1 ;;; pp.el --- pretty printer for Emacs Lisp -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
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5 ;; Author: Randal Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
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27 (defvar font-lock-verbose
)
30 "Pretty printer for Emacs Lisp."
34 (defcustom pp-escape-newlines t
35 "Value of `print-escape-newlines' used by pp-* functions."
40 (defun pp-to-string (object)
41 "Return a string containing the pretty-printed representation of OBJECT.
42 OBJECT can be any Lisp object. Quoting characters are used as needed
43 to make output that `read' can handle, whenever this is possible."
45 (lisp-mode-variables nil
)
46 (set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table
)
47 (let ((print-escape-newlines pp-escape-newlines
)
49 (prin1 object
(current-buffer)))
55 "Prettify the current buffer with printed representation of a Lisp object."
56 (goto-char (point-min))
58 ;; (message "%06d" (- (point-max) (point)))
60 ((ignore-errors (down-list 1) t
)
63 (skip-chars-backward "'`#^")
64 (when (and (not (bobp)) (memq (char-before) '(?\s ?
\t ?
\n)))
67 (progn (skip-chars-backward " \t\n") (point)))
69 ((ignore-errors (up-list 1) t
)
70 (skip-syntax-forward ")")
73 (progn (skip-chars-forward " \t\n") (point)))
75 (t (goto-char (point-max)))))
76 (goto-char (point-min))
80 (defun pp (object &optional stream
)
81 "Output the pretty-printed representation of OBJECT, any Lisp object.
82 Quoting characters are printed as needed to make output that `read'
83 can handle, whenever this is possible.
84 Output stream is STREAM, or value of `standard-output' (which see)."
85 (princ (pp-to-string object
) (or stream standard-output
)))
87 (defun pp-display-expression (expression out-buffer-name
)
88 "Prettify and display EXPRESSION in an appropriate way, depending on length.
89 If a temporary buffer is needed for representation, it will be named
90 after OUT-BUFFER-NAME."
91 (let* ((old-show-function temp-buffer-show-function
)
92 ;; Use this function to display the buffer.
93 ;; This function either decides not to display it at all
94 ;; or displays it in the usual way.
95 (temp-buffer-show-function
98 (with-current-buffer buf
99 (goto-char (point-min))
101 (if (or (< (1+ (point)) (point-max))
102 (>= (- (point) (point-min)) (frame-width)))
103 (let ((temp-buffer-show-function old-show-function
)
104 (old-selected (selected-window))
105 (window (display-buffer buf
)))
106 (goto-char (point-min)) ; expected by some hooks ...
107 (make-frame-visible (window-frame window
))
110 (select-window window
)
111 (run-hooks 'temp-buffer-show-hook
))
112 (when (window-live-p old-selected
)
113 (select-window old-selected
))
114 (message "See buffer %s." out-buffer-name
)))
115 (message "%s" (buffer-substring (point-min) (point)))
117 (with-output-to-temp-buffer out-buffer-name
119 (with-current-buffer standard-output
121 (setq buffer-read-only nil
)
122 (set (make-local-variable 'font-lock-verbose
) nil
)))))
125 (defun pp-eval-expression (expression)
126 "Evaluate EXPRESSION and pretty-print its value.
127 Also add the value to the front of the list in the variable `values'."
129 (list (read--expression "Eval: ")))
130 (message "Evaluating...")
131 (push (eval expression lexical-binding
) values
)
132 (pp-display-expression (car values
) "*Pp Eval Output*"))
135 (defun pp-macroexpand-expression (expression)
136 "Macroexpand EXPRESSION and pretty-print its value."
138 (list (read--expression "Macroexpand: ")))
139 (pp-display-expression (macroexpand-1 expression
) "*Pp Macroexpand Output*"))
141 (defun pp-last-sexp ()
142 "Read sexp before point. Ignores leading comment characters."
143 (with-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table
148 ;; If first line is commented, ignore all leading comments:
149 (if (save-excursion (beginning-of-line) (looking-at-p "[ \t]*;"))
150 (let ((exp (buffer-substring (point) pt
))
152 (while (string-match "\n[ \t]*;+" exp start
)
153 (setq start
(1+ (match-beginning 0))
154 exp
(concat (substring exp
0 start
)
155 (substring exp
(match-end 0)))))
157 (current-buffer)))))))
160 (defun pp-eval-last-sexp (arg)
161 "Run `pp-eval-expression' on sexp before point.
162 With argument, pretty-print output into current buffer.
163 Ignores leading comment characters."
166 (insert (pp-to-string (eval (pp-last-sexp) lexical-binding
)))
167 (pp-eval-expression (pp-last-sexp))))
170 (defun pp-macroexpand-last-sexp (arg)
171 "Run `pp-macroexpand-expression' on sexp before point.
172 With argument, pretty-print output into current buffer.
173 Ignores leading comment characters."
176 (insert (pp-to-string (macroexpand-1 (pp-last-sexp))))
177 (pp-macroexpand-expression (pp-last-sexp))))
179 (provide 'pp
) ; so (require 'pp) works