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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 ;; Remove the hook.
155 (if (memq 'electric-help-retain mouse-leave-buffer-hook)
156 (remove-hook 'mouse-leave-buffer-hook 'electric-help-retain)))
157 (message "")
158 (set-buffer buffer)
159 (setq buffer-read-only nil)
160 (condition-case ()
161 (funcall (or default-major-mode 'fundamental-mode))
162 (error nil))
163 (set-window-configuration config)
164 (if bury
165 (progn
166 ;;>> Perhaps this shouldn't be done.
167 ;; so that when we say "Press space to bury" we mean it
168 (replace-buffer-in-windows buffer)
169 ;; must do this outside of save-window-excursion
170 (bury-buffer buffer)))
171 (eval electric-help-form-to-execute))))
172
173(defun electric-help-command-loop ()
174 (catch 'exit
175 (if (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max))
176 (progn (message "%s" (substitute-command-keys "<<< Press Space to bury the help buffer, Press \\[electric-help-retain] to retain it >>>"))
177 (if (equal (setq unread-command-events (list (read-event)))
178 '(?\ ))
179 (progn (setq unread-command-events nil)
180 (throw 'exit t)))))
181 (let (up down both neither
182 (standard (and (eq (key-binding " ")
183 'scroll-up)
184 (eq (key-binding "\^?")
185 'scroll-down)
186 (eq (key-binding "q")
187 'electric-help-exit)
188 (eq (key-binding "r")
189 'electric-help-retain))))
190 (Electric-command-loop
191 'exit
192 (function (lambda ()
193 (sit-for 0) ;necessary if last command was end-of-buffer or
194 ;beginning-of-buffer - otherwise pos-visible-in-window-p
195 ;will yield a wrong result.
196 (let ((min (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-min)))
197 (max (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max))))
198 (cond (isearch-mode 'noprompt)
199 ((and min max)
200 (cond (standard "Press q to exit, r to retain ")
201 (neither)
202 (t (setq neither (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[electric-help-exit] to exit, \\[electric-help-retain] to retain ")))))
203 (min
204 (cond (standard "Press SPC to scroll, q to exit, r to retain ")
205 (up)
206 (t (setq up (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-up] to scroll, \\[electric-help-exit] to exit, \\[electric-help-retain] to retain ")))))
207 (max
208 (cond (standard "Press DEL to scroll back, q to exit, r to retain ")
209 (down)
210 (t (setq down (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-down] to scroll back, \\[electric-help-exit] to exit, \\[electric-help-retain] to retain ")))))
211 (t
212 (cond (standard "Press SPC to scroll, DEL to scroll back, q to exit, r to retain ")
213 (both)
214 (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 ")))))))))
215 t))))
216
217
218\f
219;(defun electric-help-scroll-up (arg)
220; ">>>Doc"
221; (interactive "P")
222; (if (and (null arg) (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max)))
223; (electric-help-exit)
224; (scroll-up arg)))
225
226(defun electric-help-exit ()
227 "Exit `electric-help', restoring the previous window/buffer configuration.
228\(The *Help* buffer will be buried.)"
229 (interactive)
230 ;; Make sure that we don't throw twice, even if two events cause
231 ;; calling this function:
232 (if (memq 'electric-help-retain mouse-leave-buffer-hook)
233 (progn
234 (remove-hook 'mouse-leave-buffer-hook 'electric-help-retain)
235 (throw 'exit t))))
236
237(defun electric-help-retain ()
238 "Exit `electric-help', retaining the current window/buffer configuration.
239\(The *Help* buffer will not be selected, but \\[switch-to-buffer-other-window] RET
240will select it.)"
241 (interactive)
242 ;; Make sure that we don't throw twice, even if two events cause
243 ;; calling this function:
244 (if (memq 'electric-help-retain mouse-leave-buffer-hook)
245 (progn
246 (remove-hook 'mouse-leave-buffer-hook 'electric-help-retain)
247 (throw 'exit '(retain)))))
248
249
250(defun electric-help-undefined ()
251 (interactive)
252 (error "%s is undefined -- Press %s to exit"
253 (mapconcat 'single-key-description (this-command-keys) " ")
254 (if (eq (key-binding "q") 'electric-help-exit)
255 "q"
256 (substitute-command-keys "\\[electric-help-exit]"))))
257
258
259;>>> this needs to be hairified (recursive help, anybody?)
260(defun electric-help-help ()
261 (interactive)
262 (if (and (eq (key-binding "q") 'electric-help-exit)
263 (eq (key-binding " ") 'scroll-up)
264 (eq (key-binding "\^?") 'scroll-down)
265 (eq (key-binding "r") 'electric-help-retain))
266 (message "SPC scrolls up, DEL scrolls down, q exits burying help buffer, r exits")
267 (message "%s" (substitute-command-keys "\\[scroll-up] scrolls up, \\[scroll-down] scrolls down, \\[electric-help-exit] exits burying help buffer, \\[electric-help-retain] exits")))
268 (sit-for 2))
269
270\f
271;;;###autoload
272(defun electric-helpify (fun &optional name)
273 (let ((name (or name "*Help*")))
274 (if (save-window-excursion
275 ;; kludge-o-rama
276 (let* ((p (symbol-function 'print-help-return-message))
277 (b (get-buffer name))
278 (m (buffer-modified-p b)))
279 (and b (not (get-buffer-window b))
280 (setq b nil))
281 (unwind-protect
282 (progn
283 (message "%s..." (capitalize (symbol-name fun)))
284 ;; with-output-to-temp-buffer marks the buffer as unmodified.
285 ;; kludging excessively and relying on that as some sort
286 ;; of indication leads to the following abomination...
287 ;;>> This would be doable without such icky kludges if either
288 ;;>> (a) there were a function to read the interactive
289 ;;>> args for a command and return a list of those args.
290 ;;>> (To which one would then just apply the command)
291 ;;>> (The only problem with this is that interactive-p
292 ;;>> would break, but that is such a misfeature in
293 ;;>> any case that I don't care)
294 ;;>> It is easy to do this for emacs-lisp functions;
295 ;;>> the only problem is getting the interactive spec
296 ;;>> for subrs
297 ;;>> (b) there were a function which returned a
298 ;;>> modification-tick for a buffer. One could tell
299 ;;>> whether a buffer had changed by whether the
300 ;;>> modification-tick were different.
301 ;;>> (Presumably there would have to be a way to either
302 ;;>> restore the tick to some previous value, or to
303 ;;>> suspend updating of the tick in order to allow
304 ;;>> things like momentary-string-display)
305 (and b
306 (save-excursion
307 (set-buffer b)
308 (set-buffer-modified-p t)))
309 (fset 'print-help-return-message 'ignore)
310 (call-interactively fun)
311 (and (get-buffer name)
312 (get-buffer-window (get-buffer name))
313 (or (not b)
314 (not (eq b (get-buffer name)))
315 (not (buffer-modified-p b)))))
316 (fset 'print-help-return-message p)
317 (and b (buffer-name b)
318 (save-excursion
319 (set-buffer b)
320 (set-buffer-modified-p m))))))
321 (with-electric-help 'ignore name t))))
322
323\f
324
325;; This is to be bound to M-x in ehelp mode. Retains ehelp buffer and then
326;; continues with execute-extended-command.
327(defun electric-help-execute-extended (prefixarg)
328 (interactive "p")
329 (setq electric-help-form-to-execute '(execute-extended-command nil))
330 (electric-help-retain))
331
332;; This is to be buond to C-x in ehelp mode. Retains ehelp buffer and then
333;; continues with ctrl-x prefix.
334(defun electric-help-ctrl-x-prefix (prefixarg)
335 (interactive "p")
336 (setq electric-help-form-to-execute '(progn (message nil) (setq unread-command-char ?\C-x)))
337 (electric-help-retain))
338
339\f
340(defun electric-describe-key ()
341 (interactive)
342 (electric-helpify 'describe-key))
343
344(defun electric-describe-mode ()
345 (interactive)
346 (electric-helpify 'describe-mode))
347
348(defun electric-view-lossage ()
349 (interactive)
350 (electric-helpify 'view-lossage))
351
352;(defun electric-help-for-help ()
353; "See help-for-help"
354; (interactive)
355; )
356
357(defun electric-describe-function ()
358 (interactive)
359 (electric-helpify 'describe-function))
360
361(defun electric-describe-variable ()
362 (interactive)
363 (electric-helpify 'describe-variable))
364
365(defun electric-describe-bindings ()
366 (interactive)
367 (electric-helpify 'describe-bindings))
368
369(defun electric-describe-syntax ()
370 (interactive)
371 (electric-helpify 'describe-syntax))
372
373(defun electric-command-apropos ()
374 (interactive)
375 (electric-helpify 'command-apropos "*Apropos*"))
376
377;(define-key help-map "a" 'electric-command-apropos)
378
379(defun electric-apropos ()
380 (interactive)
381 (electric-helpify 'apropos))
382
383\f
384;;;; ehelp-map
385
386(defvar ehelp-map ())
387(if ehelp-map
388 nil
389 (let ((map (copy-keymap help-map)))
390 (substitute-key-definition 'apropos 'electric-apropos map)
391 (substitute-key-definition 'command-apropos 'electric-command-apropos map)
392 (substitute-key-definition 'describe-key 'electric-describe-key map)
393 (substitute-key-definition 'describe-mode 'electric-describe-mode map)
394 (substitute-key-definition 'view-lossage 'electric-view-lossage map)
395 (substitute-key-definition 'describe-function 'electric-describe-function map)
396 (substitute-key-definition 'describe-variable 'electric-describe-variable map)
397 (substitute-key-definition 'describe-bindings 'electric-describe-bindings map)
398 (substitute-key-definition 'describe-syntax 'electric-describe-syntax map)
399
400 (setq ehelp-map map)
401 (fset 'ehelp-command map)))
402
403(provide 'ehelp)
404
405;;; ehelp.el ends here