
  (insert (mc--number-to-letters mc--insert-letters-number))
  (setq mc--insert-letters-number (1+ mc--insert-letters-number)))

(defvar mc--strings-to-replace nil)

(defun mc--replace-region-strings-1 ()
  (interactive)
  (delete-region (region-beginning) (region-end))
  (save-excursion (insert (car mc--strings-to-replace)))
  (setq mc--strings-to-replace (cdr mc--strings-to-replace)))

(defun mc--replace-region-strings ()
  (mc/for-each-cursor-ordered
   (mc/execute-command-for-fake-cursor 'mc--replace-region-strings-1 cursor)))

;;;###autoload
(defun mc/reverse-regions ()
  (interactive)
  (if (not multiple-cursors-mode)
      (progn
        (mc/mark-next-lines 1)
        (mc/reverse-regions)
        (multiple-cursors-mode 0))
    (unless (use-region-p)
      (mc/execute-command-for-all-cursors 'mark-sexp))
    (setq mc--strings-to-replace (nreverse (mc--ordered-region-strings)))
    (mc--replace-region-strings)))

;;;###autoload
(defun mc/sort-regions ()
  (interactive)
  (unless (use-region-p)
    (mc/execute-command-for-all-cursors 'mark-sexp))
  (setq mc--strings-to-replace (sort (mc--ordered-region-strings) 'string<))
  (mc--replace-region-strings))


;;;###autoload
(defun mc/vertical-align (character)
  "Aligns all cursors vertically with a given CHARACTER to the one with the
highest colum number (the rightest).
Might not behave as intended if more than one cursors are on the same line."
  (interactive "c")
  (let ((rightest-column (current-column)))
    (mc/execute-command-for-all-cursors
     (lambda () "get the rightest cursor"
       (interactive)
       (setq rightest-column (max (current-column) rightest-column))
       ))
    (mc/execute-command-for-all-cursors
     (lambda ()
       (interactive)
       (let ((missing-spaces (- rightest-column (current-column))))
	 (save-excursion (insert (make-string missing-spaces character)))
	 (forward-char missing-spaces)
	 )
       ))
      )
    )

;;;###autoload
(defun mc/vertical-align-with-space ()
  "Aligns all cursors with whitespace like `mc/vertical-align' does"
  (interactive)
  (mc/vertical-align 32)
  )

(provide 'mc-separate-operations)
;;; mc-separate-operations.el ends here