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+;;; master.el --- make a buffer the master over another buffer
+
+;; Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001 Alexander Schroeder
+
+;; Author: Alex Schroeder <alex@gnu.org>
+;; Maintainer: Alex Schroeder <alex@gnu.org>
+;; Version: 1.0.2
+;; Keywords: comm
+
+;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+;; master.el is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+;; Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+;; later version.
+
+;; master.el is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+;; General Public License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
+;; MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; master-mode is a minor mode which enables you to scroll another
+;; buffer (the slave) without leaving your current buffer (the master).
+
+;; It can be used by sql.el, for example: The SQL buffer is the master
+;; and its SQLi buffer is the slave. This allows you to scroll the SQLi
+;; buffer containing the output from the SQL buffer containing the
+;; commands.
+;;
+;; This is how to use sql.el and master.el together: The variable
+;; sql-buffer contains the slave buffer. It is a local variable in the
+;; SQL buffer.
+;;
+;; (autoload 'master-mode "master" "Master mode minor mode." t)
+;; (add-hook 'sql-mode-hook
+;; (function (lambda ()
+;; (master-mode t)
+;; (master-set-slave sql-buffer))))
+;; (add-hook 'sql-set-sqli-hook
+;; (function (lambda ()
+;; (master-set-slave sql-buffer))))
+
+;;; Thanks to all the people who helped me out:
+;;
+;; Rob Riepel <networking.stanford.edu>
+
+\f
+
+
+;;; History:
+;;
+
+;;; Code:
+
+(require 'easy-mmode)
+
+;; Variables that don't need initialization.
+
+(defvar master-of nil
+ "Slave buffer of the current buffer. See `master-mode'.
+You can set this variable using `master-set-slave'.")
+
+(defvar master-set-slave-hook nil
+ "Hook run after the slave is changed using \\[master-set-slave].")
+
+;;; Define master mode.
+
+(easy-mmode-define-minor-mode master-mode
+ "Toggle Master mode.
+With no argument, this command toggles the mode.
+Non-null prefix argument turns on the mode.
+Null prefix argument turns off the mode.
+
+When Master mode is enabled, you can scroll the slave buffer using the
+following commands:
+
+\\{master-mode-map}
+
+The slave buffer is stored in the buffer-local variable `master-of'.
+You can set this variable using `master-set-slave'. You can show
+yourself the value of `master-of' by calling `master-show-slave'."
+ ;; The initial value.
+ nil
+ ;; The indicator for the mode line.
+ nil
+ ;; The minor mode bindings.
+ '(("\C-c\C-n" . master-says-scroll-up)
+ ("\C-c\C-p" . master-says-scroll-down)
+ ("\C-c<" . master-says-beginning-of-buffer)
+ ("\C-c>" . master-says-end-of-buffer)
+ ("\C-c\C-l" . master-says-recenter)))
+
+;; Initialize Master mode by setting a slave buffer.
+
+(defun master-set-slave (buffer)
+ "Makes BUFFER the slave of the current buffer.
+Use \\[master-mode] to toggle control of the slave buffer."
+ (interactive "bSlave: ")
+ (make-local-variable 'master-of)
+ (setq master-of buffer)
+ (run-hooks 'master-set-slave-hook))
+
+(defun master-show-slave ()
+ "Displays a message with the name of the slave buffer."
+ (interactive)
+ (message "This buffer is the master of %s. Master-mode is %S."
+ (or master-of "none")
+ master-mode))
+
+\f
+
+;;; Functions that the master buffer can call for the slave buffer.
+
+(defun master-says-scroll-up (&optional arg)
+ "Display and scroll the slave buffer up.
+See `scroll-up'."
+ (interactive)
+ (master-says 'scroll-up arg))
+
+(defun master-says-scroll-down (&optional arg)
+ "Display and scroll the slave buffer down.
+See `scroll-down'."
+ (interactive)
+ (master-says 'scroll-down arg))
+
+(defun master-says-beginning-of-buffer (&optional arg)
+ "Display and move to the beginning of the slave buffer.
+See `beginning-of-buffer'."
+ (interactive)
+ (master-says 'beginning-of-buffer arg))
+
+(defun master-says-end-of-buffer (&optional arg)
+ "Display and move to the end of the slave buffer.
+See `end-of-buffer'."
+ (interactive)
+ (master-says 'end-of-buffer arg))
+
+(defun master-says-recenter (&optional arg)
+ "Recenter the slave buffer.
+See `recenter'."
+ (interactive)
+ (master-says 'recenter arg))
+
+;; The master function doing the stuff.
+
+(defun master-says (&optional command arg)
+ "Display slave buffer and execute COMMAND with ARG in its window."
+ (interactive)
+ (if (null (buffer-live-p (get-buffer master-of)))
+ (error "Slave buffer has disappeared")
+ (let ((window (selected-window)))
+ (if (not (eq (window-buffer window) (get-buffer master-of)))
+ (switch-to-buffer-other-window master-of))
+ (if command (condition-case nil (apply command arg) (error nil)))
+ (select-window window))))
+
+(provide 'master)
+
+;;; master.el ends here
+