From 0bc96fb6e1bf8f91855f00f6c7e07142cecd0aab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pi-bot-01 <pi-bot-01@dominat.us>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:01:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Initial commit

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+;;; Provides functions to make reading novels in eww easier.
+
+(defun eww-new-buffer ()
+  "open new empty eww buffer"
+  (interactive)
+  (switch-to-buffer (generate-new-buffer "*eww*"))
+  (eww-mode))
+
+(defun next-chapter ()
+  "eww follow link to next chapter"
+  (interactive)
+  (defvar-local next-chapter-heur "[nN]ext.*?[cC]hapter")
+  (if (re-search-forward next-chapter-heur nil t)
+      (progn
+	(backward-char)
+	(eww-follow-link))
+    (message "next chapter link not found")))
+
+(defun prev-chapter ()
+  "eww follow link to previous chapter"
+  (interactive)
+  (defvar-local prev-chapter-heur "[pP]rev.*?[cC]hapter")
+  (if (re-search-forward prev-chapter-heur nil t)
+      (progn
+	(backward-char)
+	(eww-follow-link))
+    (message "prev chapter link not found")))
+
+(defun goto-chapter ()
+  "move cursor to next occurence of chapter"
+  (interactive)  
+  ;; (defvar-local chapter-heur "^.*chapter.*[[:digit:]].*")
+  (defvar-local chapter-heur "^chapter.*[[:digit:]].*")
+  (re-search-forward chapter-heur (buffer-end 1) t)
+  (recenter-top-bottom 0))
+
+(defun re-seq (regexp string)
+  "Get a list of all regexp matches in a string"
+  (save-match-data
+    (let ((pos 0)
+          matches)
+      (while (string-match regexp string pos)
+        (push (match-string 0 string) matches)
+        (setq pos (match-end 0)))
+      matches)))
+
+(defun map-insert-columnized (SEQ &optional cols)
+  "insert sequence in columnized form"
+  (unless cols
+    (setq-local cols 8))
+  (setq-local counter 0)
+  (while SEQ
+    (insert (car SEQ))
+    (setq-local SEQ (cdr SEQ))
+    (setq-local counter (+ counter 1))
+    (if (eq counter cols)
+	(progn
+	  (insert "\n")
+	  (setq-local counter 0)))))
+
+(defun xah-clean-whitespace ()
+  "Delete trailing whitespace, and replace repeated blank lines to just 1.
+Only space and tab is considered whitespace here.
+Works on whole buffer or text selection, respects `narrow-to-region'.
+
+URL `http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/elisp_compact_empty_lines.html'
+Version 2017-09-22"
+  (interactive)
+  (let ($begin $end)
+    (if (region-active-p)
+        (setq $begin (region-beginning) $end (region-end))
+      (setq $begin (point-min) $end (point-max)))
+    (save-excursion
+      (save-restriction
+        (narrow-to-region $begin $end)
+        (progn
+          (goto-char (point-min))
+          (while (re-search-forward "[ \t]+\n" nil "move")
+            (replace-match "\n")))
+        (progn
+          (goto-char (point-min))
+          (while (re-search-forward "\n\n\n+" nil "move")
+            (replace-match "\n\n")))
+        (progn
+          (goto-char (point-max))
+          (while (equal (char-before) 32) ; char 32 is space
+            (delete-char -1))))
+      (message "white space cleaned"))))
+
+(defun my-clean-whitespace ()
+  "Performs xah-clean-whitespace on read only buffers."
+  (interactive)
+  (if buffer-read-only
+      (progn
+	(read-only-mode 0)
+	(xah-clean-whitespace)
+	(read-only-mode 1))
+    (progn
+      (xah-clean-whitespace))))
+
+(defun eww-open-url-in-new-buffer (&optional URL)
+  "Opens given url new new eww buffer."
+  (interactive)
+  (or URL
+      (setq URL
+  	    (read-string "URL: ")))
+  (eww-new-buffer)
+  (eww URL))
+
+(defun eww-bookmark-browse-in-new-buffer ()
+  "Browse the bookmark under point in new eww buffer."
+  (interactive)
+  (let ((bookmark (get-text-property (line-beginning-position) 'eww-bookmark)))
+    (unless bookmark
+      (user-error "No bookmark on the current line"))
+    (quit-window)
+    (eww-new-buffer)
+    (eww-browse-url (plist-get bookmark :url))))
+
+(provide 'nov)