I'm working on a function to break out of edebug while keeping
the arguments of current function bound.
(defun stop-edebug ()
"Stop edebugging"
(interactive)
(if (not edebug-mode)
(error "edebug isn't running!")
(save-excursion
(beginning-of-defun)
(if (looking-at "(defun\\s-+\\_<[^ ]+\\_>\\s-+(")
(progn
(goto-char (match-end 0))
(backward-char 1)
(forward-sexp 1)
(let ((sexps (mapcar
(lambda(x!) (cons x! (symbol-value x!)))
(preceding-sexp))))
(edebug-mode -1)
(mapc (lambda(x) (set (car x) (cdr x))) sexps)))))))
This way i can eval the function body at my own pace after edebug has bound
the function arguments for me.
The problem is that (edebug-mode -1) isn't really the way to exit
edebug. It leads edebug marker lingering in the buffer and maybe other
side-effects that I'm not aware of.
Normally, exiting is done with q that's bound to top-level.
But I don't how to call anything after top-level since
it's a jump straight to the main command loop.
So I'm asking either for a way to call something after top-level
or for a better way to exit edebug than (edebug-mode -1).
To run code after calling top-level you can schedule that code for later execution in a timer. E.g.
...
(run-with-timer 0 nil
(lambda ()
(do the thing (here))))
(top-level))
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Under Linux, eshell-autojump will do case sensitive matching which I just find a nuisance. I've tried to circumvent this by advising eshell/j with a eshell-under-windows-p that always returns t but to my chagrin eshell-under-windows-p invoked in eshell/j is unaffected by cl-letf. I've modified my eshell/j a bit to give me some debug info:
;; Modified eshell/j inside eshell-autojump.el to this
(defun eshell/j (&rest args) ; all but first ignored
"Jump to a directory you often cd to.
This compares the argument with the list of directories you usually jump to.
Without an argument, list the ten most common directories.
With a positive integer argument, list the n most common directories.
Otherwise, call `eshell/cd' with the result."
(setq args (eshell-flatten-list args))
(let ((path (car args))
(candidates (eshell-autojump-candidates))
(case-fold-search (eshell-under-windows-p))
result)
(when (not path)
(setq path 10))
(message "case-fold-search = %S" case-fold-search)
(message "eshell-under-windows-p returns %s from inside eshell/j" (eshell-under-windows-p))
(if (and (integerp path) (> path 0))
(progn
(let ((n (nthcdr (1- path) candidates)))
(when n
(setcdr n nil)))
(eshell-lisp-command (mapconcat 'identity candidates "\n")))
(while (and candidates (not result))
(if (string-match path (car candidates))
(setq result (car candidates))
(setq candidates (cdr candidates))))
(eshell/cd result))))
My init.el adds the advice to attempt to make eshell/j caseless by trying to trick it to think we are on Windows:
;; Added to init.el
(require 'eshell-autojump)
(advice-add 'eshell/j :around
(lambda (orig-fun &rest xs)
(cl-letf (((symbol-function 'eshell-under-windows-p) (lambda () t)))
(progn (message "eshell-under-windows-p returns %s from lambda" (eshell-under-windows-p)) (apply orig-fun xs)))))
But all I get in Messages buffer when I try to jump in eshell is:
;; I get in *Messages*
eshell-under-windows-p returns t from lambda
case-fold-search = nil
eshell-under-windows-p returns nil from inside eshell/j
My rookie knowledge of elisp is not enough to wrestle with probable scoping issues here. Can anyone decode why eshell-under-window-p is unaffected when called from eshell/j here?
I've found the answer. cl-letf does not work for byte compiled functions. As eshell-autojump is a package it gets byte compiled upon installation and cl-letf cannot be used to modify it's internal behavior. I had to resort to redefining the eshell/j which is a suboptimal solution.
I'm fairly new to elisp, but one thing that I really want to figure out is either how to wait for ace-jump to end before executing instructions or how get a position from ace-jump instead of moving my cursor. My goal is to be able to select a line with ace-jump, copy it, then paste it right above my current line. I started by first trying to go to a line with ace-jump then duplicate it in place, but that hasn't worked. Here is what I have for that:
(defun ace-jump-yank-line-above ()
(interactive)
(ace-jump-line-mode)
(kill-ring-save (line-beginning-position) (line-beginning-position 2) )
(yank)
)
But this gives me strange behavior
You can have a look at the source of my project lispy.el.
It's got several functions that use ace-jump-mode and do something after.
For instance lispy-ace-symbol will ace-jump to symbol and mark it.
Here's the implementation detail - the key is setting ace-jump-mode-hook:
(defun lispy--ace-do (x bnd &optional filter func no-narrow)
"Use `ace-jump-do' to X within BND when FILTER return t.
When FUNC is not nil, call it after a successful move.
When NO-NARROW is not nil, don't narrow to BND."
(require 'ace-jump-mode)
(lispy--recenter-bounds bnd)
(unless no-narrow
(narrow-to-region (car bnd) (cdr bnd)))
(when func
(setq ace-jump-mode-end-hook
(list `(lambda()
(setq ace-jump-mode-end-hook)
(,func)))))
(let ((ace-jump-mode-scope 'window)
(ace-jump-search-filter filter))
(ace-jump-do x))
(widen))
I use something similar to ace-jump rather than ace-jump itself, but something like this should work (can't be sure about the call to ace-jump-line-mode):
(defun ace-jump-yank-line-above ()
(interactive)
(let ((loc (point-at-bol))
(line nil))
(save-excursion
(ace-jump-line-mode)
(setq line (buffer-substring-no-properties
(point-at-bol) (point-at-eol)))
(goto-char (1- loc))
(if (bobp)
(insert (concat line "\n"))
(insert (concat "\n" line))))))
Okay, none of these worked for me, but I used these answers to create a script that works. Here is the code that I used:
;; The base function for the line-based ones
(defun ace-jump-end-do (dfunc afunc)
;; Save where to return to as a marker
(setq ace-jump-do-retpos (make-marker))
(set-marker ace-jump-do-retpos (point))
;; Add our during function to the hook
(setq ace-jump-mode-end-hook
(list `(lambda()
(progn
(setq ace-jump-mode-end-hook)
(,dfunc)
(goto-char ace-jump-do-retpos)
(set-marker ace-jump-do-retpos nil)
(,afunc)
))))
(ace-jump-line-mode)
)
;; Copy the line above the current line
(defun ace-jump-yank-line-above ()
(interactive)
(ace-jump-end-do
;; At the line
(lambda ()
;; Store the line in a variable
(setq line (buffer-substring-no-properties (point-at-bol) (point-at-eol)))
)
;; Upon returning
(lambda ()
(save-excursion
(goto-char (point-at-bol))
(insert (concat line "\n"))
)
(when (bolp) (goto-char (point-at-bol 2)))
)))
Unfortunately, this resets the end hook of ace-jump every time it's called. It works for me though since I don't have anything else hooked to it. If I run into issues, I'll need to figure something else out.
ace-jump-mode is really silly... calling it just goes into some useless minor-mode where you pick the hints, but it is non-blocking: any code afterwards is executed immediately.
There is so much potential for this kind of interaction and ace-jump-mode completely wastes it away with crazy implementation. It also doesn't work at all with save-excursion and you wound need to hack around that with various hooks and state-saving variables.
I've written a new package addressing all these issues, you can find it at https://github.com/Fuco1/better-jump Hopefully people will pick it up, but it serves me well at least. Took me about 2 hours to write the basic working prototype and it already covers all the functionality of packages like ace-link, ace-window and ace-whatever-else-you-can-find (also ace-jump, obviously :))
(defun magit-max-args-internal (function)
"Return the maximum number of arguments accepted by FUNCTION."
(if (symbolp function)
(setq function (symbol-function function)))
(if (subrp function)
(let ((max (cdr (subr-arity function))))
(if (eq 'many max)
most-positive-fixnum
max))
(if (eq 'macro (car-safe function))
(setq function (cdr function)))
(let ((arglist (if (byte-code-function-p function)
(aref function 0) ; <--------- format changed
(cadr function))))
(if (memq '&rest arglist)
most-positive-fixnum
(length (remq '&optional arglist))))))
I had to recompile magit.el and discovered this problem in their code. If I follow the code correctly, then what they were after here is the function's arity, but instead they are getting some "strange" number. Any ideas what happened?
In addition, this post: Elisp get function arity? offers a better solution (which does the job just fine, the answer by Andreas Röhler. So I will probably try to suggest it to magit maintainers.
Indeed this "number in (aref bytecode 0)" was introduced for lexical-binding. The better fix is to throw away magit-max-args-internal and use (condition-case nil (delete-directory <args>) (wrong-number-of-arguments (delete-directory <fewerargs>)) instead.
I want a command that copies a form to the kill ring. In emacs-live, the closest thing I could find was this command / key-binding
(global-set-key (kbd "M-]") 'kill-ring-save)
However kill-ring-save has some wonky behaviour. Ii copies more than 1 form, past the cursor. Ultimately, I want a simple function along the lines of what's below (this doesn't quite work).
(defun copy-form ()
(kill-ring-save (line-beginning-position) (live-paredit-forward)))
(global-set-key (kbd "M-]") 'copy-form)
I've searched high and low ( SO question and Google search), but can't seem to find a simple, working command to copy a balanced expression. Has someone already done this?
Thanks
Tim
Function sexp-at-point gives you the sexp ("form") at the cursor. Just copy that to the kill-ring, using kill-ring-save. E.g.:
(defun copy-sexp-at-point ()
(interactive)
(let ((bnds (bounds-of-thing-at-point 'sexp)))
(kill-ring-save (car bnds) (cdr bnds))))
Alternatively, just use kill-new:
(defun copy-sexp-at-point ()
(interactive)
(kill-new (thing-at-point 'sexp)))
The reason your copy-form cannot be bound to a key is that it is a function, not a command - it is missing an interactive form.
However, in your case you don't even need to write a new function.
Try a combination of
mark-sexp is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `lisp.el'.
It is bound to C-M-#, C-M-SPC.
and
M-w runs the command kill-ring-save, which is an interactive compiled
Lisp function in `simple.el'.
It is bound to <C-insertchar>, M-w, <menu-bar> <edit> <copy>.
I'm not sure I understand the question, but when I need to do what I consider as "copy a balanced form", I do: M-C-SPC M-w. If I want to cut it instead, I do M-C-SPC C-w.
Here's what I generally use. Somehow it's more useful for me
to kill the balanced expression instead of copying. If I want a
copy instead, I first kill, then undo.
This function kills a string, if the point is inside string,
otherwise the balanced expression, i.e. (),[],{},<>
or whatever is defined by the syntax.
(defun kill-at-point ()
"Kill the quoted string or the list that includes the point"
(interactive)
(let ((p (nth 8 (syntax-ppss))))
(cond
;; string
((eq (char-after p) ?\")
(goto-char p)
(kill-sexp))
;; list
((ignore-errors (when (eq (char-after) ?\()
(forward-char))
(up-list)
t)
(let ((beg (point)))
(backward-list)
(kill-region beg (point)))))))
I've also tried to add a special case for when the point is
inside the comment, but I couldn't find a generic
way to determine bounds of comment at point. If anyone knows,
please tell me.
This other function can be relevant as well. It marks instead
of killing, like the previous one. The nice thing that it
extends the region each time it's called.
I bind the first one to C-, and the second to
C-M-,.
(defun mark-at-point ()
"Mark the quoted string or the list that includes the point"
(interactive)
(let ((p (nth 8 (syntax-ppss))))
(if (eq (char-after p) ?\")
(progn
(goto-char p)
(set-mark (point))
(forward-sexp))
(progn
(when (eq (char-after) 40)
(forward-char))
(condition-case nil
(progn
(up-list)
(set-mark (point))
(let ((beg (point)))
(backward-list)
(exchange-point-and-mark)))
(error
(when (looking-back "}")
(exchange-point-and-mark)
;; assumes functions are separated by one empty line
(re-search-backward "^[^A-Z-a-z]" nil t)
(forward-char))))))))
I'd like to have a function that asks for a number n and executes the default compile command n-times afterwards. That is to say unlike C-c C-c (i.e. TeX-command-master) I don't want to be asked which command to run, it should select the default compile command based on the AUCTeX settings. Naturally if any error occurs the execution should stop.
I know about TeX-texify, however, this doesn't statisfy my needs because sometimes I just want emacs to run pdflatex five times indepent of what the AUCTeX parser thinks is adequate.
Any help is much appreciated!
Edit: I have looked into this a little further and using code from the above reference I have started writing a function that does this. However, it has one major flaw. Let me first give you the code:
(defcustom TeX-MultiTeX-Command "LaTeX" "Default MultiTeX command" :type 'string :group 'TeX-command)
(defun TeX-MultiTeX (n)
"Run TeX-command n-times"
(interactive "nRun TeX/LaTeX how many times: ")
(while (> n 0)
(TeX-command TeX-MultiTeX-Command 'TeX-master-file)
(setq n (- n 1))))
As you can see, I have implemented a config variable for selecting the correct compilation command. Now let me present the problem:
The compilation of the LaTeX document takes some time, however, my function instantly calls the second (and following) executions of the compile command. Maybe someone can provide help in finding a solution that checks whether compilation has finished successfully prior to executing (TeX-command TeX-MultiTeX-Command 'TeX-master-file), then executes said function or prints some error message if compilation finished with an error.
With the help of the code of the TeX-texify function I have developed a function that does what I want, the code is given below.
I'd like to thank user4815162342; although this solution is not based on his suggestion, I think his solution might be of use for a different problem. Also I'd like to thank TN, the author of TeX-texify, I shamelessly took and adapted his code for my problem. ;)
(defcustom TeX-MultiTeX-Command "LaTeX"
"Default MultiTeX command"
:type 'string :group 'TeX-command)
(defun TeX-MultiTeX-sentinel (&optional proc sentinel)
"Non-interactive! Call the standard-sentinel of the current LaTeX-process.
If there is still something left do do start the next latex-command."
(set-buffer (process-buffer proc))
(funcall TeX-MultiTeX-sentinel proc sentinel)
(let ((case-fold-search nil))
(when (string-match "\\(finished\\|exited\\)" sentinel)
(set-buffer TeX-command-buffer)
(unless (plist-get TeX-error-report-switches (intern (TeX-master-file)))
(TeX-MultiTeX TeX-MultiTeX-num-left)))))
(defun TeX-MultiTeX (n)
"Run TeX-command n-times"
(interactive "nRun TeX/LaTeX how many times: ")
(when (or (called-interactively-p 'any)
(null (boundp 'TeX-MultiTeX-num-left)))
(setq TeX-MultiTeX-num-left n))
(if (>= TeX-MultiTeX-num-left 1)
(progn
(TeX-command TeX-MultiTeX-Command 'TeX-master-file)
(setq TeX-MultiTeX-num-left (- TeX-MultiTeX-num-left 1))
(setq proc (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)))
(setq TeX-MultiTeX-sentinel (process-sentinel proc))
(set-process-sentinel proc 'TeX-MultiTeX-sentinel))))
It seems that you need a synchronous way to run TeX-command. I haven't word with TeX-command, but if it uses the compilation API, it can be made to wait for the compilation to finish, although it's not exactly obvious how to do that. Here is an example that uses compilation-finish-functions to achieve the desired effect:
(require 'cl) ; for lexical-let
(defun compile-and-wait (compilefun)
(interactive)
(lexical-let ((done nil) finish-callback)
(setq finish-callback
;; when the compilation is done, remove the callback from
;; compilation-finish-functions and interrupt the wait
(lambda (buf msg)
(setq compilation-finish-functions
(delq finish-callback compilation-finish-functions))
(setq done t)))
(push finish-callback compilation-finish-functions)
(funcall compilefun)
(while (not done)
(sleep-for .1))))
EDIT
AUC TeX is not using compilation mode to spawn TeX, so the above cannot work. Since it's still useful for other compilation buffers, I'm leaving it in the answer. Another way to implement TeX-MultiTeX is by binding TeX-process-asynchronous to nil, which should ensure that AUC TeX waits for the command to finish.