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b670783a 1;;; tooltip.el --- show tooltip windows
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18385083 3;; Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5;; Author: Gerd Moellmann <gerd@acm.org>
6;; Keywords: help c mouse tools
7
8;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
9
10;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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14
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19
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22;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
23;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
24
25;;; Commentary:
26
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27;;; Code:
28
60516f7b 29(eval-when-compile (require 'cl)) ; for case macro
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31\f
32;;; Customizable settings
33
34(defgroup tooltip nil
35 "Customization group for the `tooltip' package."
36 :group 'help
3e6ed970 37 :group 'gud
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38 :group 'mouse
39 :group 'tools
01b23b99 40 :version "21.1"
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41 :tag "Tool Tips")
42
01b23b99 43(defvar tooltip-mode)
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88751b11 45(defcustom tooltip-delay 0.7
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46 "Seconds to wait before displaying a tooltip the first time."
47 :tag "Delay"
48 :type 'number
49 :group 'tooltip)
50
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51(defcustom tooltip-short-delay 0.1
52 "Seconds to wait between subsequent tooltips on different items."
53 :tag "Short delay"
54 :type 'number
55 :group 'tooltip)
56
7840ced1 57(defcustom tooltip-recent-seconds 1
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58 "Display tooltips if changing tip items within this many seconds.
59Do so after `tooltip-short-delay'."
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60 :tag "Recent seconds"
61 :type 'number
62 :group 'tooltip)
63
88751b11 64(defcustom tooltip-hide-delay 10
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65 "Hide tooltips automatically after this many seconds."
66 :tag "Hide delay"
67 :type 'number
68 :group 'tooltip)
69
e4df9b40 70(defcustom tooltip-x-offset nil
37a29d46 71 "X offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips.
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72The offset is relative to the position of the mouse. It must
73be chosen so that the tooltip window doesn't contain the mouse
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74when it pops up. If the value is nil, the default offset is 5
75pixels.
76
77If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `left' parameter,
78the value of `tooltip-x-offset' is ignored."
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79 :tag "X offset"
80 :type '(choice (const :tag "Default" nil)
81 (integer :tag "Offset" :value 1))
82 :group 'tooltip)
83
e4df9b40 84(defcustom tooltip-y-offset nil
37a29d46 85 "Y offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips.
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86The offset is relative to the position of the mouse. It must
87be chosen so that the tooltip window doesn't contain the mouse
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88when it pops up. If the value is nil, the default offset is -10
89pixels.
90
91If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `top' parameter,
92the value of `tooltip-y-offset' is ignored."
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93 :tag "Y offset"
94 :type '(choice (const :tag "Default" nil)
95 (integer :tag "Offset" :value 1))
96 :group 'tooltip)
97
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98(defcustom tooltip-frame-parameters
99 '((name . "tooltip")
7840ced1 100 (internal-border-width . 5)
7840ced1 101 (border-width . 1))
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102 "Frame parameters used for tooltips.
103
104If `left' or `top' parameters are included, they specify the absolute
105position to pop up the tooltip."
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106 :type 'sexp
107 :tag "Frame Parameters"
108 :group 'tooltip)
109
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110(defface tooltip
111 '((((class color))
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112 :background "lightyellow"
113 :foreground "black"
114 :inherit variable-pitch)
115 (t
116 :inherit variable-pitch))
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117 "Face for tooltips."
118 :group 'tooltip)
119
7840ced1 120(defcustom tooltip-gud-tips-p nil
321ce330 121 "*Non-nil means show tooltips in GUD sessions."
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122 :type 'boolean
123 :tag "GUD"
c39e8983 124 :set #'(lambda (symbol on)
dea87733 125 (setq tooltip-gud-tips-p on))
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126 :group 'tooltip)
127
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128(defcustom tooltip-gud-modes '(gud-mode c-mode c++-mode)
129 "List of modes for which to enable GUD tips."
130 :type 'sexp
131 :tag "GUD modes"
132 :group 'tooltip)
133
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134(defcustom tooltip-gud-display
135 '((eq (tooltip-event-buffer tooltip-gud-event)
136 (marker-buffer overlay-arrow-position)))
137 "List of forms determining where GUD tooltips are displayed.
138
139Forms in the list are combined with AND. The default is to display
140only tooltips in the buffer containing the overlay arrow."
141 :type 'sexp
142 :tag "GUD buffers predicate"
143 :group 'tooltip)
144
72200f89 145(defcustom tooltip-use-echo-area nil
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146 "Use the echo area instead of tooltip frames.
147This is only relevant GUD display, since otherwise it is equivalent to
148turning off Tooltip mode."
72200f89 149 :type 'boolean
e775fcc4 150 :tag "Use echo area"
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151 :group 'tooltip)
152
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153\f
154;;; Variables that are not customizable.
155
156(defvar tooltip-hook nil
157 "Functions to call to display tooltips.
158Each function is called with one argument EVENT which is a copy of
159the last mouse movement event that occurred.")
160
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161(defvar tooltip-timeout-id nil
162 "The id of the timeout started when Emacs becomes idle.")
163
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164(defvar tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event nil
165 "A copy of the last mouse motion event seen.")
166
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167(defvar tooltip-hide-time nil
168 "Time when the last tooltip was hidden.")
169
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170\f
171;;; Event accessors
172
173(defun tooltip-event-buffer (event)
174 "Return the buffer over which event EVENT occurred.
175This might return nil if the event did not occur over a buffer."
176 (let ((window (posn-window (event-end event))))
177 (and window (window-buffer window))))
178
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179\f
180;;; Switching tooltips on/off
181
182;; We don't set track-mouse globally because this is a big redisplay
183;; problem in buffers having a pre-command-hook or such installed,
184;; which does a set-buffer, like the summary buffer of Gnus. Calling
185;; set-buffer prevents redisplay optimizations, so every mouse motion
186;; would be accompanied by a full redisplay.
187
188;;;###autoload
189(defun tooltip-mode (&optional arg)
190 "Mode for tooltip display.
191With ARG, turn tooltip mode on if and only if ARG is positive."
192 (interactive "P")
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193 (unless (fboundp 'x-show-tip)
194 (error "Sorry, tooltips are not yet available on this system"))
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195 (let* ((on (if arg
196 (> (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0)
197 (not tooltip-mode)))
198 (hook-fn (if on 'add-hook 'remove-hook)))
199 (setq tooltip-mode on)
200 (funcall hook-fn 'change-major-mode-hook 'tooltip-change-major-mode)
201 (tooltip-activate-mouse-motions-if-enabled)
202 (funcall hook-fn 'pre-command-hook 'tooltip-hide)
203 (funcall hook-fn 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-gud-tips)
204 (funcall hook-fn 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-help-tips)
205 (setq show-help-function (if on 'tooltip-show-help-function nil))
206 ;; `ignore' is the default binding for mouse movements.
207 (define-key global-map [mouse-movement]
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208 (if on 'tooltip-mouse-motion 'ignore))))
209
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210\f
211;;; Timeout for tooltip display
212
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213(defun tooltip-delay ()
214 "Return the delay in seconds for the next tooltip."
215 (let ((delay tooltip-delay)
a1f84f6d 216 (now (float-time)))
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217 (when (and tooltip-hide-time
218 (< (- now tooltip-hide-time) tooltip-recent-seconds))
219 (setq delay tooltip-short-delay))
220 delay))
221
06f76f9f 222(defun tooltip-cancel-delayed-tip ()
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223 "Disable the tooltip timeout."
224 (when tooltip-timeout-id
225 (disable-timeout tooltip-timeout-id)
226 (setq tooltip-timeout-id nil)))
227
06f76f9f 228(defun tooltip-start-delayed-tip ()
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229 "Add a one-shot timeout to call function tooltip-timeout."
230 (setq tooltip-timeout-id
231 (add-timeout (tooltip-delay) 'tooltip-timeout nil)))
232
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233(defun tooltip-timeout (object)
234 "Function called when timer with id tooltip-timeout-id fires."
235 (run-hook-with-args-until-success 'tooltip-hook
236 tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event))
237
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238\f
239;;; Reacting on mouse movements
240
241(defun tooltip-change-major-mode ()
242 "Function added to `change-major-mode-hook' when tooltip mode is on."
243 (add-hook 'post-command-hook 'tooltip-activate-mouse-motions-if-enabled))
244
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245(defun tooltip-activate-mouse-motions-if-enabled ()
246 "Reconsider for all buffers whether mouse motion events are desired."
247 (remove-hook 'post-command-hook 'tooltip-activate-mouse-motions-if-enabled)
248 (let ((buffers (buffer-list)))
249 (save-excursion
250 (while buffers
251 (set-buffer (car buffers))
252 (if (and tooltip-mode
253 tooltip-gud-tips-p
254 (memq major-mode tooltip-gud-modes))
255 (tooltip-activate-mouse-motions t)
256 (tooltip-activate-mouse-motions nil))
257 (setq buffers (cdr buffers))))))
258
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259(defvar tooltip-mouse-motions-active nil
260 "Locally t in a buffer if tooltip processing of mouse motion is enabled.")
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261
262(defun tooltip-activate-mouse-motions (activatep)
263 "Activate/deactivate mouse motion events for the current buffer.
264ACTIVATEP non-nil means activate mouse motion events."
265 (if activatep
266 (progn
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267 (make-local-variable 'tooltip-mouse-motions-active)
268 (setq tooltip-mouse-motions-active t)
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269 (make-local-variable 'track-mouse)
270 (setq track-mouse t))
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271 (when tooltip-mouse-motions-active
272 (kill-local-variable 'tooltip-mouse-motions-active)
273 (kill-local-variable 'track-mouse))))
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274
275(defun tooltip-mouse-motion (event)
276 "Command handler for mouse movement events in `global-map'."
277 (interactive "e")
278 (tooltip-hide)
279 (when (car (mouse-pixel-position))
280 (setq tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event (copy-sequence event))
06f76f9f 281 (tooltip-start-delayed-tip)))
7840ced1 282
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283\f
284;;; Displaying tips
285
2621f5a9 286(defun tooltip-set-param (alist key value)
4b2bb9be 287 "Change the value of KEY in alist ALIST to VALUE.
f1180544 288If there's no association for KEY in ALIST, add one, otherwise
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289change the existing association. Value is the resulting alist."
290 (let ((param (assq key alist)))
291 (if (consp param)
292 (setcdr param value)
293 (push (cons key value) alist))
294 alist))
295
7840ced1 296(defun tooltip-show (text)
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297 "Show a tooltip window displaying TEXT.
298
299Text larger than `x-max-tooltip-size' (which see) is clipped.
300
301If the alist in `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes `left' and `top'
302parameters, they determine the x and y position where the tooltip
303is displayed. Otherwise, the tooltip pops at offsets specified by
304`tooltip-x-offset' and `tooltip-y-offset' from the current mouse
305position."
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306 (if tooltip-use-echo-area
307 (message "%s" text)
e5603149 308 (condition-case error
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309 (let ((params (copy-sequence tooltip-frame-parameters))
310 (fg (face-attribute 'tooltip :foreground))
311 (bg (face-attribute 'tooltip :background)))
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312 (when (stringp fg)
313 (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'foreground-color fg))
314 (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'border-color fg)))
315 (when (stringp bg)
316 (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'background-color bg)))
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317 (x-show-tip (propertize text 'face 'tooltip)
318 (selected-frame)
f3b05e99 319 params
a93c8ba8 320 tooltip-hide-delay
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321 tooltip-x-offset
322 tooltip-y-offset))
f1180544 323 (error
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324 (message "Error while displaying tooltip: %s" error)
325 (sit-for 1)
326 (message "%s" text)))))
327
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328(defun tooltip-hide (&optional ignored-arg)
329 "Hide a tooltip, if one is displayed.
330Value is non-nil if tooltip was open."
06f76f9f 331 (tooltip-cancel-delayed-tip)
7840ced1 332 (when (x-hide-tip)
a1f84f6d 333 (setq tooltip-hide-time (float-time))))
7840ced1 334
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335\f
336;;; Debugger-related functions
337
338(defun tooltip-identifier-from-point (point)
339 "Extract the identifier at POINT, if any.
340Value is nil if no identifier exists at point. Identifier extraction
341is based on the current syntax table."
342 (save-excursion
343 (goto-char point)
344 (let ((start (progn (skip-syntax-backward "w_") (point))))
345 (unless (looking-at "[0-9]")
346 (skip-syntax-forward "w_")
347 (when (> (point) start)
348 (buffer-substring start (point)))))))
349
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350(defmacro tooltip-region-active-p ()
351 "Value is non-nil if the region is currently active."
352 (if (string-match "^GNU" (emacs-version))
353 `(and transient-mark-mode mark-active)
354 `(region-active-p)))
355
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356(defun tooltip-expr-to-print (event)
357 "Return an expression that should be printed for EVENT.
358If a region is active and the mouse is inside the region, print
359the region. Otherwise, figure out the identifier around the point
360where the mouse is."
361 (save-excursion
362 (set-buffer (tooltip-event-buffer event))
363 (let ((point (posn-point (event-end event))))
364 (if (tooltip-region-active-p)
365 (when (and (<= (region-beginning) point) (<= point (region-end)))
366 (buffer-substring (region-beginning) (region-end)))
367 (tooltip-identifier-from-point point)))))
368
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369(defun tooltip-process-prompt-regexp (process)
370 "Return regexp matching the prompt of PROCESS at the end of a string.
371The prompt is taken from the value of COMINT-PROMPT-REGEXP in the buffer
372of PROCESS."
373 (let ((prompt-regexp (save-excursion
374 (set-buffer (process-buffer process))
375 comint-prompt-regexp)))
376 ;; Most start with `^' but the one for `sdb' cannot be easily
377 ;; stripped. Code the prompt for `sdb' fixed here.
378 (if (= (aref prompt-regexp 0) ?^)
379 (setq prompt-regexp (substring prompt-regexp 1))
380 (setq prompt-regexp "\\*"))
381 (concat "\n*" prompt-regexp "$")))
382
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383(defun tooltip-strip-prompt (process output)
384 "Return OUTPUT with any prompt of PROCESS stripped from its end."
385 (let ((prompt-regexp (tooltip-process-prompt-regexp process)))
386 (save-match-data
387 (when (string-match prompt-regexp output)
388 (setq output (substring output 0 (match-beginning 0)))))
389 output))
390
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391\f
392;;; Tips for `gud'
393
394(defvar tooltip-gud-original-filter nil
395 "Process filter to restore after GUD output has been received.")
396
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397(defvar tooltip-gud-dereference nil
398 "Non-nil means print expressions with a `*' in front of them.
399For C this would dereference a pointer expression.")
400
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401(defvar tooltip-gud-event nil
402 "The mouse movement event that led to a tooltip display.
403This event can be examined by forms in TOOLTIP-GUD-DISPLAY.")
404
7840ced1 405(defun tooltip-gud-toggle-dereference ()
024e5da6 406 "Toggle whether tooltips should show `* expr' or `expr'."
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407 (interactive)
408 (setq tooltip-gud-dereference (not tooltip-gud-dereference))
409 (when (interactive-p)
410 (message "Dereferencing is now %s."
411 (if tooltip-gud-dereference "on" "off"))))
412
f1180544 413; This will only display data that comes in one chunk.
5ce0fb91 414; Larger arrays (say 400 elements) are displayed in
58e10469 415; the tootip incompletely and spill over into the gud buffer.
5ce0fb91 416; Switching the process-filter creates timing problems and
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417; it may be difficult to do better. gdba in gdb-ui.el
418; gets round this problem.
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419(defun tooltip-gud-process-output (process output)
420 "Process debugger output and show it in a tooltip window."
421 (set-process-filter process tooltip-gud-original-filter)
58e10469 422 (tooltip-show (tooltip-strip-prompt process output)))
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423
424(defun tooltip-gud-print-command (expr)
425 "Return a suitable command to print the expression EXPR.
426If TOOLTIP-GUD-DEREFERENCE is t, also prepend a `*' to EXPR."
427 (when tooltip-gud-dereference
428 (setq expr (concat "*" expr)))
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429 (case gud-minor-mode
430 ((gdb gdba) (concat "server print " expr))
9e06a930 431 (dbx (concat "print " expr))
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432 (xdb (concat "p " expr))
433 (sdb (concat expr "/"))
434 (perldb expr)))
a1f84f6d 435
7840ced1 436(defun tooltip-gud-tips (event)
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437 "Show tip for identifier or selection under the mouse.
438The mouse must either point at an identifier or inside a selected
439region for the tip window to be shown. If tooltip-gud-dereference is t,
440add a `*' in front of the printed expression.
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441
442This function must return nil if it doesn't handle EVENT."
443 (let (gud-buffer process)
444 (when (and (eventp event)
445 tooltip-gud-tips-p
446 (boundp 'gud-comint-buffer)
447 (setq gud-buffer gud-comint-buffer)
448 (setq process (get-buffer-process gud-buffer))
449 (posn-point (event-end event))
450 (progn (setq tooltip-gud-event event)
451 (eval (cons 'and tooltip-gud-display))))
452 (let ((expr (tooltip-expr-to-print event)))
453 (when expr
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454 (let ((cmd (tooltip-gud-print-command expr)))
455 (unless (null cmd) ; CMD can be nil if unknown debugger
58e10469 456 (case gud-minor-mode
f1180544 457 (gdba (gdb-enqueue-input
58e10469 458 (list (concat cmd "\n") 'gdb-tooltip-print)))
f1180544 459 (t
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460 (setq tooltip-gud-original-filter (process-filter process))
461 (set-process-filter process 'tooltip-gud-process-output)
462 (gud-basic-call cmd)))
463 expr)))))))
464
465(defun gdb-tooltip-print ()
f1180544 466 (tooltip-show
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467 (with-current-buffer (gdb-get-buffer 'gdb-partial-output-buffer)
468 (buffer-string))))
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469
470\f
471;;; Tooltip help.
472
473(defvar tooltip-help-message nil
474 "The last help message received via `tooltip-show-help-function'.")
475
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476(defun tooltip-show-help-function (msg)
477 "Function installed as `show-help-function'.
478MSG is either a help string to display, or nil to cancel the display."
479 (let ((previous-help tooltip-help-message))
480 (setq tooltip-help-message msg)
481 (cond ((null msg)
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482 ;; Cancel display. This also cancels a delayed tip, if
483 ;; there is one.
7840ced1 484 (tooltip-hide))
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485 ((equal previous-help msg)
486 ;; Same help as before (but possibly the mouse has moved).
487 ;; Keep what we have.
488 )
7840ced1 489 (t
f1180544 490 ;; A different help. Remove a previous tooltip, and
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491 ;; display a new one, with some delay.
492 (tooltip-hide)
493 (tooltip-start-delayed-tip)))))
7840ced1 494
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495(defun tooltip-help-tips (event)
496 "Hook function to display a help tooltip.
06f76f9f 497This is installed on the hook `tooltip-hook', which is run when
110c171f 498the timer with ID `tooltip-timeout-id' fires.
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499Value is non-nil if this function handled the tip."
500 (when (stringp tooltip-help-message)
501 (tooltip-show tooltip-help-message)
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502 t))
503
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505;;; Do this after all functions have been defined that are called from
506;;; `tooltip-mode'. The actual default value of `tooltip-mode' is set
507;;; in startup.el.
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508
509;;;###autoload
510(defcustom tooltip-mode nil
dbc165ff 511 "Non-nil if Tooltip mode is enabled.
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512Setting this variable directly does not take effect;
513use either \\[customize] or the function `tooltip-mode'."
514 :set (lambda (symbol value)
515 (tooltip-mode (or value 0)))
516 :initialize 'custom-initialize-default
7840ced1 517 :type 'boolean
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518 :require 'tooltip
519 :group 'tooltip)
520
5ce0fb91 521(provide 'tooltip)
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18385083 523;; arch-tag: 3d61135e-4618-4a78-af28-183f6df5636f
7840ced1 524;;; tooltip.el ends here