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1 ;;; warnings.el --- log and display warnings
3 ;; Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org
6 ;; Keywords: internal
8 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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23 ;;; Commentary:
25 ;; This file implements the entry points `warn', `lwarn'
26 ;; and `display-warning'.
28 ;;; Code:
30 (defgroup warnings nil
31 "Log and display warnings."
32 :version "22.1"
33 :group 'lisp)
35 (defvar warning-levels
36 '((:emergency "Emergency%s: " ding)
37 (:error "Error%s: ")
38 (:warning "Warning%s: ")
39 (:debug "Debug%s: "))
40 "List of severity level definitions for `display-warning'.
41 Each element looks like (LEVEL STRING FUNCTION) and
42 defines LEVEL as a severity level. STRING specifies the
43 description of this level. STRING should use `%s' to
44 specify where to put the warning type information,
45 or it can omit the `%s' so as not to include that information.
47 The optional FUNCTION, if non-nil, is a function to call
48 with no arguments, to get the user's attention.
50 The standard levels are :emergency, :error, :warning and :debug.
51 See `display-warning' for documentation of their meanings.
52 Level :debug is ignored by default (see `warning-minimum-level').")
53 (put 'warning-levels 'risky-local-variable t)
55 ;; These are for compatibility with XEmacs.
56 ;; I don't think there is any chance of designing meaningful criteria
57 ;; to distinguish so many levels.
58 (defvar warning-level-aliases
59 '((emergency . :emergency)
60 (error . :error)
61 (warning . :warning)
62 (notice . :warning)
63 (info . :warning)
64 (critical . :emergency)
65 (alarm . :emergency))
66 "Alist of aliases for severity levels for `display-warning'.
67 Each element looks like (ALIAS . LEVEL) and defines ALIAS as
68 equivalent to LEVEL. LEVEL must be defined in `warning-levels';
69 it may not itself be an alias.")
71 (defcustom warning-minimum-level :warning
72 "Minimum severity level for displaying the warning buffer.
73 If a warning's severity level is lower than this,
74 the warning is logged in the warnings buffer, but the buffer
75 is not immediately displayed. See also `warning-minimum-log-level'."
76 :group 'warnings
77 :type '(choice (const :emergency) (const :error)
78 (const :warning) (const :debug))
79 :version "22.1")
80 (defvaralias 'display-warning-minimum-level 'warning-minimum-level)
82 (defcustom warning-minimum-log-level :warning
83 "Minimum severity level for logging a warning.
84 If a warning severity level is lower than this,
85 the warning is completely ignored.
86 Value must be lower or equal than `warning-minimum-level',
87 because warnings not logged aren't displayed either."
88 :group 'warnings
89 :type '(choice (const :emergency) (const :error)
90 (const :warning) (const :debug))
91 :version "22.1")
92 (defvaralias 'log-warning-minimum-level 'warning-minimum-log-level)
94 (defcustom warning-suppress-log-types nil
95 "List of warning types that should not be logged.
96 If any element of this list matches the TYPE argument to `display-warning',
97 the warning is completely ignored.
98 The element must match the first elements of TYPE.
99 Thus, (foo bar) as an element matches (foo bar)
100 or (foo bar ANYTHING...) as TYPE.
101 If TYPE is a symbol FOO, that is equivalent to the list (FOO),
102 so only the element (FOO) will match it."
103 :group 'warnings
104 :type '(repeat (repeat symbol))
105 :version "22.1")
107 (defcustom warning-suppress-types nil
108 "List of warning types not to display immediately.
109 If any element of this list matches the TYPE argument to `display-warning',
110 the warning is logged nonetheless, but the warnings buffer is
111 not immediately displayed.
112 The element must match an initial segment of the list TYPE.
113 Thus, (foo bar) as an element matches (foo bar)
114 or (foo bar ANYTHING...) as TYPE.
115 If TYPE is a symbol FOO, that is equivalent to the list (FOO),
116 so only the element (FOO) will match it.
117 See also `warning-suppress-log-types'."
118 :group 'warnings
119 :type '(repeat (repeat symbol))
120 :version "22.1")
122 ;; The autoload cookie is so that programs can bind this variable
123 ;; safely, testing the existing value, before they call one of the
124 ;; warnings functions.
125 ;;;###autoload
126 (defvar warning-prefix-function nil
127 "Function to generate warning prefixes.
128 This function, if non-nil, is called with two arguments,
129 the severity level and its entry in `warning-levels',
130 and should return the entry that should actually be used.
131 The warnings buffer is current when this function is called
132 and the function can insert text in it. This text becomes
133 the beginning of the warning.")
135 ;; The autoload cookie is so that programs can bind this variable
136 ;; safely, testing the existing value, before they call one of the
137 ;; warnings functions.
138 ;;;###autoload
139 (defvar warning-series nil
140 "Non-nil means treat multiple `display-warning' calls as a series.
141 A marker indicates a position in the warnings buffer
142 which is the start of the current series; it means that
143 additional warnings in the same buffer should not move point.
144 If t, the next warning begins a series (and stores a marker here).
145 A symbol with a function definition is like t, except
146 also call that function before the next warning.")
147 (put 'warning-series 'risky-local-variable t)
149 ;; The autoload cookie is so that programs can bind this variable
150 ;; safely, testing the existing value, before they call one of the
151 ;; warnings functions.
152 ;;;###autoload
153 (defvar warning-fill-prefix nil
154 "Non-nil means fill each warning text using this string as `fill-prefix'.")
156 ;; The autoload cookie is so that programs can bind this variable
157 ;; safely, testing the existing value, before they call one of the
158 ;; warnings functions.
159 ;;;###autoload
160 (defvar warning-type-format (purecopy " (%s)")
161 "Format for displaying the warning type in the warning message.
162 The result of formatting the type this way gets included in the
163 message under the control of the string in `warning-levels'.")
165 (defun warning-numeric-level (level)
166 "Return a numeric measure of the warning severity level LEVEL."
167 (let* ((elt (assq level warning-levels))
168 (link (memq elt warning-levels)))
169 (length link)))
171 (defun warning-suppress-p (type suppress-list)
172 "Non-nil if a warning with type TYPE should be suppressed.
173 SUPPRESS-LIST is the list of kinds of warnings to suppress."
174 (let (some-match)
175 (dolist (elt suppress-list)
176 (if (symbolp type)
177 ;; If TYPE is a symbol, the ELT must be (TYPE).
178 (if (and (consp elt)
179 (eq (car elt) type)
180 (null (cdr elt)))
181 (setq some-match t))
182 ;; If TYPE is a list, ELT must match it or some initial segment of it.
183 (let ((tem1 type)
184 (tem2 elt)
185 (match t))
186 ;; Check elements of ELT until we run out of them.
187 (while tem2
188 (if (not (equal (car tem1) (car tem2)))
189 (setq match nil))
190 (setq tem1 (cdr tem1)
191 tem2 (cdr tem2)))
192 ;; If ELT is an initial segment of TYPE, MATCH is t now.
193 ;; So set SOME-MATCH.
194 (if match
195 (setq some-match t)))))
196 ;; If some element of SUPPRESS-LIST matched,
197 ;; we return t.
198 some-match))
200 ;;;###autoload
201 (defun display-warning (type message &optional level buffer-name)
202 "Display a warning message, MESSAGE.
203 TYPE is the warning type: either a custom group name (a symbol),
204 or a list of symbols whose first element is a custom group name.
205 \(The rest of the symbols represent subcategories, for warning purposes
206 only, and you can use whatever symbols you like.)
208 LEVEL should be either :debug, :warning, :error, or :emergency
209 \(but see `warning-minimum-level' and `warning-minimum-log-level').
210 Default is :warning.
212 :emergency -- a problem that will seriously impair Emacs operation soon
213 if you do not attend to it promptly.
214 :error -- data or circumstances that are inherently wrong.
215 :warning -- data or circumstances that are not inherently wrong,
216 but raise suspicion of a possible problem.
217 :debug -- info for debugging only.
219 BUFFER-NAME, if specified, is the name of the buffer for logging
220 the warning. By default, it is `*Warnings*'. If this function
221 has to create the buffer, it disables undo in the buffer.
223 See the `warnings' custom group for user customization features.
225 See also `warning-series', `warning-prefix-function' and
226 `warning-fill-prefix' for additional programming features."
227 (unless level
228 (setq level :warning))
229 (unless buffer-name
230 (setq buffer-name "*Warnings*"))
231 (if (assq level warning-level-aliases)
232 (setq level (cdr (assq level warning-level-aliases))))
233 (or (< (warning-numeric-level level)
234 (warning-numeric-level warning-minimum-log-level))
235 (warning-suppress-p type warning-suppress-log-types)
236 (let* ((typename (if (consp type) (car type) type))
237 (old (get-buffer buffer-name))
238 (buffer (or old (get-buffer-create buffer-name)))
239 (level-info (assq level warning-levels))
240 start end)
241 (with-current-buffer buffer
242 ;; If we created the buffer, disable undo.
243 (unless old
244 (special-mode)
245 (setq buffer-read-only t)
246 (setq buffer-undo-list t))
247 (goto-char (point-max))
248 (when (and warning-series (symbolp warning-series))
249 (setq warning-series
250 (prog1 (point-marker)
251 (unless (eq warning-series t)
252 (funcall warning-series)))))
253 (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
254 (unless (bolp)
255 (newline))
256 (setq start (point))
257 (if warning-prefix-function
258 (setq level-info (funcall warning-prefix-function
259 level level-info)))
260 (insert (format (nth 1 level-info)
261 (format warning-type-format typename))
262 message)
263 (newline)
264 (when (and warning-fill-prefix (not (string-match "\n" message)))
265 (let ((fill-prefix warning-fill-prefix)
266 (fill-column 78))
267 (fill-region start (point))))
268 (setq end (point)))
269 (when (and (markerp warning-series)
270 (eq (marker-buffer warning-series) buffer))
271 (goto-char warning-series)))
272 (if (nth 2 level-info)
273 (funcall (nth 2 level-info)))
274 (cond (noninteractive
275 ;; Noninteractively, take the text we inserted
276 ;; in the warnings buffer and print it.
277 ;; Do this unconditionally, since there is no way
278 ;; to view logged messages unless we output them.
279 (with-current-buffer buffer
280 (save-excursion
281 ;; Don't include the final newline in the arg
282 ;; to `message', because it adds a newline.
283 (goto-char end)
284 (if (bolp)
285 (forward-char -1))
286 (message "%s" (buffer-substring start (point))))))
287 ((and (daemonp) (null after-init-time))
288 ;; Warnings assigned during daemon initialization go into
289 ;; the messages buffer.
290 (message "%s"
291 (with-current-buffer buffer
292 (save-excursion
293 (goto-char end)
294 (if (bolp)
295 (forward-char -1))
296 (buffer-substring start (point))))))
298 ;; Interactively, decide whether the warning merits
299 ;; immediate display.
300 (or (< (warning-numeric-level level)
301 (warning-numeric-level warning-minimum-level))
302 (warning-suppress-p type warning-suppress-types)
303 (let ((window (display-buffer buffer)))
304 (when (and (markerp warning-series)
305 (eq (marker-buffer warning-series) buffer))
306 (set-window-start window warning-series))
307 (sit-for 0))))))))
309 ;; Use \\<special-mode-map> so that help-enable-auto-load can do its thing.
310 ;; Any keymap that is defined will do.
311 ;;;###autoload
312 (defun lwarn (type level message &rest args)
313 "Display a warning message made from (format MESSAGE ARGS...).
314 \\<special-mode-map>
315 Aside from generating the message with `format',
316 this is equivalent to `display-warning'.
318 TYPE is the warning type: either a custom group name (a symbol),
319 or a list of symbols whose first element is a custom group name.
320 \(The rest of the symbols represent subcategories and
321 can be whatever you like.)
323 LEVEL should be either :debug, :warning, :error, or :emergency
324 \(but see `warning-minimum-level' and `warning-minimum-log-level').
326 :emergency -- a problem that will seriously impair Emacs operation soon
327 if you do not attend to it promptly.
328 :error -- invalid data or circumstances.
329 :warning -- suspicious data or circumstances.
330 :debug -- info for debugging only."
331 (display-warning type (apply 'format message args) level))
333 ;;;###autoload
334 (defun warn (message &rest args)
335 "Display a warning message made from (format MESSAGE ARGS...).
336 Aside from generating the message with `format',
337 this is equivalent to `display-warning', using
338 `emacs' as the type and `:warning' as the level."
339 (display-warning 'emacs (apply 'format message args)))
341 (provide 'warnings)
343 ;;; warnings.el ends here