;;; -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
;;
;; this file:
;;   https://dataswamp.org/~incal/emacs-init/dwim.el
;;
;; DWIM code helpers and examples.
;;
;; Advantages to this style:
;;
;; - the same default interactively and from Lisp
;; - the default is the whole buffer
;; - the region is never used from Lisp
;; - the variables are always set, to the default if not explicitely
;; - one can still have preceding, non-optional arguments

(defun use-region (&optional both)
  (if (use-region-p)
      (list (region-beginning) (region-end))
    (when both
      (list nil nil) )))

(defun test-dwim (&optional beg end)
  (interactive (use-region))
  (or beg (setq beg (point-min)))
  (or end (setq end (point-max)))
  (message "%d %d" beg end) )

(defun test-dwim-2 (re &optional beg end)
  (interactive `(,(read-regexp "regexp: ") ,@(use-region)))
  (or beg (setq beg (point-min)))
  (or end (setq end (point-max)))
  (message "%s %d %d" re beg end) )

(provide 'dwim)