1 ;;; esh-var.el --- handling of variables
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5 ;; Author: John Wiegley <johnw@gnu.org>
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24 ;; These are the possible variable interpolation syntaxes. Also keep
25 ;; in mind that if an argument looks like a number, it will be
26 ;; converted to a number. This is not significant when invoking
27 ;; external commands, but it's important when calling Lisp functions.
31 ;; Interval the value of an environment variable, or a Lisp variable
35 ;; "-" is a valid part of a variable name.
39 ;; Only "MYVAR" is part of the variable name in this case.
43 ;; Returns the length of the value of VARIABLE. This could also be
44 ;; done using the `length' Lisp function.
48 ;; Returns result of lisp evaluation. Note: Used alone like this, it
49 ;; is identical to just saying (lisp); but with the variable expansion
50 ;; form, the result may be interpolated a larger string, such as
55 ;; Returns the value of an eshell subcommand. See the note above
56 ;; regarding Lisp evaluations.
60 ;; Return the 10th element of ANYVAR. If ANYVAR's value is a string,
61 ;; it will be split in order to make it a list. The splitting will
62 ;; occur at whitespace.
66 ;; As above, except that splitting occurs at the colon now.
70 ;; As above, but instead of returning just a string, it now returns a
71 ;; list of two strings. If the result is being interpolated into a
72 ;; larger string, this list will be flattened into one big string,
73 ;; with each element separated by a space.
77 ;; Separate on backslash characters. Actually, the first argument --
78 ;; if it doesn't have the form of a number, or a plain variable name
79 ;; -- can be any regular expression. So to split on numbers, use
80 ;; '$ANYVAR["[0-9]+" 10 20]'.
84 ;; Calls `assoc' on ANYVAR with 'hello', expecting it to be an alist.
88 ;; Returns the length of the cdr of the element of ANYVAR who car is
91 ;; There are also a few special variables defined by Eshell. '$$' is
92 ;; the value of the last command (t or nil, in the case of an external
93 ;; command). This makes it possible to chain results:
95 ;; /tmp $ echo /var/spool/mail/johnw
96 ;; /var/spool/mail/johnw
102 ;; '$_' refers to the last argument of the last command. And $?
103 ;; contains the exit code of the last command (0 or 1 for Lisp
104 ;; functions, based on successful completion).
118 (defgroup eshell-var nil
119 "Variable interpolation is introduced whenever the '$' character
120 appears unquoted in any argument (except when that argument is
121 surrounded by single quotes). It may be used to interpolate a
122 variable value, a subcommand, or even the result of a Lisp form."
123 :tag
"Variable handling"
128 (defcustom eshell-var-load-hook nil
129 "A list of functions to call when loading `eshell-var'."
130 :version
"24.1" ; removed eshell-var-initialize
134 (defcustom eshell-prefer-lisp-variables nil
135 "If non-nil, prefer Lisp variables to environment variables."
139 (defcustom eshell-complete-export-definition t
140 "If non-nil, completing names for `export' shows current definition."
144 (defcustom eshell-modify-global-environment nil
145 "If non-nil, using `export' changes Emacs's global environment."
149 (defcustom eshell-variable-name-regexp
"[A-Za-z0-9_-]+"
150 "A regexp identifying what constitutes a variable name reference.
151 Note that this only applies for '$NAME'. If the syntax '$<NAME>' is
152 used, then NAME can contain any character, including angle brackets,
153 if they are quoted with a backslash."
157 (defcustom eshell-variable-aliases-list
159 ("COLUMNS" (lambda (indices) (window-width)) t
)
160 ("LINES" (lambda (indices) (window-height)) t
)
163 ("_" (lambda (indices)
165 (car (last eshell-last-arguments
))
166 (eshell-apply-indices eshell-last-arguments
168 ("?" eshell-last-command-status
)
169 ("$" eshell-last-command-result
)
170 ("0" eshell-command-name
)
171 ("1" (lambda (indices) (nth 0 eshell-command-arguments
)))
172 ("2" (lambda (indices) (nth 1 eshell-command-arguments
)))
173 ("3" (lambda (indices) (nth 2 eshell-command-arguments
)))
174 ("4" (lambda (indices) (nth 3 eshell-command-arguments
)))
175 ("5" (lambda (indices) (nth 4 eshell-command-arguments
)))
176 ("6" (lambda (indices) (nth 5 eshell-command-arguments
)))
177 ("7" (lambda (indices) (nth 6 eshell-command-arguments
)))
178 ("8" (lambda (indices) (nth 7 eshell-command-arguments
)))
179 ("9" (lambda (indices) (nth 8 eshell-command-arguments
)))
180 ("*" (lambda (indices)
182 eshell-command-arguments
183 (eshell-apply-indices eshell-command-arguments
185 "This list provides aliasing for variable references.
186 It is very similar in concept to what `eshell-user-aliases-list' does
187 for commands. Each member of this defines defines the name of a
188 command, and the Lisp value to return for that variable if it is
189 accessed via the syntax '$NAME'.
191 If the value is a function, that function will be called with two
192 arguments: the list of the indices that was used in the reference, and
193 whether the user is requesting the length of the ultimate element.
194 For example, a reference of '$NAME[10][20]' would result in the
195 function for alias `NAME' being called (assuming it were aliased to a
196 function), and the arguments passed to this function would be the list
198 :type
'(repeat (list string sexp
199 (choice (const :tag
"Copy to environment" t
)
200 (const :tag
"Use only in Eshell" nil
))))
203 (put 'eshell-variable-aliases-list
'risky-local-variable t
)
207 (defun eshell-var-initialize ()
208 "Initialize the variable handle code."
209 ;; Break the association with our parent's environment. Otherwise,
210 ;; changing a variable will affect all of Emacs.
211 (unless eshell-modify-global-environment
212 (set (make-local-variable 'process-environment
)
213 (eshell-copy-environment)))
215 (define-key eshell-command-map
[(meta ?v
)] 'eshell-insert-envvar
)
217 (set (make-local-variable 'eshell-special-chars-inside-quoting
)
218 (append eshell-special-chars-inside-quoting
'(?$
)))
219 (set (make-local-variable 'eshell-special-chars-outside-quoting
)
220 (append eshell-special-chars-outside-quoting
'(?$
)))
222 (add-hook 'eshell-parse-argument-hook
'eshell-interpolate-variable t t
)
224 (add-hook 'eshell-prepare-command-hook
225 'eshell-handle-local-variables nil t
)
227 (when (eshell-using-module 'eshell-cmpl
)
228 (add-hook 'pcomplete-try-first-hook
229 'eshell-complete-variable-reference nil t
)
230 (add-hook 'pcomplete-try-first-hook
231 'eshell-complete-variable-assignment nil t
)))
233 (defun eshell-handle-local-variables ()
234 "Allow for the syntax 'VAR=val <command> <args>'."
235 ;; strip off any null commands, which can only happen if a variable
236 ;; evaluates to nil, such as "$var x", where `var' is nil. The
237 ;; command name in that case becomes `x', for compatibility with
238 ;; most regular shells (the difference is that they do an
239 ;; interpolation pass before the argument parsing pass, but Eshell
240 ;; does both at the same time).
241 (while (and (not eshell-last-command-name
)
242 eshell-last-arguments
)
243 (setq eshell-last-command-name
(car eshell-last-arguments
)
244 eshell-last-arguments
(cdr eshell-last-arguments
)))
245 (let ((setvar "\\`\\([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*\\)=\\(.*\\)\\'")
246 (command (eshell-stringify eshell-last-command-name
))
247 (args eshell-last-arguments
))
248 ;; local variable settings (such as 'CFLAGS=-O2 make') are handled
249 ;; by making the whole command into a subcommand, and calling
250 ;; setenv immediately before the command is invoked. This means
251 ;; that 'BLAH=x cd blah' won't work exactly as expected, but that
252 ;; is by no means a typical use of local environment variables.
253 (if (and command
(string-match setvar command
))
255 'eshell-replace-command
257 'eshell-as-subcommand
261 (while (string-match setvar command
)
264 (list 'setenv
(match-string 1 command
)
265 (match-string 2 command
)
266 (= (length (match-string 2 command
)) 0))))
267 (setq command
(eshell-stringify (car args
))
270 (list (list 'eshell-named-command
271 command
(list 'quote args
)))))))))
273 (defun eshell-interpolate-variable ()
274 "Parse a variable interpolation.
275 This function is explicit for adding to `eshell-parse-argument-hook'."
276 (when (and (eq (char-after) ?$
)
277 (/= (1+ (point)) (point-max)))
279 (list 'eshell-escape-arg
280 (eshell-parse-variable))))
282 (defun eshell/define
(var-alias definition
)
283 "Define a VAR-ALIAS using DEFINITION."
285 (setq eshell-variable-aliases-list
286 (delq (assoc var-alias eshell-variable-aliases-list
)
287 eshell-variable-aliases-list
))
288 (let ((def (assoc var-alias eshell-variable-aliases-list
))
291 (list 'quote
(if (= (length definition
) 1)
295 (setq eshell-variable-aliases-list
296 (delq (assoc var-alias eshell-variable-aliases-list
)
297 eshell-variable-aliases-list
)))
298 (setq eshell-variable-aliases-list
300 eshell-variable-aliases-list
))))
303 (defun eshell/export
(&rest sets
)
304 "This alias allows the `export' command to act as bash users expect."
306 (if (and (stringp (car sets
))
307 (string-match "^\\([^=]+\\)=\\(.*\\)" (car sets
)))
308 (setenv (match-string 1 (car sets
))
309 (match-string 2 (car sets
))))
310 (setq sets
(cdr sets
))))
312 (defun pcomplete/eshell-mode
/export
()
313 "Completion function for Eshell's `export'."
314 (while (pcomplete-here
315 (if eshell-complete-export-definition
317 (eshell-envvar-names)))))
319 (defun eshell/unset
(&rest args
)
320 "Unset an environment variable."
322 (if (stringp (car args
))
323 (setenv (car args
) nil t
))
324 (setq args
(cdr args
))))
326 (defun pcomplete/eshell-mode
/unset
()
327 "Completion function for Eshell's `unset'."
328 (while (pcomplete-here (eshell-envvar-names))))
330 (defun eshell/setq
(&rest args
)
331 "Allow command-ish use of `setq'."
334 (let ((sym (intern (car args
)))
336 (setq last-value
(set sym val
)
340 (defun pcomplete/eshell-mode
/setq
()
341 "Completion function for Eshell's `setq'."
342 (while (and (pcomplete-here (all-completions pcomplete-stub
346 (defun eshell/env
(&rest args
)
347 "Implementation of `env' in Lisp."
348 (eshell-init-print-buffer)
349 (eshell-eval-using-options
351 '((?h
"help" nil nil
"show this usage screen")
353 :usage
"<no arguments>")
354 (dolist (setting (sort (eshell-environment-variables) 'string-lessp
))
355 (eshell-buffered-print setting
"\n"))
358 (defun eshell-insert-envvar (envvar-name)
359 "Insert ENVVAR-NAME into the current buffer at point."
361 (list (read-envvar-name "Name of environment variable: " t
)))
362 (insert-and-inherit "$" envvar-name
))
364 (defun eshell-envvar-names (&optional environment
)
365 "Return a list of currently visible environment variable names."
368 (substring x
0 (string-match "=" x
))))
369 (or environment process-environment
)))
371 (defun eshell-environment-variables ()
372 "Return a `process-environment', fully updated.
373 This involves setting any variable aliases which affect the
374 environment, as specified in `eshell-variable-aliases-list'."
375 (let ((process-environment (eshell-copy-environment)))
376 (dolist (var-alias eshell-variable-aliases-list
)
377 (if (nth 2 var-alias
)
378 (setenv (car var-alias
)
380 (or (eshell-get-variable (car var-alias
)) "")))))
381 process-environment
))
383 (defun eshell-parse-variable ()
384 "Parse the next variable reference at point.
385 The variable name could refer to either an environment variable, or a
386 Lisp variable. The priority order depends on the setting of
387 `eshell-prefer-lisp-variables'.
389 Its purpose is to call `eshell-parse-variable-ref', and then to
390 process any indices that come after the variable reference."
391 (let* ((get-len (when (eq (char-after) ?
#)
394 (setq value
(eshell-parse-variable-ref)
395 indices
(and (not (eobp))
396 (eq (char-after) ?\
[)
397 (eshell-parse-indices))
400 (list 'quote indices
)))
406 (defun eshell-parse-variable-ref ()
407 "Eval a variable reference.
408 Returns a Lisp form which, if evaluated, will return the value of the
411 Possible options are:
413 NAME an environment or Lisp variable value
414 <LONG-NAME> disambiguates the length of the name
415 {COMMAND} result of command is variable's value
416 (LISP-FORM) result of Lisp form is variable's value"
419 ((eq (char-after) ?
{)
420 (let ((end (eshell-find-delimiter ?\
{ ?\
})))
422 (throw 'eshell-incomplete ?\
{)
424 (list 'eshell-convert
425 (list 'eshell-command-to-value
426 (list 'eshell-as-subcommand
427 (eshell-parse-command
428 (cons (1+ (point)) end
)))))
429 (goto-char (1+ end
))))))
430 ((memq (char-after) '(?
\' ?
\"))
431 (let ((name (if (eq (char-after) ?
\')
432 (eshell-parse-literal-quote)
433 (eshell-parse-double-quote))))
435 (list 'eshell-get-variable
(eval name
) 'indices
))))
436 ((eq (char-after) ?\
<)
437 (let ((end (eshell-find-delimiter ?\
< ?\
>)))
439 (throw 'eshell-incomplete ?\
<)
440 (let* ((temp (make-temp-file temporary-file-directory
))
441 (cmd (concat (buffer-substring (1+ (point)) end
)
445 'let
(list (list 'eshell-current-handles
446 (list 'eshell-create-handles temp
447 (list 'quote
'overwrite
))))
450 (list 'eshell-as-subcommand
451 (eshell-parse-command cmd
))
453 (list 'nconc
'eshell-this-command-hook
457 (list 'delete-file temp
))))))
459 (goto-char (1+ end
)))))))
460 ((eq (char-after) ?\
()
462 (list 'eshell-command-to-value
463 (list 'eshell-lisp-command
464 (list 'quote
(read (current-buffer)))))
466 (throw 'eshell-incomplete ?\
())))
467 ((assoc (char-to-string (char-after))
468 eshell-variable-aliases-list
)
470 (list 'eshell-get-variable
471 (char-to-string (char-before)) 'indices
))
472 ((looking-at eshell-variable-name-regexp
)
474 (list 'eshell-get-variable
(match-string 0) 'indices
)
475 (goto-char (match-end 0))))
477 (error "Invalid variable reference")))))
479 (defun eshell-parse-indices ()
480 "Parse and return a list of list of indices."
482 (while (eq (char-after) ?\
[)
483 (let ((end (eshell-find-delimiter ?\
[ ?\
])))
485 (throw 'eshell-incomplete ?\
[)
487 (let (eshell-glob-function)
488 (setq indices
(cons (eshell-parse-arguments (point) end
)
490 (goto-char (1+ end
)))))
493 (defun eshell-get-variable (name &optional indices
)
494 "Get the value for the variable NAME."
495 (let* ((alias (assoc name eshell-variable-aliases-list
))
499 (if (and alias
(functionp var
))
500 (funcall var indices
)
501 (eshell-apply-indices
504 (let ((sym (intern-soft var
)))
505 (if (and sym
(boundp sym
)
506 (or eshell-prefer-lisp-variables
513 (error "Unknown variable `%s'" (eshell-stringify var
))))
516 (defun eshell-apply-indices (value indices
)
517 "Apply to VALUE all of the given INDICES, returning the sub-result.
518 The format of INDICES is:
520 ((INT-OR-NAME-OR-OTHER INT-OR-NAME INT-OR-NAME ...)
523 Each member of INDICES represents a level of nesting. If the first
524 member of a sublist is not an integer or name, and the value it's
525 reference is a string, that will be used as the regexp with which is
526 to divide the string into sub-parts. The default is whitespace.
527 Otherwise, each INT-OR-NAME refers to an element of the list value.
528 Integers imply a direct index, and names, an associate lookup using
531 For example, to retrieve the second element of a user's record in
532 '/etc/passwd', the variable reference would look like:
534 ${egrep johnw /etc/passwd}[: 2]"
536 (let ((refs (car indices
)))
537 (when (stringp value
)
539 (if (not (or (not (stringp (caar indices
)))
541 (concat "^" eshell-variable-name-regexp
"$")
543 (setq separator
(caar indices
)
546 (mapcar 'eshell-convert
547 (split-string value separator
)))))
550 (error "Invalid array variable index: %s"
551 (eshell-stringify refs
)))
553 (setq value
(eshell-index-value value
(car refs
))))
555 (let ((new-value (list t
)))
558 (list (eshell-index-value value
560 (setq refs
(cdr refs
)))
561 (setq value
(cdr new-value
))))))
562 (setq indices
(cdr indices
)))
565 (defun eshell-index-value (value index
)
566 "Reference VALUE using the given INDEX."
568 (cdr (assoc index value
))
571 (if (> index
(ring-length value
))
572 (error "Index exceeds length of ring")
573 (ring-ref value index
)))
575 (if (> index
(length value
))
576 (error "Index exceeds length of list")
579 (if (> index
(length value
))
580 (error "Index exceeds length of vector")
583 (error "Invalid data type for indexing")))))
585 ;;;_* Variable name completion
587 (defun eshell-complete-variable-reference ()
588 "If there is a variable reference, complete it."
589 (let ((arg (pcomplete-actual-arg)) index
)
592 (concat "\\$\\(" eshell-variable-name-regexp
594 (setq pcomplete-stub
(substring arg
(1+ index
)))
595 (throw 'pcomplete-completions
(eshell-variables-list)))))
597 (defun eshell-variables-list ()
598 "Generate list of applicable variables."
599 (let ((argname pcomplete-stub
)
601 (dolist (alias eshell-variable-aliases-list
)
602 (if (string-match (concat "^" argname
) (car alias
))
603 (setq completions
(cons (car alias
) completions
))))
609 (let ((value (eshell-get-variable varname
)))
612 (file-directory-p value
))
615 (eshell-envvar-names (eshell-environment-variables)))
616 (all-completions argname obarray
'boundp
)
620 (defun eshell-complete-variable-assignment ()
621 "If there is a variable assignment, allow completion of entries."
622 (let ((arg (pcomplete-actual-arg)) pos
)
623 (when (string-match (concat "\\`" eshell-variable-name-regexp
"=") arg
)
624 (setq pos
(match-end 0))
625 (if (string-match "\\(:\\)[^:]*\\'" arg
)
626 (setq pos
(match-end 1)))
627 (setq pcomplete-stub
(substring arg pos
))
628 (throw 'pcomplete-completions
(pcomplete-entries)))))
630 ;;; esh-var.el ends here