1 ;;; tabulated-list.el --- generic major mode for tabulated lists -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
3 ;; Copyright (C) 2011-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
6 ;; Keywords: extensions, lisp
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26 ;; This file defines Tabulated List mode, a generic major mode for
27 ;; displaying lists of tabulated data, intended for other major modes
28 ;; to inherit from. It provides several utility routines, e.g. for
29 ;; pretty-printing lines of tabulated data to fit into the appropriate
32 ;; For usage information, see the documentation of `tabulated-list-mode'.
34 ;; This package originated from Tom Tromey's Package Menu mode,
35 ;; extended and generalized to be used by other modes.
39 ;; The reason `tabulated-list-format' and other variables are
40 ;; permanent-local is to make it convenient to switch to a different
41 ;; major mode, switch back, and have the original Tabulated List data
42 ;; still valid. See, for example, ebuff-menu.el.
44 (defvar-local tabulated-list-format nil
45 "The format of the current Tabulated List mode buffer.
46 This should be a vector of elements (NAME WIDTH SORT . PROPS),
48 - NAME is a string describing the column.
49 This is the label for the column in the header line.
50 Different columns must have non-`equal' names.
51 - WIDTH is the width to reserve for the column.
52 For the final element, its numerical value is ignored.
53 - SORT specifies how to sort entries by this column.
54 If nil, this column cannot be used for sorting.
55 If t, sort by comparing the string value printed in the column.
56 Otherwise, it should be a predicate function suitable for
57 `sort', accepting arguments with the same form as the elements
58 of `tabulated-list-entries'.
59 - PROPS is a plist of additional column properties.
60 Currently supported properties are:
61 - `:right-align': If non-nil, the column should be right-aligned.
62 - `:pad-right': Number of additional padding spaces to the
63 right of the column (defaults to 1 if omitted).")
64 (put 'tabulated-list-format
'permanent-local t
)
66 (defvar-local tabulated-list-use-header-line t
67 "Whether the Tabulated List buffer should use a header line.")
69 (defvar-local tabulated-list-entries nil
70 "Entries displayed in the current Tabulated List buffer.
71 This should be either a function, or a list.
72 If a list, each element has the form (ID [DESC1 ... DESCN]),
74 - ID is nil, or a Lisp object uniquely identifying this entry,
75 which is used to keep the cursor on the \"same\" entry when
76 rearranging the list. Comparison is done with `equal'.
78 - Each DESC is a column descriptor, one for each column
79 specified in `tabulated-list-format'. A descriptor is either
80 a string, which is printed as-is, or a list (LABEL . PROPS),
81 which means to use `insert-text-button' to insert a text
82 button with label LABEL and button properties PROPS.
83 The string, or button label, must not contain any newline.
85 If `tabulated-list-entries' is a function, it is called with no
86 arguments and must return a list of the above form.")
87 (put 'tabulated-list-entries
'permanent-local t
)
89 (defvar-local tabulated-list-padding
0
90 "Number of characters preceding each Tabulated List mode entry.
91 By default, lines are padded with spaces, but you can use the
92 function `tabulated-list-put-tag' to change this.")
93 (put 'tabulated-list-padding
'permanent-local t
)
95 (defvar tabulated-list-revert-hook nil
96 "Hook run before reverting a Tabulated List buffer.
97 This is commonly used to recompute `tabulated-list-entries'.")
99 (defvar-local tabulated-list-printer
'tabulated-list-print-entry
100 "Function for inserting a Tabulated List entry at point.
101 It is called with two arguments, ID and COLS. ID is a Lisp
102 object identifying the entry, and COLS is a vector of column
103 descriptors, as documented in `tabulated-list-entries'.")
105 (defvar-local tabulated-list-sort-key nil
106 "Sort key for the current Tabulated List mode buffer.
107 If nil, no additional sorting is performed.
108 Otherwise, this should be a cons cell (NAME . FLIP).
109 NAME is a string matching one of the column names in
110 `tabulated-list-format' (the corresponding SORT entry in
111 `tabulated-list-format' then specifies how to sort). FLIP, if
112 non-nil, means to invert the resulting sort.")
113 (put 'tabulated-list-sort-key
'permanent-local t
)
115 (defsubst tabulated-list-get-id
(&optional pos
)
116 "Return the entry ID of the Tabulated List entry at POS.
117 The value is an ID object from `tabulated-list-entries', or nil.
118 POS, if omitted or nil, defaults to point."
119 (get-text-property (or pos
(point)) 'tabulated-list-id
))
121 (defsubst tabulated-list-get-entry
(&optional pos
)
122 "Return the Tabulated List entry at POS.
123 The value is a vector of column descriptors, or nil if there is
124 no entry at POS. POS, if omitted or nil, defaults to point."
125 (get-text-property (or pos
(point)) 'tabulated-list-entry
))
127 (defun tabulated-list-put-tag (tag &optional advance
)
128 "Put TAG in the padding area of the current line.
129 TAG should be a string, with length <= `tabulated-list-padding'.
130 If ADVANCE is non-nil, move forward by one line afterwards."
131 (unless (stringp tag
)
132 (error "Invalid argument to `tabulated-list-put-tag'"))
133 (unless (> tabulated-list-padding
0)
134 (error "Unable to tag the current line"))
137 (when (tabulated-list-get-entry)
139 (inhibit-read-only t
))
140 (forward-char tabulated-list-padding
)
142 (let ((width (string-width tag
)))
143 (if (<= width tabulated-list-padding
)
145 (make-string (- tabulated-list-padding width
) ?\s
))
146 (truncate-string-to-width tag tabulated-list-padding
))))
147 (delete-region beg
(+ beg tabulated-list-padding
)))))
151 (defvar tabulated-list-mode-map
152 (let ((map (copy-keymap special-mode-map
)))
153 (set-keymap-parent map button-buffer-map
)
154 (define-key map
"n" 'next-line
)
155 (define-key map
"p" 'previous-line
)
156 (define-key map
"S" 'tabulated-list-sort
)
157 (define-key map
[follow-link
] 'mouse-face
)
158 (define-key map
[mouse-2
] 'mouse-select-window
)
160 "Local keymap for `tabulated-list-mode' buffers.")
162 (defvar tabulated-list-sort-button-map
163 (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
164 (define-key map
[header-line mouse-1
] 'tabulated-list-col-sort
)
165 (define-key map
[header-line mouse-2
] 'tabulated-list-col-sort
)
166 (define-key map
[mouse-1
] 'tabulated-list-col-sort
)
167 (define-key map
[mouse-2
] 'tabulated-list-col-sort
)
168 (define-key map
"\C-m" 'tabulated-list-sort
)
169 (define-key map
[follow-link
] 'mouse-face
)
171 "Local keymap for `tabulated-list-mode' sort buttons.")
173 (defvar tabulated-list-glyphless-char-display
174 (let ((table (make-char-table 'glyphless-char-display nil
)))
175 (set-char-table-parent table glyphless-char-display
)
176 ;; Some text terminals can't display the Unicode arrows; be safe.
177 (aset table
9650 (cons nil
"^"))
178 (aset table
9660 (cons nil
"v"))
180 "The `glyphless-char-display' table in Tabulated List buffers.")
182 (defvar tabulated-list--header-string nil
)
183 (defvar tabulated-list--header-overlay nil
)
185 (defun tabulated-list-init-header ()
186 "Set up header line for the Tabulated List buffer."
187 ;; FIXME: Should share code with tabulated-list-print-col!
188 (let ((x (max tabulated-list-padding
0))
189 (button-props `(help-echo "Click to sort by column"
191 keymap
,tabulated-list-sort-button-map
))
193 (push (propertize " " 'display
`(space :align-to
,x
)) cols
)
194 (dotimes (n (length tabulated-list-format
))
195 (let* ((col (aref tabulated-list-format n
))
198 (props (nthcdr 3 col
))
199 (pad-right (or (plist-get props
:pad-right
) 1))
200 (right-align (plist-get props
:right-align
))
201 (next-x (+ x pad-right width
)))
204 ;; An unsortable column
206 (propertize label
'tabulated-list-column-name label
))
207 ;; The selected sort column
208 ((equal (car col
) (car tabulated-list-sort-key
))
212 ((> (+ 2 (length label
)) width
) "")
213 ((cdr tabulated-list-sort-key
) " ▲")
216 'tabulated-list-column-name label
218 ;; Unselected sortable column.
219 (t (apply 'propertize label
220 'tabulated-list-column-name label
224 (let ((shift (- width
(string-width (car cols
)))))
228 (cons (propertize (make-string shift ?\s
)
230 `(space :align-to
,(+ x shift
)))
232 (setq x
(+ x shift
)))))
234 (push (propertize " "
235 'display
`(space :align-to
,next-x
)
239 (setq cols
(apply 'concat
(nreverse cols
)))
240 (if tabulated-list-use-header-line
241 (setq header-line-format cols
)
242 (setq header-line-format nil
)
243 (setq-local tabulated-list--header-string cols
))))
245 (defun tabulated-list-print-fake-header ()
246 "Insert a fake Tabulated List \"header line\" at the start of the buffer."
247 (goto-char (point-min))
248 (let ((inhibit-read-only t
))
249 (insert tabulated-list--header-string
"\n")
250 (if tabulated-list--header-overlay
251 (move-overlay tabulated-list--header-overlay
(point-min) (point))
252 (setq-local tabulated-list--header-overlay
253 (make-overlay (point-min) (point))))
254 (overlay-put tabulated-list--header-overlay
'face
'underline
)))
256 (defun tabulated-list-revert (&rest ignored
)
257 "The `revert-buffer-function' for `tabulated-list-mode'.
258 It runs `tabulated-list-revert-hook', then calls `tabulated-list-print'."
260 (unless (derived-mode-p 'tabulated-list-mode
)
261 (error "The current buffer is not in Tabulated List mode"))
262 (run-hooks 'tabulated-list-revert-hook
)
263 (tabulated-list-print t
))
265 (defun tabulated-list--column-number (name)
266 (let ((len (length tabulated-list-format
))
269 (while (and (< n len
) (null found
))
270 (if (equal (car (aref tabulated-list-format n
)) name
)
274 (error "No column named %s" name
))))
276 (defun tabulated-list-print (&optional remember-pos
)
277 "Populate the current Tabulated List mode buffer.
278 This sorts the `tabulated-list-entries' list if sorting is
279 specified by `tabulated-list-sort-key'. It then erases the
280 buffer and inserts the entries with `tabulated-list-printer'.
282 Optional argument REMEMBER-POS, if non-nil, means to move point
283 to the entry with the same ID element as the current line."
284 (let ((inhibit-read-only t
)
285 (entries (if (functionp tabulated-list-entries
)
286 (funcall tabulated-list-entries
)
287 tabulated-list-entries
))
288 entry-id saved-pt saved-col
)
290 (setq entry-id
(tabulated-list-get-id))
291 (setq saved-col
(current-column)))
293 (unless tabulated-list-use-header-line
294 (tabulated-list-print-fake-header))
295 ;; Sort the entries, if necessary.
296 (when (and tabulated-list-sort-key
297 (car tabulated-list-sort-key
))
298 (let* ((sort-column (car tabulated-list-sort-key
))
299 (n (tabulated-list--column-number sort-column
))
300 (sorter (nth 2 (aref tabulated-list-format n
))))
301 ;; Is the specified column sortable?
304 (setq sorter
; Default sorter checks column N:
306 (setq A
(aref (cadr A
) n
))
307 (setq B
(aref (cadr B
) n
))
308 (string< (if (stringp A
) A
(car A
))
309 (if (stringp B
) B
(car B
))))))
310 (setq entries
(sort entries sorter
))
311 (if (cdr tabulated-list-sort-key
)
312 (setq entries
(nreverse entries
)))
313 (unless (functionp tabulated-list-entries
)
314 (setq tabulated-list-entries entries
)))))
315 ;; Print the resulting list.
316 (dolist (elt entries
)
318 (equal entry-id
(car elt
))
319 (setq saved-pt
(point)))
320 (apply tabulated-list-printer elt
))
321 (set-buffer-modified-p nil
)
322 ;; If REMEMBER-POS was specified, move to the "old" location.
324 (progn (goto-char saved-pt
)
325 (move-to-column saved-col
)
326 (when (eq (window-buffer) (current-buffer))
328 (goto-char (point-min)))))
330 (defun tabulated-list-print-entry (id cols
)
331 "Insert a Tabulated List entry at point.
332 This is the default `tabulated-list-printer' function. ID is a
333 Lisp object identifying the entry to print, and COLS is a vector
334 of column descriptors."
336 (x (max tabulated-list-padding
0))
337 (ncols (length tabulated-list-format
))
338 (inhibit-read-only t
))
339 (if (> tabulated-list-padding
0)
340 (insert (make-string x ?\s
)))
342 (setq x
(tabulated-list-print-col n
(aref cols n
) x
)))
344 (put-text-property beg
(point) 'tabulated-list-id id
)
345 (put-text-property beg
(point) 'tabulated-list-entry cols
)))
347 (defun tabulated-list-print-col (n col-desc x
)
348 "Insert a specified Tabulated List entry at point.
349 N is the column number, COL-DESC is a column descriptor (see
350 `tabulated-list-entries'), and X is the column number at point.
351 Return the column number after insertion."
352 ;; TODO: don't truncate to `width' if the next column is align-right
353 ;; and has some space left.
354 (let* ((format (aref tabulated-list-format n
))
355 (name (nth 0 format
))
356 (width (nth 1 format
))
357 (props (nthcdr 3 format
))
358 (pad-right (or (plist-get props
:pad-right
) 1))
359 (right-align (plist-get props
:right-align
))
360 (label (if (stringp col-desc
) col-desc
(car col-desc
)))
361 (label-width (string-width label
))
362 (help-echo (concat (car format
) ": " label
))
364 (not-last-col (< (1+ n
) (length tabulated-list-format
))))
365 ;; Truncate labels if necessary (except last column).
367 (> label-width width
)
368 (setq label
(truncate-string-to-width label width nil nil t
)
370 (setq label
(bidi-string-mark-left-to-right label
))
371 (when (and right-align
(> width label-width
))
372 (let ((shift (- width label-width
)))
373 (insert (propertize (make-string shift ?\s
)
374 'display
`(space :align-to
,(+ x shift
))))
375 (setq width
(- width shift
))
376 (setq x
(+ x shift
))))
377 (if (stringp col-desc
)
378 (insert (if (get-text-property 0 'help-echo label
)
380 (propertize label
'help-echo help-echo
)))
381 (apply 'insert-text-button label
(cdr col-desc
)))
382 (let ((next-x (+ x pad-right width
)))
383 ;; No need to append any spaces if this is the last column.
385 (when (> pad-right
0) (insert (make-string pad-right ?\s
)))
387 (make-string (- next-x x label-width pad-right
) ?\s
)
388 'display
`(space :align-to
,next-x
))))
389 (put-text-property opoint
(point) 'tabulated-list-column-name name
)
392 (defun tabulated-list-delete-entry ()
393 "Delete the Tabulated List entry at point.
394 Return a list (ID COLS), where ID is the ID of the deleted entry
395 and COLS is a vector of its column descriptors. Move point to
396 the beginning of the deleted entry. Return nil if there is no
399 This function only changes the buffer contents; it does not alter
400 `tabulated-list-entries'."
401 ;; Assume that each entry occupies one line.
402 (let* ((id (tabulated-list-get-id))
403 (cols (tabulated-list-get-entry))
404 (inhibit-read-only t
))
406 (delete-region (line-beginning-position) (1+ (line-end-position)))
409 (defun tabulated-list-set-col (col desc
&optional change-entry-data
)
410 "Change the Tabulated List entry at point, setting COL to DESC.
411 COL is the column number to change, or the name of the column to change.
412 DESC is the new column descriptor, which is inserted via
413 `tabulated-list-print-col'.
415 If CHANGE-ENTRY-DATA is non-nil, modify the underlying entry data
416 by setting the appropriate slot of the vector originally used to
417 print this entry. If `tabulated-list-entries' has a list value,
418 this is the vector stored within it."
419 (let* ((opoint (point))
420 (eol (line-end-position))
421 (pos (line-beginning-position))
422 (id (tabulated-list-get-id pos
))
423 (entry (tabulated-list-get-entry pos
))
424 (prop 'tabulated-list-column-name
)
425 (inhibit-read-only t
)
428 (setq name
(car (aref tabulated-list-format col
))))
431 col
(tabulated-list--column-number col
)))
433 (error "Invalid column %s" col
)))
435 (error "No Tabulated List entry at position %s" opoint
))
436 (unless (equal (get-text-property pos prop
) name
)
437 (while (and (setq pos
438 (next-single-property-change pos prop nil eol
))
440 (not (equal (get-text-property pos prop
) name
)))))
442 (delete-region pos
(next-single-property-change pos prop nil eol
))
444 (tabulated-list-print-col col desc
(current-column))
445 (if change-entry-data
446 (aset entry col desc
))
447 (put-text-property pos
(point) 'tabulated-list-id id
)
448 (put-text-property pos
(point) 'tabulated-list-entry entry
)
449 (goto-char opoint
))))
451 (defun tabulated-list-col-sort (&optional e
)
452 "Sort Tabulated List entries by the column of the mouse click E."
454 (let* ((pos (event-start e
))
455 (obj (posn-object pos
)))
456 (with-current-buffer (window-buffer (posn-window pos
))
457 (tabulated-list--sort-by-column-name
458 (get-text-property (if obj
(cdr obj
) (posn-point pos
))
459 'tabulated-list-column-name
462 (defun tabulated-list-sort (&optional n
)
463 "Sort Tabulated List entries by the column at point.
464 With a numeric prefix argument N, sort the Nth column."
467 (car (aref tabulated-list-format n
))
468 (get-text-property (point)
469 'tabulated-list-column-name
))))
470 (tabulated-list--sort-by-column-name name
)))
472 (defun tabulated-list--sort-by-column-name (name)
473 (when (and name
(derived-mode-p 'tabulated-list-mode
))
474 ;; Flip the sort order on a second click.
475 (if (equal name
(car tabulated-list-sort-key
))
476 (setcdr tabulated-list-sort-key
477 (not (cdr tabulated-list-sort-key
)))
478 (setq tabulated-list-sort-key
(cons name nil
)))
479 (tabulated-list-init-header)
480 (tabulated-list-print t
)))
482 ;;; The mode definition:
484 (define-derived-mode tabulated-list-mode special-mode
"Tabulated"
485 "Generic major mode for browsing a list of items.
486 This mode is usually not used directly; instead, other major
487 modes are derived from it, using `define-derived-mode'.
489 In this major mode, the buffer is divided into multiple columns,
490 which are labeled using the header line. Each non-empty line
491 belongs to one \"entry\", and the entries can be sorted according
492 to their column values.
494 An inheriting mode should usually do the following in their body:
496 - Set `tabulated-list-format', specifying the column format.
497 - Set `tabulated-list-revert-hook', if the buffer contents need
498 to be specially recomputed prior to `revert-buffer'.
499 - Maybe set a `tabulated-list-entries' function (see below).
500 - Maybe set `tabulated-list-printer' (see below).
501 - Maybe set `tabulated-list-padding'.
502 - Call `tabulated-list-init-header' to initialize `header-line-format'
503 according to `tabulated-list-format'.
505 An inheriting mode is usually accompanied by a \"list-FOO\"
506 command (e.g. `list-packages', `list-processes'). This command
507 creates or switches to a buffer and enables the major mode in
508 that buffer. If `tabulated-list-entries' is not a function, the
509 command should initialize it to a list of entries for displaying.
510 Finally, it should call `tabulated-list-print'.
512 `tabulated-list-print' calls the printer function specified by
513 `tabulated-list-printer', once for each entry. The default
514 printer is `tabulated-list-print-entry', but a mode that keeps
515 data in an ewoc may instead specify a printer function (e.g., one
516 that calls `ewoc-enter-last'), with `tabulated-list-print-entry'
517 as the ewoc pretty-printer."
518 (setq-local truncate-lines t
)
519 (setq-local buffer-read-only t
)
520 (setq-local buffer-undo-list t
)
521 (setq-local revert-buffer-function
#'tabulated-list-revert
)
522 (setq-local glyphless-char-display tabulated-list-glyphless-char-display
)
523 ;; Avoid messing up the entries' display just because the first
524 ;; column of the first entry happens to begin with a R2L letter.
525 (setq bidi-paragraph-direction
'left-to-right
))
527 (put 'tabulated-list-mode
'mode-class
'special
)
529 (provide 'tabulated-list
)
535 ;;; tabulated-list.el ends here