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1 | ;;; help-mode.el --- `help-mode' used by *Help* buffers |
2 | ||
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3 | ;; Copyright (C) 1985-1986, 1993-1994, 1998-2011 |
4 | ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc. | |
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5 | |
6 | ;; Maintainer: FSF | |
7 | ;; Keywords: help, internal | |
bd78fa1d | 8 | ;; Package: emacs |
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9 | |
10 | ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs. | |
11 | ||
eb3fa2cf | 12 | ;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify |
f4ed5b19 | 13 | ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
eb3fa2cf GM |
14 | ;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or |
15 | ;; (at your option) any later version. | |
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16 | |
17 | ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
18 | ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
19 | ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the | |
20 | ;; GNU General Public License for more details. | |
21 | ||
22 | ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License | |
eb3fa2cf | 23 | ;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. |
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24 | |
25 | ;;; Commentary: | |
26 | ||
27 | ;; Defines `help-mode', which is the mode used by *Help* buffers, and | |
28 | ;; associated support machinery, such as adding hyperlinks, etc., | |
29 | ||
30 | ;;; Code: | |
31 | ||
32 | (require 'button) | |
410e58b5 | 33 | (require 'view) |
6f300323 | 34 | (eval-when-compile (require 'easymenu)) |
f4ed5b19 | 35 | |
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36 | (defvar help-mode-map |
37 | (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap))) | |
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38 | (set-keymap-parent map (make-composed-keymap button-buffer-map |
39 | special-mode-map)) | |
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40 | (define-key map [mouse-2] 'help-follow-mouse) |
41 | (define-key map "\C-c\C-b" 'help-go-back) | |
42 | (define-key map "\C-c\C-f" 'help-go-forward) | |
43 | (define-key map "\C-c\C-c" 'help-follow-symbol) | |
b016851c SM |
44 | (define-key map "\r" 'help-follow) |
45 | map) | |
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46 | "Keymap for help mode.") |
47 | ||
58245a58 DN |
48 | (easy-menu-define help-mode-menu help-mode-map |
49 | "Menu for Help Mode." | |
50 | '("Help-Mode" | |
51 | ["Show Help for Symbol" help-follow-symbol | |
52 | :help "Show the docs for the symbol at point"] | |
53 | ["Previous Topic" help-go-back | |
54 | :help "Go back to previous topic in this help buffer"] | |
55 | ["Next Topic" help-go-forward | |
56 | :help "Go back to next topic in this help buffer"] | |
57 | ["Move to Previous Button" backward-button | |
58 | :help "Move to the Next Button in the help buffer"] | |
59 | ["Move to Next Button" forward-button | |
60 | :help "Move to the Next Button in the help buffer"])) | |
61 | ||
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62 | (defvar help-xref-stack nil |
63 | "A stack of ways by which to return to help buffers after following xrefs. | |
64 | Used by `help-follow' and `help-xref-go-back'. | |
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65 | An element looks like (POSITION FUNCTION ARGS...). |
66 | To use the element, do (apply FUNCTION ARGS) then goto the point.") | |
f4ed5b19 | 67 | (put 'help-xref-stack 'permanent-local t) |
89f5b33f | 68 | (make-variable-buffer-local 'help-xref-stack) |
f4ed5b19 | 69 | |
95f731db | 70 | (defvar help-xref-forward-stack nil |
da2cfeef | 71 | "A stack used to navigate help forwards after using the back button. |
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72 | Used by `help-follow' and `help-xref-go-forward'. |
73 | An element looks like (POSITION FUNCTION ARGS...). | |
74 | To use the element, do (apply FUNCTION ARGS) then goto the point.") | |
75 | (put 'help-xref-forward-stack 'permanent-local t) | |
76 | (make-variable-buffer-local 'help-xref-forward-stack) | |
77 | ||
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78 | (defvar help-xref-stack-item nil |
79 | "An item for `help-follow' in this buffer to push onto `help-xref-stack'. | |
80 | The format is (FUNCTION ARGS...).") | |
81 | (put 'help-xref-stack-item 'permanent-local t) | |
89f5b33f | 82 | (make-variable-buffer-local 'help-xref-stack-item) |
f4ed5b19 | 83 | |
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84 | (defvar help-xref-stack-forward-item nil |
85 | "An item for `help-go-back' to push onto `help-xref-forward-stack'. | |
86 | The format is (FUNCTION ARGS...).") | |
87 | (put 'help-xref-stack-forward-item 'permanent-local t) | |
88 | (make-variable-buffer-local 'help-xref-stack-forward-item) | |
89 | ||
f4ed5b19 | 90 | (setq-default help-xref-stack nil help-xref-stack-item nil) |
95f731db | 91 | (setq-default help-xref-forward-stack nil help-xref-forward-stack-item nil) |
f4ed5b19 | 92 | |
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93 | (defcustom help-mode-hook nil |
94 | "Hook run by `help-mode'." | |
95 | :type 'hook | |
96 | :group 'help) | |
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97 | \f |
98 | ;; Button types used by help | |
99 | ||
6e881567 | 100 | (define-button-type 'help-xref |
54d761b3 | 101 | 'follow-link t |
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102 | 'action #'help-button-action) |
103 | ||
104 | (defun help-button-action (button) | |
105 | "Call BUTTON's help function." | |
106 | (help-do-xref (button-start button) | |
107 | (button-get button 'help-function) | |
108 | (button-get button 'help-args))) | |
109 | ||
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110 | ;; These 6 calls to define-button-type were generated in a dolist |
111 | ;; loop, but that is bad because it means these button types don't | |
112 | ;; have an easily found definition. | |
113 | ||
114 | (define-button-type 'help-function | |
115 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
116 | 'help-function 'describe-function | |
117 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this function")) | |
118 | ||
119 | (define-button-type 'help-variable | |
120 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
121 | 'help-function 'describe-variable | |
122 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this variable")) | |
123 | ||
124 | (define-button-type 'help-face | |
125 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
126 | 'help-function 'describe-face | |
127 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this face")) | |
128 | ||
129 | (define-button-type 'help-coding-system | |
130 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
131 | 'help-function 'describe-coding-system | |
132 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this coding system")) | |
133 | ||
134 | (define-button-type 'help-input-method | |
135 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
136 | 'help-function 'describe-input-method | |
137 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this input method")) | |
138 | ||
139 | (define-button-type 'help-character-set | |
140 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
141 | 'help-function 'describe-character-set | |
142 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this character set")) | |
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143 | |
144 | ;; make some more ideosyncratic button types | |
145 | ||
146 | (define-button-type 'help-symbol | |
6e881567 | 147 | :supertype 'help-xref |
f4ed5b19 | 148 | 'help-function #'help-xref-interned |
6e881567 | 149 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this symbol")) |
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150 | |
151 | (define-button-type 'help-back | |
6e881567 | 152 | :supertype 'help-xref |
f4ed5b19 | 153 | 'help-function #'help-xref-go-back |
6e881567 | 154 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: go back to previous help buffer")) |
f4ed5b19 | 155 | |
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156 | (define-button-type 'help-forward |
157 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
158 | 'help-function #'help-xref-go-forward | |
159 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: move forward to next help buffer")) | |
160 | ||
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161 | (define-button-type 'help-info-variable |
162 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
163 | ;; the name of the variable is put before the argument to Info | |
06b60517 | 164 | 'help-function (lambda (_a v) (info v)) |
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165 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: read this Info node")) |
166 | ||
f4ed5b19 | 167 | (define-button-type 'help-info |
6e881567 | 168 | :supertype 'help-xref |
f4ed5b19 | 169 | 'help-function #'info |
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170 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: read this Info node")) |
171 | ||
172 | (define-button-type 'help-url | |
173 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
174 | 'help-function #'browse-url | |
175 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: view this URL in a browser")) | |
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176 | |
177 | (define-button-type 'help-customize-variable | |
6e881567 | 178 | :supertype 'help-xref |
f4ed5b19 | 179 | 'help-function (lambda (v) |
f4ed5b19 | 180 | (customize-variable v)) |
6e881567 | 181 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: customize variable")) |
f4ed5b19 | 182 | |
07f904a3 | 183 | (define-button-type 'help-customize-face |
6e881567 | 184 | :supertype 'help-xref |
07f904a3 | 185 | 'help-function (lambda (v) |
07f904a3 | 186 | (customize-face v)) |
6e881567 | 187 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: customize face")) |
07f904a3 | 188 | |
f4ed5b19 | 189 | (define-button-type 'help-function-def |
6e881567 | 190 | :supertype 'help-xref |
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191 | 'help-function (lambda (fun file) |
192 | (require 'find-func) | |
2ea0f8fd SM |
193 | (when (eq file 'C-source) |
194 | (setq file | |
195 | (help-C-file-name (indirect-function fun) 'fun))) | |
410e58b5 | 196 | ;; Don't use find-function-noselect because it follows |
f4ed5b19 | 197 | ;; aliases (which fails for built-in functions). |
410e58b5 | 198 | (let ((location |
2ea0f8fd | 199 | (find-function-search-for-symbol fun nil file))) |
f4ed5b19 | 200 | (pop-to-buffer (car location)) |
46ab7691 NR |
201 | (if (cdr location) |
202 | (goto-char (cdr location)) | |
203 | (message "Unable to find location in file")))) | |
6e881567 | 204 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: find function's definition")) |
f4ed5b19 | 205 | |
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206 | (define-button-type 'help-function-cmacro |
207 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
208 | 'help-function (lambda (fun file) | |
209 | (setq file (locate-library file t)) | |
210 | (if (and file (file-readable-p file)) | |
211 | (progn | |
212 | (pop-to-buffer (find-file-noselect file)) | |
213 | (goto-char (point-min)) | |
214 | (if (re-search-forward | |
215 | (format "^[ \t]*(define-compiler-macro[ \t]+%s" | |
216 | (regexp-quote (symbol-name fun))) nil t) | |
217 | (forward-line 0) | |
218 | (message "Unable to find location in file"))) | |
219 | (message "Unable to find file"))) | |
220 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: find function's compiler macro")) | |
221 | ||
f4ed5b19 | 222 | (define-button-type 'help-variable-def |
6e881567 | 223 | :supertype 'help-xref |
f4ed5b19 | 224 | 'help-function (lambda (var &optional file) |
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225 | (when (eq file 'C-source) |
226 | (setq file (help-C-file-name var 'var))) | |
227 | (let ((location (find-variable-noselect var file))) | |
f4ed5b19 | 228 | (pop-to-buffer (car location)) |
46ab7691 NR |
229 | (if (cdr location) |
230 | (goto-char (cdr location)) | |
231 | (message "Unable to find location in file")))) | |
27313250 | 232 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: find variable's definition")) |
f4ed5b19 | 233 | |
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234 | (define-button-type 'help-face-def |
235 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
236 | 'help-function (lambda (fun file) | |
237 | (require 'find-func) | |
238 | ;; Don't use find-function-noselect because it follows | |
239 | ;; aliases (which fails for built-in functions). | |
240 | (let ((location | |
241 | (find-function-search-for-symbol fun 'defface file))) | |
242 | (pop-to-buffer (car location)) | |
46ab7691 NR |
243 | (if (cdr location) |
244 | (goto-char (cdr location)) | |
245 | (message "Unable to find location in file")))) | |
12b42b71 RS |
246 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: find face's definition")) |
247 | ||
8adb4c33 CY |
248 | (define-button-type 'help-package |
249 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
250 | 'help-function 'describe-package | |
251 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: Describe package")) | |
252 | ||
cced7584 CY |
253 | (define-button-type 'help-package-def |
254 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
255 | 'help-function (lambda (file) (dired file)) | |
256 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: visit package directory")) | |
257 | ||
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258 | (define-button-type 'help-theme-def |
259 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
260 | 'help-function 'find-file | |
261 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: visit theme file")) | |
262 | ||
263 | (define-button-type 'help-theme-edit | |
264 | :supertype 'help-xref | |
265 | 'help-function 'customize-create-theme | |
266 | 'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: edit this theme file")) | |
f4ed5b19 | 267 | \f |
09ac1c2a | 268 | (define-derived-mode help-mode special-mode "Help" |
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269 | "Major mode for viewing help text and navigating references in it. |
270 | Entry to this mode runs the normal hook `help-mode-hook'. | |
271 | Commands: | |
272 | \\{help-mode-map}" | |
dbd6da78 | 273 | (set (make-local-variable 'revert-buffer-function) |
09ac1c2a | 274 | 'help-mode-revert-buffer)) |
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275 | |
276 | ;;;###autoload | |
277 | (defun help-mode-setup () | |
278 | (help-mode) | |
279 | (setq buffer-read-only nil)) | |
280 | ||
281 | ;;;###autoload | |
282 | (defun help-mode-finish () | |
283 | (when (eq major-mode 'help-mode) | |
284 | ;; View mode's read-only status of existing *Help* buffer is lost | |
285 | ;; by with-output-to-temp-buffer. | |
286 | (toggle-read-only 1) | |
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287 | |
288 | (save-excursion | |
289 | (goto-char (point-min)) | |
290 | (let ((inhibit-read-only t)) | |
def71b5e | 291 | (when (re-search-forward "^This [^[:space:]]+ is advised.$" nil t) |
b1ea593c LL |
292 | (put-text-property (match-beginning 0) |
293 | (match-end 0) | |
294 | 'face 'font-lock-warning-face)))) | |
295 | ||
69e73dd3 | 296 | (help-make-xrefs (current-buffer)))) |
f4ed5b19 | 297 | \f |
410e58b5 SM |
298 | ;; Grokking cross-reference information in doc strings and |
299 | ;; hyperlinking it. | |
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300 | |
301 | ;; This may have some scope for extension and the same or something | |
302 | ;; similar should be done for widget doc strings, which currently use | |
303 | ;; another mechanism. | |
304 | ||
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305 | (defvar help-back-label (purecopy "[back]") |
306 | "Label to use by `help-make-xrefs' for the go-back reference.") | |
307 | ||
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308 | (defvar help-forward-label (purecopy "[forward]") |
309 | "Label to use by `help-make-xrefs' for the go-forward reference.") | |
310 | ||
f4ed5b19 | 311 | (defconst help-xref-symbol-regexp |
8a31f813 | 312 | (purecopy (concat "\\(\\<\\(\\(variable\\|option\\)\\|" ; Link to var |
a79d3474 NR |
313 | "\\(function\\|command\\)\\|" ; Link to function |
314 | "\\(face\\)\\|" ; Link to face | |
315 | "\\(symbol\\|program\\|property\\)\\|" ; Don't link | |
040b2fa3 LT |
316 | "\\(source \\(?:code \\)?\\(?:of\\|for\\)\\)\\)" |
317 | "[ \t\n]+\\)?" | |
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318 | ;; Note starting with word-syntax character: |
319 | "`\\(\\sw\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+\\)'")) | |
320 | "Regexp matching doc string references to symbols. | |
321 | ||
322 | The words preceding the quoted symbol can be used in doc strings to | |
323 | distinguish references to variables, functions and symbols.") | |
324 | ||
410e58b5 | 325 | (defvar help-xref-mule-regexp nil |
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326 | "Regexp matching doc string references to MULE-related keywords. |
327 | ||
328 | It is usually nil, and is temporarily bound to an appropriate regexp | |
329 | when help commands related to multilingual environment (e.g., | |
330 | `describe-coding-system') are invoked.") | |
331 | ||
332 | ||
333 | (defconst help-xref-info-regexp | |
2e10efeb | 334 | (purecopy "\\<[Ii]nfo[ \t\n]+\\(node\\|anchor\\)[ \t\n]+`\\([^']+\\)'") |
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335 | "Regexp matching doc string references to an Info node.") |
336 | ||
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337 | (defconst help-xref-url-regexp |
338 | (purecopy "\\<[Uu][Rr][Ll][ \t\n]+`\\([^']+\\)'") | |
339 | "Regexp matching doc string references to a URL.") | |
340 | ||
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341 | ;;;###autoload |
342 | (defun help-setup-xref (item interactive-p) | |
343 | "Invoked from commands using the \"*Help*\" buffer to install some xref info. | |
344 | ||
345 | ITEM is a (FUNCTION . ARGS) pair appropriate for recreating the help | |
346 | buffer after following a reference. INTERACTIVE-P is non-nil if the | |
347 | calling command was invoked interactively. In this case the stack of | |
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348 | items for help buffer \"back\" buttons is cleared. |
349 | ||
350 | This should be called very early, before the output buffer is cleared, | |
351 | because we want to record the \"previous\" position of point so we can | |
352 | restore it properly when going back." | |
353 | (with-current-buffer (help-buffer) | |
410e58b5 | 354 | (when help-xref-stack-item |
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355 | (push (cons (point) help-xref-stack-item) help-xref-stack) |
356 | (setq help-xref-forward-stack nil)) | |
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357 | (when interactive-p |
358 | (let ((tail (nthcdr 10 help-xref-stack))) | |
359 | ;; Truncate the stack. | |
360 | (if tail (setcdr tail nil)))) | |
89f5b33f | 361 | (setq help-xref-stack-item item))) |
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362 | |
363 | (defvar help-xref-following nil | |
364 | "Non-nil when following a help cross-reference.") | |
365 | ||
91dc07f3 | 366 | ;;;###autoload |
89f5b33f | 367 | (defun help-buffer () |
f4227998 CY |
368 | "Return the name of a buffer for inserting help. |
369 | If `help-xref-following' is non-nil, this is the name of the | |
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370 | current buffer. Signal an error if this buffer is not derived |
371 | from `help-mode'. | |
372 | Otherwise, return \"*Help*\", creating a buffer with that name if | |
373 | it does not already exist." | |
89f5b33f | 374 | (buffer-name ;for with-output-to-temp-buffer |
d23ae2b0 CY |
375 | (if (not help-xref-following) |
376 | (get-buffer-create "*Help*") | |
377 | (unless (derived-mode-p 'help-mode) | |
378 | (error "Current buffer is not in Help mode")) | |
379 | (current-buffer)))) | |
89f5b33f | 380 | |
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381 | ;;;###autoload |
382 | (defun help-make-xrefs (&optional buffer) | |
383 | "Parse and hyperlink documentation cross-references in the given BUFFER. | |
384 | ||
d1282401 CW |
385 | Find cross-reference information in a buffer and activate such cross |
386 | references for selection with `help-follow'. Cross-references have | |
387 | the canonical form `...' and the type of reference may be | |
388 | disambiguated by the preceding word(s) used in | |
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389 | `help-xref-symbol-regexp'. Faces only get cross-referenced if |
390 | preceded or followed by the word `face'. Variables without | |
391 | variable documentation do not get cross-referenced, unless | |
9315fc34 | 392 | preceded by the word `variable' or `option'. |
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393 | |
394 | If the variable `help-xref-mule-regexp' is non-nil, find also | |
395 | cross-reference information related to multilingual environment | |
396 | \(e.g., coding-systems). This variable is also used to disambiguate | |
397 | the type of reference as the same way as `help-xref-symbol-regexp'. | |
398 | ||
399 | A special reference `back' is made to return back through a stack of | |
400 | help buffers. Variable `help-back-label' specifies the text for | |
401 | that." | |
402 | (interactive "b") | |
589888fe SM |
403 | (with-current-buffer (or buffer (current-buffer)) |
404 | (save-excursion | |
405 | (goto-char (point-min)) | |
406 | ;; Skip the header-type info, though it might be useful to parse | |
407 | ;; it at some stage (e.g. "function in `library'"). | |
408 | (forward-paragraph) | |
409 | (let ((old-modified (buffer-modified-p))) | |
410 | (let ((stab (syntax-table)) | |
411 | (case-fold-search t) | |
412 | (inhibit-read-only t)) | |
413 | (set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table) | |
414 | ;; The following should probably be abstracted out. | |
415 | (unwind-protect | |
416 | (progn | |
417 | ;; Info references | |
418 | (save-excursion | |
419 | (while (re-search-forward help-xref-info-regexp nil t) | |
420 | (let ((data (match-string 2))) | |
421 | (save-match-data | |
422 | (unless (string-match "^([^)]+)" data) | |
a50878fa KR |
423 | (setq data (concat "(emacs)" data))) |
424 | (setq data ;; possible newlines if para filled | |
425 | (replace-regexp-in-string "[ \t\n]+" " " data t t))) | |
589888fe SM |
426 | (help-xref-button 2 'help-info data)))) |
427 | ;; URLs | |
428 | (save-excursion | |
429 | (while (re-search-forward help-xref-url-regexp nil t) | |
430 | (let ((data (match-string 1))) | |
431 | (help-xref-button 1 'help-url data)))) | |
432 | ;; Mule related keywords. Do this before trying | |
433 | ;; `help-xref-symbol-regexp' because some of Mule | |
434 | ;; keywords have variable or function definitions. | |
435 | (if help-xref-mule-regexp | |
436 | (save-excursion | |
437 | (while (re-search-forward help-xref-mule-regexp nil t) | |
438 | (let* ((data (match-string 7)) | |
439 | (sym (intern-soft data))) | |
440 | (cond | |
441 | ((match-string 3) ; coding system | |
442 | (and sym (coding-system-p sym) | |
443 | (help-xref-button 6 'help-coding-system sym))) | |
444 | ((match-string 4) ; input method | |
445 | (and (assoc data input-method-alist) | |
446 | (help-xref-button 7 'help-input-method data))) | |
447 | ((or (match-string 5) (match-string 6)) ; charset | |
448 | (and sym (charsetp sym) | |
449 | (help-xref-button 7 'help-character-set sym))) | |
450 | ((assoc data input-method-alist) | |
451 | (help-xref-button 7 'help-character-set data)) | |
452 | ((and sym (coding-system-p sym)) | |
453 | (help-xref-button 7 'help-coding-system sym)) | |
454 | ((and sym (charsetp sym)) | |
455 | (help-xref-button 7 'help-character-set sym))))))) | |
456 | ;; Quoted symbols | |
457 | (save-excursion | |
458 | (while (re-search-forward help-xref-symbol-regexp nil t) | |
459 | (let* ((data (match-string 8)) | |
460 | (sym (intern-soft data))) | |
461 | (if sym | |
462 | (cond | |
463 | ((match-string 3) ; `variable' &c | |
464 | (and (or (boundp sym) ; `variable' doesn't ensure | |
f4ed5b19 | 465 | ; it's actually bound |
589888fe SM |
466 | (get sym 'variable-documentation)) |
467 | (help-xref-button 8 'help-variable sym))) | |
468 | ((match-string 4) ; `function' &c | |
469 | (and (fboundp sym) ; similarly | |
470 | (help-xref-button 8 'help-function sym))) | |
471 | ((match-string 5) ; `face' | |
472 | (and (facep sym) | |
473 | (help-xref-button 8 'help-face sym))) | |
474 | ((match-string 6)) ; nothing for `symbol' | |
475 | ((match-string 7) | |
476 | ;; this used: | |
477 | ;; #'(lambda (arg) | |
478 | ;; (let ((location | |
479 | ;; (find-function-noselect arg))) | |
480 | ;; (pop-to-buffer (car location)) | |
481 | ;; (goto-char (cdr location)))) | |
482 | (help-xref-button 8 'help-function-def sym)) | |
483 | ((and | |
484 | (facep sym) | |
485 | (save-match-data (looking-at "[ \t\n]+face\\W"))) | |
486 | (help-xref-button 8 'help-face sym)) | |
487 | ((and (or (boundp sym) | |
488 | (get sym 'variable-documentation)) | |
489 | (fboundp sym)) | |
490 | ;; We can't intuit whether to use the | |
491 | ;; variable or function doc -- supply both. | |
492 | (help-xref-button 8 'help-symbol sym)) | |
493 | ((and | |
494 | (or (boundp sym) | |
495 | (get sym 'variable-documentation)) | |
496 | (or | |
497 | (documentation-property | |
498 | sym 'variable-documentation) | |
499 | (condition-case nil | |
500 | (documentation-property | |
501 | (indirect-variable sym) | |
502 | 'variable-documentation) | |
503 | (cyclic-variable-indirection nil)))) | |
504 | (help-xref-button 8 'help-variable sym)) | |
505 | ((fboundp sym) | |
506 | (help-xref-button 8 'help-function sym))))))) | |
507 | ;; An obvious case of a key substitution: | |
508 | (save-excursion | |
509 | (while (re-search-forward | |
510 | ;; Assume command name is only word and symbol | |
511 | ;; characters to get things like `use M-x foo->bar'. | |
512 | ;; Command required to end with word constituent | |
513 | ;; to avoid `.' at end of a sentence. | |
514 | "\\<M-x\\s-+\\(\\sw\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)*\\sw\\)" nil t) | |
515 | (let ((sym (intern-soft (match-string 1)))) | |
516 | (if (fboundp sym) | |
517 | (help-xref-button 1 'help-function sym))))) | |
518 | ;; Look for commands in whole keymap substitutions: | |
519 | (save-excursion | |
520 | ;; Make sure to find the first keymap. | |
521 | (goto-char (point-min)) | |
522 | ;; Find a header and the column at which the command | |
523 | ;; name will be found. | |
524 | ||
525 | ;; If the keymap substitution isn't the last thing in | |
526 | ;; the doc string, and if there is anything on the same | |
527 | ;; line after it, this code won't recognize the end of it. | |
528 | (while (re-search-forward "^key +binding\n\\(-+ +\\)-+\n\n" | |
529 | nil t) | |
530 | (let ((col (- (match-end 1) (match-beginning 1)))) | |
531 | (while | |
532 | (and (not (eobp)) | |
533 | ;; Stop at a pair of blank lines. | |
534 | (not (looking-at "\n\\s-*\n"))) | |
535 | ;; Skip a single blank line. | |
536 | (and (eolp) (forward-line)) | |
537 | (end-of-line) | |
538 | (skip-chars-backward "^ \t\n") | |
539 | (if (and (>= (current-column) col) | |
540 | (looking-at "\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+$")) | |
541 | (let ((sym (intern-soft (match-string 0)))) | |
542 | (if (fboundp sym) | |
543 | (help-xref-button 0 'help-function sym)))) | |
544 | (forward-line)))))) | |
545 | (set-syntax-table stab)) | |
546 | ;; Delete extraneous newlines at the end of the docstring | |
547 | (goto-char (point-max)) | |
548 | (while (and (not (bobp)) (bolp)) | |
549 | (delete-char -1)) | |
550 | (insert "\n") | |
551 | (when (or help-xref-stack help-xref-forward-stack) | |
552 | (insert "\n")) | |
553 | ;; Make a back-reference in this buffer if appropriate. | |
554 | (when help-xref-stack | |
555 | (help-insert-xref-button help-back-label 'help-back | |
556 | (current-buffer))) | |
557 | ;; Make a forward-reference in this buffer if appropriate. | |
558 | (when help-xref-forward-stack | |
559 | (when help-xref-stack | |
560 | (insert "\t")) | |
561 | (help-insert-xref-button help-forward-label 'help-forward | |
562 | (current-buffer))) | |
563 | (when (or help-xref-stack help-xref-forward-stack) | |
564 | (insert "\n"))) | |
589888fe | 565 | (set-buffer-modified-p old-modified))))) |
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566 | |
567 | ;;;###autoload | |
568 | (defun help-xref-button (match-number type &rest args) | |
569 | "Make a hyperlink for cross-reference text previously matched. | |
570 | MATCH-NUMBER is the subexpression of interest in the last matched | |
571 | regexp. TYPE is the type of button to use. Any remaining arguments are | |
572 | passed to the button's help-function when it is invoked. | |
573 | See `help-make-xrefs'." | |
574 | ;; Don't mung properties we've added specially in some instances. | |
575 | (unless (button-at (match-beginning match-number)) | |
576 | (make-text-button (match-beginning match-number) | |
577 | (match-end match-number) | |
578 | 'type type 'help-args args))) | |
579 | ||
580 | ;;;###autoload | |
581 | (defun help-insert-xref-button (string type &rest args) | |
582 | "Insert STRING and make a hyperlink from cross-reference text on it. | |
583 | TYPE is the type of button to use. Any remaining arguments are passed | |
584 | to the button's help-function when it is invoked. | |
585 | See `help-make-xrefs'." | |
586 | (unless (button-at (point)) | |
587 | (insert-text-button string 'type type 'help-args args))) | |
588 | ||
589 | ;;;###autoload | |
590 | (defun help-xref-on-pp (from to) | |
591 | "Add xrefs for symbols in `pp's output between FROM and TO." | |
22f5d492 SM |
592 | (if (> (- to from) 5000) nil |
593 | (with-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table | |
594 | (save-excursion | |
595 | (save-restriction | |
596 | (narrow-to-region from to) | |
597 | (goto-char (point-min)) | |
598 | (condition-case nil | |
599 | (while (not (eobp)) | |
600 | (cond | |
601 | ((looking-at "\"") (forward-sexp 1)) | |
602 | ((looking-at "#<") (search-forward ">" nil 'move)) | |
603 | ((looking-at "\\(\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+\\)") | |
604 | (let* ((sym (intern-soft (match-string 1))) | |
605 | (type (cond ((fboundp sym) 'help-function) | |
606 | ((or (memq sym '(t nil)) | |
607 | (keywordp sym)) | |
608 | nil) | |
e715d9b4 LT |
609 | ((and sym |
610 | (or (boundp sym) | |
611 | (get sym | |
612 | 'variable-documentation))) | |
22f5d492 SM |
613 | 'help-variable)))) |
614 | (when type (help-xref-button 1 type sym))) | |
615 | (goto-char (match-end 1))) | |
616 | (t (forward-char 1)))) | |
617 | (error nil))))))) | |
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618 | |
619 | \f | |
620 | ;; Additional functions for (re-)creating types of help buffers. | |
621 | (defun help-xref-interned (symbol) | |
622 | "Follow a hyperlink which appeared to be an arbitrary interned SYMBOL. | |
89f5b33f | 623 | Both variable, function and face documentation are extracted into a single |
f4ed5b19 | 624 | help buffer." |
89f5b33f SM |
625 | (with-current-buffer (help-buffer) |
626 | ;; Push the previous item on the stack before clobbering the output buffer. | |
774784f6 | 627 | (help-setup-xref nil nil) |
89f5b33f SM |
628 | (let ((facedoc (when (facep symbol) |
629 | ;; Don't record the current entry in the stack. | |
630 | (setq help-xref-stack-item nil) | |
631 | (describe-face symbol))) | |
632 | (fdoc (when (fboundp symbol) | |
633 | ;; Don't record the current entry in the stack. | |
634 | (setq help-xref-stack-item nil) | |
635 | (describe-function symbol))) | |
e715d9b4 LT |
636 | (sdoc (when (or (boundp symbol) |
637 | (get symbol 'variable-documentation)) | |
89f5b33f SM |
638 | ;; Don't record the current entry in the stack. |
639 | (setq help-xref-stack-item nil) | |
640 | (describe-variable symbol)))) | |
641 | (cond | |
642 | (sdoc | |
643 | ;; We now have a help buffer on the variable. | |
644 | ;; Insert the function and face text before it. | |
ea127bf4 | 645 | (when (or fdoc facedoc) |
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646 | (goto-char (point-min)) |
647 | (let ((inhibit-read-only t)) | |
648 | (when fdoc | |
89f5b33f | 649 | (insert fdoc "\n\n") |
ea127bf4 RS |
650 | (when facedoc |
651 | (insert (make-string 30 ?-) "\n\n" (symbol-name symbol) | |
89f5b33f SM |
652 | " is also a " "face." "\n\n"))) |
653 | (when facedoc | |
654 | (insert facedoc "\n\n")) | |
f4ed5b19 MB |
655 | (insert (make-string 30 ?-) "\n\n" (symbol-name symbol) |
656 | " is also a " "variable." "\n\n")) | |
89f5b33f SM |
657 | ;; Don't record the `describe-variable' item in the stack. |
658 | (setq help-xref-stack-item nil) | |
659 | (help-setup-xref (list #'help-xref-interned symbol) nil))) | |
660 | (fdoc | |
661 | ;; We now have a help buffer on the function. | |
662 | ;; Insert face text before it. | |
663 | (when facedoc | |
664 | (goto-char (point-max)) | |
665 | (let ((inhibit-read-only t)) | |
666 | (insert "\n\n" (make-string 30 ?-) "\n\n" (symbol-name symbol) | |
667 | " is also a " "face." "\n\n" facedoc)) | |
668 | ;; Don't record the `describe-function' item in the stack. | |
669 | (setq help-xref-stack-item nil) | |
670 | (help-setup-xref (list #'help-xref-interned symbol) nil))))))) | |
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671 | |
672 | \f | |
410e58b5 | 673 | ;; Navigation/hyperlinking with xrefs |
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674 | |
675 | (defun help-xref-go-back (buffer) | |
676 | "From BUFFER, go back to previous help buffer text using `help-xref-stack'." | |
677 | (let (item position method args) | |
678 | (with-current-buffer buffer | |
95f731db | 679 | (push (cons (point) help-xref-stack-item) help-xref-forward-stack) |
f4ed5b19 | 680 | (when help-xref-stack |
f4ed5b19 | 681 | (setq item (pop help-xref-stack) |
89f5b33f SM |
682 | ;; Clear the current item so that it won't get pushed |
683 | ;; by the function we're about to call. TODO: We could also | |
684 | ;; push it onto a "forward" stack and add a `forw' button. | |
685 | help-xref-stack-item nil | |
f4ed5b19 MB |
686 | position (car item) |
687 | method (cadr item) | |
688 | args (cddr item)))) | |
689 | (apply method args) | |
77144ebc RS |
690 | (with-current-buffer buffer |
691 | (if (get-buffer-window buffer) | |
692 | (set-window-point (get-buffer-window buffer) position) | |
693 | (goto-char position))))) | |
f4ed5b19 | 694 | |
95f731db NR |
695 | (defun help-xref-go-forward (buffer) |
696 | "From BUFFER, go forward to next help buffer." | |
697 | (let (item position method args) | |
698 | (with-current-buffer buffer | |
699 | (push (cons (point) help-xref-stack-item) help-xref-stack) | |
700 | (when help-xref-forward-stack | |
701 | (setq item (pop help-xref-forward-stack) | |
702 | ;; Clear the current item so that it won't get pushed | |
703 | ;; by the function we're about to call. TODO: We could also | |
704 | ;; push it onto a "forward" stack and add a `forw' button. | |
705 | help-xref-stack-item nil | |
706 | position (car item) | |
707 | method (cadr item) | |
708 | args (cddr item)))) | |
709 | (apply method args) | |
710 | (with-current-buffer buffer | |
711 | (if (get-buffer-window buffer) | |
712 | (set-window-point (get-buffer-window buffer) position) | |
713 | (goto-char position))))) | |
91dc07f3 | 714 | |
f4ed5b19 | 715 | (defun help-go-back () |
933cd61e | 716 | "Go back to previous topic in this help buffer." |
f4ed5b19 | 717 | (interactive) |
933cd61e SM |
718 | (if help-xref-stack |
719 | (help-xref-go-back (current-buffer)) | |
fdeadcd1 | 720 | (error "No previous help buffer"))) |
91dc07f3 | 721 | |
95f731db NR |
722 | (defun help-go-forward () |
723 | "Go back to next topic in this help buffer." | |
724 | (interactive) | |
725 | (if help-xref-forward-stack | |
726 | (help-xref-go-forward (current-buffer)) | |
727 | (error "No next help buffer"))) | |
f4ed5b19 | 728 | |
06b60517 | 729 | (defun help-do-xref (_pos function args) |
f4ed5b19 MB |
730 | "Call the help cross-reference function FUNCTION with args ARGS. |
731 | Things are set up properly so that the resulting help-buffer has | |
732 | a proper [back] button." | |
f4ed5b19 MB |
733 | ;; There is a reference at point. Follow it. |
734 | (let ((help-xref-following t)) | |
735 | (apply function args))) | |
736 | ||
8a31f813 LT |
737 | ;; The doc string is meant to explain what buttons do. |
738 | (defun help-follow-mouse () | |
739 | "Follow the cross-reference that you click on." | |
740 | (interactive) | |
741 | (error "No cross-reference here")) | |
742 | ||
743 | ;; The doc string is meant to explain what buttons do. | |
744 | (defun help-follow () | |
745 | "Follow cross-reference at point. | |
f4ed5b19 MB |
746 | |
747 | For the cross-reference format, see `help-make-xrefs'." | |
8a31f813 LT |
748 | (interactive) |
749 | (error "No cross-reference here")) | |
750 | ||
751 | (defun help-follow-symbol (&optional pos) | |
752 | "In help buffer, show docs for symbol at POS, defaulting to point. | |
753 | Show all docs for that symbol as either a variable, function or face." | |
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754 | (interactive "d") |
755 | (unless pos | |
756 | (setq pos (point))) | |
8a31f813 LT |
757 | ;; check if the symbol under point is a function, variable or face |
758 | (let ((sym | |
759 | (intern | |
760 | (save-excursion | |
761 | (goto-char pos) (skip-syntax-backward "w_") | |
762 | (buffer-substring (point) | |
763 | (progn (skip-syntax-forward "w_") | |
764 | (point))))))) | |
765 | (when (or (boundp sym) | |
766 | (get sym 'variable-documentation) | |
767 | (fboundp sym) (facep sym)) | |
768 | (help-do-xref pos #'help-xref-interned (list sym))))) | |
f4ed5b19 | 769 | |
06b60517 | 770 | (defun help-mode-revert-buffer (_ignore-auto noconfirm) |
dbd6da78 JL |
771 | (when (or noconfirm (yes-or-no-p "Revert help buffer? ")) |
772 | (let ((pos (point)) | |
773 | (item help-xref-stack-item) | |
774 | ;; Pretend there is no current item to add to the history. | |
775 | (help-xref-stack-item nil) | |
776 | ;; Use the current buffer. | |
777 | (help-xref-following t)) | |
778 | (apply (car item) (cdr item)) | |
779 | (goto-char pos)))) | |
780 | ||
ee90fe92 NR |
781 | (defun help-insert-string (string) |
782 | "Insert STRING to the help buffer and install xref info for it. | |
783 | This function can be used to restore the old contents of the help buffer | |
784 | when going back to the previous topic in the xref stack. It is needed | |
785 | in case when it is impossible to recompute the old contents of the | |
786 | help buffer by other means." | |
787 | (setq help-xref-stack-item (list #'help-insert-string string)) | |
788 | (with-output-to-temp-buffer (help-buffer) | |
789 | (insert string))) | |
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790 | |
791 | (provide 'help-mode) | |
792 | ||
793 | ;;; help-mode.el ends here |