Re: Patch: new function process-file (call-process with file handlers)

[Kai Grossjohann]

Oops, thanks for the friendly hints about the attachment...

Kai

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Index: lisp/simple.el
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/simple.el,v
retrieving revision 1.661
diff -u -r1.661 simple.el
--- lisp/simple.el      19 Sep 2004 00:02:44 -0000      1.661
+++ lisp/simple.el      17 Oct 2004 15:38:08 -0000
@@ -1879,6 +1879,25 @@
     (with-current-buffer
       standard-output
       (call-process shell-file-name nil t nil shell-command-switch command))))
+
+(defun process-file (program &optional infile buffer display &rest args)
+  "Process files synchronously in a separate process.
+Similar to `call-process', but may invoke a file handler based on
+`default-directory'.  The current working directory of the
+subprocess is `default-directory'.
+
+File names in INFILE and BUFFER are handled normally, but file
+names in ARGS should be relative to `default-directory', as they
+are passed to the process verbatim.
+
+Some file handlers might not support all variants, for example
+they might behave as if DISPLAY was nil, regardless of the actual
+value passed."
+  (let ((fh (find-file-name-handler default-directory 'process-file)))
+    (if fh (apply fh 'process-file program infile buffer display args)
+      (apply 'call-process program infile buffer display args))))
+
+
 
 (defvar universal-argument-map
   (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
Index: lisp/vc.el
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/vc.el,v
retrieving revision 1.381
diff -u -r1.381 vc.el
--- lisp/vc.el  13 Oct 2004 17:04:45 -0000      1.381
+++ lisp/vc.el  17 Oct 2004 15:38:10 -0000
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@
              (vc-exec-after
               `(unless (active-minibuffer-window)
                   (message "Running %s in the background... done" ',command))))
-         (setq status (apply 'call-process command nil t nil squeezed))
+         (setq status (apply 'process-file command nil t nil squeezed))
          (when (or (not (integerp status)) (and okstatus (< okstatus status)))
            (pop-to-buffer (current-buffer))
            (goto-char (point-min))
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Index: lisp/net/tramp-vc.el
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/net/tramp-vc.el,v
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -r1.9 tramp-vc.el
--- lisp/net/tramp-vc.el        17 Jul 2004 17:28:06 -0000      1.9
+++ lisp/net/tramp-vc.el        17 Oct 2004 15:38:11 -0000
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@
 ;; Daniel Pittman <address@hidden>
 ;;-(if (fboundp 'vc-call-backend)
 ;;-    () ;; This is the new VC for which we don't have an appropriate advice 
yet
+(unless (fboundp 'process-file)
 (if (fboundp 'vc-call-backend)
     (defadvice vc-do-command
       (around tramp-advice-vc-do-command
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@
           (setq ad-return-value
                 (apply 'tramp-vc-do-command buffer okstatus command 
                        (or file (buffer-file-name)) last flags))
-        ad-do-it))))
+        ad-do-it)))))
 ;;-)
 
 
Index: lisp/net/tramp.el
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/net/tramp.el,v
retrieving revision 1.52
diff -u -r1.52 tramp.el
--- lisp/net/tramp.el   17 Oct 2004 14:05:51 -0000      1.52
+++ lisp/net/tramp.el   17 Oct 2004 15:38:16 -0000
@@ -1770,6 +1770,7 @@
     (delete-file . tramp-handle-delete-file)
     (directory-file-name . tramp-handle-directory-file-name)
     (shell-command . tramp-handle-shell-command)
+    (process-file . tramp-handle-process-file)
     (insert-directory . tramp-handle-insert-directory)
     (expand-file-name . tramp-handle-expand-file-name)
     (file-local-copy . tramp-handle-file-local-copy)
@@ -3469,6 +3470,18 @@
     (tramp-run-real-handler 'shell-command
                            (list command output-buffer error-buffer))))
 
+(defun tramp-handle-process-file (program &optional infile buffer display 
&rest args)
+  "Like `process-file' for Tramp files."
+  (when infile (error "Implementation does not handle input from file"))
+  (when (and (numberp buffer) (zerop buffer))
+    (error "Implementation does not handle immediate return"))
+  (when (consp buffer) (error "Implementation does not handle error files"))
+  (shell-command 
+   (mapconcat 'tramp-shell-quote-argument
+              (cons program args)
+              " ")
+   buffer))
+
 ;; File Editing.
 
 (defsubst tramp-make-temp-file ()
@@ -3960,6 +3973,8 @@
    ; COMMAND
    ((member operation
            (list 'dired-call-process 'shell-command
+                  ; Post Emacs 21.3 only
+                  'process-file
                  ; XEmacs only
                  'dired-print-file 'dired-shell-call-process))
     default-directory)
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