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b670783a 1;;; tooltip.el --- show tooltip windows
7840ced1 2
0d30b337 3;; Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
409cc4a3 4;; 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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6;; Author: Gerd Moellmann <gerd@acm.org>
7;; Keywords: help c mouse tools
8
9;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
10
eb3fa2cf 11;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
7840ced1 12;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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13;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
14;; (at your option) any later version.
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16;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
17;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
18;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
19;; GNU General Public License for more details.
20
21;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
eb3fa2cf 22;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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23
24;;; Commentary:
25
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26;;; Code:
27
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28(defvar comint-prompt-regexp)
29
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30(defgroup tooltip nil
31 "Customization group for the `tooltip' package."
32 :group 'help
33 :group 'gud
34 :group 'mouse
35 :group 'tools
36 :version "21.1"
37 :tag "Tool Tips")
38\f
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39;;; Switching tooltips on/off
40
e85dcd95 41(define-minor-mode tooltip-mode
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42 "Toggle Tooltip mode.
43With ARG, turn Tooltip mode on if and only if ARG is positive.
4c08ab31 44When this minor mode is enabled, Emacs displays help text
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45in a pop-up window for buttons and menu items that you put the mouse on.
46\(However, if `tooltip-use-echo-area' is non-nil, this and
47all pop-up help appears in the echo area.)
48
49When Tooltip mode is disabled, Emacs displays one line of
50the help text in the echo area, and does not make a pop-up window."
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51 :global t
52 :init-value (not (or noninteractive
53 emacs-basic-display
54 (not (display-graphic-p))
55 (not (fboundp 'x-show-tip))))
56 :initialize 'custom-initialize-safe-default
57 :group 'tooltip
58 (unless (or (null tooltip-mode) (fboundp 'x-show-tip))
59 (error "Sorry, tooltips are not yet available on this system"))
60 (if tooltip-mode
61 (progn
62 (add-hook 'pre-command-hook 'tooltip-hide)
63 (add-hook 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-help-tips))
64 (unless (and (boundp 'gud-tooltip-mode) gud-tooltip-mode)
65 (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook 'tooltip-hide))
66 (remove-hook 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-help-tips))
67 (setq show-help-function
14c0a34d 68 (if tooltip-mode 'tooltip-show-help 'tooltip-show-help-non-mode)))
7840ced1 69
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70\f
71;;; Customizable settings
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88751b11 73(defcustom tooltip-delay 0.7
7840ced1 74 "Seconds to wait before displaying a tooltip the first time."
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75 :type 'number
76 :group 'tooltip)
77
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78(defcustom tooltip-short-delay 0.1
79 "Seconds to wait between subsequent tooltips on different items."
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80 :type 'number
81 :group 'tooltip)
82
7840ced1 83(defcustom tooltip-recent-seconds 1
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84 "Display tooltips if changing tip items within this many seconds.
85Do so after `tooltip-short-delay'."
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86 :type 'number
87 :group 'tooltip)
88
88751b11 89(defcustom tooltip-hide-delay 10
a93c8ba8 90 "Hide tooltips automatically after this many seconds."
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91 :type 'number
92 :group 'tooltip)
93
5fddd8e6 94(defcustom tooltip-x-offset 5
37a29d46 95 "X offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips.
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96The offset is the distance between the X position of the mouse and
97the left border of the tooltip window. It must be chosen so that the
98tooltip window doesn't contain the mouse when it pops up, or it may
99interfere with clicking where you wish.
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101If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `left' parameter,
102the value of `tooltip-x-offset' is ignored."
5fddd8e6 103 :type 'integer
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104 :group 'tooltip)
105
48736093 106(defcustom tooltip-y-offset +20
37a29d46 107 "Y offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips.
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108The offset is the distance between the Y position of the mouse and
109the top border of the tooltip window. It must be chosen so that the
110tooltip window doesn't contain the mouse when it pops up, or it may
111interfere with clicking where you wish.
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112
113If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `top' parameter,
114the value of `tooltip-y-offset' is ignored."
5fddd8e6 115 :type 'integer
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116 :group 'tooltip)
117
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118(defcustom tooltip-frame-parameters
119 '((name . "tooltip")
5fddd8e6 120 (internal-border-width . 2)
7840ced1 121 (border-width . 1))
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122 "Frame parameters used for tooltips.
123
124If `left' or `top' parameters are included, they specify the absolute
125position to pop up the tooltip."
7840ced1 126 :type 'sexp
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127 :group 'tooltip)
128
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129(defface tooltip
130 '((((class color))
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131 :background "lightyellow"
132 :foreground "black"
133 :inherit variable-pitch)
134 (t
135 :inherit variable-pitch))
2621f5a9 136 "Face for tooltips."
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137 :group 'tooltip
138 :group 'basic-faces)
2621f5a9 139
90aff7c6 140(defcustom tooltip-use-echo-area nil
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141 "Use the echo area instead of tooltip frames for help and GUD tooltips.
142To display multi-line help text in the echo area, set this to t
143and enable `tooltip-mode'."
90aff7c6 144 :type 'boolean
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145 :group 'tooltip)
146
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147\f
148;;; Variables that are not customizable.
149
150(defvar tooltip-hook nil
151 "Functions to call to display tooltips.
152Each function is called with one argument EVENT which is a copy of
153the last mouse movement event that occurred.")
154
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155(defvar tooltip-timeout-id nil
156 "The id of the timeout started when Emacs becomes idle.")
157
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158(defvar tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event nil
159 "A copy of the last mouse motion event seen.")
160
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161(defvar tooltip-hide-time nil
162 "Time when the last tooltip was hidden.")
163
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164(defvar gud-tooltip-mode) ;; Prevent warning.
165
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166;;; Event accessors
167
168(defun tooltip-event-buffer (event)
169 "Return the buffer over which event EVENT occurred.
170This might return nil if the event did not occur over a buffer."
171 (let ((window (posn-window (event-end event))))
172 (and window (window-buffer window))))
173
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174\f
175;;; Timeout for tooltip display
176
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177(defun tooltip-delay ()
178 "Return the delay in seconds for the next tooltip."
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179 (if (and tooltip-hide-time
180 (< (- (float-time) tooltip-hide-time) tooltip-recent-seconds))
181 tooltip-short-delay
182 tooltip-delay))
7840ced1 183
06f76f9f 184(defun tooltip-cancel-delayed-tip ()
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185 "Disable the tooltip timeout."
186 (when tooltip-timeout-id
187 (disable-timeout tooltip-timeout-id)
188 (setq tooltip-timeout-id nil)))
189
06f76f9f 190(defun tooltip-start-delayed-tip ()
04cedb11 191 "Add a one-shot timeout to call function `tooltip-timeout'."
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192 (setq tooltip-timeout-id
193 (add-timeout (tooltip-delay) 'tooltip-timeout nil)))
194
7840ced1 195(defun tooltip-timeout (object)
04cedb11 196 "Function called when timer with id `tooltip-timeout-id' fires."
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197 (run-hook-with-args-until-success 'tooltip-hook
198 tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event))
199
7840ced1 200\f
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201;;; Displaying tips
202
2621f5a9 203(defun tooltip-set-param (alist key value)
4b2bb9be 204 "Change the value of KEY in alist ALIST to VALUE.
f1180544 205If there's no association for KEY in ALIST, add one, otherwise
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206change the existing association. Value is the resulting alist."
207 (let ((param (assq key alist)))
208 (if (consp param)
209 (setcdr param value)
210 (push (cons key value) alist))
211 alist))
212
cae07240 213(defun tooltip-show (text &optional use-echo-area)
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214 "Show a tooltip window displaying TEXT.
215
1d6197fb 216Text larger than `x-max-tooltip-size' is clipped.
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218If the alist in `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes `left' and `top'
219parameters, they determine the x and y position where the tooltip
220is displayed. Otherwise, the tooltip pops at offsets specified by
221`tooltip-x-offset' and `tooltip-y-offset' from the current mouse
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222position.
223
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224Optional second arg USE-ECHO-AREA non-nil means to show tooltip
225in echo area."
226 (if use-echo-area
14c0a34d 227 (tooltip-show-help-non-mode text)
e5603149 228 (condition-case error
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229 (let ((params (copy-sequence tooltip-frame-parameters))
230 (fg (face-attribute 'tooltip :foreground))
231 (bg (face-attribute 'tooltip :background)))
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232 (when (stringp fg)
233 (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'foreground-color fg))
234 (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'border-color fg)))
235 (when (stringp bg)
236 (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'background-color bg)))
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237 (x-show-tip (propertize text 'face 'tooltip)
238 (selected-frame)
f3b05e99 239 params
a93c8ba8 240 tooltip-hide-delay
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241 tooltip-x-offset
242 tooltip-y-offset))
f1180544 243 (error
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244 (message "Error while displaying tooltip: %s" error)
245 (sit-for 1)
246 (message "%s" text)))))
247
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248(defun tooltip-hide (&optional ignored-arg)
249 "Hide a tooltip, if one is displayed.
250Value is non-nil if tooltip was open."
06f76f9f 251 (tooltip-cancel-delayed-tip)
7840ced1 252 (when (x-hide-tip)
a1f84f6d 253 (setq tooltip-hide-time (float-time))))
7840ced1 254
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255\f
256;;; Debugger-related functions
257
258(defun tooltip-identifier-from-point (point)
259 "Extract the identifier at POINT, if any.
260Value is nil if no identifier exists at point. Identifier extraction
261is based on the current syntax table."
262 (save-excursion
263 (goto-char point)
264 (let ((start (progn (skip-syntax-backward "w_") (point))))
265 (unless (looking-at "[0-9]")
266 (skip-syntax-forward "w_")
267 (when (> (point) start)
268 (buffer-substring start (point)))))))
269
7840ced1 270(defmacro tooltip-region-active-p ()
8af7e4bd 271 "Value is non-nil if the region should override command actions."
71dffedd 272 `(use-region-p))
7840ced1 273
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274(defun tooltip-expr-to-print (event)
275 "Return an expression that should be printed for EVENT.
276If a region is active and the mouse is inside the region, print
277the region. Otherwise, figure out the identifier around the point
278where the mouse is."
ece5f847 279 (with-current-buffer (tooltip-event-buffer event)
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280 (let ((point (posn-point (event-end event))))
281 (if (tooltip-region-active-p)
282 (when (and (<= (region-beginning) point) (<= point (region-end)))
283 (buffer-substring (region-beginning) (region-end)))
284 (tooltip-identifier-from-point point)))))
285
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286(defun tooltip-process-prompt-regexp (process)
287 "Return regexp matching the prompt of PROCESS at the end of a string.
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288The prompt is taken from the value of `comint-prompt-regexp' in
289the buffer of PROCESS."
ece5f847 290 (let ((prompt-regexp (with-current-buffer (process-buffer process)
7840ced1 291 comint-prompt-regexp)))
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292 (concat "\n*"
293 ;; Most start with `^' but the one for `sdb' cannot be easily
294 ;; stripped. Code the prompt for `sdb' fixed here.
295 (if (= (aref prompt-regexp 0) ?^)
296 (substring prompt-regexp 1)
297 "\\*")
298 "$")))
7840ced1 299
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300(defun tooltip-strip-prompt (process output)
301 "Return OUTPUT with any prompt of PROCESS stripped from its end."
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302 (save-match-data
303 (if (string-match (tooltip-process-prompt-regexp process) output)
304 (substring output 0 (match-beginning 0))
305 output)))
7840ced1 306
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308;;; Tooltip help.
309
310(defvar tooltip-help-message nil
90aff7c6 311 "The last help message received via `tooltip-show-help'.")
7840ced1 312
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313(defvar tooltip-previous-message nil
314 "The previous content of the echo area.")
315
316(defun tooltip-show-help-non-mode (help)
14c0a34d 317 "Function installed as `show-help-function' when tooltip is off."
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318 (when (and (not (window-minibuffer-p)) ;Don't overwrite minibuffer contents.
319 ;; Don't know how to reproduce it in Elisp:
320 ;; Don't overwrite a keystroke echo.
321 ;; (NILP (echo_message_buffer) || ok_to_overwrite_keystroke_echo)
322 (not cursor-in-echo-area)) ;Don't overwrite a prompt.
323 (cond
324 ((stringp help)
325 (unless tooltip-previous-message
326 (setq tooltip-previous-message (current-message)))
327 (let ((message-truncate-lines t)
328 (message-log-max nil))
329 (message "%s" (replace-regexp-in-string "\n" ", " help))))
330 ((stringp tooltip-previous-message)
331 (let ((message-log-max nil))
332 (message "%s" tooltip-previous-message)
333 (setq tooltip-previous-message nil)))
334 (t
335 (message nil)))))
336
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90aff7c6 338(defun tooltip-show-help (msg)
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339 "Function installed as `show-help-function'.
340MSG is either a help string to display, or nil to cancel the display."
86f0d417 341 (let ((previous-help tooltip-help-message))
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342 (setq tooltip-help-message msg)
343 (cond ((null msg)
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344 ;; Cancel display. This also cancels a delayed tip, if
345 ;; there is one.
7840ced1 346 (tooltip-hide))
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347 ((equal previous-help msg)
348 ;; Same help as before (but possibly the mouse has moved).
349 ;; Keep what we have.
350 )
7840ced1 351 (t
f1180544 352 ;; A different help. Remove a previous tooltip, and
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353 ;; display a new one, with some delay.
354 (tooltip-hide)
355 (tooltip-start-delayed-tip)))))
7840ced1 356
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357(defun tooltip-help-tips (event)
358 "Hook function to display a help tooltip.
06f76f9f 359This is installed on the hook `tooltip-hook', which is run when
04cedb11 360the timer with id `tooltip-timeout-id' fires.
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361Value is non-nil if this function handled the tip."
362 (when (stringp tooltip-help-message)
90aff7c6 363 (tooltip-show tooltip-help-message tooltip-use-echo-area)
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364 t))
365
5ce0fb91 366(provide 'tooltip)
7840ced1 367
18385083 368;; arch-tag: 3d61135e-4618-4a78-af28-183f6df5636f
7840ced1 369;;; tooltip.el ends here