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1 ;;; pp.el --- pretty printer for Emacs Lisp -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
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5 ;; Author: Randal Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
6 ;; Keywords: lisp
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23 ;;; Commentary:
25 ;;; Code:
27 (defvar font-lock-verbose)
29 (defgroup pp nil
30 "Pretty printer for Emacs Lisp."
31 :prefix "pp-"
32 :group 'lisp)
34 (defcustom pp-escape-newlines t
35 "Value of `print-escape-newlines' used by pp-* functions."
36 :type 'boolean
37 :group 'pp)
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)))
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))
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)))
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)))))
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*"))
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*"))
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)))))))
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))))
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))))
179 (provide 'pp) ; so (require 'pp) works
181 ;;; pp.el ends here