;; Fixme: This should use mailcap.
(defcustom dired-view-command-alist
- '(("[.]\\(ps\\|ps_pages\\|eps\\)\\'" . "gv -spartan -color -watch %s")
- ("[.]pdf\\'" . "xpdf %s")
- ("[.]\\(jpe?g\\|gif\\|png\\)\\'" . "eog %s")
- ("[.]dvi\\'" . "xdvi -sidemargin 0.5 -topmargin 1 %s"))
+ '(("\\.\\(ps\\|ps_pages\\|eps\\)\\'" . "gv %s")
+ ("\\.pdf\\'" . "xpdf %s")
+ ;; ("\\.pod\\'" . "perldoc %s")
+ ("\\.\\(jpe?g\\|gif\\|png\\)\\'" . "eog %s")
+ ("\\.dvi\\'" . "xdvi %s"))
"Alist specifying how to view special types of files.
Each element has the form (REGEXP . SHELL-COMMAND).
When the file name matches REGEXP, `dired-view-file'
(dired-insert-directory dir dired-actual-switches
file-list (not file-list) t)))))
+(defun dired-align-file (beg end)
+ "Align the fields of a file to the ones of surrounding lines.
+BEG..END is the line where the file info is located."
+ ;; Some versions of ls try to adjust the size of each field so as to just
+ ;; hold the largest element ("largest" in the current invocation, of
+ ;; course). So when a single line is output, the size of each field is
+ ;; just big enough for that one output. Thus when dired refreshes one
+ ;; line, the alignment if this line w.r.t the rest is messed up because
+ ;; the fields of that one line will generally be smaller.
+ ;;
+ ;; To work around this problem, we here add spaces to try and re-align the
+ ;; fields as needed. Since this is purely aesthetic, it is of utmost
+ ;; importance that it doesn't mess up anything like
+ ;; `dired-move-to-filename'. To this end, we limit ourselves to adding
+ ;; spaces only, and to only add them at places where there was already at
+ ;; least one space. This way, as long as `dired-move-to-filename-regexp'
+ ;; always matches spaces with "*" or "+", we know we haven't made anything
+ ;; worse. There is one spot where the exact number of spaces is
+ ;; important, which is just before the actual filename, so we refrain from
+ ;; adding spaces there (and within the filename as well, of course).
+ (save-excursion
+ (let (file file-col other other-col)
+ ;; Check the there is indeed a file, and that there is anoter adjacent
+ ;; file with which to align, and that additional spaces are needed to
+ ;; align the filenames.
+ (when (and (setq file (progn (goto-char beg)
+ (dired-move-to-filename nil end)))
+ (setq file-col (current-column))
+ (setq other
+ (or (and (goto-char beg)
+ (zerop (forward-line -1))
+ (dired-move-to-filename))
+ (and (goto-char beg)
+ (zerop (forward-line 1))
+ (dired-move-to-filename))))
+ (setq other-col (current-column))
+ (/= file other)
+ ;; Make sure there is some work left to do.
+ (> other-col file-col))
+ ;; If we've only looked at the line above, check to see if the line
+ ;; below exists as well and if so, align with the shorter one.
+ (when (and (< other file)
+ (goto-char beg)
+ (zerop (forward-line 1))
+ (dired-move-to-filename))
+ (let ((alt-col (current-column)))
+ (when (< alt-col other-col)
+ (setq other-col alt-col)
+ (setq other (point)))))
+ ;; Keep positions uptodate when we insert stuff.
+ (if (> other file) (setq other (copy-marker other)))
+ (setq file (copy-marker file))
+ ;; Main loop.
+ (goto-char beg)
+ (while (and (> other-col file-col)
+ (skip-chars-forward "^ ")
+ ;; Skip the spaces, and make sure there's at least one.
+ (> (skip-chars-forward " ") 0)
+ ;; Don't touch anything just before (and after) the
+ ;; beginning of the filename.
+ (> file (point)))
+ ;; We're now just in front of a field, with a space behind us.
+ (let* ((curcol (current-column))
+ ;; Nums are right-aligned.
+ (num-align (looking-at "[0-9]"))
+ ;; Let's look at the other line, in the same column: we
+ ;; should be either near the end of the previous field, or
+ ;; in the space between that field and the next.
+ ;; [ Of course, it's also possible that we're already within
+ ;; the next field or even past it, but that's unlikely since
+ ;; other-col > file-col. ]
+ ;; Let's find the distance to the alignment-point (either
+ ;; the beginning or the end of the next field, depending on
+ ;; whether this field is left or right aligned).
+ (align-pt-offset
+ (save-excursion
+ (goto-char other)
+ (move-to-column curcol)
+ (when (looking-at
+ (concat
+ (if (eq (char-before) ?\ ) " *" "[^ ]* *")
+ (if num-align "[0-9][^ ]*")))
+ (- (match-end 0) (match-beginning 0)))))
+ ;; Now, the number of spaces to insert is align-pt-offset
+ ;; minus the distance to the equivalent point on the
+ ;; current line.
+ (spaces
+ (if (not num-align)
+ align-pt-offset
+ (and align-pt-offset
+ (save-excursion
+ (skip-chars-forward "^ ")
+ (- align-pt-offset (- (current-column) curcol)))))))
+ (when (and spaces (> spaces 0))
+ (setq file-col (+ spaces file-col))
+ (if (> file-col other-col)
+ (setq spaces (- spaces (- file-col other-col))))
+ (insert-char ?\s spaces)
+ ;; Let's just make really sure we did not mess up.
+ (unless (save-excursion
+ (equal (dired-move-to-filename) (marker-position file)))
+ ;; Damn! We messed up: let's revert the change.
+ (delete-char (- spaces))))))
+ (set-marker file nil)))))
+
+
(defun dired-insert-directory (dir switches &optional file-list wildcard hdr)
"Insert a directory listing of DIR, Dired style.
Use SWITCHES to make the listings.
;; with the new value of dired-move-to-filename-regexp.
(if file-list
(dolist (f file-list)
- (insert-directory f switches nil nil))
+ (let ((beg (point)))
+ (insert-directory f switches nil nil)
+ ;; Re-align fields, if necessary.
+ (dired-align-file beg (point))))
(insert-directory dir switches wildcard (not wildcard)))
;; Quote certain characters, unless ls quoted them for us.
(if (not (string-match "b" dired-actual-switches))
;; Move to first char of filename on this line.
;; Returns position (point) or nil if no filename on this line."
(defun dired-move-to-filename (&optional raise-error eol)
+ "Move to the beginning of the filename on the current line.
+Return the position of the beginning of the filename, or nil if none found."
;; This is the UNIX version.
(or eol (setq eol (line-end-position)))
(beginning-of-line)
(or no-error (error "No file on this line"))))
;; Move point to end of name:
(if symlink
- (if (search-forward " ->" eol t)
+ (if (search-forward " -> " eol t)
(progn
- (forward-char -3)
+ (forward-char -4)
(and used-F
dired-ls-F-marks-symlinks
(eq (preceding-char) ?@) ;; did ls really mark the link?
;; As a side effect, killed dired buffers for DIR are removed from
;; dired-buffers.
(setq dir (file-name-as-directory dir))
- (let ((alist dired-buffers) result elt buf pattern)
+ (let ((alist dired-buffers) result elt buf)
(while alist
(setq elt (car alist)
buf (cdr elt))