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1 | ;; Copyright (C) 1986 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
2 | ||
3 | ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs. | |
4 | ||
5 | ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify | |
6 | ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by | |
7 | ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) | |
8 | ;; any later version. | |
9 | ||
10 | ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
11 | ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
12 | ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the | |
13 | ;; GNU General Public License for more details. | |
14 | ||
15 | ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License | |
16 | ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to | |
17 | ;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. | |
18 | ||
19 | (require 'electric) | |
20 | (provide 'ehelp) | |
21 | ||
22 | (defvar electric-help-map () | |
23 | "Keymap defining commands available whilst scrolling | |
24 | through a buffer in electric-help-mode") | |
25 | ||
26 | (put 'electric-help-undefined 'suppress-keymap t) | |
27 | (if electric-help-map | |
28 | () | |
29 | (let ((map (make-keymap))) | |
30 | (fillarray map 'electric-help-undefined) | |
31 | (define-key map (char-to-string meta-prefix-char) (copy-keymap map)) | |
32 | (define-key map (char-to-string help-char) 'electric-help-help) | |
33 | (define-key map "?" 'electric-help-help) | |
34 | (define-key map " " 'scroll-up) | |
35 | (define-key map "\^?" 'scroll-down) | |
36 | (define-key map "." 'beginning-of-buffer) | |
37 | (define-key map "<" 'beginning-of-buffer) | |
38 | (define-key map ">" 'end-of-buffer) | |
39 | ;(define-key map "\C-g" 'electric-help-exit) | |
40 | (define-key map "q" 'electric-help-exit) | |
41 | (define-key map "Q" 'electric-help-exit) | |
42 | ;;a better key than this? | |
43 | (define-key map "r" 'electric-help-retain) | |
44 | ||
45 | (setq electric-help-map map))) | |
46 | ||
47 | (defun electric-help-mode () | |
48 | "with-electric-help temporarily places its buffer in this mode | |
49 | \(On exit from with-electric-help, the buffer is put in default-major-mode)" | |
50 | (setq buffer-read-only t) | |
51 | (setq mode-name "Help") | |
52 | (setq major-mode 'help) | |
53 | (setq mode-line-buffer-identification '(" Help: %b")) | |
54 | (use-local-map electric-help-map) | |
55 | ;; this is done below in with-electric-help | |
56 | ;(run-hooks 'electric-help-mode-hook) | |
57 | ) | |
58 | ||
59 | (defun with-electric-help (thunk &optional buffer noerase) | |
60 | "Arguments are THUNK &optional BUFFER NOERASE. | |
61 | BUFFER defaults to \"*Help*\" | |
62 | THUNK is a function of no arguments which is called to initialise | |
63 | the contents of BUFFER. BUFFER will be erased before THUNK is called unless | |
64 | NOERASE is non-nil. THUNK will be called with standard-output bound to | |
65 | the buffer specified by BUFFER | |
66 | ||
67 | After THUNK has been called, this function \"electrically\" pops up a window | |
68 | in which BUFFER is displayed and allows the user to scroll through that buffer | |
69 | in electric-help-mode. | |
70 | When the user exits (with electric-help-exit, or otherwise) the help | |
71 | buffer's window disappears (ie we use save-window-excursion) | |
72 | BUFFER is put into default-major-mode (or fundamental-mode) when we exit" | |
73 | (setq buffer (get-buffer-create (or buffer "*Help*"))) | |
74 | (let ((one (one-window-p t)) | |
88c269cb | 75 | (config (current-window-configuration)) |
76 | (bury nil)) | |
77 | (unwind-protect | |
78 | (save-excursion | |
79 | (if one (goto-char (window-start (selected-window)))) | |
80 | (let ((pop-up-windows t)) | |
81 | (pop-to-buffer buffer)) | |
82 | (save-excursion | |
83 | (set-buffer buffer) | |
84 | (electric-help-mode) | |
85 | (setq buffer-read-only nil) | |
86 | (or noerase (erase-buffer))) | |
87 | (let ((standard-output buffer)) | |
88 | (if (not (funcall thunk)) | |
89 | (progn | |
90 | (set-buffer buffer) | |
91 | (set-buffer-modified-p nil) | |
92 | (goto-char (point-min)) | |
93 | (if one (shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer (selected-window)))))) | |
94 | (set-buffer buffer) | |
95 | (run-hooks 'electric-help-mode-hook) | |
96 | (if (eq (car-safe (electric-help-command-loop)) | |
97 | 'retain) | |
98 | (setq config (current-window-configuration)) | |
99 | (setq bury t))) | |
100 | (message "") | |
101 | (set-buffer buffer) | |
102 | (setq buffer-read-only nil) | |
103 | (condition-case () | |
104 | (funcall (or default-major-mode 'fundamental-mode)) | |
105 | (error nil)) | |
106 | (set-window-configuration config) | |
107 | (if bury | |
108 | (progn | |
109 | ;;>> Perhaps this shouldn't be done. | |
110 | ;; so that when we say "Press space to bury" we mean it | |
111 | (replace-buffer-in-windows buffer) | |
112 | ;; must do this outside of save-window-excursion | |
113 | (bury-buffer buffer)))))) | |
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114 | |
115 | (defun electric-help-command-loop () | |
116 | (catch 'exit | |
117 | (if (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max)) | |
118 | (progn (message "<<< Press Space to bury the help buffer >>>") | |
119 | (if (= (setq unread-command-char (read-char)) ?\ ) | |
120 | (progn (setq unread-command-char -1) | |
121 | (throw 'exit t))))) | |
122 | (let (up down both neither | |
123 | (standard (and (eq (key-binding " ") | |
124 | 'scroll-up) | |
125 | (eq (key-binding "\^?") | |
126 | 'scroll-down) | |
127 | (eq (key-binding "Q") | |
128 | 'electric-help-exit) | |
129 | (eq (key-binding "q") | |
130 | 'electric-help-exit)))) | |
131 | (Electric-command-loop | |
132 | 'exit | |
133 | (function (lambda () | |
134 | (let ((min (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-min))) | |
135 | (max (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max)))) | |
136 | (cond ((and min max) | |
137 | (cond (standard "Press Q to exit ") | |
138 | (neither) | |
139 | (t (setq neither (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-up] to exit "))))) | |
140 | (min | |
141 | (cond (standard "Press SPC to scroll, Q to exit ") | |
142 | (up) | |
143 | (t (setq up (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-up] to scroll; \\[electric-help-exit] to exit "))))) | |
144 | (max | |
145 | (cond (standard "Press DEL to scroll back, Q to exit ") | |
146 | (down) | |
147 | (t (setq down (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-down] to scroll back, \\[scroll-up] to exit "))))) | |
148 | (t | |
149 | (cond (standard "Press SPC to scroll, DEL to scroll back, Q to exit ") | |
150 | (both) | |
151 | (t (setq both (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-up] to scroll, \\[scroll-down] to scroll back, \\[electric-help-exit] to exit "))))))))) | |
152 | t)))) | |
153 | ||
154 | ||
155 | \f | |
156 | ;(defun electric-help-scroll-up (arg) | |
157 | ; ">>>Doc" | |
158 | ; (interactive "P") | |
159 | ; (if (and (null arg) (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max))) | |
160 | ; (electric-help-exit) | |
161 | ; (scroll-up arg))) | |
162 | ||
163 | (defun electric-help-exit () | |
164 | ">>>Doc" | |
165 | (interactive) | |
166 | (throw 'exit t)) | |
167 | ||
168 | (defun electric-help-retain () | |
169 | "Exit electric-help, retaining the current window/buffer conifiguration. | |
170 | \(The *Help* buffer will not be selected, but \\[switch-to-buffer-other-window] RET | |
171 | will select it.)" | |
172 | (interactive) | |
173 | (throw 'exit '(retain))) | |
174 | ||
175 | ||
176 | ;(defun electric-help-undefined () | |
177 | ; (interactive) | |
178 | ; (let* ((keys (this-command-keys)) | |
179 | ; (n (length keys))) | |
180 | ; (if (or (= n 1) | |
181 | ; (and (= n 2) | |
182 | ; meta-flag | |
183 | ; (eq (aref keys 0) meta-prefix-char))) | |
184 | ; (setq unread-command-char last-input-char | |
185 | ; current-prefix-arg prefix-arg) | |
186 | ; ;;>>> I don't care. | |
187 | ; ;;>>> The emacs command-loop is too much pure pain to | |
188 | ; ;;>>> duplicate | |
189 | ; )) | |
190 | ; (throw 'exit t)) | |
191 | ||
192 | (defun electric-help-undefined () | |
193 | (interactive) | |
194 | (error "%s is undefined -- Press %s to exit" | |
195 | (mapconcat 'single-key-description (this-command-keys) " ") | |
196 | (if (eq (key-binding "Q") 'electric-help-exit) | |
197 | "Q" | |
198 | (substitute-command-keys "\\[electric-help-exit]")))) | |
199 | ||
200 | ||
201 | ;>>> this needs to be hairified (recursive help, anybody?) | |
202 | (defun electric-help-help () | |
203 | (interactive) | |
204 | (if (and (eq (key-binding "Q") 'electric-help-exit) | |
205 | (eq (key-binding " ") 'scroll-up) | |
206 | (eq (key-binding "\^?") 'scroll-down)) | |
207 | (message "SPC scrolls forward, DEL scrolls back, Q exits and burys help buffer") | |
208 | ;; to give something for user to look at while slow substitute-cmd-keys | |
209 | ;; grinds away | |
210 | (message "Help...") | |
211 | (message "%s" (substitute-command-keys "\\[scroll-up] scrolls forward, \\[scroll-down] scrolls back, \\[electric-help-exit] exits."))) | |
212 | (sit-for 2)) | |
213 | ||
214 | \f | |
215 | (defun electric-helpify (fun) | |
216 | (let ((name "*Help*")) | |
217 | (if (save-window-excursion | |
218 | ;; kludge-o-rama | |
219 | (let* ((p (symbol-function 'print-help-return-message)) | |
220 | (b (get-buffer name)) | |
221 | (m (buffer-modified-p b))) | |
222 | (and b (not (get-buffer-window b)) | |
223 | (setq b nil)) | |
224 | (unwind-protect | |
225 | (progn | |
226 | (message "%s..." (capitalize (symbol-name fun))) | |
227 | ;; with-output-to-temp-buffer marks the buffer as unmodified. | |
228 | ;; kludging excessively and relying on that as some sort | |
229 | ;; of indication leads to the following abomination... | |
230 | ;;>> This would be doable without such icky kludges if either | |
231 | ;;>> (a) there were a function to read the interactive | |
232 | ;;>> args for a command and return a list of those args. | |
233 | ;;>> (To which one would then just apply the command) | |
234 | ;;>> (The only problem with this is that interactive-p | |
235 | ;;>> would break, but that is such a misfeature in | |
236 | ;;>> any case that I don't care) | |
237 | ;;>> It is easy to do this for emacs-lisp functions; | |
238 | ;;>> the only problem is getting the interactive spec | |
239 | ;;>> for subrs | |
240 | ;;>> (b) there were a function which returned a | |
241 | ;;>> modification-tick for a buffer. One could tell | |
242 | ;;>> whether a buffer had changed by whether the | |
243 | ;;>> modification-tick were different. | |
244 | ;;>> (Presumably there would have to be a way to either | |
245 | ;;>> restore the tick to some previous value, or to | |
246 | ;;>> suspend updating of the tick in order to allow | |
247 | ;;>> things like momentary-string-display) | |
248 | (and b | |
249 | (save-excursion | |
250 | (set-buffer b) | |
251 | (set-buffer-modified-p t))) | |
252 | (fset 'print-help-return-message 'ignore) | |
253 | (call-interactively fun) | |
254 | (and (get-buffer name) | |
255 | (get-buffer-window (get-buffer name)) | |
256 | (or (not b) | |
257 | (not (eq b (get-buffer name))) | |
258 | (not (buffer-modified-p b))))) | |
259 | (fset 'print-help-return-message p) | |
260 | (and b (buffer-name b) | |
261 | (save-excursion | |
262 | (set-buffer b) | |
263 | (set-buffer-modified-p m)))))) | |
264 | (with-electric-help 'ignore name t)))) | |
265 | ||
266 | \f | |
267 | (defun electric-describe-key () | |
268 | (interactive) | |
269 | (electric-helpify 'describe-key)) | |
270 | ||
271 | (defun electric-describe-mode () | |
272 | (interactive) | |
273 | (electric-helpify 'describe-mode)) | |
274 | ||
275 | (defun electric-view-lossage () | |
276 | (interactive) | |
277 | (electric-helpify 'view-lossage)) | |
278 | ||
279 | ;(defun electric-help-for-help () | |
280 | ; "See help-for-help" | |
281 | ; (interactive) | |
282 | ; ) | |
283 | ||
284 | (defun electric-describe-function () | |
285 | (interactive) | |
286 | (electric-helpify 'describe-function)) | |
287 | ||
288 | (defun electric-describe-variable () | |
289 | (interactive) | |
290 | (electric-helpify 'describe-variable)) | |
291 | ||
292 | (defun electric-describe-bindings () | |
293 | (interactive) | |
294 | (electric-helpify 'describe-bindings)) | |
295 | ||
296 | (defun electric-describe-syntax () | |
297 | (interactive) | |
298 | (electric-helpify 'describe-syntax)) | |
299 | ||
300 | (defun electric-command-apropos () | |
301 | (interactive) | |
302 | (electric-helpify 'command-apropos)) | |
303 | ||
304 | ;(define-key help-map "a" 'electric-command-apropos) | |
305 | ||
306 | ||
307 | ||
308 | \f | |
309 | ;;;; ehelp-map | |
310 | ||
311 | (defvar ehelp-map ()) | |
312 | (if ehelp-map | |
313 | nil | |
314 | (let ((map (copy-keymap help-map))) | |
315 | (substitute-key-definition 'describe-key 'electric-describe-key map) | |
316 | (substitute-key-definition 'describe-mode 'electric-describe-mode map) | |
317 | (substitute-key-definition 'view-lossage 'electric-view-lossage map) | |
318 | (substitute-key-definition 'describe-function 'electric-describe-function map) | |
319 | (substitute-key-definition 'describe-variable 'electric-describe-variable map) | |
320 | (substitute-key-definition 'describe-bindings 'electric-describe-bindings map) | |
321 | (substitute-key-definition 'describe-syntax 'electric-describe-syntax map) | |
322 | ||
323 | (setq ehelp-map map) | |
324 | (fset 'ehelp-command map))) | |
325 | ||
326 | ;; Do (define-key global-map "\C-h" 'ehelp-command) if you want to win | |
327 |