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authorRichard M. Stallman2002-07-20 21:54:53 +0000
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1;;; warnings.el --- log and display warnings
2
3;; Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
5;; Maintainer: FSF
6;; Keywords: internal
7
8;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
9
10;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
11;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
12;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
13;; any later version.
14
15;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
16;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
17;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
18;; GNU General Public License for more details.
19
20;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
21;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
22;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
23;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
24
25;;; Commentary:
26
27;; This file implements the entry points `warn', `lwarn'
28;; and `display-warnings'.
29
30;;; Code:
31
32(defvar warning-levels
33 '((:emergency "Emergency: " ding)
34 (:error "Error: ")
35 (:warning "Warning: ")
36 (:debug "Debug: "))
37 "List of severity level definitions for `define-warnings'.
38Each element looks like (LEVEL STRING FUNCTION) and
39defines LEVEL as a severity level. STRING is the description
40to use in the buffer, and FUNCTION (which may be omitted)
41if non-nil is a function to call with no arguments
42to get the user's attention.
43
44:debug level is ignored by default (see `warning-minimum-level').")
45(put 'warning-levels 'risky-local-variable t)
46
47;; These are for compatibility with XEmacs.
48;; I don't think there is any chance of finding meaningful distinctions
49;; to distinguish so many levels.
50(defvar warning-level-aliases
51 '((emergency . :emergency)
52 (error . :error)
53 (warning . :warning)
54 (notice . :warning)
55 (info . :warning)
56 (critical . :emergency)
57 (alarm . :emergency))
58 "Alist of aliases for severity levels for `display-warning'.
59Each element looks like (ALIAS . LEVEL) and defines
60ALIAS as equivalent to LEVEL.")
61
62(defcustom warning-minimum-level :warning
63 "Minimum severity level for displaying the warning buffer.
64If a warning's severity level is lower than this,
65the warning is logged in the warnings buffer, but the buffer
66is not immediately displayed. See also `warning-minimum-log-level'."
67 :group 'warnings
68 :type '(choice (const :emergency) (const :error) (const :warning))
69 :version "21.4")
70(defvaralias 'display-warning-minimum-level 'warning-minimum-level)
71
72(defcustom warning-minimum-log-level :warning
73 "Minimum severity level for logging a warning.
74If a warning severity level is lower than this,
75the warning is completely ignored."
76 :group 'warnings
77 :type '(choice (const :emergency) (const :error) (const :warning))
78 :version "21.4")
79(defvaralias 'log-warning-minimum-level 'warning-minimum-log-level)
80
81(defcustom warning-suppress-log nil
82 "List of warning types that should not be logged.
83If any element of this list matches the GROUP argument to `display-warning',
84the warning is completely ignored.
85The element must match the first elements of GROUP.
86Thus, (foo bar) as an element matches (foo bar)
87or (foo bar ANYTHING...) as GROUP.
88If GROUP is a symbol FOO, that is equivalent to the list (FOO)
89so only the element (FOO) will match it."
90 :group 'warnings
91 :type '(repeat (repeat symbol))
92 :version "21.4")
93
94(defcustom warning-suppress nil
95 "Custom groups for warnings not to display immediately.
96If any element of this list matches the GROUP argument to `display-warning',
97the warning is logged nonetheless, but the warnings buffer is
98not immediately displayed.
99The element must match an initial segment of the list GROUP.
100Thus, (foo bar) as an element matches (foo bar)
101or (foo bar ANYTHING...) as GROUP.
102If GROUP is a symbol FOO, that is equivalent to the list (FOO),
103so only the element (FOO) will match it.
104See also `warning-suppress-log'."
105 :group 'warnings
106 :type '(repeat (repeat symbol))
107 :version "21.4")
108
109(defvar warning-prefix-function nil
110 "Function to generate warning prefixes.
111This function, if non-nil, is called with two arguments,
112the severity level and its entry in `warning-levels',
113and should return the entry that should actually be used.
114The warnings buffer is current when this function is called
115and the function can insert text in it. This text becomes
116the beginning of the warning.")
117
118(defun warning-numeric-level (level)
119 "Return a numeric measure of the warning severity level LEVEL."
120 (let* ((elt (assq level warning-levels))
121 (link (memq elt warning-levels)))
122 (length link)))
123
124(defvar warning-series nil
125 "Non-nil means treat multiple `display-warning' calls as a series.
126An integer is a position in the warnings buffer
127which is the start of the current series.
128t means the next warning begins a series (and stores an integer here).
129A symbol with a function definition is like t, except
130also call that function before the next warning.")
131(put 'warning-series 'risky-local-variable t)
132
133(defvar warning-fill-prefix nil
134 "Non-nil means fill each warning text using this string as `fill-prefix'.")
135
136(defun warning-suppress-p (group suppress-list)
137 "Non-nil if a warning with group GROUP should be suppressed.
138SUPPRESS-LIST is the list of kinds of warnings to suppress."
139 (let (some-match)
140 (dolist (elt suppress-list)
141 (if (symbolp group)
142 ;; If GROUP is a symbol, the ELT must be (GROUP).
143 (if (and (consp elt)
144 (eq (car elt) group)
145 (null (cdr elt)))
146 (setq some-match t))
147 ;; If GROUP is a list, ELT must match it or some initial segment of it.
148 (let ((tem1 group)
149 (tem2 elt)
150 (match t))
151 ;; Check elements of ELT until we run out of them.
152 (while tem2
153 (if (not (equal (car tem1) (car tem2)))
154 (setq match nil))
155 (setq tem1 (cdr tem1)
156 tem2 (cdr tem2)))
157 ;; If ELT is an initial segment of GROUP, MATCH is t now.
158 ;; So set SOME-MATCH.
159 (if match
160 (setq some-match t)))))
161 ;; If some element of SUPPRESS-LIST matched,
162 ;; we return t.
163 some-match))
164
165(defun display-warning (group message &optional level buffer-name)
166 "Display a warning message, MESSAGE.
167GROUP should be a custom group name (a symbol).
168or else a list of symbols whose first element is a custom group name.
169\(The rest of the symbols represent subcategories, for warning purposes
170only, and you can use whatever symbols you like.)
171
172LEVEL should be either :warning, :error, or :emergency.
173:emergency -- a problem that will seriously impair Emacs operation soon
174 if you do not attend to it promptly.
175:error -- data or circumstances that are inherently wrong.
176:warning -- data or circumstances that are not inherently wrong,
177 but raise suspicion of a possible problem.
178:debug -- info for debugging only.
179
180BUFFER-NAME, if specified, is the name of the buffer for logging the
181warning. By default, it is `*Warnings*'.
182
183See the `warnings' custom group for user customization features.
184
185See also `warning-series', `warning-prefix-function' and
186`warning-fill-prefix' for additional programming features."
187 (unless level
188 (setq level :warning))
189 (if (assq level warning-level-aliases)
190 (setq level (cdr (assq level warning-level-aliases))))
191 (or (< (warning-numeric-level level)
192 (warning-numeric-level warning-minimum-log-level))
193 (warning-suppress-p group warning-suppress-log)
194 (let* ((groupname (if (consp group) (car group) group))
195 (buffer (get-buffer-create (or buffer-name "*Warnings*")))
196 (level-info (assq level warning-levels))
197 start end)
198 (with-current-buffer buffer
199 (goto-char (point-max))
200 (when (and warning-series (symbolp warning-series))
201 (setq warning-series
202 (prog1 (point)
203 (unless (eq warning-series t)
204 (funcall warning-series)))))
205 (unless (bolp)
206 (newline))
207 (setq start (point))
208 (if warning-prefix-function
209 (setq level-info (funcall warning-prefix-function
210 level level-info)))
211 (insert (nth 1 level-info) message)
212 (newline)
213 (when (and warning-fill-prefix (not (string-match "\n" message)))
214 (let ((fill-prefix warning-fill-prefix)
215 (fill-column 78))
216 (fill-region start (point))))
217 (setq end (point))
218 (when warning-series
219 (goto-char warning-series)))
220 (if (nth 2 level-info)
221 (funcall (nth 2 level-info)))
222 (if noninteractive
223 ;; Noninteractively, take the text we inserted
224 ;; in the warnings buffer and print it.
225 ;; Do this unconditionally, since there is no way
226 ;; to view logged messages unless we output them.
227 (with-current-buffer buffer
228 (message "%s" (buffer-substring start end)))
229 ;; Interactively, decide whether the warning merits
230 ;; immediate display.
231 (or (< (warning-numeric-level level)
232 (warning-numeric-level warning-minimum-level))
233 (warning-suppress-p group warning-suppress)
234 (let ((window (display-buffer buffer)))
235 (when warning-series
236 (set-window-start window warning-series))
237 (sit-for 0)))))))
238
239(defun lwarn (group level message &rest args)
240 "Display a warning message made from (format MESSAGE ARGS...).
241Aside from generating the message with `format',
242this is equivalent to `display-message'.
243
244GROUP should be a custom group name (a symbol).
245or else a list of symbols whose first element is a custom group name.
246\(The rest of the symbols represent subcategories and
247can be whatever you like.)
248
249LEVEL should be either :warning, :error, or :emergency.
250:emergency -- a problem that will seriously impair Emacs operation soon
251 if you do not attend to it promptly.
252:error -- invalid data or circumstances.
253:warning -- suspicious data or circumstances."
254 (display-warning group (apply 'format message args) level))
255
256(defun warn (message &rest args)
257 "Display a warning message made from (format MESSAGE ARGS...).
258Aside from generating the message with `format',
259this is equivalent to `display-message', using
260`emacs' as the group and `:warning' as the level."
261 (display-warning 'emacs (apply 'format message args)))
262
263;;; warnings.el ends here