I'm a C++ programmer using a setup consisting of cc-mode
and CEDET
and of course our beloved emacs (v24.2).
A feature I'm missing is a function that moves point fast through a list of arguments. Consider this example:
void takesManyArgs( int a1, int a2, int a3, std::pair<int,int> a4, int a5 ){
// does something nifty!
}
// [...]
takesManyArgs( b1, b2, b3, make_pair( b4, b5 ), b6 );
Where point is just before the first int
. Now I'd like to an easy way to quickly move through the list of arguments, i.e. a forward-argument
(and backward-argument
aswell) function that moves right before the first non-whitespace character past the comma (the argument separator).
I have written a small function that does it but it's not quite the way I'd like it work:
(defun arg-forward ()
"Move point forward in the file until we hit an argument separator, i.e. comma, colon or semicolon."
(interactive)
(progn
(re-search-forward "[,]")))
In principle this function just jumps to the next comma. That's not the behaviour I want.
I'd like a function that:
,| int
it will look like , |int
where |
marks point) |int b3
to |make_pair( int b4, int b5 )
to |int a6
where |
marks point Any help from you elisp
"hackers" is appreciated!
Edit: Added some clarification.
Edit2: Fixed that example "Code"
This function seems to do what you requested:
(defun arg-forward ()
"Move point forward until we hit an argument separator, the comma, colon, semicolon"
(interactive)
(condition-case nil
(let ((separator-regexp "[,:;]"))
(forward-sexp)
(while (not (or (looking-at (format "[ \t]*%s" separator-regexp))
(save-excursion (forward-char -1)
(looking-at (format "[]\"')}]*[ \t]*%s " separator-regexp)))))
(forward-sexp))
(if (looking-at separator-regexp)
(forward-char 1))
;; going forward one sexp and back puts point at front of sexp
;; essentially skipping the whitespace, but also ensuring we don't
;; jump out of a larger closing set of parentheses
(forward-sexp)
(forward-sexp -1))
(error
(beep)
(message "At end of argument list"))))