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[bpt/emacs.git] / lisp / mail / mailalias.el
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1;;; mailalias.el --- expand mailing address aliases defined in ~/.mailrc.
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3;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1987 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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e5167999 5;; Maintainer: FSF
fd7fa35a 6;; Keywords: mail
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8;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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10;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
11;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
e5167999 12;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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13;; any later version.
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15;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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20;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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22;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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24;;; Commentary:
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26;; Basic functions for defining and expanding mail aliases.
27;; These seal off the interface to the alias-definition parts of a
28;; .mailrc file formatted for BSD's Mail or USL's mailx.
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e5167999 30;;; Code:
80a677d9 31
594906dd 32(require 'sendmail)
c2db7f31 33
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34;; Called from sendmail-send-it, or similar functions,
35;; only if some mail aliases are defined.
36(defun expand-mail-aliases (beg end &optional exclude)
37 "Expand all mail aliases in suitable header fields found between BEG and END.
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38Suitable header fields are `To', `Cc' and `Bcc' and their `Resent-' variants.
39Optional second arg EXCLUDE may be a regular expression defining text to be
40removed from alias expansions."
4351ed67 41 (sendmail-synch-aliases)
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42 (if (eq mail-aliases t)
43 (progn (setq mail-aliases nil) (build-mail-aliases)))
44 (goto-char beg)
45 (setq end (set-marker (make-marker) end))
46 (let ((case-fold-search nil))
47 (while (let ((case-fold-search t))
6f8c78e1 48 (re-search-forward "^\\(to\\|cc\\|bcc\\|resent-to\\|resent-cc\\|resent-bcc\\):" end t))
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49 (skip-chars-forward " \t")
50 (let ((beg1 (point))
51 end1 pos epos seplen
52 ;; DISABLED-ALIASES records aliases temporarily disabled
53 ;; while we scan text that resulted from expanding those aliases.
54 ;; Each element is (ALIAS . TILL-WHEN), where TILL-WHEN
55 ;; is where to reenable the alias (expressed as number of chars
56 ;; counting from END1).
57 (disabled-aliases nil))
58 (re-search-forward "^[^ \t]" end 'move)
59 (beginning-of-line)
60 (skip-chars-backward " \t\n")
61 (setq end1 (point-marker))
62 (goto-char beg1)
63 (while (< (point) end1)
64 (setq pos (point))
65 ;; Reenable any aliases which were disabled for ranges
66 ;; that we have passed out of.
67 (while (and disabled-aliases (> pos (- end1 (cdr (car disabled-aliases)))))
68 (setq disabled-aliases (cdr disabled-aliases)))
69 ;; EPOS gets position of end of next name;
70 ;; SEPLEN gets length of whitespace&separator that follows it.
71 (if (re-search-forward "[ \t]*[\n,][ \t]*" end1 t)
72 (setq epos (match-beginning 0)
73 seplen (- (point) epos))
74 (setq epos (marker-position end1) seplen 0))
75 (let (translation
76 (string (buffer-substring pos epos)))
77 (if (and (not (assoc string disabled-aliases))
78 (setq translation
79 (cdr (assoc string mail-aliases))))
80 (progn
81 ;; This name is an alias. Disable it.
82 (setq disabled-aliases (cons (cons string (- end1 epos))
83 disabled-aliases))
84 ;; Replace the alias with its expansion
85 ;; then rescan the expansion for more aliases.
86 (goto-char pos)
87 (insert translation)
88 (if exclude
89 (let ((regexp
90 (concat "\\b\\(" exclude "\\)\\b"))
91 (end (point-marker)))
92 (goto-char pos)
93 (while (re-search-forward regexp end t)
94 (replace-match ""))
95 (goto-char end)))
96 (delete-region (point) (+ (point) (- epos pos)))
97 (goto-char pos))
98 ;; Name is not an alias. Skip to start of next name.
99 (goto-char epos)
100 (forward-char seplen))))
101 (set-marker end1 nil)))
102 (set-marker end nil)))
103
104;; Called by mail-setup, or similar functions, only if ~/.mailrc exists.
105(defun build-mail-aliases (&optional file)
1ddea2ab 106 "Read mail aliases from `~/.mailrc' and set `mail-aliases'."
3c55fda0 107 (setq file (expand-file-name (or file (or (getenv "MAILRC") "~/.mailrc"))))
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108 (let ((buffer nil)
109 (obuf (current-buffer)))
110 (unwind-protect
111 (progn
112 (setq buffer (generate-new-buffer "mailrc"))
113 (buffer-disable-undo buffer)
114 (set-buffer buffer)
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115 (while file
116 (cond ((get-file-buffer file)
117 (insert (save-excursion
118 (set-buffer (get-file-buffer file))
119 (buffer-substring (point-min) (point-max)))))
120 ((file-exists-p file) (insert-file-contents file))
121 ((file-exists-p (setq file (concat "~/" file)))
122 (insert-file-contents file))
123 (t (setq file nil)))
124 ;; Don't lose if no final newline.
125 (goto-char (point-max))
126 (or (eq (preceding-char) ?\n) (newline))
127 (goto-char (point-min))
128 ;; handle "\\\n" continuation lines
129 (while (not (eobp))
130 (end-of-line)
131 (if (= (preceding-char) ?\\)
132 (progn (delete-char -1) (delete-char 1) (insert ?\ ))
80a677d9 133 (forward-char 1)))
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134 (goto-char (point-min))
135 ;; handle `source' directives -- Eddy/1994/May/25
136 (cond ((re-search-forward "^source[ \t]+" nil t)
137 (re-search-forward "\\S-+")
138 (setq file
139 (buffer-substring (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)))
140 (beginning-of-line)
141 (insert "# ") ; to ensure we don't re-process this file
142 (beginning-of-line))
143 (t (setq file nil))))
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144 (goto-char (point-min))
145 (while (or (re-search-forward "^a\\(lias\\|\\)[ \t]+" nil t)
146 (re-search-forward "^g\\(roup\\|\\)[ \t]+" nil t))
147 (re-search-forward "[^ \t]+")
148 (let* ((name (buffer-substring (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)))
149 (start (progn (skip-chars-forward " \t") (point))))
150 (end-of-line)
151 (define-mail-alias
152 name
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153 (buffer-substring start (point))
154 t)))
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155 mail-aliases)
156 (if buffer (kill-buffer buffer))
157 (set-buffer obuf))))
158
159;; Always autoloadable in case the user wants to define aliases
160;; interactively or in .emacs.
7229064d 161;;;###autoload
37e379dd 162(defun define-mail-alias (name definition &optional from-mailrc-file)
96846422 163 "Define NAME as a mail alias that translates to DEFINITION.
80a677d9 164This means that sending a message to NAME will actually send to DEFINITION.
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165DEFINITION can be one or more mail addresses separated by spaces.
166An address can contain spaces if it is quoted with double-quotes."
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167 (interactive "sDefine mail alias: \nsDefine %s as mail alias for: ")
168 ;; Read the defaults first, if we have not done so.
4351ed67 169 (sendmail-synch-aliases)
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170 (if (eq mail-aliases t)
171 (progn
172 (setq mail-aliases nil)
8837853e 173 (if (file-exists-p (or (getenv "MAILRC") "~/.mailrc"))
80a677d9 174 (build-mail-aliases))))
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175 ;; strip garbage from front and end
176 (if (string-match "\\`[ \t\n,]+" definition)
aa228418 177 (setq definition (substring definition (match-end 0))))
3af1a1f3 178 (if (string-match "[ \t\n,]+\\'" definition)
aa228418 179 (setq definition (substring definition 0 (match-beginning 0))))
37e379dd 180 (let ((result '())
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181 ;; If DEFINITION is null string, avoid looping even once.
182 (start (and (not (equal definition "")) 0))
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183 (L (length definition))
184 end tem)
185 (while start
186 ;; If we're reading from the mailrc file, then addresses are delimited
187 ;; by spaces, and addresses with embedded spaces must be surrounded by
188 ;; double-quotes. Otherwise, addresses are separated by commas.
189 (if from-mailrc-file
190 (if (eq ?\" (aref definition start))
191 (setq start (1+ start)
192 end (string-match "\"[ \t,]*" definition start))
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193 (setq end (string-match "[ \t,]+" definition start)))
194 (setq end (string-match "[ \t\n,]*,[ \t\n,]*" definition start)))
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195 (setq result (cons (substring definition start end) result))
196 (setq start (and end
197 (/= (match-end 0) L)
198 (match-end 0))))
199 (setq definition (mapconcat (function identity)
200 (nreverse result)
201 ", "))
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202 (setq tem (assoc name mail-aliases))
203 (if tem
204 (rplacd tem definition)
205 (setq mail-aliases (cons (cons name definition) mail-aliases)))))
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207(provide 'mailalias)
208
6594deb0 209;;; mailalias.el ends here