[gnu-emacs-elpa] / packages / shen-mode / shen-mode.el

;;; shen-mode.el --- A major mode for editing shen source code

;; Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
;; Version: 0.1
;; Keywords: languages, shen
;; Description: A major mode for editing shen source code

;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.

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;;; Commentary:

;; A minor mode for editing shen source code.  Shen is a modern lisp
;; dialect with support for functional and declarative programming,
;; pattern matching and a very powerful type system.  See the
;; following for more information on Shen. http://www.shenlanguage.org

;;; Code:
(require 'lisp-mode)
(require 'imenu)

(defcustom shen-mode-hook '(turn-on-eldoc-mode)
  "Normal hook run when entering `shen-mode'."
  :type 'hook
  :group 'shen)

(defvar shen-mode-map
  (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
    (set-keymap-parent map lisp-mode-shared-map)
    map)
  "Currently just inherits from `lisp-mode-shared-map'.")

(defconst shen-functions
  '((* "number --> number --> number" "Number multiplication.")
    (+ "number --> number --> number" "Number addition.")
    (- "number --> number --> number" "Number subtraction.")
    (/ "number --> number --> number" "Number division.")
    (/. "_" "Abstraction builder, receives a variable and an expression; does the job of --> in the lambda calculus.")
    (< "number --> number --> boolean" "Less than.")
    (<-vector nil nil)
    (<= "number --> number --> boolean" "Less than or equal to.")
    (<e> nil nil)
    (= "A --> A --> boolean" "Equal to.")
    (== "A --> B --> boolean" "Equal to.")
    (> "number --> number --> boolean" "Greater than.")
    (>= "number --> number --> boolean" "Greater than or equal to.")
    (@p "_" "Takes two inputs and forms an ordered pair.")
    (@s "_" "Takes two or more inputs and forms a string.")
    (@v "_" "Takes two or more inputs and forms a vector.")
    (abort nil "throw a simple error")
    (adjoin nil "add arg1 to list arg2 if not already a member")
    (and "boolean --> boolean --> boolean" "Boolean and.")
    (append "(list A) --> (list A) --> (list A)" "Appends two lists into one list.")
    (apply "(A --> B) --> (A --> B)" "Applies a function to an input.")
    (arity nil nil)
    (assoc nil nil)
    (assoc-type "symbol --> variable --> symbol" "Associates a Qi type (first input) with  Lisp type (second input)..")
    (average nil "return the average of two numbers")
    (bind nil nil)
    (boolean\? "A --> boolean" "Recognisor for booleans.")
    (bound\? nil "check is a symbol is bound")
    (byte->string nil "return the string represented by bytes")
    (call nil nil)
    (cd "string --> string" "Changes the home directory. (cd \"My Programs\") will cause (load \"hello_world.txt\") to load MyPrograms/hello_world.txt.   (cd \"\")  is the default.")
    (character\? "A --> boolean" "Recognisor for characters.")
    (compile nil nil)
    (complex\? "A --> boolean" "Recognisor for complex numbers.")
    (concat "symbol --> symbol --> symbol" "Concatenates two symbols.")
    (congruent\? "A --> A --> boolean" "Retrns true if objects are identical or else if they are strings or characters which are identical differing at most in case or numbers of equal value (e.g. 1 and 1.0) or tuples composed of congruent elements.")
    (cons "_" "A special form that takes an object e of type A and a list l of type (list A) and produces a list of type (list A) by adding e to the front of  l.")
    (cons\? "--> boolean" "Returns true iff the input is a non-empty list.")
    (core nil nil)
    (cut nil nil)
    (debug "A --> string" "The input is ignored and debugging is returned; but all terminal output is echoed to the file debug.txt until the undebug function is executed.")
    (declare "_" "Takes a function name f and a type t expressed as a list and gives f the type t.")
    (define "_" "Define a function, takes a name, an optional type and a pattern matching body.")
    (delete-file "string --> string" "The file named in the string is deleted and the string returned.")
    (destroy "_" "Receives the name of a function and removes it and its type from the environment.")
    (difference "(list A) --> (list A) --> (list A)" "Subtracts the elements of the second list from the first")
    (do "_" "A special form: receives n well-typed expressions and evaluates each one, returning the normal form of the last one.")
    (dump "string --> string" "Dumps all user-generated Lisp from the file f denoted by the argument into a file f.lsp.")
    (echo "string --> string" "Echoes all terminal input/output to a file named by string (which is either appended to if it exists or created if not) until the command (echo \"\") is received which switches echo off.")
    (element\? "A -> (list A) --> boolean" "Returns true iff the first input is an element in the second.")
    (empty\? "--> boolean" "Returns true iff the input is [].")
    (error "_" "A special form: takes a string followed by n (n --> 0) expressions. Prints error string.")
    (eval "_" "Evaluates the input.")
    (explode "A --> (list character)" "Explodes an object to a list of characters.")
    (fail nil nil)
    (fix "(A --> A) --> (A --> A)" "Applies a function to generate a fixpoint.")
    (float\? "A --> boolean" "Recognisor for floating point numbers.")
    (floor nil nil)
    (format nil "takes a stream, a format string and args, formats and prints to the stream")
    (freeze "A --> (lazy A)" "Returns a frozen version of its input.")
    (fst "(A * B) --> A" "Returns the first element of a tuple.")
    (fwhen nil nil)
    (gensym "_" "Generates a fresh symbol or variable from a string..")
    (get nil "gets property arg2 from object arg1")
    (get-array "(array A) --> (list number) --> A --> A" "3-place function that takes an array of elements of type A, an index to that array as a list of natural numbers and an expression E of type A.  If an object is stored at the index, then it is returned, otherwise the normal form of E is returned.")
    (get-prop "_" "3-place function that takes a symbol S, a pointer P (which can be a string, symbol or number), and an expression E of any kind and returns the value pointed by P from S  (if one exists) or the normal form of E otherwise.")
    (hash nil "hash an object")
    (hdv nil nil)
    (head "(list A) --> A" "Returns the first element of a list.")
    (identical nil nil)
    (if "boolean --> A --> A" "takes a boolean b and two expressions x and y and evaluates x if b evaluates to true and evaluates y if b evaluates to false.")
    (if-with-checking "string --> (list A)" "If type checking is enabled, raises the string as an error otherwise returns the empty list..")
    (if-without-checking "string --> (list A)" "If type checking is disabled, raises the string as an error otherwise returns the empty list.")
    (include "(list symbol) --> (list symbol)" "Includes the datatype theories or synonyms for use in type checking.")
    (include-all-but "(list symbol) --> (list symbol)" "Includes all loaded datatype theories and synonyms for use in type checking apart from those entered.")
    (inferences "A --> number" "The input is ignored. Returns the number of logical inferences executed since the last call to the top level.")
    (input "_" "0-place function. Takes a user input i and returns the normal form of i.")
    (input+ "_" "Special form. Takes inputs of the form : <expr>. Where d(<expr>) is the type denoted by the choice of expression (e.g. \"number\" denotes the type number). Takes a user input i and returns the normal form of i given i is of the type d(<expr>).")
    (integer\? "A --> boolean" "Recognisor for integers.")
    (interror nil nil)
    (intersection "(list A) --> (list A) --> (list A)" "Computes the intersection of two lists.")
    (intmake-string nil nil)
    (intoutput nil nil)
    (lambda "_" "Lambda operator from lambda calculus.")
    (length "(list A) --> integer" "Returns the number of elements in a list.")
    (let nil nil)
    (limit nil nil)
    (lineread "_" "Top level reader of read-evaluate-print loop. Reads elements into a list.  lineread terminates with carriage return when brackets are balanced.  ^ aborts lineread.")
    (list "A .. A --> (list A)" "A special form. Assembles n (n  --> 0) inputs into a list.")
    (load "string --> symbol" "Takes a file name and loads the file, returning loaded as a symbol.")
    (macroexpand nil nil)
    (make-string "string A1 - An --> string" "A special form: takes a string followed by n (n --> 0) well-typed expressions; assembles and returns a string.")
    (map "(A --> B) --> (list A) --> (list B)" "The first input is applied to each member of the second input and the results consed into one list..")
    (mapcan "(A --> (list B)) --> (list A) --> (list B)" "The first input is applied to each member of the second input and the results appended into one list.")
    (maxinferences "number --> number" "Returns the input and as a side-effect, sets a global variable to a number that limits the maximum number of inferences that can be expended on attempting to typecheck a program.  The default is 1,000,000.")
    (mod nil "arg1 mod arg2")
    (newsym "symbol --> symbol" "Generates a fresh symbol from a symbol.")
    (newvar "variable --> variable" "Generates a fresh variable from a variable")
    (nl nil nil)
    (not "boolean --> boolean" "Boolean not.")
    (nth "number --> (list A) --> A" "Gets the nth element of a list numbered from 1.")
    (number\? "A --> boolean" "Recognisor for numbers.")
    (occurences "A --> B --> number" "Returns the number of times the first argument occurs in the second.")
    (occurrences nil "returns the number of occurrences of arg1 in arg2")
    (occurs-check "symbol --> boolean" "Receives either + or - and enables/disables occur checking in Prolog,    datatype definitions and rule closures.   The default is +.")
    (opaque "symbol --> symbol" "Applied to a Lisp macro makes it opaque to Qi.")
    (or "boolean -->  (boolean --> boolean)" "Boolean or.")
    (output "string A1 - An --> string" "A special form: takes a string followed by n (n --> 0) well-typed expressions; prints a message to the screen and returns an object of type string (the string \"done\").")
    (preclude "(list symbol) --> (list symbol)" "Removes the mentioned datatype theories and synonyms from use in type checking.")
    (preclude-all-but "(list symbol) --> (list symbol)" "Removes all the datatype theories and synonyms from use in type checking apart from the ones given.")
    (print "A --> A" "Takes an object and prints it, returning it as a result.")
    (profile "(A --> B) --> (A --> B)" "Takes a function represented by a function name and inserts profiling code returning the function as an output.")
    (profile-results "A --> symbol" "The input is ignored.  Returns a list of profiled functions and their     timings since  profile-results was last used.")
    (ps "_" "Receives a symbol  denoting a Qi function and prints the Lisp source    code associated with the function.")
    (put nil "puts value of arg3 as property arg2 in object arg1")
    (put-array "(array A) --> (list number) --> A --> A" "3-place function that takes an array of elements of type A, an index to that array as a list of natural numbers and an expression E of type A.  The normal form of E is stored at that index and then returned.")
    (put-prop "_" "3-place function that takes a symbol S, a pointer P (a string symbol or number), and an expression E. The pointer P is set to point from S to the normal form of E which is then returned.")
    (quit "_" "0-place function that exits Qi.")
    (random "number --> number" "Given a positive number n, generates a random number between 0 and    n-1.")
    (rational\? "A --> boolean" "Recognisor for rational numbers.")
    (read nil nil)
    (read-char "A --> character" "The input is discarded and the character typed by the user is returned.")
    (read-chars-as-stringlist "(list character) --> (character -->  boolean) -->  (list string)" "Returns a list of strings whose components are taken from the character list. The second input acts as a tokeniser.  Thus (read-chars-as-stringlist [#\\H #\\i #\\Space #\\P #\\a #\\t]  (/. X (= X #\\Space))) will produce [\"Hi\" \"Pat\"].")
    (read-file "string --> (list unit)" "Returns the contents of an ASCII file designated by a string.  Returns a list of units,  where unit is an unspecified type.")
    (read-file-as-charlist "string --> (list character)" "Returns the list of characters from the contents of an ASCII file designated by a string.")
    (read-file-as-string nil nil)
    (real\? "A --> boolean" "Recognisor for real numbers.")
    (remove "A --> (list A) --> (list A)" "Removes all occurrences of an element from a list.")
    (return nil nil)
    (reverse "(list A)--> ?(list A)" "Reverses a list.")
    (round "number--> ?number" "Rounds a number.")
    (save "_" "0 place function. Saves a Qi image.")
    (snd "(A * B) --> B" "Returns the second element of a tuple.")
    (specialise "symbol --> symbol" "Receives the name of a function and turns it into a special form. Special forms are not curried during evaluation or compilation.")
    (speed "number --> number" "Receives a value 0 to 3 and sets the performance of the generated Lisp code, returning its input.  0 is the lowest setting.")
    (spy "symbol --> boolean" "Receives either + or - and respectively enables/disables tracing the    operation of T*.")
    (sqrt "number --> number" "Returns the square root of a number.")
    (step "symbol --> boolean" "Receives either + or - and enables/disables stepping in the trace.")
    (stinput nil nil)
    (string\? "A --> boolean" "Recognisor for strings.")
    (strong-warning "symbol --> boolean" "Takes + or -; if + then warnings are treated as error messages.")
    (subst nil nil)
    (sugar "symbol --> (A --> B) --> number --> (A --> B)" "Receives either in or out as first argument, a function f and an integer    greater than 0 and returns f as a result.  The function f is placed on the    sugaring list at a position determined by the number.")
    (sugar-list "symbol --> (list symbol)" "Receives either in or out as first argument, and returns the list of sugar    functions.")
    (sum nil "sum a list of numbers")
    (symbol\? "A --> boolean" "Recognisor for symbols.")
    (systemf nil nil)
    (tail "(list A) --> (list A)" "Returns all but the first element of a non-empty list.")
    (tc "symbol --> boolean" "Receives either + or - and respectively enables/disables static typing.")
    (tc\? nil "return true if type checking")
    (thaw "(lazy A) --> A" "Receives a frozen input and evaluates it to get the unthawed result..")
    (time "A --> A" "Prints the run time for the evaluation of its input and returns its normal form.")
    (tlv nil nil)
    (track "symbol --> symbol" "Tracks the I/O behaviour of a function.")
    (transparent "symbol --> symbol" "Applied to a Lisp macro makes it transparent to Qi.")
    (tuple\? "A --> boolean" "Recognisor for tuples.")
    (type "_" "Returns a type for its input (if any) or false if the input has no type.")
    (unassoc-type "symbol --> symbol" "Removes any associations with the Qi type in the type association table.")
    (undebug "A --> string" "The input is ignored, undebugging is returned and all terminal output is closed to the file debug.txt.")
    (unify nil nil)
    (unify! nil nil)
    (union "(list A) --> (list A) --> (list A)" "Forms the union of two lists.")
    (unprofile "(A --> B) --> (A --> B)" "Unprofiles a function.")
    (unspecialise "symbol --> symbol" "Receives the name of a function and deletes its special form status.")
    (unsugar "symbol --> (A --> B) --> (A --> B)" "Receives either out or in and the name of a function and removes its status as a sugar function.")
    (untrack "symbol --> symbol" "Untracks a function.")
    (value "_" "Applied to a symbol, returns the global value assigned to it.")
    (variable\? "A --> boolean" "Applied to a variable, returns true.")
    (vector nil nil)
    (vector-> nil nil)
    (vector\? nil nil)
    (version "string --> string" "Changes the version string displayed on startup.")
    (warn "string --> string" "Prints the string as a warning and returns \"done\".  See strong-warning")
    (write-to-file "string --> A --> string" "Writes the second input into a file named in the first input. If the file does not exist, it is created, else it is overwritten. If the second input is a string then it is written to the file without the enclosing quotes.  The first input is returned.")
    (y-or-n\? "string --> boolean" "Prints the string as a question and returns true for y and false for n."))
  "Shen functions taken largely from the Qi documentation by Dr. Mark Tarver.")

\f
;;; Fontification
(defconst shen-font-lock-keywords
  (eval-when-compile
    `(;; definitions
      (,(concat "(\\("
                (regexp-opt
                 '("define" "defmacro" "defprolog" "/." "synonyms" "defcc"))
                "\\)\\>"
                "[ \t]*(?"
                "\\(\\sw+\\)?")
       (1 font-lock-keyword-face)
       (2 font-lock-function-name-face nil t))
      ("(\\(lambda\\)\\>[ \t]*(?\\(\\sw+\\)?"
       (1 font-lock-keyword-face)
       (2 font-lock-variable-name-face nil t))
      ;; data types
      ("(\\(datatype\\)\\>[ \t]*(?\\(\\sw+\\)?"
       (1 font-lock-keyword-face)
       (2 font-lock-type-face nil t))
      ;; variables
      ("\\<\\([A-Z]\\w*\\)\\>" . font-lock-variable-name-face)
      ;; control structures
      (,(concat
         "("
         (regexp-opt
          (append
           '("let" "=" "eval-without-reader-macros" "freeze" "type") ; generic
           '("if" "and" "or" "cond")) t) ; boolean
         "\\>") . 1)
      ;; errors
      ("(\\(error\\)\\>" 1 font-lock-warning-face)
      ;; built-in
      (,(concat
         "("
         (regexp-opt
          (mapcar
           (lambda (it) (format "%s" it))
           (append
            '(intern function)                          ; symbols
            '(pos tlstr cn str string?)                 ; strings
            '(set value)                                ; assignment
            '(cons hd tl cons?)                         ; lists
            '(absvector address-> <-address absvector?) ; vector
            '(pr read-byte open close)                  ; stream
            '(get-time)                                 ; time
            '(+ - * / > < >= <= number?)                ; arithmetic
            '(fst snd tupple?)                          ; tuple
            '(@s @v @p)
            '(put get)                  ; property lists
            '(simple-error trap-error error-to-string) ; error
            ;; predicates
            (mapcar
             (lambda (it) (format "%s?" it))
             '(boolean character complex congruent cons element empty float
                       integer number provable rational solved string symbol
                       tuple variable))
            ;; misc functions
            (mapcar #'car shen-functions)))
          t)
         "\\>")
       1 font-lock-builtin-face)
      ;; external global variables
      (,(concat
         (regexp-opt
          (mapcar
           (lambda (cnst) (format "*%s*" cnst))
           '("language" "implementation" "port" "porters"
             "stinput" "home-directory" "version"
             "maximum-print-sequence-size" "printer" "macros")) t)
         "\\>")
       1 font-lock-builtin-face)))
  "Default expressions to highlight in Shen mode.")

(defvar shen-mode-syntax-table
  (let ((table (make-syntax-table)))
    (dolist (pair '((?@  . "w")
                    (?_  . "w")
                    (?-  . "w")
                    (?+  . "w")
                    (??  . "w")
                    (?!  . "w")
                    (?<  . "w")
                    (?>  . "w")
                    (?/  . "w")
                    ;; comment delimiters
                    (?\\ . ". 14")
                    (?*  . ". 23")))
      (modify-syntax-entry (car pair) (cdr pair) table))
    table)
  "Syntax table to use in shen-mode.")

\f
;;; Indentation
;; Copied from qi-mode, which in turn is from scheme-mode and from lisp-mode
(defun shen-indent-function (indent-point state)
  (let ((normal-indent (current-column)))
    (goto-char (1+ (elt state 1)))
    (parse-partial-sexp (point) calculate-lisp-indent-last-sexp 0 t)
    (if (and (elt state 2)
             (not (looking-at "\\sw\\|\\s_")))
      ;; car of form doesn't seem to be a symbol
      (progn
        (if (not (> (save-excursion (forward-line 1) (point))
                    calculate-lisp-indent-last-sexp))
          (progn (goto-char calculate-lisp-indent-last-sexp)
                 (beginning-of-line)
                 (parse-partial-sexp (point)
                                     calculate-lisp-indent-last-sexp 0 t)))
        ;; Indent under the list or under the first sexp on the same
        ;; line as calculate-lisp-indent-last-sexp.  Note that first
        ;; thing on that line has to be complete sexp since we are
        ;; inside the innermost containing sexp.
        (backward-prefix-chars)
        (current-column))
      (let ((function (buffer-substring (point)
                                        (progn (forward-sexp 1) (point))))
            method)
        (setq method (or (get (intern-soft function) 'shen-indent-function)
                         (get (intern-soft function) 'shen-indent-hook)))
        (cond ((or (eq method 'defun)
                   (and (null method)
                        (> (length function) 3)
                        (string-match "\\`def" function)))
               (lisp-indent-defform state indent-point))
              ((integerp method)
               (lisp-indent-specform method state
                                     indent-point normal-indent))
              (method
               (funcall method state indent-point normal-indent)))))))

(defun shen-let-indent (state indent-point normal-indent)
  (let ((edge (- (current-column) 2)))
    (goto-char indent-point) (skip-chars-forward " \t")
    (if (looking-at "[-a-zA-Z0-9+*/?!@$%^&_:~]")
        ;; deeper indent because we're still defining local variables
        (lisp-indent-specform 5 state indent-point normal-indent)
      ;; shallow indent because we're in the body
      edge)))

(defun shen-package-indent (state indent-point normal-indent)
  (- (current-column) 8))

(put 'let 'shen-indent-function 'shen-let-indent)
(put 'lambda 'shen-indent-function 1)
(put 'package 'shen-indent-function 'shen-package-indent)
(put 'datatype 'shen-indent-function 1)

\f
;;; Function documentation
(defun shen-current-function ()
  (ignore-errors
    (save-excursion
      (backward-up-list)
      (forward-char 1)
      (thing-at-point 'word))))

(defun shen-mode-eldoc ()
  (let ((func (assoc (intern (or (shen-current-function) "")) shen-functions)))
    (when func
      (format "%s%s:%s"
              (propertize (symbol-name (car func))
                          'face 'font-lock-function-name-face)
              (if (cadr func)  (concat "[" (cadr func) "]") "")
              (if (caddr func) (concat " " (caddr func)) "")))))

(defvar shen-imenu-generic-expression
  '(("Functions" "^\\s-*(\\(define\\)" 1)))

\f
;;; Major mode definition
;; apparently some versions of Emacs don't have `prog-mode' defined
(unless (fboundp 'prog-mode)
  (defalias 'prog-mode 'fundamental-mode))

(define-derived-mode shen-mode prog-mode "shen"
  "Major mode for editing Shen code."
  :syntax-table shen-mode-syntax-table
  ;; set a variety of local variables
  ((lambda (local-vars)
     (dolist (pair local-vars)
       (set (make-local-variable (car pair)) (cdr pair))))
   `((adaptive-fill-mode . nil)
     (fill-paragraph-function . lisp-fill-paragraph)
     (indent-line-function . lisp-indent-line)
     (lisp-indent-function . shen-indent-function)
     (parse-sexp-ignore-comments . t)
     (comment-start . "\\* ")
     (comment-end . " *\\")
     (comment-add . 0)
     (comment-column . 32)
     (parse-sexp-ignore-comments . t)
     (comment-use-global-state . nil)
     (comment-multi-line . t)
     (eldoc-documentation-function . shen-mode-eldoc)
     (imenu-case-fold-search . t)
     (imenu-generic-expression . ,shen-imenu-generic-expression)
     (mode-name . "Shen")
     (font-lock-defaults . (shen-font-lock-keywords)))))

(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.shen\\'" . shen-mode))

(provide 'shen-mode)
;;; shen-mode.el ends here