Fix minor mode docstrings for the new meaning of a nil ARG.
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b670783a 1;;; tooltip.el --- show tooltip windows
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73b0cd50 3;; Copyright (C) 1997, 1999-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5;; Author: Gerd Moellmann <gerd@acm.org>
6;; Keywords: help c mouse tools
bd78fa1d 7;; Package: emacs
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9;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
10
eb3fa2cf 11;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
7840ced1 12;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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13;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
14;; (at your option) any later version.
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16;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
17;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
18;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
19;; GNU General Public License for more details.
20
21;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
eb3fa2cf 22;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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23
24;;; Commentary:
25
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26;;; Code:
27
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28(defvar comint-prompt-regexp)
29
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30(defgroup tooltip nil
31 "Customization group for the `tooltip' package."
32 :group 'help
33 :group 'gud
34 :group 'mouse
35 :group 'tools
36 :version "21.1"
37 :tag "Tool Tips")
38\f
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39;;; Switching tooltips on/off
40
e85dcd95 41(define-minor-mode tooltip-mode
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42 "Toggle use of graphical tooltips (Tooltip mode).
43With a prefix argument ARG, enable Tooltip mode if ARG is
44positive, and disable it otherwise. If called from Lisp, enable
45it if ARG is omitted or nil.
46
47When Tooltip mode is enabled, Emacs displays help text in a
48pop-up window for buttons and menu items that you put the mouse
49on. \(However, if `tooltip-use-echo-area' is non-nil, this and
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50all pop-up help appears in the echo area.)
51
52When Tooltip mode is disabled, Emacs displays one line of
53the help text in the echo area, and does not make a pop-up window."
e85dcd95 54 :global t
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55 ;; Even if we start on a text-only terminal, make this non-nil by
56 ;; default because we can open a graphical frame later (multi-tty).
57 :init-value t
adba8116 58 :initialize 'custom-initialize-delay
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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)
19423c53 65 (add-hook 'tooltip-functions 'tooltip-help-tips))
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66 (unless (and (boundp 'gud-tooltip-mode) gud-tooltip-mode)
67 (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook 'tooltip-hide))
19423c53 68 (remove-hook 'tooltip-functions 'tooltip-help-tips))
e85dcd95 69 (setq show-help-function
14c0a34d 70 (if tooltip-mode 'tooltip-show-help 'tooltip-show-help-non-mode)))
7840ced1 71
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72\f
73;;; Customizable settings
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88751b11 75(defcustom tooltip-delay 0.7
7840ced1 76 "Seconds to wait before displaying a tooltip the first time."
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77 :type 'number
78 :group 'tooltip)
79
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80(defcustom tooltip-short-delay 0.1
81 "Seconds to wait between subsequent tooltips on different items."
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82 :type 'number
83 :group 'tooltip)
84
7840ced1 85(defcustom tooltip-recent-seconds 1
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86 "Display tooltips if changing tip items within this many seconds.
87Do so after `tooltip-short-delay'."
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88 :type 'number
89 :group 'tooltip)
90
88751b11 91(defcustom tooltip-hide-delay 10
a93c8ba8 92 "Hide tooltips automatically after this many seconds."
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93 :type 'number
94 :group 'tooltip)
95
5fddd8e6 96(defcustom tooltip-x-offset 5
37a29d46 97 "X offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips.
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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.
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103If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `left' parameter,
104the value of `tooltip-x-offset' is ignored."
5fddd8e6 105 :type 'integer
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106 :group 'tooltip)
107
48736093 108(defcustom tooltip-y-offset +20
37a29d46 109 "Y offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips.
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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.
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114
115If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `top' parameter,
116the value of `tooltip-y-offset' is ignored."
5fddd8e6 117 :type 'integer
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118 :group 'tooltip)
119
7840ced1 120(defcustom tooltip-frame-parameters
5297bc10 121 '((name . "tooltip")
5fddd8e6 122 (internal-border-width . 2)
7840ced1 123 (border-width . 1))
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124 "Frame parameters used for tooltips.
125
126If `left' or `top' parameters are included, they specify the absolute
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127position to pop up the tooltip.
128
129Note that font and color parameters are ignored, and the attributes
130of the `tooltip' face are used instead."
7840ced1 131 :type 'sexp
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132 :group 'tooltip)
133
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134(defface tooltip
135 '((((class color))
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136 :background "lightyellow"
137 :foreground "black"
138 :inherit variable-pitch)
139 (t
140 :inherit variable-pitch))
2621f5a9 141 "Face for tooltips."
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142 :group 'tooltip
143 :group 'basic-faces)
2621f5a9 144
90aff7c6 145(defcustom tooltip-use-echo-area nil
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146 "Use the echo area instead of tooltip frames for help and GUD tooltips.
147To display multi-line help text in the echo area, set this to t
148and enable `tooltip-mode'."
90aff7c6 149 :type 'boolean
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150 :group 'tooltip)
151
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152\f
153;;; Variables that are not customizable.
154
19423c53 155(defvar tooltip-functions nil
7840ced1 156 "Functions to call to display tooltips.
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157Each function is called with one argument EVENT which is a copy
158of the last mouse movement event that occurred. If one of these
159functions displays the tooltip, it should return non-nil and the
160rest are not called.")
161
162(define-obsolete-variable-alias 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-functions "23.1")
7840ced1 163
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164(defvar tooltip-timeout-id nil
165 "The id of the timeout started when Emacs becomes idle.")
166
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167(defvar tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event nil
168 "A copy of the last mouse motion event seen.")
169
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170(defvar tooltip-hide-time nil
171 "Time when the last tooltip was hidden.")
172
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173(defvar gud-tooltip-mode) ;; Prevent warning.
174
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175;;; Event accessors
176
177(defun tooltip-event-buffer (event)
178 "Return the buffer over which event EVENT occurred.
179This might return nil if the event did not occur over a buffer."
180 (let ((window (posn-window (event-end event))))
181 (and window (window-buffer window))))
182
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183\f
184;;; Timeout for tooltip display
185
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186(defun tooltip-delay ()
187 "Return the delay in seconds for the next tooltip."
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188 (if (and tooltip-hide-time
189 (< (- (float-time) tooltip-hide-time) tooltip-recent-seconds))
190 tooltip-short-delay
191 tooltip-delay))
7840ced1 192
06f76f9f 193(defun tooltip-cancel-delayed-tip ()
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194 "Disable the tooltip timeout."
195 (when tooltip-timeout-id
196 (disable-timeout tooltip-timeout-id)
197 (setq tooltip-timeout-id nil)))
198
06f76f9f 199(defun tooltip-start-delayed-tip ()
04cedb11 200 "Add a one-shot timeout to call function `tooltip-timeout'."
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201 (setq tooltip-timeout-id
202 (add-timeout (tooltip-delay) 'tooltip-timeout nil)))
203
06b60517 204(defun tooltip-timeout (_object)
04cedb11 205 "Function called when timer with id `tooltip-timeout-id' fires."
19423c53 206 (run-hook-with-args-until-success 'tooltip-functions
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207 tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event))
208
7840ced1 209\f
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210;;; Displaying tips
211
2621f5a9 212(defun tooltip-set-param (alist key value)
4b2bb9be 213 "Change the value of KEY in alist ALIST to VALUE.
f1180544 214If there's no association for KEY in ALIST, add one, otherwise
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215change the existing association. Value is the resulting alist."
216 (let ((param (assq key alist)))
217 (if (consp param)
218 (setcdr param value)
219 (push (cons key value) alist))
220 alist))
221
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222(declare-function x-show-tip "xfns.c"
223 (string &optional frame parms timeout dx dy))
224
cae07240 225(defun tooltip-show (text &optional use-echo-area)
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226 "Show a tooltip window displaying TEXT.
227
1d6197fb 228Text larger than `x-max-tooltip-size' is clipped.
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230If the alist in `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes `left' and `top'
231parameters, they determine the x and y position where the tooltip
232is displayed. Otherwise, the tooltip pops at offsets specified by
233`tooltip-x-offset' and `tooltip-y-offset' from the current mouse
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234position.
235
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236Optional second arg USE-ECHO-AREA non-nil means to show tooltip
237in echo area."
238 (if use-echo-area
14c0a34d 239 (tooltip-show-help-non-mode text)
e5603149 240 (condition-case error
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241 (let ((params (copy-sequence tooltip-frame-parameters))
242 (fg (face-attribute 'tooltip :foreground))
243 (bg (face-attribute 'tooltip :background)))
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244 (when (stringp fg)
245 (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'foreground-color fg))
246 (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'border-color fg)))
247 (when (stringp bg)
248 (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'background-color bg)))
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249 (x-show-tip (propertize text 'face 'tooltip)
250 (selected-frame)
f3b05e99 251 params
a93c8ba8 252 tooltip-hide-delay
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253 tooltip-x-offset
254 tooltip-y-offset))
f1180544 255 (error
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256 (message "Error while displaying tooltip: %s" error)
257 (sit-for 1)
258 (message "%s" text)))))
259
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260(declare-function x-hide-tip "xfns.c" ())
261
06b60517 262(defun tooltip-hide (&optional _ignored-arg)
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263 "Hide a tooltip, if one is displayed.
264Value is non-nil if tooltip was open."
06f76f9f 265 (tooltip-cancel-delayed-tip)
7840ced1 266 (when (x-hide-tip)
a1f84f6d 267 (setq tooltip-hide-time (float-time))))
7840ced1 268
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269\f
270;;; Debugger-related functions
271
272(defun tooltip-identifier-from-point (point)
273 "Extract the identifier at POINT, if any.
274Value is nil if no identifier exists at point. Identifier extraction
275is based on the current syntax table."
276 (save-excursion
277 (goto-char point)
278 (let ((start (progn (skip-syntax-backward "w_") (point))))
279 (unless (looking-at "[0-9]")
280 (skip-syntax-forward "w_")
281 (when (> (point) start)
282 (buffer-substring start (point)))))))
283
7840ced1 284(defmacro tooltip-region-active-p ()
8af7e4bd 285 "Value is non-nil if the region should override command actions."
71dffedd 286 `(use-region-p))
7840ced1 287
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288(defun tooltip-expr-to-print (event)
289 "Return an expression that should be printed for EVENT.
290If a region is active and the mouse is inside the region, print
291the region. Otherwise, figure out the identifier around the point
292where the mouse is."
ece5f847 293 (with-current-buffer (tooltip-event-buffer event)
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294 (let ((point (posn-point (event-end event))))
295 (if (tooltip-region-active-p)
296 (when (and (<= (region-beginning) point) (<= point (region-end)))
297 (buffer-substring (region-beginning) (region-end)))
298 (tooltip-identifier-from-point point)))))
299
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300(defun tooltip-process-prompt-regexp (process)
301 "Return regexp matching the prompt of PROCESS at the end of a string.
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302The prompt is taken from the value of `comint-prompt-regexp' in
303the buffer of PROCESS."
ece5f847 304 (let ((prompt-regexp (with-current-buffer (process-buffer process)
7840ced1 305 comint-prompt-regexp)))
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306 (concat "\n*"
307 ;; Most start with `^' but the one for `sdb' cannot be easily
308 ;; stripped. Code the prompt for `sdb' fixed here.
309 (if (= (aref prompt-regexp 0) ?^)
310 (substring prompt-regexp 1)
311 "\\*")
312 "$")))
7840ced1 313
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314(defun tooltip-strip-prompt (process output)
315 "Return OUTPUT with any prompt of PROCESS stripped from its end."
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316 (save-match-data
317 (if (string-match (tooltip-process-prompt-regexp process) output)
318 (substring output 0 (match-beginning 0))
319 output)))
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322;;; Tooltip help.
323
324(defvar tooltip-help-message nil
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325 "The last help message received via `show-help-function'.
326This is used by `tooltip-show-help' and
327`tooltip-show-help-non-mode'.")
7840ced1 328
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329(defvar tooltip-previous-message nil
330 "The previous content of the echo area.")
331
332(defun tooltip-show-help-non-mode (help)
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333 "Function installed as `show-help-function' when Tooltip mode is off.
334It is also called if Tooltip mode is on, for text-only displays."
ece5f847 335 (when (and (not (window-minibuffer-p)) ;Don't overwrite minibuffer contents.
707731ee 336 (not cursor-in-echo-area)) ;Don't overwrite a prompt.
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337 (cond
338 ((stringp help)
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339 (setq help (replace-regexp-in-string "\n" ", " help))
340 (unless (or tooltip-previous-message
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341 (string-equal help (current-message))
342 (and (stringp tooltip-help-message)
343 (string-equal tooltip-help-message
344 (current-message))))
ece5f847 345 (setq tooltip-previous-message (current-message)))
707731ee 346 (setq tooltip-help-message help)
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347 (let ((message-truncate-lines t)
348 (message-log-max nil))
9bec41de 349 (message "%s" help)))
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350 ((stringp tooltip-previous-message)
351 (let ((message-log-max nil))
352 (message "%s" tooltip-previous-message)
353 (setq tooltip-previous-message nil)))
354 (t
355 (message nil)))))
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90aff7c6 357(defun tooltip-show-help (msg)
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358 "Function installed as `show-help-function'.
359MSG is either a help string to display, or nil to cancel the display."
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360 (if (display-graphic-p)
361 (let ((previous-help tooltip-help-message))
362 (setq tooltip-help-message msg)
363 (cond ((null msg)
364 ;; Cancel display. This also cancels a delayed tip, if
365 ;; there is one.
366 (tooltip-hide))
367 ((equal previous-help msg)
368 ;; Same help as before (but possibly the mouse has moved).
369 ;; Keep what we have.
370 )
371 (t
372 ;; A different help. Remove a previous tooltip, and
373 ;; display a new one, with some delay.
374 (tooltip-hide)
375 (tooltip-start-delayed-tip))))
376 ;; On text-only displays, try `tooltip-show-help-non-mode'.
377 (tooltip-show-help-non-mode msg)))
7840ced1 378
06b60517 379(defun tooltip-help-tips (_event)
7840ced1 380 "Hook function to display a help tooltip.
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381This is installed on the hook `tooltip-functions', which
382is run when the timer with id `tooltip-timeout-id' fires.
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383Value is non-nil if this function handled the tip."
384 (when (stringp tooltip-help-message)
90aff7c6 385 (tooltip-show tooltip-help-message tooltip-use-echo-area)
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386 t))
387
5ce0fb91 388(provide 'tooltip)
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389
390;;; tooltip.el ends here