lisp/emacs-lisp/generic.el

   1 ;;; generic.el --- defining simple major modes with comment and font-lock
   2 ;;
   3 ;; Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2001-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4 ;;
   5 ;; Author:  Peter Breton <pbreton@cs.umb.edu>
   6 ;; Created: Fri Sep 27 1996
   7 ;; Keywords: generic, comment, font-lock
   8 ;; Package: emacs
   9
  10 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
  11
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  16
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  24
  25 ;;; Commentary:
  26
  27 ;; INTRODUCTION:
  28 ;;
  29 ;; The macro `define-generic-mode' can be used to define small modes
  30 ;; which provide basic comment and font-lock support.  These modes are
  31 ;; intended for the many configuration files and such which are too
  32 ;; small for a "real" mode, but still have a regular syntax, comment
  33 ;; characters and the like.
  34 ;;
  35 ;; Each generic mode can define the following:
  36 ;;
  37 ;; * List of comment-characters.  The elements of this list should be
  38 ;;   either a character, a one or two character string, or a cons
  39 ;;   cell.  If the entry is a character or a string, it is added to
  40 ;;   the mode's syntax table with "comment starter" syntax.  If the
  41 ;;   entry is a cons cell, the `car' and `cdr' of the pair are
  42 ;;   considered the "comment starter" and "comment ender"
  43 ;;   respectively.  (The latter should be nil if you want comments to
  44 ;;   end at the end of the line.)  Emacs does not support comment
  45 ;;   strings of more than two characters in length.
  46 ;;
  47 ;; * List of keywords to font-lock in `font-lock-keyword-face'.
  48 ;;   Each keyword should be a string.
  49 ;;
  50 ;; * Additional expressions to font-lock.  This should be a list of
  51 ;;   expressions, each of which should be of the same form as those in
  52 ;;   `font-lock-keywords'.
  53 ;;
  54 ;; * List of regular expressions to be placed in auto-mode-alist.
  55 ;;
  56 ;; * List of functions to call to do some additional setup
  57 ;;
  58 ;; This should pretty much cover basic functionality; if you need much
  59 ;; more than this, or you find yourself writing extensive customizations,
  60 ;; perhaps you should be writing a major mode instead!
  61 ;;
  62 ;; EXAMPLE:
  63 ;;
  64 ;; You can use `define-generic-mode' like this:
  65 ;;
  66 ;;   (define-generic-mode 'foo-generic-mode
  67 ;;     (list ?%)
  68 ;;     (list "keyword")
  69 ;;     nil
  70 ;;     (list "\\.FOO\\'")
  71 ;;     (list 'foo-setup-function))
  72 ;;
  73 ;; to define a new generic-mode `foo-generic-mode', which has '%' as a
  74 ;; comment character, and "keyword" as a keyword.  When files which
  75 ;; end in '.FOO' are loaded, Emacs will go into foo-generic-mode and
  76 ;; call foo-setup-function.  You can also use the function
  77 ;; `foo-generic-mode' (which is interactive) to put a buffer into
  78 ;; foo-generic-mode.
  79 ;;
  80 ;; GOTCHAS:
  81 ;;
  82 ;; Be careful that your font-lock definitions are correct.  Getting
  83 ;; them wrong can cause Emacs to continually attempt to fontify! This
  84 ;; problem is not specific to generic-mode.
  85
  86 ;; Credit for suggestions, brainstorming, help with debugging:
  87 ;;   ACorreir@pervasive-sw.com (Alfred Correira)
  88 ;; Extensive cleanup by:
  89 ;;   Stefan Monnier (monnier+gnu/emacs@flint.cs.yale.edu)
  90
  91 ;;; Code:
  92
  93 (eval-when-compile (require 'pcase))
  94
  95 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
  96 ;; Internal Variables
  97 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
  98
  99 (define-obsolete-variable-alias 'generic-font-lock-defaults
 100   'generic-font-lock-keywords "22.1")
 101 (defvar generic-font-lock-keywords nil
 102   "Keywords for `font-lock-defaults' in a generic mode.")
 103 (make-variable-buffer-local 'generic-font-lock-keywords)
 104
 105 ;;;###autoload
 106 (defvar generic-mode-list nil
 107   "A list of mode names for `generic-mode'.
 108 Do not add entries to this list directly; use `define-generic-mode'
 109 instead (which see).")
 110
 111 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 112 ;; Functions
 113 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 114
 115 ;;;###autoload
 116 (defmacro define-generic-mode (mode comment-list keyword-list
 117                                     font-lock-list auto-mode-list
 118                                     function-list &optional docstring)
 119   "Create a new generic mode MODE.
 120
 121 MODE is the name of the command for the generic mode; don't quote it.
 122 The optional DOCSTRING is the documentation for the mode command.  If
 123 you do not supply it, `define-generic-mode' uses a default
 124 documentation string instead.
 125
 126 COMMENT-LIST is a list in which each element is either a character, a
 127 string of one or two characters, or a cons cell.  A character or a
 128 string is set up in the mode's syntax table as a \"comment starter\".
 129 If the entry is a cons cell, the `car' is set up as a \"comment
 130 starter\" and the `cdr' as a \"comment ender\".  (Use nil for the
 131 latter if you want comments to end at the end of the line.)  Note that
 132 the syntax table has limitations about what comment starters and
 133 enders are actually possible.
 134
 135 KEYWORD-LIST is a list of keywords to highlight with
 136 `font-lock-keyword-face'.  Each keyword should be a string.
 137
 138 FONT-LOCK-LIST is a list of additional expressions to highlight.  Each
 139 element of this list should have the same form as an element of
 140 `font-lock-keywords'.
 141
 142 AUTO-MODE-LIST is a list of regular expressions to add to
 143 `auto-mode-alist'.  These regular expressions are added when Emacs
 144 runs the macro expansion.
 145
 146 FUNCTION-LIST is a list of functions to call to do some additional
 147 setup.  The mode command calls these functions just before it runs the
 148 mode hook `MODE-hook'.
 149
 150 See the file generic-x.el for some examples of `define-generic-mode'."
 151   (declare (debug (sexp def-form def-form def-form form def-form
 152                         [&optional stringp] &rest [keywordp form]))
 153            (indent 1)
 154            (doc-string 7))
 155
 156   ;; Backward compatibility.
 157   (when (eq (car-safe mode) 'quote)
 158     (setq mode (eval mode)))
 159
 160   (let* ((name (symbol-name mode))
 161          (pretty-name (capitalize (replace-regexp-in-string
 162                                    "-mode\\'" "" name))))
 163
 164     `(progn
 165        ;; Add a new entry.
 166        (add-to-list 'generic-mode-list ,name)
 167
 168        ;; Add it to auto-mode-alist
 169        (dolist (re ,auto-mode-list)
 170          (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist (cons re ',mode)))
 171
 172        (defun ,mode ()
 173          ,(or docstring
 174               (concat pretty-name " mode.\n"
 175                       "This a generic mode defined with `define-generic-mode'.\n"
 176                       "It runs `" name "-hook' as the last thing it does."))
 177          (interactive)
 178          (generic-mode-internal ',mode ,comment-list ,keyword-list
 179                                 ,font-lock-list ,function-list)))))
 180
 181 ;;;###autoload
 182 (defun generic-mode-internal (mode comment-list keyword-list
 183                                    font-lock-list function-list)
 184   "Go into the generic mode MODE."
 185   (let* ((name (symbol-name mode))
 186          (pretty-name (capitalize (replace-regexp-in-string
 187                                    "-mode\\'" "" name)))
 188          (mode-hook (intern (concat name "-hook"))))
 189
 190     (kill-all-local-variables)
 191
 192     (setq major-mode mode
 193           mode-name pretty-name)
 194
 195     (generic-mode-set-comments comment-list)
 196
 197     ;; Font-lock functionality.
 198     ;; Font-lock-defaults is always set even if there are no keywords
 199     ;; or font-lock expressions, so comments can be highlighted.
 200     (setq generic-font-lock-keywords font-lock-list)
 201     (when keyword-list
 202       (push (concat "\\_<" (regexp-opt keyword-list t) "\\_>")
 203             generic-font-lock-keywords))
 204     (setq font-lock-defaults '(generic-font-lock-keywords))
 205
 206     ;; Call a list of functions
 207     (mapc 'funcall function-list)
 208
 209     (run-mode-hooks mode-hook)))
 210
 211 ;;;###autoload
 212 (defun generic-mode (mode)
 213   "Enter generic mode MODE.
 214
 215 Generic modes provide basic comment and font-lock functionality
 216 for \"generic\" files.  (Files which are too small to warrant their
 217 own mode, but have comment characters, keywords, and the like.)
 218
 219 To define a generic-mode, use the function `define-generic-mode'.
 220 Some generic modes are defined in `generic-x.el'."
 221   (interactive
 222    (list (completing-read "Generic mode: " generic-mode-list nil t)))
 223   (funcall (intern mode)))
 224
 225 ;;; Comment Functionality
 226
 227 (defun generic--normalise-comments (comment-list)
 228   (let ((normalized '()))
 229     (dolist (start comment-list)
 230       (let (end)
 231         ;; Normalize
 232         (when (consp start)
 233           (setq end (cdr start))
 234           (setq start (car start)))
 235         (when (characterp start) (setq start (char-to-string start)))
 236         (cond
 237          ((characterp end)   (setq end (char-to-string end)))
 238          ((zerop (length end)) (setq end "\n")))
 239         (push (cons start end) normalized)))
 240     (nreverse normalized)))
 241
 242 (defun generic-set-comment-syntax (st comment-list)
 243   "Set up comment functionality for generic mode."
 244   (let ((chars nil)
 245         (comstyles)
 246         (comstyle "")
 247         (comment-start nil))
 248
 249     ;; Go through all the comments.
 250     (pcase-dolist (`(,start . ,end) comment-list)
 251       (let ((comstyle
 252              ;; Reuse comstyles if necessary.
 253              (or (cdr (assoc start comstyles))
 254                  (cdr (assoc end comstyles))
 255                  ;; Otherwise, use a style not yet in use.
 256                  (if (not (rassoc "" comstyles)) "")
 257                  (if (not (rassoc "b" comstyles)) "b")
 258                  "c")))
 259        (push (cons start comstyle) comstyles)
 260        (push (cons end comstyle) comstyles)
 261
 262         ;; Setup the syntax table.
 263         (if (= (length start) 1)
 264             (modify-syntax-entry (aref start 0)
 265                                  (concat "< " comstyle) st)
 266           (let ((c0 (aref start 0)) (c1 (aref start 1)))
 267             ;; Store the relevant info but don't update yet.
 268             (push (cons c0 (concat (cdr (assoc c0 chars)) "1")) chars)
 269             (push (cons c1 (concat (cdr (assoc c1 chars))
 270                                    (concat "2" comstyle))) chars)))
 271         (if (= (length end) 1)
 272             (modify-syntax-entry (aref end 0)
 273                                  (concat ">" comstyle) st)
 274           (let ((c0 (aref end 0)) (c1 (aref end 1)))
 275             ;; Store the relevant info but don't update yet.
 276             (push (cons c0 (concat (cdr (assoc c0 chars))
 277                                    (concat "3" comstyle))) chars)
 278             (push (cons c1 (concat (cdr (assoc c1 chars)) "4")) chars)))))
 279
 280     ;; Process the chars that were part of a 2-char comment marker
 281     (with-syntax-table st               ;For `char-syntax'.
 282     (dolist (cs (nreverse chars))
 283       (modify-syntax-entry (car cs)
 284                            (concat (char-to-string (char-syntax (car cs)))
 285                                    " " (cdr cs))
 286                              st)))))
 287
 288 (defun generic-set-comment-vars (comment-list)
 289   (when comment-list
 290     (setq-local comment-start (caar comment-list))
 291     (setq-local comment-end
 292                 (let ((end (cdar comment-list)))
 293                   (if (string-equal end "\n") "" end)))
 294     (setq-local comment-start-skip
 295                 (concat (regexp-opt (mapcar #'car comment-list))
 296                         "+[ \t]*"))
 297     (setq-local comment-end-skip
 298                 (concat "[ \t]*" (regexp-opt (mapcar #'cdr comment-list))))))
 299
 300 (defun generic-mode-set-comments (comment-list)
 301   "Set up comment functionality for generic mode."
 302   (let ((st (make-syntax-table))
 303         (comment-list (generic--normalise-comments comment-list)))
 304     (generic-set-comment-syntax st comment-list)
 305     (generic-set-comment-vars comment-list)
 306     (set-syntax-table st)))
 307
 308 (defun generic-bracket-support ()
 309   "Imenu support for [KEYWORD] constructs found in INF, INI and Samba files."
 310   (setq-local imenu-generic-expression '((nil "^\\[\\(.*\\)\\]" 1)))
 311   (setq-local imenu-case-fold-search t))
 312
 313 ;;;###autoload
 314 (defun generic-make-keywords-list (keyword-list face &optional prefix suffix)
 315   "Return a `font-lock-keywords' construct that highlights KEYWORD-LIST.
 316 KEYWORD-LIST is a list of keyword strings that should be
 317 highlighted with face FACE.  This function calculates a regular
 318 expression that matches these keywords and concatenates it with
 319 PREFIX and SUFFIX.  Then it returns a construct based on this
 320 regular expression that can be used as an element of
 321 `font-lock-keywords'."
 322   (declare (obsolete regexp-opt "24.4"))
 323   (unless (listp keyword-list)
 324     (error "Keywords argument must be a list of strings"))
 325   (list (concat prefix "\\_<"
 326                 ;; Use an optimized regexp.
 327                 (regexp-opt keyword-list t)
 328                 "\\_>" suffix)
 329         1
 330         face))
 331
 332 (provide 'generic)
 333
 334 ;;; generic.el ends here