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1 ;;; derived.el --- allow inheritance of major modes
2 ;; (formerly mode-clone.el)
4 ;; Copyright (C) 1993-1994, 1999, 2001-2015 Free Software Foundation,
5 ;; Inc.
7 ;; Author: David Megginson (dmeggins@aix1.uottawa.ca)
8 ;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org
9 ;; Keywords: extensions
10 ;; Package: emacs
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27 ;;; Commentary:
29 ;; GNU Emacs is already, in a sense, object oriented -- each object
30 ;; (buffer) belongs to a class (major mode), and that class defines
31 ;; the relationship between messages (input events) and methods
32 ;; (commands) by means of a keymap.
34 ;; The only thing missing is a good scheme of inheritance. It is
35 ;; possible to simulate a single level of inheritance with generous
36 ;; use of hooks and a bit of work -- sgml-mode, for example, also runs
37 ;; the hooks for text-mode, and keymaps can inherit from other keymaps
38 ;; -- but generally, each major mode ends up reinventing the wheel.
39 ;; Ideally, someone should redesign all of Emacs's major modes to
40 ;; follow a more conventional object-oriented system: when defining a
41 ;; new major mode, the user should need only to name the existing mode
42 ;; it is most similar to, then list the (few) differences.
44 ;; In the mean time, this package offers most of the advantages of
45 ;; full inheritance with the existing major modes. The macro
46 ;; `define-derived-mode' allows the user to make a variant of an existing
47 ;; major mode, with its own keymap. The new mode will inherit the key
48 ;; bindings of its parent, and will, in fact, run its parent first
49 ;; every time it is called. For example, the commands
51 ;; (define-derived-mode hypertext-mode text-mode "Hypertext"
52 ;; "Major mode for hypertext.\n\n\\{hypertext-mode-map}"
53 ;; (setq case-fold-search nil))
55 ;; (define-key hypertext-mode-map [down-mouse-3] 'do-hyper-link)
57 ;; will create a function `hypertext-mode' with its own (sparse)
58 ;; keymap `hypertext-mode-map.' The command M-x hypertext-mode will
59 ;; perform the following actions:
61 ;; - run the command (text-mode) to get its default setup
62 ;; - replace the current keymap with 'hypertext-mode-map,' which will
63 ;; inherit from 'text-mode-map'.
64 ;; - replace the current syntax table with
65 ;; 'hypertext-mode-syntax-table', which will borrow its defaults
66 ;; from the current text-mode-syntax-table.
67 ;; - replace the current abbrev table with
68 ;; 'hypertext-mode-abbrev-table', which will borrow its defaults
69 ;; from the current text-mode-abbrev table
70 ;; - change the mode line to read "Hypertext"
71 ;; - assign the value 'hypertext-mode' to the 'major-mode' variable
72 ;; - run the body of commands provided in the macro -- in this case,
73 ;; set the local variable `case-fold-search' to nil.
75 ;; The advantages of this system are threefold. First, text mode is
76 ;; untouched -- if you had added the new keystroke to `text-mode-map,'
77 ;; possibly using hooks, you would have added it to all text buffers
78 ;; -- here, it appears only in hypertext buffers, where it makes
79 ;; sense. Second, it is possible to build even further, and make
80 ;; a derived mode from a derived mode. The commands
82 ;; (define-derived-mode html-mode hypertext-mode "HTML")
83 ;; [various key definitions]
85 ;; will add a new major mode for HTML with very little fuss.
87 ;; Note also the function `derived-mode-p' which can tell if the current
88 ;; mode derives from another. In a hypertext-mode, buffer, for example,
89 ;; (derived-mode-p 'text-mode) would return non-nil. This should always
90 ;; be used in place of (eq major-mode 'text-mode).
92 ;;; Code:
94 ;;; PRIVATE: defsubst must be defined before they are first used
96 (defsubst derived-mode-hook-name (mode)
97 "Construct a mode-hook name based on a MODE name."
98 (intern (concat (symbol-name mode) "-hook")))
100 (defsubst derived-mode-map-name (mode)
101 "Construct a map name based on a MODE name."
102 (intern (concat (symbol-name mode) "-map")))
104 (defsubst derived-mode-syntax-table-name (mode)
105 "Construct a syntax-table name based on a MODE name."
106 (intern (concat (symbol-name mode) "-syntax-table")))
108 (defsubst derived-mode-abbrev-table-name (mode)
109 "Construct an abbrev-table name based on a MODE name."
110 (intern (concat (symbol-name mode) "-abbrev-table")))
112 ;; PUBLIC: define a new major mode which inherits from an existing one.
114 ;;;###autoload
115 (defmacro define-derived-mode (child parent name &optional docstring &rest body)
116 "Create a new mode as a variant of an existing mode.
118 The arguments to this command are as follow:
120 CHILD: the name of the command for the derived mode.
121 PARENT: the name of the command for the parent mode (e.g. `text-mode')
122 or nil if there is no parent.
123 NAME: a string which will appear in the status line (e.g. \"Hypertext\")
124 DOCSTRING: an optional documentation string--if you do not supply one,
125 the function will attempt to invent something useful.
126 BODY: forms to execute just before running the
127 hooks for the new mode. Do not use `interactive' here.
129 BODY can start with a bunch of keyword arguments. The following keyword
130 arguments are currently understood:
131 :group GROUP
132 Declare the customization group that corresponds to this mode.
133 The command `customize-mode' uses this.
134 :syntax-table TABLE
135 Use TABLE instead of the default (CHILD-syntax-table).
136 A nil value means to simply use the same syntax-table as the parent.
137 :abbrev-table TABLE
138 Use TABLE instead of the default (CHILD-abbrev-table).
139 A nil value means to simply use the same abbrev-table as the parent.
141 Here is how you could define LaTeX-Thesis mode as a variant of LaTeX mode:
143 (define-derived-mode LaTeX-thesis-mode LaTeX-mode \"LaTeX-Thesis\")
145 You could then make new key bindings for `LaTeX-thesis-mode-map'
146 without changing regular LaTeX mode. In this example, BODY is empty,
147 and DOCSTRING is generated by default.
149 On a more complicated level, the following command uses `sgml-mode' as
150 the parent, and then sets the variable `case-fold-search' to nil:
152 (define-derived-mode article-mode sgml-mode \"Article\"
153 \"Major mode for editing technical articles.\"
154 (setq case-fold-search nil))
156 Note that if the documentation string had been left out, it would have
157 been generated automatically, with a reference to the keymap.
159 The new mode runs the hook constructed by the function
160 `derived-mode-hook-name'.
162 See Info node `(elisp)Derived Modes' for more details."
163 (declare (debug (&define name symbolp sexp [&optional stringp]
164 [&rest keywordp sexp] def-body))
165 (doc-string 4)
166 (indent 3))
168 (when (and docstring (not (stringp docstring)))
169 ;; Some trickiness, since what appears to be the docstring may really be
170 ;; the first element of the body.
171 (push docstring body)
172 (setq docstring nil))
174 (when (eq parent 'fundamental-mode) (setq parent nil))
176 (let ((map (derived-mode-map-name child))
177 (syntax (derived-mode-syntax-table-name child))
178 (abbrev (derived-mode-abbrev-table-name child))
179 (declare-abbrev t)
180 (declare-syntax t)
181 (hook (derived-mode-hook-name child))
182 (group nil))
184 ;; Process the keyword args.
185 (while (keywordp (car body))
186 (pcase (pop body)
187 (`:group (setq group (pop body)))
188 (`:abbrev-table (setq abbrev (pop body)) (setq declare-abbrev nil))
189 (`:syntax-table (setq syntax (pop body)) (setq declare-syntax nil))
190 (_ (pop body))))
192 (setq docstring (derived-mode-make-docstring
193 parent child docstring syntax abbrev))
195 `(progn
196 (defvar ,hook nil
197 ,(format "Hook run after entering %s mode.
198 No problems result if this variable is not bound.
199 `add-hook' automatically binds it. (This is true for all hook variables.)"
200 name))
201 (unless (boundp ',map)
202 (put ',map 'definition-name ',child))
203 (with-no-warnings (defvar ,map (make-sparse-keymap)))
204 (unless (get ',map 'variable-documentation)
205 (put ',map 'variable-documentation
206 (purecopy ,(format "Keymap for `%s'." child))))
207 ,(if declare-syntax
208 `(progn
209 (unless (boundp ',syntax)
210 (put ',syntax 'definition-name ',child))
211 (defvar ,syntax (make-syntax-table))
212 (unless (get ',syntax 'variable-documentation)
213 (put ',syntax 'variable-documentation
214 (purecopy ,(format "Syntax table for `%s'." child))))))
215 ,(if declare-abbrev
216 `(progn
217 (put ',abbrev 'definition-name ',child)
218 (defvar ,abbrev
219 (progn (define-abbrev-table ',abbrev nil) ,abbrev))
220 (unless (get ',abbrev 'variable-documentation)
221 (put ',abbrev 'variable-documentation
222 (purecopy ,(format "Abbrev table for `%s'." child))))))
223 (put ',child 'derived-mode-parent ',parent)
224 ,(if group `(put ',child 'custom-mode-group ,group))
226 (defun ,child ()
227 ,docstring
228 (interactive)
229 ; Run the parent.
230 (delay-mode-hooks
232 (,(or parent 'kill-all-local-variables))
233 ; Identify the child mode.
234 (setq major-mode (quote ,child))
235 (setq mode-name ,name)
236 ; Identify special modes.
237 ,(when parent
238 `(progn
239 (if (get (quote ,parent) 'mode-class)
240 (put (quote ,child) 'mode-class
241 (get (quote ,parent) 'mode-class)))
242 ; Set up maps and tables.
243 (unless (keymap-parent ,map)
244 ;; It would probably be better to set the keymap's parent
245 ;; at the toplevel rather than inside the mode function,
246 ;; but this is not easy for at least the following reasons:
247 ;; - the parent (and its keymap) may not yet be loaded.
248 ;; - the parent's keymap name may be called something else
249 ;; than <parent>-mode-map.
250 (set-keymap-parent ,map (current-local-map)))
251 ,(when declare-syntax
252 `(let ((parent (char-table-parent ,syntax)))
253 (unless (and parent
254 (not (eq parent (standard-syntax-table))))
255 (set-char-table-parent ,syntax (syntax-table)))))
256 ,(when declare-abbrev
257 `(unless (or (abbrev-table-get ,abbrev :parents)
258 ;; This can happen if the major mode defines
259 ;; the abbrev-table to be its parent's.
260 (eq ,abbrev local-abbrev-table))
261 (abbrev-table-put ,abbrev :parents
262 (list local-abbrev-table))))))
263 (use-local-map ,map)
264 ,(when syntax `(set-syntax-table ,syntax))
265 ,(when abbrev `(setq local-abbrev-table ,abbrev))
266 ; Splice in the body (if any).
267 ,@body
269 ;; Run the hooks, if any.
270 (run-mode-hooks ',hook)))))
272 ;; PUBLIC: find the ultimate class of a derived mode.
274 (defun derived-mode-class (mode)
275 "Find the class of a major MODE.
276 A mode's class is the first ancestor which is NOT a derived mode.
277 Use the `derived-mode-parent' property of the symbol to trace backwards.
278 Since major-modes might all derive from `fundamental-mode', this function
279 is not very useful."
280 (declare (obsolete derived-mode-p "22.1"))
281 (while (get mode 'derived-mode-parent)
282 (setq mode (get mode 'derived-mode-parent)))
283 mode)
286 ;;; PRIVATE
288 (defun derived-mode-make-docstring (parent child &optional
289 docstring syntax abbrev)
290 "Construct a docstring for a new mode if none is provided."
292 (let ((map (derived-mode-map-name child))
293 (hook (derived-mode-hook-name child)))
295 (unless (stringp docstring)
296 ;; Use a default docstring.
297 (setq docstring
298 (if (null parent)
299 ;; FIXME filling.
300 (format "Major-mode.\nUses keymap `%s'%s%s." map
301 (if abbrev (format "%s abbrev table `%s'"
302 (if syntax "," " and") abbrev) "")
303 (if syntax (format " and syntax-table `%s'" syntax) ""))
304 (format "Major mode derived from `%s' by `define-derived-mode'.
305 It inherits all of the parent's attributes, but has its own keymap%s:
307 `%s'%s
309 which more-or-less shadow%s %s's corresponding table%s."
310 parent
311 (cond ((and abbrev syntax)
312 ",\nabbrev table and syntax table")
313 (abbrev "\nand abbrev table")
314 (syntax "\nand syntax table")
315 (t ""))
317 (cond ((and abbrev syntax)
318 (format ", `%s' and `%s'" abbrev syntax))
319 ((or abbrev syntax)
320 (format " and `%s'" (or abbrev syntax)))
321 (t ""))
322 (if (or abbrev syntax) "" "s")
323 parent
324 (if (or abbrev syntax) "s" "")))))
326 (unless (string-match (regexp-quote (symbol-name hook)) docstring)
327 ;; Make sure the docstring mentions the mode's hook.
328 (setq docstring
329 (concat docstring
330 (if (null parent)
331 "\n\nThis mode "
332 (concat
333 "\n\nIn addition to any hooks its parent mode "
334 (if (string-match (regexp-quote (format "`%s'" parent))
335 docstring) nil
336 (format "`%s' " parent))
337 "might have run,\nthis mode "))
338 (format "runs the hook `%s'" hook)
339 ", as the final step\nduring initialization.")))
341 (unless (string-match "\\\\[{[]" docstring)
342 ;; And don't forget to put the mode's keymap.
343 (setq docstring (concat docstring "\n\n\\{" (symbol-name map) "}")))
345 docstring))
348 ;;; OBSOLETE
349 ;; The functions below are only provided for backward compatibility with
350 ;; code byte-compiled with versions of derived.el prior to Emacs-21.
352 (defsubst derived-mode-setup-function-name (mode)
353 "Construct a setup-function name based on a MODE name."
354 (intern (concat (symbol-name mode) "-setup")))
357 ;; Utility functions for defining a derived mode.
359 ;;;###autoload
360 (defun derived-mode-init-mode-variables (mode)
361 "Initialize variables for a new MODE.
362 Right now, if they don't already exist, set up a blank keymap, an
363 empty syntax table, and an empty abbrev table -- these will be merged
364 the first time the mode is used."
366 (if (boundp (derived-mode-map-name mode))
368 (eval `(defvar ,(derived-mode-map-name mode)
369 (make-sparse-keymap)
370 ,(format "Keymap for %s." mode)))
371 (put (derived-mode-map-name mode) 'derived-mode-unmerged t))
373 (if (boundp (derived-mode-syntax-table-name mode))
375 (eval `(defvar ,(derived-mode-syntax-table-name mode)
376 ;; Make a syntax table which doesn't specify anything
377 ;; for any char. Valid data will be merged in by
378 ;; derived-mode-merge-syntax-tables.
379 (make-char-table 'syntax-table nil)
380 ,(format "Syntax table for %s." mode)))
381 (put (derived-mode-syntax-table-name mode) 'derived-mode-unmerged t))
383 (if (boundp (derived-mode-abbrev-table-name mode))
385 (eval `(defvar ,(derived-mode-abbrev-table-name mode)
386 (progn
387 (define-abbrev-table (derived-mode-abbrev-table-name mode) nil)
388 (make-abbrev-table))
389 ,(format "Abbrev table for %s." mode)))))
391 ;; Utility functions for running a derived mode.
393 (defun derived-mode-set-keymap (mode)
394 "Set the keymap of the new MODE, maybe merging with the parent."
395 (let* ((map-name (derived-mode-map-name mode))
396 (new-map (eval map-name))
397 (old-map (current-local-map)))
398 (and old-map
399 (get map-name 'derived-mode-unmerged)
400 (derived-mode-merge-keymaps old-map new-map))
401 (put map-name 'derived-mode-unmerged nil)
402 (use-local-map new-map)))
404 (defun derived-mode-set-syntax-table (mode)
405 "Set the syntax table of the new MODE, maybe merging with the parent."
406 (let* ((table-name (derived-mode-syntax-table-name mode))
407 (old-table (syntax-table))
408 (new-table (eval table-name)))
409 (if (get table-name 'derived-mode-unmerged)
410 (derived-mode-merge-syntax-tables old-table new-table))
411 (put table-name 'derived-mode-unmerged nil)
412 (set-syntax-table new-table)))
414 (defun derived-mode-set-abbrev-table (mode)
415 "Set the abbrev table for MODE if it exists.
416 Always merge its parent into it, since the merge is non-destructive."
417 (let* ((table-name (derived-mode-abbrev-table-name mode))
418 (old-table local-abbrev-table)
419 (new-table (eval table-name)))
420 (derived-mode-merge-abbrev-tables old-table new-table)
421 (setq local-abbrev-table new-table)))
423 (defun derived-mode-run-hooks (mode)
424 "Run the mode hook for MODE."
425 (let ((hooks-name (derived-mode-hook-name mode)))
426 (if (boundp hooks-name)
427 (run-hooks hooks-name))))
429 ;; Functions to merge maps and tables.
431 (defun derived-mode-merge-keymaps (old new)
432 "Merge an OLD keymap into a NEW one.
433 The old keymap is set to be the last cdr of the new one, so that there will
434 be automatic inheritance."
435 ;; ?? Can this just use `set-keymap-parent'?
436 (let ((tail new))
437 ;; Scan the NEW map for prefix keys.
438 (while (consp tail)
439 (and (consp (car tail))
440 (let* ((key (vector (car (car tail))))
441 (subnew (lookup-key new key))
442 (subold (lookup-key old key)))
443 ;; If KEY is a prefix key in both OLD and NEW, merge them.
444 (and (keymapp subnew) (keymapp subold)
445 (derived-mode-merge-keymaps subold subnew))))
446 (and (vectorp (car tail))
447 ;; Search a vector of ASCII char bindings for prefix keys.
448 (let ((i (1- (length (car tail)))))
449 (while (>= i 0)
450 (let* ((key (vector i))
451 (subnew (lookup-key new key))
452 (subold (lookup-key old key)))
453 ;; If KEY is a prefix key in both OLD and NEW, merge them.
454 (and (keymapp subnew) (keymapp subold)
455 (derived-mode-merge-keymaps subold subnew)))
456 (setq i (1- i)))))
457 (setq tail (cdr tail))))
458 (setcdr (nthcdr (1- (length new)) new) old))
460 (defun derived-mode-merge-syntax-tables (old new)
461 "Merge an OLD syntax table into a NEW one.
462 Where the new table already has an entry, nothing is copied from the old one."
463 (set-char-table-parent new old))
465 ;; Merge an old abbrev table into a new one.
466 ;; This function requires internal knowledge of how abbrev tables work,
467 ;; presuming that they are obarrays with the abbrev as the symbol, the expansion
468 ;; as the value of the symbol, and the hook as the function definition.
469 (defun derived-mode-merge-abbrev-tables (old new)
470 (if old
471 (mapatoms
472 (lambda (symbol)
473 (or (intern-soft (symbol-name symbol) new)
474 (define-abbrev new (symbol-name symbol)
475 (symbol-value symbol) (symbol-function symbol))))
476 old)))
478 (provide 'derived)
480 ;;; derived.el ends here