1 ;;; tabulated-list.el --- generic major mode for tabulated lists -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
3 ;; Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
6 ;; Keywords: extensions, lisp
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25 ;; This file defines Tabulated List mode, a generic major mode for
26 ;; displaying lists of tabulated data, intended for other major modes
27 ;; to inherit from. It provides several utility routines, e.g. for
28 ;; pretty-printing lines of tabulated data to fit into the appropriate
31 ;; For usage information, see the documentation of `tabulated-list-mode'.
33 ;; This package originated from Tom Tromey's Package Menu mode,
34 ;; extended and generalized to be used by other modes.
38 ;; The reason `tabulated-list-format' and other variables are
39 ;; permanent-local is to make it convenient to switch to a different
40 ;; major mode, switch back, and have the original Tabulated List data
41 ;; still valid. See, for example, ebuff-menu.el.
43 (defvar tabulated-list-format nil
44 "The format of the current Tabulated List mode buffer.
45 This should be a vector of elements (NAME WIDTH SORT . PROPS),
47 - NAME is a string describing the column.
48 This is the label for the column in the header line.
49 Different columns must have non-`equal' names.
50 - WIDTH is the width to reserve for the column.
51 For the final element, its numerical value is ignored.
52 - SORT specifies how to sort entries by this column.
53 If nil, this column cannot be used for sorting.
54 If t, sort by comparing the string value printed in the column.
55 Otherwise, it should be a predicate function suitable for
56 `sort', accepting arguments with the same form as the elements
57 of `tabulated-list-entries'.
58 - PROPS is a plist of additional column properties.
59 Currently supported properties are:
60 - `:right-align': if non-nil, the column should be right-aligned.
61 - `:pad-right': Number of additional padding spaces to the
62 right of the column (defaults to 1 if omitted).")
63 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tabulated-list-format
)
64 (put 'tabulated-list-format
'permanent-local t
)
66 (defvar tabulated-list-use-header-line t
67 "Whether the Tabulated List buffer should use a header line.")
68 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tabulated-list-use-header-line
)
70 (defvar tabulated-list-entries nil
71 "Entries displayed in the current Tabulated List buffer.
72 This should be either a function, or a list.
73 If a list, each element has the form (ID [DESC1 ... DESCN]),
75 - ID is nil, or a Lisp object uniquely identifying this entry,
76 which is used to keep the cursor on the \"same\" entry when
77 rearranging the list. Comparison is done with `equal'.
79 - Each DESC is a column descriptor, one for each column
80 specified in `tabulated-list-format'. A descriptor is either
81 a string, which is printed as-is, or a list (LABEL . PROPS),
82 which means to use `insert-text-button' to insert a text
83 button with label LABEL and button properties PROPS.
84 The string, or button label, must not contain any newline.
86 If `tabulated-list-entries' is a function, it is called with no
87 arguments and must return a list of the above form.")
88 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tabulated-list-entries
)
89 (put 'tabulated-list-entries
'permanent-local t
)
91 (defvar tabulated-list-padding
0
92 "Number of characters preceding each Tabulated List mode entry.
93 By default, lines are padded with spaces, but you can use the
94 function `tabulated-list-put-tag' to change this.")
95 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tabulated-list-padding
)
96 (put 'tabulated-list-padding
'permanent-local t
)
98 (defvar tabulated-list-revert-hook nil
99 "Hook run before reverting a Tabulated List buffer.
100 This is commonly used to recompute `tabulated-list-entries'.")
102 (defvar tabulated-list-printer
'tabulated-list-print-entry
103 "Function for inserting a Tabulated List entry at point.
104 It is called with two arguments, ID and COLS. ID is a Lisp
105 object identifying the entry, and COLS is a vector of column
106 descriptors, as documented in `tabulated-list-entries'.")
107 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tabulated-list-printer
)
109 (defvar tabulated-list-sort-key nil
110 "Sort key for the current Tabulated List mode buffer.
111 If nil, no additional sorting is performed.
112 Otherwise, this should be a cons cell (NAME . FLIP).
113 NAME is a string matching one of the column names in
114 `tabulated-list-format' (the corresponding SORT entry in
115 `tabulated-list-format' then specifies how to sort). FLIP, if
116 non-nil, means to invert the resulting sort.")
117 (make-variable-buffer-local 'tabulated-list-sort-key
)
118 (put 'tabulated-list-sort-key
'permanent-local t
)
120 (defsubst tabulated-list-get-id
(&optional pos
)
121 "Return the entry ID of the Tabulated List entry at POS.
122 The value is an ID object from `tabulated-list-entries', or nil.
123 POS, if omitted or nil, defaults to point."
124 (get-text-property (or pos
(point)) 'tabulated-list-id
))
126 (defsubst tabulated-list-get-entry
(&optional pos
)
127 "Return the Tabulated List entry at POS.
128 The value is a vector of column descriptors, or nil if there is
129 no entry at POS. POS, if omitted or nil, defaults to point."
130 (get-text-property (or pos
(point)) 'tabulated-list-entry
))
132 (defun tabulated-list-put-tag (tag &optional advance
)
133 "Put TAG in the padding area of the current line.
134 TAG should be a string, with length <= `tabulated-list-padding'.
135 If ADVANCE is non-nil, move forward by one line afterwards."
136 (unless (stringp tag
)
137 (error "Invalid argument to `tabulated-list-put-tag'"))
138 (unless (> tabulated-list-padding
0)
139 (error "Unable to tag the current line"))
142 (when (tabulated-list-get-entry)
144 (inhibit-read-only t
))
145 (forward-char tabulated-list-padding
)
147 (let ((width (string-width tag
)))
148 (if (<= width tabulated-list-padding
)
150 (make-string (- tabulated-list-padding width
) ?\s
))
151 (truncate-string-to-width tag tabulated-list-padding
))))
152 (delete-region beg
(+ beg tabulated-list-padding
)))))
156 (defvar tabulated-list-mode-map
157 (let ((map (copy-keymap special-mode-map
)))
158 (set-keymap-parent map button-buffer-map
)
159 (define-key map
"n" 'next-line
)
160 (define-key map
"p" 'previous-line
)
161 (define-key map
"S" 'tabulated-list-sort
)
162 (define-key map
[follow-link
] 'mouse-face
)
163 (define-key map
[mouse-2
] 'mouse-select-window
)
165 "Local keymap for `tabulated-list-mode' buffers.")
167 (defvar tabulated-list-sort-button-map
168 (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
169 (define-key map
[header-line mouse-1
] 'tabulated-list-col-sort
)
170 (define-key map
[header-line mouse-2
] 'tabulated-list-col-sort
)
171 (define-key map
[mouse-1
] 'tabulated-list-col-sort
)
172 (define-key map
[mouse-2
] 'tabulated-list-col-sort
)
173 (define-key map
"\C-m" 'tabulated-list-sort
)
174 (define-key map
[follow-link
] 'mouse-face
)
176 "Local keymap for `tabulated-list-mode' sort buttons.")
178 (defvar tabulated-list-glyphless-char-display
179 (let ((table (make-char-table 'glyphless-char-display nil
)))
180 (set-char-table-parent table glyphless-char-display
)
181 ;; Some text terminals can't display the Unicode arrows; be safe.
182 (aset table
9650 (cons nil
"^"))
183 (aset table
9660 (cons nil
"v"))
185 "The `glyphless-char-display' table in Tabulated List buffers.")
187 (defvar tabulated-list--header-string nil
)
188 (defvar tabulated-list--header-overlay nil
)
190 (defun tabulated-list-init-header ()
191 "Set up header line for the Tabulated List buffer."
192 ;; FIXME: Should share code with tabulated-list-print-col!
193 (let ((x (max tabulated-list-padding
0))
194 (button-props `(help-echo "Click to sort by column"
196 keymap
,tabulated-list-sort-button-map
))
198 (push (propertize " " 'display
`(space :align-to
,x
)) cols
)
199 (dotimes (n (length tabulated-list-format
))
200 (let* ((col (aref tabulated-list-format n
))
203 (props (nthcdr 3 col
))
204 (pad-right (or (plist-get props
:pad-right
) 1))
205 (right-align (plist-get props
:right-align
))
206 (next-x (+ x pad-right width
)))
209 ;; An unsortable column
211 (propertize label
'tabulated-list-column-name label
))
212 ;; The selected sort column
213 ((equal (car col
) (car tabulated-list-sort-key
))
217 ((> (+ 2 (length label
)) width
) "")
218 ((cdr tabulated-list-sort-key
) " â–²")
221 'tabulated-list-column-name label
223 ;; Unselected sortable column.
224 (t (apply 'propertize label
225 'tabulated-list-column-name label
229 (let ((shift (- width
(string-width (car cols
)))))
233 (cons (propertize (make-string shift ?\s
)
235 `(space :align-to
,(+ x shift
)))
237 (setq x
(+ x shift
)))))
239 (push (propertize " "
240 'display
`(space :align-to
,next-x
)
244 (setq cols
(apply 'concat
(nreverse cols
)))
245 (if tabulated-list-use-header-line
246 (setq header-line-format cols
)
247 (setq header-line-format nil
)
248 (set (make-local-variable 'tabulated-list--header-string
) cols
))))
250 (defun tabulated-list-print-fake-header ()
251 "Insert a fake Tabulated List \"header line\" at the start of the buffer."
252 (goto-char (point-min))
253 (let ((inhibit-read-only t
))
254 (insert tabulated-list--header-string
"\n")
255 (if tabulated-list--header-overlay
256 (move-overlay tabulated-list--header-overlay
(point-min) (point))
257 (set (make-local-variable 'tabulated-list--header-overlay
)
258 (make-overlay (point-min) (point))))
259 (overlay-put tabulated-list--header-overlay
'face
'underline
)))
261 (defun tabulated-list-revert (&rest ignored
)
262 "The `revert-buffer-function' for `tabulated-list-mode'.
263 It runs `tabulated-list-revert-hook', then calls `tabulated-list-print'."
265 (unless (derived-mode-p 'tabulated-list-mode
)
266 (error "The current buffer is not in Tabulated List mode"))
267 (run-hooks 'tabulated-list-revert-hook
)
268 (tabulated-list-print t
))
270 (defun tabulated-list--column-number (name)
271 (let ((len (length tabulated-list-format
))
274 (while (and (< n len
) (null found
))
275 (if (equal (car (aref tabulated-list-format n
)) name
)
279 (error "No column named %s" name
))))
281 (defun tabulated-list-print (&optional remember-pos
)
282 "Populate the current Tabulated List mode buffer.
283 This sorts the `tabulated-list-entries' list if sorting is
284 specified by `tabulated-list-sort-key'. It then erases the
285 buffer and inserts the entries with `tabulated-list-printer'.
287 Optional argument REMEMBER-POS, if non-nil, means to move point
288 to the entry with the same ID element as the current line."
289 (let ((inhibit-read-only t
)
290 (entries (if (functionp tabulated-list-entries
)
291 (funcall tabulated-list-entries
)
292 tabulated-list-entries
))
293 entry-id saved-pt saved-col
)
295 (setq entry-id
(tabulated-list-get-id))
296 (setq saved-col
(current-column)))
298 (unless tabulated-list-use-header-line
299 (tabulated-list-print-fake-header))
300 ;; Sort the entries, if necessary.
301 (when (and tabulated-list-sort-key
302 (car tabulated-list-sort-key
))
303 (let* ((sort-column (car tabulated-list-sort-key
))
304 (n (tabulated-list--column-number sort-column
))
305 (sorter (nth 2 (aref tabulated-list-format n
))))
306 ;; Is the specified column sortable?
309 (setq sorter
; Default sorter checks column N:
311 (setq A
(aref (cadr A
) n
))
312 (setq B
(aref (cadr B
) n
))
313 (string< (if (stringp A
) A
(car A
))
314 (if (stringp B
) B
(car B
))))))
315 (setq entries
(sort entries sorter
))
316 (if (cdr tabulated-list-sort-key
)
317 (setq entries
(nreverse entries
)))
318 (unless (functionp tabulated-list-entries
)
319 (setq tabulated-list-entries entries
)))))
320 ;; Print the resulting list.
321 (dolist (elt entries
)
323 (equal entry-id
(car elt
))
324 (setq saved-pt
(point)))
325 (apply tabulated-list-printer elt
))
326 (set-buffer-modified-p nil
)
327 ;; If REMEMBER-POS was specified, move to the "old" location.
329 (progn (goto-char saved-pt
)
330 (move-to-column saved-col
)
332 (goto-char (point-min)))))
334 (defun tabulated-list-print-entry (id cols
)
335 "Insert a Tabulated List entry at point.
336 This is the default `tabulated-list-printer' function. ID is a
337 Lisp object identifying the entry to print, and COLS is a vector
338 of column descriptors."
340 (x (max tabulated-list-padding
0))
341 (ncols (length tabulated-list-format
))
342 (inhibit-read-only t
))
343 (if (> tabulated-list-padding
0)
344 (insert (make-string x ?\s
)))
346 (setq x
(tabulated-list-print-col n
(aref cols n
) x
)))
348 (put-text-property beg
(point) 'tabulated-list-id id
)
349 (put-text-property beg
(point) 'tabulated-list-entry cols
)))
351 (defun tabulated-list-print-col (n col-desc x
)
352 "Insert a specified Tabulated List entry at point.
353 N is the column number, COL-DESC is a column descriptor \(see
354 `tabulated-list-entries'), and X is the column number at point.
355 Return the column number after insertion."
356 ;; TODO: don't truncate to `width' if the next column is align-right
357 ;; and has some space left.
358 (let* ((format (aref tabulated-list-format n
))
359 (name (nth 0 format
))
360 (width (nth 1 format
))
361 (props (nthcdr 3 format
))
362 (pad-right (or (plist-get props
:pad-right
) 1))
363 (right-align (plist-get props
:right-align
))
364 (label (if (stringp col-desc
) col-desc
(car col-desc
)))
365 (label-width (string-width label
))
366 (help-echo (concat (car format
) ": " label
))
368 (not-last-col (< (1+ n
) (length tabulated-list-format
))))
369 ;; Truncate labels if necessary (except last column).
371 (> label-width width
)
372 (setq label
(truncate-string-to-width label width nil nil t
)
374 (setq label
(bidi-string-mark-left-to-right label
))
375 (when (and right-align
(> width label-width
))
376 (let ((shift (- width label-width
)))
377 (insert (propertize (make-string shift ?\s
)
378 'display
`(space :align-to
,(+ x shift
))))
379 (setq width
(- width shift
))
380 (setq x
(+ x shift
))))
381 (if (stringp col-desc
)
382 (insert (propertize label
'help-echo help-echo
))
383 (apply 'insert-text-button label
(cdr col-desc
)))
384 (let ((next-x (+ x pad-right width
)))
385 ;; No need to append any spaces if this is the last column.
387 (when (> pad-right
0) (insert (make-string pad-right ?\s
)))
389 (make-string (- next-x x label-width pad-right
) ?\s
)
390 'display
`(space :align-to
,next-x
))))
391 (put-text-property opoint
(point) 'tabulated-list-column-name name
)
394 (defun tabulated-list-delete-entry ()
395 "Delete the Tabulated List entry at point.
396 Return a list (ID COLS), where ID is the ID of the deleted entry
397 and COLS is a vector of its column descriptors. Move point to
398 the beginning of the deleted entry. Return nil if there is no
401 This function only changes the buffer contents; it does not alter
402 `tabulated-list-entries'."
403 ;; Assume that each entry occupies one line.
404 (let* ((id (tabulated-list-get-id))
405 (cols (tabulated-list-get-entry))
406 (inhibit-read-only t
))
408 (delete-region (line-beginning-position) (1+ (line-end-position)))
411 (defun tabulated-list-set-col (col desc
&optional change-entry-data
)
412 "Change the Tabulated List entry at point, setting COL to DESC.
413 COL is the column number to change, or the name of the column to change.
414 DESC is the new column descriptor, which is inserted via
415 `tabulated-list-print-col'.
417 If CHANGE-ENTRY-DATA is non-nil, modify the underlying entry data
418 by setting the appropriate slot of the vector originally used to
419 print this entry. If `tabulated-list-entries' has a list value,
420 this is the vector stored within it."
421 (let* ((opoint (point))
422 (eol (line-end-position))
423 (pos (line-beginning-position))
424 (id (tabulated-list-get-id pos
))
425 (entry (tabulated-list-get-entry pos
))
426 (prop 'tabulated-list-column-name
)
427 (inhibit-read-only t
)
430 (setq name
(car (aref tabulated-list-format col
))))
433 col
(tabulated-list--column-number col
)))
435 (error "Invalid column %s" col
)))
437 (error "No Tabulated List entry at position %s" opoint
))
438 (unless (equal (get-text-property pos prop
) name
)
439 (while (and (setq pos
440 (next-single-property-change pos prop nil eol
))
442 (not (equal (get-text-property pos prop
) name
)))))
444 (delete-region pos
(next-single-property-change pos prop nil eol
))
446 (tabulated-list-print-col col desc
(current-column))
447 (if change-entry-data
448 (aset entry col desc
))
449 (put-text-property pos
(point) 'tabulated-list-id id
)
450 (put-text-property pos
(point) 'tabulated-list-entry entry
)
451 (goto-char opoint
))))
453 (defun tabulated-list-col-sort (&optional e
)
454 "Sort Tabulated List entries by the column of the mouse click E."
456 (let* ((pos (event-start e
))
457 (obj (posn-object pos
)))
458 (with-current-buffer (window-buffer (posn-window pos
))
459 (tabulated-list--sort-by-column-name
460 (get-text-property (if obj
(cdr obj
) (posn-point pos
))
461 'tabulated-list-column-name
464 (defun tabulated-list-sort (&optional n
)
465 "Sort Tabulated List entries by the column at point.
466 With a numeric prefix argument N, sort the Nth column."
469 (car (aref tabulated-list-format n
))
470 (get-text-property (point)
471 'tabulated-list-column-name
))))
472 (tabulated-list--sort-by-column-name name
)))
474 (defun tabulated-list--sort-by-column-name (name)
475 (when (and name
(derived-mode-p 'tabulated-list-mode
))
476 ;; Flip the sort order on a second click.
477 (if (equal name
(car tabulated-list-sort-key
))
478 (setcdr tabulated-list-sort-key
479 (not (cdr tabulated-list-sort-key
)))
480 (setq tabulated-list-sort-key
(cons name nil
)))
481 (tabulated-list-init-header)
482 (tabulated-list-print t
)))
484 ;;; The mode definition:
486 (define-derived-mode tabulated-list-mode special-mode
"Tabulated"
487 "Generic major mode for browsing a list of items.
488 This mode is usually not used directly; instead, other major
489 modes are derived from it, using `define-derived-mode'.
491 In this major mode, the buffer is divided into multiple columns,
492 which are labeled using the header line. Each non-empty line
493 belongs to one \"entry\", and the entries can be sorted according
494 to their column values.
496 An inheriting mode should usually do the following in their body:
498 - Set `tabulated-list-format', specifying the column format.
499 - Set `tabulated-list-revert-hook', if the buffer contents need
500 to be specially recomputed prior to `revert-buffer'.
501 - Maybe set a `tabulated-list-entries' function (see below).
502 - Maybe set `tabulated-list-printer' (see below).
503 - Maybe set `tabulated-list-padding'.
504 - Call `tabulated-list-init-header' to initialize `header-line-format'
505 according to `tabulated-list-format'.
507 An inheriting mode is usually accompanied by a \"list-FOO\"
508 command (e.g. `list-packages', `list-processes'). This command
509 creates or switches to a buffer and enables the major mode in
510 that buffer. If `tabulated-list-entries' is not a function, the
511 command should initialize it to a list of entries for displaying.
512 Finally, it should call `tabulated-list-print'.
514 `tabulated-list-print' calls the printer function specified by
515 `tabulated-list-printer', once for each entry. The default
516 printer is `tabulated-list-print-entry', but a mode that keeps
517 data in an ewoc may instead specify a printer function (e.g., one
518 that calls `ewoc-enter-last'), with `tabulated-list-print-entry'
519 as the ewoc pretty-printer."
520 (setq truncate-lines t
)
521 (setq buffer-read-only t
)
522 (set (make-local-variable 'revert-buffer-function
)
523 'tabulated-list-revert
)
524 (set (make-local-variable 'glyphless-char-display
)
525 tabulated-list-glyphless-char-display
))
527 (put 'tabulated-list-mode
'mode-class
'special
)
529 (provide 'tabulated-list
)
535 ;;; tabulated-list.el ends here