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 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)))

(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))

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