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2fbc1934 1;;; ehelp.el --- bindings for electric-help mode -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
c0274f38 2
73b0cd50 3;; Copyright (C) 1986, 1995, 2000-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5;; Author: Richard Mlynarik
6;; (according to ack.texi and authors.el)
e5167999 7;; Maintainer: FSF
fd7fa35a 8;; Keywords: help, extensions
e5167999 9
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10;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
11
eb3fa2cf 12;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
a2535589 13;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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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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25;;; Commentary:
26
27;; This package provides a pre-packaged `Electric Help Mode' for
28;; browsing on-line help screens. There is one entry point,
9dd2b34e 29;; `with-electric-help'; all you have to give it is a no-argument
1b3250ab 30;; function that generates the actual text of the help into the current
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31;; buffer.
32
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33;; To make this the default, you must do
34;; (require 'ehelp)
35;; (define-key global-map "\C-h" 'ehelp-command)
36;; (define-key global-map [help] 'ehelp-command)
37;; (define-key global-map [f1] 'ehelp-command)
38
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39;;; Code:
40
a2535589 41(require 'electric)
a2535589 42
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43(defvar electric-help-form-to-execute nil)
44
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45(defgroup electric-help ()
46 "Electric help facility."
47 :version "21.1"
48 :group 'help)
49
50(defcustom electric-help-shrink-window t
51 "If set, adjust help window sizes to buffer sizes when displaying help."
52 :type 'boolean
53 :group 'electric-help)
54
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55(defcustom electric-help-mode-hook nil
56 "Hook run by `with-electric-help' after initializing the buffer."
57 :type 'hook
58 :group 'electric-help)
59
a2535589 60(put 'electric-help-undefined 'suppress-keymap t)
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61
62(defvar electric-help-map
a2535589 63 (let ((map (make-keymap)))
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64 ;; allow all non-self-inserting keys - search, scroll, etc, but
65 ;; let M-x and C-x exit ehelp mode and retain buffer:
e27ef4db 66 (suppress-keymap map)
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67 (define-key map "\C-u" 'electric-help-undefined)
68 (define-key map [?\C-0] 'electric-help-undefined)
69 (define-key map [?\C-1] 'electric-help-undefined)
70 (define-key map [?\C-2] 'electric-help-undefined)
71 (define-key map [?\C-3] 'electric-help-undefined)
72 (define-key map [?\C-4] 'electric-help-undefined)
73 (define-key map [?\C-5] 'electric-help-undefined)
74 (define-key map [?\C-6] 'electric-help-undefined)
75 (define-key map [?\C-7] 'electric-help-undefined)
76 (define-key map [?\C-8] 'electric-help-undefined)
77 (define-key map [?\C-9] 'electric-help-undefined)
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78 (define-key map (char-to-string help-char) 'electric-help-help)
79 (define-key map "?" 'electric-help-help)
80 (define-key map " " 'scroll-up)
81 (define-key map "\^?" 'scroll-down)
82 (define-key map "." 'beginning-of-buffer)
83 (define-key map "<" 'beginning-of-buffer)
84 (define-key map ">" 'end-of-buffer)
85 ;(define-key map "\C-g" 'electric-help-exit)
a2535589 86 (define-key map "Q" 'electric-help-exit)
ad8d994c 87 (define-key map "q" 'electric-help-exit)
a2535589 88 ;;a better key than this?
e27ef4db 89 (define-key map "R" 'electric-help-retain)
ad8d994c 90 (define-key map "r" 'electric-help-retain)
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91 (define-key map "\ex" 'electric-help-execute-extended)
92 (define-key map "\C-x" 'electric-help-ctrl-x-prefix)
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93 map)
94 "Keymap defining commands available in `electric-help-mode'.")
f98e758c 95
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96(defvar electric-help-orig-major-mode nil)
97(make-variable-buffer-local 'electric-help-orig-major-mode)
98
a2535589 99(defun electric-help-mode ()
d5b9d1d8 100 "`with-electric-help' temporarily places its buffer in this mode.
9c13a46e 101\(On exit from `with-electric-help', the original `major-mode' is restored.)"
a2535589 102 (setq buffer-read-only t)
9c13a46e 103 (setq electric-help-orig-major-mode major-mode)
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104 (setq mode-name "Help")
105 (setq major-mode 'help)
106 (setq mode-line-buffer-identification '(" Help: %b"))
107 (use-local-map electric-help-map)
2e8174d2 108 (add-hook 'mouse-leave-buffer-hook 'electric-help-retain)
db30b383 109 (view-mode -1)
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110 ;; this is done below in with-electric-help
111 ;(run-hooks 'electric-help-mode-hook)
112 )
113
9dd2b34e 114;;;###autoload
483a5ec0 115(defun with-electric-help (thunk &optional buffer noerase minheight)
bbe2ecf6 116 "Pop up an \"electric\" help buffer.
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117THUNK is a function of no arguments which is called to initialize the
118contents of BUFFER. BUFFER defaults to `*Help*'. BUFFER will be
119erased before THUNK is called unless NOERASE is non-nil. THUNK will
120be called while BUFFER is current and with `standard-output' bound to
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121the buffer specified by BUFFER.
122
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123If THUNK returns nil, we display BUFFER starting at the top, and shrink
124the window to fit. If THUNK returns non-nil, we don't do those things.
a2535589 125
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126After THUNK has been called, this function \"electrically\" pops up a
127window in which BUFFER is displayed and allows the user to scroll
128through that buffer in `electric-help-mode'. The window's height will
129be at least MINHEIGHT if this value is non-nil.
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130
131If THUNK returns nil, we display BUFFER starting at the top, and
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132shrink the window to fit if `electric-help-shrink-window' is non-nil.
133If THUNK returns non-nil, we don't do those things.
f98e758c 134
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135When the user exits (with `electric-help-exit', or otherwise), the help
136buffer's window disappears (i.e., we use `save-window-excursion'), and
9c13a46e 137BUFFER is put back into its original major mode."
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138 (setq buffer (get-buffer-create (or buffer "*Help*")))
139 (let ((one (one-window-p t))
88c269cb 140 (config (current-window-configuration))
f98e758c 141 (bury nil)
db30b383 142 (electric-help-form-to-execute nil))
88c269cb 143 (unwind-protect
144 (save-excursion
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145 (when one
146 (goto-char (window-start (selected-window))))
88c269cb 147 (let ((pop-up-windows t))
148 (pop-to-buffer buffer))
14acf2f5 149 (with-current-buffer buffer
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150 (when (and minheight (< (window-height) minheight))
151 (enlarge-window (- minheight (window-height))))
88c269cb 152 (electric-help-mode)
e024a2f4 153 (setq buffer-read-only nil)
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154 (unless noerase
155 (erase-buffer)))
88c269cb 156 (let ((standard-output buffer))
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157 (unless (funcall thunk)
158 (set-buffer buffer)
159 (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
160 (goto-char (point-min))
161 (when (and one electric-help-shrink-window)
162 (shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer))))
88c269cb 163 (set-buffer buffer)
164 (run-hooks 'electric-help-mode-hook)
e024a2f4 165 (setq buffer-read-only t)
d05c87ac 166 (if (eq (car-safe (electric-help-command-loop)) 'retain)
88c269cb 167 (setq config (current-window-configuration))
d05c87ac 168 (setq bury t))
9201fa06 169 ;; Remove the hook.
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170 (when (memq 'electric-help-retain mouse-leave-buffer-hook)
171 (remove-hook 'mouse-leave-buffer-hook 'electric-help-retain)))
88c269cb 172 (message "")
173 (set-buffer buffer)
174 (setq buffer-read-only nil)
d05c87ac 175
9c13a46e 176 ;; Restore the original major mode saved by `electric-help-mode'.
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177 ;; We should really get a usable *Help* buffer when retaining
178 ;; the electric one with `r'. The problem is that a simple
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179 ;; call to `help-mode' won't cut it; e.g. RET is bound wrong
180 ;; afterwards (`View-scroll-line-forward' instead of `help-follow').
181 ;; That's because Help mode should be set with `with-help-window'
182 ;; instead of the direct call to `help-mode'. But at least
183 ;; RET works correctly on links after using `help-mode'.
184 ;; This is satisfactory enough.
88c269cb 185 (condition-case ()
9c13a46e 186 (funcall (or electric-help-orig-major-mode 'fundamental-mode))
88c269cb 187 (error nil))
71296446 188
88c269cb 189 (set-window-configuration config)
d05c87ac 190 (when bury
f55e4a7e 191 ;;>> Perhaps this shouldn't be done,
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192 ;; so that when we say "Press space to bury" we mean it
193 (replace-buffer-in-windows buffer)
194 ;; must do this outside of save-window-excursion
195 (bury-buffer buffer))
db30b383 196 (eval electric-help-form-to-execute))))
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197
198(defun electric-help-command-loop ()
199 (catch 'exit
200 (if (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max))
7bccdfbc 201 (progn (message "%s" (substitute-command-keys "<<< Press Space to bury the help buffer, Press \\[electric-help-retain] to retain it >>>"))
70447f8c 202 (if (equal (setq unread-command-events (list (read-event)))
3d5b307e 203 '(?\s))
dbc4e1c1 204 (progn (setq unread-command-events nil)
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205 (throw 'exit t)))))
206 (let (up down both neither
e0db3d3f 207 (standard (and (eq (key-binding " " nil t)
a2535589 208 'scroll-up)
e0db3d3f 209 (eq (key-binding "\^?" nil t)
a2535589 210 'scroll-down)
e0db3d3f 211 (eq (key-binding "q" nil t)
e27ef4db 212 'electric-help-exit)
e0db3d3f 213 (eq (key-binding "r" nil t)
e27ef4db 214 'electric-help-retain))))
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215 (Electric-command-loop
216 'exit
217 (function (lambda ()
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218 (sit-for 0) ;necessary if last command was end-of-buffer or
219 ;beginning-of-buffer - otherwise pos-visible-in-window-p
f98e758c 220 ;will yield a wrong result.
a2535589 221 (let ((min (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-min)))
1d4c1257 222 (max (pos-visible-in-window-p (1- (point-max)))))
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223 (cond (isearch-mode 'noprompt)
224 ((and min max)
e27ef4db 225 (cond (standard "Press q to exit, r to retain ")
a2535589 226 (neither)
e27ef4db 227 (t (setq neither (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[electric-help-exit] to exit, \\[electric-help-retain] to retain ")))))
a2535589 228 (min
e27ef4db 229 (cond (standard "Press SPC to scroll, q to exit, r to retain ")
a2535589 230 (up)
e27ef4db 231 (t (setq up (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-up] to scroll, \\[electric-help-exit] to exit, \\[electric-help-retain] to retain ")))))
a2535589 232 (max
f98e758c 233 (cond (standard "Press DEL to scroll back, q to exit, r to retain ")
a2535589 234 (down)
e27ef4db 235 (t (setq down (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-down] to scroll back, \\[electric-help-exit] to exit, \\[electric-help-retain] to retain ")))))
a2535589 236 (t
f98e758c 237 (cond (standard "Press SPC to scroll, DEL to scroll back, q to exit, r to retain ")
a2535589 238 (both)
e27ef4db 239 (t (setq both (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-up] to scroll, \\[scroll-down] to scroll back, \\[electric-help-exit] to exit, \\[electric-help-retain] to retain ")))))))))
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240 t))))
241
242
243\f
244;(defun electric-help-scroll-up (arg)
245; ">>>Doc"
246; (interactive "P")
247; (if (and (null arg) (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max)))
248; (electric-help-exit)
249; (scroll-up arg)))
250
251(defun electric-help-exit ()
24501f03 252 "Exit `with-electric-help', restoring the previous window/buffer configuration.
9201fa06 253\(The *Help* buffer will be buried.)"
a2535589 254 (interactive)
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255 ;; Make sure that we don't throw twice, even if two events cause
256 ;; calling this function:
257 (if (memq 'electric-help-retain mouse-leave-buffer-hook)
258 (progn
259 (remove-hook 'mouse-leave-buffer-hook 'electric-help-retain)
260 (throw 'exit t))))
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261
262(defun electric-help-retain ()
24501f03 263 "Exit `with-electric-help', retaining the current window/buffer configuration.
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264\(The *Help* buffer will not be selected, but \\[switch-to-buffer-other-window] RET
265will select it.)"
266 (interactive)
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267 ;; Make sure that we don't throw twice, even if two events cause
268 ;; calling this function:
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269 (if (memq 'electric-help-retain mouse-leave-buffer-hook)
270 (progn
271 (remove-hook 'mouse-leave-buffer-hook 'electric-help-retain)
272 (throw 'exit '(retain)))))
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273
274
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275(defun electric-help-undefined ()
276 (interactive)
277 (error "%s is undefined -- Press %s to exit"
278 (mapconcat 'single-key-description (this-command-keys) " ")
e0db3d3f 279 (if (eq (key-binding "q" nil t) 'electric-help-exit)
f98e758c 280 "q"
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281 (substitute-command-keys "\\[electric-help-exit]"))))
282
283
284;>>> this needs to be hairified (recursive help, anybody?)
285(defun electric-help-help ()
286 (interactive)
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287 (if (and (eq (key-binding "q" nil t) 'electric-help-exit)
288 (eq (key-binding " " nil t) 'scroll-up)
289 (eq (key-binding "\^?" nil t) 'scroll-down)
290 (eq (key-binding "r" nil t) 'electric-help-retain))
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291 (message "SPC scrolls up, DEL scrolls down, q exits burying help buffer, r exits")
292 (message "%s" (substitute-command-keys "\\[scroll-up] scrolls up, \\[scroll-down] scrolls down, \\[electric-help-exit] exits burying help buffer, \\[electric-help-retain] exits")))
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293 (sit-for 2))
294
295\f
9dd2b34e 296;;;###autoload
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297(defun electric-helpify (fun &optional name)
298 (let ((name (or name "*Help*")))
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299 (if (save-window-excursion
300 ;; kludge-o-rama
d5d105e8 301 (let* ((p (symbol-function 'help-print-return-message))
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302 (b (get-buffer name))
303 (m (buffer-modified-p b)))
304 (and b (not (get-buffer-window b))
305 (setq b nil))
306 (unwind-protect
307 (progn
308 (message "%s..." (capitalize (symbol-name fun)))
309 ;; with-output-to-temp-buffer marks the buffer as unmodified.
310 ;; kludging excessively and relying on that as some sort
311 ;; of indication leads to the following abomination...
312 ;;>> This would be doable without such icky kludges if either
313 ;;>> (a) there were a function to read the interactive
314 ;;>> args for a command and return a list of those args.
315 ;;>> (To which one would then just apply the command)
316 ;;>> (The only problem with this is that interactive-p
317 ;;>> would break, but that is such a misfeature in
318 ;;>> any case that I don't care)
319 ;;>> It is easy to do this for emacs-lisp functions;
320 ;;>> the only problem is getting the interactive spec
321 ;;>> for subrs
322 ;;>> (b) there were a function which returned a
323 ;;>> modification-tick for a buffer. One could tell
324 ;;>> whether a buffer had changed by whether the
325 ;;>> modification-tick were different.
326 ;;>> (Presumably there would have to be a way to either
327 ;;>> restore the tick to some previous value, or to
328 ;;>> suspend updating of the tick in order to allow
329 ;;>> things like momentary-string-display)
330 (and b
7fdbcd83 331 (with-current-buffer b
a2535589 332 (set-buffer-modified-p t)))
d5d105e8 333 (fset 'help-print-return-message 'ignore)
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334 (call-interactively fun)
335 (and (get-buffer name)
336 (get-buffer-window (get-buffer name))
337 (or (not b)
338 (not (eq b (get-buffer name)))
339 (not (buffer-modified-p b)))))
d5d105e8 340 (fset 'help-print-return-message p)
a2535589 341 (and b (buffer-name b)
7fdbcd83 342 (with-current-buffer b
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343 (set-buffer-modified-p m))))))
344 (with-electric-help 'ignore name t))))
345
346\f
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71296446 348;; This is to be bound to M-x in ehelp mode. Retains ehelp buffer and then
f98e758c 349;; continues with execute-extended-command.
2fbc1934 350(defun electric-help-execute-extended (_prefixarg)
f98e758c 351 (interactive "p")
db30b383 352 (setq electric-help-form-to-execute '(execute-extended-command nil))
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353 (electric-help-retain))
354
355;; This is to be buond to C-x in ehelp mode. Retains ehelp buffer and then
356;; continues with ctrl-x prefix.
2fbc1934 357(defun electric-help-ctrl-x-prefix (_prefixarg)
f98e758c 358 (interactive "p")
db30b383 359 (setq electric-help-form-to-execute '(progn (message nil) (setq unread-command-char ?\C-x)))
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360 (electric-help-retain))
361
362\f
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363(defun electric-describe-key ()
364 (interactive)
365 (electric-helpify 'describe-key))
366
367(defun electric-describe-mode ()
368 (interactive)
369 (electric-helpify 'describe-mode))
370
371(defun electric-view-lossage ()
372 (interactive)
373 (electric-helpify 'view-lossage))
374
375;(defun electric-help-for-help ()
376; "See help-for-help"
377; (interactive)
378; )
379
380(defun electric-describe-function ()
381 (interactive)
382 (electric-helpify 'describe-function))
383
384(defun electric-describe-variable ()
385 (interactive)
386 (electric-helpify 'describe-variable))
387
388(defun electric-describe-bindings ()
389 (interactive)
390 (electric-helpify 'describe-bindings))
391
392(defun electric-describe-syntax ()
393 (interactive)
394 (electric-helpify 'describe-syntax))
395
396(defun electric-command-apropos ()
397 (interactive)
1676b298 398 (electric-helpify 'command-apropos "*Apropos*"))
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399
400;(define-key help-map "a" 'electric-command-apropos)
401
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402(defun electric-apropos ()
403 (interactive)
404 (electric-helpify 'apropos))
a2535589 405
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406\f
407;;;; ehelp-map
408
3fd29551 409(defvar ehelp-map
71296446 410 (let ((map (copy-keymap help-map)))
f98e758c 411 (substitute-key-definition 'apropos 'electric-apropos map)
e27ef4db 412 (substitute-key-definition 'command-apropos 'electric-command-apropos map)
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413 (substitute-key-definition 'describe-key 'electric-describe-key map)
414 (substitute-key-definition 'describe-mode 'electric-describe-mode map)
415 (substitute-key-definition 'view-lossage 'electric-view-lossage map)
416 (substitute-key-definition 'describe-function 'electric-describe-function map)
417 (substitute-key-definition 'describe-variable 'electric-describe-variable map)
418 (substitute-key-definition 'describe-bindings 'electric-describe-bindings map)
419 (substitute-key-definition 'describe-syntax 'electric-describe-syntax map)
3fd29551 420 map))
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421
422;;;###(autoload 'ehelp-command "ehelp" "Prefix command for ehelp." t 'keymap)
423(defalias 'ehelp-command ehelp-map)
424(put 'ehelp-command 'documentation "Prefix command for ehelp.")
a2535589 425
71296446 426(provide 'ehelp)
49116ac0 427
c0274f38 428;;; ehelp.el ends here