"Resync the buffer's idea of the current directory stack.
This command queries the shell with the command bound to
`shell-dirstack-query' (default \"dirs\"), reads the next
-line output and parses it to form the new directory stack.
-DON'T issue this command unless the buffer is at a shell prompt.
-Also, note that if some other subprocess decides to do output
-immediately after the query, its output will be taken as the
-new directory stack -- you lose. If this happens, just do the
-command again."
+line output and parses it to form the new directory stack."
(interactive)
- (let* ((proc (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)))
- (pmark (process-mark proc))
- (started-at-pmark (= (point) (marker-position pmark))))
- (save-excursion
- (goto-char pmark)
- ;; If the process echoes commands, don't insert a fake command in
- ;; the buffer or it will appear twice.
- (unless comint-process-echoes
- (insert shell-dirstack-query) (insert "\n"))
- (sit-for 0) ; force redisplay
- (comint-send-string proc shell-dirstack-query)
- (comint-send-string proc "\n")
- (set-marker pmark (point))
- (let ((pt (point))
- (regexp
- (concat
- (if comint-process-echoes
- ;; Skip command echo if the process echoes
- (concat "\\(" (regexp-quote shell-dirstack-query) "\n\\)")
- "\\(\\)")
- "\\(.+\n\\)")))
- ;; This extra newline prevents the user's pending input from spoofing us.
- (insert "\n") (backward-char 1)
- ;; Wait for one line.
- (while (not (looking-at regexp))
- (accept-process-output proc)
- (goto-char pt)))
- (goto-char pmark) (delete-char 1) ; remove the extra newline
- ;; That's the dirlist. Grab it & parse it.
- (let* ((dls (buffer-substring-no-properties
- (match-beginning 0) (1- (match-end 0))))
- (dlsl nil)
- (pos 0)
- (ds nil))
- ;; Split the dirlist into whitespace and non-whitespace chunks.
- ;; dlsl will be a reversed list of tokens.
- (while (string-match "\\(\\S-+\\|\\s-+\\)" dls pos)
- (push (match-string 1 dls) dlsl)
- (setq pos (match-end 1)))
-
- ;; Prepend trailing entries until they form an existing directory,
- ;; whitespace and all. Discard the next whitespace and repeat.
- (while dlsl
- (let ((newelt "")
- tem1 tem2)
- (while newelt
- ;; We need tem1 because we don't want to prepend
- ;; `comint-file-name-prefix' repeatedly into newelt via tem2.
- (setq tem1 (pop dlsl)
- tem2 (concat comint-file-name-prefix tem1 newelt))
- (cond ((file-directory-p tem2)
- (push tem2 ds)
- (when (string= " " (car dlsl))
- (pop dlsl))
- (setq newelt nil))
- (t
- (setq newelt (concat tem1 newelt)))))))
-
- (with-demoted-errors "Couldn't cd: %s"
- (shell-cd (car ds))
- (setq shell-dirstack (cdr ds)
- shell-last-dir (car shell-dirstack))
- (shell-dirstack-message))))
- (if started-at-pmark (goto-char (marker-position pmark)))))
+ (let* ((dls (car
+ (last
+ (string-lines
+ (string-chop-newline
+ (shell-eval-command (concat shell-dirstack-query "\n")))))))
+ (dlsl nil)
+ (pos 0)
+ (ds nil))
+ ;; Split the dirlist into whitespace and non-whitespace chunks.
+ ;; dlsl will be a reversed list of tokens.
+ (while (string-match "\\(\\S-+\\|\\s-+\\)" dls pos)
+ (push (match-string 1 dls) dlsl)
+ (setq pos (match-end 1)))
+
+ ;; Prepend trailing entries until they form an existing directory,
+ ;; whitespace and all. Discard the next whitespace and repeat.
+ (while dlsl
+ (let ((newelt "")
+ tem1 tem2)
+ (while newelt
+ ;; We need tem1 because we don't want to prepend
+ ;; `comint-file-name-prefix' repeatedly into newelt via tem2.
+ (setq tem1 (pop dlsl)
+ tem2 (concat comint-file-name-prefix tem1 newelt))
+ (cond ((file-directory-p tem2)
+ (push tem2 ds)
+ (when (string= " " (car dlsl))
+ (pop dlsl))
+ (setq newelt nil))
+ (t
+ (setq newelt (concat tem1 newelt)))))))
+
+ (with-demoted-errors "Couldn't cd: %s"
+ (shell-cd (car ds))
+ (setq shell-dirstack (cdr ds)
+ shell-last-dir (car shell-dirstack))
+ (shell-dirstack-message))))
;; For your typing convenience:
(defalias 'dirs 'shell-resync-dirs)
(point-max)
(shell--prompt-begin-position))))))
+(defun shell-eval-command (command)
+ "Eval COMMAND in the current shell process and return the result."
+ (let* ((proc (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)))
+ (old-filter (process-filter proc))
+ (result "")
+ prev)
+ (unwind-protect
+ (progn
+ (set-process-filter
+ proc
+ (lambda (_proc string)
+ (setq result (concat result string))))
+ (process-send-string proc command)
+ ;; Wait until we get a prompt (which will be a line without
+ ;; a newline). This is far from fool-proof -- if something
+ ;; outputs incomplete data and then sleeps, we'll think
+ ;; we've received the prompt.
+ (while (not (let* ((lines (string-lines result))
+ (last (car (last lines))))
+ (and (length> lines 0)
+ (not (equal last ""))
+ (or (not prev)
+ (not (equal last prev)))
+ (setq prev last))))
+ (accept-process-output proc 0 100)))
+ ;; Restore old filter.
+ (set-process-filter proc old-filter))
+ ;; Remove the prompt.
+ (replace-regexp-in-string "\n.*\\'" "\n" result)))
+
(provide 'shell)
;;; shell.el ends here