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1 | ;;; help-mode.el --- `help-mode' used by *Help* buffers |
2 | ||
0d30b337 | 3 | ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, |
409cc4a3 | 4 | ;; 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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5 | |
6 | ;; Maintainer: FSF | |
7 | ;; Keywords: help, internal | |
8 | ||
9 | ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs. | |
10 | ||
eb3fa2cf | 11 | ;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify |
f4ed5b19 | 12 | ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
eb3fa2cf GM |
13 | ;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or |
14 | ;; (at your option) any later version. | |
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15 | |
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 | ||
26 | ;; Defines `help-mode', which is the mode used by *Help* buffers, and | |
27 | ;; associated support machinery, such as adding hyperlinks, etc., | |
28 | ||
29 | ;;; Code: | |
30 | ||
31 | (require 'button) | |
410e58b5 | 32 | (require 'view) |
6f300323 | 33 | (eval-when-compile (require 'easymenu)) |
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34 | |
35 | (defvar help-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap) | |
36 | "Keymap for help mode.") | |
37 | ||
38 | (set-keymap-parent help-mode-map button-buffer-map) | |
39 | ||
89f5b33f | 40 | (define-key help-mode-map [mouse-2] 'help-follow-mouse) |
f4ed5b19 | 41 | (define-key help-mode-map "\C-c\C-b" 'help-go-back) |
95f731db | 42 | (define-key help-mode-map "\C-c\C-f" 'help-go-forward) |
8a31f813 | 43 | (define-key help-mode-map "\C-c\C-c" 'help-follow-symbol) |
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44 | ;; Documentation only, since we use minor-mode-overriding-map-alist. |
45 | (define-key help-mode-map "\r" 'help-follow) | |
46 | ||
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47 | (easy-menu-define help-mode-menu help-mode-map |
48 | "Menu for Help Mode." | |
49 | '("Help-Mode" | |
50 | ["Show Help for Symbol" help-follow-symbol | |
51 | :help "Show the docs for the symbol at point"] | |
52 | ["Previous Topic" help-go-back | |
53 | :help "Go back to previous topic in this help buffer"] | |
54 | ["Next Topic" help-go-forward | |
55 | :help "Go back to next topic in this help buffer"] | |
56 | ["Move to Previous Button" backward-button | |
57 | :help "Move to the Next Button in the help buffer"] | |
58 | ["Move to Next Button" forward-button | |
59 | :help "Move to the Next Button in the help buffer"])) | |
60 | ||
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61 | (defvar help-xref-stack nil |
62 | "A stack of ways by which to return to help buffers after following xrefs. | |
63 | Used by `help-follow' and `help-xref-go-back'. | |
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64 | An element looks like (POSITION FUNCTION ARGS...). |
65 | To use the element, do (apply FUNCTION ARGS) then goto the point.") | |
f4ed5b19 | 66 | (put 'help-xref-stack 'permanent-local t) |
89f5b33f | 67 | (make-variable-buffer-local 'help-xref-stack) |
f4ed5b19 | 68 | |
95f731db | 69 | (defvar help-xref-forward-stack nil |
da2cfeef | 70 | "A stack used to navigate help forwards after using the back button. |
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71 | Used by `help-follow' and `help-xref-go-forward'. |
72 | An element looks like (POSITION FUNCTION ARGS...). | |
73 | To use the element, do (apply FUNCTION ARGS) then goto the point.") | |
74 | (put 'help-xref-forward-stack 'permanent-local t) | |
75 | (make-variable-buffer-local 'help-xref-forward-stack) | |
76 | ||
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77 | (defvar help-xref-stack-item nil |
78 | "An item for `help-follow' in this buffer to push onto `help-xref-stack'. | |
79 | The format is (FUNCTION ARGS...).") | |
80 | (put 'help-xref-stack-item 'permanent-local t) | |
89f5b33f | 81 | (make-variable-buffer-local 'help-xref-stack-item) |
f4ed5b19 | 82 | |
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83 | (defvar help-xref-stack-forward-item nil |
84 | "An item for `help-go-back' to push onto `help-xref-forward-stack'. | |
85 | The format is (FUNCTION ARGS...).") | |
86 | (put 'help-xref-stack-forward-item 'permanent-local t) | |
87 | (make-variable-buffer-local 'help-xref-stack-forward-item) | |
88 | ||
f4ed5b19 | 89 | (setq-default help-xref-stack nil help-xref-stack-item nil) |
95f731db | 90 | (setq-default help-xref-forward-stack nil help-xref-forward-stack-item nil) |
f4ed5b19 | 91 | |
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92 | (defcustom help-mode-hook nil |
93 | "Hook run by `help-mode'." | |
94 | :type 'hook | |
95 | :group 'help) | |
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96 | \f |
97 | ;; Button types used by help | |
98 | ||
6e881567 | 99 | (define-button-type 'help-xref |
54d761b3 | 100 | 'follow-link t |
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101 | 'action #'help-button-action) |
102 | ||
103 | (defun help-button-action (button) | |
104 | "Call BUTTON's help function." | |
105 | (help-do-xref (button-start button) | |
106 | (button-get button 'help-function) | |
107 | (button-get button 'help-args))) | |
108 | ||
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109 | ;; These 6 calls to define-button-type were generated in a dolist |
110 | ;; loop, but that is bad because it means these button types don't | |
111 | ;; have an easily found definition. | |
112 | ||
113 | (define-button-type 'help-function | |
114 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
115 | 'help-function 'describe-function | |
116 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this function")) | |
117 | ||
118 | (define-button-type 'help-variable | |
119 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
120 | 'help-function 'describe-variable | |
121 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this variable")) | |
122 | ||
123 | (define-button-type 'help-face | |
124 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
125 | 'help-function 'describe-face | |
126 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this face")) | |
127 | ||
128 | (define-button-type 'help-coding-system | |
129 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
130 | 'help-function 'describe-coding-system | |
131 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this coding system")) | |
132 | ||
133 | (define-button-type 'help-input-method | |
134 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
135 | 'help-function 'describe-input-method | |
136 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this input method")) | |
137 | ||
138 | (define-button-type 'help-character-set | |
139 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
140 | 'help-function 'describe-character-set | |
141 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this character set")) | |
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142 | |
143 | ;; make some more ideosyncratic button types | |
144 | ||
145 | (define-button-type 'help-symbol | |
6e881567 | 146 | :supertype 'help-xref |
f4ed5b19 | 147 | 'help-function #'help-xref-interned |
6e881567 | 148 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this symbol")) |
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149 | |
150 | (define-button-type 'help-back | |
6e881567 | 151 | :supertype 'help-xref |
f4ed5b19 | 152 | 'help-function #'help-xref-go-back |
6e881567 | 153 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: go back to previous help buffer")) |
f4ed5b19 | 154 | |
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155 | (define-button-type 'help-forward |
156 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
157 | 'help-function #'help-xref-go-forward | |
158 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: move forward to next help buffer")) | |
159 | ||
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160 | (define-button-type 'help-info-variable |
161 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
162 | ;; the name of the variable is put before the argument to Info | |
163 | 'help-function (lambda (a v) (info v)) | |
164 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: read this Info node")) | |
165 | ||
f4ed5b19 | 166 | (define-button-type 'help-info |
6e881567 | 167 | :supertype 'help-xref |
f4ed5b19 | 168 | 'help-function #'info |
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169 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: read this Info node")) |
170 | ||
171 | (define-button-type 'help-url | |
172 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
173 | 'help-function #'browse-url | |
174 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: view this URL in a browser")) | |
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175 | |
176 | (define-button-type 'help-customize-variable | |
6e881567 | 177 | :supertype 'help-xref |
f4ed5b19 | 178 | 'help-function (lambda (v) |
f4ed5b19 | 179 | (customize-variable v)) |
6e881567 | 180 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: customize variable")) |
f4ed5b19 | 181 | |
07f904a3 | 182 | (define-button-type 'help-customize-face |
6e881567 | 183 | :supertype 'help-xref |
07f904a3 | 184 | 'help-function (lambda (v) |
07f904a3 | 185 | (customize-face v)) |
6e881567 | 186 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: customize face")) |
07f904a3 | 187 | |
f4ed5b19 | 188 | (define-button-type 'help-function-def |
6e881567 | 189 | :supertype 'help-xref |
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190 | 'help-function (lambda (fun file) |
191 | (require 'find-func) | |
2ea0f8fd SM |
192 | (when (eq file 'C-source) |
193 | (setq file | |
194 | (help-C-file-name (indirect-function fun) 'fun))) | |
410e58b5 | 195 | ;; Don't use find-function-noselect because it follows |
f4ed5b19 | 196 | ;; aliases (which fails for built-in functions). |
410e58b5 | 197 | (let ((location |
2ea0f8fd | 198 | (find-function-search-for-symbol fun nil file))) |
f4ed5b19 | 199 | (pop-to-buffer (car location)) |
46ab7691 NR |
200 | (if (cdr location) |
201 | (goto-char (cdr location)) | |
202 | (message "Unable to find location in file")))) | |
6e881567 | 203 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: find function's definition")) |
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204 | |
205 | (define-button-type 'help-variable-def | |
6e881567 | 206 | :supertype 'help-xref |
f4ed5b19 | 207 | 'help-function (lambda (var &optional file) |
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208 | (when (eq file 'C-source) |
209 | (setq file (help-C-file-name var 'var))) | |
210 | (let ((location (find-variable-noselect var file))) | |
f4ed5b19 | 211 | (pop-to-buffer (car location)) |
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212 | (if (cdr location) |
213 | (goto-char (cdr location)) | |
214 | (message "Unable to find location in file")))) | |
27313250 | 215 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: find variable's definition")) |
f4ed5b19 | 216 | |
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217 | (define-button-type 'help-face-def |
218 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
219 | 'help-function (lambda (fun file) | |
220 | (require 'find-func) | |
221 | ;; Don't use find-function-noselect because it follows | |
222 | ;; aliases (which fails for built-in functions). | |
223 | (let ((location | |
224 | (find-function-search-for-symbol fun 'defface file))) | |
225 | (pop-to-buffer (car location)) | |
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226 | (if (cdr location) |
227 | (goto-char (cdr location)) | |
228 | (message "Unable to find location in file")))) | |
12b42b71 RS |
229 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: find face's definition")) |
230 | ||
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231 | \f |
232 | ;;;###autoload | |
1700f41d | 233 | (defun help-mode () |
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234 | "Major mode for viewing help text and navigating references in it. |
235 | Entry to this mode runs the normal hook `help-mode-hook'. | |
236 | Commands: | |
237 | \\{help-mode-map}" | |
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238 | (interactive) |
239 | (kill-all-local-variables) | |
240 | (use-local-map help-mode-map) | |
241 | (setq mode-name "Help") | |
242 | (setq major-mode 'help-mode) | |
91dc07f3 | 243 | |
f4ed5b19 | 244 | (view-mode) |
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245 | (set (make-local-variable 'view-no-disable-on-exit) t) |
246 | ;; With Emacs 22 `view-exit-action' could delete the selected window | |
247 | ;; disregarding whether the help buffer was shown in that window at | |
248 | ;; all. Since `view-exit-action' is called with the help buffer as | |
249 | ;; argument it seems more appropriate to have it work on the buffer | |
250 | ;; only and leave it to `view-mode-exit' to delete any associated | |
251 | ;; window(s). | |
252 | (setq view-exit-action | |
253 | (lambda (buffer) | |
254 | ;; Use `with-current-buffer' to make sure that `bury-buffer' | |
255 | ;; also removes BUFFER from the selected window. | |
256 | (with-current-buffer buffer | |
257 | (bury-buffer)))) | |
258 | ||
40bd2cfb | 259 | (run-mode-hooks 'help-mode-hook)) |
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260 | |
261 | ;;;###autoload | |
262 | (defun help-mode-setup () | |
263 | (help-mode) | |
264 | (setq buffer-read-only nil)) | |
265 | ||
266 | ;;;###autoload | |
267 | (defun help-mode-finish () | |
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268 | (if (eq help-window t) |
269 | ;; If `help-window' is t, `view-return-to-alist' is handled by | |
270 | ;; `with-help-window'. In this case set `help-window' to the | |
271 | ;; selected window since now is the only moment where we can | |
272 | ;; unambiguously identify it. | |
273 | (setq help-window (selected-window)) | |
274 | (let ((entry (assq (selected-window) view-return-to-alist))) | |
275 | (if entry | |
276 | ;; When entering Help mode from the Help window, | |
277 | ;; such as by following a link, preserve the same | |
278 | ;; meaning for the q command. | |
279 | ;; (setcdr entry (cons (selected-window) help-return-method)) | |
280 | nil | |
281 | (setq view-return-to-alist | |
282 | (cons (cons (selected-window) help-return-method) | |
283 | view-return-to-alist))))) | |
284 | ||
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285 | (when (eq major-mode 'help-mode) |
286 | ;; View mode's read-only status of existing *Help* buffer is lost | |
287 | ;; by with-output-to-temp-buffer. | |
288 | (toggle-read-only 1) | |
69e73dd3 | 289 | (help-make-xrefs (current-buffer)))) |
f4ed5b19 | 290 | \f |
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291 | ;; Grokking cross-reference information in doc strings and |
292 | ;; hyperlinking it. | |
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293 | |
294 | ;; This may have some scope for extension and the same or something | |
295 | ;; similar should be done for widget doc strings, which currently use | |
296 | ;; another mechanism. | |
297 | ||
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298 | (defvar help-back-label (purecopy "[back]") |
299 | "Label to use by `help-make-xrefs' for the go-back reference.") | |
300 | ||
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301 | (defvar help-forward-label (purecopy "[forward]") |
302 | "Label to use by `help-make-xrefs' for the go-forward reference.") | |
303 | ||
f4ed5b19 | 304 | (defconst help-xref-symbol-regexp |
8a31f813 | 305 | (purecopy (concat "\\(\\<\\(\\(variable\\|option\\)\\|" ; Link to var |
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306 | "\\(function\\|command\\)\\|" ; Link to function |
307 | "\\(face\\)\\|" ; Link to face | |
308 | "\\(symbol\\|program\\|property\\)\\|" ; Don't link | |
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309 | "\\(source \\(?:code \\)?\\(?:of\\|for\\)\\)\\)" |
310 | "[ \t\n]+\\)?" | |
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311 | ;; Note starting with word-syntax character: |
312 | "`\\(\\sw\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+\\)'")) | |
313 | "Regexp matching doc string references to symbols. | |
314 | ||
315 | The words preceding the quoted symbol can be used in doc strings to | |
316 | distinguish references to variables, functions and symbols.") | |
317 | ||
410e58b5 | 318 | (defvar help-xref-mule-regexp nil |
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319 | "Regexp matching doc string references to MULE-related keywords. |
320 | ||
321 | It is usually nil, and is temporarily bound to an appropriate regexp | |
322 | when help commands related to multilingual environment (e.g., | |
323 | `describe-coding-system') are invoked.") | |
324 | ||
325 | ||
326 | (defconst help-xref-info-regexp | |
2e10efeb | 327 | (purecopy "\\<[Ii]nfo[ \t\n]+\\(node\\|anchor\\)[ \t\n]+`\\([^']+\\)'") |
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328 | "Regexp matching doc string references to an Info node.") |
329 | ||
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330 | (defconst help-xref-url-regexp |
331 | (purecopy "\\<[Uu][Rr][Ll][ \t\n]+`\\([^']+\\)'") | |
332 | "Regexp matching doc string references to a URL.") | |
333 | ||
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334 | ;;;###autoload |
335 | (defun help-setup-xref (item interactive-p) | |
336 | "Invoked from commands using the \"*Help*\" buffer to install some xref info. | |
337 | ||
338 | ITEM is a (FUNCTION . ARGS) pair appropriate for recreating the help | |
339 | buffer after following a reference. INTERACTIVE-P is non-nil if the | |
340 | calling command was invoked interactively. In this case the stack of | |
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341 | items for help buffer \"back\" buttons is cleared. |
342 | ||
343 | This should be called very early, before the output buffer is cleared, | |
344 | because we want to record the \"previous\" position of point so we can | |
345 | restore it properly when going back." | |
346 | (with-current-buffer (help-buffer) | |
410e58b5 | 347 | (when help-xref-stack-item |
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348 | (push (cons (point) help-xref-stack-item) help-xref-stack) |
349 | (setq help-xref-forward-stack nil)) | |
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350 | (when interactive-p |
351 | (let ((tail (nthcdr 10 help-xref-stack))) | |
352 | ;; Truncate the stack. | |
353 | (if tail (setcdr tail nil)))) | |
89f5b33f | 354 | (setq help-xref-stack-item item))) |
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355 | |
356 | (defvar help-xref-following nil | |
357 | "Non-nil when following a help cross-reference.") | |
358 | ||
91dc07f3 | 359 | ;;;###autoload |
89f5b33f | 360 | (defun help-buffer () |
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361 | (buffer-name ;for with-output-to-temp-buffer |
362 | (if help-xref-following | |
363 | (current-buffer) | |
364 | (get-buffer-create "*Help*")))) | |
365 | ||
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366 | (defvar help-xref-override-view-map |
367 | (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap))) | |
368 | (set-keymap-parent map view-mode-map) | |
369 | (define-key map "\r" nil) | |
370 | map) | |
371 | "Replacement keymap for `view-mode' in help buffers.") | |
372 | ||
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373 | ;;;###autoload |
374 | (defun help-make-xrefs (&optional buffer) | |
375 | "Parse and hyperlink documentation cross-references in the given BUFFER. | |
376 | ||
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377 | Find cross-reference information in a buffer and activate such cross |
378 | references for selection with `help-follow'. Cross-references have | |
379 | the canonical form `...' and the type of reference may be | |
380 | disambiguated by the preceding word(s) used in | |
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381 | `help-xref-symbol-regexp'. Faces only get cross-referenced if |
382 | preceded or followed by the word `face'. Variables without | |
383 | variable documentation do not get cross-referenced, unless | |
9315fc34 | 384 | preceded by the word `variable' or `option'. |
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385 | |
386 | If the variable `help-xref-mule-regexp' is non-nil, find also | |
387 | cross-reference information related to multilingual environment | |
388 | \(e.g., coding-systems). This variable is also used to disambiguate | |
389 | the type of reference as the same way as `help-xref-symbol-regexp'. | |
390 | ||
391 | A special reference `back' is made to return back through a stack of | |
392 | help buffers. Variable `help-back-label' specifies the text for | |
393 | that." | |
394 | (interactive "b") | |
395 | (save-excursion | |
396 | (set-buffer (or buffer (current-buffer))) | |
397 | (goto-char (point-min)) | |
398 | ;; Skip the header-type info, though it might be useful to parse | |
399 | ;; it at some stage (e.g. "function in `library'"). | |
400 | (forward-paragraph) | |
401 | (let ((old-modified (buffer-modified-p))) | |
402 | (let ((stab (syntax-table)) | |
403 | (case-fold-search t) | |
404 | (inhibit-read-only t)) | |
405 | (set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table) | |
406 | ;; The following should probably be abstracted out. | |
407 | (unwind-protect | |
408 | (progn | |
409 | ;; Info references | |
410 | (save-excursion | |
411 | (while (re-search-forward help-xref-info-regexp nil t) | |
2e10efeb | 412 | (let ((data (match-string 2))) |
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413 | (save-match-data |
414 | (unless (string-match "^([^)]+)" data) | |
415 | (setq data (concat "(emacs)" data)))) | |
2e10efeb | 416 | (help-xref-button 2 'help-info data)))) |
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417 | ;; URLs |
418 | (save-excursion | |
419 | (while (re-search-forward help-xref-url-regexp nil t) | |
420 | (let ((data (match-string 1))) | |
421 | (help-xref-button 1 'help-url data)))) | |
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422 | ;; Mule related keywords. Do this before trying |
423 | ;; `help-xref-symbol-regexp' because some of Mule | |
424 | ;; keywords have variable or function definitions. | |
425 | (if help-xref-mule-regexp | |
426 | (save-excursion | |
427 | (while (re-search-forward help-xref-mule-regexp nil t) | |
428 | (let* ((data (match-string 7)) | |
429 | (sym (intern-soft data))) | |
430 | (cond | |
431 | ((match-string 3) ; coding system | |
432 | (and sym (coding-system-p sym) | |
433 | (help-xref-button 6 'help-coding-system sym))) | |
434 | ((match-string 4) ; input method | |
435 | (and (assoc data input-method-alist) | |
436 | (help-xref-button 7 'help-input-method data))) | |
437 | ((or (match-string 5) (match-string 6)) ; charset | |
438 | (and sym (charsetp sym) | |
439 | (help-xref-button 7 'help-character-set sym))) | |
440 | ((assoc data input-method-alist) | |
441 | (help-xref-button 7 'help-character-set data)) | |
442 | ((and sym (coding-system-p sym)) | |
443 | (help-xref-button 7 'help-coding-system sym)) | |
444 | ((and sym (charsetp sym)) | |
445 | (help-xref-button 7 'help-character-set sym))))))) | |
446 | ;; Quoted symbols | |
447 | (save-excursion | |
448 | (while (re-search-forward help-xref-symbol-regexp nil t) | |
449 | (let* ((data (match-string 8)) | |
450 | (sym (intern-soft data))) | |
451 | (if sym | |
452 | (cond | |
040b2fa3 | 453 | ((match-string 3) ; `variable' &c |
e715d9b4 | 454 | (and (or (boundp sym) ; `variable' doesn't ensure |
f4ed5b19 | 455 | ; it's actually bound |
e715d9b4 | 456 | (get sym 'variable-documentation)) |
f4ed5b19 | 457 | (help-xref-button 8 'help-variable sym))) |
040b2fa3 | 458 | ((match-string 4) ; `function' &c |
f4ed5b19 MB |
459 | (and (fboundp sym) ; similarly |
460 | (help-xref-button 8 'help-function sym))) | |
461 | ((match-string 5) ; `face' | |
462 | (and (facep sym) | |
463 | (help-xref-button 8 'help-face sym))) | |
464 | ((match-string 6)) ; nothing for `symbol' | |
465 | ((match-string 7) | |
040b2fa3 LT |
466 | ;;; this used: |
467 | ;;; #'(lambda (arg) | |
468 | ;;; (let ((location | |
469 | ;;; (find-function-noselect arg))) | |
470 | ;;; (pop-to-buffer (car location)) | |
471 | ;;; (goto-char (cdr location)))) | |
f4ed5b19 | 472 | (help-xref-button 8 'help-function-def sym)) |
a1ef2eab JB |
473 | ((and |
474 | (facep sym) | |
475 | (save-match-data (looking-at "[ \t\n]+face\\W"))) | |
476 | (help-xref-button 8 'help-face sym)) | |
e715d9b4 LT |
477 | ((and (or (boundp sym) |
478 | (get sym 'variable-documentation)) | |
479 | (fboundp sym)) | |
f4ed5b19 MB |
480 | ;; We can't intuit whether to use the |
481 | ;; variable or function doc -- supply both. | |
482 | (help-xref-button 8 'help-symbol sym)) | |
040b2fa3 | 483 | ((and |
e715d9b4 LT |
484 | (or (boundp sym) |
485 | (get sym 'variable-documentation)) | |
1d0a6ebb JH |
486 | (or |
487 | (documentation-property | |
488 | sym 'variable-documentation) | |
489 | (condition-case nil | |
490 | (documentation-property | |
491 | (indirect-variable sym) | |
492 | 'variable-documentation) | |
493 | (cyclic-variable-indirection nil)))) | |
f4ed5b19 MB |
494 | (help-xref-button 8 'help-variable sym)) |
495 | ((fboundp sym) | |
b1664339 | 496 | (help-xref-button 8 'help-function sym))))))) |
f4ed5b19 MB |
497 | ;; An obvious case of a key substitution: |
498 | (save-excursion | |
499 | (while (re-search-forward | |
22ce475b | 500 | ;; Assume command name is only word and symbol |
123437b4 | 501 | ;; characters to get things like `use M-x foo->bar'. |
22ce475b GM |
502 | ;; Command required to end with word constituent |
503 | ;; to avoid `.' at end of a sentence. | |
504 | "\\<M-x\\s-+\\(\\sw\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)*\\sw\\)" nil t) | |
f4ed5b19 MB |
505 | (let ((sym (intern-soft (match-string 1)))) |
506 | (if (fboundp sym) | |
507 | (help-xref-button 1 'help-function sym))))) | |
508 | ;; Look for commands in whole keymap substitutions: | |
509 | (save-excursion | |
510 | ;; Make sure to find the first keymap. | |
511 | (goto-char (point-min)) | |
512 | ;; Find a header and the column at which the command | |
513 | ;; name will be found. | |
ad4888e4 RS |
514 | |
515 | ;; If the keymap substitution isn't the last thing in | |
516 | ;; the doc string, and if there is anything on the | |
517 | ;; same line after it, this code won't recognize the end of it. | |
f4ed5b19 MB |
518 | (while (re-search-forward "^key +binding\n\\(-+ +\\)-+\n\n" |
519 | nil t) | |
520 | (let ((col (- (match-end 1) (match-beginning 1)))) | |
521 | (while | |
ad4888e4 RS |
522 | (and (not (eobp)) |
523 | ;; Stop at a pair of blank lines. | |
524 | (not (looking-at "\n\\s-*\n"))) | |
525 | ;; Skip a single blank line. | |
526 | (and (eolp) (forward-line)) | |
527 | (end-of-line) | |
e8749da6 | 528 | (skip-chars-backward "^ \t\n") |
ad4888e4 | 529 | (if (and (>= (current-column) col) |
123437b4 | 530 | (looking-at "\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+$")) |
ad4888e4 RS |
531 | (let ((sym (intern-soft (match-string 0)))) |
532 | (if (fboundp sym) | |
533 | (help-xref-button 0 'help-function sym)))) | |
043dcdee JPW |
534 | (forward-line)))))) |
535 | (set-syntax-table stab)) | |
f4ed5b19 MB |
536 | ;; Delete extraneous newlines at the end of the docstring |
537 | (goto-char (point-max)) | |
538 | (while (and (not (bobp)) (bolp)) | |
539 | (delete-char -1)) | |
478eb46b | 540 | (insert "\n") |
ea3da5b9 MR |
541 | (when (or help-xref-stack help-xref-forward-stack) |
542 | (insert "\n")) | |
f4ed5b19 | 543 | ;; Make a back-reference in this buffer if appropriate. |
89f5b33f | 544 | (when help-xref-stack |
f4ed5b19 | 545 | (help-insert-xref-button help-back-label 'help-back |
ea3da5b9 | 546 | (current-buffer))) |
95f731db NR |
547 | ;; Make a forward-reference in this buffer if appropriate. |
548 | (when help-xref-forward-stack | |
ea3da5b9 MR |
549 | (when help-xref-stack |
550 | (insert "\t")) | |
95f731db | 551 | (help-insert-xref-button help-forward-label 'help-forward |
ea3da5b9 MR |
552 | (current-buffer))) |
553 | (when (or help-xref-stack help-xref-forward-stack) | |
478eb46b | 554 | (insert "\n"))) |
f4ed5b19 MB |
555 | ;; View mode steals RET from us. |
556 | (set (make-local-variable 'minor-mode-overriding-map-alist) | |
410e58b5 | 557 | (list (cons 'view-mode help-xref-override-view-map))) |
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558 | (set-buffer-modified-p old-modified)))) |
559 | ||
560 | ;;;###autoload | |
561 | (defun help-xref-button (match-number type &rest args) | |
562 | "Make a hyperlink for cross-reference text previously matched. | |
563 | MATCH-NUMBER is the subexpression of interest in the last matched | |
564 | regexp. TYPE is the type of button to use. Any remaining arguments are | |
565 | passed to the button's help-function when it is invoked. | |
566 | See `help-make-xrefs'." | |
567 | ;; Don't mung properties we've added specially in some instances. | |
568 | (unless (button-at (match-beginning match-number)) | |
569 | (make-text-button (match-beginning match-number) | |
570 | (match-end match-number) | |
571 | 'type type 'help-args args))) | |
572 | ||
573 | ;;;###autoload | |
574 | (defun help-insert-xref-button (string type &rest args) | |
575 | "Insert STRING and make a hyperlink from cross-reference text on it. | |
576 | TYPE is the type of button to use. Any remaining arguments are passed | |
577 | to the button's help-function when it is invoked. | |
578 | See `help-make-xrefs'." | |
579 | (unless (button-at (point)) | |
580 | (insert-text-button string 'type type 'help-args args))) | |
581 | ||
582 | ;;;###autoload | |
583 | (defun help-xref-on-pp (from to) | |
584 | "Add xrefs for symbols in `pp's output between FROM and TO." | |
22f5d492 SM |
585 | (if (> (- to from) 5000) nil |
586 | (with-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table | |
587 | (save-excursion | |
588 | (save-restriction | |
589 | (narrow-to-region from to) | |
590 | (goto-char (point-min)) | |
591 | (condition-case nil | |
592 | (while (not (eobp)) | |
593 | (cond | |
594 | ((looking-at "\"") (forward-sexp 1)) | |
595 | ((looking-at "#<") (search-forward ">" nil 'move)) | |
596 | ((looking-at "\\(\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+\\)") | |
597 | (let* ((sym (intern-soft (match-string 1))) | |
598 | (type (cond ((fboundp sym) 'help-function) | |
599 | ((or (memq sym '(t nil)) | |
600 | (keywordp sym)) | |
601 | nil) | |
e715d9b4 LT |
602 | ((and sym |
603 | (or (boundp sym) | |
604 | (get sym | |
605 | 'variable-documentation))) | |
22f5d492 SM |
606 | 'help-variable)))) |
607 | (when type (help-xref-button 1 type sym))) | |
608 | (goto-char (match-end 1))) | |
609 | (t (forward-char 1)))) | |
610 | (error nil))))))) | |
f4ed5b19 MB |
611 | |
612 | \f | |
613 | ;; Additional functions for (re-)creating types of help buffers. | |
614 | (defun help-xref-interned (symbol) | |
615 | "Follow a hyperlink which appeared to be an arbitrary interned SYMBOL. | |
89f5b33f | 616 | Both variable, function and face documentation are extracted into a single |
f4ed5b19 | 617 | help buffer." |
89f5b33f SM |
618 | (with-current-buffer (help-buffer) |
619 | ;; Push the previous item on the stack before clobbering the output buffer. | |
774784f6 | 620 | (help-setup-xref nil nil) |
89f5b33f SM |
621 | (let ((facedoc (when (facep symbol) |
622 | ;; Don't record the current entry in the stack. | |
623 | (setq help-xref-stack-item nil) | |
624 | (describe-face symbol))) | |
625 | (fdoc (when (fboundp symbol) | |
626 | ;; Don't record the current entry in the stack. | |
627 | (setq help-xref-stack-item nil) | |
628 | (describe-function symbol))) | |
e715d9b4 LT |
629 | (sdoc (when (or (boundp symbol) |
630 | (get symbol 'variable-documentation)) | |
89f5b33f SM |
631 | ;; Don't record the current entry in the stack. |
632 | (setq help-xref-stack-item nil) | |
633 | (describe-variable symbol)))) | |
634 | (cond | |
635 | (sdoc | |
636 | ;; We now have a help buffer on the variable. | |
637 | ;; Insert the function and face text before it. | |
ea127bf4 | 638 | (when (or fdoc facedoc) |
f4ed5b19 MB |
639 | (goto-char (point-min)) |
640 | (let ((inhibit-read-only t)) | |
641 | (when fdoc | |
89f5b33f | 642 | (insert fdoc "\n\n") |
ea127bf4 RS |
643 | (when facedoc |
644 | (insert (make-string 30 ?-) "\n\n" (symbol-name symbol) | |
89f5b33f SM |
645 | " is also a " "face." "\n\n"))) |
646 | (when facedoc | |
647 | (insert facedoc "\n\n")) | |
f4ed5b19 MB |
648 | (insert (make-string 30 ?-) "\n\n" (symbol-name symbol) |
649 | " is also a " "variable." "\n\n")) | |
89f5b33f SM |
650 | ;; Don't record the `describe-variable' item in the stack. |
651 | (setq help-xref-stack-item nil) | |
652 | (help-setup-xref (list #'help-xref-interned symbol) nil))) | |
653 | (fdoc | |
654 | ;; We now have a help buffer on the function. | |
655 | ;; Insert face text before it. | |
656 | (when facedoc | |
657 | (goto-char (point-max)) | |
658 | (let ((inhibit-read-only t)) | |
659 | (insert "\n\n" (make-string 30 ?-) "\n\n" (symbol-name symbol) | |
660 | " is also a " "face." "\n\n" facedoc)) | |
661 | ;; Don't record the `describe-function' item in the stack. | |
662 | (setq help-xref-stack-item nil) | |
663 | (help-setup-xref (list #'help-xref-interned symbol) nil))))))) | |
f4ed5b19 MB |
664 | |
665 | \f | |
410e58b5 | 666 | ;; Navigation/hyperlinking with xrefs |
f4ed5b19 MB |
667 | |
668 | (defun help-xref-go-back (buffer) | |
669 | "From BUFFER, go back to previous help buffer text using `help-xref-stack'." | |
670 | (let (item position method args) | |
671 | (with-current-buffer buffer | |
95f731db | 672 | (push (cons (point) help-xref-stack-item) help-xref-forward-stack) |
f4ed5b19 | 673 | (when help-xref-stack |
f4ed5b19 | 674 | (setq item (pop help-xref-stack) |
89f5b33f SM |
675 | ;; Clear the current item so that it won't get pushed |
676 | ;; by the function we're about to call. TODO: We could also | |
677 | ;; push it onto a "forward" stack and add a `forw' button. | |
678 | help-xref-stack-item nil | |
f4ed5b19 MB |
679 | position (car item) |
680 | method (cadr item) | |
681 | args (cddr item)))) | |
682 | (apply method args) | |
77144ebc RS |
683 | (with-current-buffer buffer |
684 | (if (get-buffer-window buffer) | |
685 | (set-window-point (get-buffer-window buffer) position) | |
686 | (goto-char position))))) | |
f4ed5b19 | 687 | |
95f731db NR |
688 | (defun help-xref-go-forward (buffer) |
689 | "From BUFFER, go forward to next help buffer." | |
690 | (let (item position method args) | |
691 | (with-current-buffer buffer | |
692 | (push (cons (point) help-xref-stack-item) help-xref-stack) | |
693 | (when help-xref-forward-stack | |
694 | (setq item (pop help-xref-forward-stack) | |
695 | ;; Clear the current item so that it won't get pushed | |
696 | ;; by the function we're about to call. TODO: We could also | |
697 | ;; push it onto a "forward" stack and add a `forw' button. | |
698 | help-xref-stack-item nil | |
699 | position (car item) | |
700 | method (cadr item) | |
701 | args (cddr item)))) | |
702 | (apply method args) | |
703 | (with-current-buffer buffer | |
704 | (if (get-buffer-window buffer) | |
705 | (set-window-point (get-buffer-window buffer) position) | |
706 | (goto-char position))))) | |
91dc07f3 | 707 | |
f4ed5b19 | 708 | (defun help-go-back () |
933cd61e | 709 | "Go back to previous topic in this help buffer." |
f4ed5b19 | 710 | (interactive) |
933cd61e SM |
711 | (if help-xref-stack |
712 | (help-xref-go-back (current-buffer)) | |
fdeadcd1 | 713 | (error "No previous help buffer"))) |
91dc07f3 | 714 | |
95f731db NR |
715 | (defun help-go-forward () |
716 | "Go back to next topic in this help buffer." | |
717 | (interactive) | |
718 | (if help-xref-forward-stack | |
719 | (help-xref-go-forward (current-buffer)) | |
720 | (error "No next help buffer"))) | |
f4ed5b19 MB |
721 | |
722 | (defun help-do-xref (pos function args) | |
723 | "Call the help cross-reference function FUNCTION with args ARGS. | |
724 | Things are set up properly so that the resulting help-buffer has | |
725 | a proper [back] button." | |
f4ed5b19 MB |
726 | ;; There is a reference at point. Follow it. |
727 | (let ((help-xref-following t)) | |
728 | (apply function args))) | |
729 | ||
8a31f813 LT |
730 | ;; The doc string is meant to explain what buttons do. |
731 | (defun help-follow-mouse () | |
732 | "Follow the cross-reference that you click on." | |
733 | (interactive) | |
734 | (error "No cross-reference here")) | |
735 | ||
736 | ;; The doc string is meant to explain what buttons do. | |
737 | (defun help-follow () | |
738 | "Follow cross-reference at point. | |
f4ed5b19 MB |
739 | |
740 | For the cross-reference format, see `help-make-xrefs'." | |
8a31f813 LT |
741 | (interactive) |
742 | (error "No cross-reference here")) | |
743 | ||
744 | (defun help-follow-symbol (&optional pos) | |
745 | "In help buffer, show docs for symbol at POS, defaulting to point. | |
746 | Show all docs for that symbol as either a variable, function or face." | |
f4ed5b19 MB |
747 | (interactive "d") |
748 | (unless pos | |
749 | (setq pos (point))) | |
8a31f813 LT |
750 | ;; check if the symbol under point is a function, variable or face |
751 | (let ((sym | |
752 | (intern | |
753 | (save-excursion | |
754 | (goto-char pos) (skip-syntax-backward "w_") | |
755 | (buffer-substring (point) | |
756 | (progn (skip-syntax-forward "w_") | |
757 | (point))))))) | |
758 | (when (or (boundp sym) | |
759 | (get sym 'variable-documentation) | |
760 | (fboundp sym) (facep sym)) | |
761 | (help-do-xref pos #'help-xref-interned (list sym))))) | |
f4ed5b19 | 762 | |
ee90fe92 NR |
763 | (defun help-insert-string (string) |
764 | "Insert STRING to the help buffer and install xref info for it. | |
765 | This function can be used to restore the old contents of the help buffer | |
766 | when going back to the previous topic in the xref stack. It is needed | |
767 | in case when it is impossible to recompute the old contents of the | |
768 | help buffer by other means." | |
769 | (setq help-xref-stack-item (list #'help-insert-string string)) | |
770 | (with-output-to-temp-buffer (help-buffer) | |
771 | (insert string))) | |
f4ed5b19 MB |
772 | |
773 | (provide 'help-mode) | |
774 | ||
65dd6275 | 775 | ;; arch-tag: 850954ae-3725-4cb4-8e91-0bf6d52d6b0b |
f4ed5b19 | 776 | ;;; help-mode.el ends here |