lisp/emacs-lisp/pp.el

   1 ;;; pp.el --- pretty printer for Emacs Lisp  -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
   2
   3 ;; Copyright (C) 1989, 1993, 2001-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4
   5 ;; Author: Randal Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
   6 ;; Keywords: lisp
   7
   8 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
   9
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  22
  23 ;;; Commentary:
  24
  25 ;;; Code:
  26
  27 (defvar font-lock-verbose)
  28
  29 (defgroup pp nil
  30   "Pretty printer for Emacs Lisp."
  31   :prefix "pp-"
  32   :group 'lisp)
  33
  34 (defcustom pp-escape-newlines t
  35   "Value of `print-escape-newlines' used by pp-* functions."
  36   :type 'boolean
  37   :group 'pp)
  38
  39 ;;;###autoload
  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."
  44   (with-temp-buffer
  45     (lisp-mode-variables nil)
  46     (set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table)
  47     (let ((print-escape-newlines pp-escape-newlines)
  48           (print-quoted t))
  49       (prin1 object (current-buffer)))
  50     (pp-buffer)
  51     (buffer-string)))
  52
  53 ;;;###autoload
  54 (defun pp-buffer ()
  55   "Prettify the current buffer with printed representation of a Lisp object."
  56   (goto-char (point-min))
  57   (while (not (eobp))
  58     ;; (message "%06d" (- (point-max) (point)))
  59     (cond
  60      ((ignore-errors (down-list 1) t)
  61       (save-excursion
  62         (backward-char 1)
  63         (skip-chars-backward "'`#^")
  64         (when (and (not (bobp)) (memq (char-before) '(?\s ?\t ?\n)))
  65           (delete-region
  66            (point)
  67            (progn (skip-chars-backward " \t\n") (point)))
  68           (insert "\n"))))
  69      ((ignore-errors (up-list 1) t)
  70       (skip-syntax-forward ")")
  71       (delete-region
  72        (point)
  73        (progn (skip-chars-forward " \t\n") (point)))
  74       (insert ?\n))
  75      (t (goto-char (point-max)))))
  76   (goto-char (point-min))
  77   (indent-sexp))
  78
  79 ;;;###autoload
  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)))
  86
  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
  96           (function
  97            (lambda (buf)
  98              (with-current-buffer buf
  99                (goto-char (point-min))
 100                (end-of-line 1)
 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))
 108                      (unwind-protect
 109                          (progn
 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)))
 116                  ))))))
 117     (with-output-to-temp-buffer out-buffer-name
 118       (pp expression)
 119       (with-current-buffer standard-output
 120         (emacs-lisp-mode)
 121         (setq buffer-read-only nil)
 122         (set (make-local-variable 'font-lock-verbose) nil)))))
 123
 124 ;;;###autoload
 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'."
 128   (interactive
 129    (list (read--expression "Eval: ")))
 130   (message "Evaluating...")
 131   (push (eval expression lexical-binding) values)
 132   (pp-display-expression (car values) "*Pp Eval Output*"))
 133
 134 ;;;###autoload
 135 (defun pp-macroexpand-expression (expression)
 136   "Macroexpand EXPRESSION and pretty-print its value."
 137   (interactive
 138    (list (read--expression "Macroexpand: ")))
 139   (pp-display-expression (macroexpand-1 expression) "*Pp Macroexpand Output*"))
 140
 141 (defun pp-last-sexp ()
 142   "Read sexp before point.  Ignores leading comment characters."
 143   (with-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table
 144     (let ((pt (point)))
 145       (save-excursion
 146         (forward-sexp -1)
 147         (read
 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))
 151                    (start nil))
 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)))))
 156                exp)
 157            (current-buffer)))))))
 158
 159 ;;;###autoload
 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."
 164   (interactive "P")
 165   (if arg
 166       (insert (pp-to-string (eval (pp-last-sexp) lexical-binding)))
 167     (pp-eval-expression (pp-last-sexp))))
 168
 169 ;;;###autoload
 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."
 174   (interactive "P")
 175   (if arg
 176       (insert (pp-to-string (macroexpand-1 (pp-last-sexp))))
 177     (pp-macroexpand-expression (pp-last-sexp))))
 178
 179 (provide 'pp)                           ; so (require 'pp) works
 180
 181 ;;; pp.el ends here