dotfiles/.config/zsh/functions.zsh

#!/bin/zsh
# Various small functions

# Get backtrace from gdb.
function gdb_get_backtrace()
{
    local exe=$1
    local core=$2

    gdb ${exe} \
        --core ${core} \
        --batch \
        --quiet \
        -ex "thread apply all bt full" \
        -ex "quit"
}

# Export variable to Emacs.
function export-emacs
{
    if [[ "$(emacsclient -e t)" != 't' ]]; then
        return 1
    fi

    for name in "${@}"; do
        value=$(eval echo \"\$${name}\")
        emacsclient -e "(setenv \"${name}\" \"${value}\")" >/dev/null
    done
}

# Highlight cat output with whatever less is using for highlighting. The command
# in $LESSOPEN needs to be able to work with multiple files.
function cat-highlight()
{
    # Check if we are in a terminal and $LESSOPEN is not empty
    if [[ -t 1 && -n "${LESSOPEN}" ]]; then
        local -a args
        local -a files
        for arg in $@; do
            # Filter out file names
            if [[ "${arg:0:1}" != "-" ]]; then
                files+="$arg"
            else
                args+="$arg"
            fi
        done

        local catopen="${LESSOPEN/|/}"
        eval "${catopen/\%s/${files}} | \cat ${args}"
    else
        \cat $@
    fi
}

# Makes all files in DIR lower case. Works with Non-ASCII characters.
function mksmol()
{
    if [[ ${ARGC} -ne 1 ]]; then
        echo "usage: ${0} DIR" >&2
        return 1
    fi

    local dir="${1}"
    for file in "${dir}"/*; do
        newfile="${file:l}"
        [[ "${file}" != "${newfile}" ]] && mv "${file}" "${newfile}" || :
    done
}