1 ;;; ansi-color.el --- translate ANSI escape sequences into faces
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27 ;; This file provides a function that takes a string or a region
28 ;; containing Select Graphic Rendition (SGR) control sequences (formerly
29 ;; known as ANSI escape sequences) and tries to translate these into
32 ;; This allows you to run ls --color=yes in shell-mode. It is now
33 ;; enabled by default; to disable it, set ansi-color-for-comint-mode
36 ;; Note that starting your shell from within Emacs might set the TERM
37 ;; environment variable. The new setting might disable the output of
38 ;; SGR control sequences. Using ls --color=yes forces ls to produce
41 ;; SGR control sequences are defined in section 3.8.117 of the ECMA-48
42 ;; standard (identical to ISO/IEC 6429), which is freely available as a
43 ;; PDF file <URL:http://www.ecma.ch/ecma1/STAND/ECMA-048.HTM>. The
44 ;; "Graphic Rendition Combination Mode (GRCM)" implemented is
45 ;; "cumulative mode" as defined in section 7.2.8. Cumulative mode means
46 ;; that whenever possible, SGR control sequences are combined (ie. blue
49 ;; The basic functions are:
51 ;; `ansi-color-apply' to colorize a string containing SGR control
54 ;; `ansi-color-filter-apply' to filter SGR control sequences from a
57 ;; `ansi-color-apply-on-region' to colorize a region containing SGR
60 ;; `ansi-color-filter-region' to filter SGR control sequences from a
65 ;; Georges Brun-Cottan <gbruncot@emc.com> for improving ansi-color.el
66 ;; substantially by adding the code needed to cope with arbitrary chunks
67 ;; of output and the filter functions.
69 ;; Markus Kuhn <Markus.Kuhn@cl.cam.ac.uk> for pointing me to ECMA-48.
71 ;; Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com> for explaining obscure font-lock stuff and for
78 (defvar comint-last-output-start
)
82 (defgroup ansi-colors nil
83 "Translating SGR control sequences to faces.
84 This translation effectively colorizes strings and regions based upon
85 SGR control sequences embedded in the text. SGR (Select Graphic
86 Rendition) control sequences are defined in section 8.3.117 of the
87 ECMA-48 standard \(identical to ISO/IEC 6429), which is freely available
88 as a PDF file <URL:http://www.ecma.ch/ecma1/STAND/ECMA-048.HTM>."
92 (defcustom ansi-color-faces-vector
93 [default bold default italic underline success warning error
]
94 "Faces used for SGR control sequences determining a face.
95 This vector holds the faces used for SGR control sequence parameters 0
98 Parameter Description Face used by default
103 4 underlined underline
104 5 slowly blinking success
105 6 rapidly blinking warning
106 7 negative image error
108 Note that the symbol `default' is special: It will not be combined
109 with the current face.
111 This vector is used by `ansi-color-make-color-map' to create a color
112 map. This color map is stored in the variable `ansi-color-map'."
113 :type
'(vector face face face face face face face face
)
114 :set
'ansi-color-map-update
115 :initialize
'custom-initialize-default
118 (defcustom ansi-color-names-vector
119 ["black" "red" "green" "yellow" "blue" "magenta" "cyan" "white"]
120 "Colors used for SGR control sequences determining a color.
121 This vector holds the colors used for SGR control sequences parameters
122 30 to 37 \(foreground colors) and 40 to 47 (background colors).
134 This vector is used by `ansi-color-make-color-map' to create a color
135 map. This color map is stored in the variable `ansi-color-map'.
137 Each element may also be a cons cell where the car and cdr specify the
138 foreground and background colors, respectively."
139 :type
'(vector (choice color
(cons color color
))
140 (choice color
(cons color color
))
141 (choice color
(cons color color
))
142 (choice color
(cons color color
))
143 (choice color
(cons color color
))
144 (choice color
(cons color color
))
145 (choice color
(cons color color
))
146 (choice color
(cons color color
)))
147 :set
'ansi-color-map-update
148 :initialize
'custom-initialize-default
151 (defconst ansi-color-regexp
"\033\\[\\([0-9;]*m\\)"
152 "Regexp that matches SGR control sequences.")
154 (defconst ansi-color-drop-regexp
155 "\033\\[\\([ABCDsuK]\\|2J\\|=[0-9]+[hI]\\|[0-9;]*[Hf]\\)"
156 "Regexp that matches ANSI control sequences to silently drop.")
158 (defconst ansi-color-parameter-regexp
"\\([0-9]*\\)[m;]"
159 "Regexp that matches SGR control sequence parameters.")
162 ;; Convenience functions for comint modes (eg. shell-mode)
165 (defcustom ansi-color-for-comint-mode t
166 "Determines what to do with comint output.
168 If the symbol `filter', then filter all SGR control sequences.
169 If anything else (such as t), then translate SGR control sequences
170 into text properties.
172 In order for this to have any effect, `ansi-color-process-output' must
173 be in `comint-output-filter-functions'.
175 This can be used to enable colorized ls --color=yes output
176 in shell buffers. You set this variable by calling one of:
177 \\[ansi-color-for-comint-mode-on]
178 \\[ansi-color-for-comint-mode-off]
179 \\[ansi-color-for-comint-mode-filter]"
180 :type
'(choice (const :tag
"Do nothing" nil
)
181 (const :tag
"Filter" filter
)
182 (const :tag
"Translate" t
))
186 (defvar ansi-color-apply-face-function
'ansi-color-apply-overlay-face
187 "Function for applying an Ansi Color face to text in a buffer.
188 This function should accept three arguments: BEG, END, and FACE,
189 and it should apply face FACE to the text between BEG and END.")
192 (defun ansi-color-for-comint-mode-on ()
193 "Set `ansi-color-for-comint-mode' to t."
195 (setq ansi-color-for-comint-mode t
))
197 (defun ansi-color-for-comint-mode-off ()
198 "Set `ansi-color-for-comint-mode' to nil."
200 (setq ansi-color-for-comint-mode nil
))
202 (defun ansi-color-for-comint-mode-filter ()
203 "Set `ansi-color-for-comint-mode' to symbol `filter'."
205 (setq ansi-color-for-comint-mode
'filter
))
208 (defun ansi-color-process-output (ignored)
209 "Maybe translate SGR control sequences of comint output into text properties.
211 Depending on variable `ansi-color-for-comint-mode' the comint output is
212 either not processed, SGR control sequences are filtered using
213 `ansi-color-filter-region', or SGR control sequences are translated into
214 text properties using `ansi-color-apply-on-region'.
216 The comint output is assumed to lie between the marker
217 `comint-last-output-start' and the process-mark.
219 This is a good function to put in `comint-output-filter-functions'."
220 (let ((start-marker (if (and (markerp comint-last-output-start
)
221 (eq (marker-buffer comint-last-output-start
)
223 (marker-position comint-last-output-start
))
224 comint-last-output-start
226 (end-marker (process-mark (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)))))
227 (cond ((eq ansi-color-for-comint-mode nil
))
228 ((eq ansi-color-for-comint-mode
'filter
)
229 (ansi-color-filter-region start-marker end-marker
))
231 (ansi-color-apply-on-region start-marker end-marker
)))))
233 (defalias 'ansi-color-unfontify-region
'font-lock-default-unfontify-region
)
234 (make-obsolete 'ansi-color-unfontify-region
"not needed any more" "24.1")
236 ;; Working with strings
237 (defvar ansi-color-context nil
238 "Context saved between two calls to `ansi-color-apply'.
239 This is a list of the form (CODES FRAGMENT) or nil. CODES
240 represents the state the last call to `ansi-color-apply' ended
241 with, currently a list of ansi codes, and FRAGMENT is a string
242 starting with an escape sequence, possibly the start of a new
244 (make-variable-buffer-local 'ansi-color-context
)
246 (defun ansi-color-filter-apply (string)
247 "Filter out all ANSI control sequences from STRING.
249 Every call to this function will set and use the buffer-local variable
250 `ansi-color-context' to save partial escape sequences. This information
251 will be used for the next call to `ansi-color-apply'. Set
252 `ansi-color-context' to nil if you don't want this.
254 This function can be added to `comint-preoutput-filter-functions'."
255 (let ((start 0) end result
)
256 ;; if context was saved and is a string, prepend it
257 (if (cadr ansi-color-context
)
258 (setq string
(concat (cadr ansi-color-context
) string
)
259 ansi-color-context nil
))
260 ;; find the next escape sequence
261 (while (setq end
(string-match ansi-color-regexp string start
))
262 (setq result
(concat result
(substring string start end
))
263 start
(match-end 0)))
264 ;; save context, add the remainder of the string to the result
266 (if (string-match "\033" string start
)
267 (let ((pos (match-beginning 0)))
268 (setq fragment
(substring string pos
)
269 result
(concat result
(substring string start pos
))))
270 (setq result
(concat result
(substring string start
))))
271 (setq ansi-color-context
(if fragment
(list nil fragment
))))
274 (defun ansi-color--find-face (codes)
275 "Return the face corresponding to CODES."
278 (let ((face (ansi-color-get-face-1 (pop codes
))))
279 ;; In the (default underline) face, say, the value of the
280 ;; "underline" attribute of the `default' face wins.
281 (unless (eq face
'default
)
283 ;; Avoid some long-lived conses in the common case.
288 (defun ansi-color-apply (string)
289 "Translates SGR control sequences into text properties.
290 Delete all other control sequences without processing them.
292 Applies SGR control sequences setting foreground and background colors
293 to STRING using text properties and returns the result. The colors used
294 are given in `ansi-color-faces-vector' and `ansi-color-names-vector'.
295 See function `ansi-color-apply-sequence' for details.
297 Every call to this function will set and use the buffer-local variable
298 `ansi-color-context' to save partial escape sequences and current ansi codes.
299 This information will be used for the next call to `ansi-color-apply'.
300 Set `ansi-color-context' to nil if you don't want this.
302 This function can be added to `comint-preoutput-filter-functions'."
303 (let ((codes (car ansi-color-context
))
304 (start 0) end escape-sequence result
306 ;; If context was saved and is a string, prepend it.
307 (if (cadr ansi-color-context
)
308 (setq string
(concat (cadr ansi-color-context
) string
)
309 ansi-color-context nil
))
310 ;; Find the next escape sequence.
311 (while (setq end
(string-match ansi-color-regexp string start
))
312 (setq escape-sequence
(match-string 1 string
))
313 ;; Colorize the old block from start to end using old face.
315 (put-text-property start end
'font-lock-face
(ansi-color--find-face codes
) string
))
316 (setq colorized-substring
(substring string start end
)
318 ;; Eliminate unrecognized ANSI sequences.
319 (while (string-match ansi-color-drop-regexp colorized-substring
)
320 (setq colorized-substring
321 (replace-match "" nil nil colorized-substring
)))
322 (push colorized-substring result
)
323 ;; Create new face, by applying escape sequence parameters.
324 (setq codes
(ansi-color-apply-sequence escape-sequence codes
)))
325 ;; if the rest of the string should have a face, put it there
327 (put-text-property start
(length string
) 'font-lock-face
(ansi-color--find-face codes
) string
))
328 ;; save context, add the remainder of the string to the result
330 (if (string-match "\033" string start
)
331 (let ((pos (match-beginning 0)))
332 (setq fragment
(substring string pos
))
333 (push (substring string start pos
) result
))
334 (push (substring string start
) result
))
335 (setq ansi-color-context
(if (or codes fragment
) (list codes fragment
))))
336 (apply 'concat
(nreverse result
))))
338 ;; Working with regions
340 (defvar ansi-color-context-region nil
341 "Context saved between two calls to `ansi-color-apply-on-region'.
342 This is a list of the form (CODES MARKER) or nil. CODES
343 represents the state the last call to `ansi-color-apply-on-region'
344 ended with, currently a list of ansi codes, and MARKER is a
345 buffer position within an escape sequence or the last position
347 (make-variable-buffer-local 'ansi-color-context-region
)
349 (defun ansi-color-filter-region (begin end
)
350 "Filter out all ANSI control sequences from region BEGIN to END.
352 Every call to this function will set and use the buffer-local variable
353 `ansi-color-context-region' to save position. This information will be
354 used for the next call to `ansi-color-apply-on-region'. Specifically,
355 it will override BEGIN, the start of the region. Set
356 `ansi-color-context-region' to nil if you don't want this."
357 (let ((end-marker (copy-marker end
))
358 (start (or (cadr ansi-color-context-region
) begin
)))
361 ;; Delete unrecognized escape sequences.
362 (while (re-search-forward ansi-color-drop-regexp end-marker t
)
365 ;; Delete SGR escape sequences.
366 (while (re-search-forward ansi-color-regexp end-marker t
)
368 ;; save context, add the remainder of the string to the result
369 (if (re-search-forward "\033" end-marker t
)
370 (setq ansi-color-context-region
(list nil
(match-beginning 0)))
371 (setq ansi-color-context-region nil
)))))
373 (defun ansi-color-apply-on-region (begin end
)
374 "Translates SGR control sequences into overlays or extents.
375 Delete all other control sequences without processing them.
377 SGR control sequences are applied by calling the function
378 specified by `ansi-color-apply-face-function'. The default
379 function sets foreground and background colors to the text
380 between BEGIN and END, using overlays. The colors used are given
381 in `ansi-color-faces-vector' and `ansi-color-names-vector'. See
382 `ansi-color-apply-sequence' for details.
384 Every call to this function will set and use the buffer-local
385 variable `ansi-color-context-region' to save position and current
386 ansi codes. This information will be used for the next call to
387 `ansi-color-apply-on-region'. Specifically, it will override
388 BEGIN, the start of the region and set the face with which to
389 start. Set `ansi-color-context-region' to nil if you don't want
391 (let ((codes (car ansi-color-context-region
))
392 (start-marker (or (cadr ansi-color-context-region
)
393 (copy-marker begin
)))
394 (end-marker (copy-marker end
))
396 ;; First, eliminate unrecognized ANSI control sequences.
398 (goto-char start-marker
)
399 (while (re-search-forward ansi-color-drop-regexp end-marker t
)
402 (goto-char start-marker
)
403 ;; Find the next SGR sequence.
404 (while (re-search-forward ansi-color-regexp end-marker t
)
405 ;; Colorize the old block from start to end using old face.
406 (funcall ansi-color-apply-face-function
407 start-marker
(match-beginning 0)
408 (ansi-color--find-face codes
))
409 ;; store escape sequence and new start position
410 (setq escape-sequence
(match-string 1)
411 start-marker
(copy-marker (match-end 0)))
412 ;; delete the escape sequence
414 ;; Update the list of ansi codes.
415 (setq codes
(ansi-color-apply-sequence escape-sequence codes
)))
416 ;; search for the possible start of a new escape sequence
417 (if (re-search-forward "\033" end-marker t
)
419 ;; if the rest of the region should have a face, put it there
420 (funcall ansi-color-apply-face-function
421 start-marker
(point) (ansi-color--find-face codes
))
422 ;; save codes and point
423 (setq ansi-color-context-region
424 (list codes
(copy-marker (match-beginning 0)))))
425 ;; if the rest of the region should have a face, put it there
426 (funcall ansi-color-apply-face-function
427 start-marker end-marker
(ansi-color--find-face codes
))
428 (setq ansi-color-context-region
(if codes
(list codes
)))))))
430 (defun ansi-color-apply-overlay-face (beg end face
)
431 "Make an overlay from BEG to END, and apply face FACE.
432 If FACE is nil, do nothing."
434 (ansi-color-set-extent-face
435 (ansi-color-make-extent beg end
)
438 ;; This function helps you look for overlapping overlays. This is
439 ;; useful in comint-buffers. Overlapping overlays should not happen!
440 ;; A possible cause for bugs are the markers. If you create an overlay
441 ;; up to the end of the region, then that end might coincide with the
442 ;; process-mark. As text is added BEFORE the process-mark, the overlay
443 ;; will keep growing. Therefore, as more overlays are created later on,
444 ;; there will be TWO OR MORE overlays covering the buffer at that point.
445 ;; This function helps you check your buffer for these situations.
446 ; (defun ansi-color-debug-overlays ()
448 ; (let ((pos (point-min)))
449 ; (while (< pos (point-max))
450 ; (if (<= 2 (length (overlays-at pos)))
453 ; (error "%d overlays at %d" (length (overlays-at pos)) pos))
454 ; (let (message-log-max)
455 ; (message "Reached %d." pos)))
456 ; (setq pos (next-overlay-change pos)))))
458 ;; Emacs/XEmacs compatibility layer
460 (defun ansi-color-make-face (property color
)
461 "Return a face with PROPERTY set to COLOR.
462 PROPERTY can be either symbol `foreground' or symbol `background'.
464 For Emacs, we just return the cons cell \(PROPERTY . COLOR).
465 For XEmacs, we create a temporary face and return it."
466 (if (featurep 'xemacs
)
467 (let ((face (make-face (intern (concat color
"-" (symbol-name property
)))
468 "Temporary face created by ansi-color."
470 (set-face-property face property color
)
472 (cond ((eq property
'foreground
)
473 (cons 'foreground-color color
))
474 ((eq property
'background
)
475 (cons 'background-color color
))
477 (cons property color
)))))
479 (defun ansi-color-make-extent (from to
&optional object
)
480 "Make an extent for the range [FROM, TO) in OBJECT.
482 OBJECT defaults to the current buffer. XEmacs uses `make-extent', Emacs
483 uses `make-overlay'. XEmacs can use a buffer or a string for OBJECT,
484 Emacs requires OBJECT to be a buffer."
485 (if (fboundp 'make-extent
)
486 (make-extent from to object
)
487 ;; In Emacs, the overlay might end at the process-mark in comint
488 ;; buffers. In that case, new text will be inserted before the
489 ;; process-mark, ie. inside the overlay (using insert-before-marks).
490 ;; In order to avoid this, we use the `insert-behind-hooks' overlay
491 ;; property to make sure it works.
492 (let ((overlay (make-overlay from to object
)))
493 (overlay-put overlay
'modification-hooks
'(ansi-color-freeze-overlay))
496 (defun ansi-color-freeze-overlay (overlay is-after begin end
&optional len
)
497 "Prevent OVERLAY from being extended.
498 This function can be used for the `modification-hooks' overlay
500 ;; if stuff was inserted at the end of the overlay
503 (= end
(overlay-end overlay
)))
504 ;; reset the end of the overlay
505 (move-overlay overlay
(overlay-start overlay
) begin
)))
507 (defun ansi-color-set-extent-face (extent face
)
508 "Set the `face' property of EXTENT to FACE.
509 XEmacs uses `set-extent-face', Emacs uses `overlay-put'."
510 (if (featurep 'xemacs
)
511 (set-extent-face extent face
)
512 (overlay-put extent
'face face
)))
516 (defsubst ansi-color-parse-sequence
(escape-seq)
517 "Return the list of all the parameters in ESCAPE-SEQ.
519 ESCAPE-SEQ is a SGR control sequences such as \\033[34m. The parameter
520 34 is used by `ansi-color-get-face-1' to return a face definition.
522 Returns nil only if there's no match for `ansi-color-parameter-regexp'."
525 (while (string-match ansi-color-parameter-regexp escape-seq i
)
526 (setq i
(match-end 0)
527 val
(string-to-number (match-string 1 escape-seq
) 10))
528 ;; It so happens that (string-to-number "") => 0.
532 (defun ansi-color-apply-sequence (escape-sequence codes
)
533 "Apply ESCAPE-SEQ to CODES and return the new list of codes.
535 ESCAPE-SEQ is an escape sequence parsed by `ansi-color-parse-sequence'.
537 If the new codes resulting from ESCAPE-SEQ start with 0, then the
538 old codes are discarded and the remaining new codes are
539 processed. Otherwise, for each new code: if it is 21-25 or 27-29
540 delete appropriate parameters from the list of codes; any other
541 code that makes sense is added to the list of codes. Finally,
542 the so changed list of codes is returned."
543 (let ((new-codes (ansi-color-parse-sequence escape-sequence
)))
546 (let ((new (pop new-codes
)))
554 ;; The standard says `21 doubly underlined' while
555 ;; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code claims
556 ;; `21 Bright/Bold: off or Underline: Double'.
567 (defun ansi-color-make-color-map ()
568 "Creates a vector of face definitions and returns it.
570 The index into the vector is an ANSI code. See the documentation of
571 `ansi-color-map' for an example.
573 The face definitions are based upon the variables
574 `ansi-color-faces-vector' and `ansi-color-names-vector'."
575 (let ((ansi-color-map (make-vector 50 nil
))
577 ;; miscellaneous attributes
579 (function (lambda (e)
580 (aset ansi-color-map index e
)
581 (setq index
(1+ index
)) ))
582 ansi-color-faces-vector
)
583 ;; foreground attributes
586 (function (lambda (e)
587 (aset ansi-color-map index
588 (ansi-color-make-face 'foreground
589 (if (consp e
) (car e
) e
)))
590 (setq index
(1+ index
)) ))
591 ansi-color-names-vector
)
592 ;; background attributes
595 (function (lambda (e)
596 (aset ansi-color-map index
597 (ansi-color-make-face 'background
598 (if (consp e
) (cdr e
) e
)))
599 (setq index
(1+ index
)) ))
600 ansi-color-names-vector
)
603 (defvar ansi-color-map
(ansi-color-make-color-map)
604 "A brand new color map suitable for `ansi-color-get-face'.
606 The value of this variable is usually constructed by
607 `ansi-color-make-color-map'. The values in the array are such that the
608 numbers included in an SGR control sequences point to the correct
609 foreground or background colors.
611 Example: The sequence \033[34m specifies a blue foreground. Therefore:
612 (aref ansi-color-map 34)
613 => \(foreground-color . \"blue\")")
615 (defun ansi-color-map-update (symbol value
)
616 "Update `ansi-color-map'.
618 Whenever the vectors used to construct `ansi-color-map' are changed,
619 this function is called. Therefore this function is listed as the :set
620 property of `ansi-color-faces-vector' and `ansi-color-names-vector'."
621 (set-default symbol value
)
622 (setq ansi-color-map
(ansi-color-make-color-map)))
624 (defun ansi-color-get-face-1 (ansi-code)
625 "Get face definition from `ansi-color-map'.
626 ANSI-CODE is used as an index into the vector."
628 (aref ansi-color-map ansi-code
)
629 (args-out-of-range nil
)))
631 (provide 'ansi-color
)
633 ;;; ansi-color.el ends here