;;; locate.el --- interface to the locate command
-;; Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1996, 1998, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-;; Author: Peter Breton <pbreton@i-kinetics.com>
+;; Author: Peter Breton <pbreton@cs.umb.edu>
+;; Keywords: unix files
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
;;; Commentary:
-;; Search a database of files and use dired commands on
-;; the result.
-;;
-\f
-;;;;; Building a database of files ;;;;;;;;;
-;;
-;; You can create a simple files database with a port of the Unix find command
-;; and one of the various Windows NT various scheduling utilities,
-;; for example the AT command from the NT Resource Kit, WinCron which is
-;; included with Microsoft FrontPage, or the shareware NTCron program.
-;;
-;; To set up a function which searches the files database, do something
-;; like this:
-;;
-;; (defvar locate-fcodes-file (concat my-home "/fcodes"))
-;; (defvar locate-make-command-line 'nt-locate-make-command-line)
-;;
-;; (defun nt-locate-make-command-line (arg)
-;; (cons "grep"
-;; (mapconcat 'identity
-;; (list "-i" arg locate-fcodes-file)
-;; " ")))
-;;
-;;;;;;;; ADVICE For dired-make-relative: ;;;;;;;;;
-;;
-;; For certain dired commands to work right, you should also include the
-;; following in your _emacs/.emacs:
-;;
-;; (defadvice dired-make-relative (before set-no-error activate)
-;; "For locate mode and Windows, don't return errors"
-;; (if (and (eq major-mode 'locate-mode)
-;; (memq system-type (list 'windows-nt 'ms-dos)))
-;; (ad-set-arg 2 t)
-;; ))
-;;
-;; Otherwise, dired-make-relative will give error messages like
-;; "FILENAME: not in directory tree growing at /"
-\f
-;;; Commentary:
+;; Search a database of files and use dired commands on the result.
;;
;; Locate.el provides an interface to a program which searches a
;; database of file names. By default, this program is the GNU locate
;; user specified command.
;;
;; To use the BSD-style "fast find", or any other shell command of the
-;; form
+;; form
;;
;; SHELLPROGRAM Name-to-find
;;
-;; set the variable locate-command in your .emacs file.
+;; set the variable `locate-command' in your .emacs file.
;;
-;; To use a more complicated expression, create a function which
-;; takes a string (the name to find) as input and returns a cons
-;; pair: the car should be the command to be executed, the cdr
-;; should be the arguments, concatenated into a string (including
-;; the name to find). Then do
+;; To use a more complicated expression, create a function which
+;; takes a string (the name to find) as input and returns a list.
+;; The first element should be the command to be executed, the remaining
+;; elements should be the arguments (including the name to find). Then put
;;
-;; (setq locate-make-command-line 'my-locate-command-line)
+;; (setq locate-make-command-line 'my-locate-command-line)
;;
;; in your .emacs, using the name of your function in place of
-;; my-locate-command-line
+;; my-locate-command-line.
;;
;; You should make sure that whichever command you use works correctly
;; from a shell prompt. GNU locate and BSD find expect the file databases
;; to either be in standard places or located via environment variables.
;; If the latter, make sure these environment variables are set in
-;; your emacs process
+;; your emacs process.
;;
;; Locate-mode assumes that each line output from the locate-command
;; consists exactly of a file name, possibly preceded or trailed by
;; whitespace. If your file database has other information on the line (for
-;; example, the file size), you will need to redefine the function
-;; locate-get-file-positions to return a list consisting of the first
+;; example, the file size), you will need to redefine the function
+;; `locate-get-file-positions' to return a list consisting of the first
;; character in the file name and the last character in the file name.
;;
;; To use locate-mode, simply type M-x locate and then the string
;; compress a file in the locate buffer, the actual file will be
;; compressed, but the entry in the file database will not be
;; affected. Consequently, the database and the filesystem will be out
-;; of sync until the next time the database is updated
+;; of sync until the next time the database is updated.
;;
-;; The command locate-with-filter keeps only lines matching a
+;; The command `locate-with-filter' keeps only lines matching a
;; regular expression; this is often useful to constrain a big search.
;;
+\f
+;;;;; Building a database of files ;;;;;;;;;
+;;
+;; You can create a simple files database with a port of the Unix find command
+;; and one of the various Windows NT various scheduling utilities,
+;; for example the AT command from the NT Resource Kit, WinCron which is
+;; included with Microsoft FrontPage, or the shareware NTCron program.
+;;
+;; To set up a function which searches the files database, do something
+;; like this:
+;;
+;; (defvar locate-fcodes-file "c:/users/peter/fcodes")
+;; (defvar locate-make-command-line 'nt-locate-make-command-line)
+;;
+;; (defun nt-locate-make-command-line (arg)
+;; (list "grep" "-i" arg locate-fcodes-file))
+;;
+;;;;;;;; ADVICE For dired-make-relative: ;;;;;;;;;
+;;
+;; For certain dired commands to work right, you should also include the
+;; following in your _emacs/.emacs:
+;;
+;; (defadvice dired-make-relative (before set-no-error activate)
+;; "For locate mode and Windows, don't return errors"
+;; (if (and (eq major-mode 'locate-mode)
+;; (memq system-type (list 'windows-nt 'ms-dos)))
+;; (ad-set-arg 2 t)
+;; ))
+;;
+;; Otherwise, `dired-make-relative' will give error messages like
+;; "FILENAME: not in directory tree growing at /"
+
\f
;;; Code:
;; Variables
+(defvar locate-current-filter nil)
+
(defgroup locate nil
"Interface to the locate command."
:prefix "locate-"
(defvar locate-history-list nil
"The history list used by the \\[locate] command.")
+(defvar locate-grep-history-list nil
+ "The history list used by the \\[locate-with-filter] command.")
+
(defcustom locate-make-command-line 'locate-default-make-command-line
"*Function used to create the locate command line."
:type 'function
:group 'locate)
(defcustom locate-fcodes-file nil
- "*Database of filenames."
- :type 'file
+ "*File name for the database of file names."
+ :type '(choice file (const nil))
:group 'locate)
-(defcustom locate-mouse-face 'highlight
- "*Face used to highlight locate entries."
+(defcustom locate-header-face nil
+ "*Face used to highlight the locate header."
:type 'face
:group 'locate)
-(defcustom locate-header-face 'region
- "*Face used to highlight the locate header."
- :type 'face
+;;;###autoload
+(defcustom locate-ls-subdir-switches "-al"
+ "`ls' switches for inserting subdirectories in `*Locate*' buffers.
+This should contain the \"-l\" switch, but not the \"-F\" or \"-b\" switches."
+ :type 'string
+ :group 'locate
+ :version "21.4")
+
+(defcustom locate-update-command "updatedb"
+ "The command used to update the locate database."
+ :type 'string
:group 'locate)
-(defvar locate-current-filter nil)
+(defcustom locate-prompt-for-command nil
+ "If non-nil, the locate command prompts for a command to run.
+Otherwise, that behavior is invoked via a prefix argument."
+ :group 'locate
+ :type 'boolean
+ )
;; Functions
(defun locate-default-make-command-line (search-string)
- (cons locate-command search-string))
-
-;;;### autoload
+ (list locate-command search-string))
+
+(defun locate-word-at-point ()
+ (let ((pt (point)))
+ (buffer-substring-no-properties
+ (save-excursion
+ (skip-chars-backward "-a-zA-Z0-9.")
+ (point))
+ (save-excursion
+ (skip-chars-forward "-a-zA-Z0-9.")
+ (skip-chars-backward "." pt)
+ (point)))))
+
+;;;###autoload
(defun locate (search-string &optional filter)
- "Run the \\[locate] command, putting results in `*Locate*' buffer."
+ "Run the program `locate', putting results in `*Locate*' buffer.
+With prefix arg, prompt for the locate command to run."
(interactive
- (list (read-from-minibuffer "Locate: " nil nil
- nil 'locate-history-list)))
- (let* ((pop-up-windows 1)
- (locate-cmd-list (funcall locate-make-command-line search-string))
+ (list
+ (if (or (and current-prefix-arg
+ (not locate-prompt-for-command))
+ (and (not current-prefix-arg) locate-prompt-for-command))
+ (let ((locate-cmd (funcall locate-make-command-line "")))
+ (read-from-minibuffer
+ "Run locate (like this): "
+ (cons
+ (concat (car locate-cmd) " "
+ (mapconcat 'identity (cdr locate-cmd) " "))
+ (+ 2 (length (car locate-cmd))))
+ nil nil 'locate-history-list))
+ (let* ((default (locate-word-at-point))
+ (input
+ (read-from-minibuffer
+ (if (> (length default) 0)
+ (format "Locate (default `%s'): " default)
+ (format "Locate: "))
+ nil nil nil 'locate-history-list default t)))
+ (and (equal input "") default
+ (setq input default))
+ input))))
+ (if (equal search-string "")
+ (error "Please specify a filename to search for"))
+ (let* ((locate-cmd-list (funcall locate-make-command-line search-string))
(locate-cmd (car locate-cmd-list))
(locate-cmd-args (cdr locate-cmd-list))
- (locate-proc)
- )
-
+ (run-locate-command
+ (or (and current-prefix-arg (not locate-prompt-for-command))
+ (and (not current-prefix-arg) locate-prompt-for-command)))
+ )
+
;; Find the Locate buffer
- (if (not (string-equal (buffer-name) locate-buffer-name))
- (switch-to-buffer-other-window locate-buffer-name))
+ (save-window-excursion
+ (set-buffer (get-buffer-create locate-buffer-name))
+ (locate-mode)
+ (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
+ (erase-buffer)
- (locate-mode)
- (erase-buffer)
+ (setq locate-current-filter filter)
- (setq locate-current-filter filter)
+ (if run-locate-command
+ (shell-command search-string locate-buffer-name)
+ (apply 'call-process locate-cmd nil t nil locate-cmd-args))
- (call-process locate-cmd nil t nil locate-cmd-args)
- (if filter
- (locate-filter-output filter))
+ (and filter
+ (locate-filter-output filter))
- (locate-do-setup)
- )
-)
+ (locate-do-setup search-string)
+ ))
+ (and (not (string-equal (buffer-name) locate-buffer-name))
+ (switch-to-buffer-other-window locate-buffer-name))
-;;;### autoload
+ (run-hooks 'dired-mode-hook)
+ (dired-next-line 3) ;move to first matching file.
+ (run-hooks 'locate-post-command-hook)
+ )
+ )
+
+;;;###autoload
(defun locate-with-filter (search-string filter)
- "Run the locate command with a filter."
+ "Run the locate command with a filter.
+
+The filter is a regular expression. Only results matching the filter are
+shown; this is often useful to constrain a big search."
(interactive
- (list (read-from-minibuffer "Locate: " nil nil
- nil 'locate-history-list)
- (read-from-minibuffer "Filter: " nil nil
- nil 'grep-history)))
+ (list (read-from-minibuffer "Locate: " nil nil
+ nil 'locate-history-list)
+ (read-from-minibuffer "Filter: " nil nil
+ nil 'locate-grep-history-list)))
(locate search-string filter))
(defun locate-filter-output (filter)
"Filter output from the locate command."
(goto-char (point-min))
- (delete-non-matching-lines (regexp-quote filter)))
+ (delete-non-matching-lines filter))
(defvar locate-mode-map nil
"Local keymap for Locate mode buffers.")
(define-key locate-mode-map [menu-bar mark directories] 'undefined)
(define-key locate-mode-map [menu-bar mark symlinks] 'undefined)
- (define-key locate-mode-map [mouse-2] 'mouse-locate-view-file)
- (define-key locate-mode-map "\C-ct" 'locate-tags)
+ (define-key locate-mode-map [M-mouse-2] 'locate-mouse-view-file)
+ (define-key locate-mode-map "\C-c\C-t" 'locate-tags)
- (define-key locate-mode-map "U" 'dired-unmark-all-files-no-query)
+ (define-key locate-mode-map "l" 'locate-do-redisplay)
+ (define-key locate-mode-map "U" 'dired-unmark-all-files)
+ (define-key locate-mode-map "V" 'locate-find-directory)
)
;; This variable is used to indent the lines and then to search for
;; the file name
(defconst locate-filename-indentation 4
- "The amount of indentation for each file.")
+ "The amount of indentation for each file.")
(defun locate-get-file-positions ()
(save-excursion
- (end-of-line)
- (let ((eol (point)))
- (beginning-of-line)
+ (end-of-line)
+ (let ((eol (point)))
+ (beginning-of-line)
- ;; Assumes names end at the end of the line
- (forward-char locate-filename-indentation)
- (list (point) eol))))
+ ;; Assumes names end at the end of the line
+ (forward-char locate-filename-indentation)
+ (list (point) eol))))
;; From SQL-mode
-(defun current-line ()
+(defun locate-current-line-number ()
"Return the current line number, as an integer."
- (interactive)
(+ (count-lines (point-min) (point))
(if (eq (current-column) 0)
1
(defun locate-get-filename ()
(let ((pos (locate-get-file-positions))
- (lineno (current-line)))
- (and (not (eq lineno 1))
- (not (eq lineno 2))
+ (lineno (locate-current-line-number)))
+ (and (not (eq lineno 1))
+ (not (eq lineno 2))
(buffer-substring (elt pos 0) (elt pos 1)))))
-(defun mouse-locate-view-file (event)
+(defun locate-main-listing-line-p ()
+ "Return t if current line contains a file name listed by locate.
+This function returns nil if the current line either contains no
+file name or is inside a subdirectory."
+ (save-excursion
+ (forward-line 0)
+ (looking-at (concat "."
+ (make-string (1- locate-filename-indentation) ?\ )
+ "\\(/\\|[A-Za-z]:\\)"))))
+
+(defun locate-mouse-view-file (event)
"In Locate mode, view a file, using the mouse."
- (interactive "@e")
+ (interactive "@e")
(save-excursion
(goto-char (posn-point (event-start event)))
- (view-file (locate-get-filename))))
+ (if (locate-main-listing-line-p)
+ (view-file (locate-get-filename))
+ (message "This command only works inside main listing."))))
;; Define a mode for locate
;; Default directory is set to "/" so that dired commands, which
;; expect to be in a tree, will work properly
(defun locate-mode ()
- "Major mode for the `*Locate*' buffer made by \\[locate]."
+ "Major mode for the `*Locate*' buffer made by \\[locate].
+\\<locate-mode-map>\
+In that buffer, you can use almost all the usual dired bindings.
+\\[locate-find-directory] visits the directory of the file on the current line.
+
+Operating on listed files works, but does not always
+automatically update the buffer as in ordinary Dired.
+This is true both for the main listing and for subdirectories.
+Reverting the buffer using \\[revert-buffer] deletes all subdirectories.
+Specific `locate-mode' commands, such as \\[locate-find-directory],
+do not work in subdirectories.
+
+\\{locate-mode-map}"
+ ;; Not to be called interactively.
(kill-all-local-variables)
+ ;; Avoid clobbering this variable
+ (make-local-variable 'dired-subdir-alist)
(use-local-map locate-mode-map)
(setq major-mode 'locate-mode
mode-name "Locate"
default-directory "/"
- dired-subdir-alist (list (cons "/" (point-min-marker))))
+ buffer-read-only t
+ selective-display t)
+ (dired-alist-add-1 default-directory (point-min-marker))
+ (set (make-local-variable 'dired-directory) "/")
+ (set (make-local-variable 'dired-subdir-switches) locate-ls-subdir-switches)
+ (setq dired-switches-alist nil)
(make-local-variable 'dired-move-to-filename-regexp)
+ ;; This should support both Unix and Windoze style names
(setq dired-move-to-filename-regexp
- (make-string locate-filename-indentation ?\ ))
+ (concat "^."
+ (make-string (1- locate-filename-indentation) ?\ )
+ "\\(/\\|[A-Za-z]:\\)\\|"
+ (default-value 'dired-move-to-filename-regexp)))
(make-local-variable 'dired-actual-switches)
(setq dired-actual-switches "")
(make-local-variable 'dired-permission-flags-regexp)
- (setq dired-permission-flags-regexp "^\\( \\)")
+ (setq dired-permission-flags-regexp
+ (concat "^.\\("
+ (make-string (1- locate-filename-indentation) ?\ )
+ "\\)\\|"
+ (default-value 'dired-permission-flags-regexp)))
+ (make-local-variable 'revert-buffer-function)
+ (setq revert-buffer-function 'locate-update)
+ (set (make-local-variable 'page-delimiter) "\n\n")
(run-hooks 'locate-mode-hook))
-(defun locate-do-setup ()
- (let ((search-string (car locate-history-list)))
- (goto-char (point-min))
- (save-excursion
-
- ;; Nothing returned from locate command?
- (if (eobp)
- (progn
- (kill-buffer locate-buffer-name)
- (delete-window)
- (if locate-current-filter
- (error "Locate: no match for %s in database using filter %s"
- search-string locate-current-filter)
- (error "Locate: no match for %s in database" search-string))))
-
- (locate-insert-header search-string)
-
- (while (not (eobp))
- (insert-char ?\ locate-filename-indentation t)
- (locate-set-properties)
- (forward-line 1)))))
+(defun locate-do-setup (search-string)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (save-excursion
+
+ ;; Nothing returned from locate command?
+ (and (eobp)
+ (progn
+ (kill-buffer locate-buffer-name)
+ (if locate-current-filter
+ (error "Locate: no match for %s in database using filter %s"
+ search-string locate-current-filter)
+ (error "Locate: no match for %s in database" search-string))))
+
+ (locate-insert-header search-string)
+
+ (while (not (eobp))
+ (insert-char ?\ locate-filename-indentation t)
+ (locate-set-properties)
+ (forward-line 1)))
+ (goto-char (point-min)))
(defun locate-set-properties ()
(save-excursion
(let ((pos (locate-get-file-positions)))
- (add-text-properties (elt pos 0) (elt pos 1)
- (list 'mouse-face locate-mouse-face)))))
+ (dired-insert-set-properties (elt pos 0) (elt pos 1)))))
(defun locate-insert-header (search-string)
- (let ((locate-format-string "Matches for %s")
+ ;; There needs to be a space before `Matches, because otherwise,
+ ;; `*!" would erase the `M'. We can not use two spaces, or the line
+ ;; would mistakenly fit `dired-subdir-regexp'.
+ (let ((locate-format-string " /:\n Matches for %s")
(locate-regexp-match
(concat " *Matches for \\(" (regexp-quote search-string) "\\)"))
(locate-format-args (list search-string))
)
-
- (if locate-fcodes-file
+
+ (and locate-fcodes-file
(setq locate-format-string
(concat locate-format-string " in %s")
locate-regexp-match
locate-format-args
(append (list locate-fcodes-file) locate-format-args)))
- (if locate-current-filter
+ (and locate-current-filter
(setq locate-format-string
(concat locate-format-string " using filter %s")
locate-regexp-match
"\\)")
locate-format-args
(append (list locate-current-filter) locate-format-args)))
-
+
(setq locate-format-string
- (concat locate-format-string ": \n\n")
+ (concat locate-format-string ":\n\n")
locate-regexp-match
- (concat locate-regexp-match ": \n"))
-
+ (concat locate-regexp-match ":\n"))
+
(insert (apply 'format locate-format-string (reverse locate-format-args)))
-
+
(save-excursion
(goto-char (point-min))
+ (forward-line 1)
(if (not (looking-at locate-regexp-match))
nil
(add-text-properties (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1)
(defun locate-tags ()
"Visit a tags table in `*Locate*' mode."
(interactive)
- (let ((tags-table (locate-get-filename)))
- (if (y-or-n-p (format "Visit tags table %s? " tags-table))
- (visit-tags-table tags-table)
- nil)))
+ (if (locate-main-listing-line-p)
+ (let ((tags-table (locate-get-filename)))
+ (and (y-or-n-p (format "Visit tags table %s? " tags-table))
+ (visit-tags-table tags-table)))
+ (message "This command only works inside main listing.")))
+
+;; From Stephen Eglen <stephen@cns.ed.ac.uk>
+(defun locate-update (ignore1 ignore2)
+ "Update the locate database.
+Database is updated using the shell command in `locate-update-command'."
+ (let ((str (car locate-history-list)))
+ (cond ((yes-or-no-p "Update locate database (may take a few seconds)? ")
+ (shell-command locate-update-command)
+ (locate str)))))
+
+;;; Modified three functions from `dired.el':
+;;; dired-find-directory,
+;;; dired-find-directory-other-window
+;;; dired-get-filename
+
+(defun locate-find-directory ()
+ "Visit the directory of the file mentioned on this line."
+ (interactive)
+ (if (locate-main-listing-line-p)
+ (let ((directory-name (locate-get-dirname)))
+ (if (file-directory-p directory-name)
+ (find-file directory-name)
+ (if (file-symlink-p directory-name)
+ (error "Directory is a symlink to a nonexistent target")
+ (error "Directory no longer exists; run `updatedb' to update database"))))
+ (message "This command only works inside main listing.")))
+
+(defun locate-find-directory-other-window ()
+ "Visit the directory of the file named on this line in other window."
+ (interactive)
+ (find-file-other-window (locate-get-dirname)))
+
+(defun locate-get-dirname ()
+ "Return the directory name of the file mentioned on this line."
+ (let (file (filepos (locate-get-file-positions)))
+ (if (setq file (buffer-substring (nth 0 filepos) (nth 1 filepos)))
+ (progn
+ ;; Get rid of the mouse-face property that file names have.
+ (set-text-properties 0 (length file) nil file)
+ (setq file (file-name-directory file))
+ ;; Unquote names quoted by ls or by dired-insert-directory.
+ ;; Using read to unquote is much faster than substituting
+ ;; \007 (4 chars) -> ^G (1 char) etc. in a lisp loop.
+ (setq file
+ (read
+ (concat "\""
+ ;; some ls -b don't escape quotes, argh!
+ ;; This is not needed for GNU ls, though.
+ (or (dired-string-replace-match
+ "\\([^\\]\\|\\`\\)\"" file "\\1\\\\\"" nil t)
+ file)
+ "\"")))))
+ (and file buffer-file-coding-system
+ (not file-name-coding-system)
+ (setq file (encode-coding-string file buffer-file-coding-system)))
+ file))
+
+;; Only for GNU locate
+(defun locate-in-alternate-database (search-string database)
+ "Run the GNU locate command, using an alternate database."
+ (interactive
+ (list
+ (progn
+ ;; (require 'locate)
+ (read-from-minibuffer "Locate: " nil nil
+ nil 'locate-history-list))
+ (read-file-name "Locate using Database: " )
+ ))
+ (or (file-exists-p database)
+ (error "Database file %s does not exist" database))
+ (let ((locate-make-command-line
+ (function (lambda (string)
+ (cons locate-command
+ (list (concat "--database="
+ (expand-file-name database))
+ string))))))
+ (locate search-string)))
+
+(defun locate-do-redisplay (&optional arg test-for-subdir)
+ "Like `dired-do-redisplay', but adapted for `*Locate*' buffers."
+ (interactive "P\np")
+ (if (string= (dired-current-directory) "/")
+ (message "This command only works in subdirectories.")
+ (let ((dired-actual-switches locate-ls-subdir-switches))
+ (dired-do-redisplay arg test-for-subdir))))
(provide 'locate)
+;;; arch-tag: 60c4d098-b5d5-4b3c-a3e0-51a2e9f43898
;;; locate.el ends here