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daca8ba5 1;;; mailalias.el --- expand and complete mailing address aliases -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
6594deb0 2
acaf905b 3;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1987, 1995-1997, 2001-2012
e9bffc61 4;; Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3a801d0c 5
e5167999 6;; Maintainer: FSF
fd7fa35a 7;; Keywords: mail
e5167999 8
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9;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
10
b1fc2b50 11;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
80a677d9 12;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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13;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
14;; (at your option) any later version.
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15
16;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
17;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
18;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
19;; GNU General Public License for more details.
20
21;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
b1fc2b50 22;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
80a677d9 23
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24;;; Commentary:
25
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.
29
e5167999 30;;; Code:
80a677d9 31
594906dd 32(require 'sendmail)
c2db7f31 33
31407d5d 34(defgroup mailalias nil
f5684faf 35 "Expanding mail aliases."
31407d5d 36 :group 'mail)
48919e0f 37
31407d5d 38(defcustom mail-passwd-files '("/etc/passwd")
c1051e81 39 "List of files from which to determine valid user names."
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40 :type '(repeat string)
41 :group 'mailalias)
8e3beae0 42
31407d5d 43(defcustom mail-passwd-command nil
c1051e81 44 "Shell command to retrieve text to add to `/etc/passwd', or nil."
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45 :type '(choice string (const nil))
46 :group 'mailalias)
8e3beae0 47
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48(defvar mail-directory-names t
49 "Alist of mail address directory entries.
50When t this still needs to be initialized.")
51
52(defvar mail-address-field-regexp
53 "^\\(Resent-\\)?\\(To\\|From\\|CC\\|BCC\\|Reply-to\\):")
54
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55(defvar pattern)
56
31407d5d 57(defcustom mail-complete-alist
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58 ;; Don't refer to mail-address-field-regexp here;
59 ;; that confuses some things such as cus-dep.el.
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60 '(("^\\(Resent-\\)?\\(To\\|From\\|CC\\|BCC\\|Reply-to\\):"
61 . (mail-get-names pattern))
62 ("Newsgroups:" . (if (boundp 'gnus-active-hashtb)
63 gnus-active-hashtb
64 (if (boundp news-group-article-assoc)
65 news-group-article-assoc)))
66 ("Followup-To:" . (mail-sentto-newsgroups))
67 ;;("Distribution:" ???)
68 )
c1051e81 69 "Alist of header field and expression to return alist for completion.
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70The expression may reference the variable `pattern'
71which will hold the string being completed.
72If not on matching header, `mail-complete-function' gets called instead."
bd09e573 73 :type 'alist
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74 :group 'mailalias)
75(put 'mail-complete-alist 'risky-local-variable t)
48919e0f 76
e694581d 77;;;###autoload
31407d5d 78(defcustom mail-complete-style 'angles
c1051e81 79 "Specifies how \\[mail-complete] formats the full name when it completes.
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80If `nil', they contain just the return address like:
81 king@grassland.com
82If `parens', they look like:
83 king@grassland.com (Elvis Parsley)
84If `angles', they look like:
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85 Elvis Parsley <king@grassland.com>"
86 :type '(choice (const angles) (const parens) (const nil))
87 :group 'mailalias)
48919e0f 88
31407d5d 89(defcustom mail-complete-function 'ispell-complete-word
c1051e81 90 "Function to call when completing outside `mail-complete-alist'-header."
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91 :type '(choice function (const nil))
92 :group 'mailalias)
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93(make-obsolete-variable 'mail-complete-function
94 'completion-at-point-functions "24.1")
48919e0f 95
31407d5d 96(defcustom mail-directory-function nil
c1051e81 97 "Function to get completions from directory service or nil for none.
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98See `mail-directory-requery'."
99 :type '(choice function (const nil))
100 :group 'mailalias)
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101
102;; This is for when the directory is huge, or changes frequently.
31407d5d 103(defcustom mail-directory-requery nil
c1051e81 104 "When non-nil call `mail-directory-function' for each completion.
48919e0f 105In that case, one argument gets passed to the function, the partial string
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106entered so far."
107 :type 'boolean
108 :group 'mailalias)
48919e0f 109
31407d5d 110(defcustom mail-directory-process nil
c1051e81 111 "Shell command to get the list of names from a mail directory.
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112This value is used when the value of `mail-directory-function'
113is `mail-directory-process'. The value should be a list
114of the form (COMMAND ARG ...), where each of the list elements
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115is evaluated. COMMAND should evaluate to a string. When
116`mail-directory-requery' is non-nil, during evaluation of these
117elements, the variable `pattern' contains the partial input being
118completed. `pattern' is nil when `mail-directory-requery' is nil.
48919e0f 119
31407d5d 120The value might look like this:
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121
122 '(remote-shell-program \"HOST\" \"-nl\" \"USER\" \"COMMAND\")
123
31407d5d 124or like this:
48919e0f 125
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126 '(remote-shell-program \"HOST\" \"-n\" \"COMMAND '^\" pattern \"'\")"
127 :type 'sexp
128 :group 'mailalias)
129(put 'mail-directory-process 'risky-local-variable t)
48919e0f 130
31407d5d 131(defcustom mail-directory-stream nil
c1051e81 132 "List of (HOST SERVICE) for stream connection to mail directory."
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133 :type 'sexp
134 :group 'mailalias)
135(put 'mail-directory-stream 'risky-local-variable t)
48919e0f 136
31407d5d 137(defcustom mail-directory-parser nil
c1051e81 138 "How to interpret the output of `mail-directory-function'.
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139Three types of values are possible:
140
141 - nil means to gather each line as one name
142 - regexp means first \\(grouping\\) in successive matches is name
31407d5d 143 - function called at beginning of buffer that returns an alist of names"
94955307 144 :type '(choice (const nil) regexp function)
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145 :group 'mailalias)
146(put 'mail-directory-parser 'risky-local-variable t)
48919e0f 147
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148;; Internal variables.
149
150(defvar mail-names t
151 "Alist of local users, aliases and directory entries as available.
152Elements have the form (MAILNAME) or (MAILNAME . FULLNAME).
153If the value means t, it means the real value should be calculated
f6250436 154for the next use. This is used in `mail-complete'.")
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155
156(defvar mail-local-names t
157 "Alist of local users.
158When t this still needs to be initialized.")
159\f
48919e0f 160
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161;; Called from sendmail-send-it, or similar functions,
162;; only if some mail aliases are defined.
e28449ed 163;;;###autoload
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164(defun expand-mail-aliases (beg end &optional exclude)
165 "Expand all mail aliases in suitable header fields found between BEG and END.
30eaaa34 166If interactive, expand in header fields.
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167Suitable header fields are `To', `From', `CC' and `BCC', `Reply-to', and
168their `Resent-' variants.
169
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170Optional second arg EXCLUDE may be a regular expression defining text to be
171removed from alias expansions."
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172 (interactive
173 (save-excursion
174 (list (goto-char (point-min))
30eaaa34 175 (mail-header-end))))
e934d700 176 (sendmail-sync-aliases)
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177 (when (eq mail-aliases t)
178 (setq mail-aliases nil)
179 (build-mail-aliases))
180 (save-excursion
181 (goto-char beg)
182 (setq end (set-marker (make-marker) end))
183 (let ((case-fold-search nil))
184 (while (let ((case-fold-search t))
185 (re-search-forward mail-address-field-regexp end t))
186 (skip-chars-forward " \t")
187 (let ((beg1 (point))
188 end1 pos epos seplen
189 ;; DISABLED-ALIASES records aliases temporarily disabled
190 ;; while we scan text that resulted from expanding those aliases.
191 ;; Each element is (ALIAS . TILL-WHEN), where TILL-WHEN
192 ;; is where to reenable the alias (expressed as number of chars
193 ;; counting from END1).
194 (disabled-aliases nil))
195 (re-search-forward "^[^ \t]" end 'move)
196 (beginning-of-line)
197 (skip-chars-backward " \t\n")
198 (setq end1 (point-marker))
199 (goto-char beg1)
200 (while (< (point) end1)
201 (setq pos (point))
202 ;; Reenable any aliases which were disabled for ranges
203 ;; that we have passed out of.
204 (while (and disabled-aliases
205 (> pos (- end1 (cdr (car disabled-aliases)))))
206 (setq disabled-aliases (cdr disabled-aliases)))
207 ;; EPOS gets position of end of next name;
208 ;; SEPLEN gets length of whitespace&separator that follows it.
209 (if (re-search-forward "[ \t]*[\n,][ \t]*" end1 t)
210 (setq epos (match-beginning 0)
211 seplen (- (point) epos))
212 (setq epos (marker-position end1) seplen 0))
213 (let ((string (buffer-substring-no-properties pos epos))
214 translation)
215 (if (and (not (assoc string disabled-aliases))
216 (setq translation (cdr (assoc string mail-aliases))))
217 (progn
218 ;; This name is an alias. Disable it.
219 (setq disabled-aliases (cons (cons string (- end1 epos))
220 disabled-aliases))
221 ;; Replace the alias with its expansion
222 ;; then rescan the expansion for more aliases.
223 (goto-char pos)
224 (insert translation)
225 (when exclude
226 (let ((regexp (concat "\\b\\(" exclude "\\)\\b"))
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227 (end (point-marker)))
228 (goto-char pos)
229 (while (re-search-forward regexp end t)
230 (replace-match ""))
231 (goto-char end)))
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232 (delete-region (point) (+ (point) (- epos pos)))
233 (goto-char pos))
234 ;; Name is not an alias. Skip to start of next name.
235 (goto-char epos)
236 (forward-char seplen))))
237 (set-marker end1 nil)))
238 (set-marker end nil))))
80a677d9 239
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240;; Called by mail-setup, or similar functions, only if the file specified
241;; by mail-personal-alias-file (usually `~/.mailrc') exists.
80a677d9 242(defun build-mail-aliases (&optional file)
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243 "Read mail aliases from personal aliases file and set `mail-aliases'.
244By default, this is the file specified by `mail-personal-alias-file'."
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245 (interactive
246 (list
247 (read-file-name (format "Read mail alias file (default %s): "
248 mail-personal-alias-file)
249 nil mail-personal-alias-file t)))
9d73ab0d 250 (setq file (expand-file-name (or file mail-personal-alias-file)))
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251 ;; In case mail-aliases is t, make sure define-mail-alias
252 ;; does not recursively call build-mail-aliases.
253 (setq mail-aliases nil)
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254 (with-temp-buffer
255 (while file
256 (cond ((get-file-buffer file)
257 (insert (with-current-buffer (get-file-buffer file)
258 (buffer-substring-no-properties
259 (point-min) (point-max)))))
260 ((file-exists-p file) (insert-file-contents file))
261 ((file-exists-p (setq file (expand-file-name file "~/")))
262 (insert-file-contents file))
263 (t (setq file nil)))
264 (goto-char (point-min))
265 ;; Delete comments from the contents.
266 (while (search-forward "# " nil t)
267 (let ((p (- (point) 2)))
268 (end-of-line)
269 (delete-region p (point))))
270 ;; Don't lose if no final newline.
271 (goto-char (point-max))
272 (or (eq (preceding-char) ?\n) (newline))
273 (goto-char (point-min))
274 ;; handle "\\\n" continuation lines
275 (while (not (eobp))
276 (end-of-line)
277 (if (= (preceding-char) ?\\)
278 (progn (delete-char -1) (delete-char 1) (insert ?\ ))
279 (forward-char 1)))
280 (goto-char (point-min))
281 ;; handle `source' directives -- Eddy/1994/May/25
282 (cond ((re-search-forward "^source[ \t]+" nil t)
283 (re-search-forward "\\S-+")
284 (setq file (buffer-substring-no-properties
285 (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)))
286 (beginning-of-line)
287 (insert "# ") ; to ensure we don't re-process this file
288 (beginning-of-line))
289 (t (setq file nil))))
290 (goto-char (point-min))
291 (while (re-search-forward
292 "^\\(a\\|alias\\|g\\|group\\)[ \t]+\\([^ \t\n]+\\)" nil t)
293 (let* ((name (match-string 2))
294 (start (progn (skip-chars-forward " \t") (point)))
295 value)
296 (end-of-line)
297 (setq value (buffer-substring-no-properties start (point)))
298 (unless (equal value "")
299 (define-mail-alias name value t))))
300 mail-aliases))
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301
302;; Always autoloadable in case the user wants to define aliases
303;; interactively or in .emacs.
c8ca9217 304;; define-mail-abbrev in mailabbrev.el duplicates much of this code.
7229064d 305;;;###autoload
37e379dd 306(defun define-mail-alias (name definition &optional from-mailrc-file)
96846422 307 "Define NAME as a mail alias that translates to DEFINITION.
80a677d9 308This means that sending a message to NAME will actually send to DEFINITION.
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310Normally, the addresses in DEFINITION must be separated by commas.
a1506d29 311If FROM-MAILRC-FILE is non-nil, then addresses in DEFINITION
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312can be separated by spaces; an address can contain spaces
313if it is quoted with double-quotes."
314
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315 (interactive "sDefine mail alias: \nsDefine %s as mail alias for: ")
316 ;; Read the defaults first, if we have not done so.
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317 ;; But not if we are doing that already right now.
318 (unless from-mailrc-file
319 (sendmail-sync-aliases))
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320 (if (eq mail-aliases t)
321 (progn
322 (setq mail-aliases nil)
9d73ab0d 323 (if (file-exists-p mail-personal-alias-file)
80a677d9 324 (build-mail-aliases))))
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325 ;; strip garbage from front and end
326 (if (string-match "\\`[ \t\n,]+" definition)
aa228418 327 (setq definition (substring definition (match-end 0))))
3af1a1f3 328 (if (string-match "[ \t\n,]+\\'" definition)
aa228418 329 (setq definition (substring definition 0 (match-beginning 0))))
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330
331 (let* ((L (length definition))
332 (start (if (> L 0) 0))
333 end this-entry result tem)
37e379dd 334 (while start
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335 (cond
336 (from-mailrc-file
337 ;; If we're reading from the mailrc file, addresses are
338 ;; delimited by spaces, and addresses with embedded spaces are
339 ;; surrounded by non-escaped double-quotes.
340 (if (eq ?\" (aref definition start))
341 (setq start (1+ start)
342 end (and (string-match
343 "[^\\]\\(\\([\\][\\]\\)*\\)\"[ \t,]*"
344 definition start)
345 (match-end 1)))
346 (setq end (string-match "[ \t,]+" definition start)))
347 ;; Extract the address and advance the loop past it.
348 (setq this-entry (substring definition start end)
349 start (and end (/= (match-end 0) L) (match-end 0)))
350 ;; If the full name contains a problem character, quote it.
351 (and (string-match "\\(.+?\\)[ \t]*\\(<.*>\\)" this-entry)
352 (string-match "[^- !#$%&'*+/0-9=?A-Za-z^_`{|}~]"
353 (match-string 1 this-entry))
354 (setq this-entry (replace-regexp-in-string
355 "\\(.+?\\)[ \t]*\\(<.*>\\)"
356 "\"\\1\" \\2"
357 this-entry))))
358 ;; When we are not reading from .mailrc, addresses are
359 ;; separated by commas. Try to accept a rfc822-like syntax.
360 ;; (Todo: extend rfc822.el to do the work for us.)
361 ((equal (string-match
362 "[ \t,]*\\(\"\\(?:[^\"]\\|[^\\]\\(?:[\\][\\]\\)*\"\\)*\"[ \t]*\
363<[-.!#$%&'*+/0-9=?A-Za-z^_`{|}~@]+>\\)[ \t,]*"
364 definition start)
365 start)
366 ;; If an entry has a valid [ "foo bar" <foo@example.com> ]
367 ;; form, use it literally . This also allows commas in the
368 ;; quoted string, e.g. [ "foo bar, jr" <foo@example.com> ]
369 (setq this-entry (match-string 1 definition)
370 start (and (/= (match-end 0) L) (match-end 0))))
371 (t
372 ;; Otherwise, read the next address by looking for a comma.
373 (setq end (string-match "[ \t\n,]*,[ \t\n]*" definition start))
374 (setq this-entry (substring definition start end))
375 ;; Advance the loop past this address.
376 (setq start (and end (/= (match-end 0) L) (match-end 0)))
377 ;; If the full name contains a problem character, quote it.
378 (and (string-match "\\(.+?\\)[ \t]*\\(<.*>\\)" this-entry)
379 (string-match "[^- !#$%&'*+/0-9=?A-Za-z^_`{|}~]"
380 (match-string 1 this-entry))
381 (setq this-entry (replace-regexp-in-string
382 "\\(.+?\\)[ \t]*\\(<.*>\\)" "\"\\1\" \\2"
383 this-entry)))))
384 (push this-entry result))
385
37e379dd 386 (setq definition (mapconcat (function identity)
c8ca9217 387 (nreverse result) ", "))
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388 (setq tem (assoc name mail-aliases))
389 (if tem
390 (rplacd tem definition)
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391 (setq mail-aliases (cons (cons name definition) mail-aliases)
392 mail-names t))))
393
c0fd4267 394;;;###autoload
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395(defun mail-completion-at-point-function ()
396 "Compute completion data for mail aliases.
397For use on `completion-at-point-functions'."
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398 ;; Read the defaults first, if we have not done so.
399 (sendmail-sync-aliases)
400 (if (eq mail-aliases t)
401 (progn
402 (setq mail-aliases nil)
403 (if (file-exists-p mail-personal-alias-file)
404 (build-mail-aliases))))
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405 (let ((list mail-complete-alist)
406 (list-exp nil))
baaddce7 407 (if (and (< 0 (mail-header-end))
48919e0f 408 (save-excursion
daca8ba5 409 (if (re-search-backward "^[^\t ]" nil t)
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410 (while list
411 (if (looking-at (car (car list)))
daca8ba5 412 (setq list-exp (cdr (car list))
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413 list ())
414 (setq list (cdr list)))))
daca8ba5 415 list-exp))
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416 (let* ((end (point))
417 (beg (save-excursion
418 (skip-chars-backward "^ \t<,:")
419 (point)))
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420 (table (completion-table-dynamic
421 (lambda (prefix)
422 (let ((pattern prefix)) (eval list-exp))))))
423 (list beg end table)))))
48919e0f 424
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425;;;###autoload
426(defun mail-complete (arg)
427 "Perform completion on header field or word preceding point.
428Completable headers are according to `mail-complete-alist'. If none matches
429current header, calls `mail-complete-function' and passes prefix ARG if any."
430 (interactive "P")
431 ;; Read the defaults first, if we have not done so.
432 (sendmail-sync-aliases)
433 (if (eq mail-aliases t)
434 (progn
435 (setq mail-aliases nil)
436 (if (file-exists-p mail-personal-alias-file)
437 (build-mail-aliases))))
438 (let ((data (mail-completion-at-point-function)))
439 (if data
440 (apply #'completion-in-region data)
441 (funcall mail-complete-function arg))))
442(make-obsolete 'mail-complete 'mail-completion-at-point-function "24.1")
443
444(defun mail-completion-expand (table)
445 "Build new completion table that expands aliases.
446Completes like TABLE except that if the completion is a valid alias,
447it expands it to its full `mail-complete-style' form."
448 (lambda (string pred action)
449 (cond
450 ((eq action nil)
451 (let* ((comp (try-completion string table pred))
452 (name (and (listp table) comp
453 (assoc (if (stringp comp) comp string) table))))
454 (cond
455 ((null name) comp)
456 ((eq mail-complete-style 'parens)
457 (concat (car name) " (" (cdr name) ")"))
458 ((eq mail-complete-style 'angles)
459 (concat (cdr name) " <" (car name) ">"))
460 (t comp))))
461 (t
462 (complete-with-action action table string pred)))))
463
464(defun mail-get-names (prefix)
e694581d 465 "Fetch local users and global mail addresses for completion.
48919e0f 466Consults `/etc/passwd' and a directory service if one is set up via
e694581d 467`mail-directory-function'.
daca8ba5 468PREFIX is the string we want to complete."
48919e0f 469 (if (eq mail-local-names t)
9421bdd1 470 (with-current-buffer (generate-new-buffer " passwd")
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471 (let ((files mail-passwd-files))
472 (while files
473 (insert-file-contents (car files) nil nil nil t)
474 (setq files (cdr files))))
475 (if mail-passwd-command
476 (call-process shell-file-name nil t nil
477 shell-command-switch mail-passwd-command))
637502c3 478 (goto-char (point-min))
8e3beae0 479 (setq mail-local-names nil)
48919e0f 480 (while (not (eobp))
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481 ;;Recognize lines like
482 ;; nobody:*:65534:65534::/:
483 ;; +demo::::::/bin/csh
484 ;; +ethanb
485 ;;while skipping
486 ;; +@SOFTWARE
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487 ;; The second \(...\) matches the user id.
488 (if (looking-at "\\+?\\([^:@\n+]+\\):[^:\n]*:\\([^\n:]*\\):")
489 (add-to-list 'mail-local-names
490 (cons (match-string 1)
491 (user-full-name
027a4b6b 492 (string-to-number (match-string 2))))))
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493 (beginning-of-line 2))
494 (kill-buffer (current-buffer))))
495 (if (or (eq mail-names t)
e694581d 496 (eq mail-directory-names t))
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497 (let (directory)
498 (and mail-directory-function
499 (eq mail-directory-names t)
500 (setq directory
daca8ba5 501 (mail-directory (if mail-directory-requery prefix))))
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502 (or mail-directory-requery
503 (setq mail-directory-names directory))
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504 (if (or directory
505 (eq mail-names t))
506 (setq mail-names
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507 (sort (append (if (consp mail-aliases)
508 (mapcar
509 (function (lambda (a) (list (car a))))
510 mail-aliases))
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511 (if (consp mail-local-names)
512 mail-local-names)
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513 (or directory
514 (when (consp mail-directory-names)
515 mail-directory-names)))
48919e0f 516 (lambda (a b)
daca8ba5 517 ;; Should cache downcased strings.
48919e0f 518 (string< (downcase (car a))
e694581d 519 (downcase (car b)))))))))
daca8ba5 520 (mail-completion-expand mail-names))
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521
522
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523(defun mail-directory (prefix)
524 "Use mail-directory facility to get user names matching PREFIX.
525If PREFIX is nil, get all the defined user names.
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526This function calls `mail-directory-function' to query the directory,
527then uses `mail-directory-parser' to parse the output it returns."
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528 (message "Querying directory...")
529 (with-current-buffer (generate-new-buffer " *mail-directory*")
daca8ba5 530 (funcall mail-directory-function prefix)
9421bdd1 531 (goto-char (point-min))
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532 (let (directory)
533 (if (stringp mail-directory-parser)
534 (while (re-search-forward mail-directory-parser nil t)
daca8ba5 535 (push (match-string 1) directory))
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536 (if mail-directory-parser
537 (setq directory (funcall mail-directory-parser))
538 (while (not (eobp))
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539 (push (buffer-substring (point)
540 (progn
541 (forward-line)
542 (if (bolp)
543 (1- (point))
544 (point))))
545 directory))))
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546 (kill-buffer (current-buffer))
547 (message "Querying directory...done")
548 directory)))
549
daca8ba5 550(defvar mailalias-done)
48919e0f 551
daca8ba5 552(defun mail-directory-process (prefix)
31407d5d 553 "Run a shell command to output names in directory.
48919e0f 554See `mail-directory-process'."
f6250436 555 (when (consp mail-directory-process)
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556 (let ((pattern prefix)) ;Dynbind!
557 (apply 'call-process (eval (car mail-directory-process)) nil t nil
558 (mapcar 'eval (cdr mail-directory-process))))))
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559
560;; This should handle a dialog. Currently expects port to spit out names.
daca8ba5 561(defun mail-directory-stream (prefix)
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562 "Open a stream to retrieve names in directory.
563See `mail-directory-stream'."
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564 (let ((mailalias-done nil)
565 (pattern prefix)) ;Dynbind!
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566 (set-process-sentinel
567 (apply 'open-network-stream "mailalias" (current-buffer)
568 mail-directory-stream)
daca8ba5 569 (lambda (_x _y)
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570 (setq mailalias-done t)))
571 (while (not mailalias-done)
572 (sit-for .1))))
573
574(defun mail-sentto-newsgroups ()
575 "Return all entries from Newsgroups: header as completion alist."
576 (save-excursion
577 (if (mail-position-on-field "newsgroups" t)
578 (let ((point (point))
579 list)
580 (while (< (skip-chars-backward "^:, \t\n") 0)
581 (setq list `((,(buffer-substring (point) point))
582 ,@list))
583 (skip-chars-backward ", \t\n")
584 (setq point (point)))
585 list))))
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587(provide 'mailalias)
588
6594deb0 589;;; mailalias.el ends here