;;; matlab-syntax.el --- Manage MATLAB syntax tables and buffer parsing. ;; ;; Copyright (C) 2021 Eric Ludlam ;; ;; Author: ;; ;; 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 of the ;; License, 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 this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/. ;;; Commentary: ;; ;; Manage syntax handling for `matlab-mode'. ;; Matlab's syntax for comments and strings can't be handled by a standard ;; Emacs syntax table. This code handles the syntax table, and special ;; scanning needed to augment a buffer's syntax for all our special cases. ;; ;; This file also handles all the special parsing needed to support indentation, ;; block scanning, and the line. (require 'matlab-compat) ;;; Code: (defvar matlab-syntax-support-command-dual t "Non-nil means to support command dual for indenting and syntax highlight. Does not work well in classes with properties with datatypes.") (make-variable-buffer-local 'matlab-syntax-support-command-dual) (put 'matlab-syntax-support-command-dual 'safe-local-variable #'booleanp) (defvar matlab-syntax-table (let ((st (make-syntax-table (standard-syntax-table)))) ;; Comment Handling: ;; Multiline comments: %{ text %} ;; Single line comments: % text (single char start) ;; Ellipsis omments: ... text (comment char is 1st char after 3rd dot) ;; ^ handled in `matlab--syntax-propertize' (modify-syntax-entry ?% "< 13" st) (modify-syntax-entry ?{ "(} 2c" st) (modify-syntax-entry ?} "){ 4c" st) (modify-syntax-entry ?\n ">" st) ;; String Handling: ;; Character vector: 'text' ;; String: "text" ;; These next syntaxes are handled with `matlab--syntax-propertize' ;; Transpose: varname' ;; Quoted quotes: ' don''t ' or " this "" " ;; Unterminated Char V: ' text (modify-syntax-entry ?' "\"" st) (modify-syntax-entry ?\" "\"" st) ;; Words and Symbols: (modify-syntax-entry ?_ "_" st) ;; Punctuation: (modify-syntax-entry ?\\ "." st) (modify-syntax-entry ?\t " " st) (modify-syntax-entry ?+ "." st) (modify-syntax-entry ?- "." st) (modify-syntax-entry ?* "." st) (modify-syntax-entry ?/ "." st) (modify-syntax-entry ?= "." st) (modify-syntax-entry ?< "." st) (modify-syntax-entry ?> "." st) (modify-syntax-entry ?& "." st) (modify-syntax-entry ?| "." st) ;; Parentheticl blocks: ;; Note: these are in standard syntax table, repeated here for completeness. (modify-syntax-entry ?\( "()" st) (modify-syntax-entry ?\) ")(" st) (modify-syntax-entry ?\[ "(]" st) (modify-syntax-entry ?\] ")[" st) ;;(modify-syntax-entry ?{ "(}" st) - Handled as part of comments ;;(modify-syntax-entry ?} "){" st) st) "MATLAB syntax table") (defvar matlab-navigation-syntax-table (let ((st (copy-syntax-table matlab-syntax-table))) ;; Make _ a part of words so we can skip them better (modify-syntax-entry ?_ "w" st) st) "The syntax table used when navigating blocks.") (defmacro matlab-navigation-syntax (&rest forms) "Set the current environment for syntax-navigation and execute FORMS." (declare (indent 0)) (list 'let '((oldsyntax (syntax-table)) (case-fold-search nil)) (list 'unwind-protect (list 'progn '(set-syntax-table matlab-navigation-syntax-table) (cons 'progn forms)) '(set-syntax-table oldsyntax)))) (add-hook 'edebug-setup-hook (lambda () (def-edebug-spec matlab-navigation-syntax def-body))) ;;; Buffer Scanning for Syntax Table Augmentation ;; ;; To support all our special syntaxes via syntax-ppss (parse partial ;; sexp), we need to scan the buffer for patterns, and then leave ;; behind the hints pps needs to do the right thing. ;; ;; Support is broken up in these functions: ;; * matlab--put-char-category - Apply a syntax category to a character ;; * matlab--syntax-symbol - Create a syntax category symbol ;; * matlab--syntax-propertize - Used as `syntax-propertize-function' for ;; doing the buffer scan to augment syntxes. ;; * matlab--scan-line-* - Scan for specific types of syntax occurances. (defun matlab--put-char-category (pos category) "At character POS, put text CATEGORY." (when (not (eobp)) (put-text-property pos (1+ pos) 'category category) (put-text-property pos (1+ pos) 'mcm t)) ) (defmacro matlab--syntax-symbol (symbol syntax doc) "Create a new SYMBOL used as a text property category with SYNTAX." (declare (indent defun)) `(progn (defvar ,symbol ,syntax ,doc) (set ',symbol ,syntax) ;; So you can re-eval it. (put ',symbol 'syntax-table ,symbol) )) (matlab--syntax-symbol matlab--command-dual-syntax '(15 . nil) ;; Generic string "Syntax placed on end-of-line for unterminated strings.") (put 'matlab--command-dual-syntax 'command-dual t) ;; Font-lock cookie (matlab--syntax-symbol matlab--unterminated-string-syntax '(15 . nil) ;; Generic string end "Syntax placed on end-of-line for unterminated strings.") (put 'matlab--unterminated-string-syntax 'unterminated t) ;; Font-lock cookie (matlab--syntax-symbol matlab--ellipsis-syntax (string-to-syntax "< ") ;; comment char "Syntax placed on ellipsis to treat them as comments.") (matlab--syntax-symbol matlab--not-block-comment-syntax (string-to-syntax "(}") ;; Just a regular open brace "Syntax placed on ellipsis to treat them as comments.") (defun matlab--syntax-propertize (&optional start end) "Scan region between START and END for unterminated strings. Only scans whole-lines, as MATLAB is a line-based language. If region is not specified, scan the whole buffer. See `matlab--scan-line-for-ellipsis', `matlab--san-line-bad-blockcomment', and `matlab--scan-line-for-unterminated-string' for specific details." (save-match-data ;; avoid 'Syntax Checking transmuted the match-data' (save-excursion ;; Scan region, but always expand to beginning of line (goto-char (or start (point-min))) (beginning-of-line) ;; Clear old properties (remove-text-properties (point) (save-excursion (goto-char (or end (point-max))) (end-of-line) (point)) '(category nil mcm nil)) ;; Apply properties (while (and (not (>= (point) (or end (point-max)))) (not (eobp))) (when matlab-syntax-support-command-dual ;; Commandl line dual comes first to prevent wasting time ;; in later checks. (beginning-of-line) (when (matlab--scan-line-for-command-dual) (matlab--put-char-category (point) 'matlab--command-dual-syntax) (end-of-line) (matlab--put-char-category (point) 'matlab--command-dual-syntax) )) ;; Multiple ellipsis can be on a line. Find them all (beginning-of-line) (while (matlab--scan-line-for-ellipsis) ;; Mark ellipsis as if a comment. (matlab--put-char-category (point) 'matlab--ellipsis-syntax) (forward-char 3) ) ;; Multiple invalid block comment starts possible. Find them all (beginning-of-line) (while (matlab--scan-line-bad-blockcomment) ;; Mark 2nd char as just open brace, not punctuation. (matlab--put-char-category (point) 'matlab--not-block-comment-syntax) ) ;; Look for an unterminated string. Only one possible per line. (beginning-of-line) (when (matlab--scan-line-for-unterminated-string) ;; Mark this one char plus EOL as end of string. (let ((start (point))) (matlab--put-char-category (point) 'matlab--unterminated-string-syntax) (end-of-line) (matlab--put-char-category (point) 'matlab--unterminated-string-syntax) )) (beginning-of-line) (forward-line 1)) ))) (defconst matlab-syntax-commanddual-functions '("warning" "disp" "cd" ;; debug "dbstop" "dbclear" ;; Graphics "print" "xlim" "ylim" "zlim" "grid" "hold" "box" "colormap" "axis") "Functions that are commonly used with commandline dual") (defconst matlab-cds-regex (regexp-opt matlab-syntax-commanddual-functions 'symbols)) (defun matlab--scan-line-for-command-dual (&optional debug) "Scan this line for command line duality strings." ;; Note - add \s$ b/c we'll add that syntax to the first letter, and it ;; might still be there during an edit! (let ((case-fold-search nil)) (when (and (not (nth 9 (syntax-ppss (point)))) (looking-at (concat "^\\s-*" matlab-cds-regex "\\s-+\\(\\s$\\|\\w\\|\\s_\\)"))) (goto-char (match-beginning 2))))) (matlab--syntax-symbol matlab--transpose-syntax '(3 . nil) ;; 3 = symbol "Treat ' as non-string when used as transpose.") (matlab--syntax-symbol matlab--quoted-string-syntax '(9 . nil) ;; 9 = escape in a string "Treat '' or \"\" as not string delimeteres when inside a string.") (defun matlab--scan-line-for-unterminated-string (&optional debug) "Scan this line for an unterminated string, leave cursor on starting string char." ;; First, scan over all the string chars. (save-restriction (narrow-to-region (point-at-bol) (point-at-eol)) (beginning-of-line) (condition-case err (while (re-search-forward "\\s\"\\|\\s<" nil t) (let ((start-str (match-string 0)) (start-char (match-beginning 0))) (forward-char -1) (if (looking-at "\\s<") (progn (matlab--scan-line-comment-disable-strings) (forward-comment 1)) ;; Else, check for valid string (if (or (bolp) (string= start-str "\"") (save-excursion (forward-char -1) (not (looking-at "\\(\\w\\|\\s_\\|\\s)\\|\"\\|\\.\\)")))) (progn ;; Valid string start, try to skip the string (forward-sexp 1) ;; If we just finished and we have a double of ourselves, ;; convert those doubles into punctuation. (when (looking-at start-str) (matlab--put-char-category (1- (point)) 'matlab--quoted-string-syntax) ;; and try again. (goto-char start-char) )) (when (string= start-str "'") ;; If it isn't valid string, it's just transpose or something. ;; convert to a symbol - as a VAR'', the second ' needs to think it ;; is not after punctuation. (matlab--put-char-category (point) 'matlab--transpose-syntax)) ;; Move forward 1. (forward-char 1) ))) nil) (error t)))) (defun matlab--scan-line-comment-disable-strings () "Disable bad string chars syntax from point to eol. Called when comments found in `matlab--scan-line-for-unterminated-string'." (save-excursion (while (re-search-forward "\\s\"" nil t) (save-excursion (matlab--put-char-category (1- (point)) 'matlab--transpose-syntax) )))) (defun matlab--scan-line-bad-blockcomment () "Scan this line for invalid block comment starts." (when (and (re-search-forward "%{" (point-at-eol) t) (not (looking-at "\\s-*$"))) (goto-char (1- (match-end 0))) t)) (defun matlab--scan-line-for-ellipsis () "Scan this line for an ellipsis." (when (re-search-forward "\\.\\.\\." (point-at-eol) t) (goto-char (match-beginning 0)) t)) ;;; Font Lock Support: ;; ;; The syntax specific font-lock support handles comments and strings. ;; ;; We'd like to support multiple kinds of strings and comments. To do ;; that we overload `font-lock-syntactic-face-function' with our own. ;; This does the same job as the orriginal, except we scan the start ;; for special cookies left behind by `matlab--syntax-propertize' and ;; use that to choose different fonts. (defun matlab--font-lock-syntactic-face (pps) "Return the face to use for the syntax specified in PPS." ;; From the default in font-lock. ;; (if (nth 3 state) font-lock-string-face font-lock-comment-face) (if (nth 3 pps) ;; This is a string. Check the start char to see if it was ;; marked as an unterminate string. (cond ((get-text-property (nth 8 pps) 'unterminated) 'matlab-unterminated-string-face) ((get-text-property (nth 8 pps) 'command-dual) 'matlab-commanddual-string-face) (t 'font-lock-string-face)) ;; Not a string, must be a comment. Check to see if it is a ;; cellbreak comment. (cond ((and (< (nth 8 pps) (point-max)) (= (char-after (1+ (nth 8 pps))) ?\%)) 'matlab-cellbreak-face) ((and (< (nth 8 pps) (point-max)) (= (char-after (1+ (nth 8 pps))) ?\#)) 'matlab-pragma-face) ((and (< (nth 8 pps) (point-max)) (looking-at "\\^\\| \\$\\$\\$")) 'matlab-ignored-comment-face) (t 'font-lock-comment-face)) )) ;;; SETUP ;; ;; Connect our special logic into a running MATLAB Mode ;; replacing existing mechanics. ;; ;; Delete this if/when it becomes a permanent part of `matlab-mode'. (defun matlab-syntax-setup () "Integrate our syntax handling into a running `matlab-mode' buffer. Safe to use in `matlab-mode-hook'." ;; Syntax Table support (set-syntax-table matlab-syntax-table) (make-local-variable 'syntax-propertize-function) (setq syntax-propertize-function 'matlab--syntax-propertize) ;; Comment handlers (make-local-variable 'comment-start) (make-local-variable 'comment-end) (make-local-variable 'comment-start-skip) (make-local-variable 'page-delimiter) (setq comment-start "%" comment-end "" comment-start-skip "%\\s-+" page-delimiter "^\\(\f\\|%%\\(\\s-\\|\n\\)\\)") ;; Other special regexps handling different kinds of syntax. (make-local-variable 'paragraph-start) (setq paragraph-start (concat "^$\\|" page-delimiter)) (make-local-variable 'paragraph-separate) (setq paragraph-separate paragraph-start) (make-local-variable 'paragraph-ignore-fill-prefix) (setq paragraph-ignore-fill-prefix t) ;; Font lock (make-local-variable 'font-lock-syntactic-face-function) (setq font-lock-syntactic-face-function 'matlab--font-lock-syntactic-face) ) ;;; Syntax Testing for Strings and Comments ;; ;; These functions detect syntactic context based on the syntax table. (defsubst matlab-cursor-in-string-or-comment () "Return non-nil if the cursor is in a valid MATLAB comment or string." (nth 8 (syntax-ppss (point)))) (defsubst matlab-cursor-in-comment () "Return t if the cursor is in a valid MATLAB comment." (nth 4 (syntax-ppss (point)))) (defsubst matlab-cursor-in-string (&optional incomplete) "Return t if the cursor is in a valid MATLAB character vector or string scalar. Note: INCOMPLETE is now obsolete If the optional argument INCOMPLETE is non-nil, then return t if we are in what could be a an incomplete string. (Note: this is also the default)" (nth 3 (syntax-ppss (point)))) (defun matlab-cursor-comment-string-context (&optional bounds-sym) "Return the comment/string context of cursor for the current line. Return 'comment if in a comment. Return 'string if in a string. Return 'charvector if in a character vector Return 'ellipsis if after an ... ellipsis Return 'commanddual if in text interpreted as string for command dual Return nil if none of the above. Scans from the beginning of line to determine the context. If optional BOUNDS-SYM is specified, set that symbol value to the bounds of the string or comment the cursor is in" (let* ((pps (syntax-ppss (point))) (start (nth 8 pps)) (end 0) (syntax nil)) ;; Else, inside something if 'start' is set. (when start (save-match-data (save-excursion (goto-char start) ;; Prep for extra checks. (setq syntax (cond ((eq (nth 3 pps) t) (cond ((= (following-char) ?') 'charvector) ((= (following-char) ?\") 'string) (t 'commanddual))) ((eq (nth 3 pps) ?') 'charvector) ((eq (nth 3 pps) ?\") 'string) ((nth 4 pps) (if (= (following-char) ?\%) 'comment 'ellipsis)) (t nil))) ;; compute the bounds (when (and syntax bounds-sym) (if (memq syntax '(charvector string)) ;;(forward-sexp 1) - overridden - need primitive version (goto-char (scan-sexps (point) 1)) (forward-comment 1) (if (bolp) (forward-char -1))) (set bounds-sym (list start (point)))) ))) ;; Return the syntax syntax)) (defsubst matlab-beginning-of-string-or-comment (&optional all-comments) "If the cursor is in a string or comment, move to the beginning. Returns non-nil if the cursor is in a comment." (let* ((pps (syntax-ppss (point)))) (prog1 (when (nth 8 pps) (goto-char (nth 8 pps)) t) (when all-comments (forward-comment -100000))))) (defun matlab-end-of-string-or-comment (&optional all-comments) "If the cursor is in a string or comment, move to the end. If optional ALL-COMMENTS is non-nil, then also move over all adjacent comments. Returns non-nil if the cursor moved." (let* ((pps (syntax-ppss (point))) (start (point))) (if (nth 8 pps) (progn ;; syntax-ppss doesn't have the end, so go to the front ;; and then skip forward. (goto-char (nth 8 pps)) (if (nth 3 pps) (goto-char (scan-sexps (point) 1)) (forward-comment (if all-comments 100000 1))) ;; If the buffer is malformed, we might end up before starting pt. ;; so error. (when (< (point) start) (goto-char start) (error "Error navitaging syntax.")) t) ;; else not in comment, but still skip 'all-comments' if requested. (when (and all-comments (looking-at "\\s-*\\s<")) (forward-comment 100000) t) ))) ;;; Navigating Lists ;; ;; MATLAB's lists are (), {}, []. ;; We used to need to do special stuff, but now I think this ;; is just a call striaght to up-list. (defun matlab-up-list (count) "Move forwards or backwards up a list by COUNT. When travelling backward, use `syntax-ppss' counted paren starts to navigate upward. When travelling forward, use 'up-list' diretly, but disable comment and string crossing." (save-restriction (matlab-beginning-of-string-or-comment) (if (< count 0) (let ((pps (syntax-ppss))) (when (< (nth 0 pps) (abs count)) (error "Cannot navigate up %d lists" (abs count))) ;; When travelling in reverse, we can just use pps' ;; parsed paren list in slot 9. (let ((posn (reverse (nth 9 pps)))) ;; Location of parens (goto-char (nth (1- (abs count)) posn)))) ;; Else - travel forward (up-list count nil t)) ;; will this correctly ignore comments, etc? )) (defsubst matlab-in-list-p () "If the cursor is in a list, return positions of the beginnings of the lists. Returns nil if not in a list." (nth 9 (syntax-ppss (point)))) (defsubst matlab-beginning-of-outer-list () "If the cursor is in a list, move to the beginning of outermost list. Returns non-nil if the cursor moved." (let ((pps (syntax-ppss (point)))) (when (nth 9 pps) (goto-char (car (nth 9 pps))) ))) (defun matlab-end-of-outer-list () "If the cursor is in a list, move to the end of the outermost list.. Returns non-nil if the cursor moved." (let ((pps (syntax-ppss (point))) (start (point))) (when (nth 9 pps) ;; syntax-ppss doesn't have the end, so go to the front ;; and then skip forward. (goto-char (car (nth 9 pps))) (goto-char (scan-sexps (point) 1)) ;; This checks for malformed buffer content ;; that can cause this to go backwards. (when (> start (point)) (goto-char start) (error "Malformed List")) ))) ;;; Useful checks for state around point. ;; (defsubst matlab-syntax-keyword-as-variable-p () "Return non-nil if the current word is treated like a variable. This could mean it is: * Field of a structure * Assigned from or into with =" (or (save-excursion (skip-syntax-backward "w") (skip-syntax-backward " ") (or (= (preceding-char) ?\.) (= (preceding-char) ?=))) (save-excursion (skip-syntax-forward "w") (skip-syntax-forward " ") (= (following-char) ?=)))) (defsubst matlab-valid-keyword-syntax () "Return non-nil if cursor is not in a string, comment, or parens." (let ((pps (syntax-ppss (point)))) (not (or (nth 8 pps) (nth 9 pps))))) ;; 8 == string/comment, 9 == parens ;;; Syntax Compat functions ;; ;; Left over old APIs. Delete these someday. (defsubst matlab-move-simple-sexp-backward-internal (count) "Move backward COUNT number of MATLAB sexps." (let ((forward-sexp-function nil)) (forward-sexp (- count)))) (defsubst matlab-move-simple-sexp-internal(count) "Move over one MATLAB sexp COUNT times. If COUNT is negative, travel backward." (let ((forward-sexp-function nil)) (forward-sexp count))) (provide 'matlab-syntax) ;;; matlab-syntax.el ends here