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1 ;;; startup.el --- process Emacs shell arguments
2
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
5 ;; Maintainer: FSF
6 ;; Keywords: internal
7
8 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
9
10 ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
11 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
12 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
13 ;; any later version.
14
15 ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
16 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
17 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
18 ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
19
20 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
21 ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
22 ;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
23
24 ;;; Commentary:
25
26 ; These are processed only at the beginning of the argument list.
27 ; -batch execute noninteractively (messages go to stdout,
28 ; variable noninteractive set to t)
29 ; This option must be the first in the arglist.
30 ; Processed by `main' in emacs.c -- never seen by lisp
31 ; -t file Specify to use file rather than stdin/stdout
32 ; as the terminal.
33 ; This option must be the first in the arglist.
34 ; Processed by `main' in emacs.c -- never seen by lisp
35 ; -nw Inhibit the use of any window-system-specific display
36 ; code; use the current virtual terminal.
37 ; This option must be the first in the arglist.
38 ; Processed by `main' in emacs.c -- never seen by lisp
39 ; -q load no init file
40 ; -no-init-file same
41 ; -u user load user's init file
42 ; -user user same
43 ; -debug-init Don't catch errors in init file; let debugger run.
44
45 ; These are processed in the order encountered.
46 ; -f function execute function
47 ; -funcall function same
48 ; -l file load file
49 ; -load file same
50 ; -insert file same
51 ; file visit file
52 ; -kill kill (exit) emacs
53
54 ;;; Code:
55
56 (setq top-level '(normal-top-level))
57
58 (defvar command-line-processed nil "t once command line has been processed")
59
60 (defconst inhibit-startup-message nil
61 "*Non-nil inhibits the initial startup messages.
62 This is for use in your personal init file, once you are familiar
63 with the contents of the startup message.")
64
65 (defconst inhibit-default-init nil
66 "*Non-nil inhibits loading the `default' library.")
67
68 (defconst command-switch-alist nil
69 "Alist of command-line switches.
70 Elements look like (SWITCH-STRING . HANDLER-FUNCTION).
71 HANDLER-FUNCTION receives switch name as sole arg;
72 remaining command-line args are in the variable `command-line-args-left'.")
73
74 (defvar command-line-functions nil ;; lrs 7/31/89
75 "List of functions to process unrecognized command-line arguments.
76 Each function should access the dynamically bound variables
77 argi (the current argument) and command-line-args-left (the remaining
78 arguments). The function should return non-nil only if it recognizes and
79 processes argi. If it does so, it may consume successive arguments by
80 altering command-line-args-left to remove them.")
81
82 (defvar before-init-hook nil
83 "Functions to call after handling urgent options but before loading init file.
84 The frame system uses this to open frames to display messages while
85 Emacs loads the user's initialization file.")
86
87 (defvar after-init-hook nil
88 "Functions to call after loading the init file (`~/.emacs').
89 The call is not protected by a condition-case, so you can set `debug-on-error'
90 in `.emacs', and put all the actual code on `after-init-hook'.")
91
92 (defvar term-setup-hook nil
93 "Functions to be called after loading terminal-specific lisp code.
94 See `run-hooks'. This variable exists for users to set,
95 so as to override the definitions made by the terminal-specific file.
96 Emacs never sets this variable itself.")
97
98 (defvar keyboard-type nil
99 "The brand of keyboard you are using. This variable is used to define
100 the proper function and keypad keys for use under X. It is used in a
101 fashion analogous to the environment value TERM.")
102
103 (defvar window-setup-hook nil
104 "Function called to initialize window system display.
105 Emacs calls this after processing the command line arguments and loading
106 the user's init file.
107
108 Users should not set this variable; use term-setup-hook instead.")
109
110 (defconst initial-major-mode 'lisp-interaction-mode
111 "Major mode command symbol to use for the initial *scratch* buffer.")
112
113 (defvar init-file-user nil
114 "Identity of user whose `.emacs' file is or was read.
115 The value may be the null string or a string containing a user's name.
116 If the value is a null string, it means that the init file was taken from
117 the user that originally logged in.
118
119 In all cases, `(concat \"~\" init-file-user \"/\")' evaluates to the
120 directory name of the directory where the `.emacs' file was looked for.")
121
122 (defvar init-file-debug nil)
123
124 (defun normal-top-level ()
125 (if command-line-processed
126 (message "Back to top level.")
127 (setq command-line-processed t)
128 (if (not (eq system-type 'vax-vms))
129 (progn
130 ;; If the PWD environment variable isn't accurate, delete it.
131 (let ((pwd (getenv "PWD")))
132 (and (stringp pwd)
133 ;; Use FOO/., so that if FOO is a symlink, file-attributes
134 ;; describes the directory linked to, not FOO itself.
135 (or (equal (file-attributes
136 (concat (file-name-as-directory pwd) "."))
137 (file-attributes
138 (concat (file-name-as-directory default-directory)
139 ".")))
140 (setq process-environment
141 (delete (concat "PWD=" pwd)
142 process-environment)))))))
143 (setq default-directory (abbreviate-file-name default-directory))
144 (unwind-protect
145 (command-line)
146 ;; Do this again, in case .emacs defined more abbreviations.
147 (setq default-directory (abbreviate-file-name default-directory))
148 (run-hooks 'emacs-startup-hook)
149 (and term-setup-hook
150 (run-hooks 'term-setup-hook))
151 ;; Modify the initial frame based on what .emacs puts into
152 ;; ...-frame-alist.
153 (if (fboundp 'frame-notice-user-settings)
154 (frame-notice-user-settings))
155 ;; Now we know the user's default font, so add it to the menu.
156 (if (fboundp 'font-menu-add-default)
157 (font-menu-add-default))
158 (and window-setup-hook
159 (run-hooks 'window-setup-hook)))))
160
161 (defun command-line ()
162 ;; See if we should import version-control from the environment variable.
163 (let ((vc (getenv "VERSION_CONTROL")))
164 (cond ((eq vc nil)) ;don't do anything if not set
165 ((or (string= vc "t")
166 (string= vc "numbered"))
167 (setq version-control t))
168 ((or (string= vc "nil")
169 (string= vc "existing"))
170 (setq version-control nil))
171 ((or (string= vc "never")
172 (string= vc "simple"))
173 (setq version-control 'never))))
174
175 ;;! This has been commented out; I currently find the behavior when
176 ;;! split-window-keep-point is nil disturbing, but if I can get used
177 ;;! to it, then it would be better to eliminate the option.
178 ;;! ;; Choose a good default value for split-window-keep-point.
179 ;;! (setq split-window-keep-point (> baud-rate 2400))
180
181 ;; Read window system's init file if using a window system.
182 (if (and window-system (not noninteractive))
183 (load (concat term-file-prefix
184 (symbol-name window-system)
185 "-win")
186 ;; Every window system should have a startup file;
187 ;; barf if we can't find it.
188 nil t))
189
190 (let ((done nil)
191 (args (cdr command-line-args)))
192
193 ;; Figure out which user's init file to load,
194 ;; either from the environment or from the options.
195 (setq init-file-user (if noninteractive nil (user-login-name)))
196 ;; If user has not done su, use current $HOME to find .emacs.
197 (and init-file-user (string= init-file-user (user-real-login-name))
198 (setq init-file-user ""))
199
200 ;; Process the command-line args, and delete the arguments
201 ;; processed. This is consistent with the way main in emacs.c
202 ;; does things.
203 (while (and (not done) args)
204 (let ((argi (car args)))
205 (cond
206 ((or (string-equal argi "-q")
207 (string-equal argi "-no-init-file"))
208 (setq init-file-user nil
209 args (cdr args)))
210 ((or (string-equal argi "-u")
211 (string-equal argi "-user"))
212 (setq args (cdr args)
213 init-file-user (car args)
214 args (cdr args)))
215 ((string-equal argi "-debug-init")
216 (setq init-file-debug t
217 args (cdr args)))
218 (t (setq done t)))))
219
220 ;; Re-attach the program name to the front of the arg list.
221 (setcdr command-line-args args))
222
223 ;; Under X Windows, this creates the X frame and deletes the terminal frame.
224 (if (fboundp 'frame-initialize)
225 (frame-initialize))
226 (if (fboundp 'face-initialize)
227 (face-initialize))
228
229 (run-hooks 'before-init-hook)
230
231 ;; Run the site-start library if it exists. The point of this file is
232 ;; that it is run before .emacs. There is no point in doing this after
233 ;; .emacs; that is useless.
234 (load "site-start" t t)
235
236 ;; Load that user's init file, or the default one, or none.
237 (let ((debug-on-error init-file-debug)
238 ;; This function actually reads the init files.
239 (inner
240 (function
241 (lambda ()
242 (if init-file-user
243 (progn (load (if (eq system-type 'vax-vms)
244 "sys$login:.emacs"
245 (concat "~" init-file-user "/.emacs"))
246 t t t)
247 (or inhibit-default-init
248 (let ((inhibit-startup-message nil))
249 ;; Users are supposed to be told their rights.
250 ;; (Plus how to get help and how to undo.)
251 ;; Don't you dare turn this off for anyone
252 ;; except yourself.
253 (load "default" t t)))))))))
254 (if init-file-debug
255 ;; Do this without a condition-case if the user wants to debug.
256 (funcall inner)
257 (condition-case error
258 (funcall inner)
259 (error (message "Error in init file: %s%s%s"
260 (get (car error) 'error-message)
261 (if (cdr error) ": ")
262 (mapconcat 'prin1-to-string (cdr error) ", "))))))
263
264 (run-hooks 'after-init-hook)
265
266 ;; If *scratch* exists and init file didn't change its mode, initialize it.
267 (if (get-buffer "*scratch*")
268 (save-excursion
269 (set-buffer "*scratch*")
270 (if (eq major-mode 'fundamental-mode)
271 (funcall initial-major-mode))))
272 ;; Load library for our terminal type.
273 ;; User init file can set term-file-prefix to nil to prevent this.
274 (and term-file-prefix (not noninteractive) (not window-system)
275 (let ((term (getenv "TERM"))
276 hyphend)
277 (while (and term
278 (not (load (concat term-file-prefix term) t t)))
279 ;; Strip off last hyphen and what follows, then try again
280 (if (setq hyphend (string-match "[-_][^-_]+$" term))
281 (setq term (substring term 0 hyphend))
282 (setq term nil)))))
283
284 ;; Process the remaining args.
285 (command-line-1 (cdr command-line-args))
286
287 ;; If -batch, terminate after processing the command options.
288 (if noninteractive (kill-emacs t)))
289
290 (defun command-line-1 (command-line-args-left)
291 (if (null command-line-args-left)
292 (cond ((and (not inhibit-startup-message) (not noninteractive)
293 ;; Don't clobber a non-scratch buffer if init file
294 ;; has selected it.
295 (string= (buffer-name) "*scratch*")
296 (not (input-pending-p)))
297 ;; If there are no switches to process, we might as well
298 ;; run this hook now, and there may be some need to do it
299 ;; before doing any output.
300 (and term-setup-hook
301 (run-hooks 'term-setup-hook))
302 ;; Don't let the hook be run twice.
303 (setq term-setup-hook nil)
304
305 ;; It's important to notice the user settings before we
306 ;; display the startup message; otherwise, the settings
307 ;; won't take effect until the user gives the first
308 ;; keystroke, and that's distracting.
309 (if (fboundp 'frame-notice-user-settings)
310 (frame-notice-user-settings))
311
312 (and window-setup-hook
313 (run-hooks 'window-setup-hook))
314 (setq window-setup-hook nil)
315 (unwind-protect
316 (progn
317 (insert (emacs-version)
318 "
319 Copyright (C) 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.\n\n")
320 ;; If keys have their default meanings,
321 ;; use precomputed string to save lots of time.
322 (if (and (eq (key-binding "\C-h") 'help-command)
323 (eq (key-binding "\C-xu") 'advertised-undo)
324 (eq (key-binding "\C-x\C-c") 'save-buffers-kill-emacs)
325 (eq (key-binding "\C-h\C-c") 'describe-copying)
326 (eq (key-binding "\C-h\C-d") 'describe-distribution)
327 (eq (key-binding "\C-h\C-w") 'describe-no-warranty)
328 (eq (key-binding "\C-ht") 'help-with-tutorial))
329 (insert
330 "Type C-h for help; C-x u to undo changes. (`C-' means use CTRL key.)
331 To kill the Emacs job, type C-x C-c.
332 Type C-h t for a tutorial on using Emacs.
333 Type C-h i to enter Info, which you can use to read GNU documentation.
334
335 GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type C-h C-w for full details.
336 You may give out copies of Emacs; type C-h C-c to see the conditions.
337 Type C-h C-d for information on getting the latest version.")
338 (insert (substitute-command-keys
339 "Type \\[help-command] for help; \\[advertised-undo] to undo changes. (`C-' means use CTRL key.)
340 To kill the Emacs job, type \\[save-buffers-kill-emacs].
341 Type \\[help-with-tutorial] for a tutorial on using Emacs.
342 Type \\[info] to enter Info, which you can use to read GNU documentation.
343
344 GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type \\[describe-no-warranty] for full details.
345 You may give out copies of Emacs; type \\[describe-copying] to see the conditions.
346 Type \\[describe-distribution] for information on getting the latest version.")))
347 (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
348 (sit-for 120))
349 (save-excursion
350 ;; In case the Emacs server has already selected
351 ;; another buffer, erase the one our message is in.
352 (set-buffer (get-buffer "*scratch*"))
353 (erase-buffer)
354 (set-buffer-modified-p nil)))))
355 (let ((dir default-directory)
356 (file-count 0)
357 first-file-buffer
358 (line 0))
359 (while command-line-args-left
360 (let ((argi (car command-line-args-left))
361 tem)
362 (setq command-line-args-left (cdr command-line-args-left))
363 (cond ((setq tem (assoc argi command-switch-alist))
364 (funcall (cdr tem) argi))
365 ((or (string-equal argi "-f") ;what the manual claims
366 (string-equal argi "-funcall")
367 (string-equal argi "-e")) ; what the source used to say
368 (setq tem (intern (car command-line-args-left)))
369 (setq command-line-args-left (cdr command-line-args-left))
370 (funcall tem))
371 ((or (string-equal argi "-l")
372 (string-equal argi "-load"))
373 (let ((file (car command-line-args-left)))
374 ;; Take file from default dir if it exists there;
375 ;; otherwise let `load' search for it.
376 (if (file-exists-p (expand-file-name file))
377 (setq file (expand-file-name file)))
378 (load file nil t))
379 (setq command-line-args-left (cdr command-line-args-left)))
380 ((string-equal argi "-insert")
381 (or (stringp (car command-line-args-left))
382 (error "filename omitted from `-insert' option"))
383 (insert-file-contents (car command-line-args-left))
384 (setq command-line-args-left (cdr command-line-args-left)))
385 ((string-equal argi "-kill")
386 (kill-emacs t))
387 ((string-match "^\\+[0-9]+\\'" argi)
388 (setq line (string-to-int argi)))
389 (t
390 ;; We have almost exhausted our options. See if the
391 ;; user has made any other command-line options available
392 (let ((hooks command-line-functions);; lrs 7/31/89
393 (did-hook nil))
394 (while (and hooks
395 (not (setq did-hook (funcall (car hooks)))))
396 (setq hooks (cdr hooks)))
397 (if (not did-hook)
398 ;; Ok, presume that the argument is a file name
399 (progn
400 (setq file-count (1+ file-count))
401 (cond ((= file-count 1)
402 (setq first-file-buffer
403 (find-file (expand-file-name argi dir))))
404 (t
405 (find-file-other-window (expand-file-name argi dir))))
406 (or (zerop line)
407 (goto-line line))
408 (setq line 0))))))))
409 ;; If 3 or more files visited, and not all visible,
410 ;; show user what they all are.
411 (if (> file-count 2)
412 (or (get-buffer-window first-file-buffer)
413 (progn (other-window 1)
414 (buffer-menu)))))))
415
416 ;;; startup.el ends here