;;; eshell.el --- the Emacs command shell -*- lexical-binding:t -*- ;; Copyright (C) 1999-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. ;; Author: John Wiegley ;; Version: 2.4.2 ;; Keywords: processes ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs. ;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by ;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or ;; (at your option) any later version. ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the ;; GNU General Public License for more details. ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License ;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see . ;;; Commentary: ;;;_* What does Eshell offer you? ;; ;; Despite the sheer fact that running an Emacs shell can be fun, here ;; are a few of the unique features offered by Eshell: ;; ;; @ Integration with the Emacs Lisp programming environment ;; ;; @ A high degree of configurability ;; ;; @ The ability to have the same shell on every system Emacs has been ;; ported to. Since Eshell imposes no external requirements, and ;; relies upon only the Lisp functions exposed by Emacs, it is quite ;; operating system independent. Several of the common UNIX ;; commands, such as ls, mv, rm, ln, etc., have been implemented in ;; Lisp in order to provide a more consistent work environment. ;; ;; For those who might be using an older version of Eshell, version ;; 2.1 represents an entirely new, module-based architecture. It ;; supports most of the features offered by modern shells. Here is a ;; brief list of some of its more visible features: ;; ;; @ Command argument completion (tcsh, zsh) ;; @ Input history management (bash) ;; @ Intelligent output scrolling ;; @ Pseudo-devices (such as "/dev/clip" for copying to the clipboard) ;; @ Extended globbing (zsh) ;; @ Argument and globbing predication (zsh) ;; @ I/O redirection to buffers, files, symbols, processes, etc. ;; @ Many niceties otherwise seen only in 4DOS ;; @ Alias functions, both Lisp and Eshell-syntax ;; @ Piping, sequenced commands, background jobs, etc... ;; ;;;_* How to begin ;; ;; To start using Eshell, simply type `M-x eshell'. ;; ;;;_* Philosophy ;; ;; A shell is a layer which metaphorically surrounds the kernel, or ;; heart of an operating system. This kernel can be seen as an engine ;; of pure functionality, waiting to serve, while the user programs ;; take advantage of that functionality to accomplish their purpose. ;; ;; The shell's role is to make that functionality accessible to the ;; user in an unformed state. Very roughly, it associates kernel ;; functionality with textual commands, allowing the user to interact ;; with the operating system via linguistic constructs. Process ;; invocation is perhaps the most significant form this takes, using ;; the kernel's `fork' and `exec' functions. ;; ;; Other programs also interact with the functionality of the kernel, ;; but these user applications typically offer a specific range of ;; functionality, and thus are not classed as "shells" proper. ;; (What they lose in quiddity, they gain in rigidity). ;; ;; Emacs is also a user application, but it does make the ;; functionality of the kernel accessible through an interpreted ;; language -- namely, Lisp. For that reason, there is little ;; preventing Emacs from serving the same role as a modern shell. It ;; too can manipulate the kernel in an unpredetermined way to cause ;; system changes. All it's missing is the shell-ish linguistic ;; model. ;; ;; Enter Eshell. Eshell translates "shell-like" syntax into Lisp ;; in order to exercise the kernel in the same manner as typical ;; system shells. There is a fundamental difference here, however, ;; although it may seem subtle at first... ;; ;; Shells like csh and Bourne shell were written several decades ago, ;; in different times, under more restrictive circumstances. This ;; confined perspective shows itself in the paradigm used by nearly ;; all command-line shells since. They are linear in conception, byte ;; stream-based, sequential, and confined to movement within a single ;; host machine. ;; ;; Emacs, on the other hand, is more than just a limited translator ;; that can invoke subprocesses and redirect file handles. It also ;; manages character buffers, windowing frames, network connections, ;; registers, bookmarks, processes, etc. In other words, it's a very ;; multi-dimensional environment, within which eshell emulates a highly ;; linear methodology. ;; ;; Taking a moment, let's look at how this could affect the future of ;; a shell allowed to develop in such a wider field of play: ;; ;; @ There is no reason why directory movement should be linear, and ;; confined to a single file-system. Emacs, through w3 and ange-ftp, ;; has access to the entire Web. Why not allow a user to cd to ;; multiple directories simultaneously, for example? It might make ;; some tasks easier, such as diff'ing files separated by very long ;; pathnames. ;; ;; @ Data sources are available from anywhere Emacs can derive ;; information from: not just from files or the output of other ;; processes. ;; ;; @ Multiple shell invocations all share the same environment -- even ;; the same process list! It would be possible to have "process ;; views", so that one buffer is watching standard output, another ;; standard error, and another the result of standard output grep'd ;; through a regular expression... ;; ;; @ It is not necessary to "leave" the shell, losing all input and ;; output history, environment variables, directory stack, etc. ;; Emacs could save the contents of your eshell environment, and ;; restore all of it (or at least as much as possible) each time you ;; restart. This could occur automatically, without requiring ;; complex initialization scripts. ;; ;; @ Typos occur all of the time; many of them are repeats of common ;; errors, such as 'dri' for `dir'. Since executing non-existent ;; programs is rarely the intention of the user, eshell could prompt ;; for the replacement string, and then record that in a database of ;; known misspellings. (Note: The typo at the beginning of this ;; paragraph wasn't discovered until two months after I wrote the ;; text; it was not intentional). ;; ;; @ Emacs's register and bookmarking facilities can be used for ;; remembering where you've been, and what you've seen -- to varying ;; levels of persistence. They could perhaps even be tied to ;; specific "moments" during eshell execution, which would include ;; the environment at that time, as well as other variables. ;; Although this would require functionality orthogonal to Emacs's ;; own bookmarking facilities, the interface used could be made to ;; operate very similarly. ;; ;; This presents a brief idea of what the fuller dimensionality of an ;; Emacs shell could offer. It's not just the language of a shell ;; that determines how it's used, but also the Weltanschauung ;; underlying its design -- and which is felt behind even the smallest ;; feature. I would hope the freedom provided by using Emacs as a ;; parent environment will invite rich ideas from others. It ;; certainly feels as though all I've done so far is to tie down the ;; horse, so to speak, so that he will run at a man's pace. ;; ;;;_* Influences ;; ;; The author of Eshell has been a long-time user of the following ;; shells, all of which contributed to Eshell's design: ;; ;; @ rc ;; @ bash ;; @ zsh ;; @ sh ;; @ 4nt ;; @ csh ;;; Code: (eval-when-compile (require 'cl-lib)) (require 'esh-util) (require 'esh-module) ;For eshell-using-module (require 'esh-proc) ;For eshell-wait-for-processes (require 'esh-io) ;For eshell-last-command-status (require 'esh-cmd) (defgroup eshell nil "Command shell implemented entirely in Emacs Lisp. It invokes no external processes beyond those requested by the user, and is intended to be a functional replacement for command shells such as bash, zsh, rc, 4dos." :link '(info-link "(eshell)Top") :version "21.1" :group 'applications) ;;;_* User Options ;; ;; The following user options modify the behavior of Eshell overall. (defvar eshell-buffer-name) (defcustom eshell-load-hook nil "A hook run once Eshell has been loaded." :type 'hook :group 'eshell) (defcustom eshell-unload-hook nil "A hook run when Eshell is unloaded from memory." :type 'hook :group 'eshell) (make-obsolete-variable 'eshell-unload-hook nil "30.1") (defcustom eshell-buffer-name "*eshell*" "The basename used for Eshell buffers. This is the default name used when running `eshell'. With a numeric prefix argument to `eshell', the buffer name will be the value of this variable followed by the number. For example, with the numeric prefix argument 2, the buffer would be named \"*eshell*<2>\"." :type 'string :group 'eshell) (defcustom eshell-command-async-buffer 'confirm-new-buffer "What to do when the output buffer is used by another shell command. This option specifies how to resolve the conflict where a new command wants to direct its output to the buffer whose name is stored in `eshell-command-buffer-name-async', but that buffer is already taken by another running shell command. The value `confirm-kill-process' is used to ask for confirmation before killing the already running process and running a new process in the same buffer, `confirm-new-buffer' for confirmation before running the command in a new buffer with a name other than the default buffer name, `new-buffer' for doing the same without confirmation, `confirm-rename-buffer' for confirmation before renaming the existing output buffer and running a new command in the default buffer, `rename-buffer' for doing the same without confirmation." :type '(choice (const :tag "Confirm killing of running command" confirm-kill-process) (const :tag "Confirm creation of a new buffer" confirm-new-buffer) (const :tag "Create a new buffer" new-buffer) (const :tag "Confirm renaming of existing buffer" confirm-rename-buffer) (const :tag "Rename the existing buffer" rename-buffer)) :group 'eshell :version "31.1") ;;;_* Running Eshell ;; ;; There are only three commands used to invoke Eshell. The first two ;; are intended for interactive use, while the third is meant for ;; programmers. They are: ;;;###autoload (defun eshell (&optional arg) "Create an interactive Eshell buffer. Start a new Eshell session, or switch to an already active session. Return the buffer selected (or created). With a nonnumeric prefix arg, create a new session. With a numeric prefix arg (as in `\\[universal-argument] 42 \\[eshell]'), switch to the session with that number, or create it if it doesn't already exist. The buffer name used for Eshell sessions is determined by the value of `eshell-buffer-name', which see. Eshell is a shell-like command interpreter. For more information on Eshell, see Info node `(eshell)Top'." (interactive "P") (cl-assert eshell-buffer-name) (let ((buf (cond ((numberp arg) (get-buffer-create (format "%s<%d>" eshell-buffer-name arg))) (arg (generate-new-buffer eshell-buffer-name)) (t (get-buffer-create eshell-buffer-name))))) (cl-assert (and buf (buffer-live-p buf))) (with-suppressed-warnings ((obsolete display-comint-buffer-action)) (pop-to-buffer buf display-comint-buffer-action)) (unless (derived-mode-p 'eshell-mode) (eshell-mode)) buf)) (declare-function eshell-add-input-to-history "em-hist" (input)) (declare-function eshell--save-history "em-hist" ()) (defun eshell-command-mode-exit () "Exit the `eshell-commad-mode' minibuffer and save Eshell history." (interactive) (when (eshell-using-module 'eshell-hist) (eshell-add-input-to-history (buffer-substring (minibuffer-prompt-end) (point-max))) (eshell--save-history)) (exit-minibuffer)) (define-minor-mode eshell-command-mode "Minor mode for `eshell-command' input. \\{eshell-command-mode-map}" :keymap (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap))) (define-key map [(control ?g)] #'abort-recursive-edit) (define-key map [(control ?m)] #'eshell-command-mode-exit) (define-key map [(control ?j)] #'eshell-command-mode-exit) (define-key map [(meta control ?m)] #'eshell-command-mode-exit) map)) (define-obsolete-function-alias 'eshell-return-exits-minibuffer #'eshell-command-mode "28.1") (defvar eshell-non-interactive-p) ; Defined in esh-mode.el. (declare-function eshell-add-input-to-history "em-hist" (input)) (defun eshell-read-command (&optional prompt) "Read an Eshell command from the minibuffer, prompting with PROMPT." (let ((prompt (or prompt "Emacs shell command: ")) (eshell-non-interactive-p t)) ;; Enable `eshell-mode' only in this minibuffer. (minibuffer-with-setup-hook (lambda () (eshell-mode) (eshell-command-mode +1)) (read-from-minibuffer prompt)))) (defvar eshell-command-buffer-name-async "*Eshell Async Command Output*") (defvar eshell-command-buffer-name-sync "*Eshell Command Output*") ;;;###autoload (defun eshell-command (command &optional output-target error-target) "Execute the Eshell command string COMMAND. If OUTPUT-TARGET is t (interactively, with the prefix argument), write the command's standard output to the current buffer at point. If nil, write the output to a new output buffer. For any other value, output to that Eshell target (see `eshell-get-target'). ERROR-TARGET is similar to OUTPUT-TARGET, except that it controls where to write standard error, and a nil value means to write standard error to the same place as standard output. (To suppress standard error, you can write to the Eshell virtual target \"/dev/null\".) When \"&\" is added at end of command, the command is async and its output appears in a specific buffer. You can customize `eshell-command-async-buffer' to specify what to do when this output buffer is already taken by another running shell command." (interactive (list (eshell-read-command) (not (not current-prefix-arg)))) (save-excursion (let ((stdout (cond ((eq output-target t) (current-buffer)) ((not output-target) t) (t output-target))) (stderr (if (eq error-target t) (current-buffer) error-target)) (buf (set-buffer (generate-new-buffer " *eshell cmd*"))) (eshell-non-interactive-p t)) (eshell-mode) (let* ((proc (eshell-eval-command `(eshell-with-handles (',stdout 'insert ',stderr 'insert) (let ((eshell-current-subjob-p)) ,(eshell-parse-command command))) command)) (async (eq (car-safe proc) :eshell-background)) (bufname (cond ((not (eq stdout t)) nil) (async eshell-command-buffer-name-async) (t eshell-command-buffer-name-sync))) unique) (when bufname (when (buffer-live-p (get-buffer bufname)) (cond ((with-current-buffer bufname (and (null eshell-foreground-command) (null eshell-background-commands))) ;; The old buffer is done executing; kill it so we can ;; take its place. (kill-buffer bufname)) ((eq eshell-command-async-buffer 'confirm-kill-process) (shell-command--same-buffer-confirm "Kill it") (with-current-buffer bufname ;; Stop all the processes in the old buffer (there may ;; be several). (eshell-round-robin-kill)) (kill-buffer bufname)) ((eq eshell-command-async-buffer 'confirm-new-buffer) (shell-command--same-buffer-confirm "Use a new buffer") (setq unique t)) ((eq eshell-command-async-buffer 'new-buffer) (setq unique t)) ((eq eshell-command-async-buffer 'confirm-rename-buffer) (shell-command--same-buffer-confirm "Rename it") (with-current-buffer bufname (rename-uniquely))) ((eq eshell-command-async-buffer 'rename-buffer) (with-current-buffer bufname (rename-uniquely))))) (rename-buffer bufname unique)) ;; things get a little coarse here, since the desire is to ;; make the output as attractive as possible, with no ;; extraneous newlines (unless async (funcall #'eshell-wait-for-processes (cadr eshell-foreground-command)) (cl-assert (not eshell-foreground-command)) (goto-char (point-max)) (while (and (bolp) (not (bobp))) (delete-char -1))) (cl-assert (and buf (buffer-live-p buf))) (unless bufname (let ((len (if async 2 (count-lines (point-min) (point-max))))) (cond ((= len 0) (message "(There was no command output)") (kill-buffer buf)) ((= len 1) (message "%s" (buffer-string)) (kill-buffer buf)) (t (save-selected-window (select-window (display-buffer buf)) (goto-char (point-min)) ;; cause the output buffer to take up as little screen ;; real-estate as possible, if temp buffer resizing is ;; enabled (and (not async) temp-buffer-resize-mode (resize-temp-buffer-window))))))))))) ;;;###autoload (defun eshell-command-result (command &optional status-var) "Execute the given Eshell COMMAND, and return the result. The result might be any Lisp object. If STATUS-VAR is a symbol, it will be set to the exit status of the command. This is the only way to determine whether the value returned corresponding to a successful execution." ;; a null command produces a null, successful result (if (not command) (ignore (if (and status-var (symbolp status-var)) (set status-var 0))) (with-temp-buffer (let ((eshell-non-interactive-p t)) (eshell-mode) (eshell-debug-command-start command) (let ((result (eshell-do-eval (list 'eshell-commands (list 'eshell-command-to-value (eshell-parse-command command))) t))) (cl-assert (eq (car result) 'quote)) (if (and status-var (symbolp status-var)) (set status-var eshell-last-command-status)) (cadr result)))))) (defun eshell-unload-function () (eshell-unload-extension-modules) ;; Wait to unload core modules until after `eshell' has finished ;; unloading. `eshell' depends on several of them, so they can't be ;; unloaded immediately. (run-at-time 0 nil #'eshell-unload-modules (reverse (eshell-subgroups 'eshell)) 'core) nil) (run-hooks 'eshell-load-hook) (provide 'eshell) ;;; eshell.el ends here