Many doc fixes.
[bpt/emacs.git] / lisp / widget.el
1 ;;; widget.el --- a library of user interface components.
2 ;;
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 ;;
5 ;; Author: Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk>
6 ;; Keywords: help, extensions, faces, hypermedia
7 ;; Version: 1.90
8 ;; X-URL: http://www.dina.kvl.dk/~abraham/custom/
9
10 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
11
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16
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26
27 ;;; Commentary:
28 ;;
29 ;; If you want to use this code, please visit the URL above.
30 ;;
31 ;; This file only contain the code needed to define new widget types.
32 ;; Everything else is autoloaded from `wid-edit.el'.
33
34 ;;; Code:
35
36 (eval-when-compile (require 'cl))
37
38 (defmacro define-widget-keywords (&rest keys)
39 (`
40 (eval-and-compile
41 (let ((keywords (quote (, keys))))
42 (while keywords
43 (or (boundp (car keywords))
44 (set (car keywords) (car keywords)))
45 (setq keywords (cdr keywords)))))))
46
47 (define-widget-keywords :prompt-value :text-format :deactivate :active
48 :inactive :activate :sibling-args :delete-button-args
49 :insert-button-args :append-button-args :button-args
50 :tag-glyph :off-glyph :on-glyph :valid-regexp
51 :secret :sample-face :sample-face-get :case-fold :widget-doc
52 :create :convert-widget :format :value-create :offset :extra-offset
53 :tag :doc :from :to :args :value :value-from :value-to :action
54 :value-set :value-delete :match :parent :delete :menu-tag-get
55 :value-get :choice :void :menu-tag :on :off :on-type :off-type
56 :notify :entry-format :button :children :buttons :insert-before
57 :delete-at :format-handler :widget :value-pos :value-to-internal
58 :indent :size :value-to-external :validate :error :directory
59 :must-match :type-error :value-inline :inline :match-inline :greedy
60 :button-face-get :button-face :value-face :keymap :entry-from
61 :entry-to :help-echo :documentation-property :hide-front-space
62 :hide-rear-space :tab-order)
63
64 ;; These autoloads should be deleted when the file is added to Emacs.
65 (unless (fboundp 'load-gc)
66 (autoload 'widget-apply "wid-edit")
67 (autoload 'widget-create "wid-edit")
68 (autoload 'widget-insert "wid-edit")
69 (autoload 'widget-prompt-value "wid-edit")
70 (autoload 'widget-browse "wid-browse" nil t)
71 (autoload 'widget-browse-other-window "wid-browse" nil t)
72 (autoload 'widget-browse-at "wid-browse" nil t)
73 (autoload 'widget-minor-mode "wid-browse" nil t))
74
75 (defun define-widget (name class doc &rest args)
76 "Define a new widget type named NAME from CLASS.
77
78 NAME and CLASS should both be symbols, CLASS should be one of the
79 existing widget types, or nil to create the widget from scratch.
80
81 After the new widget has been defined, the following two calls will
82 create identical widgets:
83
84 * (widget-create NAME)
85
86 * (apply 'widget-create CLASS ARGS)
87
88 The third argument DOC is a documentation string for the widget."
89 (put name 'widget-type (cons class args))
90 (put name 'widget-documentation doc)
91 name)
92
93 ;;; The End.
94
95 (provide 'widget)
96
97 ;; widget.el ends here