bug#74700: [PATCH] Revert Dired buffer when clicking on last segment of directory name

bug#74700: [PATCH] Revert Dired buffer when clicking on last segment of directory name

[Visuwesh]

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Attached patch makes it possible to revert the current Dired buffer by
clicking on the last segment of the directory line.  With the patch
applied,

  /home/viz/lib/ports/emacs:

clicking on 'emacs' now reverts the buffer that shows ~/lib/ports/emacs.
Previously, it did nothing.  This makes it possible to update the Dired
listing without needing to use the keyboard.


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From 83da5ad8ef930ed6d093b6b5dec2322599fac763 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 11:40:02 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Revert Dired buffer when clicking on last segment of
 directory name

* lisp/dired.el (dired--make-directory-clickable): Make clicking
on the last segment of the directory line revert the Dired
buffer.
* etc/NEWS: Announce the change.
---
 etc/NEWS      |  5 +++++
 lisp/dired.el | 11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index e63132efeda..e35f007dbe1 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -587,6 +587,11 @@ Without 'dired-hide-details-hide-absolute-location':
 
     /absolute/path/to/my/important/project: (100 GiB available)
 
+---
+*** Clicking on last segment of directory reverts buffer
+When 'dired-make-directory-clickable' is non-nil, clicking on the last
+segment of the directory name now reverts the Dired buffer.
+
 ** Grep
 
 +++
diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index f79a2220bea..4e300879f88 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -2082,7 +2082,16 @@ dired--make-directory-clickable
                           "<mouse-2>" click
                           "<follow-link>" 'mouse-face
                           "RET" click))))
-          (setq segment-start (point)))))))
+          (setq segment-start (point)))
+        (when (search-forward ":" bound t)
+          (add-text-properties
+           segment-start (1- (point))
+           `( mouse-face highlight
+              help-echo "mouse-1: revert this buffer"
+              keymap ,(define-keymap
+                        "<mouse-2>" #'revert-buffer
+                        "<follow-link>" 'follow-link
+                        "RET" #'revert-buffer))))))))
 
 (defun dired--get-ellipsis-length ()
   "Return length of ellipsis."
-- 
2.45.2

bug#74700: [PATCH] Revert Dired buffer when clicking on last segment of directory name

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:42:08 +0530
> 
> Attached patch makes it possible to revert the current Dired buffer by
> clicking on the last segment of the directory line.  With the patch
> applied,
> 
>   /home/viz/lib/ports/emacs:
> 
> clicking on 'emacs' now reverts the buffer that shows ~/lib/ports/emacs.
> Previously, it did nothing.  This makes it possible to update the Dired
> listing without needing to use the keyboard.

Thanks, a few comments below.

> +---
> +*** Clicking on last segment of directory reverts buffer
> +When 'dired-make-directory-clickable' is non-nil, clicking on the last
> +segment of the directory name now reverts the Dired buffer.

We don't call these "segments", we call them "components".  And since
you are talking about the last one, you could also say "base name of
the directory".

> +        (when (search-forward ":" bound t)
> +          (add-text-properties
> +           segment-start (1- (point))
> +           `( mouse-face highlight
               ^^
We don't leave whitespace after the opening parenthesis.

> +              help-echo "mouse-1: revert this buffer"

I think the help-echo should say something more similar to what we say
for the other components of the directory shown in the header line.
Something like "re-read this buffer's directory".

> +              keymap ,(define-keymap
> +                        "<mouse-2>" #'revert-buffer
> +                        "<follow-link>" 'follow-link
> +                        "RET" #'revert-buffer))))))))

Should we perhaps call dired-revert directly?

bug#74700: [PATCH] Revert Dired buffer when clicking on last segment of directory name

[Visuwesh]

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[வியாழன் டிசம்பர் 05, 2024] Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> From: Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:42:08 +0530
>> 
>> Attached patch makes it possible to revert the current Dired buffer by
>> clicking on the last segment of the directory line.  With the patch
>> applied,
>> 
>>   /home/viz/lib/ports/emacs:
>> 
>> clicking on 'emacs' now reverts the buffer that shows ~/lib/ports/emacs.
>> Previously, it did nothing.  This makes it possible to update the Dired
>> listing without needing to use the keyboard.
>
> Thanks, a few comments below.
>
>> +---
>> +*** Clicking on last segment of directory reverts buffer
>> +When 'dired-make-directory-clickable' is non-nil, clicking on the last
>> +segment of the directory name now reverts the Dired buffer.
>
> We don't call these "segments", we call them "components".  And since
> you are talking about the last one, you could also say "base name of
> the directory".

I've changed it to base name.

>> +        (when (search-forward ":" bound t)
>> +          (add-text-properties
>> +           segment-start (1- (point))
>> +           `( mouse-face highlight
>                ^^
> We don't leave whitespace after the opening parenthesis.

I removed the whitespace.  But isn't that way to make lists such as

    ( 1
      2
      3)

aligned without manual intervention?  It is used in the list above too.

>> +              help-echo "mouse-1: revert this buffer"
>
> I think the help-echo should say something more similar to what we say
> for the other components of the directory shown in the header line.
> Something like "re-read this buffer's directory".

Now done.

>> +              keymap ,(define-keymap
>> +                        "<mouse-2>" #'revert-buffer
>> +                        "<follow-link>" 'follow-link
>> +                        "RET" #'revert-buffer))))))))
>
> Should we perhaps call dired-revert directly?

revert-buffer-function is set to dired-revert by dired.  If someone has
changed it, for some reason, using revert-buffer would heed their
customisation.  So I've left it as revert-buffer.


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From 642338b96d5f39f3b11285fff319f744c1a07164 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 11:40:02 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Revert Dired buffer when clicking on basename of directory

* lisp/dired.el (dired--make-directory-clickable): Make clicking
on basename of the directory revert the Dired buffer.
* etc/NEWS: Announce the change.  (Bug#74700)
---
 etc/NEWS      |  5 +++++
 lisp/dired.el | 11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index e63132efeda..1ed529b0792 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -587,6 +587,11 @@ Without 'dired-hide-details-hide-absolute-location':
 
     /absolute/path/to/my/important/project: (100 GiB available)
 
+---
+*** Clicking on base name of directory reverts buffer.
+When 'dired-make-directory-clickable' is non-nil, clicking on the base
+name of the directory now reverts the Dired buffer.
+
 ** Grep
 
 +++
diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index f79a2220bea..9895229694a 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -2082,7 +2082,16 @@ dired--make-directory-clickable
                           "<mouse-2>" click
                           "<follow-link>" 'mouse-face
                           "RET" click))))
-          (setq segment-start (point)))))))
+          (setq segment-start (point)))
+        (when (search-forward ":" bound t)
+          (add-text-properties
+           segment-start (1- (point))
+           `(mouse-face highlight
+             help-echo "mouse-1: re-read this buffer's directory"
+             keymap ,(define-keymap
+                       "<mouse-2>" #'revert-buffer
+                       "<follow-link>" 'follow-link
+                       "RET" #'revert-buffer))))))))
 
 (defun dired--get-ellipsis-length ()
   "Return length of ellipsis."
-- 
2.45.2

bug#74700: [PATCH] Revert Dired buffer when clicking on last segment of directory name

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com>
> Cc: 74700@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 13:56:44 +0530
> 
> >> +        (when (search-forward ":" bound t)
> >> +          (add-text-properties
> >> +           segment-start (1- (point))
> >> +           `( mouse-face highlight
> >                ^^
> > We don't leave whitespace after the opening parenthesis.
> 
> I removed the whitespace.  But isn't that way to make lists such as
> 
>     ( 1
>       2
>       3)
> 
> aligned without manual intervention?

Typing something like

   (setq foo (1
              2
              3)

aligns the members for me.  So I don't think I understand what you are
saying here.

> >> +              keymap ,(define-keymap
> >> +                        "<mouse-2>" #'revert-buffer
> >> +                        "<follow-link>" 'follow-link
> >> +                        "RET" #'revert-buffer))))))))
> >
> > Should we perhaps call dired-revert directly?
> 
> revert-buffer-function is set to dired-revert by dired.  If someone has
> changed it, for some reason, using revert-buffer would heed their
> customisation.  So I've left it as revert-buffer.

That's exactly what I wonder: should we call whatever customized value
of revert-buffer-function?  It could be something completely
different, not a function that refreshes the directory listing.

What do people think about this?

bug#74700: [PATCH] Revert Dired buffer when clicking on last segment of directory name

[Visuwesh]

[வியாழன் டிசம்பர் 05, 2024] Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> I removed the whitespace.  But isn't that way to make lists such as
>> 
>>     ( 1
>>       2
>>       3)
>> 
>> aligned without manual intervention?
>
> Typing something like
>
>    (setq foo (1
>               2
>               3)
>
> aligns the members for me.  So I don't think I understand what you are
> saying here.

Try to align

    (setq foo '(1 2
                3))

instead.  3 would end up aligning at 2 instead of 1.  Adding a space
after ( prevents this.

>> >> +              keymap ,(define-keymap
>> >> +                        "<mouse-2>" #'revert-buffer
>> >> +                        "<follow-link>" 'follow-link
>> >> +                        "RET" #'revert-buffer))))))))
>> >
>> > Should we perhaps call dired-revert directly?
>> 
>> revert-buffer-function is set to dired-revert by dired.  If someone has
>> changed it, for some reason, using revert-buffer would heed their
>> customisation.  So I've left it as revert-buffer.
>
> That's exactly what I wonder: should we call whatever customized value
> of revert-buffer-function?  It could be something completely
> different, not a function that refreshes the directory listing.

I was about to point out find-dired's value of revert-buffer-function
which is different than dired-revert but as the directory is inserted as

    /home/user/lib/ports/emacs/

always, the change wouldn't affect the 'emacs' part.  We could "fix"
this as

diff --git a/lisp/find-dired.el b/lisp/find-dired.el
index 13c8bf722c3..12fc64c2151 100644
--- a/lisp/find-dired.el
+++ b/lisp/find-dired.el
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ find-dired-with-command
     (setq buffer-read-only nil)
     ;; Subdir headlerline must come first because the first marker in
     ;; subdir-alist points there.
-    (insert "  " dir ":\n")
+    (insert "  " (directory-file-name dir) ":\n")
     (when dired-make-directory-clickable
       (dired--make-directory-clickable))
     ;; Make second line a ``find'' line in analogy to the ``total'' or

to make it insert

    /home/user/lib/ports/emacs

but I think clicking on 'emacs' to open the Dired buffer for
~/lib/ports/emacs is also a good option.

bug#74700: [PATCH] Revert Dired buffer when clicking on last segment of directory name

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com>
> Cc: 74700@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 14:32:18 +0530
> 
> [வியாழன் டிசம்பர் 05, 2024] Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> >> I removed the whitespace.  But isn't that way to make lists such as
> >> 
> >>     ( 1
> >>       2
> >>       3)
> >> 
> >> aligned without manual intervention?
> >
> > Typing something like
> >
> >    (setq foo (1
> >               2
> >               3)
> >
> > aligns the members for me.  So I don't think I understand what you are
> > saying here.
> 
> Try to align
> 
>     (setq foo '(1 2
>                 3))
> 
> instead.  3 would end up aligning at 2 instead of 1.

Yes, and why is that a problem?  This is the standard Lisp indentation
in Emacs.  It makes it easy to find the end of the sexps.

> Adding a space after ( prevents this.

I'm not sure I understand why overriding the standard indentation
would be a good idea.

bug#74700: [PATCH] Revert Dired buffer when clicking on last segment of directory name

[Stephen Berman via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

On Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:24:23 +0200 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

>> From: Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com>
>> Cc: 74700@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 14:32:18 +0530
>> 
>> [வியாழன் டிசம்பர் 05, 2024] Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> 
>> >> I removed the whitespace.  But isn't that way to make lists such as
>> >> 
>> >>     ( 1
>> >>       2
>> >>       3)
>> >> 
>> >> aligned without manual intervention?
>> >
>> > Typing something like
>> >
>> >    (setq foo (1
>> >               2
>> >               3)
>> >
>> > aligns the members for me.  So I don't think I understand what you are
>> > saying here.
>> 
>> Try to align
>> 
>>     (setq foo '(1 2
>>                 3))
>> 
>> instead.  3 would end up aligning at 2 instead of 1.
>
> Yes, and why is that a problem?  This is the standard Lisp indentation
> in Emacs.  It makes it easy to find the end of the sexps.
>
>> Adding a space after ( prevents this.
>
> I'm not sure I understand why overriding the standard indentation
> would be a good idea.

Sometimes the standard indentation makes the code harder to read, e.g.,
the sexp that the indentation in Visuwesh's patch took as an example is
this (starting at column 10):

(add-text-properties
 segment-start (1- (point))
 `( mouse-face highlight
    help-echo "mouse-1: goto this directory"
    keymap ,(let* ((current-dir dir)
                   (click (lambda ()
                            (interactive)
                            (cond
                             ((assoc current-dir dired-subdir-alist)
                              (dired-goto-subdir current-dir))
                             ;; If there is a wildcard chars
                             ;; in the directory name, don't
                             ;; use the alternate file machinery
                             ;; which tries to keep only one
                             ;; dired buffer open at once.
                             ;;
                             ;; FIXME: Is this code path reachable?
                             ((insert-directory-wildcard-in-dir-p
                               current-dir)
                              (dired current-dir))
                             (t
                              (dired--find-possibly-alternative-file
                               current-dir))))))
              (define-keymap
                "<mouse-2>" click
                "<follow-link>" 'mouse-face
                "RET" click))))

Here is the indentation without the space (in dired.el several lines of
this code extend well beyond column 80):

(add-text-properties
 segment-start (1- (point))
 `(mouse-face highlight
              help-echo "mouse-1: goto this directory"
              keymap ,(let* ((current-dir dir)
                             (click (lambda ()
                                      (interactive)
                                      (cond
                                       ((assoc current-dir dired-subdir-alist)
                                        (dired-goto-subdir current-dir))
                                       ;; If there is a wildcard chars
                                       ;; in the directory name, don't
                                       ;; use the alternate file machinery
                                       ;; which tries to keep only one
                                       ;; dired buffer open at once.
                                       ;;
                                       ;; FIXME: Is this code path reachable?
                                       ((insert-directory-wildcard-in-dir-p
                                         current-dir)
                                        (dired current-dir))
                                       (t
                                        (dired--find-possibly-alternative-file
                                         current-dir))))))
                        (define-keymap
                          "<mouse-2>" click
                          "<follow-link>" 'mouse-face
                          "RET" click))))

Steve Berman

bug#74700: [PATCH] Revert Dired buffer when clicking on last segment of directory name

[Juri Linkov]

> but I think clicking on 'emacs' to open the Dired buffer for
> ~/lib/ports/emacs is also a good option.

Indeed, opening the Dired buffer would be better
instead of directly refreshing the buffer.
To force the directory to refresh, you can call dired with:

  (let ((dired-auto-revert-buffer t)) (dired "/..."))