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-/***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK ***** {{{
-Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
-
-The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
-1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
-http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
-
-Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
-WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
-for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
-License.
-
-(c) 2006-2007: Martin Stubenschrott <stubenschrott@gmx.net>
-
-Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
-either the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"), or
-the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
-in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead
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-the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under
-the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL.
-}}} ***** END LICENSE BLOCK *****/
-
-vimperator.modes = (function()
-{
-    var main = 1;     // NORMAL
-    var extended = 0; // NONE
-
-    var passNextKey = false;
-    var passAllKeys = false;
-
-    function getModeMessage()
-    {
-        if (passNextKey && !passAllKeys)
-            return "PASS THROUGH (next)";
-        else if (passAllKeys && !passNextKey)
-            return "PASS THROUGH";
-
-        var ext = "";
-        switch (extended)
-        {
-            case vimperator.modes.QUICK_HINT:
-                ext = " (quick)"; break;
-            case vimperator.modes.EXTENDED_HINT:
-                ext = " (extended)"; break;
-            case vimperator.modes.ALWAYS_HINT:
-                ext = " (always)"; break;
-            case vimperator.modes.MENU: // TODO: desirable?
-                ext = " (menu)"; break;
-        }
-
-        switch (main)
-        {
-            case vimperator.modes.HINTS:
-                return "HINTS" + ext;
-            default:
-                return null;
-        }
-    }
-
-    function handleModeChange(oldmode, newmode)
-    {
-        vimperator.log("switching from mode " + oldmode + " to mode " + newmode, 7);
-
-        switch (oldmode)
-        {
-            case vimperator.modes.HINTS:
-                // XXX: for now this does not work, but later it should be here
-                // vimperator.hints.disableHahMode();
-                break;
-        }
-
-        if (newmode == vimperator.modes.NORMAL)
-        {
-            var value = Options.getFirefoxPref("accessibility.browsewithcaret", false);
-            if (value)
-                Options.setFirefoxPref("accessibility.browsewithcaret", false);
-
-            vimperator.statusline.updateUrl();
-            vimperator.focusContent();
-        }
-    }
-
-    return {
-        // main modes, only one should ever be active
-        NONE:             0,
-        NORMAL:           1 << 0,
-        HINTS:            1 << 1,
-        COMMAND_LINE:     1 << 2,
-        // extended modes, can include multiple modes, and even main modes
-        EX:               1 << 10,
-        INPUT_MULTILINE:  1 << 11,
-        OUTPUT_MULTILINE: 1 << 12,
-        SEARCH_FORWARD:   1 << 13,
-        SEARCH_BACKWARD:  1 << 14,
-        QUICK_HINT:       1 << 15,
-        EXTENDED_HINT:    1 << 16,
-        ALWAYS_HINT:      1 << 17,
-        MENU:             1 << 18, // a popupmenu is active
-
-        reset: function(silent)
-        {
-            this.set(vimperator.modes.NORMAL, vimperator.modes.NONE, silent);
-        },
-
-        show: function()
-        {
-            if (!vimperator.options["showmode"])
-                return;
-
-            // never show mode messages if we are in command line mode
-            if (main == vimperator.modes.COMMAND_LINE)
-                return;
-
-            var msg = getModeMessage();
-            if (msg)
-                vimperator.commandline.echo("-- " + getModeMessage() + " --");
-            else
-                vimperator.commandline.echo("");
-        },
-
-        // helper function to set both modes in one go
-        set: function(main_mode, extended_mode, silent)
-        {
-            // if a main mode is set, the extended is always cleared
-            if (typeof main_mode === "number")
-            {
-                if (main_mode != main)
-                    handleModeChange(main, main_mode);
-
-                main = main_mode;
-                if (!extended_mode)
-                    extended = vimperator.modes.NONE;
-
-            }
-            if (typeof extended_mode === "number")
-                extended = extended_mode;
-
-            if (!silent)
-                this.show();
-        },
-
-        // add/remove always work on the extended mode only
-        add: function(mode)
-        {
-            extended |= mode;
-            this.show();
-        },
-        remove: function(mode)
-        {
-            extended = (extended | mode) ^ mode;
-            this.show();
-        },
-
-        get passNextKey() { return passNextKey; },
-        set passNextKey(value) { passNextKey = value; this.show(); },
-
-        get passAllKeys() { return passAllKeys; },
-        set passAllKeys(value) { passAllKeys = value; this.show(); },
-
-        get main()      { return main; },
-        set main(value) {
-            if (value != main)
-                handleModeChange(main, value);
-
-            main = value;
-            // setting the main mode always resets any extended mode
-            extended = vimperator.modes.NONE;
-            this.show();
-        },
-
-        get extended()      { return extended; },
-        set extended(value) {
-            extended = value; this.show();
-        }
-    }
-})();
-
-// vim: set fdm=marker sw=4 ts=4 et: