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1 ;;; info-xref.el --- check external references in an Info document
3 ;; Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
6 ;; Keywords: docs
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25 ;;; Commentary:
27 ;; This file implements some simple checking of external cross references in
28 ;; info files, by attempting to visit the nodes specified.
30 ;; "makeinfo" checks references internal to a document, but not external
31 ;; references, which makes it rather easy for mistakes to creep in or node
32 ;; name changes to go unnoticed. `Info-validate' doesn't check external
33 ;; references either.
35 ;; `M-x info-xref-check' checks one file. When invoked from an Info-mode or
36 ;; texinfo-mode buffer, the current info file is the default at the prompt.
38 ;; `M-x info-xref-check-all' looks at everything in the normal info path.
39 ;; This might be a lot of files but it's a good way to check the consistency
40 ;; of the whole system.
42 ;; Results are shown in a buffer. The format is a bit rough, but hopefully
43 ;; there won't be too many problems normally, and correcting them is a
44 ;; manual process anyway, a case of finding the right spot in the original
45 ;; .texi and finding what node it ought to point to.
47 ;; When a target info file doesn't exist there's clearly no way to validate
48 ;; node references within it. A message is given for missing target files
49 ;; (once per source document), it could be simply that the target hasn't
50 ;; been installed, or it could be a mistake in the reference.
52 ;; Indirect info files are understood, just pass the top-level foo.info to
53 ;; `info-xref-check' and it traverses all sub-files. Compressed info files
54 ;; are accepted too, as usual for `Info-mode'.
56 ;; `info-xref-check-all' is rather permissive in what it considers an info
57 ;; file. It has to be since info files don't necessarily have a ".info"
58 ;; suffix (eg. this is usual for the emacs manuals). One consequence of
59 ;; this is that if for instance there's a source code directory in
60 ;; `Info-directory-list' then a lot of extraneous files might be read, which
61 ;; will be time consuming but should be harmless.
63 ;; `M-x info-xref-check-all-custom' is a related command, it goes through
64 ;; all info document references in customizable variables, checking them
65 ;; like info file cross references.
67 ;;; Code:
69 (require 'info)
71 (defconst info-xref-results-buffer "*info-xref results*"
72 "Name of the buffer for info-xref results.")
74 ;;;###autoload
75 (defun info-xref-check (filename)
76 "Check external references in FILENAME, an info document."
77 (interactive
78 (list
79 (let* ((default-filename
80 (cond ((eq major-mode 'Info-mode)
81 Info-current-file)
82 ((eq major-mode 'texinfo-mode)
83 ;; look for @setfilename like makeinfo.el does
84 (save-excursion
85 (goto-char (point-min))
86 (if (re-search-forward
87 "^@setfilename[ \t]+\\([^ \t\n]+\\)[ \t]*"
88 (line-beginning-position 100) t)
89 (expand-file-name (match-string 1)))))))
90 (prompt (if default-filename
91 (format "Info file (%s): " default-filename)
92 "Info file: ")))
93 (read-file-name prompt nil default-filename t))))
94 (info-xref-check-list (list filename)))
96 ;;;###autoload
97 (defun info-xref-check-all ()
98 "Check external references in all info documents in the usual path.
99 The usual path is `Info-directory-list' and `Info-additional-directory-list'."
100 (interactive)
101 (info-xref-check-list (info-xref-all-info-files)))
103 ;; An alternative to trying to get only top-level files here would be to
104 ;; simply return all files, and have info-xref-check-list not follow
105 ;; Indirect:. The current way seems a bit nicer though, because it gets the
106 ;; proper top-level filename into the error messages, and suppresses
107 ;; duplicate "not available" messages for all subfiles of a single document.
109 (defun info-xref-all-info-files ()
110 "Return a list of all available info files.
111 Only top-level files are returned, subfiles are excluded.
113 Since info files don't have to have a .info suffix, all files in the
114 relevant directories are considered, which might mean a lot of extraneous
115 things are returned if for instance a source code directory is in the path."
117 (info-initialize) ;; establish Info-directory-list
118 (apply 'nconc
119 (mapcar
120 (lambda (dir)
121 (let ((result nil))
122 (dolist (name (directory-files dir t))
123 (unless (or (file-directory-p name) (info-xref-subfile-p name))
124 (push name result)))
125 (nreverse result)))
126 (append Info-directory-list Info-additional-directory-list))))
128 (defun info-xref-subfile-p (filename)
129 "Return t if FILENAME is an info subfile.
130 If removing the last \"-<NUM>\" from the filename gives a file that exists,
131 then consider FILENAME a subfile. This is an imperfect test, we probably
132 should open up the purported top file and see what subfiles it says."
133 (and (string-match "\\`\\(\\([^-]*-\\)*[^-]*\\)-[0-9]+\\(.*\\)\\'" filename)
134 (file-exists-p (concat (match-string 1 filename)
135 (match-string 3 filename)))))
138 ;; Some dynamic variables are used to share information with sub-functions
139 ;; below.
141 ;; info-xref-filename-header - a heading message for the current top-level
142 ;; filename, or "" when it's been printed.
144 (defvar info-xref-xfile-alist)
146 ;; info-xref-good - count of good cross references.
148 (defvar info-xref-good)
150 ;; info-xref-bad - count of bad cross references.
152 (defvar info-xref-bad)
154 ;; info-xref-xfile-alist - indexed by "(foo)" with value nil or t according
155 ;; to whether "(foo)" exists or not. This is used to suppress duplicate
156 ;; messages about foo not being available. (Duplicates within one
157 ;; top-level file that is.)
159 (defvar info-xref-filename-heading)
161 (defun info-xref-check-list (filename-list)
162 "Check external references in info documents in FILENAME-LIST."
163 (pop-to-buffer info-xref-results-buffer t)
164 (erase-buffer)
165 (let ((info-xref-good 0)
166 (info-xref-bad 0))
167 (dolist (info-xref-filename filename-list)
168 (let ((info-xref-filename-heading
169 (format "In file %s:\n" info-xref-filename))
170 (info-xref-xfile-alist nil))
171 (with-temp-message (format "Looking at %s" info-xref-filename)
172 (with-temp-buffer
173 (info-insert-file-contents info-xref-filename)
174 (goto-char (point-min))
175 (if (re-search-forward "\^_\nIndirect:\n" nil t)
176 (let ((dir (file-name-directory info-xref-filename)))
177 (while (looking-at "\\(.*\\): [0-9]+\n")
178 (let ((subfile (match-string 1)))
179 (with-temp-buffer
180 (info-insert-file-contents
181 (expand-file-name subfile dir))
182 (info-xref-check-buffer)))
183 (forward-line)))
184 (info-xref-check-buffer))))))
185 (insert (format "done, %d good, %d bad\n" info-xref-good info-xref-bad))))
187 (defun info-xref-check-buffer ()
188 "Check external references in the info file in the current buffer.
189 This should be the raw file contents, not `Info-mode'."
190 (goto-char (point-min))
191 (while (re-search-forward
192 "\\*[Nn]ote[ \n\t]+[^:]*:[ \n\t]+\\(\\(([^)]*)\\)[^.,]+\\)[.,]"
193 nil t)
194 (let* ((file (match-string 2))
195 (node ;; Canonicalize spaces: we could use "[\t\n ]+" but
196 ;; we try to avoid uselessly replacing " " with " ".
197 (replace-regexp-in-string "[\t\n][\t\n ]*\\| [\t\n ]+" " "
198 (match-string 1) t t)))
199 (if (string-equal "()" file)
200 (info-xref-output "Empty filename part: %s\n" node)
201 ;; see if the file exists, if we haven't tried it before
202 (unless (assoc file info-xref-xfile-alist)
203 (let ((found (info-xref-goto-node-p file)))
204 (push (cons file found) info-xref-xfile-alist)
205 (unless found
206 (info-xref-output "Not available to check: %s\n" file))))
207 ;; if the file exists, try the node
208 (when (cdr (assoc file info-xref-xfile-alist))
209 (if (info-xref-goto-node-p node)
210 (setq info-xref-good (1+ info-xref-good))
211 (setq info-xref-bad (1+ info-xref-bad))
212 (info-xref-output "No such node: %s\n" node)))))))
214 (defun info-xref-output (str &rest args)
215 "Emit a `format'-ed message STR+ARGS to the info-xref output buffer."
216 (with-current-buffer info-xref-results-buffer
217 (insert info-xref-filename-heading
218 (apply 'format str args))
219 (setq info-xref-filename-heading "")
220 ;; all this info-xref can be pretty slow, display now so the user can
221 ;; see some progress
222 (sit-for 0)))
224 ;; When asking Info-goto-node to fork, *info* needs to be the current
225 ;; buffer, otherwise it seems to clone the current buffer but then do the
226 ;; goto-node in plain *info*.
228 ;; We only fork if *info* already exists, if it doesn't then we can create
229 ;; and destroy just that instead of a new name.
231 ;; If Info-goto-node can't find the file, then no new buffer is created. If
232 ;; it finds the file but not the node, then a buffer is created. Handle
233 ;; this difference by checking before killing.
235 (defun info-xref-goto-node-p (node)
236 "Return t if it's possible to go to the given NODE."
237 (let ((oldbuf (current-buffer)))
238 (save-excursion
239 (save-window-excursion
240 (prog1
241 (condition-case err
242 (progn
243 (Info-goto-node node
244 (when (get-buffer "*info*")
245 (set-buffer "*info*")
246 "xref - temporary"))
248 (error nil))
249 (unless (equal (current-buffer) oldbuf)
250 (kill-buffer (current-buffer))))))))
252 ;;;###autoload
253 (defun info-xref-check-all-custom ()
254 "Check info references in all customize groups and variables.
255 `custom-manual' and `info-link' entries in the `custom-links' list are checked.
257 `custom-load' autoloads for all symbols are loaded in order to get all the
258 link information. This will be a lot of lisp packages loaded, and can take
259 quite a while."
261 (interactive)
262 (pop-to-buffer info-xref-results-buffer t)
263 (erase-buffer)
264 (let ((info-xref-filename-heading ""))
266 ;; `custom-load-symbol' is not used, since it quietly ignores errors,
267 ;; but we want to show them (since they may mean incomplete checking).
269 ;; Just one pass through mapatoms is made. There shouldn't be any new
270 ;; custom-loads setup by packages loaded.
272 (info-xref-output "Loading custom-load autoloads ...\n")
273 (require 'cus-start)
274 (require 'cus-load)
275 (let ((viper-mode nil)) ;; tell viper.el not to ask about viperizing
276 (mapatoms
277 (lambda (symbol)
278 (dolist (load (get symbol 'custom-loads))
279 (cond ((symbolp load)
280 (condition-case cause (require load)
281 (error
282 (info-xref-output "Symbol `%s': cannot require '%s: %s\n"
283 symbol load cause))))
284 ;; skip if previously loaded
285 ((assoc load load-history))
286 ((assoc (locate-library load) load-history))
288 (condition-case cause (load load)
289 (error
290 (info-xref-output "Symbol `%s': cannot load \"%s\": %s\n"
291 symbol load cause)))))))))
293 ;; Don't bother to check whether the info file exists as opposed to just
294 ;; a missing node. If you have the lisp then you should have the
295 ;; documentation, so missing node name will be the usual fault.
297 (info-xref-output "\nChecking custom-links references ...\n")
298 (let ((good 0)
299 (bad 0))
300 (mapatoms
301 (lambda (symbol)
302 (dolist (link (get symbol 'custom-links))
303 (when (memq (car link) '(custom-manual info-link))
304 ;; skip :tag part of (custom-manual :tag "Foo" "(foo)Node")
305 (if (eq :tag (cadr link))
306 (setq link (cddr link)))
307 (if (info-xref-goto-node-p (cadr link))
308 (setq good (1+ good))
309 (setq bad (1+ bad))
310 ;; symbol-file gives nil for preloaded variables, would need
311 ;; to copy what describe-variable does to show the right place
312 (info-xref-output "Symbol `%s' (in %s): cannot goto node: %s\n"
313 symbol (symbol-file symbol) (cadr link)))))))
314 (info-xref-output "%d good, %d bad\n" good bad))))
316 (provide 'info-xref)
318 ;;; arch-tag: 69d4d528-69ed-4cc2-8eb4-c666a0c1d5ac
319 ;;; info-xref.el ends here