1 ;; autoload.el --- maintain autoloads in loaddefs.el -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1991-1997, 2001-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>
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26 ;; This code helps GNU Emacs maintainers keep the loaddefs.el file up to
27 ;; date. It interprets magic cookies of the form ";;;###autoload" in
28 ;; lisp source files in various useful ways. To learn more, read the
29 ;; source; if you're going to use this, you'd better be able to.
33 (require 'lisp-mode
) ;for `doc-string-elt' properties.
35 (require 'help-fns
) ;for help-add-fundoc-usage.
36 (eval-when-compile (require 'cl-lib
))
38 (defvar generated-autoload-file nil
39 "File into which to write autoload definitions.
40 A Lisp file can set this in its local variables section to make
41 its autoloads go somewhere else.
43 If this is a relative file name, the directory is determined as
45 - If a Lisp file defined `generated-autoload-file' as a
46 file-local variable, use its containing directory.
47 - Otherwise use the \"lisp\" subdirectory of `source-directory'.
49 The autoload file is assumed to contain a trailer starting with a
52 (put 'generated-autoload-file
'safe-local-variable
'stringp
)
54 (defvar generated-autoload-load-name nil
55 "Load name for `autoload' statements generated from autoload cookies.
56 If nil, this defaults to the file name, sans extension.
57 Typically, you need to set this when the directory containing the file
58 is not in `load-path'.
59 This also affects the generated cus-load.el file.")
61 (put 'generated-autoload-load-name
'safe-local-variable
'stringp
)
63 ;; This feels like it should be a defconst, but MH-E sets it to
64 ;; ";;;###mh-autoload" for the autoloads that are to go into mh-loaddefs.el.
65 (defvar generate-autoload-cookie
";;;###autoload"
66 "Magic comment indicating the following form should be autoloaded.
67 Used by \\[update-file-autoloads]. This string should be
68 meaningless to Lisp (e.g., a comment).
73 \(defun function-to-be-autoloaded () ...)
75 If this string appears alone on a line, the following form will be
76 read and an autoload made for it. If there is further text on the line,
77 that text will be copied verbatim to `generated-autoload-file'.")
79 (defvar autoload-excludes nil
80 "If non-nil, list of absolute file names not to scan for autoloads.")
82 (defconst generate-autoload-section-header
"\f\n;;;### "
83 "String that marks the form at the start of a new file's autoload section.")
85 (defconst generate-autoload-section-trailer
"\n;;;***\n"
86 "String which indicates the end of the section of autoloads for a file.")
88 (defconst generate-autoload-section-continuation
";;;;;; "
89 "String to add on each continuation of the section header form.")
91 (defvar autoload-modified-buffers
) ;Dynamically scoped var.
93 (defun make-autoload (form file
&optional expansion
)
94 "Turn FORM into an autoload or defvar for source file FILE.
95 Returns nil if FORM is not a special autoload form (i.e. a function definition
96 or macro definition or a defcustom).
97 If EXPANSION is non-nil, we're processing the macro expansion of an
98 expression, in which case we want to handle forms differently."
99 (let ((car (car-safe form
)) expand
)
101 ((and expansion
(eq car
'defalias
))
103 ((`(,_
,_
,arg .
,rest
) form
)
104 ;; `type' is non-nil if it defines a macro.
105 ;; `fun' is the function part of `arg' (defaults to `arg').
106 ((or (and (or `(cons 'macro
,fun
) `'(macro .
,fun
)) (let type t
))
107 (and (let fun arg
) (let type nil
)))
109 ;; `lam' is the lambda expression in `fun' (or nil if not
111 (lam (if (memq (car-safe fun
) '(quote function
)) (cadr fun
)))
112 ;; `args' is the list of arguments (or t if not recognized).
113 ;; `body' is the body of `lam' (or t if not recognized).
114 ((or `(lambda ,args .
,body
)
115 (and (let args t
) (let body t
)))
117 ;; Get the `doc' from `body' or `rest'.
118 (doc (cond ((stringp (car-safe body
)) (car body
))
119 ((stringp (car-safe rest
)) (car rest
))))
120 ;; Look for an interactive spec.
121 (interactive (pcase body
122 ((or `((interactive .
,_
) .
,_
)
123 `(,_
(interactive .
,_
) .
,_
)) t
))))
124 ;; Add the usage form at the end where describe-function-1
126 (when (listp args
) (setq doc
(help-add-fundoc-usage doc args
)))
127 ;; (message "autoload of %S" (nth 1 form))
128 `(autoload ,(nth 1 form
) ,file
,doc
,interactive
,type
)))
130 ((and expansion
(memq car
'(progn prog1
)))
131 (let ((end (memq :autoload-end form
)))
132 (when end
;Cut-off anything after the :autoload-end marker.
133 (setq form
(copy-sequence form
))
134 (setcdr (memq :autoload-end form
) nil
))
135 (let ((exps (delq nil
(mapcar (lambda (form)
136 (make-autoload form file expansion
))
138 (when exps
(cons 'progn exps
)))))
140 ;; For complex cases, try again on the macro-expansion.
141 ((and (memq car
'(easy-mmode-define-global-mode define-global-minor-mode
142 define-globalized-minor-mode defun
defmacro
143 ;; FIXME: we'd want `defmacro*' here as well, so as
144 ;; to handle its `declare', but when autoload is run
145 ;; CL is not loaded so macroexpand doesn't know how
147 easy-mmode-define-minor-mode define-minor-mode
))
148 (setq expand
(let ((load-file-name file
)) (macroexpand form
)))
149 (memq (car expand
) '(progn prog1 defalias
)))
150 (make-autoload expand file
'expansion
)) ;Recurse on the expansion.
152 ;; For special function-like operators, use the `autoload' function.
153 ((memq car
'(define-skeleton define-derived-mode
154 define-compilation-mode define-generic-mode
155 easy-mmode-define-global-mode define-global-minor-mode
156 define-globalized-minor-mode
157 easy-mmode-define-minor-mode define-minor-mode
158 cl-defun
defun* cl-defmacro defmacro
*
159 define-overloadable-function
))
160 (let* ((macrop (memq car
'(defmacro cl-defmacro defmacro
*)))
163 ((or `defun
`defmacro
164 `defun
* `defmacro
* `cl-defun
`cl-defmacro
165 `define-overloadable-function
) (nth 2 form
))
166 (`define-skeleton
'(&optional str arg
))
167 ((or `define-generic-mode
`define-derived-mode
168 `define-compilation-mode
) nil
)
170 (body (nthcdr (or (function-get car
'doc-string-elt
) 3) form
))
171 (doc (if (stringp (car body
)) (pop body
))))
172 ;; Add the usage form at the end where describe-function-1
174 (when (listp args
) (setq doc
(help-add-fundoc-usage doc args
)))
175 ;; `define-generic-mode' quotes the name, so take care of that
176 `(autoload ,(if (listp name
) name
(list 'quote name
))
178 ,(or (and (memq car
'(define-skeleton define-derived-mode
180 easy-mmode-define-global-mode
181 define-global-minor-mode
182 define-globalized-minor-mode
183 easy-mmode-define-minor-mode
184 define-minor-mode
)) t
)
185 (eq (car-safe (car body
)) 'interactive
))
186 ,(if macrop
''macro nil
))))
188 ;; For defclass forms, use `eieio-defclass-autoload'.
190 (let ((name (nth 1 form
))
191 (superclasses (nth 2 form
))
193 (list 'eieio-defclass-autoload
(list 'quote name
)
194 (list 'quote superclasses
) file doc
)))
196 ;; Convert defcustom to less space-consuming data.
198 (let ((varname (car-safe (cdr-safe form
)))
199 (init (car-safe (cdr-safe (cdr-safe form
))))
200 (doc (car-safe (cdr-safe (cdr-safe (cdr-safe form
)))))
201 ;; (rest (cdr-safe (cdr-safe (cdr-safe (cdr-safe form)))))
204 (defvar ,varname
,init
,doc
)
205 (custom-autoload ',varname
,file
207 (null (cadr (memq :set form
)))
211 ;; In Emacs this is normally handled separately by cus-dep.el, but for
212 ;; third party packages, it can be convenient to explicitly autoload
214 (let ((groupname (nth 1 form
)))
215 `(let ((loads (get ',groupname
'custom-loads
)))
216 (if (member ',file loads
) nil
217 (put ',groupname
'custom-loads
(cons ',file loads
))))))
219 ;; When processing a macro expansion, any expression
220 ;; before a :autoload-end should be included. These are typically (put
221 ;; 'fun 'prop val) and things like that.
222 ((and expansion
(consp form
)) form
)
224 ;; nil here indicates that this is not a special autoload form.
227 ;; Forms which have doc-strings which should be printed specially.
228 ;; A doc-string-elt property of ELT says that (nth ELT FORM) is
229 ;; the doc-string in FORM.
230 ;; Those properties are now set in lisp-mode.el.
232 (defun autoload-find-generated-file ()
233 "Visit the autoload file for the current buffer, and return its buffer.
234 If a buffer is visiting the desired autoload file, return it."
235 (let ((enable-local-variables :safe
)
236 (enable-local-eval nil
))
237 ;; We used to use `raw-text' to read this file, but this causes
238 ;; problems when the file contains non-ASCII characters.
240 (autoload-ensure-default-file (autoload-generated-file)))))
242 (defun autoload-generated-file ()
243 (expand-file-name generated-autoload-file
244 ;; File-local settings of generated-autoload-file should
245 ;; be interpreted relative to the file's location,
247 (if (not (local-variable-p 'generated-autoload-file
))
248 (expand-file-name "lisp" source-directory
))))
251 (defun autoload-read-section-header ()
252 "Read a section header form.
253 Since continuation lines have been marked as comments,
254 we must copy the text of the form and remove those comment
255 markers before we call `read'."
257 (let ((beginning (point))
260 (while (looking-at generate-autoload-section-continuation
)
262 (setq string
(buffer-substring beginning
(point)))
263 (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create " *autoload*")
266 (goto-char (point-min))
267 (while (search-forward generate-autoload-section-continuation nil t
)
269 (goto-char (point-min))
270 (read (current-buffer))))))
272 (defvar autoload-print-form-outbuf nil
273 "Buffer which gets the output of `autoload-print-form'.")
275 (defun autoload-print-form (form)
276 "Print FORM such that `make-docfile' will find the docstrings.
277 The variable `autoload-print-form-outbuf' specifies the buffer to
280 ;; If the form is a sequence, recurse.
281 ((eq (car form
) 'progn
) (mapcar 'autoload-print-form
(cdr form
)))
282 ;; Symbols at the toplevel are meaningless.
285 (let ((doc-string-elt (function-get (car-safe form
) 'doc-string-elt
))
286 (outbuf autoload-print-form-outbuf
))
287 (if (and doc-string-elt
(stringp (nth doc-string-elt form
)))
288 ;; We need to hack the printing because the
289 ;; doc-string must be printed specially for
290 ;; make-docfile (sigh).
291 (let* ((p (nthcdr (1- doc-string-elt
) form
))
295 (let ((print-escape-newlines t
)
297 (print-escape-nonascii t
))
301 (princ "\"\\\n" outbuf
)
302 (let ((begin (with-current-buffer outbuf
(point))))
303 (princ (substring (prin1-to-string (car elt
)) 1)
305 ;; Insert a backslash before each ( that
306 ;; appears at the beginning of a line in
308 (with-current-buffer outbuf
310 (while (re-search-backward "\n[[(]" begin t
)
316 (princ (substring (prin1-to-string (cdr elt
)) 1)
319 (let ((print-escape-newlines t
)
321 (print-escape-nonascii t
))
322 (print form outbuf
)))))))
324 (defun autoload-rubric (file &optional type feature
)
325 "Return a string giving the appropriate autoload rubric for FILE.
326 TYPE (default \"autoloads\") is a string stating the type of
327 information contained in FILE. If FEATURE is non-nil, FILE
328 will provide a feature. FEATURE may be a string naming the
329 feature, otherwise it will be based on FILE's name.
331 At present, a feature is in fact always provided, but this should
333 (let ((basename (file-name-nondirectory file
)))
334 (concat ";;; " basename
335 " --- automatically extracted " (or type
"autoloads") "\n"
339 ;; This is used outside of autoload.el, eg cus-dep, finder.
341 (if (stringp feature
)
343 (file-name-sans-extension basename
))
345 ";; Local Variables:\n"
346 ";; version-control: never\n"
347 ";; no-byte-compile: t\n"
348 ";; no-update-autoloads: t\n"
354 (defvar autoload-ensure-writable nil
355 "Non-nil means `autoload-ensure-default-file' makes existing file writable.")
356 ;; Just in case someone tries to get you to overwrite a file that you
359 (put 'autoload-ensure-writable
'risky-local-variable t
)
361 (defun autoload-ensure-default-file (file)
362 "Make sure that the autoload file FILE exists, creating it if needed.
363 If the file already exists and `autoload-ensure-writable' is non-nil,
365 (if (file-exists-p file
)
366 ;; Probably pointless, but replaces the old AUTOGEN_VCS in lisp/Makefile,
367 ;; which was designed to handle CVSREAD=1 and equivalent.
368 (and autoload-ensure-writable
369 (let ((modes (file-modes file
)))
370 (if (zerop (logand modes
#o0200
))
371 ;; Ignore any errors here, and let subsequent attempts
372 ;; to write the file raise any real error.
373 (ignore-errors (set-file-modes file
(logior modes
#o0200
))))))
374 (write-region (autoload-rubric file
) nil file
))
377 (defun autoload-insert-section-header (outbuf autoloads load-name file time
)
378 "Insert the section-header line,
379 which lists the file name and which functions are in it, etc."
380 (insert generate-autoload-section-header
)
381 (prin1 `(autoloads ,autoloads
,load-name
,file
,time
)
384 ;; Break that line at spaces, to avoid very long lines.
385 ;; Make each sub-line into a comment.
386 (with-current-buffer outbuf
391 (skip-chars-forward "^ \n")
393 (insert "\n" generate-autoload-section-continuation
))))))
395 (defun autoload-find-file (file)
396 "Fetch file and put it in a temp buffer. Return the buffer."
397 ;; It is faster to avoid visiting the file.
398 (setq file
(expand-file-name file
))
399 (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create " *autoload-file*")
400 (kill-all-local-variables)
402 (setq buffer-undo-list t
403 buffer-read-only nil
)
405 (setq default-directory
(file-name-directory file
))
406 (insert-file-contents file nil
)
407 (let ((enable-local-variables :safe
)
408 (enable-local-eval nil
))
409 (hack-local-variables))
412 (defvar no-update-autoloads nil
413 "File local variable to prevent scanning this file for autoload cookies.")
415 (defun autoload-file-load-name (file)
416 "Compute the name that will be used to load FILE."
417 ;; OUTFILE should be the name of the global loaddefs.el file, which
418 ;; is expected to be at the root directory of the files we're
419 ;; scanning for autoloads and will be in the `load-path'.
420 (let* ((outfile (default-value 'generated-autoload-file
))
421 (name (file-relative-name file
(file-name-directory outfile
)))
423 (dir (file-name-directory outfile
)))
424 ;; If `name' has directory components, only keep the
425 ;; last few that are really needed.
427 (setq name
(directory-file-name name
))
428 (push (file-name-nondirectory name
) names
)
429 (setq name
(file-name-directory name
)))
432 ((null (cdr names
)) (setq name
(car names
)))
433 ((file-exists-p (expand-file-name "subdirs.el" dir
))
434 ;; FIXME: here we only check the existence of subdirs.el,
435 ;; without checking its content. This makes it generate wrong load
436 ;; names for cases like lisp/term which is not added to load-path.
437 (setq dir
(expand-file-name (pop names
) dir
)))
438 (t (setq name
(mapconcat 'identity names
"/")))))
439 (if (string-match "\\.elc?\\(\\.\\|\\'\\)" name
)
440 (substring name
0 (match-beginning 0))
443 (defun generate-file-autoloads (file)
444 "Insert at point a loaddefs autoload section for FILE.
445 Autoloads are generated for defuns and defmacros in FILE
446 marked by `generate-autoload-cookie' (which see).
447 If FILE is being visited in a buffer, the contents of the buffer
449 Return non-nil in the case where no autoloads were added at point."
450 (interactive "fGenerate autoloads for file: ")
451 (let ((generated-autoload-file buffer-file-name
))
452 (autoload-generate-file-autoloads file
(current-buffer))))
454 (defvar print-readably
)
457 (defun autoload--setup-output (otherbuf outbuf absfile load-name
)
460 ;; A file-local setting of
461 ;; autoload-generated-file says we
462 ;; should ignore OUTBUF.
465 (autoload-find-destination absfile load-name
)
466 ;; The file has autoload cookies, but they're
467 ;; already up-to-date. If OUTFILE is nil, the
468 ;; entries are in the expected OUTBUF,
469 ;; otherwise they're elsewhere.
470 (throw 'done otherbuf
))))
471 (with-current-buffer outbuf
474 (defun autoload--print-cookie-text (output-start load-name file
)
475 (let ((standard-output (marker-buffer output-start
)))
476 (search-forward generate-autoload-cookie
)
477 (skip-chars-forward " \t")
479 (condition-case-unless-debug err
480 ;; Read the next form and make an autoload.
481 (let* ((form (prog1 (read (current-buffer))
482 (or (bolp) (forward-line 1))))
483 (autoload (make-autoload form load-name
)))
486 (setq autoload form
))
487 (let ((autoload-print-form-outbuf
489 (autoload-print-form autoload
)))
491 (message "Autoload cookie error in %s:%s %S"
492 file
(count-lines (point-min) (point)) err
)))
494 ;; Copy the rest of the line to the output.
495 (princ (buffer-substring
497 ;; Back up over whitespace, to preserve it.
498 (skip-chars-backward " \f\t")
499 (if (= (char-after (1+ (point))) ?
)
503 (progn (forward-line 1) (point)))))))
505 (defvar autoload-builtin-package-versions nil
)
507 ;; When called from `generate-file-autoloads' we should ignore
508 ;; `generated-autoload-file' altogether. When called from
509 ;; `update-file-autoloads' we don't know `outbuf'. And when called from
510 ;; `update-directory-autoloads' it's in between: we know the default
511 ;; `outbuf' but we should obey any file-local setting of
512 ;; `generated-autoload-file'.
513 (defun autoload-generate-file-autoloads (file &optional outbuf outfile
)
514 "Insert an autoload section for FILE in the appropriate buffer.
515 Autoloads are generated for defuns and defmacros in FILE
516 marked by `generate-autoload-cookie' (which see).
517 If FILE is being visited in a buffer, the contents of the buffer are used.
518 OUTBUF is the buffer in which the autoload statements should be inserted.
519 If OUTBUF is nil, it will be determined by `autoload-generated-file'.
521 If provided, OUTFILE is expected to be the file name of OUTBUF.
522 If OUTFILE is non-nil and FILE specifies a `generated-autoload-file'
523 different from OUTFILE, then OUTBUF is ignored.
525 Return non-nil if and only if FILE adds no autoloads to OUTFILE
526 \(or OUTBUF if OUTFILE is nil)."
531 (print-readably t
) ; This does something in Lucid Emacs.
532 (float-output-format nil
)
533 (visited (get-file-buffer file
))
535 (absfile (expand-file-name file
))
536 ;; nil until we found a cookie.
538 (with-current-buffer (or visited
539 ;; It is faster to avoid visiting the file.
540 (autoload-find-file file
))
541 ;; Obey the no-update-autoloads file local variable.
542 (unless no-update-autoloads
543 (message "Generating autoloads for %s..." file
)
545 (if (stringp generated-autoload-load-name
)
546 generated-autoload-load-name
547 (autoload-file-load-name absfile
)))
548 ;; FIXME? Comparing file-names for equality with just equal
549 ;; is fragile, eg if one has an automounter prefix and one
550 ;; does not, but both refer to the same physical file.
553 (if (memq system-type
'(ms-dos windows-nt
))
554 (equal (downcase outfile
)
555 (downcase (autoload-generated-file)))
556 (equal outfile
(autoload-generated-file)))))
561 (when autoload-builtin-package-versions
562 (let ((version (lm-header "version"))
565 (setq version
(ignore-errors (version-to-list version
)))
566 (setq package
(or (lm-header "package")
567 (file-name-sans-extension
568 (file-name-nondirectory file
))))
569 (setq output-start
(autoload--setup-output
570 otherbuf outbuf absfile load-name
))
571 (let ((standard-output (marker-buffer output-start
))
573 (princ `(push (purecopy
574 ',(cons (intern package
) version
))
575 package--builtin-versions
))
578 (goto-char (point-min))
580 (skip-chars-forward " \t\n\f")
582 ((looking-at (regexp-quote generate-autoload-cookie
))
583 ;; If not done yet, figure out where to insert this text.
585 (setq output-start
(autoload--setup-output
586 otherbuf outbuf absfile load-name
)))
587 (autoload--print-cookie-text output-start load-name file
))
589 ;; Don't read the comment.
593 (forward-line 1))))))
596 (let ((secondary-autoloads-file-buf
597 (if otherbuf
(current-buffer))))
598 (with-current-buffer (marker-buffer output-start
)
600 ;; Insert the section-header line which lists the file name
601 ;; and which functions are in it, etc.
602 (goto-char output-start
)
603 (let ((relfile (file-relative-name absfile
)))
604 (autoload-insert-section-header
605 (marker-buffer output-start
)
607 (if secondary-autoloads-file-buf
608 ;; MD5 checksums are much better because they do not
609 ;; change unless the file changes (so they'll be
610 ;; equal on two different systems and will change
611 ;; less often than time-stamps, thus leading to fewer
612 ;; unneeded changes causing spurious conflicts), but
613 ;; using time-stamps is a very useful optimization,
614 ;; so we use time-stamps for the main autoloads file
615 ;; (loaddefs.el) where we have special ways to
616 ;; circumvent the "random change problem", and MD5
617 ;; checksum in secondary autoload files where we do
618 ;; not need the time-stamp optimization because it is
619 ;; already provided by the primary autoloads file.
620 (md5 secondary-autoloads-file-buf
621 ;; We'd really want to just use
622 ;; `emacs-internal' instead.
623 nil nil
'emacs-mule-unix
)
624 (nth 5 (file-attributes relfile
))))
625 (insert ";;; Generated autoloads from " relfile
"\n")))
626 (insert generate-autoload-section-trailer
))))
627 (message "Generating autoloads for %s...done" file
))
629 ;; We created this buffer, so we should kill it.
630 (kill-buffer (current-buffer))))
631 (or (not output-start
)
632 ;; If the entries were added to some other buffer, then the file
633 ;; doesn't add entries to OUTFILE.
636 (defun autoload-save-buffers ()
637 (while autoload-modified-buffers
638 (with-current-buffer (pop autoload-modified-buffers
)
639 (let ((version-control 'never
))
643 (defun update-file-autoloads (file &optional save-after outfile
)
644 "Update the autoloads for FILE.
645 If prefix arg SAVE-AFTER is non-nil, save the buffer too.
647 If FILE binds `generated-autoload-file' as a file-local variable,
648 autoloads are written into that file. Otherwise, the autoloads
649 file is determined by OUTFILE. If called interactively, prompt
650 for OUTFILE; if called from Lisp with OUTFILE nil, use the
651 existing value of `generated-autoload-file'.
653 Return FILE if there was no autoload cookie in it, else nil."
654 (interactive (list (read-file-name "Update autoloads for file: ")
656 (read-file-name "Write autoload definitions to file: ")))
657 (let* ((generated-autoload-file (or outfile generated-autoload-file
))
658 (autoload-modified-buffers nil
)
659 (no-autoloads (autoload-generate-file-autoloads file
)))
660 (if autoload-modified-buffers
661 (if save-after
(autoload-save-buffers))
662 (if (called-interactively-p 'interactive
)
663 (message "Autoload section for %s is up to date." file
)))
664 (if no-autoloads file
)))
666 (defun autoload-find-destination (file load-name
)
667 "Find the destination point of the current buffer's autoloads.
668 FILE is the file name of the current buffer.
669 Returns a buffer whose point is placed at the requested location.
670 Returns nil if the file's autoloads are uptodate, otherwise
671 removes any prior now out-of-date autoload entries."
673 (let* ((buf (current-buffer))
674 (existing-buffer (if buffer-file-name buf
))
676 (with-current-buffer (autoload-find-generated-file)
677 ;; This is to make generated-autoload-file have Unix EOLs, so
678 ;; that it is portable to all platforms.
679 (or (eq 0 (coding-system-eol-type buffer-file-coding-system
))
680 (set-buffer-file-coding-system 'unix
))
681 (or (> (buffer-size) 0)
682 (error "Autoloads file %s lacks boilerplate" buffer-file-name
))
683 (or (file-writable-p buffer-file-name
)
684 (error "Autoloads file %s is not writable" buffer-file-name
))
686 (goto-char (point-min))
687 ;; Look for the section for LOAD-NAME.
688 (while (and (not found
)
689 (search-forward generate-autoload-section-header nil t
))
690 (let ((form (autoload-read-section-header)))
691 (cond ((string= (nth 2 form
) load-name
)
692 ;; We found the section for this file.
693 ;; Check if it is up to date.
694 (let ((begin (match-beginning 0))
695 (last-time (nth 4 form
))
696 (file-time (nth 5 (file-attributes file
))))
697 (if (and (or (null existing-buffer
)
698 (not (buffer-modified-p existing-buffer
)))
700 ;; last-time is the time-stamp (specifying
701 ;; the last time we looked at the file) and
702 ;; the file hasn't been changed since.
703 (and (listp last-time
) (= (length last-time
) 2)
704 (not (time-less-p last-time file-time
)))
705 ;; last-time is an MD5 checksum instead.
706 (and (stringp last-time
)
708 (md5 buf nil nil
'emacs-mule
)))))
709 (throw 'up-to-date nil
)
710 (autoload-remove-section begin
)
712 ((string< load-name
(nth 2 form
))
713 ;; We've come to a section alphabetically later than
714 ;; LOAD-NAME. We assume the file is in order and so
715 ;; there must be no section for LOAD-NAME. We will
716 ;; insert one before the section here.
717 (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
721 ;; No later sections in the file. Put before the last page.
722 (goto-char (point-max))
723 (search-backward "\f" nil t
)))
724 (unless (memq (current-buffer) autoload-modified-buffers
)
725 (push (current-buffer) autoload-modified-buffers
))
728 (defun autoload-remove-section (begin)
730 (search-forward generate-autoload-section-trailer
)
731 (delete-region begin
(point)))
734 (defun update-directory-autoloads (&rest dirs
)
735 "Update autoload definitions for Lisp files in the directories DIRS.
736 In an interactive call, you must give one argument, the name of a
737 single directory. In a call from Lisp, you can supply multiple
738 directories as separate arguments, but this usage is discouraged.
740 The function does NOT recursively descend into subdirectories of the
741 directory or directories specified.
743 In an interactive call, prompt for a default output file for the
744 autoload definitions, and temporarily bind the variable
745 `generated-autoload-file' to this value. When called from Lisp,
746 use the existing value of `generated-autoload-file'. If any Lisp
747 file binds `generated-autoload-file' as a file-local variable,
748 write its autoloads into the specified file instead."
749 (interactive "DUpdate autoloads from directory: ")
750 (let* ((files-re (let ((tmp nil
))
751 (dolist (suf (get-load-suffixes))
752 (unless (string-match "\\.elc" suf
) (push suf tmp
)))
753 (concat "^[^=.].*" (regexp-opt tmp t
) "\\'")))
755 (mapcar (lambda (dir)
756 (directory-files (expand-file-name dir
)
760 (this-time (current-time))
761 ;; Files with no autoload cookies or whose autoloads go to other
762 ;; files because of file-local autoload-generated-file settings.
764 (autoload-modified-buffers nil
)
765 (generated-autoload-file
766 (if (called-interactively-p 'interactive
)
767 (read-file-name "Write autoload definitions to file: ")
768 generated-autoload-file
)))
770 (with-current-buffer (autoload-find-generated-file)
772 ;; Canonicalize file names and remove the autoload file itself.
773 (setq files
(delete (file-relative-name buffer-file-name
)
774 (mapcar 'file-relative-name files
)))
776 (goto-char (point-min))
777 (while (search-forward generate-autoload-section-header nil t
)
778 (let* ((form (autoload-read-section-header))
780 (cond ((and (consp file
) (stringp (car file
)))
781 ;; This is a list of files that have no autoload cookies.
782 ;; There shouldn't be more than one such entry.
783 ;; Remove the obsolete section.
784 (autoload-remove-section (match-beginning 0))
785 (let ((last-time (nth 4 form
)))
787 (let ((file-time (nth 5 (file-attributes file
))))
789 (not (time-less-p last-time file-time
)))
791 (push file no-autoloads
)
792 (setq files
(delete file files
)))))))
793 ((not (stringp file
)))
794 ((or (not (file-exists-p file
))
795 ;; Remove duplicates as well, just in case.
797 ;; If the file is actually excluded.
798 (member (expand-file-name file
) autoload-excludes
))
799 ;; Remove the obsolete section.
800 (autoload-remove-section (match-beginning 0)))
801 ((not (time-less-p (nth 4 form
)
802 (nth 5 (file-attributes file
))))
803 ;; File hasn't changed.
806 (autoload-remove-section (match-beginning 0))
807 (if (autoload-generate-file-autoloads
808 ;; Passing `current-buffer' makes it insert at point.
809 file
(current-buffer) buffer-file-name
)
810 (push file no-autoloads
))))
812 (setq files
(delete file files
)))))
813 ;; Elements remaining in FILES have no existing autoload sections yet.
816 ((member (expand-file-name file
) autoload-excludes
) nil
)
817 ;; Passing nil as second argument forces
818 ;; autoload-generate-file-autoloads to look for the right
819 ;; spot where to insert each autoloads section.
820 ((autoload-generate-file-autoloads file nil buffer-file-name
)
821 (push file no-autoloads
))))
824 ;; Sort them for better readability.
825 (setq no-autoloads
(sort no-autoloads
'string
<))
826 ;; Add the `no-autoloads' section.
827 (goto-char (point-max))
828 (search-backward "\f" nil t
)
829 (autoload-insert-section-header
830 (current-buffer) nil nil no-autoloads this-time
)
831 (insert generate-autoload-section-trailer
))
833 (let ((version-control 'never
))
835 ;; In case autoload entries were added to other files because of
836 ;; file-local autoload-generated-file settings.
837 (autoload-save-buffers))))
839 (define-obsolete-function-alias 'update-autoloads-from-directories
840 'update-directory-autoloads
"22.1")
843 (defun batch-update-autoloads ()
844 "Update loaddefs.el autoloads in batch mode.
845 Calls `update-directory-autoloads' on the command line arguments.
846 Definitions are written to `generated-autoload-file' (which
848 ;; For use during the Emacs build process only.
849 ;; Exclude those files that are preloaded on ALL platforms.
850 ;; These are the ones in loadup.el where "(load" is at the start
851 ;; of the line (crude, but it works).
852 (unless autoload-excludes
853 (let ((default-directory (file-name-directory generated-autoload-file
))
855 (when (file-readable-p "loadup.el")
857 (insert-file-contents "loadup.el")
858 (while (re-search-forward "^(load \"\\([^\"]+\\)\"" nil t
)
859 (setq file
(match-string 1))
860 (or (string-match "\\.el\\'" file
)
861 (setq file
(format "%s.el" file
)))
862 (or (string-match "\\`site-" file
)
863 (push (expand-file-name file
) autoload-excludes
)))))))
864 (let ((args command-line-args-left
))
865 (setq command-line-args-left nil
)
866 (apply 'update-directory-autoloads args
)))
870 ;;; autoload.el ends here