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1 ;;; autorevert.el --- revert buffers when files on disk change
2
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
5 ;; Author: Anders Lindgren <andersl@andersl.com>
6 ;; Keywords: convenience
7 ;; Created: 1997-06-01
8 ;; Date: 1999-11-30
9
10 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
11
12 ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
13 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
14 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
15 ;; any later version.
16
17 ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
18 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
19 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
20 ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
21
22 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
23 ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
24 ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
25 ;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
26
27 ;;; Commentary:
28
29 ;; Introduction:
30 ;;
31 ;; Whenever a file that Emacs is editing has been changed by another
32 ;; program the user normally has to execute the command `revert-buffer'
33 ;; to load the new content of the file into Emacs.
34 ;;
35 ;; This package contains two minor modes: Global Auto-Revert Mode and
36 ;; Auto-Revert Mode. Both modes automatically revert buffers
37 ;; whenever the corresponding files have been changed on disk.
38 ;;
39 ;; Auto-Revert Mode can be activated for individual buffers.
40 ;; Global Auto-Revert Mode applies to all file buffers.
41 ;;
42 ;; Both modes operate by checking the time stamp of all files at
43 ;; intervals of `auto-revert-interval'. The default is every five
44 ;; seconds. The check is aborted whenever the user actually uses
45 ;; Emacs. You should never even notice that this package is active
46 ;; (except that your buffers will be reverted, of course).
47
48 ;; Usage:
49 ;;
50 ;; Go to the appropriate buffer and press:
51 ;; M-x auto-revert-mode RET
52 ;;
53 ;; To activate Global Auto-Revert Mode, press:
54 ;; M-x global-auto-revert-mode RET
55 ;;
56 ;; To activate Global Auto-Revert Mode every time Emacs is started
57 ;; customise the option `global-auto-revert-mode' or the following
58 ;; line could be added to your ~/.emacs:
59 ;; (global-auto-revert-mode 1)
60 ;;
61 ;; The function `turn-on-auto-revert-mode' could be added to any major
62 ;; mode hook to activate Auto-Revert Mode for all buffers in that
63 ;; mode. For example, the following line will activate Auto-Revert
64 ;; Mode in all C mode buffers:
65 ;;
66 ;; (add-hook 'c-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-revert-mode)
67
68 ;;; Code:
69
70 ;; Dependencies:
71
72 (require 'timer)
73 (autoload 'dired-get-filename "dired")
74 (autoload 'vc-workfile-version "vc-hooks")
75 (autoload 'vc-mode-line "vc-hooks")
76
77 (eval-when-compile
78 (defvar dired-directory)
79 (defvar vc-mode)
80 (require 'cl))
81
82
83 ;; Custom Group:
84 ;;
85 ;; The two modes will be placed next to Auto Save Mode under the
86 ;; Files group under Emacs.
87
88 (defgroup auto-revert nil
89 "Revert individual buffers when files on disk change.
90
91 Auto-Revert Mode can be activated for individual buffer.
92 Global Auto-Revert Mode applies to all buffers."
93 :group 'files
94 :group 'convenience)
95
96
97 ;; Variables:
98
99 ;; Autoload for the benefit of `make-mode-line-mouse-sensitive'.
100 ;;;###autoload
101 (defvar auto-revert-mode nil
102 "*Non-nil when Auto-Revert Mode is active.
103 Never set this variable directly, use the command `auto-revert-mode' instead.")
104 (put 'auto-revert-mode 'permanent-local t)
105
106 (defvar auto-revert-timer nil
107 "Timer used by Auto-Revert Mode.")
108
109 (defcustom auto-revert-interval 5
110 "Time, in seconds, between Auto-Revert Mode file checks.
111 The value may be an integer or floating point number.
112
113 If a timer is already active, there are two ways to make sure
114 that the new value will take effect immediately. You can set
115 this variable through Custom or you can call the command
116 `auto-revert-set-timer' after setting the variable. Otherwise,
117 the new value will take effect the first time Auto Revert Mode
118 calls `auto-revert-set-timer' for internal reasons or in your
119 next editing session."
120 :group 'auto-revert
121 :type 'number
122 :set (lambda (variable value)
123 (set-default variable value)
124 (and (boundp 'auto-revert-timer)
125 auto-revert-timer
126 (auto-revert-set-timer))))
127
128 (defcustom auto-revert-stop-on-user-input t
129 "When non-nil Auto-Revert Mode stops checking files on user input."
130 :group 'auto-revert
131 :type 'boolean)
132
133 (defcustom auto-revert-verbose t
134 "When nil, Auto-Revert Mode will not generate any messages.
135
136 Currently, messages are generated when the mode is activated or
137 deactivated, and whenever a file is reverted."
138 :group 'auto-revert
139 :type 'boolean)
140
141 (defcustom auto-revert-mode-text " ARev"
142 "String to display in the mode line when Auto-Revert Mode is active.
143
144 \(When the string is not empty, make sure that it has a leading space.)"
145 :tag "Auto Revert Mode Text" ; To separate it from `global-...'
146 :group 'auto-revert
147 :type 'string)
148
149 (defcustom auto-revert-mode-hook nil
150 "Functions to run when Auto-Revert Mode is activated."
151 :tag "Auto Revert Mode Hook" ; To separate it from `global-...'
152 :group 'auto-revert
153 :type 'hook)
154
155 (defcustom global-auto-revert-mode-text ""
156 "String to display when Global Auto-Revert Mode is active.
157
158 The default is nothing since when this mode is active this text doesn't
159 vary over time, or between buffers. Hence mode line text
160 would only waste precious space."
161 :group 'auto-revert
162 :type 'string)
163
164 (defcustom global-auto-revert-mode-hook nil
165 "Hook called when Global Auto-Revert Mode is activated."
166 :group 'auto-revert
167 :type 'hook)
168
169 (defcustom global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers nil
170 "When nil only file buffers are reverted by Global Auto-Revert Mode.
171
172 When non-nil, both file buffers and buffers with a custom
173 `revert-buffer-function' are reverted by Global Auto-Revert Mode.
174
175 Use this option with care since it could lead to excessive reverts.
176 Note also that for some non-file buffers the check whether the
177 buffer needs updating may be imperfect, due to efficiency
178 considerations, and may not take all information listed in the
179 buffer into account. Hence, a non-nil value for this option does
180 not necessarily make manual updates useless for non-file buffers."
181 :group 'auto-revert
182 :type 'boolean)
183
184 (defcustom global-auto-revert-ignore-modes '()
185 "List of major modes Global Auto-Revert Mode should not check."
186 :group 'auto-revert
187 :type '(repeat sexp))
188
189 (defcustom auto-revert-load-hook nil
190 "Functions to run when Auto-Revert Mode is first loaded."
191 :tag "Load Hook"
192 :group 'auto-revert
193 :type 'hook)
194
195 (defvar global-auto-revert-ignore-buffer nil
196 "*When non-nil, Global Auto-Revert Mode will not revert this buffer.
197
198 This variable becomes buffer local when set in any fashion.")
199 (make-variable-buffer-local 'global-auto-revert-ignore-buffer)
200
201 ;; Internal variables:
202
203 (defvar auto-revert-buffer-list '()
204 "List of buffers in Auto-Revert Mode.
205
206 Note that only Auto-Revert Mode, never Global Auto-Revert Mode, adds
207 buffers to this list.
208
209 The timer function `auto-revert-buffers' is responsible for purging
210 the list of old buffers.")
211
212 (defvar auto-revert-remaining-buffers '()
213 "Buffers not checked when user input stopped execution.")
214
215
216 ;; Functions:
217
218 ;;;###autoload
219 (define-minor-mode auto-revert-mode
220 "Toggle reverting buffer when file on disk changes.
221
222 With arg, turn Auto Revert mode on if and only if arg is positive.
223 This is a minor mode that affects only the current buffer.
224 Use `global-auto-revert-mode' to automatically revert all buffers."
225 nil auto-revert-mode-text nil
226 (if auto-revert-mode
227 (if (not (memq (current-buffer) auto-revert-buffer-list))
228 (push (current-buffer) auto-revert-buffer-list))
229 (setq auto-revert-buffer-list
230 (delq (current-buffer) auto-revert-buffer-list)))
231 (auto-revert-set-timer)
232 (when auto-revert-mode
233 (auto-revert-buffers)))
234
235
236 ;;;###autoload
237 (defun turn-on-auto-revert-mode ()
238 "Turn on Auto-Revert Mode.
239
240 This function is designed to be added to hooks, for example:
241 (add-hook 'c-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-revert-mode)"
242 (auto-revert-mode 1))
243
244
245 ;;;###autoload
246 (define-minor-mode global-auto-revert-mode
247 "Revert any buffer when file on disk change.
248
249 With arg, turn Auto Revert mode on globally if and only if arg is positive.
250 This is a minor mode that affects all buffers.
251 Use `auto-revert-mode' to revert a particular buffer."
252 :global t :group 'auto-revert :lighter global-auto-revert-mode-text
253 (auto-revert-set-timer)
254 (when global-auto-revert-mode
255 (auto-revert-buffers)))
256
257
258 (defun auto-revert-set-timer ()
259 "Restart or cancel the timer."
260 (interactive)
261 (if (timerp auto-revert-timer)
262 (cancel-timer auto-revert-timer))
263 (setq auto-revert-timer
264 (if (or global-auto-revert-mode auto-revert-buffer-list)
265 (run-with-timer auto-revert-interval
266 auto-revert-interval
267 'auto-revert-buffers)
268 nil)))
269
270 (defun auto-revert-active-p ()
271 "Check if auto-revert is active (in current buffer or globally)."
272 (or auto-revert-mode
273 (and
274 global-auto-revert-mode
275 (not global-auto-revert-ignore-buffer)
276 (not (memq major-mode
277 global-auto-revert-ignore-modes)))))
278
279 (defun auto-revert-vc-cvs-file-version (file)
280 "Get version of FILE by reading control file on disk."
281 (let* ((control "CVS/Entries")
282 (name (file-name-nondirectory file))
283 (path (format "%s/%s"
284 (file-name-directory file)
285 control)))
286 (when (file-exists-p path)
287 (with-temp-buffer
288 (insert-file-contents-literally path)
289 (goto-char (point-min))
290 (when (re-search-forward
291 ;; /file.txt/1.3/Mon Sep 15 18:43:20 2003//
292 (format "%s/\\([.0-9]+\\)" (regexp-quote name))
293 nil t)
294 (match-string 1))))))
295
296 (defun auto-revert-vc-buffer-p ()
297 "Check if buffer is version controlled."
298 (and (boundp 'vc-mode)
299 (string-match "[0-9]" (or vc-mode ""))))
300
301 (defun auto-revert-handler-vc ()
302 "Check if version controlled buffer needs revert."
303 ;; [Emacs 1]
304 ;; 1. File is saved (*)
305 ;; 2. checkin is done 1.1 -> 1.2
306 ;; 3. VC reverts, so that updated version number is shown in mode line
307 ;;
308 ;; Suppose the same file has been opened in another Emacs and
309 ;; autorevert.el is on.
310 ;;
311 ;; [Emacs 2]
312 ;; 1. Step (1) is detected and buffer is reverted.
313 ;; 2. But check in does not always change the file in dis, but possibly only
314 ;; control files like CVS/Entries
315 ;; 3. The buffer is not reverted to update VC version line.
316 ;; Incorrect version number 1.1 is shown in this Emacs
317 ;;
318 (when (featurep 'vc)
319 (let* ((file (buffer-file-name))
320 (backend (vc-backend (buffer-file-name)))
321 (version-buffer (vc-workfile-version file)))
322 (when (stringp version-buffer)
323 (cond
324 ((eq backend 'CVS)
325 (let ((version-file
326 (auto-revert-vc-cvs-file-version (buffer-file-name))))
327 (and (stringp version-file)
328 (not (string-match version-file version-buffer)))))
329 ((eq backend 'RCS)
330 ;; TODO:
331 ))))))
332
333 (defun auto-revert-handler ()
334 "Revert current buffer."
335 (unless (buffer-modified-p)
336 (let (revert)
337 (cond
338 ((auto-revert-vc-buffer-p)
339 (when (auto-revert-handler-vc)
340 (setq revert 'vc)))
341 ((or (and (buffer-file-name)
342 (file-readable-p (buffer-file-name))
343 (not (verify-visited-file-modtime (current-buffer))))
344 (and (or auto-revert-mode global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers)
345 revert-buffer-function
346 (boundp 'buffer-stale-function)
347 (functionp buffer-stale-function)
348 (funcall buffer-stale-function t)))
349 (setq revert t)))
350 (when revert
351 (when auto-revert-verbose
352 (message "Reverting buffer `%s'." (buffer-name)))
353 (revert-buffer 'ignore-auto 'dont-ask 'preserve-modes)
354 ;; `preserve-modes' avoids changing the (minor) modes. But we
355 ;; do want to reset the mode for VC, so we do it explicitly.
356 (vc-find-file-hook)
357 (if (eq revert 'vc)
358 (vc-mode-line buffer-file-name))))))
359
360 (defun auto-revert-buffers ()
361 "Revert buffers as specified by Auto-Revert and Global Auto-Revert Mode.
362
363 Should `global-auto-revert-mode' be active all file buffers are checked.
364
365 Should `auto-revert-mode' be active in some buffers, those buffers
366 are checked.
367
368 Non-file buffers that have a custom `revert-buffer-function' are
369 reverted either when Auto-Revert Mode is active in that buffer, or
370 when the variable `global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers' is non-nil
371 and Global Auto-Revert Mode is active.
372
373 This function stops whenever there is user input. The buffers not
374 checked are stored in the variable `auto-revert-remaining-buffers'.
375
376 To avoid starvation, the buffers in `auto-revert-remaining-buffers'
377 are checked first the next time this function is called.
378
379 This function is also responsible for removing buffers no longer in
380 Auto-Revert mode from `auto-revert-buffer-list', and for canceling
381 the timer when no buffers need to be checked."
382 (let ((bufs (if global-auto-revert-mode
383 (buffer-list)
384 auto-revert-buffer-list))
385 (remaining '())
386 (new '()))
387 ;; Partition `bufs' into two halves depending on whether or not
388 ;; the buffers are in `auto-revert-remaining-buffers'. The two
389 ;; halves are then re-joined with the "remaining" buffers at the
390 ;; head of the list.
391 (dolist (buf auto-revert-remaining-buffers)
392 (if (memq buf bufs)
393 (push buf remaining)))
394 (dolist (buf bufs)
395 (if (not (memq buf remaining))
396 (push buf new)))
397 (setq bufs (nreverse (nconc new remaining)))
398 (while (and bufs
399 (not (and auto-revert-stop-on-user-input
400 (input-pending-p))))
401 (let ((buf (car bufs)))
402 (if (buffer-name buf) ; Buffer still alive?
403 (with-current-buffer buf
404 ;; Test if someone has turned off Auto-Revert Mode in a
405 ;; non-standard way, for example by changing major mode.
406 (if (and (not auto-revert-mode)
407 (memq buf auto-revert-buffer-list))
408 (setq auto-revert-buffer-list
409 (delq buf auto-revert-buffer-list)))
410 (when (auto-revert-active-p) (auto-revert-handler)))
411 ;; Remove dead buffer from `auto-revert-buffer-list'.
412 (setq auto-revert-buffer-list
413 (delq buf auto-revert-buffer-list))))
414 (setq bufs (cdr bufs)))
415 (setq auto-revert-remaining-buffers bufs)
416 ;; Check if we should cancel the timer.
417 (when (and (not global-auto-revert-mode)
418 (null auto-revert-buffer-list))
419 (cancel-timer auto-revert-timer)
420 (setq auto-revert-timer nil))))
421
422
423 ;; The end:
424 (provide 'autorevert)
425
426 (run-hooks 'auto-revert-load-hook)
427
428 ;;; arch-tag: f6bcb07b-4841-477e-9e44-b18678e58876
429 ;;; autorevert.el ends here