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authorStefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>2019-09-16 03:48:47 +0200
committerStefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>2019-09-26 17:24:35 +0200
commit814cab3b4d89066dbd9a7aaad7d98c382a5a3485 (patch)
tree7d66bbbe159ee537a8d7c737e45bda1050cbea87 /lisp/emacs-lisp/tabulated-list.el
parent45524b9702b4a6face2cf453eb02ddf10a496b45 (diff)
downloademacs-814cab3b4d89066dbd9a7aaad7d98c382a5a3485.tar.gz
Add new function to clear tags in tabulated list
* lisp/emacs-lisp/tabulated-list.el (tabulated-list-clear-all-tags): New function to clear all tags from padding area in current buffer. * doc/lispref/modes.texi (Tabulated List Mode): Document it. * etc/NEWS: Announce it.
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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/tabulated-list.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/tabulated-list.el
index f30e2c0ec8e..ade60285883 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/tabulated-list.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/tabulated-list.el
@@ -192,6 +192,19 @@ If ADVANCE is non-nil, move forward by one line afterwards."
(if advance
(forward-line)))
+(defun tabulated-list-clear-all-tags ()
+ "Clear all tags from the padding area in the current buffer."
+ (unless (> tabulated-list-padding 0)
+ (error "There can be no tags in current buffer"))
+ (save-excursion
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (let ((inhibit-read-only t)
+ ;; Match non-space in the first n characters.
+ (re (format "^ \\{0,%d\\}[^ ]" (1- tabulated-list-padding)))
+ (empty (make-string tabulated-list-padding ? )))
+ (while (re-search-forward re nil 'noerror)
+ (tabulated-list-put-tag empty)))))
+
(defvar tabulated-list-mode-map
(let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
(set-keymap-parent map (make-composed-keymap