1 ;;; derived.el --- allow inheritance of major modes.
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5 ;; Author: David Megginson (dmeggins@aix1.uottawa.ca)
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26 ;;; Synched up with: FSF 19.34.
30 ;; This file is dumped with XEmacs.
32 ;; GNU Emacs is already, in a sense, object oriented -- each object
33 ;; (buffer) belongs to a class (major mode), and that class defines
34 ;; the relationship between messages (input events) and methods
35 ;; (commands) by means of a keymap.
37 ;; The only thing missing is a good scheme of inheritance. It is
38 ;; possible to simulate a single level of inheritance with generous
39 ;; use of hooks and a bit of work -- sgml-mode, for example, also runs
40 ;; the hooks for text-mode, and keymaps can inherit from other keymaps
41 ;; -- but generally, each major mode ends up reinventing the wheel.
42 ;; Ideally, someone should redesign all of Emacs's major modes to
43 ;; follow a more conventional object-oriented system: when defining a
44 ;; new major mode, the user should need only to name the existing mode
45 ;; it is most similar to, then list the (few) differences.
47 ;; In the mean time, this package offers most of the advantages of
48 ;; full inheritance with the existing major modes. The macro
49 ;; `define-derived-mode' allows the user to make a variant of an existing
50 ;; major mode, with its own keymap. The new mode will inherit the key
51 ;; bindings of its parent, and will, in fact, run its parent first
52 ;; every time it is called. For example, the commands
54 ;; (define-derived-mode hypertext-mode text-mode "Hypertext"
55 ;; "Major mode for hypertext.\n\n\\{hypertext-mode-map}"
56 ;; (setq case-fold-search nil))
58 ;; (define-key hypertext-mode-map [down-mouse-3] 'do-hyper-link)
60 ;; will create a function `hypertext-mode' with its own (sparse)
61 ;; keymap `hypertext-mode-map.' The command M-x hypertext-mode will
62 ;; perform the following actions:
64 ;; - run the command (text-mode) to get its default setup
65 ;; - replace the current keymap with 'hypertext-mode-map,' which will
66 ;; inherit from 'text-mode-map'.
67 ;; - replace the current syntax table with
68 ;; 'hypertext-mode-syntax-table', which will borrow its defaults
69 ;; from the current text-mode-syntax-table.
70 ;; - replace the current abbrev table with
71 ;; 'hypertext-mode-abbrev-table', which will borrow its defaults
72 ;; from the current text-mode-abbrev table
73 ;; - change the mode line to read "Hypertext"
74 ;; - assign the value 'hypertext-mode' to the 'major-mode' variable
75 ;; - run the body of commands provided in the macro -- in this case,
76 ;; set the local variable `case-fold-search' to nil.
77 ;; - **run the command (hypertext-mode-setup), which is empty by
78 ;; default, but may be redefined by the user to contain special
79 ;; commands (ie. setting local variables like 'outline-regexp')
80 ;; **NOTE: do not use this option -- it will soon be obsolete.
81 ;; - run anything assigned to 'hypertext-mode-hooks' (obsolete, but
82 ;; supported for the sake of compatibility).
84 ;; The advantages of this system are threefold. First, text mode is
85 ;; untouched -- if you had added the new keystroke to `text-mode-map,'
86 ;; possibly using hooks, you would have added it to all text buffers
87 ;; -- here, it appears only in hypertext buffers, where it makes
88 ;; sense. Second, it is possible to build even further, and make
89 ;; a derived mode from a derived mode. The commands
91 ;; (define-derived-mode html-mode hypertext-mode "HTML")
92 ;; [various key definitions]
94 ;; will add a new major mode for HTML with very little fuss.
96 ;; Note also the function `derived-mode-class,' which returns the non-derived
97 ;; major mode which a derived mode is based on (ie. NOT necessarily the
100 ;; (derived-mode-class 'text-mode) ==> text-mode
101 ;; (derived-mode-class 'hypertext-mode) ==> text-mode
102 ;; (derived-mode-class 'html-mode) ==> text-mode
106 ;; PUBLIC: define a new major mode which inherits from an existing one.
108 ;; XEmacs -- no autoload
109 (defmacro define-derived-mode (child parent name &optional docstring &rest body)
110 "Create a new mode as a variant of an existing mode.
112 The arguments to this command are as follow:
114 CHILD: the name of the command for the derived mode.
115 PARENT: the name of the command for the parent mode (ie. text-mode).
116 NAME: a string which will appear in the status line (ie. \"Hypertext\")
117 DOCSTRING: an optional documentation string--if you do not supply one,
118 the function will attempt to invent something useful.
119 BODY: forms to execute just before running the
120 hooks for the new mode.
122 Here is how you could define LaTeX-Thesis mode as a variant of LaTeX mode:
124 (define-derived-mode LaTeX-thesis-mode LaTeX-mode \"LaTeX-Thesis\")
126 You could then make new key bindings for `LaTeX-thesis-mode-map'
127 without changing regular LaTeX mode. In this example, BODY is empty,
128 and DOCSTRING is generated by default.
130 On a more complicated level, the following command uses sgml-mode as
131 the parent, and then sets the variable `case-fold-search' to nil:
133 (define-derived-mode article-mode sgml-mode \"Article\"
134 \"Major mode for editing technical articles.\"
135 (setq case-fold-search nil))
137 Note that if the documentation string had been left out, it would have
138 been generated automatically, with a reference to the keymap."
140 ; Some trickiness, since what
141 ; appears to be the docstring
142 ; may really be the first
143 ; element of the body.
144 (if (and docstring (not (stringp docstring)))
145 (progn (setq body (cons docstring body))
146 (setq docstring nil)))
147 (setq docstring (or docstring (derived-mode-make-docstring parent child)))
150 (derived-mode-init-mode-variables (quote ,child))
156 ; Identify special modes.
157 (if (get (quote ,parent) 'special)
158 (put (quote ,child) 'special t))
160 (let ((mode-class (get (quote ,parent) 'mode-class)))
162 (put (quote ,child) 'mode-class mode-class)))
163 ; Identify the child mode.
164 (setq major-mode (quote ,child))
165 (setq mode-name ,name)
166 ; Set up maps and tables.
167 (derived-mode-set-keymap (quote ,child))
168 (derived-mode-set-syntax-table (quote ,child))
169 (derived-mode-set-abbrev-table (quote ,child))
170 ; Splice in the body (if any).
172 ;;; ; Run the setup function, if
173 ;;; ; any -- this will soon be
175 ;;; (derived-mode-run-setup-function (quote ,child))
176 ; Run the hooks, if any.
177 (derived-mode-run-hooks (quote ,child)))))
180 ;; PUBLIC: find the ultimate class of a derived mode.
182 (defun derived-mode-class (mode)
183 "Find the class of a major mode.
184 A mode's class is the first ancestor which is NOT a derived mode.
185 Use the `derived-mode-parent' property of the symbol to trace backwards."
186 (while (get mode 'derived-mode-parent)
187 (setq mode (get mode 'derived-mode-parent)))
191 ;; Inline functions to construct various names from a mode name.
193 (defsubst derived-mode-setup-function-name (mode)
194 "Construct a setup-function name based on a mode name."
195 (intern (concat (symbol-name mode) "-setup")))
197 (defsubst derived-mode-hooks-name (mode)
198 "Construct a hooks name based on a mode name."
199 ;; XEmacs change from -hooks
200 (intern (concat (symbol-name mode) "-hook")))
202 (defsubst derived-mode-map-name (mode)
203 "Construct a map name based on a mode name."
204 (intern (concat (symbol-name mode) "-map")))
206 (defsubst derived-mode-syntax-table-name (mode)
207 "Construct a syntax-table name based on a mode name."
208 (intern (concat (symbol-name mode) "-syntax-table")))
210 (defsubst derived-mode-abbrev-table-name (mode)
211 "Construct an abbrev-table name based on a mode name."
212 (intern (concat (symbol-name mode) "-abbrev-table")))
215 ;; Utility functions for defining a derived mode.
217 ;; XEmacs -- don't autoload
218 (defun derived-mode-init-mode-variables (mode)
219 "Initialize variables for a new mode.
220 Right now, if they don't already exist, set up a blank keymap, an
221 empty syntax table, and an empty abbrev table -- these will be merged
222 the first time the mode is used."
224 (if (boundp (derived-mode-map-name mode))
226 (eval `(defvar ,(derived-mode-map-name mode)
228 (make-sparse-keymap (derived-mode-map-name mode))
229 ,(format "Keymap for %s." mode)))
230 (put (derived-mode-map-name mode) 'derived-mode-unmerged t))
232 (if (boundp (derived-mode-syntax-table-name mode))
234 (eval `(defvar ,(derived-mode-syntax-table-name mode)
236 ;; Make a syntax table which doesn't specify anything
237 ;; for any char. Valid data will be merged in by
238 ;; derived-mode-merge-syntax-tables.
239 ;; (make-char-table 'syntax-table nil)
241 ,(format "Syntax table for %s." mode)))
242 (put (derived-mode-syntax-table-name mode) 'derived-mode-unmerged t))
244 (if (boundp (derived-mode-abbrev-table-name mode))
246 (eval `(defvar ,(derived-mode-abbrev-table-name mode)
247 (progn (define-abbrev-table (derived-mode-abbrev-table-name mode) nil)
249 ,(format "Abbrev table for %s." mode)))))
251 (defun derived-mode-make-docstring (parent child)
252 "Construct a docstring for a new mode if none is provided."
254 (format "This major mode is a variant of `%s', created by `define-derived-mode'.
255 It inherits all of the parent's attributes, but has its own keymap,
256 abbrev table and syntax table:
258 `%s-map' and `%s-syntax-table'
260 which more-or-less shadow
262 `%s-map' and `%s-syntax-table'
264 \\{%s-map}" parent child child parent parent child))
267 ;; Utility functions for running a derived mode.
269 (defun derived-mode-set-keymap (mode)
270 "Set the keymap of the new mode, maybe merging with the parent."
271 (let* ((map-name (derived-mode-map-name mode))
272 (new-map (eval map-name))
273 (old-map (current-local-map)))
275 (get map-name 'derived-mode-unmerged)
276 (derived-mode-merge-keymaps old-map new-map))
277 (put map-name 'derived-mode-unmerged nil)
278 (use-local-map new-map)))
280 (defun derived-mode-set-syntax-table (mode)
281 "Set the syntax table of the new mode, maybe merging with the parent."
282 (let* ((table-name (derived-mode-syntax-table-name mode))
283 (old-table (syntax-table))
284 (new-table (eval table-name)))
285 (if (get table-name 'derived-mode-unmerged)
286 (derived-mode-merge-syntax-tables old-table new-table))
287 (put table-name 'derived-mode-unmerged nil)
288 (set-syntax-table new-table)))
290 (defun derived-mode-set-abbrev-table (mode)
291 "Set the abbrev table if it exists.
292 Always merge its parent into it, since the merge is non-destructive."
293 (let* ((table-name (derived-mode-abbrev-table-name mode))
294 (old-table local-abbrev-table)
295 (new-table (eval table-name)))
296 (derived-mode-merge-abbrev-tables old-table new-table)
297 (setq local-abbrev-table new-table)))
299 ;;;(defun derived-mode-run-setup-function (mode)
300 ;;; "Run the setup function if it exists."
302 ;;; (let ((fname (derived-mode-setup-function-name mode)))
303 ;;; (if (fboundp fname)
304 ;;; (funcall fname))))
306 (defun derived-mode-run-hooks (mode)
307 "Run the hooks if they exist."
309 (let ((hooks-name (derived-mode-hooks-name mode)))
310 (if (boundp hooks-name)
311 (run-hooks hooks-name))))
313 ;; Functions to merge maps and tables.
315 (defun derived-mode-merge-keymaps (old new)
316 "Merge an old keymap into a new one.
317 The old keymap is set to be the parent of the new one, so that there will
318 be automatic inheritance."
319 ;; XEmacs change. FSF 19.30 & 19.34 has a whole bunch of weird crap here
320 ;; for merging prefix keys and such. Hopefully none of this is
321 ;; necessary in XEmacs.
322 (set-keymap-parents new (list old)))
324 (defun derived-mode-merge-syntax-tables (old new)
325 "Merge an old syntax table into a new one.
326 Where the new table already has an entry, nothing is copied from the old one."
328 (if (fboundp 'map-char-table)
329 ;; we use map-char-table not map-syntax-table so we can explicitly
330 ;; check for inheritance.
332 #'(lambda (key value)
333 (if (eq ?@ (char-syntax-from-code value))
334 (map-char-table #'(lambda (key1 value1)
335 (put-char-table key1 value1 new))
341 (end (min (length new) (length old))))
343 (if (not (aref new idx))
344 (aset new idx (aref old idx)))
345 (setq idx (1+ idx))))))
347 ;; Merge an old abbrev table into a new one.
348 ;; This function requires internal knowledge of how abbrev tables work,
349 ;; presuming that they are obarrays with the abbrev as the symbol, the expansion
350 ;; as the value of the symbol, and the hook as the function definition.
351 (defun derived-mode-merge-abbrev-tables (old new)
356 (or (intern-soft (symbol-name symbol) new)
357 (define-abbrev new (symbol-name symbol)
358 (symbol-value symbol) (symbol-function symbol)))))
363 ;;; derived.el ends here