3 files changed, 111 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/tools/emacs/Makefile b/lib/tools/emacs/Makefile
index 0028df247c..8533488463 100644
--- a/lib/tools/emacs/Makefile
+++ b/lib/tools/emacs/Makefile
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ EMACS_FILES= \
 	erlang_appwiz \
 	erlang-start \
 	erlang-eunit \
+	erlang-flymake \
 	erlang
 
 README_FILES= README
diff --git a/lib/tools/emacs/README b/lib/tools/emacs/README
index ca068d04c4..cc107dcd41 100644
--- a/lib/tools/emacs/README
+++ b/lib/tools/emacs/README
@@ -42,7 +42,14 @@ Files\erl-<Ver>:
       (setq erlang-root-dir "C:/Program Files/erl<Ver>")
       (setq exec-path (cons "C:/Program Files/erl<Ver>/bin" exec-path))
       (require 'erlang-start)
-    
 
 
+Miscellaneous addons
+--------------------
+
+In order to check erlang source code on the fly, add the following
+line to your .emacs file (after erlang-start, see above).  See
+erlang-flymake.el for more information on how to customize the syntax
+check.
 
+      (require 'erlang-flymake)
diff --git a/lib/tools/emacs/erlang-flymake.el b/lib/tools/emacs/erlang-flymake.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc368e9454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tools/emacs/erlang-flymake.el
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+;; erlang-flymake.el
+;;
+;; Syntax check erlang source code on the fly (integrates with flymake).
+;;
+;; Start using flymake with erlang by putting the following somewhere
+;; in your .emacs file:
+;;
+;;     (require 'erlang-flymake)
+;;
+;; Flymake is rather eager and does its syntax checks frequently by
+;; default and if you are bothered by this, you might want to put the
+;; following in your .emacs as well:
+;;
+;;     (erlang-flymake-only-on-save)
+;;
+;; There are a couple of variables which control the compilation options:
+;; * erlang-flymake-get-code-path-dirs-function
+;; * erlang-flymake-get-include-dirs-function
+;; * erlang-flymake-extra-opts
+;;
+;; This code is inspired by http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/FlymakeErlang.
+
+(require 'flymake)
+(eval-when-compile
+  (require 'cl))
+
+(defvar erlang-flymake-command
+  "erlc"
+  "The command that will be used to perform the syntax check")
+
+(defvar erlang-flymake-get-code-path-dirs-function
+  'erlang-flymake-get-code-path-dirs
+  "Return a list of ebin directories to add to the code path.")
+
+(defvar erlang-flymake-get-include-dirs-function
+  'erlang-flymake-get-include-dirs
+  "Return a list of include directories to add to the compiler options.")
+
+(defvar erlang-flymake-extra-opts
+  (list "+warn_obsolete_guard"
+        "+warn_unused_import"
+        "+warn_shadow_vars"
+        "+warn_export_vars"
+        "+strong_validation"
+        "+report")
+  "A list of options that will be passed to the compiler")
+
+(defun erlang-flymake-only-on-save ()
+  "Trigger flymake only when the buffer is saved (disables syntax
+check on newline and when there are no changes)."
+  (interactive)
+  ;; There doesn't seem to be a way of disabling this; set to the
+  ;; largest int available as a workaround (most-positive-fixnum
+  ;; equates to 8.5 years on my machine, so it ought to be enough ;-) )
+  (setq flymake-no-changes-timeout most-positive-fixnum)
+  (setq flymake-start-syntax-check-on-newline nil))
+
+
+(defun erlang-flymake-get-code-path-dirs ()
+  (list (concat (erlang-flymake-get-app-dir) "ebin")))
+
+(defun erlang-flymake-get-include-dirs ()
+  (list (concat (erlang-flymake-get-app-dir) "include")))
+
+(defun erlang-flymake-get-app-dir ()
+  (let ((src-path (file-name-directory (buffer-file-name))))
+    (file-name-directory (directory-file-name src-path))))
+
+(defun erlang-flymake-init ()
+  (let* ((temp-file
+          (flet ((flymake-get-temp-dir () (erlang-flymake-temp-dir)))
+            (flymake-init-create-temp-buffer-copy
+             'flymake-create-temp-with-folder-structure)))
+         (code-dir-opts
+          (erlang-flymake-flatten
+           (mapcar (lambda (dir) (list "-pa" dir))
+                   (funcall erlang-flymake-get-code-path-dirs-function))))
+         (inc-dir-opts
+          (erlang-flymake-flatten
+           (mapcar (lambda (dir) (list "-I" dir))
+                   (funcall erlang-flymake-get-include-dirs-function))))
+         (compile-opts
+          (append inc-dir-opts
+                  code-dir-opts
+                  erlang-flymake-extra-opts)))
+    (list erlang-flymake-command (append compile-opts (list temp-file)))))
+
+(defun erlang-flymake-temp-dir ()
+  ;; Squeeze the user's name in there in order to make sure that files
+  ;; for two users who are working on the same computer (like a linux
+  ;; box) don't collide
+  (format "%s/flymake-%s" temporary-file-directory user-login-name))
+
+(defun erlang-flymake-flatten (list)
+  (apply #'append list))
+
+(add-to-list 'flymake-allowed-file-name-masks
+             '("\\.erl\\'" erlang-flymake-init))
+(add-hook 'erlang-mode-hook 'flymake-mode)
+
+(provide 'erlang-flymake)
+;; erlang-flymake ends here