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1;;; tooltip.el --- show tooltip windows
2
3;; Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
4;; 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5
6;; Author: Gerd Moellmann <gerd@acm.org>
7;; Keywords: help c mouse tools
8
9;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
10
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25
26;;; Commentary:
27
28;;; Code:
29
30(defvar comint-prompt-regexp)
31
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
41;;; Switching tooltips on/off
42
43(define-minor-mode tooltip-mode
44 "Toggle Tooltip mode.
45With ARG, turn Tooltip mode on if and only if ARG is positive.
46When this minor mode is enabled, Emacs displays help text
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."
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
70 (if tooltip-mode 'tooltip-show-help 'tooltip-show-help-non-mode)))
71
72\f
73;;; Customizable settings
74
75(defcustom tooltip-delay 0.7
76 "Seconds to wait before displaying a tooltip the first time."
77 :type 'number
78 :group 'tooltip)
79
80(defcustom tooltip-short-delay 0.1
81 "Seconds to wait between subsequent tooltips on different items."
82 :type 'number
83 :group 'tooltip)
84
85(defcustom tooltip-recent-seconds 1
86 "Display tooltips if changing tip items within this many seconds.
87Do so after `tooltip-short-delay'."
88 :type 'number
89 :group 'tooltip)
90
91(defcustom tooltip-hide-delay 10
92 "Hide tooltips automatically after this many seconds."
93 :type 'number
94 :group 'tooltip)
95
96(defcustom tooltip-x-offset 5
97 "X offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips.
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.
102
103If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `left' parameter,
104the value of `tooltip-x-offset' is ignored."
105 :type 'integer
106 :group 'tooltip)
107
108(defcustom tooltip-y-offset +20
109 "Y offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips.
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.
114
115If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `top' parameter,
116the value of `tooltip-y-offset' is ignored."
117 :type 'integer
118 :group 'tooltip)
119
120(defcustom tooltip-frame-parameters
121 '((name . "tooltip")
122 (internal-border-width . 2)
123 (border-width . 1))
124 "Frame parameters used for tooltips.
125
126If `left' or `top' parameters are included, they specify the absolute
127position to pop up the tooltip."
128 :type 'sexp
129 :group 'tooltip)
130
131(defface tooltip
132 '((((class color))
133 :background "lightyellow"
134 :foreground "black"
135 :inherit variable-pitch)
136 (t
137 :inherit variable-pitch))
138 "Face for tooltips."
139 :group 'tooltip
140 :group 'basic-faces)
141
142(defcustom tooltip-use-echo-area nil
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'."
146 :type 'boolean
147 :group 'tooltip)
148
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
157(defvar tooltip-timeout-id nil
158 "The id of the timeout started when Emacs becomes idle.")
159
160(defvar tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event nil
161 "A copy of the last mouse motion event seen.")
162
163(defvar tooltip-hide-time nil
164 "Time when the last tooltip was hidden.")
165
166(defvar gud-tooltip-mode) ;; Prevent warning.
167
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
176\f
177;;; Timeout for tooltip display
178
179(defun tooltip-delay ()
180 "Return the delay in seconds for the next tooltip."
181 (if (and tooltip-hide-time
182 (< (- (float-time) tooltip-hide-time) tooltip-recent-seconds))
183 tooltip-short-delay
184 tooltip-delay))
185
186(defun tooltip-cancel-delayed-tip ()
187 "Disable the tooltip timeout."
188 (when tooltip-timeout-id
189 (disable-timeout tooltip-timeout-id)
190 (setq tooltip-timeout-id nil)))
191
192(defun tooltip-start-delayed-tip ()
193 "Add a one-shot timeout to call function `tooltip-timeout'."
194 (setq tooltip-timeout-id
195 (add-timeout (tooltip-delay) 'tooltip-timeout nil)))
196
197(defun tooltip-timeout (object)
198 "Function called when timer with id `tooltip-timeout-id' fires."
199 (run-hook-with-args-until-success 'tooltip-hook
200 tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event))
201
202\f
203;;; Displaying tips
204
205(defun tooltip-set-param (alist key value)
206 "Change the value of KEY in alist ALIST to VALUE.
207If there's no association for KEY in ALIST, add one, otherwise
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
215(defun tooltip-show (text &optional use-echo-area)
216 "Show a tooltip window displaying TEXT.
217
218Text larger than `x-max-tooltip-size' is clipped.
219
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
224position.
225
226Optional second arg USE-ECHO-AREA non-nil means to show tooltip
227in echo area."
228 (if use-echo-area
229 (tooltip-show-help-non-mode text)
230 (condition-case error
231 (let ((params (copy-sequence tooltip-frame-parameters))
232 (fg (face-attribute 'tooltip :foreground))
233 (bg (face-attribute 'tooltip :background)))
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)))
239 (x-show-tip (propertize text 'face 'tooltip)
240 (selected-frame)
241 params
242 tooltip-hide-delay
243 tooltip-x-offset
244 tooltip-y-offset))
245 (error
246 (message "Error while displaying tooltip: %s" error)
247 (sit-for 1)
248 (message "%s" text)))))
249
250(defun tooltip-hide (&optional ignored-arg)
251 "Hide a tooltip, if one is displayed.
252Value is non-nil if tooltip was open."
253 (tooltip-cancel-delayed-tip)
254 (when (x-hide-tip)
255 (setq tooltip-hide-time (float-time))))
256
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
272(defmacro tooltip-region-active-p ()
273 "Value is non-nil if the region should override command actions."
274 `(use-region-p))
275
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."
281 (with-current-buffer (tooltip-event-buffer event)
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
288(defun tooltip-process-prompt-regexp (process)
289 "Return regexp matching the prompt of PROCESS at the end of a string.
290The prompt is taken from the value of `comint-prompt-regexp' in
291the buffer of PROCESS."
292 (let ((prompt-regexp (with-current-buffer (process-buffer process)
293 comint-prompt-regexp)))
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 "$")))
301
302(defun tooltip-strip-prompt (process output)
303 "Return OUTPUT with any prompt of PROCESS stripped from its end."
304 (save-match-data
305 (if (string-match (tooltip-process-prompt-regexp process) output)
306 (substring output 0 (match-beginning 0))
307 output)))
308
309\f
310;;; Tooltip help.
311
312(defvar tooltip-help-message nil
313 "The last help message received via `tooltip-show-help'.")
314
315(defvar tooltip-previous-message nil
316 "The previous content of the echo area.")
317
318(defun tooltip-show-help-non-mode (help)
319 "Function installed as `show-help-function' when tooltip is off."
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
339
340(defun tooltip-show-help (msg)
341 "Function installed as `show-help-function'.
342MSG is either a help string to display, or nil to cancel the display."
343 (let ((previous-help tooltip-help-message))
344 (setq tooltip-help-message msg)
345 (cond ((null msg)
346 ;; Cancel display. This also cancels a delayed tip, if
347 ;; there is one.
348 (tooltip-hide))
349 ((equal previous-help msg)
350 ;; Same help as before (but possibly the mouse has moved).
351 ;; Keep what we have.
352 )
353 (t
354 ;; A different help. Remove a previous tooltip, and
355 ;; display a new one, with some delay.
356 (tooltip-hide)
357 (tooltip-start-delayed-tip)))))
358
359(defun tooltip-help-tips (event)
360 "Hook function to display a help tooltip.
361This is installed on the hook `tooltip-hook', which is run when
362the timer with id `tooltip-timeout-id' fires.
363Value is non-nil if this function handled the tip."
364 (when (stringp tooltip-help-message)
365 (tooltip-show tooltip-help-message tooltip-use-echo-area)
366 t))
367
368(provide 'tooltip)
369
370;; arch-tag: 3d61135e-4618-4a78-af28-183f6df5636f
371;;; tooltip.el ends here