1 ;;; server.el --- Lisp code for GNU Emacs running as server process.
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1986, 87, 92, 94, 95, 96, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: William Sommerfeld <wesommer@athena.mit.edu>
9 ;; Changes by peck@sun.com and by rms.
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30 ;; This Lisp code is run in Emacs when it is to operate as
31 ;; a server for other processes.
33 ;; Load this library and do M-x server-edit to enable Emacs as a server.
34 ;; Emacs runs the program ../arch-lib/emacsserver as a subprocess
35 ;; for communication with clients. If there are no client buffers to edit,
36 ;; server-edit acts like (switch-to-buffer (other-buffer))
38 ;; When some other program runs "the editor" to edit a file,
39 ;; "the editor" can be the Emacs client program ../lib-src/emacsclient.
40 ;; This program transmits the file names to Emacs through
41 ;; the server subprocess, and Emacs visits them and lets you edit them.
43 ;; Note that any number of clients may dispatch files to emacs to be edited.
45 ;; When you finish editing a Server buffer, again call server-edit
46 ;; to mark that buffer as done for the client and switch to the next
47 ;; Server buffer. When all the buffers for a client have been edited
48 ;; and exited with server-edit, the client "editor" will return
49 ;; to the program that invoked it.
51 ;; Your editing commands and Emacs's display output go to and from
52 ;; the terminal in the usual way. Thus, server operation is possible
53 ;; only when Emacs can talk to the terminal at the time you invoke
54 ;; the client. This is possible in four cases:
56 ;; 1. On a window system, where Emacs runs in one window and the
57 ;; program that wants to use "the editor" runs in another.
59 ;; 2. On a multi-terminal system, where Emacs runs on one terminal and the
60 ;; program that wants to use "the editor" runs on another.
62 ;; 3. When the program that wants to use "the editor" is running
63 ;; as a subprocess of Emacs.
65 ;; 4. On a system with job control, when Emacs is suspended, the program
66 ;; that wants to use "the editor" will stop and display
67 ;; "Waiting for Emacs...". It can then be suspended, and Emacs can be
68 ;; brought into the foreground for editing. When done editing, Emacs is
69 ;; suspended again, and the client program is brought into the foreground.
71 ;; The buffer local variable "server-buffer-clients" lists
72 ;; the clients who are waiting for this buffer to be edited.
73 ;; The global variable "server-clients" lists all the waiting clients,
74 ;; and which files are yet to be edited for each.
79 "Emacs running as a server process."
82 (defcustom server-program
(expand-file-name "emacsserver" exec-directory
)
83 "*The program to use as the edit server."
87 (defcustom server-visit-hook nil
88 "*List of hooks to call when visiting a file for the Emacs server."
90 :type
'(repeat function
))
92 (defcustom server-switch-hook nil
93 "*List of hooks to call when switching to a buffer for the Emacs server."
95 :type
'(repeat function
))
97 (defcustom server-done-hook nil
98 "*List of hooks to call when done editing a buffer for the Emacs server."
100 :type
'(repeat function
))
102 (defvar server-process nil
103 "the current server process")
105 (defvar server-previous-string
"")
107 (defvar server-clients nil
108 "List of current server clients.
109 Each element is (CLIENTID BUFFERS...) where CLIENTID is a string
110 that can be given to the server process to identify a client.
111 When a buffer is marked as \"done\", it is removed from this list.")
113 (defvar server-buffer-clients nil
114 "List of clientids for clients requesting editing of current buffer.")
115 (make-variable-buffer-local 'server-buffer-clients
)
116 ;; Changing major modes should not erase this local.
117 (put 'server-buffer-clients
'permanent-local t
)
119 (defvar server-window nil
120 "*The window to use for selecting Emacs server buffers.
121 If nil, use the selected window.
122 If it is a frame, use the frame's selected window.")
124 (defcustom server-temp-file-regexp
"^/tmp/Re\\|/draft$"
125 "*Regexp which should match filenames of temporary files
126 which are deleted and reused after each edit
127 by the programs that invoke the Emacs server."
131 (defcustom server-kill-new-buffers t
132 "*Whether to kill buffers when done with them.
133 If non-nil, kill a buffer unless it already existed before editing
134 it with Emacs server. If nil, kill only buffers as specified by
135 `server-temp-file-regexp'.
136 Please note that only buffers are killed that still have a client,
137 i.e. buffers visited which \"emacsclient --no-wait\" are never killed in
143 (or (assq 'server-buffer-clients minor-mode-alist
)
144 (setq minor-mode-alist
(cons '(server-buffer-clients " Server") minor-mode-alist
)))
146 (defvar server-existing-buffer nil
147 "Non-nil means a server buffer existed before visiting a file.")
148 (make-variable-buffer-local 'server-existing-buffer
)
150 ;; If a *server* buffer exists,
151 ;; write STRING to it for logging purposes.
152 (defun server-log (string)
153 (if (get-buffer "*server*")
155 (set-buffer "*server*")
156 (goto-char (point-max))
157 (insert (current-time-string) " " string
)
158 (or (bolp) (newline)))))
160 (defun server-sentinel (proc msg
)
161 (cond ((eq (process-status proc
) 'exit
)
162 (server-log (message "Server subprocess exited")))
163 ((eq (process-status proc
) 'signal
)
164 (server-log (message "Server subprocess killed")))))
167 (defun server-start (&optional leave-dead
)
168 "Allow this Emacs process to be a server for client processes.
169 This starts a server communications subprocess through which
170 client \"editors\" can send your editing commands to this Emacs job.
171 To use the server, set up the program `emacsclient' in the
172 Emacs distribution as your standard \"editor\".
174 Prefix arg means just kill any existing server communications subprocess."
179 (set-process-sentinel server-process nil
)
180 (condition-case () (delete-process server-process
) (error nil
))))
181 ;; Delete the socket files made by previous server invocations.
182 (let* ((sysname (system-name))
183 (dot-index (string-match "\\." sysname
)))
185 (delete-file (format "~/.emacs-server-%s" sysname
))
188 (delete-file (format "/tmp/esrv%d-%s" (user-uid) sysname
))
190 ;; In case the server file name was made with a domainless hostname,
191 ;; try deleting that name too.
193 (let ((shortname (substring sysname
0 dot-index
)))
195 (delete-file (format "~/.emacs-server-%s" shortname
))
198 (delete-file (format "/tmp/esrv%d-%s" (user-uid) shortname
))
200 ;; If this Emacs already had a server, clear out associated status.
201 (while server-clients
202 (let ((buffer (nth 1 (car server-clients
))))
203 (server-buffer-done buffer
)))
207 (server-log (message "Restarting server")))
208 ;; Using a pty is wasteful, and the separate session causes
209 ;; annoyance sometimes (some systems kill idle sessions).
210 (let ((process-connection-type nil
))
211 (setq server-process
(start-process "server" nil server-program
)))
212 (set-process-sentinel server-process
'server-sentinel
)
213 (set-process-filter server-process
'server-process-filter
)
214 ;; We must receive file names without being decoded. Those are
215 ;; decoded by server-process-filter accoding to
216 ;; file-name-coding-system.
217 (set-process-coding-system server-process
'raw-text
'raw-text
)
218 (process-kill-without-query server-process
)))
220 ;Process a request from the server to edit some files.
221 ;Format of STRING is "Client: CLIENTID PATH PATH PATH... \n"
222 (defun server-process-filter (proc string
)
224 (setq string
(concat server-previous-string string
))
225 ;; If the input is multiple lines,
226 ;; process each line individually.
227 (while (string-match "\n" string
)
228 (let ((request (substring string
0 (match-beginning 0)))
229 (coding-system (and default-enable-multibyte-characters
230 (or file-name-coding-system
231 default-file-name-coding-system
)))
235 ;; Remove this line from STRING.
236 (setq string
(substring string
(match-end 0)))
237 (if (string-match "^Error: " request
)
238 (message "Server error: %s" (substring request
(match-end 0)))
239 (if (string-match "^Client: " request
)
241 (setq request
(substring request
(match-end 0)))
242 (setq client
(list (substring request
0 (string-match " " request
))))
243 (setq request
(substring request
(match-end 0)))
244 (while (string-match "[^ ]+ " request
)
246 (substring request
(match-beginning 0) (1- (match-end 0))))
248 (setq request
(substring request
(match-end 0)))
249 (if (string-match "\\`-nowait" arg
)
251 (if (string-match "\\`\\+[0-9]+\\'" arg
)
252 ;; ARG is a line number option.
253 (setq lineno
(read (substring arg
1)))
254 ;; ARG is a file name.
255 ;; Collapse multiple slashes to single slashes.
256 (setq arg
(command-line-normalize-file-name arg
))
257 ;; Undo the quoting that emacsclient does
258 ;; for certain special characters.
259 (while (string-match "&." arg pos
)
260 (setq pos
(1+ (match-beginning 0)))
261 (let ((nextchar (aref arg pos
)))
262 (cond ((= nextchar ?
&)
263 (setq arg
(replace-match "&" t t arg
)))
265 (setq arg
(replace-match "-" t t arg
)))
267 (setq arg
(replace-match " " t t arg
))))))
268 ;; Now decode the file name if necessary.
270 (setq arg
(decode-coding-string arg coding-system
)))
272 (cons (list arg lineno
)
275 (server-visit-files files client nowait
)
276 ;; CLIENT is now a list (CLIENTNUM BUFFERS...)
277 (if (null (cdr client
))
278 ;; This client is empty; get rid of it immediately.
280 (send-string server-process
281 (format "Close: %s Done\n" (car client
)))
282 (server-log (format "Close empty client: %s Done\n" (car client
))))
283 ;; We visited some buffer for this client.
285 (setq server-clients
(cons client server-clients
)))
286 (server-switch-buffer (nth 1 client
))
287 (run-hooks 'server-switch-hook
)
288 (message (substitute-command-keys
289 "When done with a buffer, type \\[server-edit]"))))))))
290 ;; Save for later any partial line that remains.
291 (setq server-previous-string string
))
293 (defun server-visit-files (files client
&optional nowait
)
294 "Finds FILES and returns the list CLIENT with the buffers nconc'd.
295 FILES is an alist whose elements are (FILENAME LINENUMBER).
296 NOWAIT non-nil means this client is not waiting for the results,
297 so don't mark these buffers specially, just visit them normally."
298 ;; Bind last-nonmenu-event to force use of keyboard, not mouse, for queries.
299 (let (client-record (last-nonmenu-event t
) (obuf (current-buffer)))
300 ;; Restore the current buffer afterward, but not using save-excursion,
301 ;; because we don't want to save point in this buffer
302 ;; if it happens to be one of those specified by the server.
305 ;; If there is an existing buffer modified or the file is
306 ;; modified, revert it. If there is an existing buffer with
307 ;; deleted file, offer to write it.
308 (let* ((filen (car (car files
)))
309 (obuf (get-file-buffer filen
)))
310 (if (and obuf
(set-buffer obuf
))
311 (cond ((file-exists-p filen
)
312 (if (or (not (verify-visited-file-modtime obuf
))
313 (buffer-modified-p obuf
))
314 (revert-buffer t nil
)))
317 (concat "File no longer exists: "
319 ", write buffer to file? "))
320 (write-file filen
))))
321 (set-buffer (find-file-noselect filen
))
322 (setq server-existing-buffer t
)
323 (run-hooks 'server-visit-hook
)))
324 (goto-line (nth 1 (car files
)))
326 (setq server-buffer-clients
327 (cons (car client
) server-buffer-clients
)))
328 (setq client-record
(cons (current-buffer) client-record
))
329 (setq files
(cdr files
)))
331 (nconc client client-record
)))
333 (defun server-buffer-done (buffer &optional for-killing
)
334 "Mark BUFFER as \"done\" for its client(s).
335 This buries the buffer, then returns a list of the form (NEXT-BUFFER KILLED).
336 NEXT-BUFFER is another server buffer, as a suggestion for what to select next,
337 or nil. KILLED is t if we killed BUFFER
338 \(typically, because it was visiting a temp file)."
339 (let ((running (eq (process-status server-process
) 'run
))
343 (old-clients server-clients
))
345 (let ((client (car old-clients
)))
347 (setq next-buffer
(nth 1 (memq buffer client
))))
349 ;; Delete all dead buffers from CLIENT.
352 (and (bufferp (car tail
))
353 (null (buffer-name (car tail
)))
354 (delq (car tail
) client
))
355 (setq tail
(cdr tail
))))
356 ;; If client now has no pending buffers,
357 ;; tell it that it is done, and forget it entirely.
361 ;; Don't send emacsserver two commands in close succession.
362 ;; It cannot handle that.
363 (or first
(sit-for 1))
365 (send-string server-process
366 (format "Close: %s Done\n" (car client
)))
367 (server-log (format "Close: %s Done\n" (car client
)))))
368 (setq server-clients
(delq client server-clients
))))
369 (setq old-clients
(cdr old-clients
)))
370 (if (and (bufferp buffer
) (buffer-name buffer
))
371 ;; We may or may not kill this buffer;
372 ;; if we do, do not call server-buffer-done recursively
373 ;; from kill-buffer-hook.
374 (let ((server-kill-buffer-running t
))
377 (setq server-buffer-clients nil
)
378 (run-hooks 'server-done-hook
))
379 ;; Notice whether server-done-hook killed the buffer.
380 (if (null (buffer-name buffer
))
382 ;; Don't bother killing or burying the buffer
383 ;; when we are called from kill-buffer.
385 (when (and (not killed
)
386 server-kill-new-buffers
389 server-existing-buffer
))
391 (kill-buffer buffer
))
393 (if (server-temp-file-p buffer
)
397 (bury-buffer buffer
)))))))
398 (list next-buffer killed
)))
400 (defun server-temp-file-p (buffer)
401 "Return non-nil if BUFFER contains a file considered temporary.
402 These are files whose names suggest they are repeatedly
403 reused to pass information to another program.
405 The variable `server-temp-file-regexp' controls which filenames
406 are considered temporary."
407 (and (buffer-file-name buffer
)
408 (string-match server-temp-file-regexp
(buffer-file-name buffer
))))
410 (defun server-done ()
411 "Offer to save current buffer, mark it as \"done\" for clients.
412 This buries the buffer, then returns a list of the form (NEXT-BUFFER KILLED).
413 NEXT-BUFFER is another server buffer, as a suggestion for what to select next,
414 or nil. KILLED is t if we killed BUFFER
415 \(typically, because it was visiting a temp file)."
416 (let ((buffer (current-buffer)))
417 (if server-buffer-clients
419 (if (server-temp-file-p buffer
)
420 ;; For a temp file, save, and do make a non-numeric backup
421 ;; (unless make-backup-files is nil).
422 (let ((version-control nil
)
423 (buffer-backed-up nil
))
425 (if (and (buffer-modified-p)
427 (y-or-n-p (concat "Save file " buffer-file-name
"? ")))
428 (save-buffer buffer
)))
429 (server-buffer-done buffer
)))))
431 ;; Ask before killing a server buffer.
432 ;; It was suggested to release its client instead,
433 ;; but I think that is dangerous--the client would proceed
434 ;; using whatever is on disk in that file. -- rms.
435 (defun server-kill-buffer-query-function ()
436 (or (not server-buffer-clients
)
437 (yes-or-no-p (format "Buffer `%s' still has clients; kill it? "
438 (buffer-name (current-buffer))))))
440 (add-hook 'kill-buffer-query-functions
441 'server-kill-buffer-query-function
)
443 (defun server-kill-emacs-query-function ()
445 (tail server-clients
))
446 ;; See if any clients have any buffers that are still alive.
448 (if (memq t
(mapcar 'stringp
(mapcar 'buffer-name
(cdr (car tail
)))))
449 (setq live-client t
))
450 (setq tail
(cdr tail
)))
451 (or (not live-client
)
452 (yes-or-no-p "Server buffers still have clients; exit anyway? "))))
454 (add-hook 'kill-emacs-query-functions
'server-kill-emacs-query-function
)
456 (defvar server-kill-buffer-running nil
457 "Non-nil while `server-kill-buffer' or `server-buffer-done' is running.")
459 ;; When a buffer is killed, inform the clients.
460 (add-hook 'kill-buffer-hook
'server-kill-buffer
)
461 (defun server-kill-buffer ()
462 ;; Prevent infinite recursion if user has made server-done-hook
464 (or server-kill-buffer-running
465 (and server-buffer-clients
466 (let ((server-kill-buffer-running t
))
468 (server-buffer-done (current-buffer) t
))))))
470 (defun server-edit (&optional arg
)
471 "Switch to next server editing buffer; say \"Done\" for current buffer.
472 If a server buffer is current, it is marked \"done\" and optionally saved.
473 When all of a client's buffers are marked as \"done\", the client is notified.
475 Temporary files such as MH <draft> files are always saved and backed up,
476 no questions asked. (The variable `make-backup-files', if nil, still
477 inhibits a backup; you can set it locally in a particular buffer to
478 prevent a backup for it.) The variable `server-temp-file-regexp' controls
479 which filenames are considered temporary.
481 If invoked with a prefix argument, or if there is no server process running,
482 starts server process and that is all. Invoked by \\[server-edit]."
486 (memq (process-status server-process
) '(signal exit
)))
488 (apply 'server-switch-buffer
(server-done))))
490 (defun server-switch-buffer (&optional next-buffer killed-one
)
491 "Switch to another buffer, preferably one that has a client.
492 Arg NEXT-BUFFER is a suggestion; if it is a live buffer, use it."
493 ;; KILLED-ONE is t in a recursive call
494 ;; if we have already killed one temp-file server buffer.
495 ;; This means we should avoid the final "switch to some other buffer"
496 ;; since we've already effectively done that.
497 (cond ((and (windowp server-window
)
498 (window-live-p server-window
))
499 (select-window server-window
))
500 ((framep server-window
)
501 (if (not (frame-live-p server-window
))
502 (setq server-window
(make-frame)))
503 (select-window (frame-selected-window server-window
))))
504 (if (window-minibuffer-p (selected-window))
505 (select-window (next-window nil
'nomini
0)))
506 ;; Move to a non-dedicated window, if we have one.
507 (select-window (some-window (lambda (w) (not (window-dedicated-p w
)))
508 'nomini
0 (selected-window)))
509 (set-window-dedicated-p (selected-window) nil
)
511 (if (and (bufferp next-buffer
)
512 (buffer-name next-buffer
))
513 (switch-to-buffer next-buffer
)
514 ;; If NEXT-BUFFER is a dead buffer,
515 ;; remove the server records for it
516 ;; and try the next surviving server buffer.
517 (apply 'server-switch-buffer
518 (server-buffer-done next-buffer
)))
520 (server-switch-buffer (nth 1 (car server-clients
)) killed-one
)
522 (switch-to-buffer (other-buffer))))))
524 (global-set-key "\C-x#" 'server-edit
)
528 ;;; server.el ends here