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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
11;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
12;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
b4aa6026 13;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
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14;; any later version.
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16;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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21;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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23;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
24;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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25
26;;; Commentary:
27
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28;;; Code:
29
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30(defvar comint-prompt-regexp)
31
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32(defgroup tooltip nil
33 "Customization group for the `tooltip' package."
34 :group 'help
35 :group 'gud
36 :group 'mouse
37 :group 'tools
38 :version "21.1"
39 :tag "Tool Tips")
40\f
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41;;; Switching tooltips on/off
42
e85dcd95 43(define-minor-mode tooltip-mode
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44 "Toggle Tooltip mode.
45With ARG, turn Tooltip mode on if and only if ARG is positive.
4c08ab31 46When this minor mode is enabled, Emacs displays help text
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47in a pop-up window for buttons and menu items that you put the mouse on.
48\(However, if `tooltip-use-echo-area' is non-nil, this and
49all pop-up help appears in the echo area.)
50
51When Tooltip mode is disabled, Emacs displays one line of
52the help text in the echo area, and does not make a pop-up window."
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53 :global t
54 :init-value (not (or noninteractive
55 emacs-basic-display
56 (not (display-graphic-p))
57 (not (fboundp 'x-show-tip))))
58 :initialize 'custom-initialize-safe-default
59 :group 'tooltip
60 (unless (or (null tooltip-mode) (fboundp 'x-show-tip))
61 (error "Sorry, tooltips are not yet available on this system"))
62 (if tooltip-mode
63 (progn
64 (add-hook 'pre-command-hook 'tooltip-hide)
65 (add-hook 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-help-tips))
66 (unless (and (boundp 'gud-tooltip-mode) gud-tooltip-mode)
67 (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook 'tooltip-hide))
68 (remove-hook 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-help-tips))
69 (setq show-help-function
14c0a34d 70 (if tooltip-mode 'tooltip-show-help 'tooltip-show-help-non-mode)))
7840ced1 71
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72\f
73;;; Customizable settings
7840ced1 74
88751b11 75(defcustom tooltip-delay 0.7
7840ced1 76 "Seconds to wait before displaying a tooltip the first time."
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77 :type 'number
78 :group 'tooltip)
79
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80(defcustom tooltip-short-delay 0.1
81 "Seconds to wait between subsequent tooltips on different items."
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82 :type 'number
83 :group 'tooltip)
84
7840ced1 85(defcustom tooltip-recent-seconds 1
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86 "Display tooltips if changing tip items within this many seconds.
87Do so after `tooltip-short-delay'."
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88 :type 'number
89 :group 'tooltip)
90
88751b11 91(defcustom tooltip-hide-delay 10
a93c8ba8 92 "Hide tooltips automatically after this many seconds."
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93 :type 'number
94 :group 'tooltip)
95
5fddd8e6 96(defcustom tooltip-x-offset 5
37a29d46 97 "X offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips.
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98The offset is the distance between the X position of the mouse and
99the left border of the tooltip window. It must be chosen so that the
100tooltip window doesn't contain the mouse when it pops up, or it may
101interfere with clicking where you wish.
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103If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `left' parameter,
104the value of `tooltip-x-offset' is ignored."
5fddd8e6 105 :type 'integer
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106 :group 'tooltip)
107
48736093 108(defcustom tooltip-y-offset +20
37a29d46 109 "Y offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips.
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110The offset is the distance between the Y position of the mouse and
111the top border of the tooltip window. It must be chosen so that the
112tooltip window doesn't contain the mouse when it pops up, or it may
113interfere with clicking where you wish.
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114
115If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `top' parameter,
116the value of `tooltip-y-offset' is ignored."
5fddd8e6 117 :type 'integer
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118 :group 'tooltip)
119
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120(defcustom tooltip-frame-parameters
121 '((name . "tooltip")
5fddd8e6 122 (internal-border-width . 2)
7840ced1 123 (border-width . 1))
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124 "Frame parameters used for tooltips.
125
126If `left' or `top' parameters are included, they specify the absolute
127position to pop up the tooltip."
7840ced1 128 :type 'sexp
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129 :group 'tooltip)
130
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131(defface tooltip
132 '((((class color))
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133 :background "lightyellow"
134 :foreground "black"
135 :inherit variable-pitch)
136 (t
137 :inherit variable-pitch))
2621f5a9 138 "Face for tooltips."
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139 :group 'tooltip
140 :group 'basic-faces)
2621f5a9 141
90aff7c6 142(defcustom tooltip-use-echo-area nil
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143 "Use the echo area instead of tooltip frames for help and GUD tooltips.
144To display multi-line help text in the echo area, set this to t
145and enable `tooltip-mode'."
90aff7c6 146 :type 'boolean
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147 :group 'tooltip)
148
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149\f
150;;; Variables that are not customizable.
151
152(defvar tooltip-hook nil
153 "Functions to call to display tooltips.
154Each function is called with one argument EVENT which is a copy of
155the last mouse movement event that occurred.")
156
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157(defvar tooltip-timeout-id nil
158 "The id of the timeout started when Emacs becomes idle.")
159
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160(defvar tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event nil
161 "A copy of the last mouse motion event seen.")
162
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163(defvar tooltip-hide-time nil
164 "Time when the last tooltip was hidden.")
165
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166(defvar gud-tooltip-mode) ;; Prevent warning.
167
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168;;; Event accessors
169
170(defun tooltip-event-buffer (event)
171 "Return the buffer over which event EVENT occurred.
172This might return nil if the event did not occur over a buffer."
173 (let ((window (posn-window (event-end event))))
174 (and window (window-buffer window))))
175
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176\f
177;;; Timeout for tooltip display
178
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179(defun tooltip-delay ()
180 "Return the delay in seconds for the next tooltip."
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181 (if (and tooltip-hide-time
182 (< (- (float-time) tooltip-hide-time) tooltip-recent-seconds))
183 tooltip-short-delay
184 tooltip-delay))
7840ced1 185
06f76f9f 186(defun tooltip-cancel-delayed-tip ()
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187 "Disable the tooltip timeout."
188 (when tooltip-timeout-id
189 (disable-timeout tooltip-timeout-id)
190 (setq tooltip-timeout-id nil)))
191
06f76f9f 192(defun tooltip-start-delayed-tip ()
04cedb11 193 "Add a one-shot timeout to call function `tooltip-timeout'."
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194 (setq tooltip-timeout-id
195 (add-timeout (tooltip-delay) 'tooltip-timeout nil)))
196
7840ced1 197(defun tooltip-timeout (object)
04cedb11 198 "Function called when timer with id `tooltip-timeout-id' fires."
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199 (run-hook-with-args-until-success 'tooltip-hook
200 tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event))
201
7840ced1 202\f
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203;;; Displaying tips
204
2621f5a9 205(defun tooltip-set-param (alist key value)
4b2bb9be 206 "Change the value of KEY in alist ALIST to VALUE.
f1180544 207If there's no association for KEY in ALIST, add one, otherwise
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208change the existing association. Value is the resulting alist."
209 (let ((param (assq key alist)))
210 (if (consp param)
211 (setcdr param value)
212 (push (cons key value) alist))
213 alist))
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(defun tooltip-hide (&optional ignored-arg)
251 "Hide a tooltip, if one is displayed.
252Value is non-nil if tooltip was open."
06f76f9f 253 (tooltip-cancel-delayed-tip)
7840ced1 254 (when (x-hide-tip)
a1f84f6d 255 (setq tooltip-hide-time (float-time))))
7840ced1 256
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257\f
258;;; Debugger-related functions
259
260(defun tooltip-identifier-from-point (point)
261 "Extract the identifier at POINT, if any.
262Value is nil if no identifier exists at point. Identifier extraction
263is based on the current syntax table."
264 (save-excursion
265 (goto-char point)
266 (let ((start (progn (skip-syntax-backward "w_") (point))))
267 (unless (looking-at "[0-9]")
268 (skip-syntax-forward "w_")
269 (when (> (point) start)
270 (buffer-substring start (point)))))))
271
7840ced1 272(defmacro tooltip-region-active-p ()
8af7e4bd 273 "Value is non-nil if the region should override command actions."
71dffedd 274 `(use-region-p))
7840ced1 275
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276(defun tooltip-expr-to-print (event)
277 "Return an expression that should be printed for EVENT.
278If a region is active and the mouse is inside the region, print
279the region. Otherwise, figure out the identifier around the point
280where the mouse is."
ece5f847 281 (with-current-buffer (tooltip-event-buffer event)
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282 (let ((point (posn-point (event-end event))))
283 (if (tooltip-region-active-p)
284 (when (and (<= (region-beginning) point) (<= point (region-end)))
285 (buffer-substring (region-beginning) (region-end)))
286 (tooltip-identifier-from-point point)))))
287
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288(defun tooltip-process-prompt-regexp (process)
289 "Return regexp matching the prompt of PROCESS at the end of a string.
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290The prompt is taken from the value of `comint-prompt-regexp' in
291the buffer of PROCESS."
ece5f847 292 (let ((prompt-regexp (with-current-buffer (process-buffer process)
7840ced1 293 comint-prompt-regexp)))
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294 (concat "\n*"
295 ;; Most start with `^' but the one for `sdb' cannot be easily
296 ;; stripped. Code the prompt for `sdb' fixed here.
297 (if (= (aref prompt-regexp 0) ?^)
298 (substring prompt-regexp 1)
299 "\\*")
300 "$")))
7840ced1 301
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302(defun tooltip-strip-prompt (process output)
303 "Return OUTPUT with any prompt of PROCESS stripped from its end."
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304 (save-match-data
305 (if (string-match (tooltip-process-prompt-regexp process) output)
306 (substring output 0 (match-beginning 0))
307 output)))
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310;;; Tooltip help.
311
312(defvar tooltip-help-message nil
90aff7c6 313 "The last help message received via `tooltip-show-help'.")
7840ced1 314
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315(defvar tooltip-previous-message nil
316 "The previous content of the echo area.")
317
318(defun tooltip-show-help-non-mode (help)
14c0a34d 319 "Function installed as `show-help-function' when tooltip is off."
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320 (when (and (not (window-minibuffer-p)) ;Don't overwrite minibuffer contents.
321 ;; Don't know how to reproduce it in Elisp:
322 ;; Don't overwrite a keystroke echo.
323 ;; (NILP (echo_message_buffer) || ok_to_overwrite_keystroke_echo)
324 (not cursor-in-echo-area)) ;Don't overwrite a prompt.
325 (cond
326 ((stringp help)
327 (unless tooltip-previous-message
328 (setq tooltip-previous-message (current-message)))
329 (let ((message-truncate-lines t)
330 (message-log-max nil))
331 (message "%s" (replace-regexp-in-string "\n" ", " help))))
332 ((stringp tooltip-previous-message)
333 (let ((message-log-max nil))
334 (message "%s" tooltip-previous-message)
335 (setq tooltip-previous-message nil)))
336 (t
337 (message nil)))))
338
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90aff7c6 340(defun tooltip-show-help (msg)
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341 "Function installed as `show-help-function'.
342MSG is either a help string to display, or nil to cancel the display."
86f0d417 343 (let ((previous-help tooltip-help-message))
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344 (setq tooltip-help-message msg)
345 (cond ((null msg)
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346 ;; Cancel display. This also cancels a delayed tip, if
347 ;; there is one.
7840ced1 348 (tooltip-hide))
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349 ((equal previous-help msg)
350 ;; Same help as before (but possibly the mouse has moved).
351 ;; Keep what we have.
352 )
7840ced1 353 (t
f1180544 354 ;; A different help. Remove a previous tooltip, and
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355 ;; display a new one, with some delay.
356 (tooltip-hide)
357 (tooltip-start-delayed-tip)))))
7840ced1 358
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359(defun tooltip-help-tips (event)
360 "Hook function to display a help tooltip.
06f76f9f 361This is installed on the hook `tooltip-hook', which is run when
04cedb11 362the timer with id `tooltip-timeout-id' fires.
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363Value is non-nil if this function handled the tip."
364 (when (stringp tooltip-help-message)
90aff7c6 365 (tooltip-show tooltip-help-message tooltip-use-echo-area)
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366 t))
367
5ce0fb91 368(provide 'tooltip)
7840ced1 369
18385083 370;; arch-tag: 3d61135e-4618-4a78-af28-183f6df5636f
7840ced1 371;;; tooltip.el ends here