annotate lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el @ 20603:24dda0afd915

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;;; autoload.el --- maintain autoloads in loaddefs.el.

;; Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: Roland McGrath <[e-mail]>
;; Keywords: maint

;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.

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;;; Commentary:

;; This code helps GNU Emacs maintainers keep the loaddefs.el file up to
;; date.  It interprets magic cookies of the form ";;;###autoload" in
;; lisp source files in various useful ways.  To learn more, read the
;; source; if you're going to use this, you'd better be able to.

;;; Code:

(defvar generated-autoload-file "loaddefs.el"
   "*File \\[update-file-autoloads] puts autoloads into.
A `.el' file can set this in its local variables section to make its
autoloads go somewhere else.")

(defconst generate-autoload-cookie ";;;###autoload"
  "Magic comment indicating the following form should be autoloaded.
Used by \\[update-file-autoloads].  This string should be
meaningless to Lisp (e.g., a comment).

This string is used:

;;;###autoload
\(defun function-to-be-autoloaded () ...)

If this string appears alone on a line, the following form will be
read and an autoload made for it.  If there is further text on the line,
that text will be copied verbatim to `generated-autoload-file'.")

(defconst generate-autoload-section-header "\f\n;;;### "
  "String inserted before the form identifying
the section of autoloads for a file.")

(defconst generate-autoload-section-trailer "\n;;;***\n"
  "String which indicates the end of the section of autoloads for a file.")

(defun make-autoload (form file)
  "Turn FORM into an autoload or defvar for source file FILE.
Returns nil if FORM is not a defun, define-skeleton, defmacro or defcustom."
  (let ((car (car-safe form)))
    (if (memq car '(defun define-skeleton defmacro))
	(let ((macrop (eq car 'defmacro))
	      name doc)
	  (setq form (cdr form)
		name (car form)
		;; Ignore the arguments.
		form (cdr (if (eq car 'define-skeleton)
			      form
			    (cdr form)))
		doc (car form))
	  (if (stringp doc)
	      (setq form (cdr form))
	    (setq doc nil))
	  (list 'autoload (list 'quote name) file doc
		(or (eq car 'define-skeleton)
		    (eq (car-safe (car form)) 'interactive))
		(if macrop (list 'quote 'macro) nil)))
      ;; Convert defcustom to a simpler (and less space-consuming) defvar,
      ;; but add some extra stuff if it uses :require.
      (if (eq car 'defcustom)
	  (let ((varname (car-safe (cdr-safe form)))
		(init (car-safe (cdr-safe (cdr-safe form))))
		(doc (car-safe (cdr-safe (cdr-safe (cdr-safe form)))))
		(rest (cdr-safe (cdr-safe (cdr-safe (cdr-safe form))))))
	    (if (not (plist-get rest :require))
		`(defvar ,varname ,init ,doc)
	      `(progn
		 (defvar ,varname ,init ,doc)
		 (custom-add-to-group ,(plist-get rest :group)
				      ',varname 'custom-variable)
		 (custom-add-load ',varname
				  ,(plist-get rest :require)))))
	nil))))

(put 'define-skeleton 'doc-string-elt 3)

;;; Forms which have doc-strings which should be printed specially.
;;; A doc-string-elt property of ELT says that (nth ELT FORM) is
;;; the doc-string in FORM.
;;;
;;; There used to be the following note here:
;;; ;;; Note: defconst and defvar should NOT be marked in this way.
;;; ;;; We don't want to produce defconsts and defvars that
;;; ;;; make-docfile can grok, because then it would grok them twice,
;;; ;;; once in foo.el (where they are given with ;;;###autoload) and
;;; ;;; once in loaddefs.el.
;;;
;;; Counter-note: Yes, they should be marked in this way.
;;; make-docfile only processes those files that are loaded into the
;;; dumped Emacs, and those files should never have anything
;;; autoloaded here.  The above-feared problem only occurs with files
;;; which have autoloaded entries *and* are processed by make-docfile;
;;; there should be no such files.

(put 'autoload 'doc-string-elt 3)
(put 'defun    'doc-string-elt 3)
(put 'defvar   'doc-string-elt 3)
(put 'defcustom 'doc-string-elt 3)
(put 'defconst 'doc-string-elt 3)
(put 'defmacro 'doc-string-elt 3)

(defun autoload-trim-file-name (file)
  ;; Returns a relative pathname of FILE
  ;; starting from the directory that loaddefs.el is in.
  ;; That is normally a directory in load-path,
  ;; which means Emacs will be able to find FILE when it looks.
  ;; Any extra directory names here would prevent finding the file.
  (setq file (expand-file-name file))
  (file-relative-name file
		      (file-name-directory generated-autoload-file)))

(defun generate-file-autoloads (file)
  "Insert at point a loaddefs autoload section for FILE.
autoloads are generated for defuns and defmacros in FILE
marked by `generate-autoload-cookie' (which see).
If FILE is being visited in a buffer, the contents of the buffer
are used."
  (interactive "fGenerate autoloads for file: ")
  (let ((outbuf (current-buffer))
	(autoloads-done '())
	(load-name (let ((name (file-name-nondirectory file)))
		     (if (string-match "\\.elc?$" name)
			 (substring name 0 (match-beginning 0))
		       name)))
	(print-length nil)
	(print-readably t)		; This does something in Lucid Emacs.
	(float-output-format nil)
	(done-any nil)
	(visited (get-file-buffer file))
	output-end)

    ;; If the autoload section we create here uses an absolute
    ;; pathname for FILE in its header, and then Emacs is installed
    ;; under a different path on another system,
    ;; `update-autoloads-here' won't be able to find the files to be
    ;; autoloaded.  So, if FILE is in the same directory or a
    ;; subdirectory of the current buffer's directory, we'll make it
    ;; relative to the current buffer's directory.
    (setq file (expand-file-name file))
    (let* ((source-truename (file-truename file))
	   (dir-truename (file-name-as-directory
			  (file-truename default-directory)))
	   (len (length dir-truename)))
      (if (and (< len (length source-truename))
	       (string= dir-truename (substring source-truename 0 len)))
	  (setq file (substring source-truename len))))

    (message "Generating autoloads for %s..." file)
    (save-excursion
      (unwind-protect
	  (progn
	    (if visited
		(set-buffer visited)
	      ;; It is faster to avoid visiting the file.
	      (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *generate-autoload-file*"))
	      (kill-all-local-variables)
	      (erase-buffer)
	      (setq buffer-undo-list t
		    buffer-read-only nil)
	      (emacs-lisp-mode)
	      (insert-file-contents file nil))
	    (save-excursion
	      (save-restriction
		(widen)
		(goto-char (point-min))
		(while (not (eobp))
		  (skip-chars-forward " \t\n\f")
		  (cond
		   ((looking-at (regexp-quote generate-autoload-cookie))
		    (search-forward generate-autoload-cookie)
		    (skip-chars-forward " \t")
		    (setq done-any t)
		    (if (eolp)
			;; Read the next form and make an autoload.
			(let* ((form (prog1 (read (current-buffer))
				       (or (bolp) (forward-line 1))))
			       (autoload (make-autoload form load-name))
			       (doc-string-elt (get (car-safe form)
						    'doc-string-elt)))
			  (if autoload
			      (setq autoloads-done (cons (nth 1 form)
							 autoloads-done))
			    (setq autoload form))
			  (if (and doc-string-elt
				   (stringp (nth doc-string-elt autoload)))
			      ;; We need to hack the printing because the
			      ;; doc-string must be printed specially for
			      ;; make-docfile (sigh).
			      (let* ((p (nthcdr (1- doc-string-elt)
						autoload))
				     (elt (cdr p)))
				(setcdr p nil)
				(princ "\n(" outbuf)
				(let ((print-escape-newlines t))
				  (mapcar (function (lambda (elt)
						      (prin1 elt outbuf)
						      (princ " " outbuf)))
					  autoload))
				(princ "\"\\\n" outbuf)
				(let ((begin (save-excursion
					       (set-buffer outbuf)
					       (point))))
				  (princ (substring
					  (prin1-to-string (car elt)) 1)
					 outbuf)
				  ;; Insert a backslash before each ( that
				  ;; appears at the beginning of a line in
				  ;; the doc string.
				  (save-excursion
				    (set-buffer outbuf)
				    (save-excursion
				      (while (search-backward "\n(" begin t)
					(forward-char 1)
					(insert "\\"))))
				  (if (null (cdr elt))
				      (princ ")" outbuf)
				    (princ " " outbuf)
				    (princ (substring
					    (prin1-to-string (cdr elt))
					    1)
					   outbuf))
				  (terpri outbuf)))
			    (let ((print-escape-newlines t))
			      (print autoload outbuf))))
			  ;; Copy the rest of the line to the output.
		      (princ (buffer-substring
			      (progn
				;; Back up over whitespace, to preserve it.
				(skip-chars-backward " \f\t")
				(if (= (char-after (1+ (point))) ? )
				    ;; Eat one space.
				    (forward-char 1))
				(point))
			      (progn (forward-line 1) (point)))
			     outbuf)))
		   ((looking-at ";")
		    ;; Don't read the comment.
		    (forward-line 1))
		   (t
		    (forward-sexp 1)
		    (forward-line 1)))))))
	(or visited
	    ;; We created this buffer, so we should kill it.
	    (kill-buffer (current-buffer)))
	(set-buffer outbuf)
	(setq output-end (point-marker))))
    (if done-any
	(progn
	  (insert generate-autoload-section-header)
	  (prin1 (list 'autoloads autoloads-done load-name
		       (autoload-trim-file-name file)
		       (nth 5 (file-attributes file)))
		 outbuf)
	  (terpri outbuf)
	  (insert ";;; Generated autoloads from "
		  (autoload-trim-file-name file) "\n")
	  ;; Warn if we put a line in loaddefs.el
	  ;; that is long enough to cause trouble.
	  (while (< (point) output-end)
	    (let ((beg (point)))
	      (end-of-line)
	      (if (> (- (point) beg) 900)
		  (progn
		    (message "A line is too long--over 900 characters")
		    (sleep-for 2)
		    (goto-char output-end))))
	    (forward-line 1))
	  (goto-char output-end)
	  (insert generate-autoload-section-trailer)))
    (message "Generating autoloads for %s...done" file)))

;;;###autoload
(defun update-file-autoloads (file)
  "Update the autoloads for FILE in `generated-autoload-file'
\(which FILE might bind in its local variables)."
  (interactive "fUpdate autoloads for file: ")
  (let ((load-name (let ((name (file-name-nondirectory file)))
		     (if (string-match "\\.elc?$" name)
			 (substring name 0 (match-beginning 0))
		       name)))
	(found nil)
	(existing-buffer (get-file-buffer file)))
    (save-excursion
      ;; We want to get a value for generated-autoload-file from
      ;; the local variables section if it's there.
      (if existing-buffer
	  (set-buffer existing-buffer))
      ;; We must read/write the file without any code conversion.
      (let ((coding-system-for-read 'no-conversion))
	(set-buffer (find-file-noselect
		     (expand-file-name generated-autoload-file
				       (expand-file-name "lisp"
							 source-directory)))))
      (save-excursion
	(save-restriction
	  (widen)
	  (goto-char (point-min))
	  ;; Look for the section for LOAD-NAME.
	  (while (and (not found)
		      (search-forward generate-autoload-section-header nil t))
	    (let ((form (condition-case ()
			    (read (current-buffer))
			  (end-of-file nil))))
	      (cond ((string= (nth 2 form) load-name)
		     ;; We found the section for this file.
		     ;; Check if it is up to date.
		     (let ((begin (match-beginning 0))
			   (last-time (nth 4 form))
			   (file-time (nth 5 (file-attributes file))))
		       (if (and (or (null existing-buffer)
				    (not (buffer-modified-p existing-buffer)))
				(listp last-time) (= (length last-time) 2)
				(or (> (car last-time) (car file-time))
				    (and (= (car last-time) (car file-time))
					 (>= (nth 1 last-time)
					     (nth 1 file-time)))))
			   (progn
			     (if (interactive-p)
				 (message "\
Autoload section for %s is up to date."
					  file))
			     (setq found 'up-to-date))
			 (search-forward generate-autoload-section-trailer)
			 (delete-region begin (point))
			 (setq found t))))
		    ((string< load-name (nth 2 form))
		     ;; We've come to a section alphabetically later than
		     ;; LOAD-NAME.  We assume the file is in order and so
		     ;; there must be no section for LOAD-NAME.  We will
		     ;; insert one before the section here.
		     (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
		     (setq found 'new)))))
	  (or found
	      (progn
		(setq found 'new)
		;; No later sections in the file.  Put before the last page.
		(goto-char (point-max))
		(search-backward "\f" nil t)))
	  (or (eq found 'up-to-date)
	      (and (eq found 'new)
		   ;; Check that FILE has any cookies before generating a
		   ;; new section for it.
		   (save-excursion
		     (if existing-buffer
			 (set-buffer existing-buffer)
		       ;; It is faster to avoid visiting the file.
		       (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *autoload-file*"))
		       (kill-all-local-variables)
		       (erase-buffer)
		       (setq buffer-undo-list t
			     buffer-read-only nil)
		       (emacs-lisp-mode)
		       (insert-file-contents file nil))
		     (save-excursion
		       (save-restriction
			 (widen)
			 (goto-char (point-min))
			 (prog1
			     (if (re-search-forward
				  (concat "^" (regexp-quote
					       generate-autoload-cookie))
				  nil t)
				 nil
			       (if (interactive-p)
				   (message "%s has no autoloads" file))
			       t)
			   (or existing-buffer
			       (kill-buffer (current-buffer))))))))
	      (generate-file-autoloads file))))
      (if (interactive-p) (save-buffer)))))

;;;###autoload
(defun update-autoloads-from-directories (&rest dirs)
  "\
Update loaddefs.el with all the current autoloads from DIRS, and no old ones.
This uses `update-file-autoloads' (which see) do its work."
  (interactive "DUpdate autoloads from directory: ")
  (let ((files (apply 'nconc
		      (mapcar (function (lambda (dir)
					  (directory-files (expand-file-name dir)
							   t
							   "^[^=.].*\\.el$")))
			      dirs)))
	autoloads-file
	top-dir)
    (setq autoloads-file
	  (expand-file-name generated-autoload-file
			    (expand-file-name "lisp"
					      source-directory)))
    (setq top-dir (file-name-directory autoloads-file))
    (save-excursion
      (set-buffer (find-file-noselect autoloads-file))
      (save-excursion
	(goto-char (point-min))
	(while (search-forward generate-autoload-section-header nil t)
	  (let* ((form (condition-case ()
			   (read (current-buffer))
			 (end-of-file nil)))
		 (file (nth 3 form)))
	    (cond ((not (stringp file)))
		  ((not (file-exists-p (expand-file-name file top-dir)))
		   ;; Remove the obsolete section.
		   (let ((begin (match-beginning 0)))
		     (search-forward generate-autoload-section-trailer)
		     (delete-region begin (point))))
		  (t
		   (update-file-autoloads file)))
	    (setq files (delete file files)))))
      ;; Elements remaining in FILES have no existing autoload sections.
      (mapcar 'update-file-autoloads files)
      (save-buffer))))

;;;###autoload
(defun batch-update-autoloads ()
  "Update loaddefs.el autoloads in batch mode.
Calls `update-autoloads-from-directories' on the command line arguments."
  (apply 'update-autoloads-from-directories command-line-args-left)
  (setq command-line-args-left nil))

(provide 'autoload)

;;; autoload.el ends here