;;; ehelp.el --- bindings for electric-help mode -*- lexical-binding: t -*- ;; Copyright (C) 1986, 1995, 2000-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. ;; Author: Richard Mlynarik ;; (according to ack.texi and authors.el) ;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org ;; Keywords: help, extensions ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs. ;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by ;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or ;; (at your option) any later version. ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the ;; GNU General Public License for more details. ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License ;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see . ;;; Commentary: ;; This package provides a pre-packaged `Electric Help Mode' for ;; browsing on-line help screens. There is one entry point, ;; `with-electric-help'; all you have to give it is a no-argument ;; function that generates the actual text of the help into the current ;; buffer. ;; To make this the default, you must do ;; (require 'ehelp) ;; (define-key global-map "\C-h" 'ehelp-command) ;; (define-key global-map [help] 'ehelp-command) ;; (define-key global-map [f1] 'ehelp-command) ;;; Code: (require 'electric) (defvar electric-help-form-to-execute nil) (defgroup electric-help () "Electric help facility." :version "21.1" :group 'help) (defcustom electric-help-shrink-window t "If set, adjust help window sizes to buffer sizes when displaying help." :type 'boolean :group 'electric-help) (defcustom electric-help-mode-hook nil "Hook run by `with-electric-help' after initializing the buffer." :type 'hook :group 'electric-help) (put 'electric-help-undefined 'suppress-keymap t) (defvar electric-help-map (let ((map (make-keymap))) ;; FIXME fragile. Should derive from help-mode-map in a smarter way. (set-keymap-parent map button-buffer-map) ;; allow all non-self-inserting keys - search, scroll, etc, but ;; let M-x and C-x exit ehelp mode and retain buffer: (suppress-keymap map) (define-key map "\C-u" 'electric-help-undefined) (define-key map [?\C-0] 'electric-help-undefined) (define-key map [?\C-1] 'electric-help-undefined) (define-key map [?\C-2] 'electric-help-undefined) (define-key map [?\C-3] 'electric-help-undefined) (define-key map [?\C-4] 'electric-help-undefined) (define-key map [?\C-5] 'electric-help-undefined) (define-key map [?\C-6] 'electric-help-undefined) (define-key map [?\C-7] 'electric-help-undefined) (define-key map [?\C-8] 'electric-help-undefined) (define-key map [?\C-9] 'electric-help-undefined) (define-key map (char-to-string help-char) 'electric-help-help) (define-key map "?" 'electric-help-help) (define-key map " " 'scroll-up) (define-key map [?\S-\ ] 'scroll-down) (define-key map "\^?" 'scroll-down) (define-key map "." 'beginning-of-buffer) (define-key map "<" 'beginning-of-buffer) (define-key map ">" 'end-of-buffer) ;(define-key map "\C-g" 'electric-help-exit) (define-key map "Q" 'electric-help-exit) (define-key map "q" 'electric-help-exit) ;;a better key than this? (define-key map "R" 'electric-help-retain) (define-key map "r" 'electric-help-retain) (define-key map "\ex" 'electric-help-execute-extended) (define-key map "\C-x" 'electric-help-ctrl-x-prefix) map) "Keymap defining commands available in `electric-help-mode'.") (defvar electric-help-orig-major-mode nil) (make-variable-buffer-local 'electric-help-orig-major-mode) (defun electric-help-mode () "`with-electric-help' temporarily places its buffer in this mode. \(On exit from `with-electric-help', the original `major-mode' is restored.)" (setq buffer-read-only t) (setq electric-help-orig-major-mode major-mode) (setq mode-name "Help") (setq major-mode 'help-mode) (setq mode-line-buffer-identification '(" Help: %b")) (use-local-map electric-help-map) (add-hook 'mouse-leave-buffer-hook 'electric-help-retain) (view-mode -1) ;; this is done below in with-electric-help ;(run-hooks 'electric-help-mode-hook) ) ;;;###autoload (defun with-electric-help (thunk &optional buffer noerase minheight) "Pop up an \"electric\" help buffer. THUNK is a function of no arguments which is called to initialize the contents of BUFFER. BUFFER defaults to `*Help*'. BUFFER will be erased before THUNK is called unless NOERASE is non-nil. THUNK will be called while BUFFER is current and with `standard-output' bound to the buffer specified by BUFFER. If THUNK returns nil, we display BUFFER starting at the top, and shrink the window to fit. If THUNK returns non-nil, we don't do those things. After THUNK has been called, this function \"electrically\" pops up a window in which BUFFER is displayed and allows the user to scroll through that buffer in `electric-help-mode'. The window's height will be at least MINHEIGHT if this value is non-nil. If THUNK returns nil, we display BUFFER starting at the top, and shrink the window to fit if `electric-help-shrink-window' is non-nil. If THUNK returns non-nil, we don't do those things. When the user exits (with `electric-help-exit', or otherwise), the help buffer's window disappears (i.e., we use `save-window-excursion'), and BUFFER is put back into its original major mode." (setq buffer (get-buffer-create (or buffer "*Help*"))) (let ((one (one-window-p t)) (config (current-window-configuration)) (bury nil) (electric-help-form-to-execute nil)) (unwind-protect (save-excursion (when one (goto-char (window-start))) (let ((pop-up-windows t)) (pop-to-buffer buffer)) (with-current-buffer buffer (when (and minheight (< (window-height) minheight)) (enlarge-window (- minheight (window-height)))) (electric-help-mode) (setq buffer-read-only nil) (unless noerase (erase-buffer))) (let ((standard-output buffer)) (unless (funcall thunk) (set-buffer buffer) (set-buffer-modified-p nil) (goto-char (point-min)) (when (and one electric-help-shrink-window) (shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer)))) (set-buffer buffer) (run-hooks 'electric-help-mode-hook) (setq buffer-read-only t) (if (eq (car-safe (electric-help-command-loop)) 'retain) (setq config (current-window-configuration)) (setq bury t)) ;; Remove the hook. (when (memq 'electric-help-retain mouse-leave-buffer-hook) (remove-hook 'mouse-leave-buffer-hook 'electric-help-retain))) (message "") (set-buffer buffer) (setq buffer-read-only nil) ;; Restore the original major mode saved by `electric-help-mode'. ;; We should really get a usable *Help* buffer when retaining ;; the electric one with `r'. The problem is that a simple ;; call to `help-mode' won't cut it; e.g. RET is bound wrong ;; afterwards (`View-scroll-line-forward' instead of `help-follow'). ;; That's because Help mode should be set with `with-help-window' ;; instead of the direct call to `help-mode'. But at least ;; RET works correctly on links after using `help-mode'. ;; This is satisfactory enough. (condition-case () (funcall (or electric-help-orig-major-mode 'fundamental-mode)) (error nil)) (set-window-configuration config) (when bury ;;>> Perhaps this shouldn't be done, ;; so that when we say "Press space to bury" we mean it (replace-buffer-in-windows buffer) ;; must do this outside of save-window-excursion (bury-buffer buffer)) (if (functionp electric-help-form-to-execute) (funcall electric-help-form-to-execute) (eval electric-help-form-to-execute))))) (defun electric-help-command-loop () (catch 'exit (if (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max)) (progn (message "%s" (substitute-command-keys "<<< Press Space to bury the help buffer, Press \\[electric-help-retain] to retain it >>>")) (if (equal (setq unread-command-events (list (read-event))) '(?\s)) (progn (setq unread-command-events nil) (throw 'exit t))))) (let (up down both neither (standard (and (eq (key-binding " " nil t) 'scroll-up) (eq (key-binding "\^?" nil t) 'scroll-down) (eq (key-binding "q" nil t) 'electric-help-exit) (eq (key-binding "r" nil t) 'electric-help-retain)))) (Electric-command-loop 'exit (function (lambda () (sit-for 0) ;necessary if last command was end-of-buffer or ;beginning-of-buffer - otherwise pos-visible-in-window-p ;will yield a wrong result. (let ((min (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-min))) (max (pos-visible-in-window-p (1- (point-max))))) (cond (isearch-mode 'noprompt) ((and min max) (cond (standard "Press q to exit, r to retain ") (neither) (t (setq neither (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[electric-help-exit] to exit, \\[electric-help-retain] to retain "))))) (min (cond (standard "Press SPC to scroll, q to exit, r to retain ") (up) (t (setq up (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-up] to scroll, \\[electric-help-exit] to exit, \\[electric-help-retain] to retain "))))) (max (cond (standard "Press DEL to scroll back, q to exit, r to retain ") (down) (t (setq down (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-down] to scroll back, \\[electric-help-exit] to exit, \\[electric-help-retain] to retain "))))) (t (cond (standard "Press SPC to scroll, DEL to scroll back, q to exit, r to retain ") (both) (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 "))))))))) t)))) ;(defun electric-help-scroll-up (arg) ; ">>>Doc" ; (interactive "P") ; (if (and (null arg) (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max))) ; (electric-help-exit) ; (scroll-up arg))) (defun electric-help-exit () "Exit `with-electric-help', restoring the previous window/buffer configuration. \(The *Help* buffer will be buried.)" (interactive) ;; Make sure that we don't throw twice, even if two events cause ;; calling this function: (if (memq 'electric-help-retain mouse-leave-buffer-hook) (progn (remove-hook 'mouse-leave-buffer-hook 'electric-help-retain) (throw 'exit t)))) (defun electric-help-retain () "Exit `with-electric-help', retaining the current window/buffer configuration. \(The *Help* buffer will not be selected, but \\[switch-to-buffer-other-window] RET will select it.)" (interactive) ;; Make sure that we don't throw twice, even if two events cause ;; calling this function: (if (memq 'electric-help-retain mouse-leave-buffer-hook) (progn (remove-hook 'mouse-leave-buffer-hook 'electric-help-retain) (throw 'exit '(retain))))) (defun electric-help-undefined () (interactive) (error "%s is undefined -- Press %s to exit" (mapconcat 'single-key-description (this-command-keys) " ") (if (eq (key-binding "q" nil t) 'electric-help-exit) "q" (substitute-command-keys "\\[electric-help-exit]")))) ;>>> this needs to be hairified (recursive help, anybody?) (defun electric-help-help () (interactive) (if (and (eq (key-binding "q" nil t) 'electric-help-exit) (eq (key-binding " " nil t) 'scroll-up) (eq (key-binding "\^?" nil t) 'scroll-down) (eq (key-binding "r" nil t) 'electric-help-retain)) (message "SPC scrolls up, DEL scrolls down, q exits burying help buffer, r exits") (message "%s" (substitute-command-keys "\\[scroll-up] scrolls up, \\[scroll-down] scrolls down, \\[electric-help-exit] exits burying help buffer, \\[electric-help-retain] exits"))) (sit-for 2)) ;;;###autoload (defun electric-helpify (fun &optional name) (let ((name (or name "*Help*"))) (if (save-window-excursion ;; kludge-o-rama (let* ((p (symbol-function 'help-print-return-message)) (b (get-buffer name)) (m (buffer-modified-p b))) (and b (not (get-buffer-window b)) (setq b nil)) (unwind-protect (progn (message "%s..." (capitalize (symbol-name fun))) ;; with-output-to-temp-buffer marks the buffer as unmodified. ;; kludging excessively and relying on that as some sort ;; of indication leads to the following abomination... ;;>> This would be doable without such icky kludges if either ;;>> (a) there were a function to read the interactive ;;>> args for a command and return a list of those args. ;;>> (To which one would then just apply the command) ;;>> (The only problem with this is that interactive-p ;;>> would break, but that is such a misfeature in ;;>> any case that I don't care) ;;>> It is easy to do this for emacs-lisp functions; ;;>> the only problem is getting the interactive spec ;;>> for subrs ;;>> (b) there were a function which returned a ;;>> modification-tick for a buffer. One could tell ;;>> whether a buffer had changed by whether the ;;>> modification-tick were different. ;;>> (Presumably there would have to be a way to either ;;>> restore the tick to some previous value, or to ;;>> suspend updating of the tick in order to allow ;;>> things like momentary-string-display) (and b (with-current-buffer b (set-buffer-modified-p t))) (fset 'help-print-return-message 'ignore) (call-interactively fun) (and (get-buffer name) (get-buffer-window (get-buffer name)) (or (not b) (not (eq b (get-buffer name))) (not (buffer-modified-p b))))) (fset 'help-print-return-message p) (and b (buffer-name b) (with-current-buffer b (set-buffer-modified-p m)))))) (with-electric-help 'ignore name t)))) ;; This is to be bound to M-x in ehelp mode. Retains ehelp buffer and then ;; continues with execute-extended-command. (defun electric-help-execute-extended (_prefixarg) (interactive "p") (setq electric-help-form-to-execute (lambda () (execute-extended-command nil))) (electric-help-retain)) ;; This is to be buond to C-x in ehelp mode. Retains ehelp buffer and then ;; continues with ctrl-x prefix. (defun electric-help-ctrl-x-prefix (_prefixarg) (interactive "p") (setq electric-help-form-to-execute (lambda () (message nil) (setq unread-command-events (append unread-command-events '(?\C-x))))) (electric-help-retain)) (defun electric-describe-key () (interactive) (electric-helpify 'describe-key)) (defun electric-describe-mode () (interactive) (electric-helpify 'describe-mode)) (defun electric-view-lossage () (interactive) (electric-helpify 'view-lossage)) ;(defun electric-help-for-help () ; "See help-for-help" ; (interactive) ; ) (defun electric-describe-function () (interactive) (electric-helpify 'describe-function)) (defun electric-describe-variable () (interactive) (electric-helpify 'describe-variable)) (defun electric-describe-bindings () (interactive) (electric-helpify 'describe-bindings)) (defun electric-describe-syntax () (interactive) (electric-helpify 'describe-syntax)) (defun electric-command-apropos () (interactive) (electric-helpify 'command-apropos "*Apropos*")) ;(define-key help-map "a" 'electric-command-apropos) (defun electric-apropos () (interactive) (electric-helpify 'apropos)) ;;;; ehelp-map (defvar ehelp-map (let ((map (copy-keymap help-map))) (substitute-key-definition 'apropos 'electric-apropos map) (substitute-key-definition 'command-apropos 'electric-command-apropos map) (substitute-key-definition 'describe-key 'electric-describe-key map) (substitute-key-definition 'describe-mode 'electric-describe-mode map) (substitute-key-definition 'view-lossage 'electric-view-lossage map) (substitute-key-definition 'describe-function 'electric-describe-function map) (substitute-key-definition 'describe-variable 'electric-describe-variable map) (substitute-key-definition 'describe-bindings 'electric-describe-bindings map) (substitute-key-definition 'describe-syntax 'electric-describe-syntax map) map)) ;;;###(autoload 'ehelp-command "ehelp" "Prefix command for ehelp." t 'keymap) (defalias 'ehelp-command ehelp-map) (put 'ehelp-command 'documentation "Prefix command for ehelp.") (provide 'ehelp) ;;; ehelp.el ends here