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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>1992-07-24 20:55:13 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>1992-07-24 20:55:13 +0000
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+;;; finder.el --- topic & keyword-based code finder
+
+;; Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+;; Author: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
+;; Created: 16 Jun 1992
+;; Version: 1.0
+;; Keywords: help
+
+;; 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 1, 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; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
+;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+;; Commentary:
+
+;; This mode uses the Keywords library header to provide code-finding
+;; services by keyword.
+;;
+;; Things to do:
+;; 1. Support multiple keywords per search. This could be extremely hairy;
+;; there doesn't seem to be any way to get completing-read to exit on
+;; an EOL with no substring pending, which is what we'd want to end the loop.
+;; 2. Search by string in synopsis line?
+;; 3. Function to check finder-package-info for unknown keywords.
+
+;;; Code:
+
+(require 'lisp-mnt)
+(require 'finder-inf)
+(require 'picture)
+
+(defvar finder-known-keywords
+ '(
+ (bib . "code related to the bib(1) bibliography processor")
+ (c . "C and C++ language support")
+ (calendar . "calendar and time management support")
+ (docs . "support for Emacs documentation")
+ (emulations . "emulations of other editors")
+ (extensions . "Emacs Lisp language extensions")
+ (games . "games, jokes and amusements")
+ (hardware . "support for interfacing with exotic hardware")
+ (help . "support for on-line help systems")
+ (i14n . "internationalization and alternate character-set support")
+ (internal . "code for Emacs internals, build process, defaults")
+ (languages . "specialized modes for editing programming languages")
+ (lisp . "Lisp support, including Emacs Lisp")
+ (local . "code local to your site")
+ (maint . "maintenance aids for the Emacs development group")
+ (mail . "modes for electronic-mail handling")
+ (news . "support for netnews reading and posting")
+ (processes . "process, subshell, compilation, and job control support")
+ (terminals . "support for terminal types")
+ (tex . "code related to the TeX formatter")
+ (tools . "programming tools")
+ (unix . "front-ends/assistants for, or emulators of, UNIX features")
+ (vms . "support code for vms")
+ (wp . "word processing")
+ ))
+
+;;; Code for regenerating the keyword list.
+
+(defvar finder-package-info nil
+ "Assoc list mapping file names to description & keyword lists.")
+
+(defun finder-compile-keywords (&rest dirs)
+ "Regenerate the keywords association list into the file finder-inf.el.
+Optional arguments are a list of Emacs Lisp directories to compile from; no
+arguments compiles from load-path."
+ (save-excursion
+ (find-file "finder-inf.el")
+ (erase-buffer)
+ (insert ";;; Don't edit this file. It's generated by finder.el\n\n")
+ (insert "\n(setq finder-package-info '(\n")
+ (mapcar
+ (function (lambda (d)
+ (mapcar
+ (function (lambda (f)
+ (if (string-match "\\.el$" f)
+ (let (summary keystart)
+ (save-excursion
+ (set-buffer (get-buffer-create "*finder-scratch*"))
+ (erase-buffer)
+ (insert-file-contents
+ (concat (file-name-as-directory d) f))
+ (setq summary (lm-synopsis))
+ (setq keywords (lm-keywords)))
+ (insert
+ (format " (\"%s\"\n " f)
+ (if summary (format "\"%s\"" summary) "nil")
+ "\n ")
+ (setq keystart (point))
+ (insert
+ (if keywords (format "(%s)" keywords) "nil")
+ ")\n")
+ (subst-char-in-region keystart (point) ?, ? )
+ )
+ )))
+ (directory-files (or d ".")))
+ ))
+ (or dirs load-path))
+ (insert "))\n\n(provide 'finder-inf)\n")
+ (kill-buffer "*finder-scratch*")
+ (basic-save-buffer)
+ ))
+
+;;; Now the retrieval code
+
+(defun finder-by-keyword ()
+ "Find packages matching a given keyword."
+ (interactive)
+ (pop-to-buffer "*Help*")
+ (erase-buffer)
+ (mapcar
+ (function (lambda (x)
+ (insert (symbol-name (car x)))
+ (insert-at-column 14 (cdr x) "\n")
+ ))
+ finder-known-keywords)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (let (key
+ (known (mapcar (function (lambda (x) (car x))) finder-known-keywords)))
+ (let ((key (intern (completing-read
+ "Package keyword: "
+ (vconcat known)
+ (function (lambda (arg) (memq arg known)))
+ t))))
+ (erase-buffer)
+ (insert
+ "The following packages match the keyword `" (symbol-name key) "':\n\n")
+ (mapcar
+ (function (lambda (x)
+ (if (memq key (car (cdr (cdr x))))
+ (progn
+ (insert (car x))
+ (insert-at-column 16 (car (cdr x)) "\n")
+ ))
+ ))
+ finder-package-info)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ )))
+
+(provide 'finder)
+
+;;; finder.el ends here