Class: Relisp::RubySlave

Inherits:
Slave show all
Defined in:
lib/relisp/slaves.rb

Overview

This class dedicates the ruby process to responding to queries from the emacs process that started it. See Relisp::Slave.

Constant Summary

Constants inherited from Slave

Slave::CONSTANTS, Slave::PREVIOUS_ELISP_RESULT, Slave::TRANSMISSION_CODES_REGEXP, Slave::VARIABLE_PREFIX

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Slave

#elisp_eval, #elisp_exec, #get_permanent_variable, #new_elisp_variable, #provide, #save_excursion, #with_current_buffer, #with_temp_buffer

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ RubySlave

Can be provided with a block, in which case the block is run in the context of the slave. This makes slave methods available to the block without specifying an explicit receiver, and variables and functions defined in the block are in scope when requests from elisp are later evaluated.



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# File 'lib/relisp/slaves.rb', line 245

def initialize
  super
  send_constants

  if block_given?
    yield self
    # start
  end
end

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method in the class Relisp::Slave

Class Method Details

.start ⇒ Object

Creates a new RubySlave and immediately starts it.



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# File 'lib/relisp/slaves.rb', line 235

def self.start
  self.new.start
end

Instance Method Details

#start ⇒ Object

Begin the main listening loop.



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# File 'lib/relisp/slaves.rb', line 257

def start
  write_to_emacs BEGIN_SLAVE_CODE
  write_to_emacs ANSWER_CODE

  begin
    loop do
      code = ''
      input = read_from_emacs
      until input.strip == QUESTION_CODE || input.strip == COMMAND_CODE
        code << input
        input = read_from_emacs
      end
      code.gsub!(/\n\z/, '')
      
      if input.strip == QUESTION_CODE
        write_to_emacs((eval code, @local_binding).to_elisp)
      else
        eval(code, @local_binding)
      end
      write_to_emacs ANSWER_CODE
    end
  rescue => dag_yo
    msg = dag_yo.message + "\n"
    dag_yo.backtrace.each do |b|
      msg << "  " + b + "\n" 
    end
    write_to_emacs msg.chomp
    #write_to_emacs(dag_yo.message)
    write_to_emacs ERROR_CODE
    retry
  end
end