;;; finder.el --- topic & keyword-based code finder ;; Copyright (C) 1992, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc. ;; Author: Eric S. Raymond ;; 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 2, 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, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, ;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, 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) ;; Local variable in finder buffer. (defvar finder-headmark) (defvar finder-known-keywords '( (abbrev . "abbreviation handling, typing shortcuts, macros") (bib . "code related to the `bib' bibliography processor") (c . "support for the C language and related languages") (calendar . "calendar and time management support") (comm . "communications, networking, remote access to files") (data . "support editing files of data") (docs . "support for Emacs documentation") (emulations . "emulations of other editors") (extensions . "Emacs Lisp language extensions") (faces . "support for multiple fonts") (frames . "support for Emacs frames and window systems") (games . "games, jokes and amusements") (hardware . "support for interfacing with exotic hardware") (help . "support for on-line help systems") (hypermedia . "support for links between text or other media types") (i18n . "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") (matching . "various sorts of searching and matching") (mouse . "mouse support") (news . "support for netnews reading and posting") (oop . "support for object-oriented programming") (outlines . "support for hierarchical outlining") (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") )) (defvar finder-mode-map nil) (or finder-mode-map (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap))) (define-key map " " 'finder-select) (define-key map "f" 'finder-select) (define-key map [mouse-2] 'finder-mouse-select) (define-key map "\C-m" 'finder-select) (define-key map "?" 'finder-summary) (define-key map "q" 'finder-exit) (define-key map "d" 'finder-list-keywords) (setq finder-mode-map map))) ;;; 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 (let ((processed nil)) (find-file "finder-inf.el") (erase-buffer) (insert ";;; finder-inf.el --- keyword-to-package mapping\n") (insert ";; Keywords: help\n") (insert ";;; Commentary:\n") (insert ";; Don't edit this file. It's generated by finder.el\n\n") (insert ";;; Code:\n") (insert "\n(setq finder-package-info '(\n") (mapcar (lambda (d) (mapcar (lambda (f) (if (and (or (string-match "^[^=].*\\.el$" f) ;; Allow compressed files also. Fixme: ;; generalize this, especially for ;; MS-DOG-type filenames. (and (string-match "^[^=].*\\.el\\.\\(gz\\|Z\\)$" f) (require 'jka-compr))) (not (member f processed))) (let (summary keystart keywords) (setq processed (cons f processed)) (save-excursion (set-buffer (get-buffer-create "*finder-scratch*")) (buffer-disable-undo (current-buffer)) (erase-buffer) (insert-file-contents (concat (file-name-as-directory (or d ".")) f)) (setq summary (lm-synopsis)) (setq keywords (lm-keywords))) (insert (format " (\"%s\"\n " (if (string-match "\\.\\(gz\\|Z\\)$" f) (file-name-sans-extension f) f))) (prin1 summary (current-buffer)) (insert "\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\n;;; finder-inf.el ends here\n") (kill-buffer "*finder-scratch*") (eval-current-buffer) ;; So we get the new keyword list immediately (basic-save-buffer)))) (defun finder-compile-keywords-make-dist () "Regenerate `finder-inf.el' for the Emacs distribution." (apply 'finder-compile-keywords command-line-args-left) (kill-emacs)) ;;; Now the retrieval code (defun finder-insert-at-column (column &rest strings) "Insert list of STRINGS, at column COLUMN." (if (> (current-column) column) (insert "\n")) (move-to-column column) (let ((col (current-column))) (if (< col column) (indent-to column) (if (and (/= col column) (= (preceding-char) ?\t)) (let (indent-tabs-mode) (delete-char -1) (indent-to col) (move-to-column column))))) (apply 'insert strings)) (defun finder-list-keywords () "Display descriptions of the keywords in the Finder buffer." (interactive) (if (get-buffer "*Finder*") (pop-to-buffer "*Finder*") (pop-to-buffer (set-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Finder*"))) (finder-mode) (setq buffer-read-only nil) (erase-buffer) (mapcar (lambda (assoc) (let ((keyword (car assoc))) (insert (symbol-name keyword)) (finder-insert-at-column 14 (concat (cdr assoc) "\n")) (cons (symbol-name keyword) keyword))) finder-known-keywords) (goto-char (point-min)) (setq finder-headmark (point)) (setq buffer-read-only t) (set-buffer-modified-p nil) (balance-windows) (finder-summary))) (defun finder-list-matches (key) (pop-to-buffer (set-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Finder Category*"))) (finder-mode) (setq buffer-read-only nil) (erase-buffer) (let ((id (intern key))) (insert "The following packages match the keyword `" key "':\n\n") (setq finder-headmark (point)) (mapcar (lambda (x) (if (memq id (car (cdr (cdr x)))) (progn (insert (car x)) (finder-insert-at-column 16 (concat (car (cdr x)) "\n"))))) finder-package-info) (goto-char (point-min)) (forward-line) (setq buffer-read-only t) (set-buffer-modified-p nil) (shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer) (finder-summary))) ;; Search for a file named FILE on `load-path', also trying compressed ;; versions if jka-compr is in use. (defun finder-find-library (library) (or (locate-library library t) (if (rassq 'jka-compr-handler file-name-handler-alist) (or (locate-library (concat library ".gz") t) (locate-library (concat library ".Z") t) ;; last resort for MS-DOG et al (locate-library (concat library "z")))))) (defun finder-commentary (file) (interactive) (let* ((str (lm-commentary (finder-find-library file)))) (if (null str) (error "Can't find any Commentary section")) (pop-to-buffer "*Finder*") (setq buffer-read-only nil) (erase-buffer) (insert str) (goto-char (point-min)) (delete-blank-lines) (goto-char (point-max)) (delete-blank-lines) (goto-char (point-min)) (while (re-search-forward "^;+ ?" nil t) (replace-match "" nil nil)) (goto-char (point-min)) (setq buffer-read-only t) (set-buffer-modified-p nil) (shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer) (finder-summary))) (defun finder-current-item () (if (and finder-headmark (< (point) finder-headmark)) (error "No keyword or filename on this line") (save-excursion (beginning-of-line) (current-word)))) (defun finder-select () (interactive) (let ((key (finder-current-item))) (if (string-match "\\.el$" key) (finder-commentary key) (finder-list-matches key)))) (defun finder-mouse-select (event) (interactive "e") (save-excursion (set-buffer (window-buffer (posn-window (event-start event)))) (goto-char (posn-point (event-start event))) (let ((key (finder-current-item))) (finder-select)))) (defun finder-by-keyword () "Find packages matching a given keyword." (interactive) (finder-list-keywords)) (defun finder-mode () "Major mode for browsing package documentation. \\ \\[finder-select] more help for the item on the current line \\[finder-exit] exit Finder mode and kill the Finder buffer. " (interactive) (use-local-map finder-mode-map) (set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table) (setq mode-name "Finder") (setq major-mode 'finder-mode) (make-local-variable 'finder-headmark) (setq finder-headmark nil)) (defun finder-summary () "Summarize basic Finder commands." (interactive) (message "%s" (substitute-command-keys "\\\\[finder-select] = select, \\[finder-mouse-select] = select, \\[finder-list-keywords] = to finder directory, \\[finder-exit] = quit, \\[finder-summary] = help"))) (defun finder-exit () "Exit Finder mode and kill the buffer." (interactive) (or (one-window-p t) (delete-window)) ;; Can happen in either buffer -- kill each of the two that exists (and (get-buffer "*Finder*") (kill-buffer "*Finder*")) (and (get-buffer "*Finder Category*") (kill-buffer "*Finder Category*"))) (provide 'finder) ;;; finder.el ends here