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1 | ;;; tooltip.el --- Show tooltip windows |
2 | ||
06f76f9f | 3 | ;; Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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4 | |
5 | ;; Author: Gerd Moellmann <gerd@acm.org> | |
6 | ;; Keywords: help c mouse tools | |
7 | ||
8 | ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs. | |
9 | ||
10 | ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify | |
11 | ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by | |
12 | ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) | |
13 | ;; any later version. | |
14 | ||
15 | ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
16 | ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
17 | ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the | |
18 | ;; GNU General Public License for more details. | |
19 | ||
20 | ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License | |
21 | ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the | |
22 | ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, | |
23 | ;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. | |
24 | ||
25 | ;;; Commentary: | |
26 | ||
27 | ;; Put into your `.emacs' | |
28 | ||
29 | ;; (require 'tooltip) | |
30 | ;; (tooltip-mode 1) | |
31 | ||
32 | ||
33 | \f | |
34 | ;;; Code: | |
35 | ||
36 | (eval-when-compile | |
37 | (require 'cl) | |
38 | (require 'comint) | |
39 | (require 'gud)) | |
40 | ||
41 | (provide 'tooltip) | |
42 | ||
43 | \f | |
44 | ;;; Customizable settings | |
45 | ||
46 | (defgroup tooltip nil | |
47 | "Customization group for the `tooltip' package." | |
48 | :group 'help | |
3e6ed970 | 49 | :group 'gud |
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50 | :group 'mouse |
51 | :group 'tools | |
01b23b99 | 52 | :version "21.1" |
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53 | :tag "Tool Tips") |
54 | ||
01b23b99 | 55 | (defvar tooltip-mode) |
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56 | |
57 | (defcustom tooltip-delay 1.0 | |
58 | "Seconds to wait before displaying a tooltip the first time." | |
59 | :tag "Delay" | |
60 | :type 'number | |
61 | :group 'tooltip) | |
62 | ||
63 | ||
64 | (defcustom tooltip-short-delay 0.1 | |
65 | "Seconds to wait between subsequent tooltips on different items." | |
66 | :tag "Short delay" | |
67 | :type 'number | |
68 | :group 'tooltip) | |
69 | ||
70 | ||
71 | (defcustom tooltip-recent-seconds 1 | |
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72 | "Display tooltips if changing tip items within this many seconds. |
73 | Do so after `tooltip-short-delay'." | |
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74 | :tag "Recent seconds" |
75 | :type 'number | |
76 | :group 'tooltip) | |
77 | ||
78 | ||
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79 | (defcustom tooltip-hide-delay 5 |
80 | "Hide tooltips automatically after this many seconds." | |
81 | :tag "Hide delay" | |
82 | :type 'number | |
83 | :group 'tooltip) | |
84 | ||
85 | ||
e4df9b40 | 86 | (defcustom tooltip-x-offset nil |
7142670a | 87 | "Specify an X offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips. |
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88 | The offset is relative to the position of the mouse. It must |
89 | be chosen so that the tooltip window doesn't contain the mouse | |
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90 | when it pops up. If the value is nil, the default offset is 5 |
91 | pixels. | |
92 | ||
93 | If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `left' parameter, | |
94 | the value of `tooltip-x-offset' is ignored." | |
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95 | :tag "X offset" |
96 | :type '(choice (const :tag "Default" nil) | |
97 | (integer :tag "Offset" :value 1)) | |
98 | :group 'tooltip) | |
99 | ||
100 | ||
101 | (defcustom tooltip-y-offset nil | |
7142670a | 102 | "Specify a Y offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips. |
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103 | The offset is relative to the position of the mouse. It must |
104 | be chosen so that the tooltip window doesn't contain the mouse | |
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105 | when it pops up. If the value is nil, the default offset is -10 |
106 | pixels. | |
107 | ||
108 | If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `top' parameter, | |
109 | the value of `tooltip-y-offset' is ignored." | |
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110 | :tag "Y offset" |
111 | :type '(choice (const :tag "Default" nil) | |
112 | (integer :tag "Offset" :value 1)) | |
113 | :group 'tooltip) | |
114 | ||
115 | ||
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116 | (defcustom tooltip-frame-parameters |
117 | '((name . "tooltip") | |
7840ced1 | 118 | (internal-border-width . 5) |
7840ced1 | 119 | (border-width . 1)) |
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120 | "Frame parameters used for tooltips. |
121 | ||
122 | If `left' or `top' parameters are included, they specify the absolute | |
123 | position to pop up the tooltip." | |
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124 | :type 'sexp |
125 | :tag "Frame Parameters" | |
126 | :group 'tooltip) | |
127 | ||
128 | ||
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129 | (defface tooltip |
130 | '((((class color)) | |
131 | (:background "lightyellow" :foreground "black")) | |
132 | (t ())) | |
133 | "Face for tooltips." | |
134 | :group 'tooltip) | |
135 | ||
136 | ||
7840ced1 | 137 | (defcustom tooltip-gud-tips-p nil |
024e5da6 | 138 | "*Non-nil means show tooltips in GUD sessions." |
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139 | :type 'boolean |
140 | :tag "GUD" | |
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141 | :set #'(lambda (symbol on) |
142 | (setq tooltip-gud-tips-p on) | |
143 | (if on (tooltip-gud-tips-setup))) | |
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144 | :group 'tooltip) |
145 | ||
146 | ||
147 | (defcustom tooltip-gud-modes '(gud-mode c-mode c++-mode) | |
148 | "List of modes for which to enable GUD tips." | |
149 | :type 'sexp | |
150 | :tag "GUD modes" | |
151 | :group 'tooltip) | |
152 | ||
a1f84f6d | 153 | |
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154 | (defcustom tooltip-gud-display |
155 | '((eq (tooltip-event-buffer tooltip-gud-event) | |
156 | (marker-buffer overlay-arrow-position))) | |
157 | "List of forms determining where GUD tooltips are displayed. | |
158 | ||
159 | Forms in the list are combined with AND. The default is to display | |
160 | only tooltips in the buffer containing the overlay arrow." | |
161 | :type 'sexp | |
162 | :tag "GUD buffers predicate" | |
163 | :group 'tooltip) | |
164 | ||
165 | ||
72200f89 | 166 | (defcustom tooltip-use-echo-area nil |
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167 | "Use the echo area instead of tooltip frames. |
168 | This is only relevant GUD display, since otherwise it is equivalent to | |
169 | turning off Tooltip mode." | |
72200f89 | 170 | :type 'boolean |
e775fcc4 | 171 | :tag "Use echo area" |
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172 | :group 'tooltip) |
173 | ||
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174 | \f |
175 | ;;; Variables that are not customizable. | |
176 | ||
177 | (defvar tooltip-hook nil | |
178 | "Functions to call to display tooltips. | |
179 | Each function is called with one argument EVENT which is a copy of | |
180 | the last mouse movement event that occurred.") | |
181 | ||
182 | ||
183 | (defvar tooltip-timeout-id nil | |
184 | "The id of the timeout started when Emacs becomes idle.") | |
185 | ||
186 | ||
187 | (defvar tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event nil | |
188 | "A copy of the last mouse motion event seen.") | |
189 | ||
190 | ||
191 | (defvar tooltip-hide-time nil | |
192 | "Time when the last tooltip was hidden.") | |
193 | ||
194 | ||
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195 | (defvar tooltip-gud-debugger nil |
196 | "The debugger for which we show tooltips.") | |
197 | ||
198 | ||
199 | \f | |
200 | ;;; Event accessors | |
201 | ||
202 | (defun tooltip-event-buffer (event) | |
203 | "Return the buffer over which event EVENT occurred. | |
204 | This might return nil if the event did not occur over a buffer." | |
205 | (let ((window (posn-window (event-end event)))) | |
206 | (and window (window-buffer window)))) | |
207 | ||
208 | ||
209 | \f | |
210 | ;;; Switching tooltips on/off | |
211 | ||
212 | ;; We don't set track-mouse globally because this is a big redisplay | |
213 | ;; problem in buffers having a pre-command-hook or such installed, | |
214 | ;; which does a set-buffer, like the summary buffer of Gnus. Calling | |
215 | ;; set-buffer prevents redisplay optimizations, so every mouse motion | |
216 | ;; would be accompanied by a full redisplay. | |
217 | ||
218 | ;;;###autoload | |
219 | (defun tooltip-mode (&optional arg) | |
220 | "Mode for tooltip display. | |
221 | With ARG, turn tooltip mode on if and only if ARG is positive." | |
222 | (interactive "P") | |
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223 | (unless (fboundp 'x-show-tip) |
224 | (error "Sorry, tooltips are not yet available on this system")) | |
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225 | (let* ((on (if arg |
226 | (> (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0) | |
227 | (not tooltip-mode))) | |
228 | (hook-fn (if on 'add-hook 'remove-hook))) | |
229 | (setq tooltip-mode on) | |
230 | (funcall hook-fn 'change-major-mode-hook 'tooltip-change-major-mode) | |
231 | (tooltip-activate-mouse-motions-if-enabled) | |
232 | (funcall hook-fn 'pre-command-hook 'tooltip-hide) | |
233 | (funcall hook-fn 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-gud-tips) | |
234 | (funcall hook-fn 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-help-tips) | |
235 | (setq show-help-function (if on 'tooltip-show-help-function nil)) | |
236 | ;; `ignore' is the default binding for mouse movements. | |
237 | (define-key global-map [mouse-movement] | |
238 | (if on 'tooltip-mouse-motion 'ignore)) | |
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239 | (tooltip-gud-tips-setup))) |
240 | ||
241 | (defun tooltip-gud-tips-setup () | |
242 | "Setup debugger mode-hooks for tooltips." | |
243 | (when (and tooltip-mode tooltip-gud-tips-p) | |
244 | (global-set-key [S-mouse-3] 'tooltip-gud-toggle-dereference) | |
245 | (add-hook 'gdb-mode-hook | |
246 | #'(lambda () (setq tooltip-gud-debugger 'gdb))) | |
247 | (add-hook 'sdb-mode-hook | |
248 | #'(lambda () (setq tooltip-gud-debugger 'sdb))) | |
249 | (add-hook 'dbx-mode-hook | |
250 | #'(lambda () (setq tooltip-gud-debugger 'dbx))) | |
251 | (add-hook 'xdb-mode-hook | |
252 | #'(lambda () (setq tooltip-gud-debugger 'xdb))) | |
253 | (add-hook 'perldb-mode-hook | |
254 | #'(lambda () (setq tooltip-gud-debugger 'perldb))))) | |
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255 | \f |
256 | ;;; Timeout for tooltip display | |
257 | ||
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258 | (defun tooltip-delay () |
259 | "Return the delay in seconds for the next tooltip." | |
260 | (let ((delay tooltip-delay) | |
a1f84f6d | 261 | (now (float-time))) |
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262 | (when (and tooltip-hide-time |
263 | (< (- now tooltip-hide-time) tooltip-recent-seconds)) | |
264 | (setq delay tooltip-short-delay)) | |
265 | delay)) | |
266 | ||
267 | ||
06f76f9f | 268 | (defun tooltip-cancel-delayed-tip () |
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269 | "Disable the tooltip timeout." |
270 | (when tooltip-timeout-id | |
271 | (disable-timeout tooltip-timeout-id) | |
272 | (setq tooltip-timeout-id nil))) | |
273 | ||
274 | ||
06f76f9f | 275 | (defun tooltip-start-delayed-tip () |
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276 | "Add a one-shot timeout to call function tooltip-timeout." |
277 | (setq tooltip-timeout-id | |
278 | (add-timeout (tooltip-delay) 'tooltip-timeout nil))) | |
279 | ||
280 | ||
281 | (defun tooltip-timeout (object) | |
282 | "Function called when timer with id tooltip-timeout-id fires." | |
283 | (run-hook-with-args-until-success 'tooltip-hook | |
284 | tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event)) | |
285 | ||
286 | ||
287 | \f | |
288 | ;;; Reacting on mouse movements | |
289 | ||
290 | (defun tooltip-change-major-mode () | |
291 | "Function added to `change-major-mode-hook' when tooltip mode is on." | |
292 | (add-hook 'post-command-hook 'tooltip-activate-mouse-motions-if-enabled)) | |
293 | ||
294 | ||
295 | (defun tooltip-activate-mouse-motions-if-enabled () | |
296 | "Reconsider for all buffers whether mouse motion events are desired." | |
297 | (remove-hook 'post-command-hook 'tooltip-activate-mouse-motions-if-enabled) | |
298 | (let ((buffers (buffer-list))) | |
299 | (save-excursion | |
300 | (while buffers | |
301 | (set-buffer (car buffers)) | |
302 | (if (and tooltip-mode | |
303 | tooltip-gud-tips-p | |
304 | (memq major-mode tooltip-gud-modes)) | |
305 | (tooltip-activate-mouse-motions t) | |
306 | (tooltip-activate-mouse-motions nil)) | |
307 | (setq buffers (cdr buffers)))))) | |
308 | ||
309 | ||
310 | (defun tooltip-activate-mouse-motions (activatep) | |
311 | "Activate/deactivate mouse motion events for the current buffer. | |
312 | ACTIVATEP non-nil means activate mouse motion events." | |
313 | (if activatep | |
314 | (progn | |
315 | (make-local-variable 'track-mouse) | |
316 | (setq track-mouse t)) | |
317 | (kill-local-variable 'track-mouse))) | |
318 | ||
319 | ||
320 | (defun tooltip-mouse-motion (event) | |
321 | "Command handler for mouse movement events in `global-map'." | |
322 | (interactive "e") | |
323 | (tooltip-hide) | |
324 | (when (car (mouse-pixel-position)) | |
325 | (setq tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event (copy-sequence event)) | |
06f76f9f | 326 | (tooltip-start-delayed-tip))) |
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327 | |
328 | ||
329 | \f | |
330 | ;;; Displaying tips | |
331 | ||
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332 | (defun tooltip-set-param (alist key value) |
333 | "Change the value of KEY in alist ALIAS to VALUE. | |
334 | If there's no association for KEY in ALIST, add one, otherwise | |
335 | change the existing association. Value is the resulting alist." | |
336 | (let ((param (assq key alist))) | |
337 | (if (consp param) | |
338 | (setcdr param value) | |
339 | (push (cons key value) alist)) | |
340 | alist)) | |
341 | ||
342 | ||
7840ced1 | 343 | (defun tooltip-show (text) |
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344 | "Show a tooltip window displaying TEXT. |
345 | ||
346 | Text larger than `x-max-tooltip-size' (which see) is clipped. | |
347 | ||
348 | If the alist in `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes `left' and `top' | |
349 | parameters, they determine the x and y position where the tooltip | |
350 | is displayed. Otherwise, the tooltip pops at offsets specified by | |
351 | `tooltip-x-offset' and `tooltip-y-offset' from the current mouse | |
352 | position." | |
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353 | (if tooltip-use-echo-area |
354 | (message "%s" text) | |
e5603149 | 355 | (condition-case error |
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356 | (let ((params (copy-sequence tooltip-frame-parameters)) |
357 | (fg (face-attribute 'tooltip :foreground)) | |
358 | (bg (face-attribute 'tooltip :background))) | |
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359 | (when (stringp fg) |
360 | (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'foreground-color fg)) | |
361 | (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'border-color fg))) | |
362 | (when (stringp bg) | |
363 | (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'background-color bg))) | |
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364 | (x-show-tip (propertize text 'face 'tooltip) |
365 | (selected-frame) | |
f3b05e99 | 366 | params |
a93c8ba8 | 367 | tooltip-hide-delay |
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368 | tooltip-x-offset |
369 | tooltip-y-offset)) | |
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370 | (error |
371 | (message "Error while displaying tooltip: %s" error) | |
372 | (sit-for 1) | |
373 | (message "%s" text))))) | |
374 | ||
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375 | |
376 | (defun tooltip-hide (&optional ignored-arg) | |
377 | "Hide a tooltip, if one is displayed. | |
378 | Value is non-nil if tooltip was open." | |
06f76f9f | 379 | (tooltip-cancel-delayed-tip) |
7840ced1 | 380 | (when (x-hide-tip) |
a1f84f6d | 381 | (setq tooltip-hide-time (float-time)))) |
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382 | |
383 | ||
384 | \f | |
385 | ;;; Debugger-related functions | |
386 | ||
387 | (defun tooltip-identifier-from-point (point) | |
388 | "Extract the identifier at POINT, if any. | |
389 | Value is nil if no identifier exists at point. Identifier extraction | |
390 | is based on the current syntax table." | |
391 | (save-excursion | |
392 | (goto-char point) | |
393 | (let ((start (progn (skip-syntax-backward "w_") (point)))) | |
394 | (unless (looking-at "[0-9]") | |
395 | (skip-syntax-forward "w_") | |
396 | (when (> (point) start) | |
397 | (buffer-substring start (point))))))) | |
398 | ||
399 | ||
400 | (defmacro tooltip-region-active-p () | |
401 | "Value is non-nil if the region is currently active." | |
402 | (if (string-match "^GNU" (emacs-version)) | |
403 | `(and transient-mark-mode mark-active) | |
404 | `(region-active-p))) | |
405 | ||
406 | ||
407 | (defun tooltip-expr-to-print (event) | |
408 | "Return an expression that should be printed for EVENT. | |
409 | If a region is active and the mouse is inside the region, print | |
410 | the region. Otherwise, figure out the identifier around the point | |
411 | where the mouse is." | |
412 | (save-excursion | |
413 | (set-buffer (tooltip-event-buffer event)) | |
414 | (let ((point (posn-point (event-end event)))) | |
415 | (if (tooltip-region-active-p) | |
416 | (when (and (<= (region-beginning) point) (<= point (region-end))) | |
417 | (buffer-substring (region-beginning) (region-end))) | |
418 | (tooltip-identifier-from-point point))))) | |
419 | ||
420 | ||
421 | (defun tooltip-process-prompt-regexp (process) | |
422 | "Return regexp matching the prompt of PROCESS at the end of a string. | |
423 | The prompt is taken from the value of COMINT-PROMPT-REGEXP in the buffer | |
424 | of PROCESS." | |
425 | (let ((prompt-regexp (save-excursion | |
426 | (set-buffer (process-buffer process)) | |
427 | comint-prompt-regexp))) | |
428 | ;; Most start with `^' but the one for `sdb' cannot be easily | |
429 | ;; stripped. Code the prompt for `sdb' fixed here. | |
430 | (if (= (aref prompt-regexp 0) ?^) | |
431 | (setq prompt-regexp (substring prompt-regexp 1)) | |
432 | (setq prompt-regexp "\\*")) | |
433 | (concat "\n*" prompt-regexp "$"))) | |
434 | ||
435 | ||
436 | (defun tooltip-strip-prompt (process output) | |
437 | "Return OUTPUT with any prompt of PROCESS stripped from its end." | |
438 | (let ((prompt-regexp (tooltip-process-prompt-regexp process))) | |
439 | (save-match-data | |
440 | (when (string-match prompt-regexp output) | |
441 | (setq output (substring output 0 (match-beginning 0))))) | |
442 | output)) | |
443 | ||
444 | ||
445 | \f | |
446 | ;;; Tips for `gud' | |
447 | ||
448 | (defvar tooltip-gud-original-filter nil | |
449 | "Process filter to restore after GUD output has been received.") | |
450 | ||
451 | ||
452 | (defvar tooltip-gud-dereference nil | |
453 | "Non-nil means print expressions with a `*' in front of them. | |
454 | For C this would dereference a pointer expression.") | |
455 | ||
456 | ||
457 | (defvar tooltip-gud-event nil | |
458 | "The mouse movement event that led to a tooltip display. | |
459 | This event can be examined by forms in TOOLTIP-GUD-DISPLAY.") | |
460 | ||
461 | ||
462 | (defvar tooltip-gud-debugger nil | |
463 | "A symbol describing the debugger running under GUD.") | |
464 | ||
465 | ||
466 | (defun tooltip-gud-toggle-dereference () | |
024e5da6 | 467 | "Toggle whether tooltips should show `* expr' or `expr'." |
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468 | (interactive) |
469 | (setq tooltip-gud-dereference (not tooltip-gud-dereference)) | |
470 | (when (interactive-p) | |
471 | (message "Dereferencing is now %s." | |
472 | (if tooltip-gud-dereference "on" "off")))) | |
473 | ||
474 | ||
475 | (defun tooltip-gud-process-output (process output) | |
476 | "Process debugger output and show it in a tooltip window." | |
477 | (set-process-filter process tooltip-gud-original-filter) | |
478 | (tooltip-show (tooltip-strip-prompt process output))) | |
479 | ||
480 | ||
481 | (defun tooltip-gud-print-command (expr) | |
482 | "Return a suitable command to print the expression EXPR. | |
483 | If TOOLTIP-GUD-DEREFERENCE is t, also prepend a `*' to EXPR." | |
484 | (when tooltip-gud-dereference | |
485 | (setq expr (concat "*" expr))) | |
486 | (case tooltip-gud-debugger | |
487 | ((gdb dbx) (concat "print " expr)) | |
488 | (xdb (concat "p " expr)) | |
489 | (sdb (concat expr "/")) | |
490 | (perldb expr))) | |
a1f84f6d | 491 | |
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492 | |
493 | (defun tooltip-gud-tips (event) | |
01b23b99 DL |
494 | "Show tip for identifier or selection under the mouse. |
495 | The mouse must either point at an identifier or inside a selected | |
496 | region for the tip window to be shown. If tooltip-gud-dereference is t, | |
497 | add a `*' in front of the printed expression. | |
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498 | |
499 | This function must return nil if it doesn't handle EVENT." | |
500 | (let (gud-buffer process) | |
501 | (when (and (eventp event) | |
502 | tooltip-gud-tips-p | |
503 | (boundp 'gud-comint-buffer) | |
504 | (setq gud-buffer gud-comint-buffer) | |
505 | (setq process (get-buffer-process gud-buffer)) | |
506 | (posn-point (event-end event)) | |
507 | (progn (setq tooltip-gud-event event) | |
508 | (eval (cons 'and tooltip-gud-display)))) | |
509 | (let ((expr (tooltip-expr-to-print event))) | |
510 | (when expr | |
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511 | (let ((cmd (tooltip-gud-print-command expr))) |
512 | (unless (null cmd) ; CMD can be nil if unknown debugger | |
513 | (setq tooltip-gud-original-filter (process-filter process)) | |
514 | (set-process-filter process 'tooltip-gud-process-output) | |
515 | (gud-basic-call cmd) | |
516 | expr))))))) | |
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517 | |
518 | \f | |
519 | ;;; Tooltip help. | |
520 | ||
521 | (defvar tooltip-help-message nil | |
522 | "The last help message received via `tooltip-show-help-function'.") | |
523 | ||
524 | ||
525 | (defun tooltip-show-help-function (msg) | |
526 | "Function installed as `show-help-function'. | |
527 | MSG is either a help string to display, or nil to cancel the display." | |
528 | (let ((previous-help tooltip-help-message)) | |
529 | (setq tooltip-help-message msg) | |
530 | (cond ((null msg) | |
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531 | ;; Cancel display. This also cancels a delayed tip, if |
532 | ;; there is one. | |
7840ced1 | 533 | (tooltip-hide)) |
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534 | ((equal previous-help msg) |
535 | ;; Same help as before (but possibly the mouse has moved). | |
536 | ;; Keep what we have. | |
537 | ) | |
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539 | ;; A different help. Remove a previous tooltip, and |
540 | ;; display a new one, with some delay. | |
541 | (tooltip-hide) | |
542 | (tooltip-start-delayed-tip))))) | |
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543 | |
544 | ||
545 | (defun tooltip-help-tips (event) | |
546 | "Hook function to display a help tooltip. | |
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547 | This is installed on the hook `tooltip-hook', which is run when |
548 | the the timer with ID `tooltip-timeout-id' fires. | |
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549 | Value is non-nil if this function handled the tip." |
550 | (when (stringp tooltip-help-message) | |
551 | (tooltip-show tooltip-help-message) | |
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552 | t)) |
553 | ||
554 | ||
555 | \f | |
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556 | ;;; Do this after all functions have been defined that are called from |
557 | ;;; `tooltip-mode'. The actual default value of `tooltip-mode' is set | |
558 | ;;; in startup.el. | |
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559 | |
560 | ;;;###autoload | |
561 | (defcustom tooltip-mode nil | |
562 | "Toggle tooltip-mode. | |
563 | Setting this variable directly does not take effect; | |
564 | use either \\[customize] or the function `tooltip-mode'." | |
565 | :set (lambda (symbol value) | |
566 | (tooltip-mode (or value 0))) | |
567 | :initialize 'custom-initialize-default | |
7840ced1 | 568 | :type 'boolean |
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569 | :require 'tooltip |
570 | :group 'tooltip) | |
571 | ||
572 | ||
573 | ;;; tooltip.el ends here |