| 1 | ;;; format-spec.el --- functions for formatting arbitrary formatting strings |
| 2 | ;; Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
| 3 | |
| 4 | ;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> |
| 5 | ;; Keywords: tools |
| 6 | |
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| 23 | |
| 24 | ;;; Commentary: |
| 25 | |
| 26 | ;;; Code: |
| 27 | |
| 28 | (eval-when-compile (require 'cl)) |
| 29 | |
| 30 | (defun format-spec (format specification) |
| 31 | "Return a string based on FORMAT and SPECIFICATION. |
| 32 | FORMAT is a string containing `format'-like specs like \"bash %u %k\", |
| 33 | while SPECIFICATION is an alist mapping from format spec characters |
| 34 | to values." |
| 35 | (with-temp-buffer |
| 36 | (insert format) |
| 37 | (goto-char (point-min)) |
| 38 | (while (search-forward "%" nil t) |
| 39 | (cond |
| 40 | ;; Quoted percent sign. |
| 41 | ((eq (char-after) ?%) |
| 42 | (delete-char 1)) |
| 43 | ;; Valid format spec. |
| 44 | ((looking-at "\\([-0-9.]*\\)\\([a-zA-Z]\\)") |
| 45 | (let* ((num (match-string 1)) |
| 46 | (spec (string-to-char (match-string 2))) |
| 47 | (val (cdr (assq spec specification)))) |
| 48 | (delete-region (1- (match-beginning 0)) (match-end 0)) |
| 49 | (unless val |
| 50 | (error "Invalid format character: %s" spec)) |
| 51 | (insert (format (concat "%" num "s") val)))) |
| 52 | ;; Signal an error on bogus format strings. |
| 53 | (t |
| 54 | (error "Invalid format string")))) |
| 55 | (buffer-string))) |
| 56 | |
| 57 | (defun format-spec-make (&rest pairs) |
| 58 | "Return an alist suitable for use in `format-spec' based on PAIRS. |
| 59 | PAIRS is a list where every other element is a character and a value, |
| 60 | starting with a character." |
| 61 | (let (alist) |
| 62 | (while pairs |
| 63 | (unless (cdr pairs) |
| 64 | (error "Invalid list of pairs")) |
| 65 | (push (cons (car pairs) (cadr pairs)) alist) |
| 66 | (setq pairs (cddr pairs))) |
| 67 | (nreverse alist))) |
| 68 | |
| 69 | (provide 'format-spec) |
| 70 | |
| 71 | ;;; format-spec.el ends here |