;;; helper.el --- utility help package supporting help in electric modes
+;; Copyright (C) 1985 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
;; Author: K. Shane Hartman
;; Maintainer: FSF
-;; Last-Modified: 16 Mar 1991
;; Keywords: help
-;; Copyright (C) 1985 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
;; GNU General Public License for more details.
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
-;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+;;; Commentary:
;;; Code:
-; hey, here's a helping hand.
+;; hey, here's a helping hand.
;; Bind this to a string for <blank> in "... Other keys <blank>".
;; Helper-help uses this to construct help string when scrolling.
(documentation (documentation major-mode)))
(save-excursion
(set-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Help*"))
+ (setq buffer-read-only nil)
(erase-buffer)
- (insert name " Mode\n" documentation)))
+ (insert name " Mode\n" documentation)
+ (help-mode)))
(Helper-help-scroller))
;;;###autoload
(let ((continue t) c)
(while continue
(message "Help (Type ? for further options)")
- (setq c (char-to-string (downcase (read-char))))
+ (setq c (read-key-sequence nil))
(setq c (lookup-key Helper-help-map c))
(cond ((eq c 'Helper-help-options)
(Helper-help-options))