bug#8439: [PATCH] ffap.el -- detect paths with spaces (v2)

[Jari Aalto]

Patch for http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8439#13

>From 9d912ef5fe082c81917cf65bbacbf4d23e1cd9f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:15:50 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] lisp/ffap.el: (ffap-string-at-point): v2 support spaces
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Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
---
 lisp/ffap.el |   87 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/ffap.el b/lisp/ffap.el
index 4c75609..a74f85b 100644
--- a/lisp/ffap.el
+++ b/lisp/ffap.el
@@ -1036,6 +1036,17 @@ possibly a major-mode name, or one of the symbol
   ;; Added at suggestion of RHOGEE (for ff-paths), 7/24/95.
   "Last string returned by `ffap-string-at-point'.")
 
+;; Test cases:
+;;
+;; c:/Program Files/Open Text Evaluation Media/Open Text Exceed 14 x86/Program 
here.txt
+;; c:/Program Files/Open Text Evaluation Media/Open Text Exceed 14 x86/Program 
Files/Hummingbird/
+;;
+(defvar ffap-paths-with-spaces
+  (or (memq system-type '(ms-dos windows-nt))
+      (string-match "cygwin" (emacs-version)))
+  "If non-nil, look for paths with spaces in `ffap-string-at-point'.
+Enabled in W32 and Cygwin by default.")
+
 (defun ffap-string-at-point (&optional mode)
   "Return a string of characters from around point.
 MODE (defaults to value of `major-mode') is a symbol used to look up string
@@ -1043,25 +1054,63 @@ syntax parameters in `ffap-string-at-point-mode-alist'.
 If MODE is not found, we use `file' instead of MODE.
 If the region is active, return a string from the region.
 Sets `ffap-string-at-point' and `ffap-string-at-point-region'."
-  (let* ((args
-         (cdr
-          (or (assq (or mode major-mode) ffap-string-at-point-mode-alist)
-              (assq 'file ffap-string-at-point-mode-alist))))
-        (pt (point))
-        (str
-         (if (and transient-mark-mode mark-active)
-             (buffer-substring
-              (setcar ffap-string-at-point-region (region-beginning))
-              (setcar (cdr ffap-string-at-point-region) (region-end)))
-           (buffer-substring
-            (save-excursion
-              (skip-chars-backward (car args))
-              (skip-chars-forward (nth 1 args) pt)
-              (setcar ffap-string-at-point-region (point)))
-            (save-excursion
-              (skip-chars-forward (car args))
-              (skip-chars-backward (nth 2 args) pt)
-              (setcar (cdr ffap-string-at-point-region) (point)))))))
+  (let* ((cygwin-p (string-match "cygwin" (emacs-version)))
+        (args
+          (cdr
+           (or (assq (or mode major-mode) ffap-string-at-point-mode-alist)
+               (assq 'file ffap-string-at-point-mode-alist))))
+         (pt (point))
+         space-p
+          end
+         (str
+          (if (and transient-mark-mode mark-active)
+              (buffer-substring
+               (setcar ffap-string-at-point-region (region-beginning))
+               (setcar (cdr ffap-string-at-point-region) (region-end)))
+            (buffer-substring
+             (save-excursion
+              (if (and ffap-paths-with-spaces
+                       (memq mode '(nil file)))
+                  (if (string-match "^[ \t]*$"
+                                    (buffer-substring (line-beginning-position)
+                                                      (point)))
+                      ;; Nothing interesting before point. Move to the first 
character
+                      (skip-chars-forward " \t" (line-end-position))
+                    ;; If at colon, move a little forward so that next
+                    ;; `re-search-backward' can position at drive letter.
+                    (if (looking-at ":/")
+                        (forward-char 1))
+                    ;; Skip until drive path start or patch start letter
+                    (while (re-search-backward "[a-zA-Z]:[\\\\/]\\|[/\\\\]"
+                                                    (line-beginning-position) 
t)
+                      (goto-char (match-beginning 0)))))
+               (skip-chars-backward (car args))
+               (skip-chars-forward (nth 1 args) pt)
+              (when (and ffap-paths-with-spaces
+                         (memq mode '(nil file)))
+                ;; Paths may contains spaces, allow those
+                (if (looking-at
+                     
"[^\t\r\n]*[/\\\\][^][<>()\"';:|\t\r\n]*[^][<>()\"';:|\r\n[:space:]]")
+                    (setq space-p (match-end 0))))
+               (setcar ffap-string-at-point-region (point)))
+             (save-excursion
+               (skip-chars-forward (car args))
+               (skip-chars-backward (nth 2 args) pt)
+                     (setq end (point))
+                            (if (and space-p
+                                     (> space-p end)
+                                     (memq mode '(file nil)))
+                                   (setq end space-p))
+               (setcar (cdr ffap-string-at-point-region) end))))))
+    ;; Under Cygwin, convert drive letters in paths.
+    (when (and cygwin-p
+               (memq mode '(nil file))
+               (string-match "^\\([a-zA-Z]\\):[/\\\\]\\(.*\\)" str))
+      (let ((drive (downcase (match-string 1 str)))
+            (path (match-string 2 str)))
+        (setq str (format "/cygdrive/%s/%s"
+                          drive
+                          (replace-regexp-in-string "[\\\\]" "/" path)))))
     (set-text-properties 0 (length str) nil str)
     (setq ffap-string-at-point str)))
 
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