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1 ;;; url-handlers.el --- file-name-handler stuff for URL loading
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004,
4 ;; 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 ;; Keywords: comm, data, processes, hypermedia
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25 ;;; Commentary:
27 ;;; Code:
29 ;; (require 'url)
30 (eval-when-compile (require 'url-parse))
31 ;; (require 'url-util)
32 (eval-when-compile (require 'mm-decode))
33 ;; (require 'mailcap)
34 ;; The following functions in the byte compiler's warnings are known not
35 ;; to cause any real problem for the following reasons:
36 ;; - mm-save-part-to-file, mm-destroy-parts: always used
37 ;; after mm-dissect-buffer and defined in the same file.
38 ;; The following are autoloaded instead of `require'd to avoid eagerly
39 ;; loading all of URL when turning on url-handler-mode in the .emacs.
40 (autoload 'url-retrieve-synchronously "url" "Retrieve url synchronously.")
41 (autoload 'url-expand-file-name "url-expand" "Convert url to a fully specified url, and canonicalize it.")
42 (autoload 'mm-dissect-buffer "mm-decode" "Dissect the current buffer and return a list of MIME handles.")
43 (autoload 'url-scheme-get-property "url-methods" "Get property of a URL SCHEME.")
45 (eval-when-compile
46 (require 'cl))
48 ;; Implementation status
49 ;; ---------------------
50 ;; Function Status
51 ;; ------------------------------------------------------------
52 ;; add-name-to-file Needs DAV Bindings
53 ;; copy-file Broken (assumes 1st item is URL)
54 ;; delete-directory Finished (DAV)
55 ;; delete-file Finished (DAV)
56 ;; diff-latest-backup-file
57 ;; directory-file-name unnecessary (what about VMS)?
58 ;; directory-files Finished (DAV)
59 ;; dired-call-process
60 ;; dired-compress-file
61 ;; dired-uncache
62 ;; expand-file-name Finished
63 ;; file-accessible-directory-p
64 ;; file-attributes Finished, better with DAV
65 ;; file-directory-p Needs DAV, finished
66 ;; file-executable-p Finished
67 ;; file-exists-p Finished
68 ;; file-local-copy
69 ;; file-modes
70 ;; file-name-all-completions Finished (DAV)
71 ;; file-name-as-directory
72 ;; file-name-completion Finished (DAV)
73 ;; file-name-directory
74 ;; file-name-nondirectory
75 ;; file-name-sans-versions why?
76 ;; file-newer-than-file-p
77 ;; file-ownership-preserved-p No way to know
78 ;; file-readable-p Finished
79 ;; file-regular-p !directory_p
80 ;; file-symlink-p Needs DAV bindings
81 ;; file-truename Needs DAV bindings
82 ;; file-writable-p Check for LOCK?
83 ;; find-backup-file-name why?
84 ;; get-file-buffer why?
85 ;; insert-directory Use DAV
86 ;; insert-file-contents Finished
87 ;; load
88 ;; make-directory Finished (DAV)
89 ;; make-symbolic-link Needs DAV bindings
90 ;; rename-file Finished (DAV)
91 ;; set-file-modes Use mod_dav specific executable flag?
92 ;; set-visited-file-modtime Impossible?
93 ;; shell-command Impossible?
94 ;; unhandled-file-name-directory
95 ;; vc-registered Finished (DAV)
96 ;; verify-visited-file-modtime
97 ;; write-region
99 (defvar url-handler-regexp
100 "\\`\\(https?\\|ftp\\|file\\|nfs\\)://"
101 "*A regular expression for matching URLs handled by file-name-handler-alist.
102 Some valid URL protocols just do not make sense to visit interactively
103 \(about, data, info, irc, mailto, etc\). This regular expression
104 avoids conflicts with local files that look like URLs \(Gnus is
105 particularly bad at this\).")
107 ;;;###autoload
108 (define-minor-mode url-handler-mode
109 "Use URL to handle URL-like file names."
110 :global t :group 'url
111 (if (not (boundp 'file-name-handler-alist))
112 ;; Can't be turned ON anyway.
113 (setq url-handler-mode nil)
114 ;; Remove old entry, if any.
115 (setq file-name-handler-alist
116 (delq (rassq 'url-file-handler file-name-handler-alist)
117 file-name-handler-alist))
118 (if url-handler-mode
119 (push (cons url-handler-regexp 'url-file-handler)
120 file-name-handler-alist))))
122 (defun url-run-real-handler (operation args)
123 (let ((inhibit-file-name-handlers (cons 'url-file-handler
124 (if (eq operation inhibit-file-name-operation)
125 inhibit-file-name-handlers)))
126 (inhibit-file-name-operation operation))
127 (apply operation args)))
129 (defun url-file-handler (operation &rest args)
130 "Function called from the `file-name-handler-alist' routines.
131 OPERATION is what needs to be done (`file-exists-p', etc). ARGS are
132 the arguments that would have been passed to OPERATION."
133 (let ((fn (or (get operation 'url-file-handlers)
134 (intern-soft (format "url-%s" operation))))
135 (val nil)
136 (hooked nil))
137 (if (and fn (fboundp fn))
138 (setq hooked t
139 val (apply fn args))
140 (setq hooked nil
141 val (url-run-real-handler operation args)))
142 (url-debug 'handlers "%s %S%S => %S" (if hooked "Hooked" "Real")
143 operation args val)
144 val))
146 (defun url-file-handler-identity (&rest args)
147 ;; Identity function
148 (car args))
150 ;; These are operations that we can fully support
151 (put 'file-readable-p 'url-file-handlers 'url-file-exists-p)
152 (put 'substitute-in-file-name 'url-file-handlers 'url-file-handler-identity)
153 (put 'file-name-absolute-p 'url-file-handlers (lambda (&rest ignored) t))
154 (put 'expand-file-name 'url-file-handlers 'url-handler-expand-file-name)
156 ;; These are operations that we do not support yet (DAV!!!)
157 (put 'file-writable-p 'url-file-handlers 'ignore)
158 (put 'file-symlink-p 'url-file-handlers 'ignore)
159 ;; Just like for ange-ftp: let's not waste time trying to look for RCS/foo,v
160 ;; files and such since we can't do anything clever with them anyway.
161 (put 'vc-registered 'url-file-handlers 'ignore)
163 (defun url-handler-expand-file-name (file &optional base)
164 (if (file-name-absolute-p file)
165 (expand-file-name file "/")
166 (url-expand-file-name file base)))
168 ;; The actual implementation
169 ;;;###autoload
170 (defun url-copy-file (url newname &optional ok-if-already-exists keep-time)
171 "Copy URL to NEWNAME. Both args must be strings.
172 Signals a `file-already-exists' error if file NEWNAME already exists,
173 unless a third argument OK-IF-ALREADY-EXISTS is supplied and non-nil.
174 A number as third arg means request confirmation if NEWNAME already exists.
175 This is what happens in interactive use with M-x.
176 Fourth arg KEEP-TIME non-nil means give the new file the same
177 last-modified time as the old one. (This works on only some systems.)
178 A prefix arg makes KEEP-TIME non-nil."
179 (if (and (file-exists-p newname)
180 (not ok-if-already-exists))
181 (error "Opening output file: File already exists, %s" newname))
182 (let ((buffer (url-retrieve-synchronously url))
183 (handle nil))
184 (if (not buffer)
185 (error "Opening input file: No such file or directory, %s" url))
186 (with-current-buffer buffer
187 (setq handle (mm-dissect-buffer t)))
188 (mm-save-part-to-file handle newname)
189 (kill-buffer buffer)
190 (mm-destroy-parts handle)))
192 ;;;###autoload
193 (defun url-file-local-copy (url &rest ignored)
194 "Copy URL into a temporary file on this machine.
195 Returns the name of the local copy, or nil, if FILE is directly
196 accessible."
197 (let ((filename (make-temp-name "url")))
198 (url-copy-file url filename)
199 filename))
201 ;;;###autoload
202 (defun url-insert-file-contents (url &optional visit beg end replace)
203 (let ((buffer (url-retrieve-synchronously url))
204 (handle nil)
205 (charset nil)
206 (data nil))
207 (if (not buffer)
208 (error "Opening input file: No such file or directory, %s" url))
209 (if visit (setq buffer-file-name url))
210 (with-current-buffer buffer
211 (setq handle (mm-dissect-buffer t))
212 (set-buffer (mm-handle-buffer handle))
213 (setq data (if beg (buffer-substring beg end)
214 (buffer-string))))
215 (kill-buffer buffer)
216 (mm-destroy-parts handle)
217 (if replace (delete-region (point-min) (point-max)))
218 (save-excursion
219 (setq charset (mail-content-type-get (mm-handle-type handle)
220 'charset))
221 (let ((start (point)))
222 (if charset
223 (insert (mm-decode-string data (mm-charset-to-coding-system charset)))
224 (progn
225 (insert data)
226 (decode-coding-inserted-region start (point) url visit beg end replace)))))
227 (list url (length data))))
229 (defun url-file-name-completion (url directory)
230 (error "Unimplemented"))
232 (defun url-file-name-all-completions (file directory)
233 (error "Unimplemented"))
235 ;; All other handlers map onto their respective backends.
236 (defmacro url-handlers-create-wrapper (method args)
237 `(defun ,(intern (format "url-%s" method)) ,args
238 ,(format "URL file-name-handler wrapper for `%s' call.\n---\n%s" method
239 (or (documentation method t) "No original documentation."))
240 (setq url (url-generic-parse-url url))
241 (when (url-type url)
242 (funcall (url-scheme-get-property (url-type url) (quote ,method))
243 ,@(remove '&rest (remove '&optional args))))))
245 (url-handlers-create-wrapper file-exists-p (url))
246 (url-handlers-create-wrapper file-attributes (url &optional id-format))
247 (url-handlers-create-wrapper file-symlink-p (url))
248 (url-handlers-create-wrapper file-writable-p (url))
249 (url-handlers-create-wrapper file-directory-p (url))
250 (url-handlers-create-wrapper file-executable-p (url))
251 (url-handlers-create-wrapper directory-files (url &optional full match nosort))
252 (url-handlers-create-wrapper file-truename (url &optional counter prev-dirs))
254 (add-hook 'find-file-hook 'url-handlers-set-buffer-mode)
256 (defun url-handlers-set-buffer-mode ()
257 "Set correct modes for the current buffer if visiting a remote file."
258 (and (stringp buffer-file-name)
259 (string-match url-handler-regexp buffer-file-name)
260 (auto-save-mode 0)))
262 (provide 'url-handlers)
264 ;; arch-tag: 7300b99c-cc83-42ff-9147-79b2723c62ac
265 ;;; url-handlers.el ends here