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1 ;;; org-ctags.el - Integrate Emacs "tags" facility with org mode.
2 ;;
3 ;; Copyright (C) 2007-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Paul Sexton <eeeickythump@gmail.com>
8 ;; Keywords: org, wp
9 ;;
10 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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15 ;; (at your option) any later version.
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20 ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
22 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
23 ;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
26 ;; Synopsis
27 ;; ========
29 ;; Allows org-mode to make use of the Emacs `etags' system. Defines tag
30 ;; destinations in org-mode files as any text between <<double angled
31 ;; brackets>>. This allows the tags-generation program `exuberant ctags' to
32 ;; parse these files and create tag tables that record where these
33 ;; destinations are found. Plain [[links]] in org mode files which do not have
34 ;; <<matching destinations>> within the same file will then be interpreted as
35 ;; links to these 'tagged' destinations, allowing seamless navigation between
36 ;; multiple org-mode files. Topics can be created in any org mode file and
37 ;; will always be found by plain links from other files. Other file types
38 ;; recognized by ctags (source code files, latex files, etc) will also be
39 ;; available as destinations for plain links, and similarly, org-mode links
40 ;; will be available as tags from source files. Finally, the function
41 ;; `org-ctags-find-tag-interactive' lets you choose any known tag, using
42 ;; autocompletion, and quickly jump to it.
44 ;; Installation
45 ;; ============
47 ;; Install org mode
48 ;; Ensure org-ctags.el is somewhere in your emacs load path.
49 ;; Download and install Exuberant ctags -- "http://ctags.sourceforge.net/"
50 ;; Edit your .emacs file (see next section) and load emacs.
52 ;; To put in your init file (.emacs):
53 ;; ==================================
55 ;; Assuming you already have org mode installed and set up:
57 ;; (setq org-ctags-path-to-ctags "/path/to/ctags/executable")
58 ;; (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
59 ;; (lambda ()
60 ;; (define-key org-mode-map "\C-co" 'org-ctags-find-tag-interactive)))
62 ;; By default, with org-ctags loaded, org will first try and visit the tag
63 ;; with the same name as the link; then, if unsuccessful, ask the user if
64 ;; he/she wants to rebuild the 'TAGS' database and try again; then ask if
65 ;; the user wishes to append 'tag' as a new toplevel heading at the end of
66 ;; the buffer; and finally, defer to org's default behaviour which is to
67 ;; search the entire text of the current buffer for 'tag'.
69 ;; This behaviour can be modified by changing the value of
70 ;; ORG-CTAGS-OPEN-LINK-FUNCTIONS. For example I have the following in my
71 ;; .emacs, which describes the same behaviour as the above paragraph with
72 ;; one difference:
74 ;; (setq org-ctags-open-link-functions
75 ;; '(org-ctags-find-tag
76 ;; org-ctags-ask-rebuild-tags-file-then-find-tag
77 ;; org-ctags-ask-append-topic
78 ;; org-ctags-fail-silently)) ; <-- prevents org default behaviour
81 ;; Usage
82 ;; =====
84 ;; When you click on a link "[[foo]]" and org cannot find a matching "<<foo>>"
85 ;; in the current buffer, the tags facility will take over. The file TAGS in
86 ;; the active directory is examined to see if the tags facility knows about
87 ;; "<<foo>>" in any other files. If it does, the matching file will be opened
88 ;; and the cursor will jump to the position of "<<foo>>" in that file.
90 ;; User-visible functions:
91 ;; - `org-ctags-find-tag-interactive': type a tag (plain link) name and visit
92 ;; it. With autocompletion. Bound to ctrl-O in the above setup.
93 ;; - All the etags functions should work. These include:
95 ;; M-. `find-tag' -- finds the tag at point
97 ;; C-M-. find-tag based on regular expression
99 ;; M-x tags-search RET -- like C-M-. but searches through ENTIRE TEXT
100 ;; of ALL the files referenced in the TAGS file. A quick way to
101 ;; search through an entire 'project'.
103 ;; M-* "go back" from a tag jump. Like `org-mark-ring-goto'.
104 ;; You may need to bind this key yourself with (eg)
105 ;; (global-set-key (kbd "<M-kp-multiply>") 'pop-tag-mark)
107 ;; (see etags chapter in Emacs manual for more)
110 ;; Keeping the TAGS file up to date
111 ;; ================================
113 ;; Tags mode has no way of knowing that you have created new tags by typing in
114 ;; your org-mode buffer. New tags make it into the TAGS file in 3 ways:
116 ;; 1. You re-run (org-ctags-create-tags "directory") to rebuild the file.
117 ;; 2. You put the function `org-ctags-ask-rebuild-tags-file-then-find-tag' in
118 ;; your `org-open-link-functions' list, as is done in the setup
119 ;; above. This will cause the TAGS file to be rebuilt whenever a link
120 ;; cannot be found. This may be slow with large file collections however.
121 ;; 3. You run the following from the command line (all 1 line):
123 ;; ctags --langdef=orgmode --langmap=orgmode:.org
124 ;; --regex-orgmode="/<<([^>]+)>>/\1/d,definition/"
125 ;; -f /your/path/TAGS -e -R /your/path/*.org
127 ;; If you are paranoid, you might want to run (org-ctags-create-tags
128 ;; "/path/to/org/files") at startup, by including the following toplevel form
129 ;; in .emacs. However this can cause a pause of several seconds if ctags has
130 ;; to scan lots of files.
132 ;; (progn
133 ;; (message "-- rebuilding tags tables...")
134 ;; (mapc 'org-ctags-create-tags tags-table-list))
136 ;;; Code:
138 (eval-when-compile (require 'cl))
140 (require 'org)
142 (declare-function org-pop-to-buffer-same-window "org-compat" (&optional buffer-or-name norecord label))
144 (defgroup org-ctags nil
145 "Options concerning use of ctags within org mode."
146 :tag "Org-Ctags"
147 :group 'org-link)
149 (defvar org-ctags-enabled-p t
150 "Activate ctags support in org mode?")
152 (defvar org-ctags-tag-regexp "/<<([^>]+)>>/\\1/d,definition/"
153 "Regexp expression used by ctags external program.
154 The regexp matches tag destinations in org-mode files.
155 Format is: /REGEXP/TAGNAME/FLAGS,TAGTYPE/
156 See the ctags documentation for more information.")
158 (defcustom org-ctags-path-to-ctags
159 (if (executable-find "ctags-exuberant") "ctags-exuberant" "ctags")
160 "Name of the ctags executable file."
161 :group 'org-ctags
162 :version "24.1"
163 :type 'file)
165 (defcustom org-ctags-open-link-functions
166 '(org-ctags-find-tag
167 org-ctags-ask-rebuild-tags-file-then-find-tag
168 org-ctags-ask-append-topic)
169 "List of functions to be prepended to ORG-OPEN-LINK-FUNCTIONS when ORG-CTAGS is active."
170 :group 'org-ctags
171 :version "24.1"
172 :type 'hook
173 :options '(org-ctags-find-tag
174 org-ctags-ask-rebuild-tags-file-then-find-tag
175 org-ctags-rebuild-tags-file-then-find-tag
176 org-ctags-ask-append-topic
177 org-ctags-append-topic
178 org-ctags-ask-visit-buffer-or-file
179 org-ctags-visit-buffer-or-file
180 org-ctags-fail-silently))
183 (defvar org-ctags-tag-list nil
184 "List of all tags in the active TAGS file.
185 Created as a local variable in each buffer.")
187 (defcustom org-ctags-new-topic-template
188 "* <<%t>>\n\n\n\n\n\n"
189 "Text to insert when creating a new org file via opening a hyperlink.
190 The following patterns are replaced in the string:
191 `%t' - replaced with the capitalized title of the hyperlink"
192 :group 'org-ctags
193 :version "24.1"
194 :type 'string)
197 (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
198 (lambda ()
199 (when (and org-ctags-enabled-p
200 (buffer-file-name))
201 ;; Make sure this file's directory is added to default
202 ;; directories in which to search for tags.
203 (let ((tags-filename
204 (expand-file-name
205 (concat (file-name-directory (buffer-file-name))
206 "/TAGS"))))
207 (when (file-exists-p tags-filename)
208 (visit-tags-table tags-filename))))))
211 (defadvice visit-tags-table (after org-ctags-load-tag-list activate compile)
212 (when (and org-ctags-enabled-p tags-file-name)
213 (set (make-local-variable 'org-ctags-tag-list)
214 (org-ctags-all-tags-in-current-tags-table))))
217 (defun org-ctags-enable ()
218 (put 'org-mode 'find-tag-default-function 'org-ctags-find-tag-at-point)
219 (setq org-ctags-enabled-p t)
220 (dolist (fn org-ctags-open-link-functions)
221 (add-hook 'org-open-link-functions fn t)))
224 ;;; General utility functions. ===============================================
225 ;; These work outside org-ctags mode.
227 (defun org-ctags-get-filename-for-tag (tag)
228 "TAG is a string. Search the active TAGS file for a matching tag.
229 If the tag is found, return a list containing the filename, line number, and
230 buffer position where the tag is found."
231 (interactive "sTag: ")
232 (unless tags-file-name
233 (call-interactively (visit-tags-table)))
234 (save-excursion
235 (visit-tags-table-buffer 'same)
236 (when tags-file-name
237 (with-current-buffer (get-file-buffer tags-file-name)
238 (goto-char (point-min))
239 (cond
240 ((re-search-forward (format "^.*\x7f%s\x01\\([0-9]+\\),\\([0-9]+\\)$"
241 (regexp-quote tag)) nil t)
242 (let ((line (string-to-number (match-string 1)))
243 (pos (string-to-number (match-string 2))))
244 (cond
245 ((re-search-backward "\f\n\\(.*\\),[0-9]+\n")
246 (list (match-string 1) line pos))
247 (t ; can't find a file name preceding the matched
248 ; tag??
249 (error "Malformed TAGS file: %s" (buffer-name))))))
250 (t ; tag not found
251 nil))))))
254 (defun org-ctags-all-tags-in-current-tags-table ()
255 "Read all tags defined in the active TAGS file, into a list of strings.
256 Return the list."
257 (interactive)
258 (let ((taglist nil))
259 (unless tags-file-name
260 (call-interactively (visit-tags-table)))
261 (save-excursion
262 (visit-tags-table-buffer 'same)
263 (with-current-buffer (get-file-buffer tags-file-name)
264 (goto-char (point-min))
265 (while (re-search-forward "^.*\x7f\\(.*\\)\x01\\([0-9]+\\),\\([0-9]+\\)$"
266 nil t)
267 (push (substring-no-properties (match-string 1)) taglist)))
268 taglist)))
271 (defun org-ctags-string-search-and-replace (search replace string)
272 "Replace all instances of SEARCH with REPLACE in STRING."
273 (replace-regexp-in-string (regexp-quote search) replace string t t))
276 (defun y-or-n-minibuffer (prompt)
277 (let ((use-dialog-box nil))
278 (y-or-n-p prompt)))
281 ;;; Internal functions =======================================================
284 (defun org-ctags-open-file (name &optional title)
285 "Visit or create a file called `NAME.org', and insert a new topic.
286 The new topic will be titled NAME (or TITLE if supplied)."
287 (interactive "sFile name: ")
288 (let ((filename (substitute-in-file-name (expand-file-name name))))
289 (condition-case v
290 (progn
291 (org-open-file name t)
292 (message "Opened file OK")
293 (goto-char (point-max))
294 (insert (org-ctags-string-search-and-replace
295 "%t" (capitalize (or title name))
296 org-ctags-new-topic-template))
297 (message "Inserted new file text OK")
298 (org-mode-restart))
299 (error (error "Error %S in org-ctags-open-file" v)))))
302 ;;;; Misc interoperability with etags system =================================
305 (defadvice find-tag (before org-ctags-set-org-mark-before-finding-tag
306 activate compile)
307 "Before trying to find a tag, save our current position on org mark ring."
308 (save-excursion
309 (if (and (derived-mode-p 'org-mode) org-ctags-enabled-p)
310 (org-mark-ring-push))))
314 (defun org-ctags-find-tag-at-point ()
315 "Determine default tag to search for, based on text at point.
316 If there is no plausible default, return nil."
317 (let (from to bound)
318 (when (or (ignore-errors
319 ;; Look for hyperlink around `point'.
320 (save-excursion
321 (search-backward "[[") (setq from (+ 2 (point))))
322 (save-excursion
323 (goto-char from)
324 (search-forward "]") (setq to (- (point) 1)))
325 (and (> to from) (>= (point) from) (<= (point) to)))
326 (progn
327 ;; Look at text around `point'.
328 (save-excursion
329 (skip-syntax-backward "w_") (setq from (point)))
330 (save-excursion
331 (skip-syntax-forward "w_") (setq to (point)))
332 (> to from))
333 ;; Look between `line-beginning-position' and `point'.
334 (save-excursion
335 (and (setq bound (line-beginning-position))
336 (skip-syntax-backward "^w_" bound)
337 (> (setq to (point)) bound)
338 (skip-syntax-backward "w_")
339 (setq from (point))))
340 ;; Look between `point' and `line-end-position'.
341 (save-excursion
342 (and (setq bound (line-end-position))
343 (skip-syntax-forward "^w_" bound)
344 (< (setq from (point)) bound)
345 (skip-syntax-forward "w_")
346 (setq to (point)))))
347 (buffer-substring-no-properties from to))))
350 ;;; Functions for use with 'org-open-link-functions' hook =================
353 (defun org-ctags-find-tag (name)
354 "This function is intended to be used in ORG-OPEN-LINK-FUNCTIONS.
355 Look for a tag called `NAME' in the current TAGS table. If it is found,
356 visit the file and location where the tag is found."
357 (interactive "sTag: ")
358 (let ((old-buf (current-buffer))
359 (old-pnt (point-marker))
360 (old-mark (copy-marker (mark-marker))))
361 (condition-case nil
362 (progn (find-tag name)
364 (error
365 ;; only restore old location if find-tag raises error
366 (set-buffer old-buf)
367 (goto-char old-pnt)
368 (set-marker (mark-marker) old-mark)
369 nil))))
372 (defun org-ctags-visit-buffer-or-file (name &optional create)
373 "This function is intended to be used in ORG-OPEN-LINK-FUNCTIONS.
374 Visit buffer named `NAME.org'. If there is no such buffer, visit the file
375 with the same name if it exists. If the file does not exist, then behavior
376 depends on the value of CREATE.
378 If CREATE is nil (default), then return nil. Do not create a new file.
379 If CREATE is t, create the new file and visit it.
380 If CREATE is the symbol `ask', then ask the user if they wish to create
381 the new file."
382 (interactive)
383 (let ((filename (concat (substitute-in-file-name
384 (expand-file-name name))
385 ".org")))
386 (cond
387 ((get-buffer (concat name ".org"))
388 ;; Buffer is already open
389 (org-pop-to-buffer-same-window (get-buffer (concat name ".org"))))
390 ((file-exists-p filename)
391 ;; File exists but is not open --> open it
392 (message "Opening existing org file `%S'..."
393 filename)
394 (org-open-file filename t))
395 ((or (eql create t)
396 (and (eql create 'ask)
397 (y-or-n-p (format "File `%s.org' not found; create?" name))))
398 (org-ctags-open-file filename name))
399 (t ;; File does not exist, and we don't want to create it.
400 nil))))
403 (defun org-ctags-ask-visit-buffer-or-file (name)
404 "This function is intended to be used in ORG-OPEN-LINK-FUNCTIONS.
405 Wrapper for org-ctags-visit-buffer-or-file, which ensures the user is
406 asked before creating a new file."
407 (org-ctags-visit-buffer-or-file name 'ask))
410 (defun org-ctags-append-topic (name &optional narrowp)
411 "This function is intended to be used in ORG-OPEN-LINK-FUNCTIONS.
412 Append a new toplevel heading to the end of the current buffer. The
413 heading contains NAME surrounded by <<angular brackets>>, thus making
414 the heading a destination for the tag `NAME'."
415 (interactive "sTopic: ")
416 (widen)
417 (goto-char (point-max))
418 (newline 2)
419 (message "Adding topic in buffer %s" (buffer-name))
420 (insert (org-ctags-string-search-and-replace
421 "%t" (capitalize name) org-ctags-new-topic-template))
422 (backward-char 4)
423 (org-update-radio-target-regexp)
424 (end-of-line)
425 (forward-line 2)
426 (when narrowp
427 ;;(org-tree-to-indirect-buffer 1) ;; opens new frame
428 (org-narrow-to-subtree))
432 (defun org-ctags-ask-append-topic (name &optional narrowp)
433 "This function is intended to be used in ORG-OPEN-LINK-FUNCTIONS.
434 Wrapper for org-ctags-append-topic, which first asks the user if they want
435 to append a new topic."
436 (if (y-or-n-p (format "Topic `%s' not found; append to end of buffer?"
437 name))
438 (org-ctags-append-topic name narrowp)
439 nil))
442 (defun org-ctags-rebuild-tags-file-then-find-tag (name)
443 "This function is intended to be used in ORG-OPEN-LINK-FUNCTIONS.
444 Like ORG-CTAGS-FIND-TAG, but calls the external ctags program first,
445 to rebuild (update) the TAGS file."
446 (unless tags-file-name
447 (call-interactively (visit-tags-table)))
448 (when (buffer-file-name)
449 (org-ctags-create-tags))
450 (org-ctags-find-tag name))
453 (defun org-ctags-ask-rebuild-tags-file-then-find-tag (name)
454 "This function is intended to be used in ORG-OPEN-LINK-FUNCTIONS.
455 Wrapper for org-ctags-rebuild-tags-file-then-find-tag."
456 (if (and (buffer-file-name)
457 (y-or-n-p
458 (format
459 "Tag `%s' not found. Rebuild table `%s/TAGS' and look again?"
460 name
461 (file-name-directory (buffer-file-name)))))
462 (org-ctags-rebuild-tags-file-then-find-tag name)
463 nil))
466 (defun org-ctags-fail-silently (name)
467 "This function is intended to be used in ORG-OPEN-LINK-FUNCTIONS.
468 Put as the last function in the list if you want to prevent org's default
469 behavior of free text search."
473 ;;; User-visible functions ===================================================
476 (defun org-ctags-create-tags (&optional directory-name)
477 "(Re)create tags file in the directory of the active buffer.
478 The file will contain tag definitions for all the files in the
479 directory and its subdirectories which are recognized by ctags.
480 This will include files ending in `.org' as well as most other
481 source files (.C, .H, .EL, .LISP, etc). All the resulting tags
482 end up in one file, called TAGS, located in the directory. This
483 function may take several seconds to finish if the directory or
484 its subdirectories contain large numbers of taggable files."
485 (interactive)
486 (assert (buffer-file-name))
487 (let ((dir-name (or directory-name
488 (file-name-directory (buffer-file-name))))
489 (exitcode nil))
490 (save-excursion
491 (setq exitcode
492 (shell-command
493 (format (concat "%s --langdef=orgmode --langmap=orgmode:.org "
494 "--regex-orgmode=\"%s\" -f \"%s\" -e -R \"%s\"")
495 org-ctags-path-to-ctags
496 org-ctags-tag-regexp
497 (expand-file-name (concat dir-name "/TAGS"))
498 (expand-file-name (concat dir-name "/*")))))
499 (cond
500 ((eql 0 exitcode)
501 (set (make-local-variable 'org-ctags-tag-list)
502 (org-ctags-all-tags-in-current-tags-table)))
504 ;; This seems to behave differently on Linux, so just ignore
505 ;; error codes for now
506 ;;(error "Calling ctags executable resulted in error code: %s"
507 ;; exitcode)
508 nil)))))
511 (defvar org-ctags-find-tag-history nil
512 "History of tags visited by org-ctags-find-tag-interactive.")
514 (defun org-ctags-find-tag-interactive ()
515 "Prompt for the name of a tag, with autocompletion, then visit the named tag.
516 Uses `ido-mode' if available.
517 If the user enters a string that does not match an existing tag, create
518 a new topic."
519 (interactive)
520 (let* ((completing-read-fn (if (fboundp 'ido-completing-read)
521 'ido-completing-read
522 'completing-read))
523 (tag (funcall completing-read-fn "Topic: " org-ctags-tag-list
524 nil 'confirm nil 'org-ctags-find-tag-history)))
525 (when tag
526 (cond
527 ((member tag org-ctags-tag-list)
528 ;; Existing tag
529 (push tag org-ctags-find-tag-history)
530 (find-tag tag))
532 ;; New tag
533 (run-hook-with-args-until-success
534 'org-open-link-functions tag))))))
537 (org-ctags-enable)
539 (provide 'org-ctags)
541 ;;; org-ctags.el ends here