;; treecrumbs.el --- Fast, tree-sitter based breadcrumbs -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
;;
;; Copyright (C) Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
;;
;; Author: Vincent Ambo <tazjin@tvl.su>
;; Created: 2024-03-08
;; Version: 1.0
;; Keywords: convenience
;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "29.1"))
;; URL: https://code.tvl.fyi/tree/tools/emacs-pkgs/treecrumbs
;;
;; This file is not (yet) part of GNU Emacs.
;;; Commentary:
;; This package provides a tree-sitter based implementation of "breadcrumbs",
;; that is indicators displaying where in the semantic structure of a document
;; the point is currently located.
;;
;; Imagine a large YAML-document where the names of the parent keys are far out
;; of view: Treecrumbs can quickly display the hierarchy of keys (e.g. `foo < []
;; < baz') and help figure out where point is.
;;
;; Treecrumbs only works if a tree-sitter parser for the target language is
;; available in the buffer, and the language is supported in the
;; `treecrumbs-languages'. Adding a new language is not difficult, and patches
;; for this are welcome.
;;
;; To active treecrumbs, enable `treecrumbs-mode'. This buffer-local minor mode
;; adds the crumbs to the buffer's `header-line-format'. Alternatively, users
;; can also use the `treecrumbs-line-segment' either in their own header-line,
;; tab-line or mode-line configuration.
;;; Code:
(require 'seq)
(require 'treesit)
(defvar treecrumbs-languages nil
"Describes the tree-sitter language grammars supported by
treecrumbs, and how the breadcrumbs for their node types are
generated.
Alist of symbols representing tree-sitter languages (e.g. `yaml')
to another alist (the \"node type list\") describing how
different node types should be displayed in the crumbs.
See `define-treecrumbs-language' for more details on how to add a
language.")
(defmacro define-treecrumbs-language (lang &rest clauses)
"Defines a new language for use in treecrumbs. LANG should be a
symbol representing the language as understood by treesit (e.g.
`yaml').
Each of CLAUSES is a cons cell mapping the name of a tree
node (in string format) to one of either:
1. a static string, which will become the breadcrumb verbatim
2. a tree-sitter query (in S-expression syntax) which must capture
exactly one argument named `@key' that will become the
breadcrumb (e.g. the name of a function, the key in a map, ...)
Treecrumbs will only consider node types that are mentioned in
CLAUSES. All other nodes are ignored when constructing the
crumbs.
The defined languages are stored in `treecrumbs-languages'."
(declare (indent 1))
(let ((compiled
(seq-map (lambda (clause)
(if (stringp (cdr clause))
`(cons ,(car clause) ,(cdr clause))
`(cons ,(car clause)
(treesit-query-compile ',lang ',(cdr clause)))))
clauses)))
`(setf (alist-get ',lang treecrumbs-languages nil nil #'equal) (list ,@compiled))))
(define-treecrumbs-language yaml
;; In YAML documents, crumbs are generated from the keys of maps, and from
;; elements of arrays. "block"-nodes are standard YAML syntax, "flow"-nodes
;; are inline JSON-ish syntax.
("block_mapping_pair" . ((block_mapping_pair key: (_) @key)))
("block_sequence" . "[]")
;; TODO: Why can this query not match on to (flow_pair)?
("flow_pair" . ((_) key: (_) @key))
("flow_sequence" . "[]"))
(define-treecrumbs-language cpp
;; In C++ files, crumbs are generated from namespaces and
;; identifier declarations.
("namespace_definition" . ([(namespace_definition
name: (namespace_identifier) @key)
(namespace_definition
"namespace" @key
!name)]))
("function_definition" . ((function_definition
declarator:
(function_declarator
declarator: (_) @key))))
("class_specifier" . ((class_specifier
name: (type_identifier) @key)))
("struct_specifier" . ((struct_specifier
name: (type_identifier) @key)))
("field_declaration" . ((field_declaration
declarator: (_) @key)))
("init_declarator" . ((init_declarator
declarator: (_) @key))))
(defvar-local treecrumbs--current-crumbs nil
"Current crumbs to display in the header line. Only updated when
the node under point changes.")
(defun treecrumbs--crumbs-for (node)
"Construct the crumbs for the given NODE, if its language is
supported in `treecrumbs-languages'. This functions return value
is undefined, it directly updates the buffer-local
`treecrumbs--current-crumbs'."
(let ((lang (cdr (assoc (treesit-node-language node) treecrumbs-languages))))
(unless lang
(user-error "No supported treecrumbs language at point!"))
(setq-local treecrumbs--current-crumbs "")
(treesit-parent-while
node
(lambda (parent)
(when-let ((query (cdr (assoc (treesit-node-type parent) lang))))
(setq-local treecrumbs--current-crumbs
(concat treecrumbs--current-crumbs
(if (string-empty-p treecrumbs--current-crumbs) ""
" < ")
(if (stringp query)
query
(substring-no-properties
(treesit-node-text (cdar (treesit-query-capture parent query))))))))
t))))
(defvar-local treecrumbs--last-node nil
"Caches the node that was last seen at point.")
(defun treecrumbs-at-point ()
"Returns the treecrumbs at point as a string, if point is on a
node in a language supported in `treecrumbs-languages'.
The last known crumbs in a given buffer are cached, and only if
the node under point changes are they updated."
(let ((node (treesit-node-at (point))))
(when (or (not treecrumbs--current-crumbs)
(not (equal treecrumbs--last-node node)))
(setq-local treecrumbs--last-node node)
(treecrumbs--crumbs-for node)))
treecrumbs--current-crumbs)
(defvar treecrumbs-line-segment
'(:eval (treecrumbs-at-point))
"Treecrumbs segment for use in the header-line or mode-line.")
;;;###autoload
(define-minor-mode treecrumbs-mode
"Display header line hints about current position in structure."
:init-value nil
:lighter " Crumbs"
(if treecrumbs-mode
(if (treesit-parser-list)
(push treecrumbs-line-segment header-line-format)
(user-error "Treecrumbs mode works only in tree-sitter based buffers!"))
(setq header-line-format
(delq treecrumbs-line-segment header-line-format))))
(provide 'treecrumbs)
;;; treecrumbs.el ends here
