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   1 ;;; pp.el --- pretty printer for Emacs Lisp
   2
   3 ;; Copyright (C) 1989, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4
   5 ;; Author: Randal Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
   6
   7 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
   8
   9 ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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  12 ;; any later version.
  13
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  18
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  22 ;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
  23
  24 ;;; Code:
  25
  26 (defvar pp-escape-newlines t
  27   "*Value of print-escape-newlines used by pp-* functions.")
  28
  29 (defun pp-to-string (object)
  30   "Return a string containing the pretty-printed representation of OBJECT,
  31 any Lisp object.  Quoting characters are used when needed to make output
  32 that `read' can handle, whenever this is possible."
  33   (save-excursion
  34     (set-buffer (generate-new-buffer " pp-to-string"))
  35     (unwind-protect
  36         (progn
  37           (lisp-mode-variables t)
  38           (let ((print-escape-newlines pp-escape-newlines))
  39             (prin1 object (current-buffer)))
  40           (goto-char (point-min))
  41           (while (not (eobp))
  42             ;; (message "%06d" (- (point-max) (point)))
  43             (cond
  44              ((looking-at "\\s(\\|#\\s(")
  45               (while (looking-at "\\s(\\|#\\s(")
  46                 (forward-char 1)))
  47              ((and (looking-at "\\(quote[ \t]+\\)\\([^.)]\\)")
  48                    (> (match-beginning 1) 1)
  49                    (= ?\( (char-after (1- (match-beginning 1))))
  50                    ;; Make sure this is a two-element list.
  51                    (save-excursion
  52                      (goto-char (match-beginning 2))
  53                      (forward-sexp)
  54                      ;; (looking-at "[ \t]*\)")
  55                      ;; Avoid mucking with match-data; does this test work?
  56                      (char-equal ?\) (char-after (point)))))
  57               ;; -1 gets the paren preceding the quote as well.
  58               (delete-region (1- (match-beginning 1)) (match-end 1))
  59               (insert "'")
  60               (forward-sexp 1)
  61               (if (looking-at "[ \t]*\)")
  62                   (delete-region (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0))
  63                 (error "Malformed quote"))
  64               (backward-sexp 1))
  65              ((condition-case err-var
  66                   (prog1 t (down-list 1))
  67                 (error nil))
  68               (backward-char 1)
  69               (skip-chars-backward " \t")
  70               (delete-region
  71                (point)
  72                (progn (skip-chars-forward " \t") (point)))
  73               (if (not (char-equal ?' (char-after (1- (point)))))
  74                   (insert ?\n)))
  75              ((condition-case err-var
  76                   (prog1 t (up-list 1))
  77                 (error nil))
  78               (while (looking-at "\\s)")
  79                 (forward-char 1))
  80               (skip-chars-backward " \t")
  81               (delete-region
  82                (point)
  83                (progn (skip-chars-forward " \t") (point)))
  84               (if (not (char-equal ?' (char-after (1- (point)))))
  85                   (insert ?\n)))
  86              (t (goto-char (point-max)))))
  87           (goto-char (point-min))
  88           (indent-sexp)
  89           (buffer-string))
  90       (kill-buffer (current-buffer)))))
  91
  92 ;;;###autoload
  93 (defun pp (object &optional stream)
  94   "Output the pretty-printed representation of OBJECT, any Lisp object.
  95 Quoting characters are printed when needed to make output that `read'
  96 can handle, whenever this is possible.
  97 Output stream is STREAM, or value of `standard-output' (which see)."
  98   (princ (pp-to-string object) (or stream standard-output)))
  99
 100 ;;;###autoload
 101 (defun pp-eval-expression (expression)
 102   "Evaluate EXPRESSION and pretty-print value into a new display buffer.
 103 If the pretty-printed value fits on one line, the message line is used
 104 instead.  Value is also consed on to front of variable  values 's
 105 value."
 106   (interactive "xPp-eval: ")
 107   (setq values (cons (eval expression) values))
 108   (let* ((old-show-function temp-buffer-show-function)
 109          ;; Use this function to display the buffer.
 110          ;; This function either decides not to display it at all
 111          ;; or displays it in the usual way.
 112          (temp-buffer-show-function
 113           (function
 114            (lambda (buf)
 115              (save-excursion
 116                (set-buffer buf)
 117                (goto-char (point-min))
 118                (end-of-line 1)
 119                (if (or (< (1+ (point)) (point-max))
 120                        (>= (- (point) (point-min)) (frame-width)))
 121                    (let ((temp-buffer-show-function old-show-function)
 122                          (old-selected (selected-window))
 123                          (window (display-buffer buf)))
 124                      (goto-char (point-min)) ; expected by some hooks ...
 125                      (make-frame-visible (window-frame window))
 126                      (unwind-protect
 127                          (progn
 128                            (select-window window)
 129                            (run-hooks 'temp-buffer-show-hook))
 130                        (select-window old-selected)))
 131                  (message "%s" (buffer-substring (point-min) (point)))
 132                  ))))))
 133     (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Pp Eval Output*"
 134       (pp (car values)))
 135     (save-excursion
 136       (set-buffer "*Pp Eval Output*")
 137       (emacs-lisp-mode)
 138       (make-local-variable 'font-lock-verbose)
 139       (setq font-lock-verbose nil))))
 140
 141 ;;;###autoload
 142 (defun pp-eval-last-sexp (arg)
 143   "Run `pp-eval-expression' on sexp before point (which see).
 144 With argument, pretty-print output into current buffer.
 145 Ignores leading comment characters."
 146   (interactive "P")
 147   (let ((stab (syntax-table)) (pt (point)) start exp)
 148     (set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table)
 149     (save-excursion
 150       (forward-sexp -1)
 151       ;; If first line is commented, ignore all leading comments:
 152       (if (save-excursion (beginning-of-line) (looking-at "[ \t]*;"))
 153           (progn
 154             (setq exp (buffer-substring (point) pt))
 155             (while (string-match "\n[ \t]*;+" exp start)
 156               (setq start (1+ (match-beginning 0))
 157                     exp (concat (substring exp 0 start)
 158                                 (substring exp (match-end 0)))))
 159             (setq exp (read exp)))
 160         (setq exp (read (current-buffer)))))
 161     (set-syntax-table stab)
 162     (if arg
 163         (insert (pp-to-string (eval exp)))
 164       (pp-eval-expression exp))))
 165
 166 ;;; Test cases for quote
 167 ;; (pp-eval-expression ''(quote quote))
 168 ;; (pp-eval-expression ''((quote a) (quote b)))
 169 ;; (pp-eval-expression ''('a 'b))       ; same as above
 170 ;; (pp-eval-expression ''((quote (quote quote)) (quote quote)))
 171 ;; These do not satisfy the quote test.
 172 ;; (pp-eval-expression ''quote)
 173 ;; (pp-eval-expression ''(quote))
 174 ;; (pp-eval-expression ''(quote . quote))
 175 ;; (pp-eval-expression ''(quote a b))
 176 ;; (pp-eval-expression ''(quotefoo))
 177 ;; (pp-eval-expression ''(a b))
 178
 179 (provide 'pp)                           ; so (require 'pp) works
 180
 181 ;;; pp.el ends here.