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+Article 4417 of comp.lang.perl:
+Path: jpl-devvax!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!mcnc!uvaarpa!mmdf
+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)
+
+