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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+# $Id: tracemunch,v 1.6 2005/03/12 21:48:23 tom Exp $
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                #
+#                                                                            #
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a    #
+# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), #
+# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation  #
+# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, distribute    #
+# with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to #
+# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the  #
+# following conditions:                                                      #
+#                                                                            #
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in #
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.                        #
+#                                                                            #
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR #
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,   #
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL    #
+# THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER      #
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING    #
+# FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER        #
+# DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                                                  #
+#                                                                            #
+# Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright     #
+# holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, #
+# use or other dealings in this Software without prior written               #
+# authorization.                                                             #
+##############################################################################
+# tracemunch -- compactify ncurses trace logs
+#
+# The error logs produced by ncurses with tracing enabled can be very tedious
+# to wade through.  This script helps by compacting runs of log lines that
+# can be conveniently expressed as higher-level operations.
+use strict;
+
+our $putattr="PutAttrChar\\({{ '(.)' = 0[0-7]+ }}\\) at \\(([0-9]+), ([0-9]+)\\)";
+our $waddnstr="waddnstr\\(0x([0-9a-f]+),\"([^\"]+)\",[0-9]+\\) called {A_NORMAL}";
+
+our $win_nums=0;
+our $curscr="";
+our $newscr="";
+our $stdscr="";
+our @win_addr;
+
+sub transaddr
+{
+    my $n;
+    my $arg = $_[0];
+
+    $arg =~ s/$curscr/curscr/g if ($curscr);
+    $arg =~ s/$newscr/newscr/g if ($newscr);
+    $arg =~ s/$stdscr/stdscr/g if ($stdscr);
+    for $n (0..$#win_addr) {
+	$arg =~ s/$win_addr[$n]/window$n/g if $win_addr[$n];
+    }
+
+    return $arg;
+}
+
+while (<STDIN>)
+{
+	my $addr;
+	my $n;
+	my $awaiting;
+
+CLASSIFY: {
+	# Transform window pointer addresses so it's easier to compare logs
+	$awaiting = "curscr" if ($_ =~ /creating curscr/);
+	$awaiting = "newscr" if ($_ =~ /creating newscr/);
+	$awaiting = "stdscr" if ($_ =~ /creating stdscr/);
+	if ($_ =~ /^create :window 0x([0-9a-f]+)/) {
+	    $addr = "0x$1";
+	    if ($awaiting eq "curscr") {
+		$curscr = $addr;
+	    } elsif ($awaiting eq "newscr") {
+		$newscr = $addr;
+	    } elsif ($awaiting eq "stdscr") {
+		$stdscr = $addr;
+	    } else {
+		$win_addr[$win_nums] = $addr;
+		$win_nums = $win_nums + 1;
+	    }
+	    $awaiting = "";
+	} elsif ($_ =~ /^\.\.\.deleted win=0x([0-9a-f]+)/) {
+	    $addr = "0x$1";
+	    $_ = &transaddr($_);
+	    if ($addr eq $curscr) {
+		$curscr = "";
+	    } elsif ($addr eq $newscr) {
+		$newscr = "";
+	    } elsif ($addr eq $stdscr) {
+		$stdscr = "";
+	    } else {
+		for $n (0..$#win_addr) {
+		    if ($win_addr[$n] eq $addr) {
+			$win_addr[$n] = "";
+		    }
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+
+	# Compactify runs of PutAttrChar calls (TR_CHARPUT)
+	if ($_ =~ /$putattr/)
+	{
+		my $putattr_chars = $1;
+		my $starty = $2;
+		my $startx = $3;
+		while (<STDIN>)
+		{
+			if ($_ =~ /$putattr/) {
+				$putattr_chars .= $1;
+			} else {
+				last;
+			}
+		}
+		print "RUN of PutAttrChar()s: \"$putattr_chars\" from ${starty}, ${startx}\n";
+		redo CLASSIFY;
+	}
+
+	# Compactify runs of waddnstr calls (TR_CALLS)
+	if ($_ =~ /$waddnstr/)
+	{
+		my $waddnstr_chars = $2;
+		my $winaddr = $1;
+		while (<STDIN>)
+		{
+			if ($_ =~ /$waddnstr/ && $1 eq $winaddr) {
+				$waddnstr_chars .= $2;
+			} else {
+				last;
+			}
+		}
+		my $winaddstr = &transaddr($winaddr);
+		print "RUN of waddnstr()s: $winaddr, \"$waddnstr_chars\"\n";
+		redo CLASSIFY;
+	}
+
+	# More transformations can go here
+
+	# Repeated runs of anything
+	my $anyline = &transaddr($_);
+	my $repeatcount = 1;
+	while (<STDIN>) {
+	    if (&transaddr($_) eq $anyline) {
+		$repeatcount++;
+	    } else {
+		last;
+	    }
+	}
+	if ($repeatcount > 1) {
+		print "${repeatcount} REPEATS OF $anyline";
+	} else {
+		print $anyline
+	}
+	redo CLASSIFY if $_;
+
+	} # :CLASSIFY
+}
+
+# tracemunch ends here