1 ;;; dired-x.el --- extra Dired functionality -*-byte-compile-dynamic: t;-*-
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
4 ;; 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 ;; Author: Sebastian Kremer <sk@thp.uni-koeln.de>
7 ;; Lawrence R. Dodd <dodd@roebling.poly.edu>
8 ;; Maintainer: Romain Francoise <rfrancoise@gnu.org>
9 ;; Keywords: dired extensions files
11 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
13 ;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
14 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
15 ;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
16 ;; (at your option) any later version.
18 ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
19 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
20 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
21 ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
23 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
24 ;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
28 ;; This is Sebastian Kremer's excellent dired-x.el (Dired Extra), version
29 ;; 1.191, hacked up for GNU Emacs. Redundant or conflicting material has
30 ;; been removed or renamed in order to work properly with dired of GNU
31 ;; Emacs. All suggestions or comments are most welcomed.
34 ;; Please, PLEASE, *PLEASE* see the info pages.
37 ;; BUGS: Type M-x dired-x-submit-report and a report will be generated.
39 ;; INSTALLATION: In your ~/.emacs,
41 ;; (add-hook 'dired-load-hook
42 ;; (function (lambda ()
44 ;; ;; Set global variables here. For example:
45 ;; ;; (setq dired-guess-shell-gnutar "gtar")
47 ;; (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook
48 ;; (function (lambda ()
49 ;; ;; Set buffer-local variables here. For example:
50 ;; ;; (dired-omit-mode 1)
53 ;; At load time dired-x.el will install itself, redefine some functions, and
54 ;; bind some dired keys. *Please* see the info pages for more details.
56 ;; *Please* see the info pages for more details.
58 ;; User defined variables:
61 ;; dired-vm-read-only-folders
65 ;; dired-x-hands-off-my-keys
67 ;; dired-enable-local-variables
68 ;; dired-local-variables-file
69 ;; dired-guess-shell-gnutar
70 ;; dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet
71 ;; dired-guess-shell-znew-switches
72 ;; dired-guess-shell-alist-user
73 ;; dired-clean-up-buffers-too
76 ;; dired-omit-extensions
77 ;; dired-omit-size-limit
79 ;; To find out more about these variables, load this file, put your cursor at
80 ;; the end of any of the variable names, and hit C-h v [RET]. *Please* see
81 ;; the info pages for more details.
83 ;; When loaded this code redefines the following functions of GNU Emacs
85 ;; Function Found in this file of GNU Emacs
86 ;; -------- -------------------------------
87 ;; dired-clean-up-after-deletion ../lisp/dired.el
88 ;; dired-find-buffer-nocreate ../lisp/dired.el
89 ;; dired-initial-position ../lisp/dired.el
91 ;; dired-add-entry ../lisp/dired-aux.el
92 ;; dired-read-shell-command ../lisp/dired-aux.el
99 ;; This is a no-op if dired-x is being loaded via `dired-load-hook'. It is
100 ;; here in case the user has autoloaded dired-x via the dired-jump key binding
101 ;; (instead of autoloading to dired as is suggested in the info-pages).
105 ;; We will redefine some functions and also need some macros so we need to
106 ;; load dired stuff of GNU Emacs.
110 (defvar vm-folder-directory
)
111 (eval-when-compile (require 'man
))
113 ;;; User-defined variables.
115 (defgroup dired-x nil
116 "Extended directory editing (dired-x)."
119 (defgroup dired-keys nil
120 "Dired keys customizations."
124 (defcustom dired-bind-vm nil
125 "*Non-nil means \"V\" runs `dired-vm', otherwise \"V\" runs `dired-rmail'.
126 Also, RMAIL files contain -*- rmail -*- at the top so \"f\",
127 `dired-advertised-find-file', will run rmail."
131 (defcustom dired-bind-jump t
132 "*Non-nil means bind `dired-jump' to C-x C-j, otherwise do not."
136 (defcustom dired-bind-man t
137 "*Non-nil means bind `dired-man' to \"N\" in dired-mode, otherwise do not."
141 (defcustom dired-bind-info t
142 "*Non-nil means bind `dired-info' to \"I\" in dired-mode, otherwise do not."
146 (defcustom dired-vm-read-only-folders nil
147 "*If non-nil, \\[dired-vm] will visit all folders read-only.
148 If neither nil nor t, e.g. the symbol `if-file-read-only', only
149 files not writable by you are visited read-only.
151 Read-only folders only work in VM 5, not in VM 4."
152 :type
'(choice (const :tag
"off" nil
)
154 (other :tag
"non-writable only" if-file-read-only
))
157 (define-minor-mode dired-omit-mode
158 "Toggle Dired-Omit mode.
159 With numeric ARG, enable Dired-Omit mode if ARG is positive, disable
160 otherwise. Enabling and disabling is buffer-local.
161 If enabled, \"uninteresting\" files are not listed.
162 Uninteresting files are those whose filenames match regexp `dired-omit-files',
163 plus those ending with extensions in `dired-omit-extensions'."
166 ;; This will mention how many lines were omitted:
167 (let ((dired-omit-size-limit nil
)) (dired-omit-expunge))
170 ;; For backward compatibility
171 (define-obsolete-variable-alias 'dired-omit-files-p
'dired-omit-mode
"22.1")
173 (defcustom dired-omit-files
"^\\.?#\\|^\\.$\\|^\\.\\.$"
174 "*Filenames matching this regexp will not be displayed.
175 This only has effect when `dired-omit-mode' is t. See interactive function
176 `dired-omit-mode' \(\\[dired-omit-mode]\) and variable
177 `dired-omit-extensions'. The default is to omit `.', `..', auto-save
178 files and lock files."
182 (defcustom dired-find-subdir nil
; t is pretty near to DWIM...
183 "*If non-nil, Dired always finds a directory in a buffer of its own.
184 If nil, Dired finds the directory as a subdirectory in some other buffer
185 if it is present as one.
187 If there are several dired buffers for a directory, the most recently
190 Dired avoids switching to the current buffer, so that if you have
191 a normal and a wildcard buffer for the same directory, \\[dired] will
192 toggle between those two."
196 (defcustom dired-omit-size-limit
30000
197 "*Maximum size for the \"omitting\" feature.
198 If nil, there is no maximum size."
199 :type
'(choice (const :tag
"no maximum" nil
) integer
)
202 (defcustom dired-enable-local-variables t
203 "*Control use of local-variables lists in Dired.
204 The value can be t, nil or something else.
205 A value of t means local-variables lists are obeyed;
206 nil means they are ignored; anything else means query.
208 This temporarily overrides the value of `enable-local-variables' when listing
209 a directory. See also `dired-local-variables-file'."
213 (defcustom dired-guess-shell-gnutar
(when (or (eq system-type
'gnu
)
214 (eq system-type
'gnu
/linux
))
216 "*If non-nil, name of GNU tar executable.
217 \(E.g., \"tar\" or \"gtar\"). The `z' switch will be used with it for
218 compressed or gzip'ed tar files. If you don't have GNU tar, set this
219 to nil: a pipe using `zcat' or `gunzip -c' will be used."
220 :type
'(choice (const :tag
"Not GNU tar" nil
)
221 (string :tag
"Command name"))
224 (defcustom dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet t
225 "*Non-nil says pass -q to gzip overriding verbose GZIP environment."
229 (defcustom dired-guess-shell-znew-switches nil
230 "*If non-nil, then string of switches passed to `znew', example: \"-K\"."
231 :type
'(choice (const :tag
"None" nil
)
232 (string :tag
"Switches"))
235 (defcustom dired-clean-up-buffers-too t
236 "*Non-nil means offer to kill buffers visiting files and dirs deleted in Dired."
242 (define-key dired-mode-map
"\M-o" 'dired-omit-mode
)
243 (define-key dired-mode-map
"*O" 'dired-mark-omitted
)
244 (define-key dired-mode-map
"\M-(" 'dired-mark-sexp
)
245 (define-key dired-mode-map
"*(" 'dired-mark-sexp
)
246 (define-key dired-mode-map
"*." 'dired-mark-extension
)
247 (define-key dired-mode-map
"\M-!" 'dired-smart-shell-command
)
248 (define-key dired-mode-map
"w" 'dired-copy-filename-as-kill
)
249 (define-key dired-mode-map
"\M-G" 'dired-goto-subdir
)
250 (define-key dired-mode-map
"F" 'dired-do-find-marked-files
)
251 (define-key dired-mode-map
"Y" 'dired-do-relsymlink
)
252 (define-key dired-mode-map
"%Y" 'dired-do-relsymlink-regexp
)
253 (define-key dired-mode-map
"V" 'dired-do-run-mail
)
256 (define-key dired-mode-map
"N" 'dired-man
))
259 (define-key dired-mode-map
"I" 'dired-info
))
263 (let ((menu-bar (lookup-key dired-mode-map
[menu-bar
])))
264 (let ((menu (lookup-key menu-bar
[operate])))
270 dired-do-find-marked-files
271 :help "Find current or marked files")
277 "Relative symlink to..."
279 :visible (fboundp 'make-symbolic-link)
280 :help "Make relative symbolic links for current or marked files")
282 (let ((menu (lookup-key menu-bar [mark])))
289 :help "Flag files with a certain extension for deletion")
297 :help "Mark files with a certain extension")
305 :help "Mark files matching `dired-omit-files' and `dired-omit-extensions'")
307 (let ((menu (lookup-key menu-bar [regexp])))
312 "Relative symlink..."
313 dired-do-relsymlink-regexp
314 :visible (fboundp 'make-symbolic-link)
315 :help "Make relative symbolic links for files matching regexp")
317 (let ((menu (lookup-key menu-bar [immediate])))
322 "Omit mode" dired-omit-mode
323 :button (:toggle . dired-omit-mode)
324 :help "Enable or disable omitting \"uninteresting\" files")
330 (define-key global-map "\C-x\C-j" 'dired-jump)
331 (define-key global-map "\C-x4\C-j" 'dired-jump-other-window)))
334 ;; Install into appropriate hooks.
336 (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'dired-extra-startup)
337 (add-hook 'dired-after-readin-hook 'dired-omit-expunge)
339 (defun dired-extra-startup ()
340 "Automatically put on `dired-mode-hook' to get extra Dired features:
342 \\[dired-do-run-mail]\t-- run mail on folder (see `dired-bind-vm')
343 \\[dired-info]\t-- run info on file
344 \\[dired-man]\t-- run man on file
345 \\[dired-do-find-marked-files]\t-- visit all marked files simultaneously
346 \\[dired-omit-mode]\t-- toggle omitting of files
347 \\[dired-mark-sexp]\t-- mark by Lisp expression
348 \\[dired-copy-filename-as-kill]\t-- copy the file or subdir names into the kill ring;
349 \t you can feed it to other commands using \\[yank]
351 For more features, see variables
357 `dired-vm-read-only-folders'
360 `dired-omit-extensions'
361 `dired-omit-size-limit'
363 `dired-enable-local-variables'
364 `dired-local-variables-file'
365 `dired-guess-shell-gnutar'
366 `dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet'
367 `dired-guess-shell-znew-switches'
368 `dired-guess-shell-alist-user'
369 `dired-clean-up-buffers-too'
373 `dired-flag-extension'
380 `dired-do-find-marked-files'"
383 ;; These must be done in each new dired buffer.
384 (dired-hack-local-variables)
385 (dired-omit-startup))
391 (defun dired-clean-up-after-deletion (fn)
392 "Clean up after a deleted file or directory FN.
393 Remove expanded subdir of deleted dir, if any."
394 (save-excursion (and (cdr dired-subdir-alist)
395 (dired-goto-subdir fn)
396 (dired-kill-subdir)))
398 ;; Offer to kill buffer of deleted file FN.
399 (if dired-clean-up-buffers-too
401 (let ((buf (get-file-buffer fn)))
403 (funcall (function y-or-n-p)
404 (format "Kill buffer of %s, too? "
405 (file-name-nondirectory fn)))
406 (save-excursion ; you never know where kill-buffer leaves you
408 (let ((buf-list (dired-buffers-for-dir (expand-file-name fn)))
411 (y-or-n-p (format "Kill dired buffer%s of %s, too? "
412 (dired-plural-s (length buf-list))
413 (file-name-nondirectory fn)))
415 (save-excursion (kill-buffer (car buf-list)))
416 (setq buf-list (cdr buf-list)))))))
421 ;;; EXTENSION MARKING FUNCTIONS.
423 ;; Mark files with some extension.
424 (defun dired-mark-extension (extension &optional marker-char)
425 "Mark all files with a certain EXTENSION for use in later commands.
426 A `.' is *not* automatically prepended to the string entered."
427 ;; EXTENSION may also be a list of extensions instead of a single one.
428 ;; Optional MARKER-CHAR is marker to use.
429 (interactive "sMarking extension: \nP")
430 (or (listp extension)
431 (setq extension (list extension)))
432 (dired-mark-files-regexp
433 (concat ".";; don't match names with nothing but an extension
435 (mapconcat 'regexp-quote extension "\\|")
439 (defun dired-flag-extension (extension)
440 "In dired, flag all files with a certain EXTENSION for deletion.
441 A `.' is *not* automatically prepended to the string entered."
442 (interactive "sFlagging extension: ")
443 (dired-mark-extension extension dired-del-marker))
445 ;; Define some unpopular file extensions. Used for cleaning and omitting.
447 (defvar dired-patch-unclean-extensions
449 "List of extensions of dispensable files created by the `patch' program.")
451 (defvar dired-tex-unclean-extensions
452 '(".toc" ".log" ".aux");; these are already in completion-ignored-extensions
453 "List of extensions of dispensable files created by TeX.")
455 (defvar dired-latex-unclean-extensions
456 '(".idx" ".lof" ".lot" ".glo")
457 "List of extensions of dispensable files created by LaTeX.")
459 (defvar dired-bibtex-unclean-extensions
461 "List of extensions of dispensable files created by BibTeX.")
463 (defvar dired-texinfo-unclean-extensions
464 '(".cp" ".cps" ".fn" ".fns" ".ky" ".kys" ".pg" ".pgs"
465 ".tp" ".tps" ".vr" ".vrs")
466 "List of extensions of dispensable files created by texinfo.")
468 (defun dired-clean-patch ()
469 "Flag dispensable files created by patch for deletion.
470 See variable `dired-patch-unclean-extensions'."
472 (dired-flag-extension dired-patch-unclean-extensions))
474 (defun dired-clean-tex ()
475 "Flag dispensable files created by [La]TeX etc. for deletion.
476 See variables `dired-tex-unclean-extensions',
477 `dired-latex-unclean-extensions', `dired-bibtex-unclean-extensions' and
478 `dired-texinfo-unclean-extensions'."
480 (dired-flag-extension (append dired-texinfo-unclean-extensions
481 dired-latex-unclean-extensions
482 dired-bibtex-unclean-extensions
483 dired-tex-unclean-extensions)))
485 (defun dired-very-clean-tex ()
486 "Flag dispensable files created by [La]TeX *and* \".dvi\" for deletion.
487 See variables `dired-texinfo-unclean-extensions',
488 `dired-latex-unclean-extensions', `dired-bibtex-unclean-extensions' and
489 `dired-texinfo-unclean-extensions'."
491 (dired-flag-extension (append dired-texinfo-unclean-extensions
492 dired-latex-unclean-extensions
493 dired-bibtex-unclean-extensions
494 dired-tex-unclean-extensions
500 (defun dired-jump (&optional other-window)
501 "Jump to dired buffer corresponding to current buffer.
502 If in a file, dired the current directory and move to file's line.
503 If in Dired already, pop up a level and goto old directory's line.
504 In case the proper dired file line cannot be found, refresh the dired
505 buffer and try again."
507 (let* ((file buffer-file-name)
508 (dir (if file (file-name-directory file) default-directory)))
509 (if (eq major-mode 'dired-mode)
511 (setq dir (dired-current-directory))
512 (dired-up-directory other-window)
513 (or (dired-goto-file dir)
514 ;; refresh and try again
516 (dired-insert-subdir (file-name-directory dir))
517 (dired-goto-file dir))))
519 (dired-other-window dir)
522 (or (dired-goto-file file)
523 ;; refresh and try again
525 (dired-insert-subdir (file-name-directory file))
526 (dired-goto-file file))
527 ;; Toggle omitting, if it is on, and try again.
531 (dired-goto-file file))))))))
533 (defun dired-jump-other-window ()
534 "Like \\[dired-jump] (`dired-jump') but in other window."
540 ;; Enhanced omitting of lines from directory listings.
541 ;; Marked files are never omitted.
543 ;; should probably get rid of this and always use 'no-dir.
544 ;; sk 28-Aug-1991 09:37
545 (defvar dired-omit-localp 'no-dir
546 "The LOCALP argument `dired-omit-expunge' passes to `dired-get-filename'.
547 If it is `no-dir', omitting is much faster, but you can only match
548 against the non-directory part of the file name. Set it to nil if you
549 need to match the entire file name.")
551 ;; \017=^O for Omit - other packages can chose other control characters.
552 (defvar dired-omit-marker-char ?\017
553 "Temporary marker used by dired-omit.
554 Should never be used as marker by the user or other packages.")
556 (defun dired-omit-startup ()
557 (or (assq 'dired-omit-mode minor-mode-alist)
558 (setq minor-mode-alist
559 (append '((dired-omit-mode
560 (:eval (if (eq major-mode 'dired-mode)
564 (defun dired-mark-omitted ()
565 "Mark files matching `dired-omit-files' and `dired-omit-extensions'."
567 (let ((dired-omit-mode nil)) (revert-buffer)) ;; Show omitted files
568 (dired-mark-unmarked-files (dired-omit-regexp) nil nil dired-omit-localp))
570 (defvar dired-omit-extensions
571 (append completion-ignored-extensions
572 dired-latex-unclean-extensions
573 dired-bibtex-unclean-extensions
574 dired-texinfo-unclean-extensions)
575 "If non-nil, a list of extensions \(strings\) to omit from Dired listings.
576 Defaults to elements of `completion-ignored-extensions',
577 `dired-latex-unclean-extensions', `dired-bibtex-unclean-extensions', and
578 `dired-texinfo-unclean-extensions'.
580 See interactive function `dired-omit-mode' \(\\[dired-omit-mode]\) and
581 variables `dired-omit-mode' and `dired-omit-files'.")
583 (defun dired-omit-expunge (&optional regexp)
584 "Erases all unmarked files matching REGEXP.
585 Does nothing if global variable `dired-omit-mode' is nil, or if called
586 non-interactively and buffer is bigger than `dired-omit-size-limit'.
587 If REGEXP is nil or not specified, uses `dired-omit-files', and also omits
588 filenames ending in `dired-omit-extensions'.
589 If REGEXP is the empty string, this function is a no-op.
591 This functions works by temporarily binding `dired-marker-char' to
592 `dired-omit-marker-char' and calling `dired-do-kill-lines'."
593 (interactive "sOmit files (regexp): ")
594 (if (and dired-omit-mode
596 (not dired-omit-size-limit)
597 (< (buffer-size) dired-omit-size-limit)
599 (message "Not omitting: directory larger than %d characters."
600 dired-omit-size-limit)
601 (setq dired-omit-mode nil)
603 (let ((omit-re (or regexp (dired-omit-regexp)))
604 (old-modified-p (buffer-modified-p))
606 (or (string= omit-re "")
607 (let ((dired-marker-char dired-omit-marker-char))
608 (message "Omitting...")
609 (if (dired-mark-unmarked-files omit-re nil nil dired-omit-localp)
611 (setq count (dired-do-kill-lines nil "Omitted %d line%s."))
612 (force-mode-line-update))
613 (message "(Nothing to omit)"))))
614 ;; Try to preserve modified state of buffer. So `%*' doesn't appear
615 ;; in mode-line of omitted buffers.
616 (set-buffer-modified-p (and old-modified-p
618 (goto-char (point-min))
619 (re-search-forward dired-re-mark nil t))))
622 (defun dired-omit-regexp ()
623 (concat (if dired-omit-files (concat "\\(" dired-omit-files "\\)") "")
624 (if (and dired-omit-files dired-omit-extensions) "\\|" "")
625 (if dired-omit-extensions
626 (concat ".";; a non-extension part should exist
628 (mapconcat 'regexp-quote dired-omit-extensions "\\|")
632 ;; Returns t if any work was done, nil otherwise.
633 (defun dired-mark-unmarked-files (regexp msg &optional unflag-p localp)
634 "Mark unmarked files matching REGEXP, displaying MSG.
635 REGEXP is matched against the entire file name.
636 Does not re-mark files which already have a mark.
637 With prefix argument, unflag all those files.
638 Optional fourth argument LOCALP is as in `dired-get-filename'."
640 (let ((dired-marker-char (if unflag-p ?\s dired-marker-char)))
643 ;; not already marked
646 (let ((fn (dired-get-filename localp t)))
647 (and fn (string-match regexp fn))))
650 ;; Compiler does not get fset.
651 (declare-function dired-omit-old-add-entry "dired-x")
654 ;; Redefine dired-aux.el's version of `dired-add-entry'
655 ;; Save old defun if not already done:
656 (or (fboundp 'dired-omit-old-add-entry)
657 (fset 'dired-omit-old-add-entry (symbol-function 'dired-add-entry)))
660 (defun dired-omit-new-add-entry (filename &optional marker-char relative)
661 ;; This redefines dired-aux.el's dired-add-entry to avoid calling ls for
662 ;; files that are going to be omitted anyway.
664 ;; perhaps return t without calling ls
665 (let ((omit-re (dired-omit-regexp)))
666 (if (or (string= omit-re "")
668 (string-match omit-re
670 ((eq 'no-dir dired-omit-localp)
672 ((eq t dired-omit-localp)
673 (dired-make-relative filename))
677 (file-name-directory filename)))))))
678 ;; if it didn't match, go ahead and add the entry
679 (dired-omit-old-add-entry filename marker-char relative)
680 ;; dired-add-entry returns t for success, perhaps we should
681 ;; return file-exists-p
683 ;; omitting is not turned on at all
684 (dired-omit-old-add-entry filename marker-char relative)))
687 (fset 'dired-add-entry 'dired-omit-new-add-entry)
690 ;;; VIRTUAL DIRED MODE.
692 ;; For browsing `ls -lR' listings in a dired-like fashion.
694 (defalias 'virtual-dired 'dired-virtual)
695 (defun dired-virtual (dirname &optional switches)
696 "Put this buffer into Virtual Dired mode.
698 In Virtual Dired mode, all commands that do not actually consult the
699 filesystem will work.
701 This is useful if you want to peruse and move around in an ls -lR
702 output file, for example one you got from an ftp server. With
703 ange-ftp, you can even dired a directory containing an ls-lR file,
704 visit that file and turn on virtual dired mode. But don't try to save
705 this file, as dired-virtual indents the listing and thus changes the
708 If you have save a Dired buffer in a file you can use \\[dired-virtual] to
709 resume it in a later session.
711 Type \\<dired-mode-map>\\[revert-buffer] \
712 in the Virtual Dired buffer and answer `y' to convert
713 the virtual to a real dired buffer again. You don't have to do this, though:
714 you can relist single subdirs using \\[dired-do-redisplay]."
716 ;; DIRNAME is the top level directory of the buffer. It will become
717 ;; its `default-directory'. If nil, the old value of
718 ;; default-directory is used.
720 ;; Optional SWITCHES are the ls switches to use.
722 ;; Shell wildcards will be used if there already is a `wildcard'
723 ;; line in the buffer (thus it is a saved Dired buffer), but there
724 ;; is no other way to get wildcards. Insert a `wildcard' line by
725 ;; hand if you want them.
728 (list (read-string "Virtual Dired directory: " (dired-virtual-guess-dir))))
729 (goto-char (point-min))
731 ;; if not already indented, do it now:
732 (indent-region (point-min) (point-max) 2))
733 (or dirname (setq dirname default-directory))
734 (setq dirname (expand-file-name (file-name-as-directory dirname)))
735 (setq default-directory dirname) ; contains no wildcards
736 (let ((wildcard (save-excursion
737 (goto-char (point-min))
739 (and (looking-at "^ wildcard ")
740 (buffer-substring (match-end 0)
741 (progn (end-of-line) (point)))))))
743 (setq dirname (expand-file-name wildcard default-directory))))
744 ;; If raw ls listing (not a saved old dired buffer), give it a
745 ;; decent subdir headerline:
746 (goto-char (point-min))
747 (or (looking-at dired-subdir-regexp)
749 (directory-file-name (file-name-directory default-directory))
751 (dired-mode dirname (or switches dired-listing-switches))
752 (setq mode-name "Virtual Dired"
753 revert-buffer-function 'dired-virtual-revert)
754 (set (make-local-variable 'dired-subdir-alist) nil)
755 (dired-build-subdir-alist)
756 (goto-char (point-min))
757 (dired-initial-position dirname))
759 (defun dired-virtual-guess-dir ()
760 "Guess and return appropriate working directory of this buffer.
761 The buffer is assumed to be in Dired or ls -lR format. The guess is
762 based upon buffer contents. If nothing could be guessed, returns
765 (let ((regexp "^\\( \\)?\\([^ \n\r]*\\)\\(:\\)[\n\r]")
767 (goto-char (point-min))
768 (cond ((looking-at regexp)
769 ;; If a saved dired buffer, look to which dir and
770 ;; perhaps wildcard it belongs:
771 (let ((dir (buffer-substring (match-beginning subexpr)
772 (match-end subexpr))))
773 (file-name-as-directory dir)))
774 ;; Else no match for headerline found. It's a raw ls listing.
775 ;; In raw ls listings the directory does not have a headerline
776 ;; try parent of first subdir, if any
777 ((re-search-forward regexp nil t)
780 (file-name-as-directory
781 (buffer-substring (match-beginning subexpr)
782 (match-end subexpr))))))
783 (t ; if all else fails
787 (defun dired-virtual-revert (&optional arg noconfirm)
789 (y-or-n-p "Cannot revert a Virtual Dired buffer - switch to Real Dired mode? "))
790 (error "Cannot revert a Virtual Dired buffer")
791 (setq mode-name "Dired"
792 revert-buffer-function 'dired-revert)
795 ;; A zero-arg version of dired-virtual.
796 (defun dired-virtual-mode ()
797 "Put current buffer into Virtual Dired mode (see `dired-virtual').
798 Useful on `magic-mode-alist' with the regexp
800 \"^ \\\\(/[^ /]+\\\\)+/?:$\"
802 to put saved dired buffers automatically into Virtual Dired mode.
804 Also useful for `auto-mode-alist' like this:
806 (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist
807 '(\"[^/]\\\\.dired\\\\'\" . dired-virtual-mode))"
809 (dired-virtual (dired-virtual-guess-dir)))
814 ;; An Emacs buffer can have but one working directory, stored in the
815 ;; buffer-local variable `default-directory'. A Dired buffer may have
816 ;; several subdirectories inserted, but still has but one working directory:
817 ;; that of the top level Dired directory in that buffer. For some commands
818 ;; it is appropriate that they use the current Dired directory instead of
819 ;; `default-directory', e.g., `find-file' and `compile'. This is a general
820 ;; mechanism is provided for special handling of the working directory in
821 ;; special major modes.
823 ;; It's easier to add to this alist than redefine function
824 ;; default-directory while keeping the old information.
825 (defconst default-directory-alist
826 '((dired-mode . (if (fboundp 'dired-current-directory)
827 (dired-current-directory)
829 "Alist of major modes and their opinion on `default-directory'.
830 This is given as a Lisp expression to evaluate. A resulting value of
831 nil is ignored in favor of `default-directory'.")
833 (defun dired-default-directory ()
834 "Usage like variable `default-directory'.
835 Knows about the special cases in variable `default-directory-alist'."
836 (or (eval (cdr (assq major-mode default-directory-alist)))
839 (defun dired-smart-shell-command (command &optional output-buffer error-buffer)
840 "Like function `shell-command', but in the current Virtual Dired directory."
843 (minibuffer-with-setup-hook
845 (set (make-local-variable 'minibuffer-default-add-function)
846 'minibuffer-default-add-shell-commands))
847 (read-shell-command "Shell command: " nil nil
849 (buffer-file-name (file-relative-name buffer-file-name))
850 ((eq major-mode 'dired-mode) (dired-get-filename t t)))))
852 shell-command-default-error-buffer))
853 (let ((default-directory (dired-default-directory)))
854 (shell-command command output-buffer error-buffer)))
857 ;;; LOCAL VARIABLES FOR DIRED BUFFERS.
859 ;; Brief Description:
861 ;; * `dired-extra-startup' is part of the `dired-mode-hook'.
863 ;; * `dired-extra-startup' calls `dired-hack-local-variables'
865 ;; * `dired-hack-local-variables' checks the value of
866 ;;; `dired-local-variables-file'
868 ;; * Check if `dired-local-variables-file' is a non-nil string and is a
869 ;;; filename found in the directory of the Dired Buffer being created.
871 ;; * If `dired-local-variables-file' satisfies the above, then temporarily
872 ;;; include it in the Dired Buffer at the bottom.
874 ;; * Set `enable-local-variables' temporarily to the user variable
875 ;;; `dired-enable-local-variables' and run `hack-local-variables' on the
878 (defvar dired-local-variables-file (convert-standard-filename ".dired")
879 "Filename, as string, containing local dired buffer variables to be hacked.
880 If this file found in current directory, then it will be inserted into dired
881 buffer and `hack-local-variables' will be run. See Info node
882 `(emacs)File Variables' for more information on local variables.
883 See also `dired-enable-local-variables'.")
885 (defun dired-hack-local-variables ()
886 "Evaluate local variables in `dired-local-variables-file' for dired buffer."
887 (if (and dired-local-variables-file
888 (stringp dired-local-variables-file)
889 (file-exists-p dired-local-variables-file))
890 (let ((opoint (point-max))
892 ;; In case user has `enable-local-variables' set to nil we
893 ;; override it locally with dired's variable.
894 (enable-local-variables dired-enable-local-variables))
899 (insert-file-contents dired-local-variables-file))
901 (let ((buffer-file-name dired-local-variables-file))
902 (hack-local-variables))
903 ;; Make sure that the modeline shows the proper information.
904 (dired-sort-set-modeline)
905 ;; Delete this stuff: `eobp' is used to find last subdir by dired.el.
906 (delete-region opoint (point-max)))))
908 (defun dired-omit-here-always ()
909 "Create `dired-local-variables-file' for omitting and reverts directory.
910 Sets `dired-omit-mode' to t in a local variables file that is readable by
913 (if (file-exists-p dired-local-variables-file)
914 (message "File `./%s' already exists." dired-local-variables-file)
916 ;; Create `dired-local-variables-file'.
917 (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create " *dot-dired*")
919 (insert "Local Variables:\ndired-omit-mode: t\nEnd:\n")
920 (write-file dired-local-variables-file)
921 (kill-buffer (current-buffer)))
923 ;; Run extra-hooks and revert directory.
924 (dired-extra-startup)
928 ;;; GUESS SHELL COMMAND.
930 ;; Brief Description:
932 ;; `dired-do-shell-command' is bound to `!' by dired.el.
934 ;; * Redefine `dired-read-shell-command' so it calls
935 ;;; `dired-guess-shell-command'.
937 ;; * `dired-guess-shell-command' calls `dired-guess-default' with list of
940 ;; * Parse `dired-guess-shell-alist-user' and
941 ;;; `dired-guess-shell-alist-default' (in that order) for the first REGEXP
942 ;;; that matches the first file in the file list.
944 ;; * If the REGEXP matches all the entries of the file list then evaluate
945 ;;; COMMAND, which is either a string or a Lisp expression returning a
946 ;;; string. COMMAND may be a list of commands.
948 ;; * Return this command to `dired-guess-shell-command' which prompts user
949 ;;; with it. The list of commands is put into the list of default values.
950 ;;; If a command is used successfully then it is stored permanently in
951 ;;; `dired-shell-command-history'.
953 ;; Guess what shell command to apply to a file.
954 (defvar dired-shell-command-history nil
955 "History list for commands that read dired-shell commands.")
957 ;; Default list of shell commands.
959 ;; NOTE: Use `gunzip -c' instead of `zcat' on `.gz' files. Some do not
960 ;; install GNU zip's version of zcat.
962 (defvar dired-guess-shell-alist-default
965 '(if dired-guess-shell-gnutar
966 (concat dired-guess-shell-gnutar " xvf")
968 ;; Extract files into a separate subdirectory
969 '(if dired-guess-shell-gnutar
970 (concat "mkdir " (file-name-sans-extension file)
971 "; " dired-guess-shell-gnutar " -C "
972 (file-name-sans-extension file) " -xvf")
973 (concat "mkdir " (file-name-sans-extension file)
974 "; tar -C " (file-name-sans-extension file) " -xvf"))
975 ;; List archive contents.
976 '(if dired-guess-shell-gnutar
977 (concat dired-guess-shell-gnutar " tvf")
980 ;; REGEXPS for compressed archives must come before the .Z rule to
984 '(if dired-guess-shell-gnutar
985 (concat dired-guess-shell-gnutar " zxvf")
986 (concat "zcat * | tar xvf -"))
987 ;; Optional conversion to gzip format.
988 '(concat "znew" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")
989 " " dired-guess-shell-znew-switches))
992 (list "\\.t\\(ar\\.\\)?gz$"
993 '(if dired-guess-shell-gnutar
994 (concat dired-guess-shell-gnutar " zxvf")
995 (concat "gunzip -qc * | tar xvf -"))
996 ;; Extract files into a separate subdirectory
997 '(if dired-guess-shell-gnutar
998 (concat "mkdir " (file-name-sans-extension file)
999 "; " dired-guess-shell-gnutar " -C "
1000 (file-name-sans-extension file) " -zxvf")
1001 (concat "mkdir " (file-name-sans-extension file)
1002 "; gunzip -qc * | tar -C "
1003 (file-name-sans-extension file) " -xvf -"))
1004 ;; Optional decompression.
1005 '(concat "gunzip" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q" ""))
1006 ;; List archive contents.
1007 '(if dired-guess-shell-gnutar
1008 (concat dired-guess-shell-gnutar " ztvf")
1009 (concat "gunzip -qc * | tar tvf -")))
1011 ;; bzip2'ed archives
1012 (list "\\.t\\(ar\\.bz2\\|bz\\)$"
1013 "bunzip2 -c * | tar xvf -"
1014 ;; Extract files into a separate subdirectory
1015 '(concat "mkdir " (file-name-sans-extension file)
1016 "; bunzip2 -c * | tar -C "
1017 (file-name-sans-extension file) " -xvf -")
1018 ;; Optional decompression.
1021 '("\\.shar\\.Z$" "zcat * | unshar")
1022 '("\\.shar\\.g?z$" "gunzip -qc * | unshar")
1024 '("\\.e?ps$" "ghostview" "xloadimage" "lpr")
1025 (list "\\.e?ps\\.g?z$" "gunzip -qc * | ghostview -"
1026 ;; Optional decompression.
1027 '(concat "gunzip" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")))
1028 (list "\\.e?ps\\.Z$" "zcat * | ghostview -"
1029 ;; Optional conversion to gzip format.
1030 '(concat "znew" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")
1031 " " dired-guess-shell-znew-switches))
1033 '("\\.patch$" "cat * | patch")
1034 (list "\\.patch\\.g?z$" "gunzip -qc * | patch"
1035 ;; Optional decompression.
1036 '(concat "gunzip" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")))
1037 (list "\\.patch\\.Z$" "zcat * | patch"
1038 ;; Optional conversion to gzip format.
1039 '(concat "znew" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")
1040 " " dired-guess-shell-znew-switches))
1042 ;; The following four extensions are useful with dired-man ("N" key)
1043 (list "\\.\\(?:[0-9]\\|man\\)$" '(progn (require 'man)
1044 (if (Man-support-local-filenames)
1046 "cat * | tbl | nroff -man -h")))
1047 (list "\\.\\(?:[0-9]\\|man\\)\\.g?z$" '(progn (require 'man)
1048 (if (Man-support-local-filenames)
1050 "gunzip -qc * | tbl | nroff -man -h"))
1051 ;; Optional decompression.
1052 '(concat "gunzip" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")))
1053 (list "\\.[0-9]\\.Z$" '(progn (require 'man)
1054 (if (Man-support-local-filenames)
1056 "zcat * | tbl | nroff -man -h"))
1057 ;; Optional conversion to gzip format.
1058 '(concat "znew" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")
1059 " " dired-guess-shell-znew-switches))
1060 '("\\.pod$" "perldoc" "pod2man * | nroff -man")
1062 '("\\.dvi$" "xdvi" "dvips") ; preview and printing
1063 '("\\.au$" "play") ; play Sun audiofiles
1064 '("\\.mpe?g$\\|\\.avi$" "xine -p")
1065 '("\\.ogg$" "ogg123")
1066 '("\\.mp3$" "mpg123")
1068 '("\\.uu$" "uudecode") ; for uudecoded files
1069 '("\\.hqx$" "mcvert")
1070 '("\\.sh$" "sh") ; execute shell scripts
1071 '("\\.xbm$" "bitmap") ; view X11 bitmaps
1072 '("\\.gp$" "gnuplot")
1073 '("\\.p[bgpn]m$" "xloadimage")
1074 '("\\.gif$" "xloadimage") ; view gif pictures
1075 '("\\.tif$" "xloadimage")
1076 '("\\.png$" "display") ; xloadimage 4.1 doesn't grok PNG
1077 '("\\.jpe?g$" "xloadimage")
1078 '("\\.fig$" "xfig") ; edit fig pictures
1079 '("\\.out$" "xgraph") ; for plotting purposes.
1080 '("\\.tex$" "latex" "tex")
1081 '("\\.texi\\(nfo\\)?$" "makeinfo" "texi2dvi")
1083 '("\\.doc$" "antiword" "strings")
1084 '("\\.rpm$" "rpm -qilp" "rpm -ivh")
1088 ;; Some other popular archivers.
1089 (list "\\.zip$" "unzip" "unzip -l"
1090 ;; Extract files into a separate subdirectory
1091 '(concat "unzip" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")
1092 " -d " (file-name-sans-extension file)))
1093 '("\\.zoo$" "zoo x//")
1094 '("\\.lzh$" "lharc x")
1095 '("\\.arc$" "arc x")
1096 '("\\.shar$" "unshar")
1099 (list "\\.g?z$" '(concat "gunzip" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")))
1100 (list "\\.dz$" "dictunzip")
1101 (list "\\.bz2$" "bunzip2")
1102 (list "\\.Z$" "uncompress"
1103 ;; Optional conversion to gzip format.
1104 '(concat "znew" (if dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet " -q")
1105 " " dired-guess-shell-znew-switches))
1107 '("\\.sign?$" "gpg --verify"))
1109 "Default alist used for shell command guessing.
1110 See `dired-guess-shell-alist-user'.")
1112 (defcustom dired-guess-shell-alist-user nil
1113 "User-defined alist of rules for suggested commands.
1114 These rules take precedence over the predefined rules in the variable
1115 `dired-guess-shell-alist-default' (to which they are prepended).
1117 Each element of this list looks like
1119 \(REGEXP COMMAND...\)
1121 where each COMMAND can either be a string or a Lisp expression that evaluates
1122 to a string. If several COMMANDs are given, the first one will be the default
1123 and the rest will be added temporarily to the history and can be retrieved
1124 with \\[previous-history-element] (M-p) .
1126 The variable `dired-guess-shell-case-fold-search' controls whether
1127 REGEXP is matched case-sensitively.
1129 You can set this variable in your ~/.emacs. For example, to add rules for
1130 `.foo' and `.bar' files, write
1132 \(setq dired-guess-shell-alist-user
1133 (list (list \"\\\\.foo\\\\'\" \"FOO-COMMAND\");; fixed rule
1134 ;; possibly more rules ...
1135 (list \"\\\\.bar\\\'\";; rule with condition test
1138 \"BAR-COMMAND-2\")))\)"
1140 :type '(alist :key-type regexp :value-type (repeat sexp)))
1142 (defcustom dired-guess-shell-case-fold-search t
1143 "If non-nil, `dired-guess-shell-alist-default' and
1144 `dired-guess-shell-alist-user' are matched case-insensitively."
1148 (defun dired-guess-default (files)
1149 "Guess a shell commands for FILES. Return command or list of commands.
1150 See `dired-guess-shell-alist-user'."
1152 (let* ((case-fold-search dired-guess-shell-case-fold-search)
1153 ;; Prepend the user's alist to the default alist.
1154 (alist (append dired-guess-shell-alist-user
1155 dired-guess-shell-alist-default))
1160 ;; Find the first match in the alist for first file in FILES.
1162 (setq elt (car alist)
1165 (if (string-match regexp file)
1166 (setq cmds (cdr elt)
1169 ;; If more than one file, see if all of FILES match regular expression.
1171 (string-match regexp (car flist)))
1172 (setq flist (cdr flist)))
1174 ;; If flist is still non-nil, then do not guess since this means that not
1175 ;; all the files in FILES were matched by the regexp.
1176 (setq cmds (and (not flist) cmds))
1178 ;; Return commands or nil if flist is still non-nil.
1179 ;; Evaluate the commands in order that any logical testing will be done.
1180 (cond ((not (cdr cmds))
1181 (eval (car cmds))) ; single command
1183 (mapcar (function eval) cmds)))))
1185 (defun dired-guess-shell-command (prompt files)
1186 "Ask user with PROMPT for a shell command, guessing a default from FILES."
1187 (let ((default (dired-guess-default files))
1191 (read-from-minibuffer prompt nil nil nil 'dired-shell-command-history)
1193 ;; More than one guess
1194 (setq default-list default
1195 default (car default)
1198 (format "{%d guesses} " (length default-list))))
1200 (setq default-list (list default)))
1201 ;; Put the first guess in the prompt but not in the initial value.
1202 (setq prompt (concat prompt (format "[%s] " default)))
1203 ;; All guesses can be retrieved with M-n
1204 (setq val (read-from-minibuffer prompt nil nil nil
1205 'dired-shell-command-history
1207 ;; If we got a return, then return default.
1208 (if (equal val "") default val))))
1211 ;; Redefine dired-aux.el's version:
1212 (defun dired-read-shell-command (prompt arg files)
1213 "Read a dired shell command prompting with PROMPT (using read-string).
1214 ARG is the prefix arg and may be used to indicate in the prompt which
1216 This is an extra function so that you can redefine it."
1219 'dired-guess-shell-command
1220 (format prompt (dired-mark-prompt arg files)) ; PROMPT
1224 ;;; RELATIVE SYMBOLIC LINKS.
1226 (declare-function make-symbolic-link "fileio.c")
1228 (defvar dired-keep-marker-relsymlink ?S
1229 "See variable `dired-keep-marker-move'.")
1231 (defun dired-make-relative-symlink (file1 file2 &optional ok-if-already-exists)
1232 "Make a symbolic link (pointing to FILE1) in FILE2.
1233 The link is relative (if possible), for example
1235 \"/vol/tex/bin/foo\" \"/vol/local/bin/foo\"
1239 \"../../tex/bin/foo\" \"/vol/local/bin/foo\""
1240 (interactive "FRelSymLink: \nFRelSymLink %s: \np")
1241 (let (name1 name2 len1 len2 (index 0) sub)
1242 (setq file1 (expand-file-name file1)
1243 file2 (expand-file-name file2)
1245 len2 (length file2))
1246 ;; Find common initial file name components:
1248 (while (and (setq next (string-match "/" file1 index))
1249 (setq next (1+ next))
1250 (< next (min len1 len2))
1251 ;; For the comparison, both substrings must end in
1252 ;; `/', so NEXT is *one plus* the result of the
1254 ;; E.g., consider the case of linking "/tmp/a/abc"
1255 ;; to "/tmp/abc" erroneously giving "/tmp/a" instead
1256 ;; of "/tmp/" as common initial component
1257 (string-equal (substring file1 0 next)
1258 (substring file2 0 next)))
1261 sub (substring file1 0 index)
1262 name1 (substring file1 index)))
1263 (if (string-equal sub "/")
1264 ;; No common initial file name found
1266 ;; Else they have a common parent directory
1267 (let ((tem (substring file2 index))
1270 ;; Count number of slashes we must compensate for ...
1271 (while (setq start (string-match "/" tem start))
1272 (setq count (1+ count)
1274 ;; ... and prepend a "../" for each slash found:
1276 (setq count (1- count)
1277 name1 (concat "../" name1)))))
1279 (directory-file-name name1) ; must not link to foo/
1281 name2 ok-if-already-exists)))
1284 (defun dired-do-relsymlink (&optional arg)
1285 "Relative symlink all marked (or next ARG) files into a directory.
1286 Otherwise make a relative symbolic link to the current file.
1287 This creates relative symbolic links like
1291 not absolute ones like
1293 foo -> /ugly/file/name/that/may/change/any/day/bar/foo
1295 For absolute symlinks, use \\[dired-do-symlink]."
1297 (dired-do-create-files 'relsymlink (function dired-make-relative-symlink)
1298 "RelSymLink" arg dired-keep-marker-relsymlink))
1300 (defun dired-do-relsymlink-regexp (regexp newname &optional arg whole-name)
1301 "RelSymlink all marked files containing REGEXP to NEWNAME.
1302 See functions `dired-do-rename-regexp' and `dired-do-relsymlink'
1304 (interactive (dired-mark-read-regexp "RelSymLink"))
1305 (dired-do-create-files-regexp
1306 (function dired-make-relative-symlink)
1307 "RelSymLink" arg regexp newname whole-name dired-keep-marker-relsymlink))
1310 ;;; VISIT ALL MARKED FILES SIMULTANEOUSLY.
1312 ;; Brief Description:
1314 ;; `dired-do-find-marked-files' is bound to `F' by dired-x.el.
1316 ;; * Use `dired-get-marked-files' to collect the marked files in the current
1317 ;;; Dired Buffer into a list of filenames `FILE-LIST'.
1319 ;; * Pass FILE-LIST to `dired-simultaneous-find-file' all with
1320 ;;; `dired-do-find-marked-files''s prefix argument NOSELECT.
1322 ;; * `dired-simultaneous-find-file' runs through FILE-LIST decrementing the
1325 ;; * If NOSELECT is non-nil then just run `find-file-noselect' on each
1326 ;;; element of FILE-LIST.
1328 ;; * If NOSELECT is nil then calculate the `size' of the window for each file
1329 ;;; by dividing the `window-height' by length of FILE-LIST. Thus, `size' is
1330 ;;; cognizant of the window-configuration.
1332 ;; * If `size' is too small abort, otherwise run `find-file' on each element
1333 ;;; of FILE-LIST giving each a window of height `size'.
1335 (defun dired-do-find-marked-files (&optional noselect)
1336 "Find all marked files displaying all of them simultaneously.
1337 With optional NOSELECT just find files but do not select them.
1339 The current window is split across all files marked, as evenly as possible.
1340 Remaining lines go to bottom-most window. The number of files that can be
1341 displayed this way is restricted by the height of the current window and
1342 `window-min-height'.
1344 To keep dired buffer displayed, type \\[split-window-vertically] first.
1345 To display just marked files, type \\[delete-other-windows] first."
1348 (dired-simultaneous-find-file (dired-get-marked-files) noselect))
1350 (defun dired-simultaneous-find-file (file-list noselect)
1352 "Visit all files in FILE-LIST and display them simultaneously.
1353 The current window is split across all files in FILE-LIST, as evenly as
1354 possible. Remaining lines go to the bottom-most window. The number of
1355 files that can be displayed this way is restricted by the height of the
1356 current window and the variable `window-min-height'. With non-nil
1357 NOSELECT the files are merely found but not selected."
1359 ;; We don't make this function interactive because it is usually too clumsy
1360 ;; to specify FILE-LIST interactively unless via dired.
1365 ;; Do not select the buffer.
1366 (find-file-noselect (car file-list))
1368 ;; We will have to select the buffer. Calculate and check window size.
1369 (setq size (/ (window-height) (length file-list)))
1370 (or (<= window-min-height size)
1371 (error "Too many files to visit simultaneously. Try C-u prefix"))
1372 (find-file (car file-list)))
1375 (setq file-list (cdr file-list))
1380 ;; Do not select the buffer.
1381 (find-file-noselect (car file-list))
1383 ;; Vertically split off a window of desired size. Upper window will
1384 ;; have SIZE lines. Select lower (larger) window. We split it again.
1385 (select-window (split-window nil size))
1386 (find-file (car file-list)))
1389 (setq file-list (cdr file-list)))))
1392 ;;; MISCELLANEOUS COMMANDS.
1394 ;; Run man on files.
1397 "Run man on this file. Display old buffer if buffer name matches filename.
1398 Uses `man.el' of \\[manual-entry] fame."
1401 (let* ((file (dired-get-filename))
1402 (manual-program (replace-regexp-in-string "\\*" "%s"
1403 (dired-guess-shell-command
1404 "Man command: " (list file)))))
1405 (Man-getpage-in-background file)))
1407 ;; Run Info on files.
1409 (defun dired-info ()
1410 "Run info on this file."
1412 (info (dired-get-filename)))
1414 ;; Run mail on mail folders.
1416 ;; Avoid compiler warning.
1418 (when (not (fboundp 'vm-visit-folder))
1419 (defun vm-visit-folder (file &optional arg)
1422 (defun dired-vm (&optional read-only)
1423 "Run VM on this file.
1424 With prefix arg, visit folder read-only (this requires at least VM 5).
1425 See also variable `dired-vm-read-only-folders'."
1427 (let ((dir (dired-current-directory))
1428 (fil (dired-get-filename)))
1429 ;; take care to supply 2nd arg only if requested - may still run VM 4!
1430 (cond (read-only (vm-visit-folder fil t))
1431 ((eq t dired-vm-read-only-folders) (vm-visit-folder fil t))
1432 ((null dired-vm-read-only-folders) (vm-visit-folder fil))
1433 (t (vm-visit-folder fil (not (file-writable-p fil)))))
1434 ;; so that pressing `v' inside VM does prompt within current directory:
1435 (set (make-local-variable 'vm-folder-directory) dir)))
1437 (defun dired-rmail ()
1438 "Run RMAIL on this file."
1440 (rmail (dired-get-filename)))
1442 (defun dired-do-run-mail ()
1443 "If `dired-bind-vm' is t, then function `dired-vm', otherwise `dired-rmail'."
1446 ;; Read mail folder using vm.
1448 ;; Read mail folder using rmail.
1452 ;;; MISCELLANEOUS INTERNAL FUNCTIONS.
1454 (declare-function dired-old-find-buffer-nocreate "dired-x")
1456 (or (fboundp 'dired-old-find-buffer-nocreate)
1457 (fset 'dired-old-find-buffer-nocreate
1458 (symbol-function 'dired-find-buffer-nocreate)))
1461 ;; Redefines dired.el's version of `dired-find-buffer-nocreate'
1462 (defun dired-find-buffer-nocreate (dirname &optional mode)
1463 (if (and dired-find-subdir
1464 ;; don't try to find a wildcard as a subdirectory
1465 (string-equal dirname (file-name-directory dirname)))
1466 (let* ((cur-buf (current-buffer))
1468 (dired-buffers-for-dir (expand-file-name dirname))))
1469 (cur-buf-matches (and (memq cur-buf buffers)
1470 ;; wildcards must match, too:
1471 (equal dired-directory dirname))))
1472 ;; We don't want to switch to the same buffer---
1473 (setq buffers (delq cur-buf buffers));;need setq with delq
1474 (or (car (sort buffers (function dired-buffer-more-recently-used-p)))
1475 ;; ---unless it's the only possibility:
1476 (and cur-buf-matches cur-buf)))
1477 (dired-old-find-buffer-nocreate dirname mode)))
1479 ;; This should be a builtin
1480 (defun dired-buffer-more-recently-used-p (buffer1 buffer2)
1481 "Return t if BUFFER1 is more recently used than BUFFER2."
1482 (if (equal buffer1 buffer2)
1484 (let ((more-recent nil)
1485 (list (buffer-list)))
1487 (not (setq more-recent (equal buffer1 (car list))))
1488 (not (equal buffer2 (car list))))
1489 (setq list (cdr list)))
1492 ;; Same thing as `dired-buffers-for-dir' of dired.el? - lrd 11/23/93
1493 ;; (defun dired-buffers-for-dir-exact (dir)
1494 ;; ;; Return a list of buffers that dired DIR (a directory or wildcard)
1495 ;; ;; at top level, or as subdirectory.
1496 ;; ;; Top level matches must match the wildcard part too, if any.
1497 ;; ;; The list is in reverse order of buffer creation, most recent last.
1498 ;; ;; As a side effect, killed dired buffers for DIR are removed from
1499 ;; ;; dired-buffers.
1500 ;; (let ((alist dired-buffers) result elt)
1502 ;; (setq elt (car alist)
1503 ;; alist (cdr alist))
1504 ;; (let ((buf (cdr elt)))
1505 ;; (if (buffer-name buf)
1506 ;; ;; Top level must match exactly against dired-directory in
1507 ;; ;; case one of them is a wildcard.
1508 ;; (if (or (equal dir (with-current-buffer buf dired-directory))
1509 ;; (assoc dir (with-current-buffer buf dired-subdir-alist)))
1510 ;; (setq result (cons buf result)))
1511 ;; ;; else buffer is killed - clean up:
1512 ;; (setq dired-buffers (delq elt dired-buffers)))))
1516 ;; Redefines dired.el's version of `dired-initial-position'
1517 (defun dired-initial-position (dirname)
1518 "Where point should go in a new listing of DIRNAME.
1519 Point assumed at beginning of new subdir line.
1520 You may redefine this function as you wish, e.g. like in `dired-x.el'."
1522 (if dired-find-subdir (dired-goto-subdir dirname)) ; new
1523 (if dired-trivial-filenames (dired-goto-next-nontrivial-file)))
1526 ;; Does anyone use this? - lrd 6/29/93.
1527 ;; Apparently people do use it. - lrd 12/22/97.
1528 (defun dired-mark-sexp (predicate &optional unflag-p)
1529 "Mark files for which PREDICATE returns non-nil.
1530 With a prefix arg, unflag those files instead.
1532 PREDICATE is a lisp expression that can refer to the following symbols:
1534 inode [integer] the inode of the file (only for ls -i output)
1535 s [integer] the size of the file for ls -s output
1536 (usually in blocks or, with -k, in KByte)
1537 mode [string] file permission bits, e.g. \"-rw-r--r--\"
1538 nlink [integer] number of links to file
1540 gid [string] group (If the gid is not displayed by ls,
1541 this will still be set (to the same as uid))
1542 size [integer] file size in bytes
1543 time [string] the time that ls displays, e.g. \"Feb 12 14:17\"
1544 name [string] the name of the file
1545 sym [string] if file is a symbolic link, the linked-to name, else \"\"
1551 to mark all zero length files."
1552 ;; Using sym="" instead of nil avoids the trap of
1553 ;; (string-match "foo" sym) into which a user would soon fall.
1554 ;; Give `equal' instead of `=' in the example, as this works on
1555 ;; integers and strings.
1556 (interactive "xMark if (lisp expr): \nP")
1557 (message "%s" predicate)
1558 (let ((dired-marker-char (if unflag-p ?\040 dired-marker-char))
1559 inode s mode nlink uid gid size time name sym)
1564 ;; inode s mode nlink uid gid size time name sym
1566 ;; according to current file line. Returns t for success, nil if
1567 ;; there is no file line. Upon success, all variables are set, either
1568 ;; to nil or the appropriate value, so they need not be initialized.
1569 ;; Moves point within the current line.
1570 (if (dired-move-to-filename)
1572 (mode-len 10) ; length of mode string
1573 ;; like in dired.el, but with subexpressions \1=inode, \2=s:
1574 (dired-re-inode-size "\\s *\\([0-9]*\\)\\s *\\([0-9]*\\) ?"))
1577 (if (looking-at dired-re-inode-size)
1579 (goto-char (match-end 0))
1580 (setq inode (string-to-number (buffer-substring (match-beginning 1)
1582 s (string-to-number (buffer-substring (match-beginning 2)
1586 (setq mode (buffer-substring (point) (+ mode-len (point))))
1587 (forward-char mode-len)
1588 (setq nlink (read (current-buffer)))
1589 ;; Karsten Wenger <kw@cis.uni-muenchen.de> fixed uid.
1590 (setq uid (buffer-substring (+ (point) 1)
1591 (progn (forward-word 1) (point))))
1592 (re-search-forward directory-listing-before-filename-regexp)
1593 (goto-char (match-beginning 1))
1595 (setq size (string-to-number (buffer-substring (save-excursion
1601 ;; if no gid is displayed, gid will be set to uid
1602 ;; but user will then not reference it anyway in PREDICATE.
1603 (setq gid (buffer-substring (save-excursion
1604 (forward-word 1) (point))
1606 time (buffer-substring (match-beginning 1)
1607 (1- (dired-move-to-filename)))
1608 name (buffer-substring (point)
1610 (dired-move-to-end-of-filename t)
1613 (if (looking-at " -> ")
1615 (progn (forward-char 4) (point))
1616 (progn (end-of-line) (point)))
1621 (format "'%s file" predicate))))
1624 ;;; FIND FILE AT POINT.
1626 (defvar dired-x-hands-off-my-keys t
1627 "*Non-nil means don't bind `dired-x-find-file' over `find-file' on keyboard.
1628 Similarly for `dired-x-find-file-other-window' over `find-file-other-window'.
1629 If you change this variable after `dired-x.el' is loaded then do
1630 \\[dired-x-bind-find-file].")
1632 ;; Bind `dired-x-find-file{-other-window}' over wherever
1633 ;; `find-file{-other-window}' is bound?
1634 (defun dired-x-bind-find-file ()
1635 "Bind `dired-x-find-file' in place of `find-file' \(or reverse\).
1636 Similarly for `dired-x-find-file-other-window' and `find-file-other-window'.
1637 Binding direction based on `dired-x-hands-off-my-keys'.
1638 This function is part of `after-init-hook'."
1641 (setq dired-x-hands-off-my-keys
1642 (not (y-or-n-p "Bind dired-x-find-file over find-file? "))))
1643 (cond ((not dired-x-hands-off-my-keys)
1644 (substitute-key-definition 'find-file
1646 (current-global-map))
1647 (substitute-key-definition 'find-file-other-window
1648 'dired-x-find-file-other-window
1649 (current-global-map)))
1651 (substitute-key-definition 'dired-x-find-file
1653 (current-global-map))
1654 (substitute-key-definition 'dired-x-find-file-other-window
1655 'find-file-other-window
1656 (current-global-map))))
1657 ;; Clear mini-buffer.
1660 ;; Now call it so binding is correct and put on `after-init-hook' in case
1661 ;; user changes binding.
1662 (dired-x-bind-find-file)
1663 (add-hook 'after-init-hook 'dired-x-bind-find-file)
1665 (defun dired-x-find-file (filename)
1666 "Edit file FILENAME.
1667 May create a new window, or reuse an existing one.
1668 See the function `display-buffer'.
1670 Identical to `find-file' except when called interactively, with a prefix arg
1671 \(e.g., \\[universal-argument]\), in which case it guesses filename near point.
1672 Useful for editing file mentioned in buffer you are viewing,
1673 or to test if that file exists. Use minibuffer after snatching filename."
1674 (interactive (list (read-filename-at-point "Find file: ")))
1675 (find-file (expand-file-name filename)))
1677 (defun dired-x-find-file-other-window (filename)
1678 "Edit file FILENAME, in another window.
1679 May create a new window, or reuse an existing one.
1680 See the function `display-buffer'.
1682 Identical to `find-file-other-window' except when called interactively, with a
1683 prefix arg \(e.g., \\[universal-argument]\), in which case it guesses filename near point.
1684 Useful for editing file mentioned in buffer you are viewing,
1685 or to test if that file exists. Use minibuffer after snatching filename."
1686 (interactive (list (read-filename-at-point "Find file: ")))
1687 (find-file-other-window (expand-file-name filename)))
1689 ;;; Internal functions.
1691 ;; Fixme: This should probably use `thing-at-point'. -- fx
1692 (defun dired-filename-at-point ()
1693 "Get the filename closest to point, but do not change position.
1694 Has a preference for looking backward when not directly on a symbol. Not
1695 perfect - point must be in middle of or end of filename."
1697 (let ((filename-chars "-.[:alnum:]_/:$+@")
1698 start end filename prefix)
1701 ;; First see if just past a filename.
1703 (if (looking-at "[] \t\n[{}()]") ; whitespace or some parens
1705 (skip-chars-backward " \n\t\r({[]})")
1707 (backward-char 1)))))
1709 (if (string-match (concat "[" filename-chars "]")
1710 (char-to-string (following-char)))
1712 (if (re-search-backward (concat "[^" filename-chars "]") nil t)
1714 (goto-char (point-min)))
1715 (setq start (point))
1719 (buffer-substring start (line-beginning-position)))
1722 (if (string-match "[/~]" (char-to-string (preceding-char)))
1723 (setq start (1- start)))
1724 (re-search-forward (concat "\\=[" filename-chars "]*") nil t))
1726 (error "No file found around point!"))
1729 (expand-file-name (concat prefix (buffer-substring start (point)))))))
1731 (defun read-filename-at-point (prompt)
1732 "Return filename prompting with PROMPT with completion.
1733 If `current-prefix-arg' is non-nil, uses name at point as guess."
1734 (if current-prefix-arg
1735 (let ((guess (dired-filename-at-point)))
1736 (read-file-name prompt
1737 (file-name-directory guess)
1739 nil (file-name-nondirectory guess)))
1740 (read-file-name prompt default-directory)))
1744 ;; Fixme: get rid of this later.
1746 ;; This section is provided for reports. It uses Barry A. Warsaw's
1747 ;; reporter.el which is bundled with GNU Emacs v19.
1749 (defconst dired-x-help-address "bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org"
1750 "Address(es) accepting submission of reports on dired-x.el.")
1752 (defconst dired-x-variable-list
1755 'dired-vm-read-only-folders
1760 'dired-enable-local-variables
1761 'dired-local-variables-file
1762 'dired-guess-shell-gnutar
1763 'dired-guess-shell-gzip-quiet
1764 'dired-guess-shell-znew-switches
1765 'dired-guess-shell-alist-user
1766 'dired-clean-up-buffers-too
1769 'dired-omit-extensions
1771 "List of variables to be appended to reports sent by `dired-x-submit-report'.")
1773 (defun dired-x-submit-report ()
1774 "Submit via `reporter.el' a bug report on program.
1775 Send report on `dired-x-file' version `dired-x-version,' to
1776 `dired-x-maintainer' at address `dired-x-help-address' listing
1777 variables `dired-x-variable-list' in the message."
1780 (reporter-submit-bug-report
1781 dired-x-help-address ; address
1783 dired-x-variable-list ; varlist
1784 nil nil ; pre-/post-hooks
1788 ;; As Barry Warsaw would say: "This might be useful..."
1791 ;; arch-tag: 71a43ba2-7a00-4793-a028-0613dd7765ae
1792 ;;; dired-x.el ends here