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- Article 4417 of comp.lang.perl:
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- From: ted@evi.com (Ted Stefanik)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
- Subject: Correction to Perl fatal error marking in GNU Emacs
- Message-ID: <1991Feb27.065853.15801@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: 27 Feb 91 06:58:53 GMT
- Sender: mmdf@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU (Uvaarpa Mail System)
- Reply-To: ted@evi.com (Ted Stefanik)
- Organization: The Internet
- Lines: 282
-
- Reading my own message, it occurred to me that I didn't quite satisfy the
- request of stef@zweig.sun (Stephane Payrard):
-
- | Does anyone has extended perdb/perdb.el to position the
- | point to the first syntax error? It would be cool.
-
- What I posted is a way to use the "M-x compile" command to test perl scripts.
- (Needless to say, the script cannot be not interactive; you can't provide input
- to a *compilation* buffer). When creating new Perl programs, I use "M-x
- compile" until I'm sure that they are syntatically correct; if syntax errors
- occur, C-x` takes me to each in sequence. After I'm sure the syntax is
- correct, I start worrying about semantics, and switch to "M-x perldb" if
- necessary.
-
- Therefore, the stuff I posted works great with "M-x compile", but not at all
- with "M-x perldb".
-
- Next, let me update what I posted. I found that perl's die() command doesn't
- print the same format error message as perl does when it dies with a syntax
- error. If you put the following in your ".emacs" file, it causes C-x` to
- recognize both kinds of errors:
-
- (load-library "compile")
- (setq compilation-error-regexp
- "\\([^ :\n]+\\(: *\\|, line \\|(\\)[0-9]+\\)\\|\\([0-9]+ *of *[^ \n]+\\|[^ \n]+ \\(at \\)*line [0-9]+\\)")
-
- Last, so I don't look like a total fool, let me propose a way to satisfy
- Stephane Payrard's original request (repeated again):
-
- | Does anyone has extended perdb/perdb.el to position the
- | point to the first syntax error? It would be cool.
-
- I'm not satisfied with just the "first syntax error". Perl's parser is better
- than most about not getting out of sync; therefore, if it reports multiple
- errors, you can usually be assured they are all real errors.
-
- So... I hacked in the "next-error" function from "compile.el" to form
- "perldb-next-error". You can apply the patches at the end of this message
- to add "perldb-next-error" to your "perldb.el".
-
- Notes:
- 1) The patch binds "perldb-next-error" to C-x~ (because ~ is the shift
- of ` on my keyboard, and C-x~ is not yet taken in my version of EMACS).
-
- 2) "next-error" is meant to work on a single *compilation* buffer; any new
- "M-x compile" or "M-x grep" command will clear the old *compilation*
- buffer and reset the compilation-error parser to start at the top of the
- *compilation* buffer.
-
- "perldb-next-error", on the other hand, has to deal with multiple
- *perldb-<foo>* buffers, each of which keep growing. "perldb-next-error"
- correctly handles the constantly growing *perldb-<foo>* buffers by
- keeping track of the last reported error in the "current-perldb-buffer".
-
- Sadly however, when you invoke a new "M-x perldb" on a different Perl
- script, "perldb-next-error" will start parsing the new *perldb-<bar>*
- buffer at the top (even if it was previously parsed), and will completely
- lose the marker of the last reported error in *perldb-<foo>*.
-
- 3) "perldb-next-error" still uses "compilation-error-regexp" to find
- fatal errors. Therefore, both the "M-x compile"/C-x` scheme and
- the "M-x perldb"/C-x~ scheme can be used to find fatal errors that
- match the common "compilation-error-regexp". You *will* want to install
- that "compilation-error-regexp" stuff into your .emacs file.
-
- 4) The patch was developed and tested with GNU Emacs 18.55.
-
- 5) Since the patch was ripped off from compile.el, the code is (of
- course) subject to the GNU copyleft.
-
- *** perldb.el.orig Wed Feb 27 00:44:27 1991
- --- perldb.el Wed Feb 27 00:44:30 1991
- ***************
- *** 199,205 ****
-
- (defun perldb-set-buffer ()
- (cond ((eq major-mode 'perldb-mode)
- ! (setq current-perldb-buffer (current-buffer)))))
-
- ;; This function is responsible for inserting output from Perl
- ;; into the buffer.
- --- 199,211 ----
-
- (defun perldb-set-buffer ()
- (cond ((eq major-mode 'perldb-mode)
- ! (cond ((not (eq current-perldb-buffer (current-buffer)))
- ! (perldb-forget-errors)
- ! (setq perldb-parsing-end 2)) ;; 2 to defeat grep defeater
- ! (t
- ! (if (> perldb-parsing-end (point-max))
- ! (setq perldb-parsing-end (max (point-max) 2)))))
- ! (setq current-perldb-buffer (current-buffer)))))
-
- ;; This function is responsible for inserting output from Perl
- ;; into the buffer.
- ***************
- *** 291,297 ****
- ;; process-buffer is current-buffer
- (unwind-protect
- (progn
- ! ;; Write something in *compilation* and hack its mode line,
- (set-buffer (process-buffer proc))
- ;; Force mode line redisplay soon
- (set-buffer-modified-p (buffer-modified-p))
- --- 297,303 ----
- ;; process-buffer is current-buffer
- (unwind-protect
- (progn
- ! ;; Write something in *perldb-<foo>* and hack its mode line,
- (set-buffer (process-buffer proc))
- ;; Force mode line redisplay soon
- (set-buffer-modified-p (buffer-modified-p))
- ***************
- *** 421,423 ****
- --- 427,593 ----
- (switch-to-buffer-other-window current-perldb-buffer)
- (goto-char (dot-max))
- (insert-string comm)))
- +
- + (defvar perldb-error-list nil
- + "List of error message descriptors for visiting erring functions.
- + Each error descriptor is a list of length two.
- + Its car is a marker pointing to an error message.
- + Its cadr is a marker pointing to the text of the line the message is about,
- + or nil if that is not interesting.
- + The value may be t instead of a list;
- + this means that the buffer of error messages should be reparsed
- + the next time the list of errors is wanted.")
- +
- + (defvar perldb-parsing-end nil
- + "Position of end of buffer when last error messages parsed.")
- +
- + (defvar perldb-error-message "No more fatal Perl errors"
- + "Message to print when no more matches for compilation-error-regexp are found")
- +
- + (defun perldb-next-error (&optional argp)
- + "Visit next perldb error message and corresponding source code.
- + This operates on the output from the \\[perldb] command.
- + If all preparsed error messages have been processed,
- + the error message buffer is checked for new ones.
- + A non-nil argument (prefix arg, if interactive)
- + means reparse the error message buffer and start at the first error."
- + (interactive "P")
- + (if (or (eq perldb-error-list t)
- + argp)
- + (progn (perldb-forget-errors)
- + (setq perldb-parsing-end 2))) ;; 2 to defeat grep defeater
- + (if perldb-error-list
- + nil
- + (save-excursion
- + (switch-to-buffer current-perldb-buffer)
- + (perldb-parse-errors)))
- + (let ((next-error (car perldb-error-list)))
- + (if (null next-error)
- + (error (concat perldb-error-message
- + (if (and (get-buffer-process current-perldb-buffer)
- + (eq (process-status
- + (get-buffer-process
- + current-perldb-buffer))
- + 'run))
- + " yet" ""))))
- + (setq perldb-error-list (cdr perldb-error-list))
- + (if (null (car (cdr next-error)))
- + nil
- + (switch-to-buffer (marker-buffer (car (cdr next-error))))
- + (goto-char (car (cdr next-error)))
- + (set-marker (car (cdr next-error)) nil))
- + (let* ((pop-up-windows t)
- + (w (display-buffer (marker-buffer (car next-error)))))
- + (set-window-point w (car next-error))
- + (set-window-start w (car next-error)))
- + (set-marker (car next-error) nil)))
- +
- + ;; Set perldb-error-list to nil, and
- + ;; unchain the markers that point to the error messages and their text,
- + ;; so that they no longer slow down gap motion.
- + ;; This would happen anyway at the next garbage collection,
- + ;; but it is better to do it right away.
- + (defun perldb-forget-errors ()
- + (if (eq perldb-error-list t)
- + (setq perldb-error-list nil))
- + (while perldb-error-list
- + (let ((next-error (car perldb-error-list)))
- + (set-marker (car next-error) nil)
- + (if (car (cdr next-error))
- + (set-marker (car (cdr next-error)) nil)))
- + (setq perldb-error-list (cdr perldb-error-list))))
- +
- + (defun perldb-parse-errors ()
- + "Parse the current buffer as error messages.
- + This makes a list of error descriptors, perldb-error-list.
- + For each source-file, line-number pair in the buffer,
- + the source file is read in, and the text location is saved in perldb-error-list.
- + The function next-error, assigned to \\[next-error], takes the next error off the list
- + and visits its location."
- + (setq perldb-error-list nil)
- + (message "Parsing error messages...")
- + (let (text-buffer
- + last-filename last-linenum)
- + ;; Don't reparse messages already seen at last parse.
- + (goto-char perldb-parsing-end)
- + ;; Don't parse the first two lines as error messages.
- + ;; This matters for grep.
- + (if (bobp)
- + (forward-line 2))
- + (while (re-search-forward compilation-error-regexp nil t)
- + (let (linenum filename
- + error-marker text-marker)
- + ;; Extract file name and line number from error message.
- + (save-restriction
- + (narrow-to-region (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0))
- + (goto-char (point-max))
- + (skip-chars-backward "[0-9]")
- + ;; If it's a lint message, use the last file(linenum) on the line.
- + ;; Normally we use the first on the line.
- + (if (= (preceding-char) ?\()
- + (progn
- + (narrow-to-region (point-min) (1+ (buffer-size)))
- + (end-of-line)
- + (re-search-backward compilation-error-regexp)
- + (skip-chars-backward "^ \t\n")
- + (narrow-to-region (point) (match-end 0))
- + (goto-char (point-max))
- + (skip-chars-backward "[0-9]")))
- + ;; Are we looking at a "filename-first" or "line-number-first" form?
- + (if (looking-at "[0-9]")
- + (progn
- + (setq linenum (read (current-buffer)))
- + (goto-char (point-min)))
- + ;; Line number at start, file name at end.
- + (progn
- + (goto-char (point-min))
- + (setq linenum (read (current-buffer)))
- + (goto-char (point-max))
- + (skip-chars-backward "^ \t\n")))
- + (setq filename (perldb-grab-filename)))
- + ;; Locate the erring file and line.
- + (if (and (equal filename last-filename)
- + (= linenum last-linenum))
- + nil
- + (beginning-of-line 1)
- + (setq error-marker (point-marker))
- + ;; text-buffer gets the buffer containing this error's file.
- + (if (not (equal filename last-filename))
- + (setq text-buffer
- + (and (file-exists-p (setq last-filename filename))
- + (find-file-noselect filename))
- + last-linenum 0))
- + (if text-buffer
- + ;; Go to that buffer and find the erring line.
- + (save-excursion
- + (set-buffer text-buffer)
- + (if (zerop last-linenum)
- + (progn
- + (goto-char 1)
- + (setq last-linenum 1)))
- + (forward-line (- linenum last-linenum))
- + (setq last-linenum linenum)
- + (setq text-marker (point-marker))
- + (setq perldb-error-list
- + (cons (list error-marker text-marker)
- + perldb-error-list)))))
- + (forward-line 1)))
- + (setq perldb-parsing-end (point-max)))
- + (message "Parsing error messages...done")
- + (setq perldb-error-list (nreverse perldb-error-list)))
- +
- + (defun perldb-grab-filename ()
- + "Return a string which is a filename, starting at point.
- + Ignore quotes and parentheses around it, as well as trailing colons."
- + (if (eq (following-char) ?\")
- + (save-restriction
- + (narrow-to-region (point)
- + (progn (forward-sexp 1) (point)))
- + (goto-char (point-min))
- + (read (current-buffer)))
- + (buffer-substring (point)
- + (progn
- + (skip-chars-forward "^ :,\n\t(")
- + (point)))))
- +
- + (define-key ctl-x-map "~" 'perldb-next-error)
-
-
-