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b670783a 1;;; tooltip.el --- show tooltip windows
7840ced1 2
0d30b337 3;; Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
409cc4a3 4;; 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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6;; Author: Gerd Moellmann <gerd@acm.org>
7;; Keywords: help c mouse tools
8
9;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
10
eb3fa2cf 11;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
7840ced1 12;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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13;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
14;; (at your option) any later version.
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15
16;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
17;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
18;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
19;; GNU General Public License for more details.
20
21;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
eb3fa2cf 22;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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23
24;;; Commentary:
25
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26;;; Code:
27
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28(defvar comint-prompt-regexp)
29
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30(defgroup tooltip nil
31 "Customization group for the `tooltip' package."
32 :group 'help
33 :group 'gud
34 :group 'mouse
35 :group 'tools
36 :version "21.1"
37 :tag "Tool Tips")
38\f
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39;;; Switching tooltips on/off
40
e85dcd95 41(define-minor-mode tooltip-mode
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42 "Toggle Tooltip mode.
43With ARG, turn Tooltip mode on if and only if ARG is positive.
4c08ab31 44When this minor mode is enabled, Emacs displays help text
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45in a pop-up window for buttons and menu items that you put the mouse on.
46\(However, if `tooltip-use-echo-area' is non-nil, this and
47all pop-up help appears in the echo area.)
48
49When Tooltip mode is disabled, Emacs displays one line of
50the help text in the echo area, and does not make a pop-up window."
e85dcd95 51 :global t
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52 ;; Even if we start on a text-only terminal, make this non-nil by
53 ;; default because we can open a graphical frame later (multi-tty).
54 :init-value t
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55 :initialize 'custom-initialize-safe-default
56 :group 'tooltip
57 (unless (or (null tooltip-mode) (fboundp 'x-show-tip))
58 (error "Sorry, tooltips are not yet available on this system"))
59 (if tooltip-mode
60 (progn
61 (add-hook 'pre-command-hook 'tooltip-hide)
62 (add-hook 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-help-tips))
63 (unless (and (boundp 'gud-tooltip-mode) gud-tooltip-mode)
64 (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook 'tooltip-hide))
65 (remove-hook 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-help-tips))
66 (setq show-help-function
14c0a34d 67 (if tooltip-mode 'tooltip-show-help 'tooltip-show-help-non-mode)))
7840ced1 68
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69\f
70;;; Customizable settings
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88751b11 72(defcustom tooltip-delay 0.7
7840ced1 73 "Seconds to wait before displaying a tooltip the first time."
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74 :type 'number
75 :group 'tooltip)
76
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77(defcustom tooltip-short-delay 0.1
78 "Seconds to wait between subsequent tooltips on different items."
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79 :type 'number
80 :group 'tooltip)
81
7840ced1 82(defcustom tooltip-recent-seconds 1
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83 "Display tooltips if changing tip items within this many seconds.
84Do so after `tooltip-short-delay'."
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85 :type 'number
86 :group 'tooltip)
87
88751b11 88(defcustom tooltip-hide-delay 10
a93c8ba8 89 "Hide tooltips automatically after this many seconds."
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90 :type 'number
91 :group 'tooltip)
92
5fddd8e6 93(defcustom tooltip-x-offset 5
37a29d46 94 "X offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips.
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95The offset is the distance between the X position of the mouse and
96the left border of the tooltip window. It must be chosen so that the
97tooltip window doesn't contain the mouse when it pops up, or it may
98interfere with clicking where you wish.
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100If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `left' parameter,
101the value of `tooltip-x-offset' is ignored."
5fddd8e6 102 :type 'integer
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103 :group 'tooltip)
104
48736093 105(defcustom tooltip-y-offset +20
37a29d46 106 "Y offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips.
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107The offset is the distance between the Y position of the mouse and
108the top border of the tooltip window. It must be chosen so that the
109tooltip window doesn't contain the mouse when it pops up, or it may
110interfere with clicking where you wish.
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111
112If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `top' parameter,
113the value of `tooltip-y-offset' is ignored."
5fddd8e6 114 :type 'integer
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115 :group 'tooltip)
116
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117(defcustom tooltip-frame-parameters
118 '((name . "tooltip")
5fddd8e6 119 (internal-border-width . 2)
7840ced1 120 (border-width . 1))
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121 "Frame parameters used for tooltips.
122
123If `left' or `top' parameters are included, they specify the absolute
124position to pop up the tooltip."
7840ced1 125 :type 'sexp
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126 :group 'tooltip)
127
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128(defface tooltip
129 '((((class color))
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130 :background "lightyellow"
131 :foreground "black"
132 :inherit variable-pitch)
133 (t
134 :inherit variable-pitch))
2621f5a9 135 "Face for tooltips."
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136 :group 'tooltip
137 :group 'basic-faces)
2621f5a9 138
90aff7c6 139(defcustom tooltip-use-echo-area nil
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140 "Use the echo area instead of tooltip frames for help and GUD tooltips.
141To display multi-line help text in the echo area, set this to t
142and enable `tooltip-mode'."
90aff7c6 143 :type 'boolean
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144 :group 'tooltip)
145
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146\f
147;;; Variables that are not customizable.
148
149(defvar tooltip-hook nil
150 "Functions to call to display tooltips.
151Each function is called with one argument EVENT which is a copy of
152the last mouse movement event that occurred.")
153
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154(defvar tooltip-timeout-id nil
155 "The id of the timeout started when Emacs becomes idle.")
156
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157(defvar tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event nil
158 "A copy of the last mouse motion event seen.")
159
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160(defvar tooltip-hide-time nil
161 "Time when the last tooltip was hidden.")
162
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163(defvar gud-tooltip-mode) ;; Prevent warning.
164
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165;;; Event accessors
166
167(defun tooltip-event-buffer (event)
168 "Return the buffer over which event EVENT occurred.
169This might return nil if the event did not occur over a buffer."
170 (let ((window (posn-window (event-end event))))
171 (and window (window-buffer window))))
172
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173\f
174;;; Timeout for tooltip display
175
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176(defun tooltip-delay ()
177 "Return the delay in seconds for the next tooltip."
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178 (if (and tooltip-hide-time
179 (< (- (float-time) tooltip-hide-time) tooltip-recent-seconds))
180 tooltip-short-delay
181 tooltip-delay))
7840ced1 182
06f76f9f 183(defun tooltip-cancel-delayed-tip ()
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184 "Disable the tooltip timeout."
185 (when tooltip-timeout-id
186 (disable-timeout tooltip-timeout-id)
187 (setq tooltip-timeout-id nil)))
188
06f76f9f 189(defun tooltip-start-delayed-tip ()
04cedb11 190 "Add a one-shot timeout to call function `tooltip-timeout'."
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191 (setq tooltip-timeout-id
192 (add-timeout (tooltip-delay) 'tooltip-timeout nil)))
193
7840ced1 194(defun tooltip-timeout (object)
04cedb11 195 "Function called when timer with id `tooltip-timeout-id' fires."
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196 (run-hook-with-args-until-success 'tooltip-hook
197 tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event))
198
7840ced1 199\f
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200;;; Displaying tips
201
2621f5a9 202(defun tooltip-set-param (alist key value)
4b2bb9be 203 "Change the value of KEY in alist ALIST to VALUE.
f1180544 204If there's no association for KEY in ALIST, add one, otherwise
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205change the existing association. Value is the resulting alist."
206 (let ((param (assq key alist)))
207 (if (consp param)
208 (setcdr param value)
209 (push (cons key value) alist))
210 alist))
211
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212(declare-function x-show-tip "xfns.c"
213 (string &optional frame parms timeout dx dy))
214
cae07240 215(defun tooltip-show (text &optional use-echo-area)
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216 "Show a tooltip window displaying TEXT.
217
1d6197fb 218Text larger than `x-max-tooltip-size' is clipped.
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220If the alist in `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes `left' and `top'
221parameters, they determine the x and y position where the tooltip
222is displayed. Otherwise, the tooltip pops at offsets specified by
223`tooltip-x-offset' and `tooltip-y-offset' from the current mouse
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224position.
225
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226Optional second arg USE-ECHO-AREA non-nil means to show tooltip
227in echo area."
228 (if use-echo-area
14c0a34d 229 (tooltip-show-help-non-mode text)
e5603149 230 (condition-case error
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231 (let ((params (copy-sequence tooltip-frame-parameters))
232 (fg (face-attribute 'tooltip :foreground))
233 (bg (face-attribute 'tooltip :background)))
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234 (when (stringp fg)
235 (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'foreground-color fg))
236 (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'border-color fg)))
237 (when (stringp bg)
238 (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'background-color bg)))
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239 (x-show-tip (propertize text 'face 'tooltip)
240 (selected-frame)
f3b05e99 241 params
a93c8ba8 242 tooltip-hide-delay
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243 tooltip-x-offset
244 tooltip-y-offset))
f1180544 245 (error
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246 (message "Error while displaying tooltip: %s" error)
247 (sit-for 1)
248 (message "%s" text)))))
249
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250(declare-function x-hide-tip "xfns.c" ())
251
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252(defun tooltip-hide (&optional ignored-arg)
253 "Hide a tooltip, if one is displayed.
254Value is non-nil if tooltip was open."
06f76f9f 255 (tooltip-cancel-delayed-tip)
7840ced1 256 (when (x-hide-tip)
a1f84f6d 257 (setq tooltip-hide-time (float-time))))
7840ced1 258
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259\f
260;;; Debugger-related functions
261
262(defun tooltip-identifier-from-point (point)
263 "Extract the identifier at POINT, if any.
264Value is nil if no identifier exists at point. Identifier extraction
265is based on the current syntax table."
266 (save-excursion
267 (goto-char point)
268 (let ((start (progn (skip-syntax-backward "w_") (point))))
269 (unless (looking-at "[0-9]")
270 (skip-syntax-forward "w_")
271 (when (> (point) start)
272 (buffer-substring start (point)))))))
273
7840ced1 274(defmacro tooltip-region-active-p ()
8af7e4bd 275 "Value is non-nil if the region should override command actions."
71dffedd 276 `(use-region-p))
7840ced1 277
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278(defun tooltip-expr-to-print (event)
279 "Return an expression that should be printed for EVENT.
280If a region is active and the mouse is inside the region, print
281the region. Otherwise, figure out the identifier around the point
282where the mouse is."
ece5f847 283 (with-current-buffer (tooltip-event-buffer event)
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284 (let ((point (posn-point (event-end event))))
285 (if (tooltip-region-active-p)
286 (when (and (<= (region-beginning) point) (<= point (region-end)))
287 (buffer-substring (region-beginning) (region-end)))
288 (tooltip-identifier-from-point point)))))
289
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290(defun tooltip-process-prompt-regexp (process)
291 "Return regexp matching the prompt of PROCESS at the end of a string.
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292The prompt is taken from the value of `comint-prompt-regexp' in
293the buffer of PROCESS."
ece5f847 294 (let ((prompt-regexp (with-current-buffer (process-buffer process)
7840ced1 295 comint-prompt-regexp)))
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296 (concat "\n*"
297 ;; Most start with `^' but the one for `sdb' cannot be easily
298 ;; stripped. Code the prompt for `sdb' fixed here.
299 (if (= (aref prompt-regexp 0) ?^)
300 (substring prompt-regexp 1)
301 "\\*")
302 "$")))
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304(defun tooltip-strip-prompt (process output)
305 "Return OUTPUT with any prompt of PROCESS stripped from its end."
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306 (save-match-data
307 (if (string-match (tooltip-process-prompt-regexp process) output)
308 (substring output 0 (match-beginning 0))
309 output)))
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312;;; Tooltip help.
313
314(defvar tooltip-help-message nil
90aff7c6 315 "The last help message received via `tooltip-show-help'.")
7840ced1 316
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317(defvar tooltip-previous-message nil
318 "The previous content of the echo area.")
319
320(defun tooltip-show-help-non-mode (help)
14c0a34d 321 "Function installed as `show-help-function' when tooltip is off."
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322 (when (and (not (window-minibuffer-p)) ;Don't overwrite minibuffer contents.
323 ;; Don't know how to reproduce it in Elisp:
324 ;; Don't overwrite a keystroke echo.
325 ;; (NILP (echo_message_buffer) || ok_to_overwrite_keystroke_echo)
326 (not cursor-in-echo-area)) ;Don't overwrite a prompt.
327 (cond
328 ((stringp help)
329 (unless tooltip-previous-message
330 (setq tooltip-previous-message (current-message)))
331 (let ((message-truncate-lines t)
332 (message-log-max nil))
333 (message "%s" (replace-regexp-in-string "\n" ", " help))))
334 ((stringp tooltip-previous-message)
335 (let ((message-log-max nil))
336 (message "%s" tooltip-previous-message)
337 (setq tooltip-previous-message nil)))
338 (t
339 (message nil)))))
340
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90aff7c6 342(defun tooltip-show-help (msg)
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343 "Function installed as `show-help-function'.
344MSG is either a help string to display, or nil to cancel the display."
86f0d417 345 (let ((previous-help tooltip-help-message))
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346 (setq tooltip-help-message msg)
347 (cond ((null msg)
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348 ;; Cancel display. This also cancels a delayed tip, if
349 ;; there is one.
7840ced1 350 (tooltip-hide))
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351 ((equal previous-help msg)
352 ;; Same help as before (but possibly the mouse has moved).
353 ;; Keep what we have.
354 )
7840ced1 355 (t
f1180544 356 ;; A different help. Remove a previous tooltip, and
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357 ;; display a new one, with some delay.
358 (tooltip-hide)
359 (tooltip-start-delayed-tip)))))
7840ced1 360
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361(defun tooltip-help-tips (event)
362 "Hook function to display a help tooltip.
06f76f9f 363This is installed on the hook `tooltip-hook', which is run when
04cedb11 364the timer with id `tooltip-timeout-id' fires.
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365Value is non-nil if this function handled the tip."
366 (when (stringp tooltip-help-message)
90aff7c6 367 (tooltip-show tooltip-help-message tooltip-use-echo-area)
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368 t))
369
5ce0fb91 370(provide 'tooltip)
7840ced1 371
18385083 372;; arch-tag: 3d61135e-4618-4a78-af28-183f6df5636f
7840ced1 373;;; tooltip.el ends here