Re: IDE features: M-x find-grep

["Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>]

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Eric M. Ludlam wrote:
>> One drawback of this might be that it is harder to learn which commands 
>> there are. Maybe this can be cured by showing the command to carry out 
>> on that page.
> 
> Indeed.  You would have half a screen to provide as much information
> as needed, such as:
> 
> --------------
> Find: Enter string to search for:
> 
>  [-!-                       ] <- gray widget here
> 
> [ occur ] - Search this buffer [more]
> [ multi-occur ] - Search many buffers [more]
> 
> Arguments and Files for Search:
> 
>  [-!-                       ] <- gray widget here too
> 
>  [ grep ] - use grep to search files [more]
>  [ lgrep ] - use grep to search for regexp [more]
>  [ find-grep ] - Search files specified by find [more]
> 
> -----------------
> 
> Not that I've used all these functions.
> 
> Eric

I have played a bit with this idea, see the attached file. (Note that 
lgrep/rgrep does not work at the moment.)

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;;; search-form.el --- Search form
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;; Author: Lennart Borgman (lennart O borgman A gmail O com)
;; Created: 2008-05-05T01:50:20+0200 Sun
;; Version: 0.1
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;; After an idea by Eric Ludlam on Emacs Devel:
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;;  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-05/msg00152.html
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;;; Code:

(require 'cus-edit)

(defvar search-form-sfield nil)
(make-variable-buffer-local 'search-form-sfield)
(defvar search-form-rfield nil)
(make-variable-buffer-local 'search-form-rfield)

(defun search-form-multi-occur-get-buffers ()
  (let* ((bufs (list (read-buffer "First buffer to search: "
                                  (current-buffer) t)))
         (buf nil)
         (ido-ignore-item-temp-list bufs))
    (while (not (string-equal
                 (setq buf (read-buffer
                            (if (eq read-buffer-function 'ido-read-buffer)
                                "Next buffer to search (C-j to end): "
                              "Next buffer to search (RET to end): ")
                            nil t))
                 ""))
      (add-to-list 'bufs buf)
      (setq ido-ignore-item-temp-list bufs))
    (nreverse (mapcar #'get-buffer bufs))))

(defun search-form-notify-1 (use-search-field use-replace-field w &rest ignore)
  (let ((search-string  (when use-search-field  (widget-value search-form-sfield)))
        (replace-string (when use-replace-field (widget-value search-form-rfield)))
        (search-form-buffer (current-buffer))
        (this-search (widget-get w :do-search))
        (do-it t))
    (when (and use-search-field
               (= 0 (length search-string)))
      (setq do-it nil)
      (message "Please specify a search string"))
    (when (and use-replace-field
               (= 0 (length replace-string)))
      (setq do-it nil)
      (message "Please specify a replace string"))
    (when do-it
      (delete-window (selected-window))
      (funcall this-search w)
      (kill-buffer search-form-buffer)
      ;;(message "Done.")
      )))

(defun search-form-notify-no-field (w &rest ignore)
  (search-form-notify-1 nil nil w))

(defun search-form-notify-sfield (w &rest ignore)
  (search-form-notify-1 t nil w))

(defun search-form-notify-both-fields (w &rest ignore)
  (search-form-notify-1 t t w))

(defvar search-form-current-buffer nil)

(defun search-form-insert-button (title function descr do-fun)
  (widget-insert "  ")
  (let ((button-title (format " %-15s " title)))
    (widget-create 'push-button
                   :do-search do-search-fun
                   :notify 'search-form-notify-no-field
                   :current-buffer search-form-current-buffer
                   button-title))
  (widget-insert " " descr)
  (widget-insert "\n"))

(defun search-form-insert-search (title search-fun descr do-search-fun)
  (widget-insert "  ")
  (let ((button-title (format " %-15s " title)))
    (widget-create 'push-button
                   :do-search do-search-fun
                   :notify 'search-form-notify-sfield
                   :current-buffer search-form-current-buffer
                   button-title))
  (widget-insert " " descr " ")
  (search-form-insert-help search-fun)
  (widget-insert "\n"))

(defun search-form-insert-fb (descr
                              use-sfield
                              forward-fun
                              do-forward-fun
                              backward-fun
                              do-backward-fun)
  (widget-insert (format "  %s: " descr))
  (widget-create 'push-button
                 :do-search do-forward-fun
                 :notify (if use-sfield
                             'search-form-notify-sfield
                           'search-form-notify-no-field)
                 :current-buffer search-form-current-buffer
                 " Forward ")
  (widget-insert " ")
  (search-form-insert-help forward-fun)
  (widget-insert "  ")
  (widget-create 'push-button
                 :do-search do-backward-fun
                 :notify (if use-sfield
                             'search-form-notify-sfield
                           'search-form-notify-no-field)
                 :current-buffer search-form-current-buffer
                 " Backward ")
  (widget-insert " ")
  (search-form-insert-help backward-fun)
  (widget-insert "\n"))

(defun search-form-insert-replace (title replace-fun descr do-replace-fun)
  (widget-insert "  ")
  (let ((button-title (format " %-15s " title)))
    (widget-create 'push-button
                   :do-search do-replace-fun
                   :notify 'search-form-notify-both-fields
                   :current-buffer search-form-current-buffer
                   button-title))
  (widget-insert " " descr " ")
  (search-form-insert-help replace-fun)
  (widget-insert "\n"))

(defun search-form-insert-help (fun)
  (widget-insert "(")
  (widget-create 'function-link
                 :value fun
                 :tag "help"
                 :button-face 'link)
  (widget-insert ")"))

(defun search-form ()
  (interactive)
  (let* ((buf-name "*Search Form*")
         (cur-buf (current-buffer)))
    (setq search-form-current-buffer (current-buffer))
    (switch-to-buffer-other-window buf-name)

    (kill-all-local-variables) ;; why???
    (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
      (erase-buffer))
    ;;(Custom-mode)
    (remove-overlays)

    (make-local-variable 'widget-button-face)
    (setq widget-button-face custom-button)
    (setq show-trailing-whitespace nil)
    (when custom-raised-buttons
      (set (make-local-variable 'widget-push-button-prefix) "")
      (set (make-local-variable 'widget-push-button-suffix) "")
      (set (make-local-variable 'widget-link-prefix) "")
      (set (make-local-variable 'widget-link-suffix) ""))

    (widget-insert (propertize "Emacs Search/Replace Form" 'face 'font-lock-comment-face)
                   "\n\n")
    (search-form-insert-fb
     "Incremental String Search" nil
     'isearch-forward
     (lambda (w) (call-interactively 'isearch-forward))
     'isearch-backward
     (lambda (w) (call-interactively 'isearch-backward)))

    (search-form-insert-fb
     "Incremental Regexp Search" nil
     'isearch-forward-regexp
     (lambda (w) (call-interactively 'isearch-forward-regexp))
     'isearch-backward-regexp
     (lambda (w) (call-interactively 'isearch-backward-regexp)))

    (widget-insert (make-string (window-width) ?-) "\n")

    (widget-insert "Search:")
    (setq search-form-sfield
          (widget-create 'editable-field
                         :size 60))
    (widget-insert "\n\n")
    (widget-insert (propertize "* Buffers:" 'face 'font-lock-comment-face) "\n")
    (search-form-insert-fb
     "String Search" t
     'nonincremental-search-forward
     (lambda (w) (call-interactively 'nonincremental-search-forward search-string))
     'nonincremental-search-backward
     (lambda (w) (call-interactively 'nonincremental-search-backward search-string)))

    (search-form-insert-fb
     "Regexp Search" t
     'nonincremental-re-search-forward
     (lambda (w) (call-interactively 'nonincremental-re-search-forward search-string))
     'nonincremental-re-search-backward
     (lambda (w) (call-interactively 'nonincremental-re-search-backward search-string)))

    ;; occur
    (search-form-insert-search
     "Occur"
     'occur
     "Lines in this buffer"
     (lambda (w)
       (with-current-buffer (widget-get w :current-buffer)
         (occur search-string))))

    ;; multi-occur
    (search-form-insert-search
     "Multi-Occur"
     'multi-occur
     "Lines in specified buffers"
     (lambda (w)
       (let ((bufs (search-form-multi-occur-get-buffers)))
         (multi-occur bufs search-string))))
    ;;
    (widget-insert "\n")
    (widget-insert (propertize "* Files:" 'face 'font-lock-comment-face)
                   "\n")

    (search-form-insert-search
     "lgrep"
     'lgrep
     "Grep in directory"
     (lambda (w)
       (with-current-buffer (widget-get w :current-buffer)
         (lgrep search-string))))
    (search-form-insert-search
     "rgrep"
     'rgrep
     "Grep in directory tree"
     (lambda (w)
       (with-current-buffer (widget-get w :current-buffer)
         (rgrep search-string))))

    (widget-insert "\n")

    (search-form-insert-search
     "Tagged Files"
     'tags-search
     "Search files in tags table"
     (lambda (w)
       (with-current-buffer (widget-get w :current-buffer)
         (tags-search search-string))))

    (widget-insert (make-string (window-width) ?-) "\n")

    (widget-insert "Replace:")
    (setq search-form-rfield
          (widget-create 'editable-field
                         :size 60))
    (widget-insert "\n\n")

    (widget-insert (propertize "* Buffers:" 'face 'font-lock-comment-face) "\n")
    (search-form-insert-replace "Replace String"
                                'query-replace
                                "In buffer from point"
                                (lambda (w)
                                  (query-replace search-string replace-string)))

    (search-form-insert-replace "Replace Regexp"
                                'query-replace-regexp
                                "In buffer from point"
                                (lambda (w)
                                  (query-replace-regexp search-string replace-string)))

    (widget-insert "\n" (propertize "* Files:" 'face 'font-lock-comment-face) "\n")

    (search-form-insert-replace "Tagged Files"
                                'query-replace-regexp
                                "Replace in files in tags tables"
                                (lambda (w)
                                  (tags-query-replace search-string replace-string)))

    (buffer-disable-undo)
    (widget-setup)
    (buffer-enable-undo)
    (use-local-map widget-keymap)
    (widget-forward 1)
    ))


(provide 'search-form)
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