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diff --git a/debian-el.el b/debian-el.el index cd912f2..f871e77 100644 --- a/debian-el.el +++ b/debian-el.el @@ -47,6 +47,17 @@ ;;:require 'debian-bug :group 'debian-el) +;; deb-view.el +(autoload 'deb-find "deb-view" "Debian Archive File Finder" t) +(autoload 'deb-view-mode "deb-view" "Debian Archive File Mode" t) +(autoload 'deb-view "deb-view" "Debian Archive File Viewer" t) +(autoload 'deb-view-dired-view "deb-view" "Debian Archive File Viewer" t) +(setq auto-mode-alist (append '(("\\.deb$" . deb-view-mode)) auto-mode-alist)) +(add-hook + 'dired-load-hook + (function (lambda () + (define-key dired-mode-map "\C-d" 'deb-view-dired-view)))) + (provide 'debian-el) diff --git a/debian-el.texi b/debian-el.texi index eaad261..23a2c44 100644 --- a/debian-el.texi +++ b/debian-el.texi @@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ basis, do: @end example @menu -* apt-sources:: Mode for editing apt source.list file -* apt-utils:: Emacs interface to APT -* debian-bug:: Report a bug to Debian's bug tracking system -* gnus-BTS:: Access the Debian Bug Tracking System from Gnus +* apt-sources:: Mode for editing apt source.list file +* apt-utils:: Emacs interface to APT +* debian-bug:: Report a bug to Debian's bug tracking system +* deb-view:: View Debian package archive files with tar-mode +* gnus-BTS:: Access the Debian Bug Tracking System from Gnus @end menu This work compiles GPL'ed documentation from the files in @@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ or use the menu. You may alter various settings of @code{apt-utils} bu customizing the group @code{apt-utils}. -@node debian-bug, gnus-BTS, apt-utils, Top +@node debian-bug, deb-view, apt-utils, Top @chapter debian-bug - report a bug to Debian's bug tracking system @noindent Useful commands provided by this package: @@ -181,7 +182,117 @@ specific bug number as well. @noindent The debian-bug facility depends on the reportbug package. -@node gnus-BTS, , debian-bug, Top +@node deb-view, gnus-BTS, debian-bug, Top +@chapter deb-view - View Debian package archive files with tar-mode + +@noindent Author: Rick Macdonald (rickm@@vsl.com) + +deb-view presents the contents of debian package archive files for +viewing. The viewing is done with the major mode "debview", which +is derived from emacs tar-mode with a few enhancements for viewing +compressed files, HTML files and formatted man pages. The normal +editing and saving features of tar-mode are not supported by +deb-view. + +deb-view includes a command called @command{deb-find} which requires that you +have the debian distribution directories on a local or mounted +filesystem. Give it a string or regular expression and it presents a +buffer of matching deb file names. Click with the middle mouse button +or press @key{RETURN} (or @key{C-c C-c}) and it launches deb-view on the selected +file. deb-find can be configured to use locate or find, or any other +external command. The find method passes your search specification to +egrep, whereas the locate method uses your string directly. + +deb-view extracts the control.tar.gz and data.tar.gz files from +debian package and presents two buffers in a derivitive of +tar-mode. See tar-mode for info. + +@noindent Optionally required programs: +@table @samp +@item nroff +for formatting man pages. +@item dpkg-deb +for old-style binary .deb files. +@item w3-mode +for viewing HTML pages. +@end table + +For new-style .deb files (2.0), dpkg-deb isn't used. + +@menu +* deb-view configuration:: +* deb-view usage:: +@end menu + +@node deb-view configuration, deb-view usage, deb-view, deb-view +@section Configuration + +deb-view is mostly unobtrusive, but does bind @key{C-d} in dired to +@command{deb-view-dired-view}. The "debview" mode is derived from +tar-mode.el using derived.el. Compared to tar-mode, debview-mode +binds @key{q}, @key{N}, @key{W}, and re-binds @key{v}. Also, the normal editing and saving +features of tar-mode are not supported by debview mode and those +keys are disabled. + +@command{deb-find} has two variables to set. @code{deb-find-method} can be "locate" or +"find". Any other value will be assumed to be an external script or +program that you supply. If you set @code{deb-find-method} to "find" then you +must also set @code{deb-find-directory} to the directory containing the +debian distribution. The find command starts at this point. I originally +used the locate option, but contrary to the man page it doesn't seem to +understand even simple regular expressions. I prefer the find option. It +uses egrep and therefore understands complex regular expressions. +You might want to bind @command{deb-find} to a special key. I use @key{C-d} like this: + +@verbatim + (define-key ctl-x-map "\C-d" 'deb-find) +@end verbatim + +Note that this key is normally the brief @command{list-directory} command, a +command that I never used anyway. + + +@node deb-view usage, , deb-view configuration, deb-view +@section Usage + +In dired, press @key{f} or @key{e} on the dired line of the .deb file to view. +You can also use @key{C-d}, which is actually slightly faster since the +deb file isn't loaded into a buffer needlessly. + +Or, execute: @command{M-x deb-view RETURN}, and enter the .deb file name +at the prompt. + +Or, execute: @command{M-x deb-find RETURN}, and enter any substring of a +deb file name to search for. A buffer of matches is created. +Launch @command{deb-view} by selecting a deb file with the middle mouse button, +or @key{RETURN} or @key{C-c}. Exit this buffer with @key{q}. + +You are shown two tar files in debview-mode (see tar-mode for help). +In the case of old .deb format files, the control info is shown +but not the other files of control.tar, such as install scripts. +Note that regular tar-mode commands @key{e}, @key{f} and @key{RETURN} show raw files +without any special uncompressing or formatting. +Additional features that deb-view adds to tar-mode: + +@table @samp +@item q +kill both view buffers (INFO and DATA) and return to the +dired buffer if that's where you executed deb-mode. +@item v +executes deb-view-tar-view instead of tar-view, with the +additional smarts to uncompress .gz and .Z files for viewing. +@item N +Like in dired, formats man pages for viewing, with the +additional smarts to uncompress .gz and .Z man files for viewing. +@item W +use w3-mode to view an HTML file. +@end table + +To view files not supported by deb-view, such as graphics, use the +copy command (@key{c}) to copy the file to a temp directory. You can +then do what you want to the file. + +@node gnus-BTS, , deb-view, Top @chapter gnus-BTS - access the Debian Bug Tracking System from Gnus Use this if you read a lot of debian lists in GNUS and see references |