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1 ;;; ielm.el --- interaction mode for Emacs Lisp
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1994, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: David Smith <maa036@lancaster.ac.uk>
6 ;; Maintainer: FSF
7 ;; Created: 25 Feb 1994
8 ;; Keywords: lisp
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27 ;;; Commentary:
29 ;; Provides a nice interface to evaluating Emacs Lisp expressions.
30 ;; Input is handled by the comint package, and output is passed
31 ;; through the pretty-printer.
33 ;; To install: copy this file to a directory in your load-path, and
34 ;; add the following line to your .emacs file:
36 ;; (autoload 'ielm "ielm" "Start an inferior Emacs Lisp session" t)
38 ;; For completion to work, the comint.el from Emacs 19.23 is
39 ;; required. If you do not have it, or if you are running Lemacs,
40 ;; also add the following code to your .emacs:
42 ;; (setq ielm-mode-hook
43 ;; '(lambda nil
44 ;; (define-key ielm-map "\t"
45 ;; '(lambda nil (interactive) (or (ielm-tab)
46 ;; (lisp-complete-symbol))))))
48 ;; To start: M-x ielm. Type C-h m in the *ielm* buffer for more info.
50 ;; The latest version is available by WWW from
51 ;; http://mathssun5.lancs.ac.uk:2080/~maa036/elisp/dir.html
52 ;; or by anonymous FTP from
53 ;; /anonymous@wingra.stat.wisc.edu:pub/src/emacs-lisp/ielm.el.gz
54 ;; or from the author: David M. Smith <maa036@lancaster.ac.uk>
56 ;;; Code:
58 (require 'comint)
59 (require 'pp)
61 ;;; User variables
63 (defgroup ielm nil
64 "Interaction mode for Emacs Lisp."
65 :group 'lisp)
68 (defcustom ielm-noisy t
69 "*If non-nil, IELM will beep on error."
70 :type 'boolean
71 :group 'ielm)
73 (defcustom ielm-prompt "ELISP> "
74 "Prompt used in IELM."
75 :type 'string
76 :group 'ielm
77 :get #'(lambda (symbol) (substring-no-properties (symbol-value symbol)))
78 :set #'(lambda (symbol value) (set symbol (propertize value 'read-only t 'rear-nonsticky t))))
80 (defcustom ielm-dynamic-return t
81 "*Controls whether \\<ielm-map>\\[ielm-return] has intelligent behaviour in IELM.
82 If non-nil, \\[ielm-return] evaluates input for complete sexps, or inserts a newline
83 and indents for incomplete sexps. If nil, always inserts newlines."
84 :type 'boolean
85 :group 'ielm)
87 (defcustom ielm-dynamic-multiline-inputs t
88 "*Force multiline inputs to start from column zero?
89 If non-nil, after entering the first line of an incomplete sexp, a newline
90 will be inserted after the prompt, moving the input to the next line.
91 This gives more frame width for large indented sexps, and allows functions
92 such as `edebug-defun' to work with such inputs."
93 :type 'boolean
94 :group 'ielm)
96 (defcustom ielm-mode-hook nil
97 "*Hooks to be run when IELM (`inferior-emacs-lisp-mode') is started."
98 :type 'hook
99 :group 'ielm)
101 (defvar * nil
102 "Most recent value evaluated in IELM.")
104 (defvar ** nil
105 "Second-most-recent value evaluated in IELM.")
107 (defvar *** nil
108 "Third-most-recent value evaluated in IELM.")
110 (defvar ielm-match-data nil
111 "Match data saved at the end of last command.")
113 (defvar *1 nil
114 "During IELM evaluation, most recent value evaluated in IELM.
115 Normally identical to `*'. However, if the working buffer is an IELM
116 buffer, distinct from the process buffer, then `*' gives the value in
117 the working buffer, `*1' the value in the process buffer.
118 The intended value is only accessible during IELM evaluation.")
120 (defvar *2 nil
121 "During IELM evaluation, second-most-recent value evaluated in IELM.
122 Normally identical to `**'. However, if the working buffer is an IELM
123 buffer, distinct from the process buffer, then `**' gives the value in
124 the working buffer, `*2' the value in the process buffer.
125 The intended value is only accessible during IELM evaluation.")
127 (defvar *3 nil
128 "During IELM evaluation, third-most-recent value evaluated in IELM.
129 Normally identical to `***'. However, if the working buffer is an IELM
130 buffer, distinct from the process buffer, then `***' gives the value in
131 the working buffer, `*3' the value in the process buffer.
132 The intended value is only accessible during IELM evaluation.")
134 ;;; System variables
136 (defvar ielm-working-buffer nil
137 "Buffer in which IELM sexps will be evaluated.
138 This variable is buffer-local.")
140 (defvar ielm-header
141 "*** Welcome to IELM *** Type (describe-mode) for help.\n"
142 "Message to display when IELM is started.")
144 (defvar ielm-map nil)
145 (if ielm-map nil
146 (if (string-match "Lucid" emacs-version)
147 ;; Lemacs
148 (progn
149 (setq ielm-map (make-sparse-keymap))
150 (set-keymap-parent ielm-map comint-mode-map))
151 ;; FSF
152 (setq ielm-map (cons 'keymap comint-mode-map)))
153 (define-key ielm-map "\t" 'comint-dynamic-complete)
154 (define-key ielm-map "\C-m" 'ielm-return)
155 (define-key ielm-map "\C-j" 'ielm-send-input)
156 (define-key ielm-map "\e\C-x" 'eval-defun) ; for consistency with
157 (define-key ielm-map "\e\t" 'lisp-complete-symbol) ; lisp-interaction-mode
158 ;; These bindings are from `lisp-mode-shared-map' -- can you inherit
159 ;; from more than one keymap??
160 (define-key ielm-map "\e\C-q" 'indent-sexp)
161 (define-key ielm-map "\177" 'backward-delete-char-untabify)
162 ;; Some convenience bindings for setting the working buffer
163 (define-key ielm-map "\C-c\C-b" 'ielm-change-working-buffer)
164 (define-key ielm-map "\C-c\C-f" 'ielm-display-working-buffer)
165 (define-key ielm-map "\C-c\C-v" 'ielm-print-working-buffer))
167 (defvar ielm-font-lock-keywords
168 (list
169 (cons (concat "^" (regexp-quote ielm-prompt)) 'font-lock-keyword-face)
170 '("\\(^\\*\\*\\*[^*]+\\*\\*\\*\\)\\(.*$\\)"
171 (1 font-lock-comment-face)
172 (2 font-lock-constant-face)))
173 "Additional expressions to highlight in ielm buffers.")
175 ;;; Completion stuff
177 (defun ielm-tab nil
178 "Possibly indent the current line as lisp code."
179 (interactive)
180 (if (or (eq (preceding-char) ?\n)
181 (eq (char-syntax (preceding-char)) ? ))
182 (progn
183 (ielm-indent-line)
184 t)))
186 (defun ielm-complete-symbol nil
187 "Complete the lisp symbol before point."
188 ;; A wrapper for lisp-complete symbol that returns non-nil if
189 ;; completion has occurred
190 (let* ((btick (buffer-modified-tick))
191 (cbuffer (get-buffer "*Completions*"))
192 (ctick (and cbuffer (buffer-modified-tick cbuffer))))
193 (lisp-complete-symbol)
194 ;; completion has occurred if:
196 ;; the buffer has been modified
197 (not (= btick (buffer-modified-tick)))
198 ;; a completions buffer has been modified or created
199 (if cbuffer
200 (not (= ctick (buffer-modified-tick cbuffer)))
201 (get-buffer "*Completions*")))))
203 (defun ielm-complete-filename nil
204 "Dynamically complete filename before point, if in a string."
205 (if (nth 3 (parse-partial-sexp comint-last-input-start (point)))
206 (comint-dynamic-complete-filename)))
208 (defun ielm-indent-line nil
209 "Indent the current line as Lisp code if it is not a prompt line."
210 (when (save-excursion (comint-bol) (bolp))
211 (lisp-indent-line)))
213 ;;; Working buffer manipulation
215 (defun ielm-print-working-buffer nil
216 "Print the current IELM working buffer's name in the echo area."
217 (interactive)
218 (message "The current working buffer is: %s" (buffer-name ielm-working-buffer)))
220 (defun ielm-display-working-buffer nil
221 "Display the current IELM working buffer.
222 Don't forget that selecting that buffer will change its value of `point'
223 to its value of `window-point'!"
224 (interactive)
225 (display-buffer ielm-working-buffer)
226 (ielm-print-working-buffer))
228 (defun ielm-change-working-buffer (buf)
229 "Change the current IELM working buffer to BUF.
230 This is the buffer in which all sexps entered at the IELM prompt are
231 evaluated. You can achieve the same effect with a call to
232 `set-buffer' at the IELM prompt."
233 (interactive "bSet working buffer to: ")
234 (setq ielm-working-buffer (or (get-buffer buf) (error "No such buffer")))
235 (ielm-print-working-buffer))
237 ;;; Other bindings
239 (defun ielm-return nil
240 "Newline and indent, or evaluate the sexp before the prompt.
241 Complete sexps are evaluated; for incomplete sexps inserts a newline
242 and indents. If however `ielm-dynamic-return' is nil, this always
243 simply inserts a newline."
244 (interactive)
245 (if ielm-dynamic-return
246 (let ((state
247 (save-excursion
248 (end-of-line)
249 (parse-partial-sexp (ielm-pm)
250 (point)))))
251 (if (and (< (car state) 1) (not (nth 3 state)))
252 (ielm-send-input)
253 (if (and ielm-dynamic-multiline-inputs
254 (save-excursion
255 (beginning-of-line)
256 (looking-at comint-prompt-regexp)))
257 (save-excursion
258 (goto-char (ielm-pm))
259 (newline 1)))
260 (newline-and-indent)))
261 (newline)))
263 (defvar ielm-input)
265 (defun ielm-input-sender (proc input)
266 ;; Just sets the variable ielm-input, which is in the scope of
267 ;; `ielm-send-input's call.
268 (setq ielm-input input))
270 (defun ielm-send-input nil
271 "Evaluate the Emacs Lisp expression after the prompt."
272 (interactive)
273 (let ((buf (current-buffer))
274 ielm-input) ; set by ielm-input-sender
275 (comint-send-input) ; update history, markers etc.
276 (ielm-eval-input ielm-input)))
278 ;;; Utility functions
280 (defun ielm-is-whitespace (string)
281 "Return non-nil if STRING is all whitespace."
282 (or (string= string "") (string-match "\\`[ \t\n]+\\'" string)))
284 ;;; Evaluation
286 (defun ielm-eval-input (ielm-string)
287 "Evaluate the Lisp expression IELM-STRING, and pretty-print the result."
288 ;; This is the function that actually `sends' the input to the
289 ;; `inferior Lisp process'. All comint-send-input does is works out
290 ;; what that input is. What this function does is evaluates that
291 ;; input and produces `output' which gets inserted into the buffer,
292 ;; along with a new prompt. A better way of doing this might have
293 ;; been to actually send the output to the `cat' process, and write
294 ;; this as in output filter that converted sexps in the output
295 ;; stream to their evaluated value. But that would have involved
296 ;; more process coordination than I was happy to deal with.
298 ;; NOTE: all temporary variables in this function will be in scope
299 ;; during the eval, and so need to have non-clashing names.
300 (let (ielm-form ; form to evaluate
301 ielm-pos ; End posn of parse in string
302 ielm-result ; Result, or error message
303 ielm-error-type ; string, nil if no error
304 (ielm-output "") ; result to display
305 (ielm-wbuf ielm-working-buffer) ; current buffer after evaluation
306 (ielm-pmark (ielm-pm)))
307 (if (not (ielm-is-whitespace ielm-string))
308 (progn
309 (condition-case err
310 (let (rout)
311 (setq rout (read-from-string ielm-string))
312 (setq ielm-form (car rout))
313 (setq ielm-pos (cdr rout)))
314 (error (setq ielm-result (error-message-string err))
315 (setq ielm-error-type "Read error")))
316 (if ielm-error-type nil
317 ;; Make sure working buffer has not been killed
318 (if (not (buffer-name ielm-working-buffer))
319 (setq ielm-result "Working buffer has been killed"
320 ielm-error-type "IELM Error"
321 ielm-wbuf (current-buffer))
322 (if (ielm-is-whitespace (substring ielm-string ielm-pos))
323 ;; To correctly handle the ielm-local variables *,
324 ;; ** and ***, we need a temporary buffer to be
325 ;; current at entry to the inner of the next two let
326 ;; forms. We need another temporary buffer to exit
327 ;; that same let. To avoid problems, neither of
328 ;; these buffers should be alive during the
329 ;; evaluation of ielm-form.
330 (let ((*1 *)
331 (*2 **)
332 (*3 ***)
333 ielm-temp-buffer)
334 (set-match-data ielm-match-data)
335 (save-excursion
336 (with-temp-buffer
337 (condition-case err
338 (unwind-protect
339 ;; The next let form creates default
340 ;; bindings for *, ** and ***. But
341 ;; these default bindings are
342 ;; identical to the ielm-local
343 ;; bindings. Hence, during the
344 ;; evaluation of ielm-form, the
345 ;; ielm-local values are going to be
346 ;; used in all buffers except for
347 ;; other ielm buffers, which override
348 ;; them. Normally, the variables *1,
349 ;; *2 and *3 also have default
350 ;; bindings, which are not overridden.
351 (let ((* *1)
352 (** *2)
353 (*** *3))
354 (kill-buffer (current-buffer))
355 (set-buffer ielm-wbuf)
356 (setq ielm-result (eval ielm-form))
357 (setq ielm-wbuf (current-buffer))
358 (setq
359 ielm-temp-buffer
360 (generate-new-buffer " *ielm-temp*"))
361 (set-buffer ielm-temp-buffer))
362 (when ielm-temp-buffer
363 (kill-buffer ielm-temp-buffer)))
364 (error (setq ielm-result (error-message-string err))
365 (setq ielm-error-type "Eval error"))
366 (quit (setq ielm-result "Quit during evaluation")
367 (setq ielm-error-type "Eval error")))))
368 (setq ielm-match-data (match-data)))
369 (setq ielm-error-type "IELM error")
370 (setq ielm-result "More than one sexp in input"))))
372 ;; If the eval changed the current buffer, mention it here
373 (if (eq ielm-wbuf ielm-working-buffer) nil
374 (message "current buffer is now: %s" ielm-wbuf)
375 (setq ielm-working-buffer ielm-wbuf))
377 (goto-char ielm-pmark)
378 (if (not ielm-error-type)
379 (condition-case err
380 ;; Self-referential objects cause loops in the printer, so
381 ;; trap quits here. May as well do errors, too
382 (setq ielm-output (concat ielm-output (pp-to-string ielm-result)))
383 (error (setq ielm-error-type "IELM Error")
384 (setq ielm-result "Error during pretty-printing (bug in pp)"))
385 (quit (setq ielm-error-type "IELM Error")
386 (setq ielm-result "Quit during pretty-printing"))))
387 (if ielm-error-type
388 (progn
389 (if ielm-noisy (ding))
390 (setq ielm-output (concat ielm-output "*** " ielm-error-type " *** "))
391 (setq ielm-output (concat ielm-output ielm-result)))
392 ;; There was no error, so shift the *** values
393 (setq *** **)
394 (setq ** *)
395 (setq * ielm-result))
396 (setq ielm-output (concat ielm-output "\n"))))
397 (setq ielm-output (concat ielm-output ielm-prompt))
398 (comint-output-filter (ielm-process) ielm-output)))
400 ;;; Process and marker utilities
402 (defun ielm-process nil
403 ;; Return the current buffer's process.
404 (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)))
406 (defun ielm-pm nil
407 ;; Return the process mark of the current buffer.
408 (process-mark (get-buffer-process (current-buffer))))
410 (defun ielm-set-pm (pos)
411 ;; Set the process mark in the current buffer to POS.
412 (set-marker (process-mark (get-buffer-process (current-buffer))) pos))
414 ;;; Major mode
416 (put 'inferior-emacs-lisp-mode 'mode-class 'special)
418 (defun inferior-emacs-lisp-mode nil
419 "Major mode for interactively evaluating Emacs Lisp expressions.
420 Uses the interface provided by `comint-mode' (which see).
422 * \\<ielm-map>\\[ielm-send-input] evaluates the sexp following the prompt. There must be at most
423 one top level sexp per prompt.
425 * \\[ielm-return] inserts a newline and indents, or evaluates a
426 complete expression (but see variable `ielm-dynamic-return').
427 Inputs longer than one line are moved to the line following the
428 prompt (but see variable `ielm-dynamic-multiline-inputs').
430 * \\[comint-dynamic-complete] completes Lisp symbols (or filenames, within strings),
431 or indents the line if there is nothing to complete.
433 The current working buffer may be changed (with a call to
434 `set-buffer', or with \\[ielm-change-working-buffer]), and its value
435 is preserved between successive evaluations. In this way, expressions
436 may be evaluated in a different buffer than the *ielm* buffer.
437 Display the name of the working buffer with \\[ielm-print-working-buffer],
438 or the buffer itself with \\[ielm-display-working-buffer].
440 During evaluations, the values of the variables `*', `**', and `***'
441 are the results of the previous, second previous and third previous
442 evaluations respectively. If the working buffer is another IELM
443 buffer, then the values in the working buffer are used. The variables
444 `*1', `*2' and `*3', yield the process buffer values.
446 Expressions evaluated by IELM are not subject to `debug-on-quit' or
447 `debug-on-error'.
449 The behaviour of IELM may be customised with the following variables:
450 * To stop beeping on error, set `ielm-noisy' to nil
451 * If you don't like the prompt, you can change it by setting `ielm-prompt'.
452 * Set `ielm-dynamic-return' to nil for bindings like `lisp-interaction-mode'
453 * Entry to this mode runs `comint-mode-hook' and `ielm-mode-hook'
454 (in that order).
456 Customised bindings may be defined in `ielm-map', which currently contains:
457 \\{ielm-map}"
458 (interactive)
459 (comint-mode)
460 (setq comint-prompt-regexp (concat "^" (regexp-quote ielm-prompt)))
461 (make-local-variable 'paragraph-start)
462 (setq paragraph-start comint-prompt-regexp)
463 (setq comint-input-sender 'ielm-input-sender)
464 (setq comint-process-echoes nil)
465 (make-local-variable 'comint-dynamic-complete-functions)
466 (setq comint-dynamic-complete-functions
467 '(ielm-tab comint-replace-by-expanded-history ielm-complete-filename ielm-complete-symbol))
468 (setq comint-get-old-input 'ielm-get-old-input)
469 (make-local-variable 'comint-completion-addsuffix)
470 (setq comint-completion-addsuffix
471 (cons (char-to-string directory-sep-char) ""))
473 (setq major-mode 'inferior-emacs-lisp-mode)
474 (setq mode-name "IELM")
475 (use-local-map ielm-map)
476 (set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table)
478 (make-local-variable 'indent-line-function)
479 (make-local-variable 'ielm-working-buffer)
480 (setq ielm-working-buffer (current-buffer))
481 (setq indent-line-function 'ielm-indent-line)
482 (make-local-variable 'fill-paragraph-function)
483 (setq fill-paragraph-function 'lisp-fill-paragraph)
485 ;; Value holders
486 (make-local-variable '*)
487 (setq * nil)
488 (make-local-variable '**)
489 (setq ** nil)
490 (make-local-variable '***)
491 (setq *** nil)
492 (set (make-local-variable 'ielm-match-data) nil)
494 ;; font-lock support
495 (make-local-variable 'font-lock-defaults)
496 (setq font-lock-defaults
497 '(ielm-font-lock-keywords nil nil ((?: . "w") (?- . "w") (?* . "w"))))
499 ;; A dummy process to keep comint happy. It will never get any input
500 (unless (comint-check-proc (current-buffer))
501 ;; Was cat, but on non-Unix platforms that might not exist, so
502 ;; use hexl instead, which is part of the Emacs distribution.
503 (condition-case nil
504 (start-process "ielm" (current-buffer) "hexl")
505 (file-error (start-process "ielm" (current-buffer) "cat")))
506 (process-kill-without-query (ielm-process))
507 (goto-char (point-max))
509 ;; Lisp output can include raw characters that confuse comint's
510 ;; carriage control code.
511 (set (make-local-variable 'comint-inhibit-carriage-motion) t)
513 ;; Add a silly header
514 (insert ielm-header)
515 (ielm-set-pm (point-max))
516 (unless comint-use-prompt-regexp-instead-of-fields
517 (add-text-properties
518 (point-min) (point-max)
519 '(rear-nonsticky t field output inhibit-line-move-field-capture t)))
520 (comint-output-filter (ielm-process) ielm-prompt)
521 (set-marker comint-last-input-start (ielm-pm))
522 (set-process-filter (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)) 'comint-output-filter))
524 (run-hooks 'ielm-mode-hook))
526 (defun ielm-get-old-input nil
527 ;; Return the previous input surrounding point
528 (save-excursion
529 (beginning-of-line)
530 (if (looking-at comint-prompt-regexp) nil
531 (re-search-backward comint-prompt-regexp))
532 (comint-skip-prompt)
533 (buffer-substring (point) (progn (forward-sexp 1) (point)))))
535 ;;; User command
537 ;;;###autoload (add-hook 'same-window-buffer-names "*ielm*")
539 ;;;###autoload
540 (defun ielm nil
541 "Interactively evaluate Emacs Lisp expressions.
542 Switches to the buffer `*ielm*', or creates it if it does not exist."
543 (interactive)
544 (if (comint-check-proc "*ielm*")
546 (save-excursion
547 (set-buffer (get-buffer-create "*ielm*"))
548 (inferior-emacs-lisp-mode)))
549 (pop-to-buffer "*ielm*"))
551 (provide 'ielm)
553 ;;; ielm.el ends here