1 ;;; autoload.el --- maintain autoloads in loaddefs.el
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4 ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 ;; Author: Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>
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28 ;; This code helps GNU Emacs maintainers keep the loaddefs.el file up to
29 ;; date. It interprets magic cookies of the form ";;;###autoload" in
30 ;; lisp source files in various useful ways. To learn more, read the
31 ;; source; if you're going to use this, you'd better be able to.
35 (require 'lisp-mode
) ;for `doc-string-elt' properties.
36 (require 'help-fns
) ;for help-add-fundoc-usage.
38 (defvar generated-autoload-file
"loaddefs.el"
39 "*File \\[update-file-autoloads] puts autoloads into.
40 A `.el' file can set this in its local variables section to make its
41 autoloads go somewhere else. The autoload file is assumed to contain a
42 trailer starting with a FormFeed character.")
44 (defconst generate-autoload-cookie
";;;###autoload"
45 "Magic comment indicating the following form should be autoloaded.
46 Used by \\[update-file-autoloads]. This string should be
47 meaningless to Lisp (e.g., a comment).
52 \(defun function-to-be-autoloaded () ...)
54 If this string appears alone on a line, the following form will be
55 read and an autoload made for it. If there is further text on the line,
56 that text will be copied verbatim to `generated-autoload-file'.")
58 (defconst generate-autoload-section-header
"\f\n;;;### "
59 "String that marks the form at the start of a new file's autoload section.")
61 (defconst generate-autoload-section-trailer
"\n;;;***\n"
62 "String which indicates the end of the section of autoloads for a file.")
64 (defconst generate-autoload-section-continuation
";;;;;; "
65 "String to add on each continuation of the section header form.")
67 (defun make-autoload (form file
)
68 "Turn FORM into an autoload or defvar for source file FILE.
69 Returns nil if FORM is not a special autoload form (i.e. a function definition
70 or macro definition or a defcustom)."
71 (let ((car (car-safe form
)) expand
)
73 ;; For complex cases, try again on the macro-expansion.
74 ((and (memq car
'(easy-mmode-define-global-mode
75 easy-mmode-define-minor-mode define-minor-mode
))
76 (setq expand
(let ((load-file-name file
)) (macroexpand form
)))
77 (eq (car expand
) 'progn
)
78 (memq :autoload-end expand
))
79 (let ((end (memq :autoload-end expand
)))
80 ;; Cut-off anything after the :autoload-end marker.
83 (mapcar (lambda (form) (make-autoload form file
))
86 ;; For special function-like operators, use the `autoload' function.
87 ((memq car
'(defun define-skeleton defmacro define-derived-mode
88 define-generic-mode easy-mmode-define-minor-mode
89 easy-mmode-define-global-mode
90 define-minor-mode defun
* defmacro
*))
91 (let* ((macrop (memq car
'(defmacro defmacro
*)))
93 (args (if (memq car
'(defun defmacro defun
* defmacro
*))
95 (body (nthcdr (get car
'doc-string-elt
) form
))
96 (doc (if (stringp (car body
)) (pop body
))))
98 ;; Add the usage form at the end where describe-function-1
100 (setq doc
(help-add-fundoc-usage doc args
)))
101 ;; `define-generic-mode' quotes the name, so take care of that
102 (list 'autoload
(if (listp name
) name
(list 'quote name
)) file doc
103 (or (and (memq car
'(define-skeleton define-derived-mode
105 easy-mmode-define-global-mode
106 easy-mmode-define-minor-mode
107 define-minor-mode
)) t
)
108 (eq (car-safe (car body
)) 'interactive
))
109 (if macrop
(list 'quote
'macro
) nil
))))
111 ;; Convert defcustom to less space-consuming data.
113 (let ((varname (car-safe (cdr-safe form
)))
114 (init (car-safe (cdr-safe (cdr-safe form
))))
115 (doc (car-safe (cdr-safe (cdr-safe (cdr-safe form
)))))
116 ;; (rest (cdr-safe (cdr-safe (cdr-safe (cdr-safe form)))))
119 (defvar ,varname
,init
,doc
)
120 (custom-autoload ',varname
,file
))))
122 ;; nil here indicates that this is not a special autoload form.
125 ;; Forms which have doc-strings which should be printed specially.
126 ;; A doc-string-elt property of ELT says that (nth ELT FORM) is
127 ;; the doc-string in FORM.
128 ;; Those properties are now set in lisp-mode.el.
131 (defun autoload-trim-file-name (file)
132 ;; Returns a relative pathname of FILE
133 ;; starting from the directory that loaddefs.el is in.
134 ;; That is normally a directory in load-path,
135 ;; which means Emacs will be able to find FILE when it looks.
136 ;; Any extra directory names here would prevent finding the file.
137 (setq file
(expand-file-name file
))
138 (file-relative-name file
139 (file-name-directory generated-autoload-file
)))
141 (defun autoload-read-section-header ()
142 "Read a section header form.
143 Since continuation lines have been marked as comments,
144 we must copy the text of the form and remove those comment
145 markers before we call `read'."
147 (let ((beginning (point))
150 (while (looking-at generate-autoload-section-continuation
)
152 (setq string
(buffer-substring beginning
(point)))
153 (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create " *autoload*")
156 (goto-char (point-min))
157 (while (search-forward generate-autoload-section-continuation nil t
)
159 (goto-char (point-min))
160 (read (current-buffer))))))
162 (defvar autoload-print-form-outbuf
)
164 (defun autoload-print-form (form)
165 "Print FORM such that `make-docfile' will find the docstrings.
166 The variable `autoload-print-form-outbuf' specifies the buffer to
169 ;; If the form is a sequence, recurse.
170 ((eq (car form
) 'progn
) (mapcar 'autoload-print-form
(cdr form
)))
171 ;; Symbols at the toplevel are meaningless.
174 (let ((doc-string-elt (get (car-safe form
) 'doc-string-elt
))
175 (outbuf autoload-print-form-outbuf
))
176 (if (and doc-string-elt
(stringp (nth doc-string-elt form
)))
177 ;; We need to hack the printing because the
178 ;; doc-string must be printed specially for
179 ;; make-docfile (sigh).
180 (let* ((p (nthcdr (1- doc-string-elt
) form
))
184 (let ((print-escape-newlines t
)
185 (print-escape-nonascii t
))
189 (princ "\"\\\n" outbuf
)
190 (let ((begin (with-current-buffer outbuf
(point))))
191 (princ (substring (prin1-to-string (car elt
)) 1)
193 ;; Insert a backslash before each ( that
194 ;; appears at the beginning of a line in
196 (with-current-buffer outbuf
198 (while (re-search-backward "\n[[(]" begin t
)
204 (princ (substring (prin1-to-string (cdr elt
)) 1)
207 (let ((print-escape-newlines t
)
208 (print-escape-nonascii t
))
209 (print form outbuf
)))))))
211 (defun autoload-ensure-default-file (file)
212 "Make sure that the autoload file FILE exists and if not create it."
213 (unless (file-exists-p file
)
215 (concat ";;; " (file-name-nondirectory file
)
216 " --- automatically extracted autoloads\n"
219 "\f\n;; Local Variables:\n"
220 ";; version-control: never\n"
221 ";; no-byte-compile: t\n"
222 ";; no-update-autoloads: t\n"
224 ";;; " (file-name-nondirectory file
)
229 (defun autoload-insert-section-header (outbuf autoloads load-name file time
)
230 "Insert the section-header line,
231 which lists the file name and which functions are in it, etc."
232 (insert generate-autoload-section-header
)
233 (prin1 (list 'autoloads autoloads load-name
234 (if (stringp file
) (autoload-trim-file-name file
) file
)
238 ;; Break that line at spaces, to avoid very long lines.
239 ;; Make each sub-line into a comment.
240 (with-current-buffer outbuf
245 (skip-chars-forward "^ \n")
247 (insert "\n" generate-autoload-section-continuation
))))))
249 (defun generate-file-autoloads (file)
250 "Insert at point a loaddefs autoload section for FILE.
251 autoloads are generated for defuns and defmacros in FILE
252 marked by `generate-autoload-cookie' (which see).
253 If FILE is being visited in a buffer, the contents of the buffer
255 (interactive "fGenerate autoloads for file: ")
256 (let ((outbuf (current-buffer))
258 (load-name (let ((name (file-name-nondirectory file
)))
259 (if (string-match "\\.elc?\\(\\.\\|$\\)" name
)
260 (substring name
0 (match-beginning 0))
263 (print-readably t
) ; This does something in Lucid Emacs.
264 (float-output-format nil
)
266 (visited (get-file-buffer file
))
269 ;; If the autoload section we create here uses an absolute
270 ;; pathname for FILE in its header, and then Emacs is installed
271 ;; under a different path on another system,
272 ;; `update-autoloads-here' won't be able to find the files to be
273 ;; autoloaded. So, if FILE is in the same directory or a
274 ;; subdirectory of the current buffer's directory, we'll make it
275 ;; relative to the current buffer's directory.
276 (setq file
(expand-file-name file
))
277 (let* ((source-truename (file-truename file
))
278 (dir-truename (file-name-as-directory
279 (file-truename default-directory
)))
280 (len (length dir-truename
)))
281 (if (and (< len
(length source-truename
))
282 (string= dir-truename
(substring source-truename
0 len
)))
283 (setq file
(substring source-truename len
))))
285 (message "Generating autoloads for %s..." file
)
291 ;; It is faster to avoid visiting the file.
292 (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *generate-autoload-file*"))
293 (kill-all-local-variables)
295 (setq buffer-undo-list t
296 buffer-read-only nil
)
298 (insert-file-contents file nil
))
302 (goto-char (point-min))
304 (skip-chars-forward " \t\n\f")
306 ((looking-at (regexp-quote generate-autoload-cookie
))
307 (search-forward generate-autoload-cookie
)
308 (skip-chars-forward " \t")
311 ;; Read the next form and make an autoload.
312 (let* ((form (prog1 (read (current-buffer))
313 (or (bolp) (forward-line 1))))
314 (autoload (make-autoload form load-name
)))
316 (setq autoloads-done
(cons (nth 1 form
)
318 (setq autoload form
))
319 (let ((autoload-print-form-outbuf outbuf
))
320 (autoload-print-form autoload
)))
322 ;; Copy the rest of the line to the output.
323 (princ (buffer-substring
325 ;; Back up over whitespace, to preserve it.
326 (skip-chars-backward " \f\t")
327 (if (= (char-after (1+ (point))) ?
)
331 (progn (forward-line 1) (point)))
334 ;; Don't read the comment.
338 (forward-line 1)))))))
340 ;; We created this buffer, so we should kill it.
341 (kill-buffer (current-buffer)))
343 (setq output-end
(point-marker))))
346 ;; Insert the section-header line
347 ;; which lists the file name and which functions are in it, etc.
348 (autoload-insert-section-header outbuf autoloads-done load-name file
349 (nth 5 (file-attributes file
)))
350 (insert ";;; Generated autoloads from "
351 (autoload-trim-file-name file
) "\n")
352 (goto-char output-end
)
353 (insert generate-autoload-section-trailer
)))
354 (message "Generating autoloads for %s...done" file
)))
357 (defun update-file-autoloads (file)
358 "Update the autoloads for FILE in `generated-autoload-file'
359 \(which FILE might bind in its local variables).
360 Return FILE if there was no autoload cookie in it."
361 (interactive "fUpdate autoloads for file: ")
362 (let ((load-name (let ((name (file-name-nondirectory file
)))
363 (if (string-match "\\.elc?\\(\\.\\|$\\)" name
)
364 (substring name
0 (match-beginning 0))
367 (existing-buffer (get-file-buffer file
))
370 ;; We want to get a value for generated-autoload-file from
371 ;; the local variables section if it's there.
373 (set-buffer existing-buffer
))
374 ;; We must read/write the file without any code conversion,
375 ;; but still decode EOLs.
376 (let ((coding-system-for-read 'raw-text
))
377 (set-buffer (find-file-noselect
378 (autoload-ensure-default-file
379 (expand-file-name generated-autoload-file
380 (expand-file-name "lisp"
381 source-directory
)))))
382 ;; This is to make generated-autoload-file have Unix EOLs, so
383 ;; that it is portable to all platforms.
384 (setq buffer-file-coding-system
'raw-text-unix
))
385 (or (> (buffer-size) 0)
386 (error "Autoloads file %s does not exist" buffer-file-name
))
387 (or (file-writable-p buffer-file-name
)
388 (error "Autoloads file %s is not writable" buffer-file-name
))
392 (goto-char (point-min))
393 ;; Look for the section for LOAD-NAME.
394 (while (and (not found
)
395 (search-forward generate-autoload-section-header nil t
))
396 (let ((form (autoload-read-section-header)))
397 (cond ((string= (nth 2 form
) load-name
)
398 ;; We found the section for this file.
399 ;; Check if it is up to date.
400 (let ((begin (match-beginning 0))
401 (last-time (nth 4 form
))
402 (file-time (nth 5 (file-attributes file
))))
403 (if (and (or (null existing-buffer
)
404 (not (buffer-modified-p existing-buffer
)))
405 (listp last-time
) (= (length last-time
) 2)
406 (not (autoload-before-p last-time file-time
)))
410 Autoload section for %s is up to date."
412 (setq found
'up-to-date
))
413 (search-forward generate-autoload-section-trailer
)
414 (delete-region begin
(point))
416 ((string< load-name
(nth 2 form
))
417 ;; We've come to a section alphabetically later than
418 ;; LOAD-NAME. We assume the file is in order and so
419 ;; there must be no section for LOAD-NAME. We will
420 ;; insert one before the section here.
421 (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
422 (setq found
'new
)))))
426 ;; No later sections in the file. Put before the last page.
427 (goto-char (point-max))
428 (search-backward "\f" nil t
)))
429 (or (eq found
'up-to-date
)
431 ;; Check that FILE has any cookies before generating a
432 ;; new section for it.
435 (set-buffer existing-buffer
)
436 ;; It is faster to avoid visiting the file.
437 (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *autoload-file*"))
438 (kill-all-local-variables)
440 (setq buffer-undo-list t
441 buffer-read-only nil
)
443 (insert-file-contents file nil
))
447 (goto-char (point-min))
449 (if (re-search-forward
450 (concat "^" (regexp-quote
451 generate-autoload-cookie
))
455 (message "%s has no autoloads" file
))
456 (setq no-autoloads t
)
459 (kill-buffer (current-buffer))))))))
460 (generate-file-autoloads file
))))
465 (if no-autoloads file
))))
467 (defun autoload-before-p (time1 time2
)
468 (or (< (car time1
) (car time2
))
469 (and (= (car time1
) (car time2
))
470 (< (nth 1 time1
) (nth 1 time2
)))))
472 (defun autoload-remove-section (begin)
474 (search-forward generate-autoload-section-trailer
)
475 (delete-region begin
(point)))
478 (defun update-autoloads-from-directories (&rest dirs
)
480 Update loaddefs.el with all the current autoloads from DIRS, and no old ones.
481 This uses `update-file-autoloads' (which see) do its work."
482 (interactive "DUpdate autoloads from directory: ")
483 (let* ((files-re (let ((tmp nil
))
484 (dolist (suf load-suffixes
485 (concat "^[^=.].*" (regexp-opt tmp t
) "\\'"))
486 (unless (string-match "\\.elc" suf
) (push suf tmp
)))))
488 (mapcar (lambda (dir)
489 (directory-files (expand-file-name dir
)
492 (this-time (current-time))
493 (no-autoloads nil
) ;files with no autoload cookies.
495 (expand-file-name generated-autoload-file
496 (expand-file-name "lisp" source-directory
)))
497 (top-dir (file-name-directory autoloads-file
)))
500 (find-file-noselect (autoload-ensure-default-file autoloads-file
))
503 ;; Canonicalize file names and remove the autoload file itself.
504 (setq files
(delete (autoload-trim-file-name buffer-file-name
)
505 (mapcar 'autoload-trim-file-name files
)))
507 (goto-char (point-min))
508 (while (search-forward generate-autoload-section-header nil t
)
509 (let* ((form (autoload-read-section-header))
511 (cond ((and (consp file
) (stringp (car file
)))
512 ;; This is a list of files that have no autoload cookies.
513 ;; There shouldn't be more than one such entry.
514 ;; Remove the obsolete section.
515 (autoload-remove-section (match-beginning 0))
516 (let ((last-time (nth 4 form
)))
518 (let ((file-time (nth 5 (file-attributes file
))))
520 (not (autoload-before-p last-time
523 (push file no-autoloads
)
524 (setq files
(delete file files
)))))))
525 ((not (stringp file
)))
526 ((not (file-exists-p (expand-file-name file top-dir
)))
527 ;; Remove the obsolete section.
528 (autoload-remove-section (match-beginning 0)))
529 ((equal (nth 4 form
) (nth 5 (file-attributes file
)))
530 ;; File hasn't changed.
533 (update-file-autoloads file
)))
534 (setq files
(delete file files
)))))
535 ;; Elements remaining in FILES have no existing autoload sections yet.
538 (delq nil
(mapcar 'update-file-autoloads files
))))
540 ;; Sort them for better readability.
541 (setq no-autoloads
(sort no-autoloads
'string
<))
542 ;; Add the `no-autoloads' section.
543 (goto-char (point-max))
544 (search-backward "\f" nil t
)
545 (autoload-insert-section-header
546 (current-buffer) nil nil no-autoloads this-time
)
547 (insert generate-autoload-section-trailer
))
552 (defun batch-update-autoloads ()
553 "Update loaddefs.el autoloads in batch mode.
554 Calls `update-autoloads-from-directories' on the command line arguments."
555 (apply 'update-autoloads-from-directories command-line-args-left
)
556 (setq command-line-args-left nil
))
560 ;;; autoload.el ends here