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+" Vim autoload file for editing compressed files.
+" Maintainer: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
+" Last Change: 2005 Jul 26
+
+" These functions are used by the gzip plugin.
+
+" Function to check that executing "cmd [-f]" works.
+" The result is cached in s:have_"cmd" for speed.
+fun s:check(cmd)
+  let name = substitute(a:cmd, '\(\S*\).*', '\1', '')
+  if !exists("s:have_" . name)
+    let e = executable(name)
+    if e < 0
+      let r = system(name . " --version")
+      let e = (r !~ "not found" && r != "")
+    endif
+    exe "let s:have_" . name . "=" . e
+  endif
+  exe "return s:have_" . name
+endfun
+
+" Set b:gzip_comp_arg to the gzip argument to be used for compression, based on
+" the flags in the compressed file.
+" The only compression methods that can be detected are max speed (-1) and max
+" compression (-9).
+fun s:set_compression(line)
+  " get the Compression Method
+  let l:cm = char2nr(a:line[2])
+  " if it's 8 (DEFLATE), we can check for the compression level
+  if l:cm == 8
+    " get the eXtra FLags
+    let l:xfl = char2nr(a:line[8])
+    " max compression
+    if l:xfl == 2
+      let b:gzip_comp_arg = "-9"
+    " min compression
+    elseif l:xfl == 4
+      let b:gzip_comp_arg = "-1"
+    endif
+  endif
+endfun
+
+
+" After reading compressed file: Uncompress text in buffer with "cmd"
+fun gzip#read(cmd)
+  " don't do anything if the cmd is not supported
+  if !s:check(a:cmd)
+    return
+  endif
+
+  " for gzip check current compression level and set b:gzip_comp_arg.
+  silent! unlet b:gzip_comp_arg
+  if a:cmd[0] == 'g'
+    call s:set_compression(getline(1))
+  endif
+
+  " make 'patchmode' empty, we don't want a copy of the written file
+  let pm_save = &pm
+  set pm=
+  " remove 'a' and 'A' from 'cpo' to avoid the alternate file changes
+  let cpo_save = &cpo
+  set cpo-=a cpo-=A
+  " set 'modifiable'
+  let ma_save = &ma
+  setlocal ma
+  " when filtering the whole buffer, it will become empty
+  let empty = line("'[") == 1 && line("']") == line("$")
+  let tmp = tempname()
+  let tmpe = tmp . "." . expand("<afile>:e")
+  " write the just read lines to a temp file "'[,']w tmp.gz"
+  execute "silent '[,']w " . tmpe
+  " uncompress the temp file: call system("gzip -dn tmp.gz")
+  call system(a:cmd . " " . tmpe)
+  if !filereadable(tmp)
+    " uncompress didn't work!  Keep the compressed file then.
+    echoerr "Error: Could not read uncompressed file"
+    return
+  endif
+  " delete the compressed lines; remember the line number
+  let l = line("'[") - 1
+  if exists(":lockmarks")
+    lockmarks '[,']d _
+  else
+    '[,']d _
+  endif
+  " read in the uncompressed lines "'[-1r tmp"
+  setlocal nobin
+  if exists(":lockmarks")
+    execute "silent lockmarks " . l . "r " . tmp
+  else
+    execute "silent " . l . "r " . tmp
+  endif
+
+  " if buffer became empty, delete trailing blank line
+  if empty
+    silent $delete _
+    1
+  endif
+  " delete the temp file and the used buffers
+  call delete(tmp)
+  silent! exe "bwipe " . tmp
+  silent! exe "bwipe " . tmpe
+  let &pm = pm_save
+  let &cpo = cpo_save
+  let &l:ma = ma_save
+  " When uncompressed the whole buffer, do autocommands
+  if empty
+    if &verbose >= 8
+      execute "doau BufReadPost " . expand("%:r")
+    else
+      execute "silent! doau BufReadPost " . expand("%:r")
+    endif
+  endif
+endfun
+
+" After writing compressed file: Compress written file with "cmd"
+fun gzip#write(cmd)
+  " don't do anything if the cmd is not supported
+  if s:check(a:cmd)
+    " Rename the file before compressing it.
+    let nm = resolve(expand("<afile>"))
+    let nmt = s:tempname(nm)
+    if rename(nm, nmt) == 0
+      if exists("b:gzip_comp_arg")
+	call system(a:cmd . " " . b:gzip_comp_arg . " " . nmt)
+      else
+	call system(a:cmd . " " . nmt)
+      endif
+      call rename(nmt . "." . expand("<afile>:e"), nm)
+    endif
+  endif
+endfun
+
+" Before appending to compressed file: Uncompress file with "cmd"
+fun gzip#appre(cmd)
+  " don't do anything if the cmd is not supported
+  if s:check(a:cmd)
+    let nm = expand("<afile>")
+
+    " for gzip check current compression level and set b:gzip_comp_arg.
+    silent! unlet b:gzip_comp_arg
+    if a:cmd[0] == 'g'
+      call s:set_compression(readfile(nm, "b", 1)[0])
+    endif
+
+    " Rename to a weird name to avoid the risk of overwriting another file
+    let nmt = expand("<afile>:p:h") . "/X~=@l9q5"
+    let nmte = nmt . "." . expand("<afile>:e")
+    if rename(nm, nmte) == 0
+      if &patchmode != "" && getfsize(nm . &patchmode) == -1
+	" Create patchmode file by creating the decompressed file new
+	call system(a:cmd . " -c " . nmte . " > " . nmt)
+	call rename(nmte, nm . &patchmode)
+      else
+	call system(a:cmd . " " . nmte)
+      endif
+      call rename(nmt, nm)
+    endif
+  endif
+endfun
+
+" find a file name for the file to be compressed.  Use "name" without an
+" extension if possible.  Otherwise use a weird name to avoid overwriting an
+" existing file.
+fun s:tempname(name)
+  let fn = fnamemodify(a:name, ":r")
+  if !filereadable(fn) && !isdirectory(fn)
+    return fn
+  endif
+  return fnamemodify(a:name, ":p:h") . "/X~=@l9q5"
+endfun
+
+" vim: set sw=2 :