degesch: allow multiple commands in aliases

Separated by ;, which can be escaped as $;

degesch.c

@@ -8034,59 +8034,75 @@ process_user_command
 	return true;
 }
 
-static char *
-expand_alias_definition (const struct str *definition, const char *arguments)
+static const char *
+expand_alias_escape (const char *p, const char *arguments, struct str *output)
 {
-	struct str_vector v;
-	str_vector_init (&v);
-	cstr_split_ignore_empty (arguments, ' ', &v);
+	struct str_vector words;
+	str_vector_init (&words);
+	cstr_split_ignore_empty (arguments, ' ', &words);
 
+	// TODO: eventually also add support for argument ranges
+	int as_number = *p - '0';
+	if (as_number > 0 && as_number <= 9
+	 && (size_t) as_number <= words.len)
+		str_append (output, words.vector[as_number - 1]);
+	else if (*p == '*')
+		str_append (output, arguments);
+	else if (strchr ("$;", *p))
+		str_append_c (output, *p);
+	else
+		str_append_printf (output, "$%c", *p);
+
+	str_vector_free (&words);
+	return ++p;
+}
+
+static void
+expand_alias_definition (const struct str *definition, const char *arguments,
+	struct str_vector *commands)
+{
 	struct str expanded;
 	str_init (&expanded);
 
-	// TODO: eventually also support argument ranges
 	bool escape = false;
 	for (const char *p = definition->str; *p; p++)
 	{
-		if (!escape)
+		if (escape)
 		{
-			if (*p == '$' && p[1])
-				escape = true;
-			else
-				str_append_c (&expanded, *p);
-			continue;
+			p = expand_alias_escape (p, arguments, &expanded);
+			escape = false;
 		}
-
-		int as_number = *p - '0';
-		if (as_number > 0 && as_number <= 9
-		 && (size_t) as_number <= v.len)
-			str_append (&expanded, v.vector[as_number - 1]);
-		else if (*p == '*')
-			str_append (&expanded, arguments);
-		else if (*p == '$')
-			str_append_c (&expanded, '$');
+		else if (*p == ';')
+		{
+			str_vector_add_owned (commands, str_steal (&expanded));
+			str_init (&expanded);
+		}
+		else if (*p == '$' && p[1])
+			escape = true;
 		else
-			str_append_printf (&expanded, "$%c", *p);
-		escape = false;
+			str_append_c (&expanded, *p);
 	}
-	str_vector_free (&v);
-	return str_steal (&expanded);
+	str_vector_add_owned (commands, str_steal (&expanded));
 }
 
-static char *
-expand_alias (struct app_context *ctx, const char *alias_name, char *input)
+static bool
+expand_alias (struct app_context *ctx,
+	const char *alias_name, char *input, struct str_vector *commands)
 {
 	struct config_item_ *entry =
 		str_map_find (get_aliases_config (ctx), alias_name);
 	if (!entry)
-		return NULL;
+		return false;
 
-	if (config_item_type_is_string (entry->type))
-		return expand_alias_definition (&entry->value.string, input);
+	if (!config_item_type_is_string (entry->type))
+	{
+		log_global_error (ctx, "Error executing `/%s': %s",
+			alias_name, "alias definition is not a string");
+		return false;
+	}
 
-	log_global_error (ctx, "Error executing `/%s': %s",
-		alias_name, "alias definition is not a string");
-	return NULL;
+	expand_alias_definition (&entry->value.string, input, commands);
+	return true;
 }
 
 // - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
@@ -8123,30 +8139,46 @@ send_message_to_current_buffer (struct app_context *ctx, char *message)
 	}
 }
 
-static void
+static bool process_input_utf8 (struct app_context *, char *, int);
+
+static bool
+process_alias (struct app_context *ctx, struct str_vector *commands, int level)
+{
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < commands->len; i++)
+		log_global_debug (ctx, "Alias expanded to: ###d: \"#s\"",
+			(int) i, commands->vector[i]);
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < commands->len; i++)
+		if (!process_input_utf8 (ctx, commands->vector[i], ++level))
+			return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
+static bool
 process_input_utf8 (struct app_context *ctx, char *input, int alias_level)
 {
 	if (*input != '/' || *++input == '/')
 	{
 		send_message_to_current_buffer (ctx, input);
-		return;
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	char *name = cut_word (&input);
 	if (process_user_command (ctx, name, input))
-		return;
+		return true;
 
-	char *expanded = expand_alias (ctx, name, input);
-	if (expanded)
-		log_global_debug (ctx, "Alias expanded to \"#s\"", expanded);
+	struct str_vector commands;
+	str_vector_init (&commands);
 
-	if (!expanded)
+	bool result = false;
+	if (!expand_alias (ctx, name, input, &commands))
 		log_global_error (ctx, "#s: /#s", "No such command or alias", name);
 	else if (alias_level != 0)
 		log_global_error (ctx, "#s: /#s", "Aliases can't nest", name);
 	else
-		process_input_utf8 (ctx, expanded, ++alias_level);
-	free (expanded);
+		result = process_alias (ctx, &commands, alias_level);
+
+	str_vector_free (&commands);
+	return result;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -8156,7 +8188,7 @@ process_input (struct app_context *ctx, char *user_input)
 	if (!(input = iconv_xstrdup (ctx->term_to_utf8, user_input, -1, NULL)))
 		print_error ("character conversion failed for `%s'", "user input");
 	else
-		process_input_utf8 (ctx, input, 0);
+		(void) process_input_utf8 (ctx, input, 0);
 	free (input);
 }