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# M-x breadcrumb-mode

## Usage
Breadcrumbs are sequences of short strings indicating where you are in
some big tree-like maze that is probably your code. Hopefully the
screenshot above clears it up.
* `M-x breadcrumb-mode` is global mode. Will try to turn itself on
conservatively and only if there's a project.
* `M-x breadcrumb-local-mode` is a buffer-local minor mode, if you
don't want the default heuristics for turning it on everywhere.
There's not much more to it. Breadcrumb will try to query `imenu.el`
and `project.el` for the best information.
## Installation
You can download breadcrumb via GNU Elpa with `M-x package-install RET breadcrumb RET`
Or if you'd like to install it manually you can download `breadcrumb.el` and put it in
your `load-path` similar to `(add-to-list 'load-path "~/path/to/breadcrumb.el")`
## More usage
If you want some leet modeline you may also manually put the mode-line
constructs
```lisp
(:eval (breadcrumb-imenu-crumbs))
```
and
```lisp
(:eval (breadcrumb-project-crumbs))
```
in your settings of the `mode-line-format` or `header-line-format`
variables.
## Tweaks
The shape and size of each breadcrumb groups may be tweaked via
`breadcrumb-imenu-max-length`, `breadcrumb-project-max-length`,
`breadcrumb-imenu-crumb-separator`, and
`breadcrumb-project-crumb-separator`.
The structure each of the breadcrumbs varies depending on whether
either `project.el` and `imenu.el` (or both) can do useful things for
your buffer.
For Project breadcrumbs, this depends on whether `project.el`'s
`project-current` can guess what project the current buffer belongs
to.
For Imenu breadcrumbs, this varies. Depending on the major-mode
author's taste, the Imenu tree (in variable `imenu--index-alist`) may
have different structure. Sometimes, minor mode also tweak the Imenu
tree in useful ways. For example, with recent Eglot (I think Eglot
1.14+), managed buffers get extra region info added to it, which makes
Breadcrumb show "richer" paths.
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FILE: breadcrumb.el
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;;; breadcrumb.el --- project and imenu-based breadcrumb paths -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
;; Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com>
;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "28.1") (project "0.9.8"))
;; Version: 1.0.1
;; Keywords:
;; 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:
;;
;;;; Usage:
;;
;; Breadcrumbs are sequences of short strings indicating where you
;; are in some big tree-like maze.
;;
;; To craft these strings, this library uses the maps provided by
;; project.el and Imenu, respectively. Project breadcrumbs shows you
;; the current buffer's path in a large project. Imenu breadcrumbs
;; show the current position of point in the buffer's nested
;; structure of programming constructs (for example, a specific
;; functions within multiple C++ nested namespaces).
;;
;; To use this library:
;;
;; * `M-x breadcrumb-mode` is a global mode. Will try to turn itself
;; on conservatively and only if there's a project.
;;
;; * `M-x breadcrumb-local-mode` is a buffer-local minor mode, if you
;; don't want the default heuristics for turning it on everywhere.
;;
;; * Manually put the mode-line constructs
;;
;; (:eval (breadcrumb-imenu-crumbs))
;;
;; and
;;
;; (:eval (breadcrumb-project-crumbs))
;;
;; in your settings of the `mode-line-format' or
;; `header-line-format' variables.
;;
;; The shape and size of each breadcrumb groups may be tweaked via
;; `breadcrumb-imenu-max-length', `breadcrumb-project-max-length',
;; `breadcrumb-imenu-crumb-separator', and
;; `breadcrumb-project-crumb-separator'.
;;
;; The structure each the breadcrumbs varies depending on whether
;; either project.el and imenu.el (or both) can do useful things for
;; your buffer.
;;
;; For Project breadcrumbs, this depends on whether project.el's
;; `project-current' can guess what project the current buffer
;; belongs to.
;;
;; For Imenu breadcrumbs, this varies. Depending on the major-mode
;; author's taste, the Imenu tree (in variable `imenu--index-alist')
;; may have different structure. Sometimes, minor mode also tweak
;; the Imenu tree in useful ways. For example, with recent Eglot (I
;; think Eglot 1.14+), managed buffers get extra region info added to
;; it, which makes Breadcrumb show "richer" paths.
;;
;;;; Implementation notes:
;;
;; This _should_ be faster than which-func.el due some caching
;; strategies. One of these strategies occurs in `bc--ipath-alist',
;; which takes care not to over-call `imenu--make-index-alist', which
;; could be slow (in fact very slow if an external process needs to
;; be contacted). The variable `breadcrumb-idle-delay' controls
;; that. Another cache occurs in `bc--ipath-plain-cache' second is
;; just a simple "space-for-speed" cache.
;;
;; Breadcrumb uses the double-dashed Imenu symbols
;; `imenu--index-alist' and `imenu--make-index-alist'. There's
;; really no official API here. It's arguable that, despite the
;; name, these aren't really internal symbols (the much older
;; which-func.el library makes liberal use of them, for example).
;;
;;;; Todo:
;;
;; Make more clicky buttons in the headerline to do whatever
;;
;;; Code:
(require 'cl-lib)
(require 'imenu)
(require 'project)
;;;; Customization options
;;
(defgroup breadcrumb nil
"One-liner indication of where you are in the maze."
:prefix "breadcrumb-"
:group 'convenience)
(defcustom bc-project-max-length 0.3
"Soft cutoff for `breadcrumb-project-crumbs'.
If a fixnum, it's a absolute number of characters. If a float, a
percentage of `window-width'."
:type '(choice (natnum :tag "Number of characters")
(float :tag "Percent of window's width")))
(defcustom bc-project-crumb-separator "/"
"Separator for `breadcrumb-project-crumbs'." :type 'string)
(defcustom bc-imenu-max-length 0.3
"Soft cutoff for `breadcrumb-imenu-crumbs'.
If a fixnum, it's a absolute number of characters. If a float, a
percentage of `window-width'."
:type '(choice (natnum :tag "Number of characters")
(float :tag "Percent of window's width")))
(defcustom bc-imenu-crumb-separator " > "
"Separator for `breadcrumb-project-crumbs'." :type 'string)
(defface bc-face '((t (:inherit shadow)))
"Base face for all breadcrumb things.")
(defface bc-imenu-crumbs-face '((t (:inherit bc-face)))
"Face for imenu crumbs in the breadcrumb imenu path.")
(defface bc-imenu-leaf-face '((t (:inherit (font-lock-function-name-face
bc-imenu-crumbs-face))))
"Face for imenu leaf crumbs in the breadcrumb imenu path.")
(defface bc-project-crumbs-face '((t (:inherit bc-face)))
"Face for project crumbs in the breadcrumb project path.")
(defface bc-project-base-face '((t (:inherit bc-project-crumbs-face)))
"Face for project base in the breadcrumb project path.")
(defface bc-project-leaf-face '((t (:inherit (mode-line-buffer-id))))
"Face for the project leaf crumb in breadcrumb project path.")
;;;; "ipath" management logic and imenu interoperation
;;
(cl-defun bc--bisect (a x &key (from 0) (to (length a)) key from-end)
"Compute index to insert X in sequence A, keeping it sorted.
If X already in A, the resulting index is the leftmost such
index, unless FROM-END is t. KEY is as usual in other CL land."
(cl-macrolet ((search (from-end key)
`(cl-loop while (< from to)
for mid = (/ (+ from to) 2)
for p1 = (elt a mid)
for p2 = ,(if key `(funcall key p1) `p1)
if (,(if from-end '< '<=) x p2)
do (setq to mid) else do (setq from (1+ mid))
finally return from)))
(if from-end (if key (search t key) (search t nil))
(if key (search nil key) (search nil nil)))))
(defun bc--ipath-rich (index-alist pos)
"Compute ipath for rich `imenu--index-alist' structures.
These structures have a `breadcrumb-region' property on every
node."
(cl-labels
((search (nodes &optional ipath)
(cl-loop
for n in nodes
for reg = (get-text-property 0 'breadcrumb-region (car n))
when (<= (car reg) pos (cdr reg))
return (search (cdr n) (cons
(propertize (car n)
'breadcrumb-siblings nodes
'breadcrumb-parent (car ipath))
ipath))
finally (cl-return ipath))))
(nreverse (search index-alist))))
(defvar-local bc--ipath-plain-cache nil
"A cache for `breadcrumb--ipath-plain'.")
(defun bc--ipath-plain (index-alist pos)
"Compute ipath for plain `imenu--index-alist' structures.
These structures don't have a `breadcrumb-region' property on."
(cl-labels ((dfs (n &optional ipath siblings)
(setq ipath (cons (car n) ipath))
(if (consp (cdr n))
(mapc (lambda (n2) (dfs n2 ipath (cdr n))) (cdr n))
;; FIXME: we convert markers to points via the `+'
;; down there. But for siblings, no such conversion
;; happens, they might still point to invalid
;; markers. Not worth doing another tree traversal
;; for that IMO, and siblings seems to be unused
;; anyway (github#22)
(put-text-property 0 1 'breadcrumb-siblings (cdr siblings) (car ipath))
(setq bc--ipath-plain-cache
(vconcat bc--ipath-plain-cache
`[,(cons
;; See github#17 and docstring of
;; `imenu--index-alist' for the
;; "overlay" edge case.
(cl-etypecase (cdr n)
(number (cdr n))
(marker (+ (cdr n) 0))
(overlay (overlay-start (cdr n))))
ipath)])))))
(unless bc--ipath-plain-cache
(mapc (lambda (i) (dfs i nil index-alist)) index-alist)
(setq bc--ipath-plain-cache (cl-sort bc--ipath-plain-cache #'< :key #'car)))
(unless (< pos (car (aref bc--ipath-plain-cache 0)))
(let ((res (bc--bisect bc--ipath-plain-cache pos :key #'car :from-end t)))
(unless (zerop res) (reverse (cdr (elt bc--ipath-plain-cache (1- res)))))))))
(defun bc-ipath (index-alist pos)
"Get breadcrumb for position POS given INDEX-ALIST."
(if (get-text-property 0 'breadcrumb-region (caar index-alist))
(bc--ipath-rich index-alist pos)
(bc--ipath-plain index-alist pos)))
(defvar bc-idle-time 1
"Control idle time before requesting new breadcrumbs.")
(defvar-local bc--idle-timer nil
"Timer used by `breadcrumb--ipath-alist'.")
(defvar-local bc--last-update-tick 0
"Last time `breadcrumb--ipath-alist' asked for an update.")
(defun bc--ipath-alist ()
"Return `imenu--index-alist', maybe arrange for its update."
;; Be mindful of indirect buffers (github#31)
(let ((buf (or (buffer-base-buffer) (current-buffer))))
(with-current-buffer buf
(unless (= (buffer-chars-modified-tick) bc--last-update-tick)
(setq bc--last-update-tick (buffer-chars-modified-tick))
(when bc--idle-timer (cancel-timer bc--idle-timer))
(setq bc--idle-timer
(run-with-idle-timer
bc-idle-time nil
(lambda ()
(when (buffer-live-p buf)
(with-current-buffer buf
(setq bc--last-update-tick (buffer-chars-modified-tick))
(let ((non-essential t)
(imenu-auto-rescan t))
(ignore-errors
(imenu--make-index-alist t))
(setq bc--ipath-plain-cache nil)
;; no point is taxing the mode-line machinery now
;; if the buffer isn't showing anywhere.
(when (get-buffer-window buf t)
(force-mode-line-update t)))))))))
imenu--index-alist)))
;;;; Higher-level functions
;;
;; FIXME: Why do I need to put these key definitiosn in special
;; variables?
(defvar bc--header-line-key [header-line mouse-1])
(defvar bc--mode-line-key [mode-line mouse-1])
(defun bc--length (len)
"Interpret LEN using `window-width' and return a number."
(cond ((floatp len) (* (window-width) len))
(t len)))
(defun bc--format-ipath-node (p more)
(let* ((l (lambda (&rest _event)
(interactive)
;; TODO: This is a bit inadequate if the user is
;; clicking the mode or header lines, but 'event' seems
;; to be missing in these cases. We would to
;; conveniently visit places near the node `p' via the
;; mouse
(breadcrumb-jump))))
(propertize
p 'mouse-face 'header-line-highlight
'face (if more 'bc-imenu-crumbs-face 'bc-imenu-leaf-face)
'bc-dont-shorten (null more)
'help-echo (format "mouse-1: Go places near %s" p)
'keymap
(let ((m (make-sparse-keymap)))
(define-key m bc--header-line-key l)
(define-key m bc--mode-line-key l)
m))))
;;;###autoload
(defun breadcrumb-imenu-crumbs ()
"Describe point inside the Imenu tree of current file."
(when-let ((alist (bc--ipath-alist)))
(when (cl-some #'identity alist)
(bc--summarize
(cl-loop
for (p . more) on (bc-ipath alist (point))
collect (bc--format-ipath-node p more))
(bc--length bc-imenu-max-length)
(propertize bc-imenu-crumb-separator
'face 'bc-face)))))
(defun bc--summarize (crumbs cutoff separator)
"Return a string that summarizes CRUMBS, a list of strings.
\"Summarization\" consists of truncating some CRUMBS to 1 character.
Rightmost members of CRUMBS are summarized last. Members with a non-nil
`breadcrumb-dont-shorten' property are never truncated. Aim for a
return string that is at most CUTOFF characters long. Join the crumbs
with SEPARATOR."
(let ((rcrumbs
(cl-loop
for available = (- cutoff used)
for (c . more) on (reverse crumbs)
for seplen = (if more (length separator) 0)
for shorten-p = (unless (get-text-property 0 'bc-dont-shorten c)
(> (+ (length c) seplen) available))
for toadd = (if shorten-p (substring c 0 1) c)
sum (+ (length toadd) seplen) into used
collect toadd)))
(string-join (reverse rcrumbs) separator)))
(defun bc--format-project-node (p more root path)
"Helper for `bc--project-crumbs-1'.
Formats path crumb P given optional MORE nodes. ROOT is the
default directory of P's project. PATH is the path of P relative
to ROOT."
(let ((l (lambda (&rest _event)
(interactive)
;; TODO: See similar TODO in `bc--format-ipath-node'.
(find-file (file-name-directory (expand-file-name path root))))))
(propertize p 'face
(if more 'bc-project-crumbs-face 'bc-project-leaf-face)
'bc-dont-shorten (null more)
'mouse-face 'header-line-highlight
'help-echo (format "mouse-1: Go places near %s%s" root path)
'keymap
(let ((m (make-sparse-keymap)))
(define-key m bc--header-line-key l)
(define-key m bc--mode-line-key l)
m))))
(defvar-local bc--cached-project-root nil
;; This is a fairly "dumb" cache, but hopefully good enough for most
;; cases. A better smarter cache that could realize when certain
;; project things happened would live in project.el which has much
;; more project-smarts, but that's apparently very hard, so do it
;; here (github#18)
"Cache the expensive `project-root' call.")
(defun bc--project-crumbs-1 (bfn)
"Helper for `breadcrumb-project-crumbs'.
Given BFN, the `buffer-file-name', produce a list of
propertized crumbs."
(cl-loop
with project = (project-current)
with root = (if project (or bc--cached-project-root
(setq bc--cached-project-root
(project-root project)))
default-directory)
with pname = (if project (project-name project)
(file-name-nondirectory (directory-file-name root)))
with relname = (file-relative-name (or bfn default-directory)
root)
for (s . more) on (split-string relname "/")
concat s into upto
when more concat "/" into upto
collect (bc--format-project-node s more root upto) into retval
finally
(cl-return
(if root
(cons (propertize pname
'bc-dont-shorten t
'face 'bc-project-base-face)
retval)
retval))))
;;;###autoload
(cl-defun breadcrumb-project-crumbs ()
"Describing the current file inside project."
(bc--summarize
(if buffer-file-name (bc--project-crumbs-1 buffer-file-name)
(list (propertize (buffer-name)
'face 'bc-project-leaf-face
'bc-dont-shorten t)))
(bc--length bc-project-max-length)
(propertize bc-project-crumb-separator
'face 'bc-project-crumbs-face)))
(defun bc--header-line ()
"Helper for `breadcrumb-headerline-mode'."
(let ((x (cl-remove-if
#'seq-empty-p (mapcar #'funcall
'(bc-project-crumbs bc-imenu-crumbs)))))
(mapconcat #'identity x (propertize " : " 'face 'bc-face))))
;;;###autoload
(define-minor-mode breadcrumb-local-mode
"Header lines with breadcrumbs."
:init-value nil
(if bc-local-mode (add-to-list 'header-line-format '(:eval (bc--header-line)))
(setq header-line-format (delete '(:eval (bc--header-line)) header-line-format))))
(defun bc--turn-on-local-mode-on-behalf-of-global-mode ()
(unless (or (minibufferp)
(not (buffer-file-name))
(null (bc-project-crumbs)))
(bc-local-mode 1)))
;;;###autoload
(define-globalized-minor-mode breadcrumb-mode bc-local-mode
bc--turn-on-local-mode-on-behalf-of-global-mode)
(require 'pulse)
(defun bc--goto (window pos)
"Helper for `breadcrumb-jump'."
(with-selected-window window
(with-current-buffer (window-buffer)
(push-mark)
(goto-char pos)
(let ((pulse-delay 0.05) (pulse-flag t))
(pulse-momentary-highlight-region (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position))))))
;;;###autoload
(defun breadcrumb-jump ()
"Like \\[execute-extended-command] `imenu', but breadcrumb-powered."
(interactive)
(let (cands choice)
(cl-labels
((fmt (strs)
(mapconcat #'identity strs " > "))
(dfs (nodes &optional ipath)
(cl-loop
for n in nodes
for newpath = (cons (car n) ipath)
for pos = (or (car (get-text-property 0 'breadcrumb-region (car n)))
(and (number-or-marker-p (cdr n)) (cdr n)))
when pos do (push (cons (fmt (reverse newpath)) pos)
cands)
do (dfs (cdr n) newpath))))
(imenu--make-index-alist)
(dfs imenu--index-alist)
(unless cands (user-error "Sorry, no breadcrumb items to jump to"))
(setq choice (cdr (assoc (completing-read "Index item? " cands nil t)
cands #'string=)))
(push-mark)
(bc--goto (selected-window) choice))))
(provide 'breadcrumb)
;;;###autoload (register-definition-prefixes "breadcrumb" '("breadcrumb-"))
;; Local Variables:
;; read-symbol-shorthands: (("bc-" . "breadcrumb-"))
;; autoload-compute-prefixes: nil
;; End:
;;; breadcrumb.el ends here
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