1 ;;; hydra.el --- Make bindings that stick around
3 ;; Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Oleh Krehel <ohwoeowho@gmail.com>
6 ;; Maintainer: Oleh Krehel <ohwoeowho@gmail.com>
7 ;; URL: https://github.com/abo-abo/hydra
10 ;; Package-Requires: ((cl-lib "0.5"))
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29 ;; This package can be used to tie related commands into a family of
30 ;; short bindings with a common prefix - a Hydra.
32 ;; Once you summon the Hydra (through the prefixed binding), all the
33 ;; heads can be called in succession with only a short extension.
34 ;; The Hydra is vanquished once Hercules, any binding that isn't the
35 ;; Hydra's head, arrives. Note that Hercules, besides vanquishing the
36 ;; Hydra, will still serve his orignal purpose, calling his proper
37 ;; command. This makes the Hydra very seamless, it's like a minor
38 ;; mode that disables itself automagically.
40 ;; Here's how to use the examples bundled with Hydra:
42 ;; (require 'hydra-examples)
43 ;; (hydra-create "C-M-y" hydra-example-move-window-splitter)
44 ;; (hydra-create "M-g" hydra-example-goto-error)
46 ;; You can expand the examples in-place, it still looks elegant:
48 ;; (hydra-create "<f2>"
49 ;; '(("g" text-scale-increase "zoom in")
50 ;; ("l" text-scale-decrease "zoom out")))
52 ;; The third element of each list is the optional doc string that will
53 ;; be displayed in the echo area when `hydra-is-helpful' is t.
59 "Make bindings that stick around."
63 (defcustom hydra-is-helpful t
64 "When t, display a hint with possible bindings in the echo area."
68 (defalias 'hydra-set-transient-map
69 (if (fboundp 'set-transient-map)
71 'set-temporary-overlay-map))
73 (defvar hydra-last nil
74 "The result of the last `hydra-set-transient-map' call.")
77 (defmacro hydra-create (body heads &optional method)
78 "Create a hydra with a BODY prefix and HEADS with METHOD.
79 This will result in `global-set-key' statements with the keys
80 being the concatenation of BODY and each head in HEADS. HEADS is
81 an list of (KEY FUNCTION &optional HINT).
83 After one of the HEADS is called via BODY+KEY, it and the other
84 HEADS can be called with only KEY (no need for BODY). This state
85 is broken once any key binding that is not in HEADS is called.
87 METHOD is a lambda takes two arguments: a KEY and a COMMAND.
88 It defaults to `global-set-key'.
89 When `(keymapp METHOD)`, it becomes:
91 (lambda (key command) (define-key METHOD key command))"
93 (let* ((keymap (make-sparse-keymap))
97 (define-key keymap (kbd (car x))
98 (intern (format "hydra-%s-%S" body (cadr x)))))
100 (hint (format "hydra: %s."
105 (concat "[%s]: " (cl-caddr h))
107 (propertize (car h) 'face 'font-lock-keyword-face)))
110 "Create a hydra with a \"%s\" body and the heads:\n\n%s."
114 (format "\"%s\": `%S'" (car x) (cadr x)))
119 (unless (keymapp (global-key-binding (kbd body)))
120 (global-set-key (kbd body) nil))
122 ((keymapp (setq map (eval method)))
123 (unless (keymapp (lookup-key map (kbd body)))
124 (define-key map (kbd body) nil))
125 `(lambda (key command)
126 (define-key ,method key command)))
133 ,(format "%s\n\nCall the head: `%S'." doc (cadr head))
135 ,@(if (null (cadr head))
136 '((funcall hydra-last))
137 `((call-interactively #',(cadr head))
138 (when hydra-is-helpful
140 (setq hydra-last (hydra-set-transient-map ',keymap t))))))
142 (defun ,(intern (format "hydra-%s-body" body)) ()
145 (when hydra-is-helpful
147 (setq hydra-last (hydra-set-transient-map ',keymap t)))
150 `(,method ,(vconcat (kbd body) (kbd (car head))) #',name))
154 ;;; hydra.el ends here