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Re: [Orgmode] Using Org for browsing and managing buffers


From: Livin Stephen Sharma
Subject: Re: [Orgmode] Using Org for browsing and managing buffers
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:41:43 +0530

Am I the only one encountering:
org-buffers-list: Invalid function: org-buffers-state-get


I do see many people are using this successfully
:)

Livin Stephen



On Apr 09, 2010, at 06:47:20 , Dan Davison wrote:

I've been working on an Org tool to browse Emacs buffers. Emacs has the
function list-buffers (C-x C-b), where you can view a list of buffers,
delete buffers, etc. This is intended to be a replacement for
list-buffers, implemented in Org-mode.

The code is attached, and there's a git repo at
http://github.com/dandavison/org-buffers

After putting the code in your load-path and doing
(require 'org-buffers), use the function `org-buffers-list' to create
the listing buffer. This is a read-only Org-mode buffer populated with
links to open buffers. Information is stored for each buffer using
properties. By default, the buffers are grouped by major mode. Here's a
screenshot.

http://www.princeton.edu/~ddavison/org-buffers/by-major-mode.png

The buffer has some special key-bindings:

?Show all keybindings
gUpdate buffer (prefix arg does hard reset)
bSelect a different property to group by
RETfollow link to buffer on this line
dMark buffer for deletion
uRemove mark
xDelete marked buffers
oLike RET (see variable org-buffers-follow-link-method)
.Like RET but switch to buffer in same window
htoggle between headings and plain entries for buffers
ptoggle in-buffer properties on/off
cSwitch to column-view

If there's an active region, d and u operate on all buffers in the
region.

Some variables that can be configured:
- org-buffers-buffer-properties
- org-buffers-excluded-modes
- org-buffers-excluded-buffers
- org-buffers-follow-link-method
- org-buffers-mode-hook
- org-buffers-buffer-name

Some possible extensions:
- Browse recent files using recentf
- Allow several buffers to be marked for side-by-side display
- Maintain folding configuration across buffer updates
- Make faster

As always, any feedback, suggestions and patches will be very welcome!

Dan

p.s. The column-view mode works for following links, but does need
further attention.

;;; org-buffers.el --- An Org-mode tool for buffer management

;; Copyright (C) 2010  Dan Davison

;; Author: Dan Davison <dandavison0 at gmail dot com>
;; Keywords: outlines, hypermedia, calendar, wp
;; Homepage: http://orgmode.org

;;; License:

;; This program 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, or (at your option)
;; any later version.
;;
;; This program 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; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

;;; Commentary:

;;; Code:

(require 'org)
(require 'cl)

;;; Variables
(defvar org-buffers-buffer-name
 "*Buffers*"
 "Name of buffer in which buffer list is displayed")

(defvar org-buffers-state
 '((:by . "major-mode") (:atom . heading) (:properties . nil))
 "Association list specifiying the current state of org-buffers.")

(defvar org-buffers-follow-link-method 'org-open-at-point
 "Method used to follow link with RET. Must be one of

'org-open-at-point :: use `org-open-at-point' to follow link.
'current-window    :: use switch-to-buffer
'other-window      :: use switch-to-buffer-other-window

Setting this variable to 'current-window makes the behaviour more
consistent with that of `Buffer-menu-mode' and `dired-mode'")

(defvar org-buffers-buffer-properties
 '(("buffer-name" . (buffer-name))
   ("major-mode" . (let ((mode (symbol-name major-mode)))
     (if (string-match "-mode$" mode)
 (replace-match "" nil t mode) mode)))
   ("buffer-file-name" . (buffer-file-name))
   ("default-directory" . default-directory)
   ("buffer-modified-p" . (format "%s" (buffer-modified-p))))
 "Association list specifying properties to be stored for each
buffer. The car of each element is the name of the property, and
the cdr is an _expression_ which, when evaluated in the buffer,
yields the property value.")

(defcustom org-buffers-excluded-buffers
 `("*Completions*" ,org-buffers-buffer-name)
 "List of names of buffers that should not be listed by
 org-buffers-list."
 :group 'org-buffers)

(defcustom org-buffers-excluded-modes nil
 "List of names of major-modes (strings) that should not be listed
 by org-buffers-list."
 :group 'org-buffers)

;;; Mode
(defvar org-buffers-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap))

(defvar org-buffers-mode-hook nil
 "Hook for functions to be called after buffer listing is
 created. Note that the buffer is read-only, so if the hook
 function is to modify the buffer it should use a let binding to
 temporarily bind buffer-read-only to nil.")

(define-minor-mode org-buffers-mode
 "An Org-mode tool for buffer management.
\\{org-buffers-mode-map}"
 nil " buffers" nil
 (org-set-local 'org-tag-alist '(("delete" . ?d)))
 (org-set-local'org-tags-column -50)
 (org-set-local 'org-columns-default-format "%25buffer-name(Buffer) %25major-mode(Mode) %25default-directory(Dir) %5buffer-modified-p(Modified)")
 (add-hook 'kill-buffer-hook 'org-buffers-reset-state nil 'local))

(defun org-buffers-help ()
 (interactive)
 (describe-function 'org-buffers-mode))

;;; Keys
(define-key org-buffers-mode-map [(return)] 'org-buffers-follow-link)
(define-key org-buffers-mode-map "b" 'org-buffers-list:by)
(define-key org-buffers-mode-map "c" 'org-buffers-columns-view)
(define-key org-buffers-mode-map "d" 'org-buffers-tag-for-deletion)
(define-key org-buffers-mode-map "g" 'org-buffers-list:refresh)
(define-key org-buffers-mode-map "." 'org-buffers-switch-to-buffer)
(define-key org-buffers-mode-map "h" 'org-buffers-toggle-headings)
(define-key org-buffers-mode-map "o" 'org-buffers-switch-to-buffer-other-window)
(define-key org-buffers-mode-map "p" 'org-buffers-toggle-properties)
(define-key org-buffers-mode-map "u" 'org-buffers-remove-tags)
(define-key org-buffers-mode-map "x" 'org-buffers-execute-pending-operations)
(define-key org-buffers-mode-map "?" 'org-buffers-help)
;;; Listing and view cycling

(defun org-buffers-list (&optional refresh frame)
 "Create an Org-mode listing of Emacs buffers.
By default, buffers are grouped by major mode. Optional
argument FRAME specifies the frame whose buffers should be
listed."
 (interactive)
 (pop-to-buffer
  (or
   (and (not refresh) (get-buffer org-buffers-buffer-name))
   (let ((org-buffers-p (equal (buffer-name) org-buffers-buffer-name))
 (by (or (org-buffers-state-get :by) "major-mode"))
 (atom (org-buffers-state-get :atom)) target)
     (when org-buffers-p
(if (and (org-before-first-heading-p) (not (org-on-heading-p)))
   (outline-next-heading))
(setq target
     (condition-case nil (org-make-org-heading-search-string) (error nil))))
     (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create org-buffers-buffer-name)
(setq buffer-read-only nil)
(erase-buffer)
(org-mode)
(dolist
   (buffer
    (sort (remove-if 'org-buffers-exclude-p
     (mapcar 'buffer-name (buffer-list frame))) 'string<))
 (org-insert-heading t)
 (insert
  (org-make-link-string (concat "buffer:" buffer) buffer) "\n")
 (dolist (pair (org-buffers-get-buffer-props buffer))
   (org-set-property (car pair) (cdr pair))))
(org-buffers-set-state '((:atom . heading)))
(goto-char (point-min))
(unless (equal by "NONE") (org-buffers-group-by by))
(if target (condition-case nil (org-link-search target) (error nil)))
(beginning-of-line)
(if (equal by "NONE")
   (org-overview)
 (case atom
   ('heading (progn (org-overview) (org-content)))
   ('line (progn (show-all) (org-buffers-toggle-headings)))))
(save-excursion
 (mark-whole-buffer)
 (indent-region (point-min) (point-max)))
(org-buffers-mode)
(setq buffer-read-only t)
(current-buffer))))))

(defun org-buffers-list:refresh (&optional arg)
 "Refresh org-buffers listing."
 (interactive "P")
 (if arg (org-buffers-reset-state))
 (org-buffers-list 'refresh))

(defun org-buffers-list:by (&optional prop)
 "Group buffers according to value of property PROP."
 (interactive)
 (let ((buffer-read-only nil)
(headings-p (org-buffers-state-eq :atom 'heading)))
   (unless (org-buffers-state-get :properties)
     (org-buffers-toggle-properties))
   (org-buffers-set-state
    `((:by .
   ,(or prop
(org-completing-read
 "Property to group by: "
 (cons "NONE" (mapcar 'car org-buffers-buffer-properties)))))))
   (org-buffers-list 'refresh)
   (unless headings-p (org-buffers-toggle-headings))))

(defun org-buffers-toggle-properties ()
 "Toggle entry properties in org-buffers listing buffer.
Removing properties may provide a less cluttered appearance for
browsing. However, in-buffer properties will be restored during
certain operations, such as `org-buffers-list:by'."
 (interactive)
 (if (org-buffers-state-get :properties)
     (progn (org-buffers-delete-properties)
    (show-all)
    (org-buffers-set-state '((:properties . nil))))
   (org-buffers-set-state
    '((:atom . heading) (:properties . t)))
   (org-buffers-list 'refresh)))

(defun org-buffers-toggle-headings ()
 "Toggle viewing of buffers as org headings.
Headings will be automatically restored during certain
operations, such as setting deletion tags."
 (interactive)
 (let ((buffer-read-only nil)
(headings-p (org-buffers-state-eq :atom 'heading))
(flat-p (org-buffers-state-eq :by "NONE")))
   (if (and headings-p (org-buffers-state-get :properties))
(org-buffers-toggle-properties))
   (save-excursion
     (goto-char (point-min))
     (if (and (or headings-p (not flat-p))
      (not (outline-on-heading-p)))
 (outline-next-heading))
     (if flat-p
 (progn
   (push-mark (point) 'nomsg 'activate)
   (end-of-buffer)
   (org-ctrl-c-star)
   (pop-mark))
(while (not (eobp))
 (push-mark
  (save-excursion (forward-line 1) (point)) 'nomsg 'activate)
 (org-forward-same-level 1)
 (org-ctrl-c-star)
 (pop-mark)))
     (mark-whole-buffer)
     (indent-region (point-min) (point-max)))
   (org-buffers-set-state
    `((:atom . ,(if headings-p 'line 'heading))))))

(defun org-buffers-delete-properties ()
 (let ((buffer-read-only nil))
   (save-excursion
     (goto-char (point-min))
     (org-buffers-delete-regions
      (nreverse
(org-buffers-map-entries 'org-buffers-get-property-block))))))

(defun org-buffers-get-property-block ()
 "Return the (beg . end) range of the property drawer.
Unlike the org version the limits include the keywords delimiting
the drawer."
 (let ((beg (point))
(end (progn (outline-next-heading) (point))))
   (goto-char beg)
   (if (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
(cons (match-beginning 1) (match-end 0)))))

(defun org-buffers-group-by (property)
 "Group top level headings according to the value of PROPERTY."
 (let ((atom (org-buffers-state-get :atom)))
   (save-excursion
     (goto-char (point-min))
     (mapc (lambda (subtree) ;; Create subtree for each value of `property'
     (org-insert-heading t)
     (if (> (org-buffers-outline-level) 1)
 (org-promote))
     (insert (car subtree) "\n")
     (org-insert-subheading t)
     (mapc 'org-buffers-insert-parsed-entry (cdr subtree)))
   (prog1
(mapcar (lambda (val) ;; Form list of parsed entries for each unique value of `property'
 (cons val (org-buffers-parse-selected-entries property val)))
(sort
(delete-dups (org-buffers-map-entries (lambda () (org-entry-get nil property nil))))
'string<))
     (erase-buffer))))))

(defun org-buffers-exclude-p (buffer)
 "Return non-nil if BUFFER should not be listed."
 (or (member (with-current-buffer buffer major-mode)
     org-buffers-excluded-modes)
     (member buffer org-buffers-excluded-buffers)
     (string= (substring buffer 0 1) " ")))

(defun org-buffers-reset-state ()
 (org-buffers-set-state
  '((:by . "major-mode") (:atom . heading) (:properties . nil))))

(defun org-buffers-columns-view ()
 "View buffers in Org-mode columns view.
This is currently experimental. RET can be used to follow links
in the first column, but certain other org-buffers keys conflict
with column-view or otherwise do not work correctly."
 (interactive)
 (let ((by (org-buffers-state-get :by))
(buffer-read-only nil))
   (unless (equal by "NONE") (org-buffers-list:by "NONE"))
   (unless (org-buffers-state-get :properties)
     (org-buffers-toggle-properties))
   (unless (equal by "NONE")
     (goto-char (point-min))
     (org-sort-entries-or-items nil ?r nil nil by)
     (org-overview))
   (mark-whole-buffer)
   (org-columns)))

;;; Parsing and inserting entries
(defun org-buffers-parse-selected-entries (prop val)
 "Parse all entries with property PROP value VAL."
 (delq nil
(org-buffers-map-entries
(lambda () (when (equal (org-entry-get nil prop) val)
     (cons (org-get-heading) (org-get-entry)))))))

(defun org-buffers-insert-parsed-entry (entry)
 "Insert a parsed entry"
 (unless (org-at-heading-p) (org-insert-heading))
 (insert (car entry) "\n")
 (if (org-buffers-state-get :properties)
     (insert (cdr entry))))

(defun org-buffers-get-buffer-props (buffer)
 "Create alist of properties of BUFFER, as strings."
 (with-current-buffer buffer
   (mapcar
    (lambda (pair) (cons (car pair) (eval (cdr pair))))
    org-buffers-buffer-properties)))

;;; Follow-link behaviour

(defun org-buffers-follow-link ()
 "Follow link to buffer on this line.
The buffer-switching behaviour of this function is determined by
the variable `org-buffers-follow-link-method'. See also
`org-buffers-switch-to-buffer' and
`org-buffers-switch-to-buffer-other-window', whose behaviour is
hard-wired."
 (interactive)
 (org-buffers-switch-to-buffer-generic org-buffers-follow-link-method))

(defun org-buffers-switch-to-buffer ()
"Switch to this entry's buffer in current window."
 (interactive)
 (org-buffers-switch-to-buffer-generic 'current-window))

(defun org-buffers-switch-to-buffer-other-window ()
 "Switch to this entry's buffer in other window."
 (interactive)
 (org-buffers-switch-to-buffer-generic 'other-window))

(defun org-buffers-switch-to-buffer-generic (method)
 (save-excursion
   (let ((atom (org-buffers-state-get :atom)) buffer)
     (cond
      ((eq atom 'heading) (org-back-to-heading))
      (t (beginning-of-line)))
     (setq buffer (org-buffers-get-buffer-name))
     (if (get-buffer buffer)
 (case method
   ('org-open-at-point (org-open-at-point))
   ('current-window (switch-to-buffer buffer))
   ('other-window (switch-to-buffer-other-window buffer)))
(error "No such buffer: %s" buffer)))))

(defun org-buffers-get-buffer-name ()
 "Get buffer-name for current entry."
 (let ((headings-p (org-buffers-state-eq :atom 'heading)))
   (or (and headings-p (org-entry-get nil "buffer-name"))
(and (save-excursion
      (if headings-p (org-back-to-heading))
      (re-search-forward "\\[\\[buffer:\\([^\]]*\\)" (point-at-eol) t))
    (org-link-unescape (match-string 1))))))

;;; Setting tags and executing operations

(defun org-buffers-tag-for-deletion ()
 "Mark buffer for deletion.
If a region is selected, all buffers in the region are marked for
deletion. Buffers marked for deletion can be deleted using
`org-buffers-execute-pending-operations'."
 (interactive)
 (org-buffers-set-tags '("delete")))

(defun org-buffers-remove-tags ()
 "Remove deletion marks from buffers.
If a region is selected, marks are removed from all buffers in
the region."
 (interactive)
 (org-buffers-set-tags nil))

(defun org-buffers-set-tags (data)
 "Set tags to DATA at all non top-level headings in region.
DATA should be a list of strings. If DATA is nil, remove all tags
at such headings."
 (let* ((buffer-read-only nil)
(region-p (org-region-active-p))
(beg (if region-p (region-beginning) (point)))
(end (if region-p (region-end) (point)))
(headings-p (org-buffers-state-eq :atom 'heading))beg-line end-line)
   (save-excursion
     (setq beg-line (progn (goto-char beg) (org-current-line))
   end-line (progn (goto-char end) (org-current-line)))
     (if headings-p
 (setq
  end (if (and region-p (not (eq end-line beg-line)) (not (eobp)))
  (progn (goto-char end) (org-back-to-heading) (point))
(progn (outline-end-of-heading) (point)))
  beg (progn (goto-char beg) (point-at-bol)))
(org-buffers-toggle-headings) ;; doesn't alter line numbers
(setq beg (progn (org-goto-line beg-line) (point-at-bol))
     end (if (eq end-line beg-line) (point-at-eol)
   (progn (org-goto-line end-line) (point-at-bol)))))
     (narrow-to-region beg end)
     (goto-char (point-min))
     (org-buffers-map-entries
      (lambda ()
(when (or (org-buffers-state-eq :by "NONE")
  (> (org-outline-level) 1))
  (org-set-tags-to
   (if data (delete-duplicates (append data (org-get-tags)) :test 'string-equal))))))
     (widen)
     (org-content))
   (unless region-p
     (outline-next-heading)
     (unless (or (> (org-outline-level) 1) (org-buffers-state-eq :by "NONE"))
(outline-next-heading)))
       (unless headings-p (org-buffers-toggle-headings))))

(defun org-buffers-execute-pending-operations ()
 "Execute all pending operations.
Currently the only type of operation supported is
deletion. Buffers are tagged for deletion using
`org-buffers-tag-for-deletion'. Remove such tags from buffers
using `org-buffers-remove-tags'."
 (interactive)
 (let ((buffer-read-only nil)
(headings-p (org-buffers-state-eq :atom 'heading)) buffer)
   (unless headings-p (org-buffers-toggle-headings))
   (org-buffers-delete-regions
    (nreverse
     (org-buffers-map-entries
      (lambda ()
(if (setq buffer (org-buffers-get-buffer-name))
    (if (not (kill-buffer buffer))
(error "Failed to kill buffer %s" buffer)
      (if (and (org-first-sibling-p)
(not (save-excursion (org-goto-sibling))))
  (org-up-heading-safe)) ;; Only child so delete parent also
      (cons (point) (1+ (org-end-of-subtree))))))
      "+delete")))
   (unless headings-p (org-buffers-toggle-headings))))

;;; Utilities

(defun org-buffers-map-entries (func &optional match)
 (org-scan-tags
  func (if match (cdr (org-make-tags-matcher match)) t)))

(defun org-buffers-set-state (state)
 "Add STATE to global state list.
New settings have precedence over existing ones."
 (mapc
  (lambda (pair) (unless (assoc (car pair) state)
   (add-to-list 'state pair)))
  org-buffers-state)
 (setq org-buffers-state state))

(defmacro org-buffers-delete-regions (regions)
 "Delete regions in list.
REGIONS is a list of (beg . end) cons cells specifying buffer
regions."
 `(mapc (lambda (pair) (if pair (delete-region (car pair) (cdr pair))))
,regions))

(defmacro org-buffers-state-get (key)
 `(cdr (assoc ,key org-buffers-state)))

(defmacro org-buffers-state-eq (key val)
 `(equal (org-buffers-state-get ,key) ,val))

(defmacro org-buffers-outline-level ()
 '(save-excursion (beginning-of-line) (org-outline-level)))

;;; Links to buffers

(org-add-link-type "buffer" 'display-buffer)
(add-hook 'org-store-link-functions 'org-buffers-store-link)

(defun org-buffers-store-link (&optional force)
 "Store a link to an Emacs buffer.
Returns nil by default, to avoid hijacking other link types."
 (if force
     (let* ((target (buffer-name))
    (desc target) link)
(org-store-link-props :type "buffer")
(setq link (org-make-link "buffer:" target))
(org-add-link-props :link link :description desc)
link)))

(provide 'org-buffers)
;;; org-buffers.el ends here
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