;;; eshell.el --- the Emacs command shell -*- lexical-binding:t -*- ;; Copyright (C) 1999-2021 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-process (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) (defun eshell-add-to-window-buffer-names () "Add `eshell-buffer-name' to `same-window-buffer-names'." (declare (obsolete nil "24.3")) (add-to-list 'same-window-buffer-names eshell-buffer-name)) (defun eshell-remove-from-window-buffer-names () "Remove `eshell-buffer-name' from `same-window-buffer-names'." (declare (obsolete nil "24.3")) (setq same-window-buffer-names (delete eshell-buffer-name same-window-buffer-names))) (defcustom eshell-load-hook nil "A hook run once Eshell has been loaded." :type 'hook :group 'eshell) (defcustom eshell-unload-hook '(eshell-unload-all-modules) "A hook run when Eshell is unloaded from memory." :type 'hook :group 'eshell) (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) ;;;_* 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 `C-u 42 M-x eshell RET'), 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))) (pop-to-buffer-same-window buf) (unless (derived-mode-p 'eshell-mode) (eshell-mode)) buf)) (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)] 'exit-minibuffer) (define-key map [(control ?j)] 'exit-minibuffer) (define-key map [(meta control ?m)] 'exit-minibuffer) map)) (define-obsolete-function-alias 'eshell-return-exits-minibuffer #'eshell-command-mode "28.1") (defvar eshell-non-interactive-p nil "A variable which is non-nil when Eshell is not running interactively. Modules should use this variable so that they don't clutter non-interactive sessions, such as when using `eshell-command'.") (declare-function eshell-add-input-to-history "em-hist" (input)) ;;;###autoload (defun eshell-command (&optional command arg) "Execute the Eshell command string COMMAND. With prefix ARG, insert output into the current buffer at point." (interactive) (unless arg (setq arg current-prefix-arg)) (let ((eshell-non-interactive-p t)) ;; Enable `eshell-mode' only in this minibuffer. (minibuffer-with-setup-hook #'(lambda () (eshell-mode) (eshell-command-mode +1)) (unless command (setq command (read-from-minibuffer "Emacs shell command: ")) (if (eshell-using-module 'eshell-hist) (eshell-add-input-to-history command))))) (unless command (error "No command specified!")) ;; redirection into the current buffer is achieved by adding an ;; output redirection to the end of the command, of the form ;; 'COMMAND >>> #'. This will not interfere with ;; other redirections, since multiple redirections merely cause the ;; output to be copied to multiple target locations (if arg (setq command (concat command (format " >>> #" (buffer-name (current-buffer)))))) (save-excursion (let ((buf (set-buffer (generate-new-buffer " *eshell cmd*"))) (eshell-non-interactive-p t)) (eshell-mode) (let* ((proc (eshell-eval-command (list 'eshell-commands (eshell-parse-command command)))) intr (bufname (if (and proc (listp proc)) "*Eshell Async Command Output*" (setq intr t) "*Eshell Command Output*"))) (if (buffer-live-p (get-buffer bufname)) (kill-buffer bufname)) (rename-buffer bufname) ;; things get a little coarse here, since the desire is to ;; make the output as attractive as possible, with no ;; extraneous newlines (when intr (if (eshell-interactive-process) (eshell-wait-for-process (eshell-interactive-process))) (cl-assert (not (eshell-interactive-process))) (goto-char (point-max)) (while (and (bolp) (not (bobp))) (delete-char -1))) (cl-assert (and buf (buffer-live-p buf))) (unless arg (let ((len (if (not intr) 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 intr 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) (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)))))) ;;; Code: (defun eshell-unload-all-modules () "Unload all modules that were loaded by Eshell, if possible. If the user has require'd in any of the modules, or customized a variable with a :require tag (such as `eshell-prefer-to-shell'), it will be impossible to unload Eshell completely without restarting Emacs." ;; if the user set `eshell-prefer-to-shell' to t, but never loaded ;; Eshell, then `eshell-subgroups' will be unbound (when (fboundp 'eshell-subgroups) (dolist (module (eshell-subgroups 'eshell)) ;; this really only unloads as many modules as possible, ;; since other `require' references (such as by customizing ;; `eshell-prefer-to-shell' to a non-nil value) might make it ;; impossible to unload Eshell completely (if (featurep module) (ignore-errors (message "Unloading %s..." (symbol-name module)) (unload-feature module) (message "Unloading %s...done" (symbol-name module))))) (message "Unloading eshell...done"))) (run-hooks 'eshell-load-hook) (provide 'eshell) ;;; eshell.el ends here