mb-depth.el

;;; mb-depth.el --- Indicate minibuffer-depth in prompt
;;
;; Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;;
;; Author: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
;; Keywords: convenience

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;;; Commentary:
;;
;; Defines the minor mode `minibuffer-depth-indicate-mode'.
;;
;; When active, any recursive use of the minibuffer will show
;; the recursion depth in the minibuffer prompt.  This is only
;; useful if `enable-recursive-minibuffers' is non-nil.

;;; Code:

(defvar minibuffer-depth-indicator-function nil
  "If non-nil, function to set up the minibuffer depth indicator.
It is called with one argument, the minibuffer depth,
and must return a string.")

;; An overlay covering the prompt.  This is a buffer-local variable in
;; each affected minibuffer.
;;
(defvar minibuffer-depth-overlay)
(make-variable-buffer-local 'minibuffer-depth-overlay)

;; This function goes on minibuffer-setup-hook
(defun minibuffer-depth-setup ()
  "Set up a minibuffer for `minibuffer-depth-indicate-mode'.
The prompt should already have been inserted."
  (when (> (minibuffer-depth) 1)
    (setq minibuffer-depth-overlay (make-overlay (point-min) (1+ (point-min))))
    (overlay-put minibuffer-depth-overlay 'before-string
		 (if minibuffer-depth-indicator-function
		     (funcall minibuffer-depth-indicator-function (minibuffer-depth))
		   (propertize (format "[%d]" (minibuffer-depth)) 'face 'highlight)))
    (overlay-put minibuffer-depth-overlay 'evaporate t)))

;;;###autoload
(define-minor-mode minibuffer-depth-indicate-mode
  "Toggle Minibuffer Depth Indication mode.
When active, any recursive use of the minibuffer will show
the recursion depth in the minibuffer prompt.  This is only
useful if `enable-recursive-minibuffers' is non-nil.

With prefix argument ARG, turn on if positive, otherwise off.
Returns non-nil if the new state is enabled."
  :global t
  :group 'minibuffer
  (if minibuffer-depth-indicate-mode
      ;; Enable the mode
      (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'minibuffer-depth-setup)
    ;; Disable the mode
    (remove-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'minibuffer-depth-setup)))

(provide 'mb-depth)

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;;; mb-depth.el ends here