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092af6d8 1;;; locate.el --- interface to the locate command
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be8bf2d0 3;; Copyright (C) 1996, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5;; Author: Peter Breton <pbreton@i-kinetics.com>
6
7;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
8
9;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
10;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
11;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
12;; any later version.
13
14;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
15;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
17;; GNU General Public License for more details.
18
19;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
20;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
21;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
22;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
23
24;;; Commentary:
25
26;; Search a database of files and use dired commands on
27;; the result.
28;;
29\f
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30;;;;; Building a database of files ;;;;;;;;;
31;;
32;; You can create a simple files database with a port of the Unix find command
33;; and one of the various Windows NT various scheduling utilities,
34;; for example the AT command from the NT Resource Kit, WinCron which is
35;; included with Microsoft FrontPage, or the shareware NTCron program.
36;;
37;; To set up a function which searches the files database, do something
38;; like this:
39;;
be8bf2d0 40;; (defvar locate-fcodes-file "c:/users/peter/fcodes")
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41;; (defvar locate-make-command-line 'nt-locate-make-command-line)
42;;
43;; (defun nt-locate-make-command-line (arg)
be8bf2d0 44;; (list "grep" "-i" arg locate-fcodes-file))
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45;;
46;;;;;;;; ADVICE For dired-make-relative: ;;;;;;;;;
47;;
48;; For certain dired commands to work right, you should also include the
49;; following in your _emacs/.emacs:
50;;
51;; (defadvice dired-make-relative (before set-no-error activate)
52;; "For locate mode and Windows, don't return errors"
53;; (if (and (eq major-mode 'locate-mode)
54;; (memq system-type (list 'windows-nt 'ms-dos)))
55;; (ad-set-arg 2 t)
56;; ))
57;;
be8bf2d0 58;; Otherwise, `dired-make-relative' will give error messages like
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59;; "FILENAME: not in directory tree growing at /"
60\f
61;;; Commentary:
62;;
63;; Locate.el provides an interface to a program which searches a
64;; database of file names. By default, this program is the GNU locate
65;; command, but it could also be the BSD-style find command, or even a
66;; user specified command.
67;;
68;; To use the BSD-style "fast find", or any other shell command of the
69;; form
70;;
71;; SHELLPROGRAM Name-to-find
72;;
be8bf2d0 73;; set the variable `locate-command' in your .emacs file.
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74;;
75;; To use a more complicated expression, create a function which
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76;; takes a string (the name to find) as input and returns a list.
77;; The first element should be the command to be executed, the remaining
78;; elements should be the arguments (including the name to find). Then put
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79;;
80;; (setq locate-make-command-line 'my-locate-command-line)
81;;
82;; in your .emacs, using the name of your function in place of
be8bf2d0 83;; my-locate-command-line.
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84;;
85;; You should make sure that whichever command you use works correctly
86;; from a shell prompt. GNU locate and BSD find expect the file databases
87;; to either be in standard places or located via environment variables.
88;; If the latter, make sure these environment variables are set in
be8bf2d0 89;; your emacs process.
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90;;
91;; Locate-mode assumes that each line output from the locate-command
92;; consists exactly of a file name, possibly preceded or trailed by
93;; whitespace. If your file database has other information on the line (for
94;; example, the file size), you will need to redefine the function
be8bf2d0 95;; `locate-get-file-positions' to return a list consisting of the first
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96;; character in the file name and the last character in the file name.
97;;
98;; To use locate-mode, simply type M-x locate and then the string
99;; you wish to find. You can use almost all of the dired commands in
100;; the resulting *Locate* buffer. It is worth noting that your commands
101;; do not, of course, affect the file database. For example, if you
102;; compress a file in the locate buffer, the actual file will be
103;; compressed, but the entry in the file database will not be
104;; affected. Consequently, the database and the filesystem will be out
be8bf2d0 105;; of sync until the next time the database is updated.
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be8bf2d0 107;; The command `locate-with-filter' keeps only lines matching a
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108;; regular expression; this is often useful to constrain a big search.
109;;
110\f
111;;; Code:
112
113(eval-when-compile
114 (require 'dired))
115
116;; Variables
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118(defvar locate-current-filter nil)
119
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120(defgroup locate nil
121 "Interface to the locate command."
122 :prefix "locate-"
123 :group 'external)
6aea3b07 124
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125(defcustom locate-command "locate"
126 "*The executable program used to search a database of files."
127 :type 'string
128 :group 'locate)
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130(defvar locate-history-list nil
131 "The history list used by the \\[locate] command.")
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133(defcustom locate-make-command-line 'locate-default-make-command-line
134 "*Function used to create the locate command line."
135 :type 'function
136 :group 'locate)
137
138(defcustom locate-buffer-name "*Locate*"
139 "*Name of the buffer to show results from the \\[locate] command."
140 :type 'string
141 :group 'locate)
142
143(defcustom locate-fcodes-file nil
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144 "*File name for the database of file names."
145 :type '(choice file (const nil))
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146 :group 'locate)
147
148(defcustom locate-mouse-face 'highlight
149 "*Face used to highlight locate entries."
150 :type 'face
151 :group 'locate)
152
be8bf2d0 153(defcustom locate-header-face 'underline
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154 "*Face used to highlight the locate header."
155 :type 'face
156 :group 'locate)
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158(defcustom locate-update-command "updatedb"
159 "The command used to update the locate database."
160 :type 'string
161 :group 'locate)
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162
163;; Functions
164
165(defun locate-default-make-command-line (search-string)
be8bf2d0 166 (list locate-command search-string))
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167
168;;;### autoload
169(defun locate (search-string &optional filter)
170 "Run the \\[locate] command, putting results in `*Locate*' buffer."
171 (interactive
172 (list (read-from-minibuffer "Locate: " nil nil
173 nil 'locate-history-list)))
be8bf2d0 174 (let* ((locate-cmd-list (funcall locate-make-command-line search-string))
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175 (locate-cmd (car locate-cmd-list))
176 (locate-cmd-args (cdr locate-cmd-list))
be8bf2d0 177 )
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178
179 ;; Find the Locate buffer
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180 (save-window-excursion
181 (set-buffer (get-buffer-create locate-buffer-name))
182 (locate-mode)
183 (erase-buffer)
184
185 (setq locate-current-filter filter)
186
187 (apply 'call-process locate-cmd nil t nil locate-cmd-args)
188 (and filter
189 (locate-filter-output filter))
6aea3b07 190
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191 (locate-do-setup)
192 )
193 (and (not (string-equal (buffer-name) locate-buffer-name))
194 (switch-to-buffer-other-window locate-buffer-name))
195 )
196 )
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197
198;;;### autoload
199(defun locate-with-filter (search-string filter)
200 "Run the locate command with a filter."
201 (interactive
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202 (list (read-from-minibuffer "Locate: " nil nil
203 nil 'locate-history-list)
204 (read-from-minibuffer "Filter: " nil nil
205 nil 'grep-history)))
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206 (locate search-string filter))
207
208(defun locate-filter-output (filter)
209 "Filter output from the locate command."
210 (goto-char (point-min))
211 (delete-non-matching-lines (regexp-quote filter)))
212
213(defvar locate-mode-map nil
214 "Local keymap for Locate mode buffers.")
215(if locate-mode-map
216 nil
217
218 (require 'dired)
219
220 (setq locate-mode-map (copy-keymap dired-mode-map))
221
222 ;; Undefine Useless Dired Menu bars
223 (define-key locate-mode-map [menu-bar Dired] 'undefined)
224 (define-key locate-mode-map [menu-bar subdir] 'undefined)
225
226 (define-key locate-mode-map [menu-bar mark executables] 'undefined)
227 (define-key locate-mode-map [menu-bar mark directory] 'undefined)
228 (define-key locate-mode-map [menu-bar mark directories] 'undefined)
229 (define-key locate-mode-map [menu-bar mark symlinks] 'undefined)
230
231 (define-key locate-mode-map [mouse-2] 'mouse-locate-view-file)
232 (define-key locate-mode-map "\C-ct" 'locate-tags)
233
234 (define-key locate-mode-map "U" 'dired-unmark-all-files-no-query)
235)
236
237;; This variable is used to indent the lines and then to search for
238;; the file name
239(defconst locate-filename-indentation 4
be8bf2d0 240 "The amount of indentation for each file.")
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242(defun locate-get-file-positions ()
243 (save-excursion
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244 (end-of-line)
245 (let ((eol (point)))
246 (beginning-of-line)
247
248 ;; Assumes names end at the end of the line
249 (forward-char locate-filename-indentation)
250 (list (point) eol))))
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251
252;; From SQL-mode
be8bf2d0 253(defun locate-current-line-number ()
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254 "Return the current line number, as an integer."
255 (interactive)
256 (+ (count-lines (point-min) (point))
257 (if (eq (current-column) 0)
258 1
259 0)))
260
261(defun locate-get-filename ()
262 (let ((pos (locate-get-file-positions))
be8bf2d0 263 (lineno (locate-current-line-number)))
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264 (and (not (eq lineno 1))
265 (not (eq lineno 2))
266 (buffer-substring (elt pos 0) (elt pos 1)))))
267
268(defun mouse-locate-view-file (event)
269 "In Locate mode, view a file, using the mouse."
270 (interactive "@e")
271 (save-excursion
272 (goto-char (posn-point (event-start event)))
be8bf2d0 273 (view-file (locate-get-filename))))
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274
275;; Define a mode for locate
276;; Default directory is set to "/" so that dired commands, which
277;; expect to be in a tree, will work properly
278(defun locate-mode ()
279 "Major mode for the `*Locate*' buffer made by \\[locate]."
280 (kill-all-local-variables)
281 (use-local-map locate-mode-map)
282 (setq major-mode 'locate-mode
283 mode-name "Locate"
284 default-directory "/"
285 dired-subdir-alist (list (cons "/" (point-min-marker))))
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286 (make-local-variable 'dired-move-to-filename-regexp)
287 (setq dired-move-to-filename-regexp
288 (make-string locate-filename-indentation ?\ ))
289 (make-local-variable 'dired-actual-switches)
290 (setq dired-actual-switches "")
291 (make-local-variable 'dired-permission-flags-regexp)
292 (setq dired-permission-flags-regexp "^\\( \\)")
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293 (make-local-variable 'revert-buffer-function)
294 (setq revert-buffer-function 'locate-update)
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295 (run-hooks 'locate-mode-hook))
296
297(defun locate-do-setup ()
298 (let ((search-string (car locate-history-list)))
299 (goto-char (point-min))
300 (save-excursion
301
302 ;; Nothing returned from locate command?
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303 (and (eobp)
304 (progn
305 (kill-buffer locate-buffer-name)
306 (if locate-current-filter
307 (error "Locate: no match for %s in database using filter %s"
308 search-string locate-current-filter)
309 (error "Locate: no match for %s in database" search-string))))
310
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311 (locate-insert-header search-string)
312
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313 (while (not (eobp))
314 (insert-char ?\ locate-filename-indentation t)
315 (locate-set-properties)
316 (forward-line 1)))))
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317
318(defun locate-set-properties ()
319 (save-excursion
320 (let ((pos (locate-get-file-positions)))
321 (add-text-properties (elt pos 0) (elt pos 1)
322 (list 'mouse-face locate-mouse-face)))))
323
324(defun locate-insert-header (search-string)
325 (let ((locate-format-string "Matches for %s")
326 (locate-regexp-match
327 (concat " *Matches for \\(" (regexp-quote search-string) "\\)"))
328 (locate-format-args (list search-string))
329 )
330
be8bf2d0 331 (and locate-fcodes-file
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332 (setq locate-format-string
333 (concat locate-format-string " in %s")
334 locate-regexp-match
335 (concat locate-regexp-match
336 " in \\("
337 (regexp-quote locate-fcodes-file)
338 "\\)")
339 locate-format-args
340 (append (list locate-fcodes-file) locate-format-args)))
341
be8bf2d0 342 (and locate-current-filter
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343 (setq locate-format-string
344 (concat locate-format-string " using filter %s")
345 locate-regexp-match
346 (concat locate-regexp-match
347 " using filter "
348 "\\("
349 (regexp-quote locate-current-filter)
350 "\\)")
351 locate-format-args
352 (append (list locate-current-filter) locate-format-args)))
353
354 (setq locate-format-string
355 (concat locate-format-string ": \n\n")
356 locate-regexp-match
357 (concat locate-regexp-match ": \n"))
358
5c6a8dfe 359 (insert (apply 'format locate-format-string (reverse locate-format-args)))
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360
361 (save-excursion
362 (goto-char (point-min))
363 (if (not (looking-at locate-regexp-match))
364 nil
365 (add-text-properties (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1)
366 (list 'face locate-header-face))
367 (and (match-beginning 2)
368 (add-text-properties (match-beginning 2) (match-end 2)
369 (list 'face locate-header-face)))
370 (and (match-beginning 3)
371 (add-text-properties (match-beginning 3) (match-end 3)
372 (list 'face locate-header-face)))
373 ))))
374
375(defun locate-tags ()
376 "Visit a tags table in `*Locate*' mode."
377 (interactive)
378 (let ((tags-table (locate-get-filename)))
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379 (and (y-or-n-p (format "Visit tags table %s? " tags-table))
380 (visit-tags-table tags-table))))
381
382;; From Stephen Eglen <stephen@cns.ed.ac.uk>
383(defun locate-update (ignore1 ignore2)
384 "Update the locate database.
385Database is updated using the shell command in `locate-update-command'."
386 (let ((str (car locate-history-list)))
387 (cond ((yes-or-no-p "Update locate database (may take a few seconds)? ")
388 (shell-command locate-update-command)
389 (locate str)))))
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390
391(provide 'locate)
392
393;;; locate.el ends here