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b670783a 1;;; tooltip.el --- show tooltip windows
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0d30b337 3;; Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
aaef169d 4;; 2005, 2006 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
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14;; any later version.
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21;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
22;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
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23;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
24;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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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
43;; We don't set track-mouse globally because this is a big redisplay
44;; problem in buffers having a pre-command-hook or such installed,
45;; which does a set-buffer, like the summary buffer of Gnus. Calling
46;; set-buffer prevents redisplay optimizations, so every mouse motion
47;; would be accompanied by a full redisplay.
48
49(define-minor-mode tooltip-mode
50 "Toggle Tooltip display.
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51With ARG, turn tooltip mode on if and only if ARG is positive.
52When this minor mode is enabled, Emacs displays help text
53in a pop-up window on mouse-over. When it is disabled,
54Emacs displays the help text in the echo area instead."
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55 :global t
56 :init-value (not (or noninteractive
57 emacs-basic-display
58 (not (display-graphic-p))
59 (not (fboundp 'x-show-tip))))
60 :initialize 'custom-initialize-safe-default
61 :group 'tooltip
62 (unless (or (null tooltip-mode) (fboundp 'x-show-tip))
63 (error "Sorry, tooltips are not yet available on this system"))
64 (if tooltip-mode
65 (progn
66 (add-hook 'pre-command-hook 'tooltip-hide)
67 (add-hook 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-help-tips))
68 (unless (and (boundp 'gud-tooltip-mode) gud-tooltip-mode)
69 (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook 'tooltip-hide))
70 (remove-hook 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-help-tips))
71 (setq show-help-function
72 (if tooltip-mode 'tooltip-show-help nil)))
7840ced1 73
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74\f
75;;; Customizable settings
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88751b11 77(defcustom tooltip-delay 0.7
7840ced1 78 "Seconds to wait before displaying a tooltip the first time."
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79 :type 'number
80 :group 'tooltip)
81
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82(defcustom tooltip-short-delay 0.1
83 "Seconds to wait between subsequent tooltips on different items."
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84 :type 'number
85 :group 'tooltip)
86
7840ced1 87(defcustom tooltip-recent-seconds 1
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88 "Display tooltips if changing tip items within this many seconds.
89Do so after `tooltip-short-delay'."
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90 :type 'number
91 :group 'tooltip)
92
88751b11 93(defcustom tooltip-hide-delay 10
a93c8ba8 94 "Hide tooltips automatically after this many seconds."
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95 :type 'number
96 :group 'tooltip)
97
5fddd8e6 98(defcustom tooltip-x-offset 5
37a29d46 99 "X offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips.
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100The offset is the distance between the X position of the mouse and
101the left border of the tooltip window. It must be chosen so that the
102tooltip window doesn't contain the mouse when it pops up, or it may
103interfere with clicking where you wish.
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105If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `left' parameter,
106the value of `tooltip-x-offset' is ignored."
5fddd8e6 107 :type 'integer
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108 :group 'tooltip)
109
48736093 110(defcustom tooltip-y-offset +20
37a29d46 111 "Y offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips.
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112The offset is the distance between the Y position of the mouse and
113the top border of the tooltip window. It must be chosen so that the
114tooltip window doesn't contain the mouse when it pops up, or it may
115interfere with clicking where you wish.
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117If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `top' parameter,
118the value of `tooltip-y-offset' is ignored."
5fddd8e6 119 :type 'integer
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120 :group 'tooltip)
121
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122(defcustom tooltip-frame-parameters
123 '((name . "tooltip")
5fddd8e6 124 (internal-border-width . 2)
7840ced1 125 (border-width . 1))
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126 "Frame parameters used for tooltips.
127
128If `left' or `top' parameters are included, they specify the absolute
129position to pop up the tooltip."
7840ced1 130 :type 'sexp
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131 :group 'tooltip)
132
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133(defface tooltip
134 '((((class color))
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135 :background "lightyellow"
136 :foreground "black"
137 :inherit variable-pitch)
138 (t
139 :inherit variable-pitch))
2621f5a9 140 "Face for tooltips."
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141 :group 'tooltip
142 :group 'basic-faces)
2621f5a9 143
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144(defcustom tooltip-use-echo-area nil
145 "Use the echo area instead of tooltip frames for help and GUD tooltips."
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."
181 (let ((delay tooltip-delay)
a1f84f6d 182 (now (float-time)))
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183 (when (and tooltip-hide-time
184 (< (- now tooltip-hide-time) tooltip-recent-seconds))
185 (setq delay tooltip-short-delay))
186 delay))
187
06f76f9f 188(defun tooltip-cancel-delayed-tip ()
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189 "Disable the tooltip timeout."
190 (when tooltip-timeout-id
191 (disable-timeout tooltip-timeout-id)
192 (setq tooltip-timeout-id nil)))
193
06f76f9f 194(defun tooltip-start-delayed-tip ()
04cedb11 195 "Add a one-shot timeout to call function `tooltip-timeout'."
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196 (setq tooltip-timeout-id
197 (add-timeout (tooltip-delay) 'tooltip-timeout nil)))
198
7840ced1 199(defun tooltip-timeout (object)
04cedb11 200 "Function called when timer with id `tooltip-timeout-id' fires."
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201 (run-hook-with-args-until-success 'tooltip-hook
202 tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event))
203
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205;;; Displaying tips
206
2621f5a9 207(defun tooltip-set-param (alist key value)
4b2bb9be 208 "Change the value of KEY in alist ALIST to VALUE.
f1180544 209If there's no association for KEY in ALIST, add one, otherwise
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210change the existing association. Value is the resulting alist."
211 (let ((param (assq key alist)))
212 (if (consp param)
213 (setcdr param value)
214 (push (cons key value) alist))
215 alist))
216
cae07240 217(defun tooltip-show (text &optional use-echo-area)
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218 "Show a tooltip window displaying TEXT.
219
1d6197fb 220Text larger than `x-max-tooltip-size' is clipped.
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222If the alist in `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes `left' and `top'
223parameters, they determine the x and y position where the tooltip
224is displayed. Otherwise, the tooltip pops at offsets specified by
225`tooltip-x-offset' and `tooltip-y-offset' from the current mouse
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226position.
227
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228Optional second arg USE-ECHO-AREA non-nil means to show tooltip
229in echo area."
230 (if use-echo-area
72200f89 231 (message "%s" text)
e5603149 232 (condition-case error
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233 (let ((params (copy-sequence tooltip-frame-parameters))
234 (fg (face-attribute 'tooltip :foreground))
235 (bg (face-attribute 'tooltip :background)))
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236 (when (stringp fg)
237 (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'foreground-color fg))
238 (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'border-color fg)))
239 (when (stringp bg)
240 (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'background-color bg)))
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241 (x-show-tip (propertize text 'face 'tooltip)
242 (selected-frame)
f3b05e99 243 params
a93c8ba8 244 tooltip-hide-delay
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245 tooltip-x-offset
246 tooltip-y-offset))
f1180544 247 (error
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248 (message "Error while displaying tooltip: %s" error)
249 (sit-for 1)
250 (message "%s" text)))))
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
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274(defmacro tooltip-region-active-p ()
275 "Value is non-nil if the region is currently active."
276 (if (string-match "^GNU" (emacs-version))
277 `(and transient-mark-mode mark-active)
278 `(region-active-p)))
279
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280(defun tooltip-expr-to-print (event)
281 "Return an expression that should be printed for EVENT.
282If a region is active and the mouse is inside the region, print
283the region. Otherwise, figure out the identifier around the point
284where the mouse is."
285 (save-excursion
286 (set-buffer (tooltip-event-buffer event))
287 (let ((point (posn-point (event-end event))))
288 (if (tooltip-region-active-p)
289 (when (and (<= (region-beginning) point) (<= point (region-end)))
290 (buffer-substring (region-beginning) (region-end)))
291 (tooltip-identifier-from-point point)))))
292
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293(defun tooltip-process-prompt-regexp (process)
294 "Return regexp matching the prompt of PROCESS at the end of a string.
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295The prompt is taken from the value of `comint-prompt-regexp' in
296the buffer of PROCESS."
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297 (let ((prompt-regexp (save-excursion
298 (set-buffer (process-buffer process))
299 comint-prompt-regexp)))
300 ;; Most start with `^' but the one for `sdb' cannot be easily
301 ;; stripped. Code the prompt for `sdb' fixed here.
302 (if (= (aref prompt-regexp 0) ?^)
303 (setq prompt-regexp (substring prompt-regexp 1))
304 (setq prompt-regexp "\\*"))
305 (concat "\n*" prompt-regexp "$")))
306
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307(defun tooltip-strip-prompt (process output)
308 "Return OUTPUT with any prompt of PROCESS stripped from its end."
309 (let ((prompt-regexp (tooltip-process-prompt-regexp process)))
310 (save-match-data
311 (when (string-match prompt-regexp output)
312 (setq output (substring output 0 (match-beginning 0)))))
313 output))
314
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316;;; Tooltip help.
317
318(defvar tooltip-help-message nil
90aff7c6 319 "The last help message received via `tooltip-show-help'.")
7840ced1 320
90aff7c6 321(defun tooltip-show-help (msg)
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322 "Function installed as `show-help-function'.
323MSG is either a help string to display, or nil to cancel the display."
86f0d417 324 (let ((previous-help tooltip-help-message))
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325 (setq tooltip-help-message msg)
326 (cond ((null msg)
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327 ;; Cancel display. This also cancels a delayed tip, if
328 ;; there is one.
7840ced1 329 (tooltip-hide))
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330 ((equal previous-help msg)
331 ;; Same help as before (but possibly the mouse has moved).
332 ;; Keep what we have.
333 )
7840ced1 334 (t
f1180544 335 ;; A different help. Remove a previous tooltip, and
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336 ;; display a new one, with some delay.
337 (tooltip-hide)
338 (tooltip-start-delayed-tip)))))
7840ced1 339
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340(defun tooltip-help-tips (event)
341 "Hook function to display a help tooltip.
06f76f9f 342This is installed on the hook `tooltip-hook', which is run when
04cedb11 343the timer with id `tooltip-timeout-id' fires.
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344Value is non-nil if this function handled the tip."
345 (when (stringp tooltip-help-message)
90aff7c6 346 (tooltip-show tooltip-help-message tooltip-use-echo-area)
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347 t))
348
5ce0fb91 349(provide 'tooltip)
7840ced1 350
18385083 351;; arch-tag: 3d61135e-4618-4a78-af28-183f6df5636f
7840ced1 352;;; tooltip.el ends here