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be010748 1;;; pp.el --- pretty printer for Emacs Lisp
b578f267 2
ba318903 3;; Copyright (C) 1989, 1993, 2001-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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df072942 5;; Author: Randal Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
284b3043 6;; Keywords: lisp
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8;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
9
d6cba7ae 10;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
258544f8 11;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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12;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
13;; (at your option) any later version.
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15;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
16;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
17;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
18;; GNU General Public License for more details.
19
20;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
d6cba7ae 21;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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23;;; Commentary:
24
258544f8 25;;; Code:
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27(defvar font-lock-verbose)
28
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29(defgroup pp nil
30 "Pretty printer for Emacs Lisp."
31 :prefix "pp-"
32 :group 'lisp)
33
a1506d29 34(defcustom pp-escape-newlines t
cb711556 35 "Value of `print-escape-newlines' used by pp-* functions."
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36 :type 'boolean
37 :group 'pp)
258544f8 38
0e520006 39;;;###autoload
258544f8 40(defun pp-to-string (object)
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41 "Return a string containing the pretty-printed representation of OBJECT.
42OBJECT can be any Lisp object. Quoting characters are used as needed
43to make output that `read' can handle, whenever this is possible."
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44 (with-temp-buffer
45 (lisp-mode-variables nil)
46 (set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table)
47 (let ((print-escape-newlines pp-escape-newlines)
48 (print-quoted t))
49 (prin1 object (current-buffer)))
50 (pp-buffer)
51 (buffer-string)))
258544f8 52
c47e847f 53;;;###autoload
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54(defun pp-buffer ()
55 "Prettify the current buffer with printed representation of a Lisp object."
56 (goto-char (point-min))
57 (while (not (eobp))
58 ;; (message "%06d" (- (point-max) (point)))
59 (cond
0696d255 60 ((ignore-errors (down-list 1) t)
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61 (save-excursion
62 (backward-char 1)
63 (skip-chars-backward "'`#^")
1bcb666b 64 (when (and (not (bobp)) (memq (char-before) '(?\s ?\t ?\n)))
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65 (delete-region
66 (point)
67 (progn (skip-chars-backward " \t\n") (point)))
68 (insert "\n"))))
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69 ((ignore-errors (up-list 1) t)
70 (while (looking-at-p "\\s)")
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71 (forward-char 1))
72 (delete-region
73 (point)
74 (progn (skip-chars-forward " \t\n") (point)))
75 (insert ?\n))
76 (t (goto-char (point-max)))))
77 (goto-char (point-min))
78 (indent-sexp))
79
ccba0a20 80;;;###autoload
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81(defun pp (object &optional stream)
82 "Output the pretty-printed representation of OBJECT, any Lisp object.
e189df50 83Quoting characters are printed as needed to make output that `read'
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84can handle, whenever this is possible.
85Output stream is STREAM, or value of `standard-output' (which see)."
86 (princ (pp-to-string object) (or stream standard-output)))
87
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88(defun pp-display-expression (expression out-buffer-name)
89 "Prettify and display EXPRESSION in an appropriate way, depending on length.
90If a temporary buffer is needed for representation, it will be named
91after OUT-BUFFER-NAME."
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92 (let* ((old-show-function temp-buffer-show-function)
93 ;; Use this function to display the buffer.
94 ;; This function either decides not to display it at all
95 ;; or displays it in the usual way.
96 (temp-buffer-show-function
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97 (function
98 (lambda (buf)
9a529312 99 (with-current-buffer buf
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100 (goto-char (point-min))
101 (end-of-line 1)
102 (if (or (< (1+ (point)) (point-max))
06115f9d 103 (>= (- (point) (point-min)) (frame-width)))
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104 (let ((temp-buffer-show-function old-show-function)
105 (old-selected (selected-window))
106 (window (display-buffer buf)))
258544f8 107 (goto-char (point-min)) ; expected by some hooks ...
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108 (make-frame-visible (window-frame window))
109 (unwind-protect
110 (progn
111 (select-window window)
112 (run-hooks 'temp-buffer-show-hook))
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113 (when (window-live-p old-selected)
114 (select-window old-selected))
497a66ae 115 (message "See buffer %s." out-buffer-name)))
258544f8 116 (message "%s" (buffer-substring (point-min) (point)))
bf464fad 117 ))))))
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118 (with-output-to-temp-buffer out-buffer-name
119 (pp expression)
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120 (with-current-buffer standard-output
121 (emacs-lisp-mode)
52f55ab0 122 (setq buffer-read-only nil)
eaf33a17 123 (set (make-local-variable 'font-lock-verbose) nil)))))
258544f8 124
ccba0a20 125;;;###autoload
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126(defun pp-eval-expression (expression)
127 "Evaluate EXPRESSION and pretty-print its value.
128Also add the value to the front of the list in the variable `values'."
129 (interactive
9f7b1925 130 (list (read--expression "Eval: ")))
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131 (message "Evaluating...")
132 (setq values (cons (eval expression) values))
133 (pp-display-expression (car values) "*Pp Eval Output*"))
134
135;;;###autoload
136(defun pp-macroexpand-expression (expression)
137 "Macroexpand EXPRESSION and pretty-print its value."
138 (interactive
9f7b1925 139 (list (read--expression "Macroexpand: ")))
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140 (pp-display-expression (macroexpand expression) "*Pp Macroexpand Output*"))
141
142(defun pp-last-sexp ()
143 "Read sexp before point. Ignores leading comment characters."
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144 (let ((stab (syntax-table)) (pt (point)) start exp)
145 (set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table)
146 (save-excursion
147 (forward-sexp -1)
148 ;; If first line is commented, ignore all leading comments:
0696d255 149 (if (save-excursion (beginning-of-line) (looking-at-p "[ \t]*;"))
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150 (progn
151 (setq exp (buffer-substring (point) pt))
152 (while (string-match "\n[ \t]*;+" exp start)
153 (setq start (1+ (match-beginning 0))
154 exp (concat (substring exp 0 start)
155 (substring exp (match-end 0)))))
156 (setq exp (read exp)))
157 (setq exp (read (current-buffer)))))
158 (set-syntax-table stab)
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159 exp))
160
161;;;###autoload
162(defun pp-eval-last-sexp (arg)
163 "Run `pp-eval-expression' on sexp before point.
164With argument, pretty-print output into current buffer.
165Ignores leading comment characters."
166 (interactive "P")
167 (if arg
168 (insert (pp-to-string (eval (pp-last-sexp))))
169 (pp-eval-expression (pp-last-sexp))))
170
171;;;###autoload
172(defun pp-macroexpand-last-sexp (arg)
173 "Run `pp-macroexpand-expression' on sexp before point.
174With argument, pretty-print output into current buffer.
175Ignores leading comment characters."
176 (interactive "P")
177 (if arg
178 (insert (pp-to-string (macroexpand (pp-last-sexp))))
179 (pp-macroexpand-expression (pp-last-sexp))))
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180
181;;; Test cases for quote
182;; (pp-eval-expression ''(quote quote))
183;; (pp-eval-expression ''((quote a) (quote b)))
184;; (pp-eval-expression ''('a 'b)) ; same as above
185;; (pp-eval-expression ''((quote (quote quote)) (quote quote)))
186;; These do not satisfy the quote test.
187;; (pp-eval-expression ''quote)
188;; (pp-eval-expression ''(quote))
189;; (pp-eval-expression ''(quote . quote))
190;; (pp-eval-expression ''(quote a b))
191;; (pp-eval-expression ''(quotefoo))
192;; (pp-eval-expression ''(a b))
193
194(provide 'pp) ; so (require 'pp) works
195
e8af40ee 196;;; pp.el ends here