;;; dnd.el --- drag and drop support -*- lexical-binding: t; -*- ;; Copyright (C) 2005-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. ;; Author: Jan Djärv ;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org ;; Keywords: window, drag, drop ;; Package: emacs ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs. ;; GNU Emacs 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 3 of the License, or ;; (at your option) any later version. ;; GNU Emacs 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. If not, see . ;;; Commentary: ;; This file provides the generic handling of the drop part only. ;; Different DND backends (X11, W32, etc.) that handle the platform ;; specific DND parts call the functions here to do final delivery of ;; a drop. ;;; Code: ;;; Customizable variables (eval-when-compile (require 'cl-lib)) (defgroup dnd nil "Handling data from drag and drop." :group 'environment) ;;;###autoload (defcustom dnd-protocol-alist `((,(purecopy "^file:///") . dnd-open-local-file) ; XDND format. (,(purecopy "^file://") . dnd-open-file) ; URL with host (,(purecopy "^file:") . dnd-open-local-file) ; Old KDE, Motif, Sun (,(purecopy "^\\(https?\\|ftp\\|file\\|nfs\\)://") . dnd-open-file)) "The functions to call for different protocols when a drop is made. This variable is used by `dnd-handle-one-url' and `dnd-handle-file-name'. The list contains of (REGEXP . FUNCTION) pairs. The functions shall take two arguments, URL, which is the URL dropped and ACTION which is the action to be performed for the drop (move, copy, link, private or ask). If no match is found here, and the value of `browse-url-browser-function' is a pair of (REGEXP . FUNCTION), those regexps are tried for a match. If no match is found, the URL is inserted as text by calling `dnd-insert-text'. The function shall return the action done (move, copy, link or private) if some action was made, or nil if the URL is ignored." :version "22.1" :type '(repeat (cons (regexp) (function))) :group 'dnd) (defcustom dnd-open-remote-file-function (if (eq system-type 'windows-nt) #'dnd-open-local-file #'dnd-open-remote-url) "The function to call when opening a file on a remote machine. The function will be called with two arguments, URI and ACTION. See `dnd-open-file' for details. If nil, then dragging remote files into Emacs will result in an error. Predefined functions are `dnd-open-local-file' and `dnd-open-remote-url'. `dnd-open-local-file' attempts to open a remote file using its UNC name and is the default on MS-Windows. `dnd-open-remote-url' uses `url-handler-mode' and is the default except for MS-Windows." :version "22.1" :type 'function :group 'dnd) (defcustom dnd-open-file-other-window nil "If non-nil, always use `find-file-other-window' to open dropped files." :version "22.1" :type 'boolean :group 'dnd) (defcustom dnd-scroll-margin nil "The scroll margin inside a window underneath the cursor during drag-and-drop. If the mouse moves this many lines close to the top or bottom of a window while dragging text, then that window will be scrolled down and up respectively." :type '(choice (const :tag "Don't scroll during mouse movement") (integer :tag "This many lines from window top or bottom")) :version "29.1" :group 'dnd) (defcustom dnd-indicate-insertion-point nil "Whether or not point should follow the position of the mouse. If non-nil, the point of the window underneath the mouse will be adjusted to reflect where any text will be inserted upon drop when the mouse moves while receiving a drop from another program." :type 'boolean :version "29.1" :group 'dnd) (defcustom dnd-direct-save-remote-files 'x "Whether or not to perform a direct save of remote files. This is compatible with fewer programs, but means dropped files will be saved with their actual file names, and not a temporary file name provided by TRAMP. This defaults to `x', which means to save that way only on X Windows." :type '(choice (const :tag "Only use direct save on X Windows" x) (const :tag "Use direct save everywhere" t) (const :tag "Don't use direct save"))) ;; Functions (defun dnd-handle-movement (posn) "Handle mouse movement to POSN when receiving a drop from another program." (when (windowp (posn-window posn)) (with-selected-window (posn-window posn) (when (and dnd-scroll-margin ;; TODO: handle scroll bars reasonably. (not (posn-area posn))) (ignore-errors (let* ((row (cdr (posn-col-row posn))) (window (when (windowp (posn-window posn)) (posn-window posn))) (text-height (window-text-height window)) ;; Make sure it's possible to scroll both up ;; and down if the margin is too large for the ;; window. (margin (min (/ text-height 3) dnd-scroll-margin))) ;; At 2 lines, the window becomes too small for any ;; meaningful scrolling. (unless (<= text-height 2) (cond ;; Inside the bottom scroll margin, scroll up. ((> row (- text-height margin)) (with-selected-window window (scroll-up 1))) ;; Inside the top scroll margin, scroll down. ((< row margin) (with-selected-window window (scroll-down 1)))))))) (when dnd-indicate-insertion-point (ignore-errors (goto-char (posn-point posn))))))) (defun dnd-handle-one-url (window action url) "Handle one dropped url by calling the appropriate handler. The handler is first located by looking at `dnd-protocol-alist'. If no match is found here, `browse-url-handlers' and `browse-url-default-handlers' are searched for a match. If no match is found, just call `dnd-insert-text'. WINDOW is where the drop happened, ACTION is the action for the drop, URL is what has been dropped. Returns ACTION." (let (ret) (or (catch 'done (dolist (bf dnd-protocol-alist) (when (string-match (car bf) url) (setq ret (funcall (cdr bf) url action)) (throw 'done t))) nil) (catch 'done (let ((browser (browse-url-select-handler url 'internal))) (when browser (setq ret 'private) (funcall browser url action) (throw 'done t))) nil) (progn (dnd-insert-text window action url) (setq ret 'private))) ret)) (defun dnd-get-local-file-uri (uri) "Return an uri converted to file:/// syntax if uri is a local file. Return nil if URI is not a local file." ;; The hostname may be our hostname, in that case, convert to a local ;; file. Otherwise return nil. TODO: How about an IP-address as hostname? (let ((sysname (system-name))) (let ((hostname (when (string-match "^file://\\([^/]*\\)" uri) (downcase (match-string 1 uri)))) (sysname-no-dot (downcase (if (string-match "^[^\\.]+" sysname) (match-string 0 sysname) sysname)))) (when (and hostname (not (eq system-type 'windows-nt)) (or (string-equal "localhost" hostname) (string-equal (downcase sysname) hostname) (string-equal sysname-no-dot hostname))) (concat "file://" (substring uri (+ 7 (length hostname)))))))) (defun dnd--unescape-uri (uri) ;; Merge with corresponding code in URL library. (replace-regexp-in-string "%[[:xdigit:]][[:xdigit:]]" (lambda (arg) (let ((str (make-string 1 0))) (aset str 0 (string-to-number (substring arg 1) 16)) str)) uri t t)) ;; https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2006-05/msg01060.html (defun dnd-get-local-file-name (uri &optional must-exist) "Return file name converted from file:/// or file: syntax. URI is the uri for the file. If MUST-EXIST is given and non-nil, only return non-nil if the file exists. Return nil if URI is not a local file." (let ((f (cond ((string-match "^file:///" uri) ; XDND format. (substring uri (1- (match-end 0)))) ((string-match "^file:" uri) ; Old KDE, Motif, Sun (substring uri (match-end 0))))) (coding (if (equal system-type 'windows-nt) ;; W32 pretends that file names are UTF-8 encoded. 'utf-8 (or file-name-coding-system default-file-name-coding-system)))) (and f (setq f (decode-coding-string (dnd--unescape-uri f) coding))) (when (and f must-exist (not (file-readable-p f))) (setq f nil)) f)) (defun dnd-open-local-file (uri _action) "Open a local file. The file is opened in the current window, or a new window if `dnd-open-file-other-window' is set. URI is the url for the file, and must have the format file:file-name or file:///file-name. The last / in file:/// is part of the file name. If the system natively supports unc file names, then remote urls of the form file://server-name/file-name will also be handled by this function. An alternative for systems that do not support unc file names is `dnd-open-remote-url'. ACTION is ignored." (let* ((f (dnd-get-local-file-name uri t))) (if (and f (file-readable-p f)) (progn (if dnd-open-file-other-window (find-file-other-window f) (find-file f)) (file-name-history--add f) 'private) (error "Can not read %s" uri)))) (defun dnd-open-remote-url (uri _action) "Open a remote file with `find-file' and `url-handler-mode'. Turns `url-handler-mode' on if not on before. The file is opened in the current window, or a new window if `dnd-open-file-other-window' is set. URI is the url for the file. ACTION is ignored." (progn (require 'url-handlers) (or url-handler-mode (url-handler-mode)) (if dnd-open-file-other-window (find-file-other-window uri) (find-file uri)) 'private)) (defun dnd-open-file (uri action) "Open a local or remote file. The file is opened in the current window, or a new window if `dnd-open-file-other-window' is set. URI is the url for the file, and must have the format file://hostname/file-name. ACTION is ignored. The last / in file://hostname/ is part of the file name." ;; The hostname may be our hostname, in that case, convert to a local ;; file. Otherwise return nil. (let ((local-file (dnd-get-local-file-uri uri))) (if local-file (dnd-open-local-file local-file action) (if dnd-open-remote-file-function (funcall dnd-open-remote-file-function uri action) (error "Remote files not supported"))))) (defun dnd-insert-text (window action text) "Insert text at point or push to the kill ring if buffer is read only. TEXT is the text as a string, WINDOW is the window where the drop happened." (if (or buffer-read-only (not (windowp window))) (progn (kill-new text) (message "%s" (substitute-command-keys "The dropped text can be accessed with \\[yank]"))) (insert text)) action) ;;; Functions for dragging stuff to other programs. These build upon ;;; the lower-level `x-begin-drag' interface, but take care of data ;;; types and abstracting around the different return values. (defvar dnd-last-dragged-remote-file nil "If non-nil, the name of a local copy of the last remote file that was dragged. This may also be a list of files, if multiple files were dragged. It can't be removed immediately after the drag-and-drop operation completes, since there is no way to determine when the drop target has finished opening it. So instead, this file is removed when Emacs exits or the user drags another file.") (defun dnd-remove-last-dragged-remote-file () "Remove the local copy of the last remote file to be dragged. If `dnd-last-dragged-remote-file' is a list, remove all the files in that list instead." (when dnd-last-dragged-remote-file (unwind-protect (if (consp dnd-last-dragged-remote-file) (mapc #'delete-file dnd-last-dragged-remote-file) (delete-file dnd-last-dragged-remote-file)) (setq dnd-last-dragged-remote-file nil))) (remove-hook 'kill-emacs-hook #'dnd-remove-last-dragged-remote-file)) (declare-function x-begin-drag "xfns.c") (defun dnd-begin-text-drag (text &optional frame action allow-same-frame) "Begin dragging TEXT from FRAME. Initiate a drag-and-drop operation allowing the user to drag text from Emacs to another program (the drop target), then block until the drop is completed or is canceled. If the drop completed, return the action that the drop target actually performed, which can be one of the following symbols: - `copy', which means TEXT was inserted by the drop target. - `move', which means TEXT was inserted, and the caller should additionally delete TEXT from its source (such as the buffer where it originated). - `private', which means the drop target chose to perform an unspecified action. Return nil if the drop was canceled. TEXT is a string containing text that will be inserted by the program where the drop happened. FRAME is the frame where the mouse is currently held down, or nil, which stands for the current frame. ACTION is one of the symbols `copy' or `move', where `copy' means that the text should be inserted by the drop target, and `move' means the same as `copy', but in addition the caller might have to delete TEXT from its source after this function returns. If ALLOW-SAME-FRAME is nil, ignore any drops on FRAME itself. This function might return immediately if no mouse buttons are currently being held down. It should only be called upon a `down-mouse-1' (or similar) event." (unless (fboundp 'x-begin-drag) (error "Dragging text from Emacs is not supported by this window system")) (gui-set-selection 'XdndSelection text) (unless action (setq action 'copy)) (let ((return-value (x-begin-drag '(;; Traditional X selection targets used by GTK, the ;; Motif drag-and-drop protocols, and programs like ;; Xterm. `STRING' is also used on NS and Haiku. "STRING" "TEXT" "COMPOUND_TEXT" "UTF8_STRING" ;; Used by Xdnd clients that strictly comply with ;; the standard (i.e. Qt programs). "text/plain" "text/plain;charset=utf-8") (cl-ecase action (copy 'XdndActionCopy) (move 'XdndActionMove)) frame nil allow-same-frame))) (cond ((eq return-value 'XdndActionCopy) 'copy) ((eq return-value 'XdndActionMove) 'move) ((not return-value) nil) (t 'private)))) (defun dnd-begin-file-drag (file &optional frame action allow-same-frame) "Begin dragging FILE from FRAME. Initiate a drag-and-drop operation allowing the user to drag a file from Emacs to another program (the drop target), then block until the drop happens or is canceled. Return the action that the drop target actually performed, which can be one of the following symbols: - `copy', which means FILE was opened by the drop target. - `move', which means FILE was moved to another location by the drop target. - `link', which means a symbolic link was created to FILE by the drop target, usually a file manager. - `private', which means the drop target chose to perform an unspecified action. Return nil if the drop was canceled. FILE is the file name that will be sent to the program where the drop happened. If it is a remote file, Emacs will make a temporary copy and pass that. FRAME is the frame where the mouse is currently held down, or nil (which means to use the current frame). ACTION is one of the symbols `copy', `move' or `link', where `copy' means that the file should be opened or copied by the drop target, `move' means the drop target should move the file to another location, and `link' means the drop target should create a symbolic link to FILE. It is an error to specify `link' as the action if FILE is a remote file. If ALLOW-SAME-FRAME is nil, any drops on FRAME itself will be ignored. This function might return immediately if no mouse buttons are currently being held down. It should only be called upon a `down-mouse-1' (or similar) event." (unless (fboundp 'x-begin-drag) (error "Dragging files from Emacs is not supported by this window system")) (dnd-remove-last-dragged-remote-file) (unless action (setq action 'copy)) (if (and (or (and (eq dnd-direct-save-remote-files 'x) (eq (framep (or frame (selected-frame))) 'x)) (and dnd-direct-save-remote-files (not (eq dnd-direct-save-remote-files 'x)))) (eq action 'copy) (file-remote-p file)) (dnd-direct-save file (file-name-nondirectory file) frame allow-same-frame) (let ((original-file file)) (when (file-remote-p file) (if (eq action 'link) (error "Cannot create symbolic link to remote file") (setq file (file-local-copy file)) (setq dnd-last-dragged-remote-file file) (add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook #'dnd-remove-last-dragged-remote-file))) (gui-set-selection 'XdndSelection (propertize (expand-file-name file) 'text/uri-list (concat "file://" (expand-file-name file)))) (let ((return-value (x-begin-drag '(;; Xdnd types used by GTK, Qt, and most other ;; modern programs that expect filenames to ;; be supplied as URIs. "text/uri-list" "text/x-xdnd-username" ;; Traditional X selection targets used by ;; programs supporting the Motif ;; drag-and-drop protocols. Also used by NS ;; and Haiku. "FILE_NAME" "FILE" "HOST_NAME" ;; ToolTalk filename. Mostly used by CDE ;; programs. "_DT_NETFILE") (cl-ecase action (copy 'XdndActionCopy) (move 'XdndActionMove) (link 'XdndActionLink)) frame nil allow-same-frame))) (cond ((eq return-value 'XdndActionCopy) 'copy) ((eq return-value 'XdndActionMove) (prog1 'move ;; If original-file is a remote file, delete it from the ;; remote as well. (when (file-remote-p original-file) (ignore-errors (delete-file original-file))))) ((eq return-value 'XdndActionLink) 'link) ((not return-value) nil) (t 'private)))))) (defun dnd-begin-drag-files (files &optional frame action allow-same-frame) "Begin dragging FILES from FRAME. This is like `dnd-begin-file-drag', except with multiple files. FRAME, ACTION and ALLOW-SAME-FRAME mean the same as in `dnd-begin-file-drag'. FILES is a list of files that will be dragged. If the drop target doesn't support dropping multiple files, the first file in FILES will be dragged." (unless (fboundp 'x-begin-drag) (error "Dragging files from Emacs is not supported by this window system")) (dnd-remove-last-dragged-remote-file) (let* ((new-files (copy-sequence files)) (tem new-files)) (while tem (setcar tem (expand-file-name (car tem))) (when (file-remote-p (car tem)) (when (eq action 'link) (error "Cannot create symbolic link to remote file")) (condition-case error (progn (setcar tem (file-local-copy (car tem))) (push (car tem) dnd-last-dragged-remote-file)) (error (message "Failed to download file: %s" error) (setcar tem nil)))) (setq tem (cdr tem))) (when dnd-last-dragged-remote-file (add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook #'dnd-remove-last-dragged-remote-file)) ;; Remove any files that failed to download from a remote host. (setq new-files (delq nil new-files)) (unless new-files (error "No files were specified or no remote file could be downloaded")) (unless action (setq action 'copy)) (gui-set-selection 'XdndSelection (propertize (car new-files) 'text/uri-list (cl-loop for file in new-files collect (concat "file://" file) into targets finally return (apply #'vector targets)) 'FILE_NAME (apply #'vector new-files))) (let ((return-value (x-begin-drag '(;; Xdnd types used by GTK, Qt, and most other ;; modern programs that expect filenames to ;; be supplied as URIs. "text/uri-list" "text/x-xdnd-username" ;; Traditional X selection targets used by ;; programs supporting the Motif ;; drag-and-drop protocols. Also used by NS ;; and Haiku. "FILE_NAME" "HOST_NAME") (cl-ecase action (copy 'XdndActionCopy) (move 'XdndActionMove) (link 'XdndActionLink)) frame nil allow-same-frame))) (cond ((eq return-value 'XdndActionCopy) 'copy) ((eq return-value 'XdndActionMove) (prog1 'move ;; If original-file is a remote file, delete it from the ;; remote as well. (dolist (original-file files) (when (file-remote-p original-file) (ignore-errors (delete-file original-file)))))) ((eq return-value 'XdndActionLink) 'link) ((not return-value) nil) (t 'private))))) (declare-function x-dnd-do-direct-save "x-dnd.el") (defun dnd-direct-save (file name &optional frame allow-same-frame) "Drag FILE from FRAME, but do not treat it as an actual file. Instead, ask the target window to insert the file with NAME. File managers will create a file in the displayed directory with the contents of FILE and the name NAME, while text editors will insert the contents of FILE in a new document named NAME. ALLOW-SAME-FRAME means the same as in `dnd-begin-file-drag'. Return `copy' if the drop was successful, else nil." (setq file (expand-file-name file)) (cond ((eq window-system 'x) (when (x-dnd-do-direct-save file name frame allow-same-frame) 'copy)) ;; Avoid infinite recursion. (t (let ((dnd-direct-save-remote-files nil)) (dnd-begin-file-drag file frame nil allow-same-frame))))) (provide 'dnd) ;;; dnd.el ends here