emacs: Add 'guix-list-get-display-entries'.

* emacs/guix-list.el (guix-list-get-display-entries): New procedure.
* emacs/guix-ui-generation.el (guix-generation-get-display): Use it.

2 files changed, 26 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/emacs/guix-list.el b/emacs/guix-list.el
index 8b37a88615..66e0bc8033 100644
--- a/emacs/guix-list.el
+++ b/emacs/guix-list.el
@@ -170,12 +170,6 @@ Return a vector made of values of FUN calls."
      (cons (guix-list-param-title entry-type param)
            rest-spec))))
 
-(defun guix-list-insert-entries (entries entry-type)
-  "Print ENTRY-TYPE ENTRIES in the current buffer."
-  (setq tabulated-list-entries
-        (guix-list-tabulated-entries entries entry-type))
-  (tabulated-list-print))
-
 (defun guix-list-tabulated-entries (entries entry-type)
   "Return a list of ENTRY-TYPE values for `tabulated-list-entries'."
   (mapcar (lambda (entry)
@@ -194,6 +188,28 @@ Parameters are taken from ENTRY-TYPE ENTRY."
            (funcall fun val entry)
          (guix-get-string val))))))
 
+
+;;; Displaying entries
+
+(defun guix-list-get-display-entries (entry-type &rest args)
+  "Search for entries and show them in a 'list' buffer preferably."
+  (let ((entries (guix-buffer-get-entries 'list entry-type args)))
+    (if (or (null entries)      ; = 0
+            (cdr entries)       ; > 1
+            (guix-list-single-entry? entry-type)
+            (null (guix-buffer-value 'info entry-type 'show-entries)))
+        (guix-buffer-display-entries entries 'list entry-type args 'add)
+      (if (equal (guix-buffer-value 'info entry-type 'get-entries)
+                 (guix-buffer-value 'list entry-type 'get-entries))
+          (guix-buffer-display-entries entries 'info entry-type args 'add)
+        (guix-buffer-get-display-entries 'info entry-type args 'add)))))
+
+(defun guix-list-insert-entries (entries entry-type)
+  "Print ENTRY-TYPE ENTRIES in the current buffer."
+  (setq tabulated-list-entries
+        (guix-list-tabulated-entries entries entry-type))
+  (tabulated-list-print))
+
 (defun guix-list-get-one-line (val &optional _)
   "Return one-line string from a multi-line string VAL.
 VAL may be nil."
diff --git a/emacs/guix-ui-generation.el b/emacs/guix-ui-generation.el
index 7d6762a444..ec6d2187cd 100644
--- a/emacs/guix-ui-generation.el
+++ b/emacs/guix-ui-generation.el
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ If PROFILE is nil, use `guix-current-profile'.
 
 See `guix-ui-get-entries' for the meaning of SEARCH-TYPE and
 SEARCH-VALUES."
-  (let ((args (cl-list* (or profile guix-current-profile)
-                        search-type search-values)))
-    (guix-buffer-get-display-entries
-     'list 'generation args 'add)))
+  (apply #'guix-list-get-display-entries
+         'generation
+         (or profile guix-current-profile)
+         search-type search-values))
 
 (defun guix-delete-generations (profile generations
                                 &optional operation-buffer)