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1;;; ehelp.el --- bindings for electric-help mode
2
3;; Copyright (C) 1986, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
5;; Maintainer: FSF
6;; Keywords: help, extensions
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
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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;; This package provides a pre-packaged `Electric Help Mode' for
28;; browsing on-line help screens. There is one entry point,
29;; `with-electric-help'; all you have to give it is a no-argument
30;; function that generates the actual text of the help into the current
31;; buffer.
32
33;; To make this the default, you must do
34;; (require 'ehelp)
35;; (define-key global-map "\C-h" 'ehelp-command)
36;; (define-key global-map [help] 'ehelp-command)
37;; (define-key global-map [f1] 'ehelp-command)
38
39;;; Code:
40
41(require 'electric)
42(defvar electric-help-map ()
43 "Keymap defining commands available in `electric-help-mode'.")
44
45(defvar electric-help-form-to-execute nil)
46
47(put 'electric-help-undefined 'suppress-keymap t)
48(if electric-help-map
49 ()
50 (let ((map (make-keymap)))
51 ;; allow all non-self-inserting keys - search, scroll, etc, but
52 ;; let M-x and C-x exit ehelp mode and retain buffer:
53 (suppress-keymap map)
54 (define-key map "\C-u" 'electric-help-undefined)
55 (define-key map [?\C-0] 'electric-help-undefined)
56 (define-key map [?\C-1] 'electric-help-undefined)
57 (define-key map [?\C-2] 'electric-help-undefined)
58 (define-key map [?\C-3] 'electric-help-undefined)
59 (define-key map [?\C-4] 'electric-help-undefined)
60 (define-key map [?\C-5] 'electric-help-undefined)
61 (define-key map [?\C-6] 'electric-help-undefined)
62 (define-key map [?\C-7] 'electric-help-undefined)
63 (define-key map [?\C-8] 'electric-help-undefined)
64 (define-key map [?\C-9] 'electric-help-undefined)
65 (define-key map (char-to-string help-char) 'electric-help-help)
66 (define-key map "?" 'electric-help-help)
67 (define-key map " " 'scroll-up)
68 (define-key map "\^?" 'scroll-down)
69 (define-key map "." 'beginning-of-buffer)
70 (define-key map "<" 'beginning-of-buffer)
71 (define-key map ">" 'end-of-buffer)
72 ;(define-key map "\C-g" 'electric-help-exit)
73 (define-key map "q" 'electric-help-exit)
74 (define-key map "Q" 'electric-help-exit)
75 ;;a better key than this?
76 (define-key map "r" 'electric-help-retain)
77 (define-key map "R" 'electric-help-retain)
78 (define-key map "\ex" 'electric-help-execute-extended)
79 (define-key map "\C-x" 'electric-help-ctrl-x-prefix)
80
81 (setq electric-help-map map)))
82
83(defun electric-help-mode ()
84 "`with-electric-help' temporarily places its buffer in this mode.
85\(On exit from `with-electric-help', the buffer is put in `default-major-mode'.)"
86 (setq buffer-read-only t)
87 (setq mode-name "Help")
88 (setq major-mode 'help)
89 (setq mode-line-buffer-identification '(" Help: %b"))
90 (use-local-map electric-help-map)
91 (add-hook 'mouse-leave-buffer-hook 'electric-help-retain)
92 (view-mode -1)
93 ;; this is done below in with-electric-help
94 ;(run-hooks 'electric-help-mode-hook)
95 )
96
97;;;###autoload
98(defun with-electric-help (thunk &optional buffer noerase minheight)
99 "Pop up an \"electric\" help buffer.
100The arguments are THUNK &optional BUFFER NOERASE MINHEIGHT.
101THUNK is a function of no arguments which is called to initialize the
102contents of BUFFER. BUFFER defaults to `*Help*'. BUFFER will be
103erased before THUNK is called unless NOERASE is non-nil. THUNK will
104be called while BUFFER is current and with `standard-output' bound to
105the buffer specified by BUFFER.
106
107If THUNK returns nil, we display BUFFER starting at the top, and
108shrink the window to fit. If THUNK returns non-nil, we don't do those things.
109
110After THUNK has been called, this function \"electrically\" pops up a window
111in which BUFFER is displayed and allows the user to scroll through that buffer
112in electric-help-mode. The window's height will be at least MINHEIGHT if
113this value is non-nil.
114
115If THUNK returns nil, we display BUFFER starting at the top, and
116shrink the window to fit. If THUNK returns non-nil, we don't do those
117things.
118
119When the user exits (with `electric-help-exit', or otherwise) the help
120buffer's window disappears (i.e., we use `save-window-excursion')
121BUFFER is put into `default-major-mode' (or `fundamental-mode') when we exit."
122 (setq buffer (get-buffer-create (or buffer "*Help*")))
123 (let ((one (one-window-p t))
124 (config (current-window-configuration))
125 (bury nil)
126 (electric-help-form-to-execute nil))
127 (unwind-protect
128 (save-excursion
129 (if one (goto-char (window-start (selected-window))))
130 (let ((pop-up-windows t))
131 (pop-to-buffer buffer))
132 (save-excursion
133 (set-buffer buffer)
134 (if (and minheight (< (window-height) minheight))
135 (enlarge-window (- minheight (window-height))))
136 (electric-help-mode)
137 (setq buffer-read-only nil)
138 (or noerase
139 (erase-buffer)))
140 (let ((standard-output buffer))
141 (if (not (funcall thunk))
142 (progn
143 (set-buffer buffer)
144 (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
145 (goto-char (point-min))
146 (if one (shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer (selected-window))))))
147 (set-buffer buffer)
148 (run-hooks 'electric-help-mode-hook)
149 (setq buffer-read-only t)
150 (if (eq (car-safe (electric-help-command-loop))
151 'retain)
152 (setq config (current-window-configuration))
153 (setq bury t)))
154 (message "")
155 (set-buffer buffer)
156 (setq buffer-read-only nil)
157 (condition-case ()
158 (funcall (or default-major-mode 'fundamental-mode))
159 (error nil))
160 (set-window-configuration config)
161 (if bury
162 (progn
163 ;;>> Perhaps this shouldn't be done.
164 ;; so that when we say "Press space to bury" we mean it
165 (replace-buffer-in-windows buffer)
166 ;; must do this outside of save-window-excursion
167 (bury-buffer buffer)))
168 (eval electric-help-form-to-execute))))
169
170(defun electric-help-command-loop ()
171 (catch 'exit
172 (if (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max))
173 (progn (message "%s" (substitute-command-keys "<<< Press Space to bury the help buffer, Press \\[electric-help-retain] to retain it >>>"))
174 (if (equal (setq unread-command-events (list (read-event)))
175 '(?\ ))
176 (progn (setq unread-command-events nil)
177 (throw 'exit t)))))
178 (let (up down both neither
179 (standard (and (eq (key-binding " ")
180 'scroll-up)
181 (eq (key-binding "\^?")
182 'scroll-down)
183 (eq (key-binding "q")
184 'electric-help-exit)
185 (eq (key-binding "r")
186 'electric-help-retain))))
187 (Electric-command-loop
188 'exit
189 (function (lambda ()
190 (sit-for 0) ;necessary if last command was end-of-buffer or
191 ;beginning-of-buffer - otherwise pos-visible-in-window-p
192 ;will yield a wrong result.
193 (let ((min (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-min)))
194 (max (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max))))
195 (cond (isearch-mode 'noprompt)
196 ((and min max)
197 (cond (standard "Press q to exit, r to retain ")
198 (neither)
199 (t (setq neither (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[electric-help-exit] to exit, \\[electric-help-retain] to retain ")))))
200 (min
201 (cond (standard "Press SPC to scroll, q to exit, r to retain ")
202 (up)
203 (t (setq up (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-up] to scroll, \\[electric-help-exit] to exit, \\[electric-help-retain] to retain ")))))
204 (max
205 (cond (standard "Press DEL to scroll back, q to exit, r to retain ")
206 (down)
207 (t (setq down (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-down] to scroll back, \\[electric-help-exit] to exit, \\[electric-help-retain] to retain ")))))
208 (t
209 (cond (standard "Press SPC to scroll, DEL to scroll back, q to exit, r to retain ")
210 (both)
211 (t (setq both (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-up] to scroll, \\[scroll-down] to scroll back, \\[electric-help-exit] to exit, \\[electric-help-retain] to retain ")))))))))
212 t))))
213
214
215\f
216;(defun electric-help-scroll-up (arg)
217; ">>>Doc"
218; (interactive "P")
219; (if (and (null arg) (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max)))
220; (electric-help-exit)
221; (scroll-up arg)))
222
223(defun electric-help-exit ()
224 ">>>Doc"
225 (interactive)
226 (throw 'exit t))
227
228(defun electric-help-retain ()
229 "Exit `electric-help', retaining the current window/buffer configuration.
230\(The *Help* buffer will not be selected, but \\[switch-to-buffer-other-window] RET
231will select it.)"
232 (interactive)
233 ;; Make sure that we don't throw twice, even if two events cause
234 ;; calling this function:
235 (if (memq 'electric-help-retain mouse-leave-buffer-hook)
236 (progn
237 (remove-hook 'mouse-leave-buffer-hook 'electric-help-retain)
238 (throw 'exit '(retain)))))
239
240
241(defun electric-help-undefined ()
242 (interactive)
243 (error "%s is undefined -- Press %s to exit"
244 (mapconcat 'single-key-description (this-command-keys) " ")
245 (if (eq (key-binding "q") 'electric-help-exit)
246 "q"
247 (substitute-command-keys "\\[electric-help-exit]"))))
248
249
250;>>> this needs to be hairified (recursive help, anybody?)
251(defun electric-help-help ()
252 (interactive)
253 (if (and (eq (key-binding "q") 'electric-help-exit)
254 (eq (key-binding " ") 'scroll-up)
255 (eq (key-binding "\^?") 'scroll-down)
256 (eq (key-binding "r") 'electric-help-retain))
257 (message "SPC scrolls up, DEL scrolls down, q exits burying help buffer, r exits")
258 (message "%s" (substitute-command-keys "\\[scroll-up] scrolls up, \\[scroll-down] scrolls down, \\[electric-help-exit] exits burying help buffer, \\[electric-help-retain] exits")))
259 (sit-for 2))
260
261\f
262;;;###autoload
263(defun electric-helpify (fun &optional name)
264 (let ((name (or name "*Help*")))
265 (if (save-window-excursion
266 ;; kludge-o-rama
267 (let* ((p (symbol-function 'print-help-return-message))
268 (b (get-buffer name))
269 (m (buffer-modified-p b)))
270 (and b (not (get-buffer-window b))
271 (setq b nil))
272 (unwind-protect
273 (progn
274 (message "%s..." (capitalize (symbol-name fun)))
275 ;; with-output-to-temp-buffer marks the buffer as unmodified.
276 ;; kludging excessively and relying on that as some sort
277 ;; of indication leads to the following abomination...
278 ;;>> This would be doable without such icky kludges if either
279 ;;>> (a) there were a function to read the interactive
280 ;;>> args for a command and return a list of those args.
281 ;;>> (To which one would then just apply the command)
282 ;;>> (The only problem with this is that interactive-p
283 ;;>> would break, but that is such a misfeature in
284 ;;>> any case that I don't care)
285 ;;>> It is easy to do this for emacs-lisp functions;
286 ;;>> the only problem is getting the interactive spec
287 ;;>> for subrs
288 ;;>> (b) there were a function which returned a
289 ;;>> modification-tick for a buffer. One could tell
290 ;;>> whether a buffer had changed by whether the
291 ;;>> modification-tick were different.
292 ;;>> (Presumably there would have to be a way to either
293 ;;>> restore the tick to some previous value, or to
294 ;;>> suspend updating of the tick in order to allow
295 ;;>> things like momentary-string-display)
296 (and b
297 (save-excursion
298 (set-buffer b)
299 (set-buffer-modified-p t)))
300 (fset 'print-help-return-message 'ignore)
301 (call-interactively fun)
302 (and (get-buffer name)
303 (get-buffer-window (get-buffer name))
304 (or (not b)
305 (not (eq b (get-buffer name)))
306 (not (buffer-modified-p b)))))
307 (fset 'print-help-return-message p)
308 (and b (buffer-name b)
309 (save-excursion
310 (set-buffer b)
311 (set-buffer-modified-p m))))))
312 (with-electric-help 'ignore name t))))
313
314\f
315
316;; This is to be bound to M-x in ehelp mode. Retains ehelp buffer and then
317;; continues with execute-extended-command.
318(defun electric-help-execute-extended (prefixarg)
319 (interactive "p")
320 (setq electric-help-form-to-execute '(execute-extended-command nil))
321 (electric-help-retain))
322
323;; This is to be buond to C-x in ehelp mode. Retains ehelp buffer and then
324;; continues with ctrl-x prefix.
325(defun electric-help-ctrl-x-prefix (prefixarg)
326 (interactive "p")
327 (setq electric-help-form-to-execute '(progn (message nil) (setq unread-command-char ?\C-x)))
328 (electric-help-retain))
329
330\f
331(defun electric-describe-key ()
332 (interactive)
333 (electric-helpify 'describe-key))
334
335(defun electric-describe-mode ()
336 (interactive)
337 (electric-helpify 'describe-mode))
338
339(defun electric-view-lossage ()
340 (interactive)
341 (electric-helpify 'view-lossage))
342
343;(defun electric-help-for-help ()
344; "See help-for-help"
345; (interactive)
346; )
347
348(defun electric-describe-function ()
349 (interactive)
350 (electric-helpify 'describe-function))
351
352(defun electric-describe-variable ()
353 (interactive)
354 (electric-helpify 'describe-variable))
355
356(defun electric-describe-bindings ()
357 (interactive)
358 (electric-helpify 'describe-bindings))
359
360(defun electric-describe-syntax ()
361 (interactive)
362 (electric-helpify 'describe-syntax))
363
364(defun electric-command-apropos ()
365 (interactive)
366 (electric-helpify 'command-apropos "*Apropos*"))
367
368;(define-key help-map "a" 'electric-command-apropos)
369
370(defun electric-apropos ()
371 (interactive)
372 (electric-helpify 'apropos))
373
374\f
375;;;; ehelp-map
376
377(defvar ehelp-map ())
378(if ehelp-map
379 nil
380 (let ((map (copy-keymap help-map)))
381 (substitute-key-definition 'apropos 'electric-apropos map)
382 (substitute-key-definition 'command-apropos 'electric-command-apropos map)
383 (substitute-key-definition 'describe-key 'electric-describe-key map)
384 (substitute-key-definition 'describe-mode 'electric-describe-mode map)
385 (substitute-key-definition 'view-lossage 'electric-view-lossage map)
386 (substitute-key-definition 'describe-function 'electric-describe-function map)
387 (substitute-key-definition 'describe-variable 'electric-describe-variable map)
388 (substitute-key-definition 'describe-bindings 'electric-describe-bindings map)
389 (substitute-key-definition 'describe-syntax 'electric-describe-syntax map)
390
391 (setq ehelp-map map)
392 (fset 'ehelp-command map)))
393
394(provide 'ehelp)
395
396;;; ehelp.el ends here