1 ;;; dired-x.el --- extra Dired functionality -*-byte-compile-dynamic: t;-*-
3 ;; Author: Sebastian Kremer <sk@thp.uni-koeln.de>
4 ;; Lawrence R. Dodd <dodd@roebling.poly.edu>
5 ;; Maintainer: Romain Francoise <rfrancoise@gnu.org>
7 ;; Date: 1994/08/18 19:27:42
8 ;; Keywords: dired extensions files
10 ;; Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
11 ;; 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
13 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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27 ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
28 ;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
32 ;; This is Sebastian Kremer's excellent dired-x.el (Dired Extra), version
33 ;; 1.191, hacked up for GNU Emacs. Redundant or conflicting material has
34 ;; been removed or renamed in order to work properly with dired of GNU
35 ;; Emacs. All suggestions or comments are most welcomed.
38 ;; Please, PLEASE, *PLEASE* see the info pages.
41 ;; BUGS: Type M-x dired-x-submit-report and a report will be generated.
43 ;; INSTALLATION: In your ~/.emacs,
45 ;; (add-hook 'dired-load-hook
46 ;; (function (lambda ()
48 ;; ;; Set global variables here. For example:
49 ;; ;; (setq dired-guess-shell-gnutar "gtar")
51 ;; (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook
52 ;; (function (lambda ()
53 ;; ;; Set buffer-local variables here. For example:
54 ;; ;; (dired-omit-mode 1)
57 ;; At load time dired-x.el will install itself, redefine some functions, and
58 ;; bind some dired keys. *Please* see the info pages for more details.
60 ;; *Please* see the info pages for more details.
62 ;; User defined variables:
65 ;; dired-vm-read-only-folders
69 ;; dired-x-hands-off-my-keys
71 ;; dired-enable-local-variables
72 ;; dired-local-variables-file
73 ;; dired-guess-shell-gnutar
74 ;; dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet
75 ;; dired-guess-shell-znew-switches
76 ;; dired-guess-shell-alist-user
77 ;; dired-clean-up-buffers-too
80 ;; dired-omit-extensions
81 ;; dired-omit-size-limit
83 ;; To find out more about these variables, load this file, put your cursor at
84 ;; the end of any of the variable names, and hit C-h v [RET]. *Please* see
85 ;; the info pages for more details.
87 ;; When loaded this code redefines the following functions of GNU Emacs
89 ;; Function Found in this file of GNU Emacs
90 ;; -------- -------------------------------
91 ;; dired-clean-up-after-deletion ../lisp/dired.el
92 ;; dired-find-buffer-nocreate ../lisp/dired.el
93 ;; dired-initial-position ../lisp/dired.el
95 ;; dired-add-entry ../lisp/dired-aux.el
96 ;; dired-read-shell-command ../lisp/dired-aux.el
103 ;; This is a no-op if dired-x is being loaded via `dired-load-hook'. It is
104 ;; here in case the user has autoloaded dired-x via the dired-jump key binding
105 ;; (instead of autoloading to dired as is suggested in the info-pages).
109 ;; We will redefine some functions and also need some macros so we need to
110 ;; load dired stuff of GNU Emacs.
114 (defvar vm-folder-directory
)
115 (eval-when-compile (require 'man
))
117 ;;; User-defined variables.
119 (defgroup dired-x nil
120 "Extended directory editing (dired-x)."
123 (defgroup dired-keys nil
124 "Dired keys customizations."
128 (defcustom dired-bind-vm nil
129 "*Non-nil means \"V\" runs `dired-vm', otherwise \"V\" runs `dired-rmail'.
130 Also, RMAIL files contain -*- rmail -*- at the top so \"f\",
131 `dired-advertised-find-file', will run rmail."
135 (defcustom dired-bind-jump t
136 "*Non-nil means bind `dired-jump' to C-x C-j, otherwise do not."
140 (defcustom dired-bind-man t
141 "*Non-nil means bind `dired-man' to \"N\" in dired-mode, otherwise do not."
145 (defcustom dired-bind-info t
146 "*Non-nil means bind `dired-info' to \"I\" in dired-mode, otherwise do not."
150 (defcustom dired-vm-read-only-folders nil
151 "*If non-nil, \\[dired-vm] will visit all folders read-only.
152 If neither nil nor t, e.g. the symbol `if-file-read-only', only
153 files not writable by you are visited read-only.
155 Read-only folders only work in VM 5, not in VM 4."
156 :type
'(choice (const :tag
"off" nil
)
158 (other :tag
"non-writable only" if-file-read-only
))
161 (define-minor-mode dired-omit-mode
162 "Toggle Dired-Omit mode.
163 With numeric ARG, enable Dired-Omit mode if ARG is positive, disable
164 otherwise. Enabling and disabling is buffer-local.
165 If enabled, \"uninteresting\" files are not listed.
166 Uninteresting files are those whose filenames match regexp `dired-omit-files',
167 plus those ending with extensions in `dired-omit-extensions'."
170 ;; This will mention how many lines were omitted:
171 (let ((dired-omit-size-limit nil
)) (dired-omit-expunge))
174 ;; For backward compatibility
175 (defvaralias 'dired-omit-files-p
'dired-omit-mode
)
176 (make-obsolete-variable 'dired-omit-files-p
'dired-omit-mode
)
178 (defcustom dired-omit-files
"^\\.?#\\|^\\.$\\|^\\.\\.$"
179 "*Filenames matching this regexp will not be displayed.
180 This only has effect when `dired-omit-mode' is t. See interactive function
181 `dired-omit-mode' \(\\[dired-omit-mode]\) and variable
182 `dired-omit-extensions'. The default is to omit `.', `..', auto-save
183 files and lock files."
187 (defcustom dired-find-subdir nil
; t is pretty near to DWIM...
188 "*If non-nil, Dired always finds a directory in a buffer of its own.
189 If nil, Dired finds the directory as a subdirectory in some other buffer
190 if it is present as one.
192 If there are several dired buffers for a directory, the most recently
195 Dired avoids switching to the current buffer, so that if you have
196 a normal and a wildcard buffer for the same directory, \\[dired] will
197 toggle between those two."
201 (defcustom dired-omit-size-limit
30000
202 "*Maximum size for the \"omitting\" feature.
203 If nil, there is no maximum size."
204 :type
'(choice (const :tag
"no maximum" nil
) integer
)
207 (defcustom dired-enable-local-variables t
208 "*Control use of local-variables lists in Dired.
209 The value can be t, nil or something else.
210 A value of t means local-variables lists are obeyed;
211 nil means they are ignored; anything else means query.
213 This temporarily overrides the value of `enable-local-variables' when listing
214 a directory. See also `dired-local-variables-file'."
218 (defcustom dired-guess-shell-gnutar
(when (or (eq system-type
'gnu
)
219 (eq system-type
'gnu
/linux
))
221 "*If non-nil, name of GNU tar executable.
222 \(E.g., \"tar\" or \"gtar\"). The `z' switch will be used with it for
223 compressed or gzip'ed tar files. If you don't have GNU tar, set this
224 to nil: a pipe using `zcat' or `gunzip -c' will be used."
225 :type
'(choice (const :tag
"Not GNU tar" nil
)
226 (string :tag
"Command name"))
229 (defcustom dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet t
230 "*Non-nil says pass -q to gzip overriding verbose GZIP environment."
234 (defcustom dired-guess-shell-znew-switches nil
235 "*If non-nil, then string of switches passed to `znew', example: \"-K\"."
236 :type
'(choice (const :tag
"None" nil
)
237 (string :tag
"Switches"))
240 (defcustom dired-clean-up-buffers-too t
241 "*Non-nil means offer to kill buffers visiting files and dirs deleted in Dired."
247 (define-key dired-mode-map
"\M-o" 'dired-omit-mode
)
248 (define-key dired-mode-map
"*O" 'dired-mark-omitted
)
249 (define-key dired-mode-map
"\M-(" 'dired-mark-sexp
)
250 (define-key dired-mode-map
"*(" 'dired-mark-sexp
)
251 (define-key dired-mode-map
"*." 'dired-mark-extension
)
252 (define-key dired-mode-map
"\M-!" 'dired-smart-shell-command
)
253 (define-key dired-mode-map
"w" 'dired-copy-filename-as-kill
)
254 (define-key dired-mode-map
"\M-G" 'dired-goto-subdir
)
255 (define-key dired-mode-map
"F" 'dired-do-find-marked-files
)
256 (define-key dired-mode-map
"Y" 'dired-do-relsymlink
)
257 (define-key dired-mode-map
"%Y" 'dired-do-relsymlink-regexp
)
258 (define-key dired-mode-map
"V" 'dired-do-run-mail
)
261 (define-key dired-mode-map
"N" 'dired-man
))
264 (define-key dired-mode-map
"I" 'dired-info
))
268 (let ((menu-bar (lookup-key dired-mode-map
[menu-bar
])))
269 (let ((menu (lookup-key menu-bar
[operate])))
275 dired-do-find-marked-files
276 :help "Find current or marked files")
282 "Relative symlink to..."
284 :visible (fboundp 'make-symbolic-link)
285 :help "Make relative symbolic links for current or marked files")
287 (let ((menu (lookup-key menu-bar [mark])))
294 :help "Flag files with a certain extension for deletion")
302 :help "Mark files with a certain extension")
310 :help "Mark files matching `dired-omit-files' and `dired-omit-extensions'")
312 (let ((menu (lookup-key menu-bar [regexp])))
317 "Relative symlink..."
318 dired-do-relsymlink-regexp
319 :visible (fboundp 'make-symbolic-link)
320 :help "Make relative symbolic links for files matching regexp")
322 (let ((menu (lookup-key menu-bar [immediate])))
327 "Omit mode" dired-omit-mode
328 :button (:toggle . dired-omit-mode)
329 :help "Enable or disable omitting \"uninteresting\" files")
335 (define-key global-map "\C-x\C-j" 'dired-jump)
336 (define-key global-map "\C-x4\C-j" 'dired-jump-other-window)))
339 ;;; Install into appropriate hooks.
341 (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'dired-extra-startup)
342 (add-hook 'dired-after-readin-hook 'dired-omit-expunge)
344 (defun dired-extra-startup ()
345 "Automatically put on `dired-mode-hook' to get extra Dired features:
347 \\[dired-do-run-mail]\t-- run mail on folder (see `dired-bind-vm')
348 \\[dired-info]\t-- run info on file
349 \\[dired-man]\t-- run man on file
350 \\[dired-do-find-marked-files]\t-- visit all marked files simultaneously
351 \\[dired-omit-mode]\t-- toggle omitting of files
352 \\[dired-mark-sexp]\t-- mark by Lisp expression
353 \\[dired-copy-filename-as-kill]\t-- copy the file or subdir names into the kill ring;
354 \t you can feed it to other commands using \\[yank]
356 For more features, see variables
362 `dired-vm-read-only-folders'
365 `dired-omit-extensions'
366 `dired-omit-size-limit'
368 `dired-enable-local-variables'
369 `dired-local-variables-file'
370 `dired-guess-shell-gnutar'
371 `dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet'
372 `dired-guess-shell-znew-switches'
373 `dired-guess-shell-alist-user'
374 `dired-clean-up-buffers-too'
378 `dired-flag-extension'
385 `dired-do-find-marked-files'"
388 ;; These must be done in each new dired buffer.
389 (dired-hack-local-variables)
390 (dired-omit-startup))
396 (defun dired-clean-up-after-deletion (fn)
397 "Clean up after a deleted file or directory FN.
398 Remove expanded subdir of deleted dir, if any."
399 (save-excursion (and (cdr dired-subdir-alist)
400 (dired-goto-subdir fn)
401 (dired-kill-subdir)))
403 ;; Offer to kill buffer of deleted file FN.
404 (if dired-clean-up-buffers-too
406 (let ((buf (get-file-buffer fn)))
408 (funcall (function y-or-n-p)
409 (format "Kill buffer of %s, too? "
410 (file-name-nondirectory fn)))
411 (save-excursion ; you never know where kill-buffer leaves you
413 (let ((buf-list (dired-buffers-for-dir (expand-file-name fn)))
416 (y-or-n-p (format "Kill dired buffer%s of %s, too? "
417 (dired-plural-s (length buf-list))
418 (file-name-nondirectory fn)))
420 (save-excursion (kill-buffer (car buf-list)))
421 (setq buf-list (cdr buf-list)))))))
426 ;;; EXTENSION MARKING FUNCTIONS.
428 ;;; Mark files with some extension.
429 (defun dired-mark-extension (extension &optional marker-char)
430 "Mark all files with a certain EXTENSION for use in later commands.
431 A `.' is *not* automatically prepended to the string entered."
432 ;; EXTENSION may also be a list of extensions instead of a single one.
433 ;; Optional MARKER-CHAR is marker to use.
434 (interactive "sMarking extension: \nP")
435 (or (listp extension)
436 (setq extension (list extension)))
437 (dired-mark-files-regexp
438 (concat ".";; don't match names with nothing but an extension
440 (mapconcat 'regexp-quote extension "\\|")
444 (defun dired-flag-extension (extension)
445 "In dired, flag all files with a certain EXTENSION for deletion.
446 A `.' is *not* automatically prepended to the string entered."
447 (interactive "sFlagging extension: ")
448 (dired-mark-extension extension dired-del-marker))
450 ;;; Define some unpopular file extensions. Used for cleaning and omitting.
452 (defvar dired-patch-unclean-extensions
454 "List of extensions of dispensable files created by the `patch' program.")
456 (defvar dired-tex-unclean-extensions
457 '(".toc" ".log" ".aux");; these are already in completion-ignored-extensions
458 "List of extensions of dispensable files created by TeX.")
460 (defvar dired-latex-unclean-extensions
461 '(".idx" ".lof" ".lot" ".glo")
462 "List of extensions of dispensable files created by LaTeX.")
464 (defvar dired-bibtex-unclean-extensions
466 "List of extensions of dispensable files created by BibTeX.")
468 (defvar dired-texinfo-unclean-extensions
469 '(".cp" ".cps" ".fn" ".fns" ".ky" ".kys" ".pg" ".pgs"
470 ".tp" ".tps" ".vr" ".vrs")
471 "List of extensions of dispensable files created by texinfo.")
473 (defun dired-clean-patch ()
474 "Flag dispensable files created by patch for deletion.
475 See variable `dired-patch-unclean-extensions'."
477 (dired-flag-extension dired-patch-unclean-extensions))
479 (defun dired-clean-tex ()
480 "Flag dispensable files created by [La]TeX etc. for deletion.
481 See variables `dired-tex-unclean-extensions',
482 `dired-latex-unclean-extensions', `dired-bibtex-unclean-extensions' and
483 `dired-texinfo-unclean-extensions'."
485 (dired-flag-extension (append dired-texinfo-unclean-extensions
486 dired-latex-unclean-extensions
487 dired-bibtex-unclean-extensions
488 dired-tex-unclean-extensions)))
490 (defun dired-very-clean-tex ()
491 "Flag dispensable files created by [La]TeX *and* \".dvi\" for deletion.
492 See variables `dired-texinfo-unclean-extensions',
493 `dired-latex-unclean-extensions', `dired-bibtex-unclean-extensions' and
494 `dired-texinfo-unclean-extensions'."
496 (dired-flag-extension (append dired-texinfo-unclean-extensions
497 dired-latex-unclean-extensions
498 dired-bibtex-unclean-extensions
499 dired-tex-unclean-extensions
505 (defun dired-jump (&optional other-window)
506 "Jump to dired buffer corresponding to current buffer.
507 If in a file, dired the current directory and move to file's line.
508 If in Dired already, pop up a level and goto old directory's line.
509 In case the proper dired file line cannot be found, refresh the dired
510 buffer and try again."
512 (let* ((file buffer-file-name)
513 (dir (if file (file-name-directory file) default-directory)))
514 (if (eq major-mode 'dired-mode)
516 (setq dir (dired-current-directory))
517 (dired-up-directory other-window)
518 (or (dired-goto-file dir)
519 ;; refresh and try again
521 (dired-insert-subdir (file-name-directory dir))
522 (dired-goto-file dir))))
524 (dired-other-window dir)
527 (or (dired-goto-file file)
528 ;; refresh and try again
530 (dired-insert-subdir (file-name-directory file))
531 (dired-goto-file file))
532 ;; Toggle omitting, if it is on, and try again.
536 (dired-goto-file file))))))))
538 (defun dired-jump-other-window ()
539 "Like \\[dired-jump] (`dired-jump') but in other window."
545 ;;; Enhanced omitting of lines from directory listings.
546 ;;; Marked files are never omitted.
548 ;; should probably get rid of this and always use 'no-dir.
549 ;; sk 28-Aug-1991 09:37
550 (defvar dired-omit-localp 'no-dir
551 "The LOCALP argument `dired-omit-expunge' passes to `dired-get-filename'.
552 If it is `no-dir', omitting is much faster, but you can only match
553 against the non-directory part of the file name. Set it to nil if you
554 need to match the entire file name.")
556 ;; \017=^O for Omit - other packages can chose other control characters.
557 (defvar dired-omit-marker-char ?\017
558 "Temporary marker used by dired-omit.
559 Should never be used as marker by the user or other packages.")
561 (defun dired-omit-startup ()
562 (or (assq 'dired-omit-mode minor-mode-alist)
563 (setq minor-mode-alist
564 (append '((dired-omit-mode
565 (:eval (if (eq major-mode 'dired-mode)
569 (defun dired-mark-omitted ()
570 "Mark files matching `dired-omit-files' and `dired-omit-extensions'."
572 (let ((dired-omit-mode nil)) (revert-buffer)) ;; Show omitted files
573 (dired-mark-unmarked-files (dired-omit-regexp) nil nil dired-omit-localp))
575 (defvar dired-omit-extensions
576 (append completion-ignored-extensions
577 dired-latex-unclean-extensions
578 dired-bibtex-unclean-extensions
579 dired-texinfo-unclean-extensions)
580 "If non-nil, a list of extensions \(strings\) to omit from Dired listings.
581 Defaults to elements of `completion-ignored-extensions',
582 `dired-latex-unclean-extensions', `dired-bibtex-unclean-extensions', and
583 `dired-texinfo-unclean-extensions'.
585 See interactive function `dired-omit-mode' \(\\[dired-omit-mode]\) and
586 variables `dired-omit-mode' and `dired-omit-files'.")
588 (defun dired-omit-expunge (&optional regexp)
589 "Erases all unmarked files matching REGEXP.
590 Does nothing if global variable `dired-omit-mode' is nil, or if called
591 non-interactively and buffer is bigger than `dired-omit-size-limit'.
592 If REGEXP is nil or not specified, uses `dired-omit-files', and also omits
593 filenames ending in `dired-omit-extensions'.
594 If REGEXP is the empty string, this function is a no-op.
596 This functions works by temporarily binding `dired-marker-char' to
597 `dired-omit-marker-char' and calling `dired-do-kill-lines'."
598 (interactive "sOmit files (regexp): ")
599 (if (and dired-omit-mode
601 (not dired-omit-size-limit)
602 (< (buffer-size) dired-omit-size-limit)
604 (message "Not omitting: directory larger than %d characters."
605 dired-omit-size-limit)
606 (setq dired-omit-mode nil)
608 (let ((omit-re (or regexp (dired-omit-regexp)))
609 (old-modified-p (buffer-modified-p))
611 (or (string= omit-re "")
612 (let ((dired-marker-char dired-omit-marker-char))
613 (message "Omitting...")
614 (if (dired-mark-unmarked-files omit-re nil nil dired-omit-localp)
616 (setq count (dired-do-kill-lines nil "Omitted %d line%s."))
617 (force-mode-line-update))
618 (message "(Nothing to omit)"))))
619 ;; Try to preserve modified state of buffer. So `%*' doesn't appear
620 ;; in mode-line of omitted buffers.
621 (set-buffer-modified-p (and old-modified-p
623 (goto-char (point-min))
624 (re-search-forward dired-re-mark nil t))))
627 (defun dired-omit-regexp ()
628 (concat (if dired-omit-files (concat "\\(" dired-omit-files "\\)") "")
629 (if (and dired-omit-files dired-omit-extensions) "\\|" "")
630 (if dired-omit-extensions
631 (concat ".";; a non-extension part should exist
633 (mapconcat 'regexp-quote dired-omit-extensions "\\|")
637 ;; Returns t if any work was done, nil otherwise.
638 (defun dired-mark-unmarked-files (regexp msg &optional unflag-p localp)
639 "Mark unmarked files matching REGEXP, displaying MSG.
640 REGEXP is matched against the entire file name.
641 Does not re-mark files which already have a mark.
642 With prefix argument, unflag all those files.
643 Optional fourth argument LOCALP is as in `dired-get-filename'."
645 (let ((dired-marker-char (if unflag-p ?\s dired-marker-char)))
648 ;; not already marked
651 (let ((fn (dired-get-filename localp t)))
652 (and fn (string-match regexp fn))))
656 (defun dired-omit-new-add-entry (filename &optional marker-char relative)
657 ;; This redefines dired-aux.el's dired-add-entry to avoid calling ls for
658 ;; files that are going to be omitted anyway.
660 ;; perhaps return t without calling ls
661 (let ((omit-re (dired-omit-regexp)))
662 (if (or (string= omit-re "")
664 (string-match omit-re
666 ((eq 'no-dir dired-omit-localp)
668 ((eq t dired-omit-localp)
669 (dired-make-relative filename))
673 (file-name-directory filename)))))))
674 ;; if it didn't match, go ahead and add the entry
675 (dired-omit-old-add-entry filename marker-char relative)
676 ;; dired-add-entry returns t for success, perhaps we should
677 ;; return file-exists-p
679 ;; omitting is not turned on at all
680 (dired-omit-old-add-entry filename marker-char relative)))
683 ;;; Redefine dired-aux.el's version of `dired-add-entry'
684 ;;; Save old defun if not already done:
685 (or (fboundp 'dired-omit-old-add-entry)
686 (fset 'dired-omit-old-add-entry (symbol-function 'dired-add-entry)))
688 (fset 'dired-add-entry 'dired-omit-new-add-entry)
691 ;;; VIRTUAL DIRED MODE.
693 ;;; For browsing `ls -lR' listings in a dired-like fashion.
695 (defalias 'virtual-dired 'dired-virtual)
696 (defun dired-virtual (dirname &optional switches)
697 "Put this buffer into Virtual Dired mode.
699 In Virtual Dired mode, all commands that do not actually consult the
700 filesystem will work.
702 This is useful if you want to peruse and move around in an ls -lR
703 output file, for example one you got from an ftp server. With
704 ange-ftp, you can even dired a directory containing an ls-lR file,
705 visit that file and turn on virtual dired mode. But don't try to save
706 this file, as dired-virtual indents the listing and thus changes the
709 If you have save a Dired buffer in a file you can use \\[dired-virtual] to
710 resume it in a later session.
712 Type \\<dired-mode-map>\\[revert-buffer] \
713 in the Virtual Dired buffer and answer `y' to convert
714 the virtual to a real dired buffer again. You don't have to do this, though:
715 you can relist single subdirs using \\[dired-do-redisplay]."
717 ;; DIRNAME is the top level directory of the buffer. It will become
718 ;; its `default-directory'. If nil, the old value of
719 ;; default-directory is used.
721 ;; Optional SWITCHES are the ls switches to use.
723 ;; Shell wildcards will be used if there already is a `wildcard'
724 ;; line in the buffer (thus it is a saved Dired buffer), but there
725 ;; is no other way to get wildcards. Insert a `wildcard' line by
726 ;; hand if you want them.
729 (list (read-string "Virtual Dired directory: " (dired-virtual-guess-dir))))
730 (goto-char (point-min))
732 ;; if not already indented, do it now:
733 (indent-region (point-min) (point-max) 2))
734 (or dirname (setq dirname default-directory))
735 (setq dirname (expand-file-name (file-name-as-directory dirname)))
736 (setq default-directory dirname) ; contains no wildcards
737 (let ((wildcard (save-excursion
738 (goto-char (point-min))
740 (and (looking-at "^ wildcard ")
741 (buffer-substring (match-end 0)
742 (progn (end-of-line) (point)))))))
744 (setq dirname (expand-file-name wildcard default-directory))))
745 ;; If raw ls listing (not a saved old dired buffer), give it a
746 ;; decent subdir headerline:
747 (goto-char (point-min))
748 (or (looking-at dired-subdir-regexp)
750 (directory-file-name (file-name-directory default-directory))
752 (dired-mode dirname (or switches dired-listing-switches))
753 (setq mode-name "Virtual Dired"
754 revert-buffer-function 'dired-virtual-revert)
755 (set (make-local-variable 'dired-subdir-alist) nil)
756 (dired-build-subdir-alist)
757 (goto-char (point-min))
758 (dired-initial-position dirname))
760 (defun dired-virtual-guess-dir ()
761 "Guess and return appropriate working directory of this buffer.
762 The buffer is assumed to be in Dired or ls -lR format. The guess is
763 based upon buffer contents. If nothing could be guessed, returns
766 (let ((regexp "^\\( \\)?\\([^ \n\r]*\\)\\(:\\)[\n\r]")
768 (goto-char (point-min))
769 (cond ((looking-at regexp)
770 ;; If a saved dired buffer, look to which dir and
771 ;; perhaps wildcard it belongs:
772 (let ((dir (buffer-substring (match-beginning subexpr)
773 (match-end subexpr))))
774 (file-name-as-directory dir)))
775 ;; Else no match for headerline found. It's a raw ls listing.
776 ;; In raw ls listings the directory does not have a headerline
777 ;; try parent of first subdir, if any
778 ((re-search-forward regexp nil t)
781 (file-name-as-directory
782 (buffer-substring (match-beginning subexpr)
783 (match-end subexpr))))))
784 (t ; if all else fails
788 (defun dired-virtual-revert (&optional arg noconfirm)
790 (y-or-n-p "Cannot revert a Virtual Dired buffer - switch to Real Dired mode? "))
791 (error "Cannot revert a Virtual Dired buffer")
792 (setq mode-name "Dired"
793 revert-buffer-function 'dired-revert)
796 ;; A zero-arg version of dired-virtual.
797 (defun dired-virtual-mode ()
798 "Put current buffer into Virtual Dired mode (see `dired-virtual').
799 Useful on `magic-mode-alist' with the regexp
801 \"^ \\\\(/[^ /]+\\\\)+/?:$\"
803 to put saved dired buffers automatically into Virtual Dired mode.
805 Also useful for `auto-mode-alist' like this:
807 (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist
808 '(\"[^/]\\\\.dired\\\\'\" . dired-virtual-mode))"
810 (dired-virtual (dired-virtual-guess-dir)))
815 ;;; An Emacs buffer can have but one working directory, stored in the
816 ;;; buffer-local variable `default-directory'. A Dired buffer may have
817 ;;; several subdirectories inserted, but still has but one working directory:
818 ;;; that of the top level Dired directory in that buffer. For some commands
819 ;;; it is appropriate that they use the current Dired directory instead of
820 ;;; `default-directory', e.g., `find-file' and `compile'. This is a general
821 ;;; mechanism is provided for special handling of the working directory in
822 ;;; special major modes.
824 ;; It's easier to add to this alist than redefine function
825 ;; default-directory while keeping the old information.
826 (defconst default-directory-alist
827 '((dired-mode . (if (fboundp 'dired-current-directory)
828 (dired-current-directory)
830 "Alist of major modes and their opinion on `default-directory'.
831 This is given as a Lisp expression to evaluate. A resulting value of
832 nil is ignored in favor of `default-directory'.")
834 (defun dired-default-directory ()
835 "Usage like variable `default-directory'.
836 Knows about the special cases in variable `default-directory-alist'."
837 (or (eval (cdr (assq major-mode default-directory-alist)))
840 (defun dired-smart-shell-command (cmd &optional insert)
841 "Like function `shell-command', but in the current Virtual Dired directory."
842 (interactive (list (read-from-minibuffer "Shell command: "
843 nil nil nil 'shell-command-history)
845 (let ((default-directory (dired-default-directory)))
846 (shell-command cmd insert)))
849 ;;; LOCAL VARIABLES FOR DIRED BUFFERS.
851 ;;; Brief Description:
853 ;;; * `dired-extra-startup' is part of the `dired-mode-hook'.
855 ;;; * `dired-extra-startup' calls `dired-hack-local-variables'
857 ;;; * `dired-hack-local-variables' checks the value of
858 ;;; `dired-local-variables-file'
860 ;;; * Check if `dired-local-variables-file' is a non-nil string and is a
861 ;;; filename found in the directory of the Dired Buffer being created.
863 ;;; * If `dired-local-variables-file' satisfies the above, then temporarily
864 ;;; include it in the Dired Buffer at the bottom.
866 ;;; * Set `enable-local-variables' temporarily to the user variable
867 ;;; `dired-enable-local-variables' and run `hack-local-variables' on the
870 (defvar dired-local-variables-file (convert-standard-filename ".dired")
871 "Filename, as string, containing local dired buffer variables to be hacked.
872 If this file found in current directory, then it will be inserted into dired
873 buffer and `hack-local-variables' will be run. See Info node
874 `(emacs)File Variables' for more information on local variables.
875 See also `dired-enable-local-variables'.")
877 (defun dired-hack-local-variables ()
878 "Evaluate local variables in `dired-local-variables-file' for dired buffer."
879 (if (and dired-local-variables-file
880 (stringp dired-local-variables-file)
881 (file-exists-p dired-local-variables-file))
882 (let ((opoint (point-max))
884 ;; In case user has `enable-local-variables' set to nil we
885 ;; override it locally with dired's variable.
886 (enable-local-variables dired-enable-local-variables))
891 (insert-file-contents dired-local-variables-file))
893 (let ((buffer-file-name dired-local-variables-file))
894 (hack-local-variables))
895 ;; Make sure that the modeline shows the proper information.
896 (dired-sort-set-modeline)
897 ;; Delete this stuff: `eobp' is used to find last subdir by dired.el.
898 (delete-region opoint (point-max)))))
900 (defun dired-omit-here-always ()
901 "Create `dired-local-variables-file' for omitting and reverts directory.
902 Sets `dired-omit-mode' to t in a local variables file that is readable by
905 (if (file-exists-p dired-local-variables-file)
906 (message "File `./%s' already exists." dired-local-variables-file)
908 ;; Create `dired-local-variables-file'.
910 (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *dot-dired*"))
912 (insert "Local Variables:\ndired-omit-mode: t\nEnd:\n")
913 (write-file dired-local-variables-file)
914 (kill-buffer (current-buffer)))
916 ;; Run extra-hooks and revert directory.
917 (dired-extra-startup)
921 ;;; GUESS SHELL COMMAND.
923 ;;; Brief Description:
925 ;;; `dired-do-shell-command' is bound to `!' by dired.el.
927 ;;; * Redefine `dired-do-shell-command' so it calls
928 ;;; `dired-guess-shell-command'.
930 ;;; * `dired-guess-shell-command' calls `dired-guess-default' with list of
933 ;;; * Parse `dired-guess-shell-alist-user' and
934 ;;; `dired-guess-shell-alist-default' (in that order) for the first REGEXP
935 ;;; that matches the first file in the file list.
937 ;;; * If the REGEXP matches all the entries of the file list then evaluate
938 ;;; COMMAND, which is either a string or a Lisp expression returning a
939 ;;; string. COMMAND may be a list of commands.
941 ;;; * Return this command to `dired-guess-shell-command' which prompts user
942 ;;; with it. The list of commands is put into the list of default values.
943 ;;; If a command is used successfully then it is stored permanently in
944 ;;; `dired-shell-command-history'.
946 ;;; Guess what shell command to apply to a file.
947 (defvar dired-shell-command-history nil
948 "History list for commands that read dired-shell commands.")
950 ;;; Default list of shell commands.
952 ;;; NOTE: Use `gunzip -c' instead of `zcat' on `.gz' files. Some do not
953 ;;; install GNU zip's version of zcat.
955 (defvar dired-guess-shell-alist-default
958 '(if dired-guess-shell-gnutar
959 (concat dired-guess-shell-gnutar " xvf")
961 ;; Extract files into a separate subdirectory
962 '(if dired-guess-shell-gnutar
963 (concat "mkdir " (file-name-sans-extension file)
964 "; " dired-guess-shell-gnutar " -C "
965 (file-name-sans-extension file) " -xvf")
966 (concat "mkdir " (file-name-sans-extension file)
967 "; tar -C " (file-name-sans-extension file) " -xvf"))
968 ;; List archive contents.
969 '(if dired-guess-shell-gnutar
970 (concat dired-guess-shell-gnutar " tvf")
973 ;; REGEXPS for compressed archives must come before the .Z rule to
977 '(if dired-guess-shell-gnutar
978 (concat dired-guess-shell-gnutar " zxvf")
979 (concat "zcat * | tar xvf -"))
980 ;; Optional conversion to gzip format.
981 '(concat "znew" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")
982 " " dired-guess-shell-znew-switches))
985 (list "\\.t\\(ar\\.\\)?gz$"
986 '(if dired-guess-shell-gnutar
987 (concat dired-guess-shell-gnutar " zxvf")
988 (concat "gunzip -qc * | tar xvf -"))
989 ;; Extract files into a separate subdirectory
990 '(if dired-guess-shell-gnutar
991 (concat "mkdir " (file-name-sans-extension file)
992 "; " dired-guess-shell-gnutar " -C "
993 (file-name-sans-extension file) " -zxvf")
994 (concat "mkdir " (file-name-sans-extension file)
995 "; gunzip -qc * | tar -C "
996 (file-name-sans-extension file) " -xvf -"))
997 ;; Optional decompression.
998 '(concat "gunzip" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q" ""))
999 ;; List archive contents.
1000 '(if dired-guess-shell-gnutar
1001 (concat dired-guess-shell-gnutar " ztvf")
1002 (concat "gunzip -qc * | tar tvf -")))
1004 ;; bzip2'ed archives
1005 (list "\\.t\\(ar\\.bz2\\|bz\\)$"
1006 "bunzip2 -c * | tar xvf -"
1007 ;; Extract files into a separate subdirectory
1008 '(concat "mkdir " (file-name-sans-extension file)
1009 "; bunzip2 -c * | tar -C "
1010 (file-name-sans-extension file) " -xvf -")
1011 ;; Optional decompression.
1014 '("\\.shar\\.Z$" "zcat * | unshar")
1015 '("\\.shar\\.g?z$" "gunzip -qc * | unshar")
1017 '("\\.e?ps$" "ghostview" "xloadimage" "lpr")
1018 (list "\\.e?ps\\.g?z$" "gunzip -qc * | ghostview -"
1019 ;; Optional decompression.
1020 '(concat "gunzip" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")))
1021 (list "\\.e?ps\\.Z$" "zcat * | ghostview -"
1022 ;; Optional conversion to gzip format.
1023 '(concat "znew" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")
1024 " " dired-guess-shell-znew-switches))
1026 '("\\.patch$" "cat * | patch")
1027 (list "\\.patch\\.g?z$" "gunzip -qc * | patch"
1028 ;; Optional decompression.
1029 '(concat "gunzip" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")))
1030 (list "\\.patch\\.Z$" "zcat * | patch"
1031 ;; Optional conversion to gzip format.
1032 '(concat "znew" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")
1033 " " dired-guess-shell-znew-switches))
1035 ;; The following four extensions are useful with dired-man ("N" key)
1036 (list "\\.\\(?:[0-9]\\|man\\)$" '(progn (require 'man)
1037 (if (Man-support-local-filenames)
1039 "cat * | tbl | nroff -man -h")))
1040 (list "\\.\\(?:[0-9]\\|man\\)\\.g?z$" '(progn (require 'man)
1041 (if (Man-support-local-filenames)
1043 "gunzip -qc * | tbl | nroff -man -h"))
1044 ;; Optional decompression.
1045 '(concat "gunzip" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")))
1046 (list "\\.[0-9]\\.Z$" '(progn (require 'man)
1047 (if (Man-support-local-filenames)
1049 "zcat * | tbl | nroff -man -h"))
1050 ;; Optional conversion to gzip format.
1051 '(concat "znew" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")
1052 " " dired-guess-shell-znew-switches))
1053 '("\\.pod$" "perldoc" "pod2man * | nroff -man")
1055 '("\\.dvi$" "xdvi" "dvips") ; preview and printing
1056 '("\\.au$" "play") ; play Sun audiofiles
1057 '("\\.mpe?g$\\|\\.avi$" "xine -p")
1059 '("\\.uu$" "uudecode") ; for uudecoded files
1060 '("\\.hqx$" "mcvert")
1061 '("\\.sh$" "sh") ; execute shell scripts
1062 '("\\.xbm$" "bitmap") ; view X11 bitmaps
1063 '("\\.gp$" "gnuplot")
1064 '("\\.p[bgpn]m$" "xloadimage")
1065 '("\\.gif$" "xloadimage") ; view gif pictures
1066 '("\\.tif$" "xloadimage")
1067 '("\\.png$" "display") ; xloadimage 4.1 doesn't grok PNG
1068 '("\\.jpe?g$" "xloadimage")
1069 '("\\.fig$" "xfig") ; edit fig pictures
1070 '("\\.out$" "xgraph") ; for plotting purposes.
1071 '("\\.tex$" "latex" "tex")
1072 '("\\.texi\\(nfo\\)?$" "makeinfo" "texi2dvi")
1074 '("\\.doc$" "antiword" "strings")
1075 '("\\.rpm$" "rpm -qilp" "rpm -ivh")
1079 ;; Some other popular archivers.
1080 (list "\\.zip$" "unzip" "unzip -l"
1081 ;; Extract files into a separate subdirectory
1082 '(concat "unzip" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")
1083 " -d " (file-name-sans-extension file)))
1084 '("\\.zoo$" "zoo x//")
1085 '("\\.lzh$" "lharc x")
1086 '("\\.arc$" "arc x")
1087 '("\\.shar$" "unshar")
1090 (list "\\.g?z$" '(concat "gunzip" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")))
1091 (list "\\.dz$" "dictunzip")
1092 (list "\\.bz2$" "bunzip2")
1093 (list "\\.Z$" "uncompress"
1094 ;; Optional conversion to gzip format.
1095 '(concat "znew" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")
1096 " " dired-guess-shell-znew-switches))
1098 '("\\.sign?$" "gpg --verify"))
1100 "Default alist used for shell command guessing.
1101 See `dired-guess-shell-alist-user'.")
1103 (defcustom dired-guess-shell-alist-user nil
1104 "User-defined alist of rules for suggested commands.
1105 These rules take precedence over the predefined rules in the variable
1106 `dired-guess-shell-alist-default' (to which they are prepended).
1108 Each element of this list looks like
1110 \(REGEXP COMMAND...\)
1112 where each COMMAND can either be a string or a Lisp expression that evaluates
1113 to a string. If several COMMANDs are given, the first one will be the default
1114 and the rest will be added temporarily to the history and can be retrieved
1115 with \\[previous-history-element] (M-p) .
1117 You can set this variable in your ~/.emacs. For example, to add rules for
1118 `.foo' and `.bar' files, write
1120 \(setq dired-guess-shell-alist-user
1121 (list (list \"\\\\.foo\\\\'\" \"FOO-COMMAND\");; fixed rule
1122 ;; possibly more rules ...
1123 (list \"\\\\.bar\\\'\";; rule with condition test
1126 \"BAR-COMMAND-2\")))\)"
1128 :type '(alist :key-type regexp :value-type (repeat sexp)))
1130 (defcustom dired-guess-shell-case-fold-search t
1131 "If non-nil, `dired-guess-shell-alist-default' and
1132 `dired-guess-shell-alist-user' are matched case-insensitively."
1136 (defun dired-guess-default (files)
1137 "Guess a shell commands for FILES. Return command or list of commands.
1138 See `dired-guess-shell-alist-user'."
1140 (let* ((case-fold-search dired-guess-shell-case-fold-search)
1141 ;; Prepend the user's alist to the default alist.
1142 (alist (append dired-guess-shell-alist-user
1143 dired-guess-shell-alist-default))
1148 ;; Find the first match in the alist for first file in FILES.
1150 (setq elt (car alist)
1153 (if (string-match regexp file)
1154 (setq cmds (cdr elt)
1157 ;; If more than one file, see if all of FILES match regular expression.
1159 (string-match regexp (car flist)))
1160 (setq flist (cdr flist)))
1162 ;; If flist is still non-nil, then do not guess since this means that not
1163 ;; all the files in FILES were matched by the regexp.
1164 (setq cmds (and (not flist) cmds))
1166 ;; Return commands or nil if flist is still non-nil.
1167 ;; Evaluate the commands in order that any logical testing will be done.
1168 (cond ((not (cdr cmds))
1169 (eval (car cmds))) ; single command
1171 (mapcar (function eval) cmds)))))
1173 (defun dired-guess-shell-command (prompt files)
1174 "Ask user with PROMPT for a shell command, guessing a default from FILES."
1175 (let ((default (dired-guess-default files))
1179 (read-from-minibuffer prompt nil nil nil 'dired-shell-command-history)
1181 ;; More than one guess
1182 (setq default-list default
1183 default (car default)
1186 (format "{%d guesses} " (length default-list))))
1188 (setq default-list (list default)))
1189 ;; Put the first guess in the prompt but not in the initial value.
1190 (setq prompt (concat prompt (format "[%s] " default)))
1191 ;; All guesses can be retrieved with M-n
1192 (setq val (read-from-minibuffer prompt nil nil nil
1193 'dired-shell-command-history
1195 ;; If we got a return, then return default.
1196 (if (equal val "") default val))))
1199 ;;; Redefine dired-aux.el's version:
1200 (defun dired-read-shell-command (prompt arg files)
1201 "Read a dired shell command prompting with PROMPT (using read-string).
1202 ARG is the prefix arg and may be used to indicate in the prompt which
1204 This is an extra function so that you can redefine it."
1207 'dired-guess-shell-command
1208 (format prompt (dired-mark-prompt arg files)) ; PROMPT
1212 ;;; RELATIVE SYMBOLIC LINKS.
1214 (defvar dired-keep-marker-relsymlink ?S
1215 "See variable `dired-keep-marker-move'.")
1217 (defun dired-make-relative-symlink (file1 file2 &optional ok-if-already-exists)
1218 "Make a symbolic link (pointing to FILE1) in FILE2.
1219 The link is relative (if possible), for example
1221 \"/vol/tex/bin/foo\" \"/vol/local/bin/foo\"
1225 \"../../tex/bin/foo\" \"/vol/local/bin/foo\""
1226 (interactive "FRelSymLink: \nFRelSymLink %s: \np")
1227 (let (name1 name2 len1 len2 (index 0) sub)
1228 (setq file1 (expand-file-name file1)
1229 file2 (expand-file-name file2)
1231 len2 (length file2))
1232 ;; Find common initial file name components:
1234 (while (and (setq next (string-match "/" file1 index))
1235 (setq next (1+ next))
1236 (< next (min len1 len2))
1237 ;; For the comparison, both substrings must end in
1238 ;; `/', so NEXT is *one plus* the result of the
1240 ;; E.g., consider the case of linking "/tmp/a/abc"
1241 ;; to "/tmp/abc" erroneously giving "/tmp/a" instead
1242 ;; of "/tmp/" as common initial component
1243 (string-equal (substring file1 0 next)
1244 (substring file2 0 next)))
1247 sub (substring file1 0 index)
1248 name1 (substring file1 index)))
1249 (if (string-equal sub "/")
1250 ;; No common initial file name found
1252 ;; Else they have a common parent directory
1253 (let ((tem (substring file2 index))
1256 ;; Count number of slashes we must compensate for ...
1257 (while (setq start (string-match "/" tem start))
1258 (setq count (1+ count)
1260 ;; ... and prepend a "../" for each slash found:
1262 (setq count (1- count)
1263 name1 (concat "../" name1)))))
1265 (directory-file-name name1) ; must not link to foo/
1267 name2 ok-if-already-exists)))
1270 (defun dired-do-relsymlink (&optional arg)
1271 "Relative symlink all marked (or next ARG) files into a directory.
1272 Otherwise make a relative symbolic link to the current file.
1273 This creates relative symbolic links like
1277 not absolute ones like
1279 foo -> /ugly/file/name/that/may/change/any/day/bar/foo
1281 For absolute symlinks, use \\[dired-do-symlink]."
1283 (dired-do-create-files 'relsymlink (function dired-make-relative-symlink)
1284 "RelSymLink" arg dired-keep-marker-relsymlink))
1286 (defun dired-do-relsymlink-regexp (regexp newname &optional arg whole-name)
1287 "RelSymlink all marked files containing REGEXP to NEWNAME.
1288 See functions `dired-do-rename-regexp' and `dired-do-relsymlink'
1290 (interactive (dired-mark-read-regexp "RelSymLink"))
1291 (dired-do-create-files-regexp
1292 (function dired-make-relative-symlink)
1293 "RelSymLink" arg regexp newname whole-name dired-keep-marker-relsymlink))
1296 ;;; VISIT ALL MARKED FILES SIMULTANEOUSLY.
1298 ;;; Brief Description:
1300 ;;; `dired-do-find-marked-files' is bound to `F' by dired-x.el.
1302 ;;; * Use `dired-get-marked-files' to collect the marked files in the current
1303 ;;; Dired Buffer into a list of filenames `FILE-LIST'.
1305 ;;; * Pass FILE-LIST to `dired-simultaneous-find-file' all with
1306 ;;; `dired-do-find-marked-files''s prefix argument NOSELECT.
1308 ;;; * `dired-simultaneous-find-file' runs through FILE-LIST decrementing the
1311 ;;; * If NOSELECT is non-nil then just run `find-file-noselect' on each
1312 ;;; element of FILE-LIST.
1314 ;;; * If NOSELECT is nil then calculate the `size' of the window for each file
1315 ;;; by dividing the `window-height' by length of FILE-LIST. Thus, `size' is
1316 ;;; cognizant of the window-configuration.
1318 ;;; * If `size' is too small abort, otherwise run `find-file' on each element
1319 ;;; of FILE-LIST giving each a window of height `size'.
1321 (defun dired-do-find-marked-files (&optional noselect)
1322 "Find all marked files displaying all of them simultaneously.
1323 With optional NOSELECT just find files but do not select them.
1325 The current window is split across all files marked, as evenly as possible.
1326 Remaining lines go to bottom-most window. The number of files that can be
1327 displayed this way is restricted by the height of the current window and
1328 `window-min-height'.
1330 To keep dired buffer displayed, type \\[split-window-vertically] first.
1331 To display just marked files, type \\[delete-other-windows] first."
1334 (dired-simultaneous-find-file (dired-get-marked-files) noselect))
1336 (defun dired-simultaneous-find-file (file-list noselect)
1338 "Visit all files in FILE-LIST and display them simultaneously.
1339 The current window is split across all files in FILE-LIST, as evenly as
1340 possible. Remaining lines go to the bottom-most window. The number of
1341 files that can be displayed this way is restricted by the height of the
1342 current window and the variable `window-min-height'. With non-nil
1343 NOSELECT the files are merely found but not selected."
1345 ;; We don't make this function interactive because it is usually too clumsy
1346 ;; to specify FILE-LIST interactively unless via dired.
1351 ;; Do not select the buffer.
1352 (find-file-noselect (car file-list))
1354 ;; We will have to select the buffer. Calculate and check window size.
1355 (setq size (/ (window-height) (length file-list)))
1356 (or (<= window-min-height size)
1357 (error "Too many files to visit simultaneously. Try C-u prefix"))
1358 (find-file (car file-list)))
1361 (setq file-list (cdr file-list))
1366 ;; Do not select the buffer.
1367 (find-file-noselect (car file-list))
1369 ;; Vertically split off a window of desired size. Upper window will
1370 ;; have SIZE lines. Select lower (larger) window. We split it again.
1371 (select-window (split-window nil size))
1372 (find-file (car file-list)))
1375 (setq file-list (cdr file-list)))))
1378 ;;; MISCELLANEOUS COMMANDS.
1380 ;;; Run man on files.
1383 "Run man on this file. Display old buffer if buffer name matches filename.
1384 Uses `man.el' of \\[manual-entry] fame."
1387 (let* ((file (dired-get-filename))
1388 (manual-program (replace-regexp-in-string "\\*" "%s"
1389 (dired-guess-shell-command
1390 "Man command: " (list file)))))
1391 (Man-getpage-in-background file)))
1393 ;;; Run Info on files.
1395 (defun dired-info ()
1396 "Run info on this file."
1398 (info (dired-get-filename)))
1400 ;;; Run mail on mail folders.
1402 ;; Avoid compiler warning.
1404 (when (not (fboundp 'vm-visit-folder))
1405 (defun vm-visit-folder (file &optional arg)
1408 (defun dired-vm (&optional read-only)
1409 "Run VM on this file.
1410 With prefix arg, visit folder read-only (this requires at least VM 5).
1411 See also variable `dired-vm-read-only-folders'."
1413 (let ((dir (dired-current-directory))
1414 (fil (dired-get-filename)))
1415 ;; take care to supply 2nd arg only if requested - may still run VM 4!
1416 (cond (read-only (vm-visit-folder fil t))
1417 ((eq t dired-vm-read-only-folders) (vm-visit-folder fil t))
1418 ((null dired-vm-read-only-folders) (vm-visit-folder fil))
1419 (t (vm-visit-folder fil (not (file-writable-p fil)))))
1420 ;; so that pressing `v' inside VM does prompt within current directory:
1421 (set (make-local-variable 'vm-folder-directory) dir)))
1423 (defun dired-rmail ()
1424 "Run RMAIL on this file."
1426 (rmail (dired-get-filename)))
1428 (defun dired-do-run-mail ()
1429 "If `dired-bind-vm' is t, then function `dired-vm', otherwise `dired-rmail'."
1432 ;; Read mail folder using vm.
1434 ;; Read mail folder using rmail.
1438 ;;; MISCELLANEOUS INTERNAL FUNCTIONS.
1440 (or (fboundp 'dired-old-find-buffer-nocreate)
1441 (fset 'dired-old-find-buffer-nocreate
1442 (symbol-function 'dired-find-buffer-nocreate)))
1445 ;;; Redefines dired.el's version of `dired-find-buffer-nocreate'
1446 (defun dired-find-buffer-nocreate (dirname &optional mode)
1447 (if (and dired-find-subdir
1448 ;; don't try to find a wildcard as a subdirectory
1449 (string-equal dirname (file-name-directory dirname)))
1450 (let* ((cur-buf (current-buffer))
1452 (dired-buffers-for-dir (expand-file-name dirname))))
1453 (cur-buf-matches (and (memq cur-buf buffers)
1454 ;; wildcards must match, too:
1455 (equal dired-directory dirname))))
1456 ;; We don't want to switch to the same buffer---
1457 (setq buffers (delq cur-buf buffers));;need setq with delq
1458 (or (car (sort buffers (function dired-buffer-more-recently-used-p)))
1459 ;; ---unless it's the only possibility:
1460 (and cur-buf-matches cur-buf)))
1461 (dired-old-find-buffer-nocreate dirname mode)))
1463 ;; This should be a builtin
1464 (defun dired-buffer-more-recently-used-p (buffer1 buffer2)
1465 "Return t if BUFFER1 is more recently used than BUFFER2."
1466 (if (equal buffer1 buffer2)
1468 (let ((more-recent nil)
1469 (list (buffer-list)))
1471 (not (setq more-recent (equal buffer1 (car list))))
1472 (not (equal buffer2 (car list))))
1473 (setq list (cdr list)))
1476 ;;; Same thing as `dired-buffers-for-dir' of dired.el? - lrd 11/23/93
1477 ;;; (defun dired-buffers-for-dir-exact (dir)
1478 ;;; ;; Return a list of buffers that dired DIR (a directory or wildcard)
1479 ;;; ;; at top level, or as subdirectory.
1480 ;;; ;; Top level matches must match the wildcard part too, if any.
1481 ;;; ;; The list is in reverse order of buffer creation, most recent last.
1482 ;;; ;; As a side effect, killed dired buffers for DIR are removed from
1483 ;;; ;; dired-buffers.
1484 ;;; (let ((alist dired-buffers) result elt)
1486 ;;; (setq elt (car alist)
1487 ;;; alist (cdr alist))
1488 ;;; (let ((buf (cdr elt)))
1489 ;;; (if (buffer-name buf)
1490 ;;; ;; Top level must match exactly against dired-directory in
1491 ;;; ;; case one of them is a wildcard.
1492 ;;; (if (or (equal dir (save-excursion (set-buffer buf)
1493 ;;; dired-directory))
1494 ;;; (assoc dir (save-excursion (set-buffer buf)
1495 ;;; dired-subdir-alist)))
1496 ;;; (setq result (cons buf result)))
1497 ;;; ;; else buffer is killed - clean up:
1498 ;;; (setq dired-buffers (delq elt dired-buffers)))))
1502 ;;; Redefines dired.el's version of `dired-initial-position'
1503 (defun dired-initial-position (dirname)
1504 "Where point should go in a new listing of DIRNAME.
1505 Point assumed at beginning of new subdir line.
1506 You may redefine this function as you wish, e.g. like in `dired-x.el'."
1508 (if dired-find-subdir (dired-goto-subdir dirname)) ; new
1509 (if dired-trivial-filenames (dired-goto-next-nontrivial-file)))
1512 ;; Does anyone use this? - lrd 6/29/93.
1513 ;; Apparently people do use it. - lrd 12/22/97.
1514 (defun dired-mark-sexp (predicate &optional unflag-p)
1515 "Mark files for which PREDICATE returns non-nil.
1516 With a prefix arg, unflag those files instead.
1518 PREDICATE is a lisp expression that can refer to the following symbols:
1520 inode [integer] the inode of the file (only for ls -i output)
1521 s [integer] the size of the file for ls -s output
1522 (usually in blocks or, with -k, in KByte)
1523 mode [string] file permission bits, e.g. \"-rw-r--r--\"
1524 nlink [integer] number of links to file
1526 gid [string] group (If the gid is not displayed by ls,
1527 this will still be set (to the same as uid))
1528 size [integer] file size in bytes
1529 time [string] the time that ls displays, e.g. \"Feb 12 14:17\"
1530 name [string] the name of the file
1531 sym [string] if file is a symbolic link, the linked-to name, else \"\"
1537 to mark all zero length files."
1538 ;; Using sym="" instead of nil avoids the trap of
1539 ;; (string-match "foo" sym) into which a user would soon fall.
1540 ;; Give `equal' instead of `=' in the example, as this works on
1541 ;; integers and strings.
1542 (interactive "xMark if (lisp expr): \nP")
1543 (message "%s" predicate)
1544 (let ((dired-marker-char (if unflag-p ?\040 dired-marker-char))
1545 inode s mode nlink uid gid size time name sym)
1550 ;; inode s mode nlink uid gid size time name sym
1552 ;; according to current file line. Returns t for success, nil if
1553 ;; there is no file line. Upon success, all variables are set, either
1554 ;; to nil or the appropriate value, so they need not be initialized.
1555 ;; Moves point within the current line.
1556 (if (dired-move-to-filename)
1558 (mode-len 10) ; length of mode string
1559 ;; like in dired.el, but with subexpressions \1=inode, \2=s:
1560 (dired-re-inode-size "\\s *\\([0-9]*\\)\\s *\\([0-9]*\\) ?"))
1563 (if (looking-at dired-re-inode-size)
1565 (goto-char (match-end 0))
1566 (setq inode (string-to-number (buffer-substring (match-beginning 1)
1568 s (string-to-number (buffer-substring (match-beginning 2)
1572 (setq mode (buffer-substring (point) (+ mode-len (point))))
1573 (forward-char mode-len)
1574 (setq nlink (read (current-buffer)))
1575 ;; Karsten Wenger <kw@cis.uni-muenchen.de> fixed uid.
1576 (setq uid (buffer-substring (+ (point) 1)
1577 (progn (forward-word 1) (point))))
1578 (re-search-forward directory-listing-before-filename-regexp)
1579 (goto-char (match-beginning 1))
1581 (setq size (string-to-number (buffer-substring (save-excursion
1587 ;; if no gid is displayed, gid will be set to uid
1588 ;; but user will then not reference it anyway in PREDICATE.
1589 (setq gid (buffer-substring (save-excursion
1590 (forward-word 1) (point))
1592 time (buffer-substring (match-beginning 1)
1593 (1- (dired-move-to-filename)))
1594 name (buffer-substring (point)
1596 (dired-move-to-end-of-filename t)
1599 (if (looking-at " -> ")
1601 (progn (forward-char 4) (point))
1602 (progn (end-of-line) (point)))
1607 (format "'%s file" predicate))))
1610 ;;; FIND FILE AT POINT.
1612 (defvar dired-x-hands-off-my-keys t
1613 "*Non-nil means don't bind `dired-x-find-file' over `find-file' on keyboard.
1614 Similarly for `dired-x-find-file-other-window' over `find-file-other-window'.
1615 If you change this variable after `dired-x.el' is loaded then do
1616 \\[dired-x-bind-find-file].")
1618 ;;; Bind `dired-x-find-file{-other-window}' over wherever
1619 ;;; `find-file{-other-window}' is bound?
1620 (defun dired-x-bind-find-file ()
1621 "Bind `dired-x-find-file' in place of `find-file' \(or reverse\).
1622 Similarly for `dired-x-find-file-other-window' and `find-file-other-window'.
1623 Binding direction based on `dired-x-hands-off-my-keys'.
1624 This function is part of `after-init-hook'."
1627 (setq dired-x-hands-off-my-keys
1628 (not (y-or-n-p "Bind dired-x-find-file over find-file? "))))
1629 (cond ((not dired-x-hands-off-my-keys)
1630 (substitute-key-definition 'find-file
1632 (current-global-map))
1633 (substitute-key-definition 'find-file-other-window
1634 'dired-x-find-file-other-window
1635 (current-global-map)))
1637 (substitute-key-definition 'dired-x-find-file
1639 (current-global-map))
1640 (substitute-key-definition 'dired-x-find-file-other-window
1641 'find-file-other-window
1642 (current-global-map))))
1643 ;; Clear mini-buffer.
1646 ;;; Now call it so binding is correct and put on `after-init-hook' in case
1647 ;;; user changes binding.
1648 (dired-x-bind-find-file)
1649 (add-hook 'after-init-hook 'dired-x-bind-find-file)
1651 (defun dired-x-find-file (filename)
1652 "Edit file FILENAME.
1653 May create a new window, or reuse an existing one.
1654 See the function `display-buffer'.
1656 Identical to `find-file' except when called interactively, with a prefix arg
1657 \(e.g., \\[universal-argument]\), in which case it guesses filename near point.
1658 Useful for editing file mentioned in buffer you are viewing,
1659 or to test if that file exists. Use minibuffer after snatching filename."
1660 (interactive (list (read-filename-at-point "Find file: ")))
1661 (find-file (expand-file-name filename)))
1663 (defun dired-x-find-file-other-window (filename)
1664 "Edit file FILENAME, in another window.
1665 May create a new window, or reuse an existing one.
1666 See the function `display-buffer'.
1668 Identical to `find-file-other-window' except when called interactively, with a
1669 prefix arg \(e.g., \\[universal-argument]\), in which case it guesses filename near point.
1670 Useful for editing file mentioned in buffer you are viewing,
1671 or to test if that file exists. Use minibuffer after snatching filename."
1672 (interactive (list (read-filename-at-point "Find file: ")))
1673 (find-file-other-window (expand-file-name filename)))
1675 ;;; Internal functions.
1677 ;; Fixme: This should probably use `thing-at-point'. -- fx
1678 (defun dired-filename-at-point ()
1679 "Get the filename closest to point, but do not change position.
1680 Has a preference for looking backward when not directly on a symbol. Not
1681 perfect - point must be in middle of or end of filename."
1683 (let ((filename-chars "-.[:alnum:]_/:$+@")
1684 start end filename prefix)
1687 ;; First see if just past a filename.
1689 (if (looking-at "[] \t\n[{}()]") ; whitespace or some parens
1691 (skip-chars-backward " \n\t\r({[]})")
1693 (backward-char 1)))))
1695 (if (string-match (concat "[" filename-chars "]")
1696 (char-to-string (following-char)))
1698 (if (re-search-backward (concat "[^" filename-chars "]") nil t)
1700 (goto-char (point-min)))
1701 (setq start (point))
1705 (buffer-substring start (line-beginning-position)))
1708 (if (string-match "[/~]" (char-to-string (preceding-char)))
1709 (setq start (1- start)))
1710 (re-search-forward (concat "\\=[" filename-chars "]*") nil t))
1712 (error "No file found around point!"))
1715 (expand-file-name (concat prefix (buffer-substring start (point)))))))
1717 (defun read-filename-at-point (prompt)
1718 "Return filename prompting with PROMPT with completion.
1719 If `current-prefix-arg' is non-nil, uses name at point as guess."
1720 (if current-prefix-arg
1721 (let ((guess (dired-filename-at-point)))
1722 (read-file-name prompt
1723 (file-name-directory guess)
1725 nil (file-name-nondirectory guess)))
1726 (read-file-name prompt default-directory)))
1730 ;; Fixme: get rid of this later.
1732 ;;; This section is provided for reports. It uses Barry A. Warsaw's
1733 ;;; reporter.el which is bundled with GNU Emacs v19.
1735 (defconst dired-x-help-address "bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org"
1736 "Address(es) accepting submission of reports on dired-x.el.")
1738 (defconst dired-x-variable-list
1741 'dired-vm-read-only-folders
1746 'dired-enable-local-variables
1747 'dired-local-variables-file
1748 'dired-guess-shell-gnutar
1749 'dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet
1750 'dired-guess-shell-znew-switches
1751 'dired-guess-shell-alist-user
1752 'dired-clean-up-buffers-too
1755 'dired-omit-extensions
1757 "List of variables to be appended to reports sent by `dired-x-submit-report'.")
1759 (defun dired-x-submit-report ()
1760 "Submit via `reporter.el' a bug report on program.
1761 Send report on `dired-x-file' version `dired-x-version,' to
1762 `dired-x-maintainer' at address `dired-x-help-address' listing
1763 variables `dired-x-variable-list' in the message."
1766 (reporter-submit-bug-report
1767 dired-x-help-address ; address
1769 dired-x-variable-list ; varlist
1770 nil nil ; pre-/post-hooks
1774 ;; As Barry Warsaw would say: "This might be useful..."
1777 ;; arch-tag: 71a43ba2-7a00-4793-a028-0613dd7765ae
1778 ;;; dired-x.el ends here