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;;; derived.el --- allow inheritance of major modes. ;;; (formerly mode-clone.el) ;; Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. ;; Author: David Megginson (dmeggins@aix1.uottawa.ca) ;; Maintainer: FSF ;; Keywords: obsolete ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs. ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) ;; any later version. ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the ;; GNU General Public License for more details. ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, ;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. ;;; Commentary: ;; Obsolete. ;; Use the `derived-major-mode' provided by easy-mmode.el instead. ;; It is only kept for backward compatibility with Emacs-20 byte-compiled ;; files that refer to `derived-mode-init-mode-variables' and other functions. ;; GNU Emacs is already, in a sense, object oriented -- each object ;; (buffer) belongs to a class (major mode), and that class defines ;; the relationship between messages (input events) and methods ;; (commands) by means of a keymap. ;; ;; The only thing missing is a good scheme of inheritance. It is ;; possible to simulate a single level of inheritance with generous ;; use of hooks and a bit of work -- sgml-mode, for example, also runs ;; the hooks for text-mode, and keymaps can inherit from other keymaps ;; -- but generally, each major mode ends up reinventing the wheel. ;; Ideally, someone should redesign all of Emacs's major modes to ;; follow a more conventional object-oriented system: when defining a ;; new major mode, the user should need only to name the existing mode ;; it is most similar to, then list the (few) differences. ;; ;; In the mean time, this package offers most of the advantages of ;; full inheritance with the existing major modes. The macro ;; `define-derived-mode' allows the user to make a variant of an existing ;; major mode, with its own keymap. The new mode will inherit the key ;; bindings of its parent, and will, in fact, run its parent first ;; every time it is called. For example, the commands ;; ;; (define-derived-mode hypertext-mode text-mode "Hypertext" ;; "Major mode for hypertext.\n\n\\{hypertext-mode-map}" ;; (setq case-fold-search nil)) ;; ;; (define-key hypertext-mode-map [down-mouse-3] 'do-hyper-link) ;; ;; will create a function `hypertext-mode' with its own (sparse) ;; keymap `hypertext-mode-map.' The command M-x hypertext-mode will ;; perform the following actions: ;; ;; - run the command (text-mode) to get its default setup ;; - replace the current keymap with 'hypertext-mode-map,' which will ;; inherit from 'text-mode-map'. ;; - replace the current syntax table with ;; 'hypertext-mode-syntax-table', which will borrow its defaults ;; from the current text-mode-syntax-table. ;; - replace the current abbrev table with ;; 'hypertext-mode-abbrev-table', which will borrow its defaults ;; from the current text-mode-abbrev table ;; - change the mode line to read "Hypertext" ;; - assign the value 'hypertext-mode' to the 'major-mode' variable ;; - run the body of commands provided in the macro -- in this case, ;; set the local variable `case-fold-search' to nil. ;; ;; The advantages of this system are threefold. First, text mode is ;; untouched -- if you had added the new keystroke to `text-mode-map,' ;; possibly using hooks, you would have added it to all text buffers ;; -- here, it appears only in hypertext buffers, where it makes ;; sense. Second, it is possible to build even further, and make ;; a derived mode from a derived mode. The commands ;; ;; (define-derived-mode html-mode hypertext-mode "HTML") ;; [various key definitions] ;; ;; will add a new major mode for HTML with very little fuss. ;; ;; Note also the function `derived-mode-class,' which returns the non-derived ;; major mode which a derived mode is based on (ie. NOT necessarily the ;; immediate parent). ;; ;; (derived-mode-class 'text-mode) ==> text-mode ;; (derived-mode-class 'hypertext-mode) ==> text-mode ;; (derived-mode-class 'html-mode) ==> text-mode ;;; Code: ;; PUBLIC: define a new major mode which inherits from an existing one. ;; ;;;###autoload ;; Don't override the definition provided by easy-mmode.el (unless (fboundp 'define-derived-mode) (defmacro define-derived-mode (child parent name &optional docstring &rest body) "Create a new mode as a variant of an existing mode. The arguments to this command are as follow: CHILD: the name of the command for the derived mode. PARENT: the name of the command for the parent mode (e.g. `text-mode'). NAME: a string which will appear in the status line (e.g. \"Hypertext\") DOCSTRING: an optional documentation string--if you do not supply one, the function will attempt to invent something useful. BODY: forms to execute just before running the hooks for the new mode. Here is how you could define LaTeX-Thesis mode as a variant of LaTeX mode: (define-derived-mode LaTeX-thesis-mode LaTeX-mode \"LaTeX-Thesis\") You could then make new key bindings for `LaTeX-thesis-mode-map' without changing regular LaTeX mode. In this example, BODY is empty, and DOCSTRING is generated by default. On a more complicated level, the following command uses `sgml-mode' as the parent, and then sets the variable `case-fold-search' to nil: (define-derived-mode article-mode sgml-mode \"Article\" \"Major mode for editing technical articles.\" (setq case-fold-search nil)) Note that if the documentation string had been left out, it would have been generated automatically, with a reference to the keymap." ; Some trickiness, since what ; appears to be the docstring ; may really be the first ; element of the body. (if (and docstring (not (stringp docstring))) (progn (setq body (cons docstring body)) (setq docstring nil))) (setq docstring (or docstring (derived-mode-make-docstring parent child))) `(progn (derived-mode-init-mode-variables (quote ,child)) (defun ,child () ,docstring (interactive) ; Run the parent. (,parent) ; Identify special modes. (if (get (quote ,parent) 'special) (put (quote ,child) 'special t)) ; Identify the child mode. (setq major-mode (quote ,child)) (setq mode-name ,name) ; Set up maps and tables. (derived-mode-set-keymap (quote ,child)) (derived-mode-set-syntax-table (quote ,child)) (derived-mode-set-abbrev-table (quote ,child)) ; Splice in the body (if any). ,@body ;;; ; Run the setup function, if ;;; ; any -- this will soon be ;;; ; obsolete. ;;; (derived-mode-run-setup-function (quote ,child)) ; Run the hooks, if any. (derived-mode-run-hooks (quote ,child)))))) ;; PUBLIC: find the ultimate class of a derived mode. (defun derived-mode-class (mode) "Find the class of a major MODE. A mode's class is the first ancestor which is NOT a derived mode. Use the `derived-mode-parent' property of the symbol to trace backwards." (while (get mode 'derived-mode-parent) (setq mode (get mode 'derived-mode-parent))) mode) ;; Inline functions to construct various names from a mode name. (defsubst derived-mode-setup-function-name (mode) "Construct a setup-function name based on a MODE name." (intern (concat (symbol-name mode) "-setup"))) (defsubst derived-mode-hook-name (mode) "Construct the mode hook name based on mode name MODE." (intern (concat (symbol-name mode) "-hook"))) (defsubst derived-mode-map-name (mode) "Construct a map name based on a MODE name." (intern (concat (symbol-name mode) "-map"))) (defsubst derived-mode-syntax-table-name (mode) "Construct a syntax-table name based on a MODE name." (intern (concat (symbol-name mode) "-syntax-table"))) (defsubst derived-mode-abbrev-table-name (mode) "Construct an abbrev-table name based on a MODE name." (intern (concat (symbol-name mode) "-abbrev-table"))) ;; Utility functions for defining a derived mode. ;;;###autoload (defun derived-mode-init-mode-variables (mode) "Initialise variables for a new MODE. Right now, if they don't already exist, set up a blank keymap, an empty syntax table, and an empty abbrev table -- these will be merged the first time the mode is used." (if (boundp (derived-mode-map-name mode)) t (eval `(defvar ,(derived-mode-map-name mode) (make-sparse-keymap) ,(format "Keymap for %s." mode))) (put (derived-mode-map-name mode) 'derived-mode-unmerged t)) (if (boundp (derived-mode-syntax-table-name mode)) t (eval `(defvar ,(derived-mode-syntax-table-name mode) ;; Make a syntax table which doesn't specify anything ;; for any char. Valid data will be merged in by ;; derived-mode-merge-syntax-tables. (make-char-table 'syntax-table nil) ,(format "Syntax table for %s." mode))) (put (derived-mode-syntax-table-name mode) 'derived-mode-unmerged t)) (if (boundp (derived-mode-abbrev-table-name mode)) t (eval `(defvar ,(derived-mode-abbrev-table-name mode) (progn (define-abbrev-table (derived-mode-abbrev-table-name mode) nil) (make-abbrev-table)) ,(format "Abbrev table for %s." mode))))) (defun derived-mode-make-docstring (parent child) "Construct a docstring for a new mode if none is provided." (format "This major mode is a variant of `%s', created by `define-derived-mode'. It inherits all of the parent's attributes, but has its own keymap, abbrev table and syntax table: `%s-map' and `%s-syntax-table' which more-or-less shadow `%s-map' and `%s-syntax-table' \\{%s-map}" parent child child parent parent child)) ;; Utility functions for running a derived mode. (defun derived-mode-set-keymap (mode) "Set the keymap of the new MODE, maybe merging with the parent." (let* ((map-name (derived-mode-map-name mode)) (new-map (eval map-name)) (old-map (current-local-map))) (and old-map (get map-name 'derived-mode-unmerged) (derived-mode-merge-keymaps old-map new-map)) (put map-name 'derived-mode-unmerged nil) (use-local-map new-map))) (defun derived-mode-set-syntax-table (mode) "Set the syntax table of the new MODE, maybe merging with the parent." (let* ((table-name (derived-mode-syntax-table-name mode)) (old-table (syntax-table)) (new-table (eval table-name))) (if (get table-name 'derived-mode-unmerged) (derived-mode-merge-syntax-tables old-table new-table)) (put table-name 'derived-mode-unmerged nil) (set-syntax-table new-table))) (defun derived-mode-set-abbrev-table (mode) "Set the abbrev table for MODE if it exists. Always merge its parent into it, since the merge is non-destructive." (let* ((table-name (derived-mode-abbrev-table-name mode)) (old-table local-abbrev-table) (new-table (eval table-name))) (derived-mode-merge-abbrev-tables old-table new-table) (setq local-abbrev-table new-table))) ;;;(defun derived-mode-run-setup-function (mode) ;;; "Run the setup function if it exists." ;;; (let ((fname (derived-mode-setup-function-name mode))) ;;; (if (fboundp fname) ;;; (funcall fname)))) (defun derived-mode-run-hooks (mode) "Run the mode hook for MODE." (let ((hooks-name (derived-mode-hook-name mode))) (if (boundp hooks-name) (run-hooks hooks-name)))) ;; Functions to merge maps and tables. (defun derived-mode-merge-keymaps (old new) "Merge an OLD keymap into a NEW one. The old keymap is set to be the last cdr of the new one, so that there will be automatic inheritance." ;; ?? Can this just use `set-keymap-parent'? (let ((tail new)) ;; Scan the NEW map for prefix keys. (while (consp tail) (and (consp (car tail)) (let* ((key (vector (car (car tail)))) (subnew (lookup-key new key)) (subold (lookup-key old key))) ;; If KEY is a prefix key in both OLD and NEW, merge them. (and (keymapp subnew) (keymapp subold) (derived-mode-merge-keymaps subold subnew)))) (and (vectorp (car tail)) ;; Search a vector of ASCII char bindings for prefix keys. (let ((i (1- (length (car tail))))) (while (>= i 0) (let* ((key (vector i)) (subnew (lookup-key new key)) (subold (lookup-key old key))) ;; If KEY is a prefix key in both OLD and NEW, merge them. (and (keymapp subnew) (keymapp subold) (derived-mode-merge-keymaps subold subnew))) (setq i (1- i))))) (setq tail (cdr tail)))) (setcdr (nthcdr (1- (length new)) new) old)) (defun derived-mode-merge-syntax-tables (old new) "Merge an OLD syntax table into a NEW one. Where the new table already has an entry, nothing is copied from the old one." (set-char-table-parent new old)) ;; Merge an old abbrev table into a new one. ;; This function requires internal knowledge of how abbrev tables work, ;; presuming that they are obarrays with the abbrev as the symbol, the expansion ;; as the value of the symbol, and the hook as the function definition. (defun derived-mode-merge-abbrev-tables (old new) (if old (mapatoms (lambda (symbol) (or (intern-soft (symbol-name symbol) new) (define-abbrev new (symbol-name symbol) (symbol-value symbol) (symbol-function symbol)))) old))) (provide 'derived) ;;; derived.el ends here