emacs/lisp/finder.el

;;; finder.el --- topic & keyword-based code finder

;; Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
;; Created: 16 Jun 1992
;; Version: 1.0
;; Keywords: help

;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.

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;; Commentary:

;; This mode uses the Keywords library header to provide code-finding
;; services by keyword.
;;
;; Things to do:
;;    1. Support multiple keywords per search.  This could be extremely hairy;
;; there doesn't seem to be any way to get completing-read to exit on
;; an EOL with no substring pending, which is what we'd want to end the loop.
;;    2. Search by string in synopsis line?
;;    3. Function to check finder-package-info for unknown keywords.

;;; Code:

(require 'lisp-mnt)
(require 'finder-inf)
(require 'picture)

(defvar finder-known-keywords
  '(
    (bib	. "code related to the bib(1) bibliography processor")
    (c		. "C and C++ language support")
    (calendar	. "calendar and time management support")
    (docs	. "support for Emacs documentation")
    (emulations	. "emulations of other editors")
    (extensions	. "Emacs Lisp language extensions")
    (games	. "games, jokes and amusements")
    (hardware	. "support for interfacing with exotic hardware")
    (help	. "support for on-line help systems")
    (i14n	. "internationalization and alternate character-set support")
    (internal	. "code for Emacs internals, build process, defaults")
    (languages	. "specialized modes for editing programming languages")
    (lisp	. "Lisp support, including Emacs Lisp")
    (local	. "code local to your site")
    (maint	. "maintenance aids for the Emacs development group")
    (mail	. "modes for electronic-mail handling")
    (news	. "support for netnews reading and posting")
    (processes	. "process, subshell, compilation, and job control support")
    (terminals	. "support for terminal types")
    (tex	. "code related to the TeX formatter")
    (tools	. "programming tools")
    (unix	. "front-ends/assistants for, or emulators of, UNIX features")
    (vms	. "support code for vms")
    (wp		. "word processing")
    ))

;;; Code for regenerating the keyword list.

(defvar finder-package-info nil
  "Assoc list mapping file names to description & keyword lists.")

(defun finder-compile-keywords (&rest dirs)
  "Regenerate the keywords association list into the file finder-inf.el.
Optional arguments are a list of Emacs Lisp directories to compile from; no
arguments compiles from `load-path'."
  (save-excursion
    (find-file "finder-inf.el")
    (erase-buffer)
    (insert ";;; Don't edit this file.  It's generated by finder.el\n\n")
    (insert "\n(setq finder-package-info '(\n")
    (mapcar
     (function (lambda (d)
	(mapcar
	 (function (lambda (f) 
	    (if (string-match "\\.el$" f) 
		(let (summary keystart)
		  (save-excursion
		    (set-buffer (get-buffer-create "*finder-scratch*"))
		    (erase-buffer)
		    (insert-file-contents
		     (concat (file-name-as-directory d) f))
		    (setq summary (lm-synopsis))
		    (setq keywords (lm-keywords)))
		  (insert
		   (format "    (\"%s\"\n        " f))
		  (prin1 summary (current-buffer))
		  (insert
		   "\n        ")
		  (setq keystart (point))
		  (insert
		   (if keywords (format "(%s)" keywords) "nil")
		   ")\n")
		  (subst-char-in-region keystart (point) ?, ? )
		  )
	      )))
	 (directory-files (or d ".")))
	))
     (or dirs load-path))
    (insert "))\n\n(provide 'finder-inf)\n")
    (kill-buffer "*finder-scratch*")
    (basic-save-buffer)
    ))

;;; Now the retrieval code

(defun finder-by-keyword ()
  "Find packages matching a given keyword."
  (interactive)
  (pop-to-buffer "*Help*")
  (erase-buffer)
  (mapcar
   (function (lambda (x)
	       (insert (symbol-name (car x)))
	       (insert-at-column 14 (cdr x) "\n")
	       ))
   finder-known-keywords)
  (goto-char (point-min))
  (let (key
	(known (mapcar (function (lambda (x) (car x))) finder-known-keywords)))
    (let ((key (intern (completing-read
		"Package keyword: "
		(vconcat known)
		(function (lambda (arg) (memq arg known)))
		t))))
      (erase-buffer)
      (insert
       "The following packages match the keyword `" (symbol-name key) "':\n\n")
      (mapcar
       (function (lambda (x)
		   (if (memq key (car (cdr (cdr x))))
		       (progn
			 (insert (car x))
			 (insert-at-column 16 (car (cdr x)) "\n")
			 ))
		   ))
       finder-package-info)
      (goto-char (point-min))
  )))

(provide 'finder)

;;; finder.el ends here