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EmacsLisp
;;; help-mode.el --- `help-mode' used by *Help* buffers
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;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004
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;; Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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;; Maintainer: FSF
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;; Keywords: help, internal
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;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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;; any later version.
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;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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;; GNU General Public License for more details.
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;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
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;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
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;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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;;; Commentary:
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;; Defines `help-mode', which is the mode used by *Help* buffers, and
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;; associated support machinery, such as adding hyperlinks, etc.,
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;;; Code:
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(require 'button)
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(require 'view)
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(defvar help-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap)
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"Keymap for help mode.")
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(set-keymap-parent help-mode-map button-buffer-map)
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(define-key help-mode-map [mouse-2] 'help-follow-mouse)
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(define-key help-mode-map "\C-c\C-b" 'help-go-back)
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(define-key help-mode-map "\C-c\C-c" 'help-follow)
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;; Documentation only, since we use minor-mode-overriding-map-alist.
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(define-key help-mode-map "\r" 'help-follow)
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(defvar help-xref-stack nil
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"A stack of ways by which to return to help buffers after following xrefs.
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Used by `help-follow' and `help-xref-go-back'.
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An element looks like (POSITION FUNCTION ARGS...).
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To use the element, do (apply FUNCTION ARGS) then goto the point.")
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(put 'help-xref-stack 'permanent-local t)
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(make-variable-buffer-local 'help-xref-stack)
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(defvar help-xref-stack-item nil
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"An item for `help-follow' in this buffer to push onto `help-xref-stack'.
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The format is (FUNCTION ARGS...).")
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(put 'help-xref-stack-item 'permanent-local t)
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(make-variable-buffer-local 'help-xref-stack-item)
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(setq-default help-xref-stack nil help-xref-stack-item nil)
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(defcustom help-mode-hook nil
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"Hook run by `help-mode'."
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:type 'hook
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:group 'help)
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;; Button types used by help
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(define-button-type 'help-xref
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'follow-link t
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'action #'help-button-action)
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(defun help-button-action (button)
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"Call BUTTON's help function."
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(help-do-xref (button-start button)
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(button-get button 'help-function)
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(button-get button 'help-args)))
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;; These 6 calls to define-button-type were generated in a dolist
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;; loop, but that is bad because it means these button types don't
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;; have an easily found definition.
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(define-button-type 'help-function
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:supertype 'help-xref
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'help-function 'describe-function
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'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this function"))
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(define-button-type 'help-variable
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:supertype 'help-xref
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'help-function 'describe-variable
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'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this variable"))
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(define-button-type 'help-face
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:supertype 'help-xref
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'help-function 'describe-face
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'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this face"))
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(define-button-type 'help-coding-system
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:supertype 'help-xref
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'help-function 'describe-coding-system
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'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this coding system"))
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(define-button-type 'help-input-method
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:supertype 'help-xref
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'help-function 'describe-input-method
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'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this input method"))
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(define-button-type 'help-character-set
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:supertype 'help-xref
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'help-function 'describe-character-set
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'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this character set"))
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;; make some more ideosyncratic button types
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(define-button-type 'help-symbol
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:supertype 'help-xref
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'help-function #'help-xref-interned
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'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: describe this symbol"))
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(define-button-type 'help-back
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:supertype 'help-xref
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'help-function #'help-xref-go-back
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'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: go back to previous help buffer"))
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(define-button-type 'help-info
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:supertype 'help-xref
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'help-function #'info
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'help-echo (purecopy"mouse-2, RET: read this Info node"))
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(define-button-type 'help-customize-variable
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:supertype 'help-xref
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'help-function (lambda (v)
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(if help-xref-stack
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(pop help-xref-stack))
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(customize-variable v))
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'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: customize variable"))
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(define-button-type 'help-customize-face
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:supertype 'help-xref
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'help-function (lambda (v)
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(if help-xref-stack
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(pop help-xref-stack))
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(customize-face v))
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'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: customize face"))
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(define-button-type 'help-function-def
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:supertype 'help-xref
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'help-function (lambda (fun file)
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(require 'find-func)
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(when (eq file 'C-source)
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(setq file
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(help-C-file-name (indirect-function fun) 'fun)))
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;; Don't use find-function-noselect because it follows
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;; aliases (which fails for built-in functions).
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(let ((location
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(find-function-search-for-symbol fun nil file)))
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(pop-to-buffer (car location))
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(goto-char (cdr location))))
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'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: find function's definition"))
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(define-button-type 'help-variable-def
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:supertype 'help-xref
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'help-function (lambda (var &optional file)
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(when (eq file 'C-source)
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(setq file (help-C-file-name var 'var)))
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(let ((location (find-variable-noselect var file)))
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(pop-to-buffer (car location))
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(goto-char (cdr location))))
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'help-echo (purecopy"mouse-2, RET: find variable's definition"))
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;;;###autoload
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(defun help-mode ()
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"Major mode for viewing help text and navigating references in it.
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Entry to this mode runs the normal hook `help-mode-hook'.
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Commands:
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\\{help-mode-map}"
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(interactive)
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(kill-all-local-variables)
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(use-local-map help-mode-map)
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(setq mode-name "Help")
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(setq major-mode 'help-mode)
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(view-mode)
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(make-local-variable 'view-no-disable-on-exit)
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(setq view-no-disable-on-exit t)
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(run-hooks 'help-mode-hook))
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;;;###autoload
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(defun help-mode-setup ()
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(help-mode)
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(setq buffer-read-only nil))
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;;;###autoload
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(defun help-mode-finish ()
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(let ((entry (assq (selected-window) view-return-to-alist)))
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(if entry
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;; When entering Help mode from the Help window,
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;; such as by following a link, preserve the same
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;; meaning for the q command.
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;; (setcdr entry (cons (selected-window) help-return-method))
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nil
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(setq view-return-to-alist
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(cons (cons (selected-window) help-return-method)
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view-return-to-alist))))
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(when (eq major-mode 'help-mode)
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;; View mode's read-only status of existing *Help* buffer is lost
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;; by with-output-to-temp-buffer.
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(toggle-read-only 1)
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(help-make-xrefs (current-buffer))))
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;; Grokking cross-reference information in doc strings and
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;; hyperlinking it.
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;; This may have some scope for extension and the same or something
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;; similar should be done for widget doc strings, which currently use
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;; another mechanism.
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(defvar help-back-label (purecopy "[back]")
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"Label to use by `help-make-xrefs' for the go-back reference.")
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(defconst help-xref-symbol-regexp
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(purecopy (concat "\\(\\<\\(\\(variable\\|option\\)\\|"
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"\\(function\\|command\\)\\|"
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"\\(face\\)\\|"
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"\\(symbol\\)\\|"
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"\\(source \\(?:code \\)?\\(?:of\\|for\\)\\)\\)"
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"[ \t\n]+\\)?"
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;; Note starting with word-syntax character:
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"`\\(\\sw\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+\\)'"))
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"Regexp matching doc string references to symbols.
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The words preceding the quoted symbol can be used in doc strings to
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distinguish references to variables, functions and symbols.")
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(defvar help-xref-mule-regexp nil
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"Regexp matching doc string references to MULE-related keywords.
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It is usually nil, and is temporarily bound to an appropriate regexp
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when help commands related to multilingual environment (e.g.,
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`describe-coding-system') are invoked.")
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(defconst help-xref-info-regexp
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(purecopy "\\<[Ii]nfo[ \t\n]+\\(node\\|anchor\\)[ \t\n]+`\\([^']+\\)'")
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"Regexp matching doc string references to an Info node.")
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;;;###autoload
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(defun help-setup-xref (item interactive-p)
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"Invoked from commands using the \"*Help*\" buffer to install some xref info.
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ITEM is a (FUNCTION . ARGS) pair appropriate for recreating the help
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buffer after following a reference. INTERACTIVE-P is non-nil if the
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calling command was invoked interactively. In this case the stack of
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items for help buffer \"back\" buttons is cleared.
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This should be called very early, before the output buffer is cleared,
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because we want to record the \"previous\" position of point so we can
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restore it properly when going back."
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(with-current-buffer (help-buffer)
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(when help-xref-stack-item
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(push (cons (point) help-xref-stack-item) help-xref-stack))
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(when interactive-p
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(let ((tail (nthcdr 10 help-xref-stack)))
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;; Truncate the stack.
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(if tail (setcdr tail nil))))
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(setq help-xref-stack-item item)))
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(defvar help-xref-following nil
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"Non-nil when following a help cross-reference.")
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(defun help-buffer ()
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(buffer-name ;for with-output-to-temp-buffer
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(if help-xref-following
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(current-buffer)
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(get-buffer-create "*Help*"))))
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(defvar help-xref-override-view-map
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(let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
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(set-keymap-parent map view-mode-map)
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(define-key map "\r" nil)
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map)
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"Replacement keymap for `view-mode' in help buffers.")
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;;;###autoload
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(defun help-make-xrefs (&optional buffer)
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"Parse and hyperlink documentation cross-references in the given BUFFER.
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Find cross-reference information in a buffer and activate such cross
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references for selection with `help-follow'. Cross-references have
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the canonical form `...' and the type of reference may be
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disambiguated by the preceding word(s) used in
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`help-xref-symbol-regexp'. Faces only get cross-referenced if
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preceded or followed by the word `face'. Variables without
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variable documentation do not get cross-referenced, unless
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preceded by the word `variable' or `option'.
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If the variable `help-xref-mule-regexp' is non-nil, find also
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cross-reference information related to multilingual environment
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\(e.g., coding-systems). This variable is also used to disambiguate
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the type of reference as the same way as `help-xref-symbol-regexp'.
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A special reference `back' is made to return back through a stack of
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help buffers. Variable `help-back-label' specifies the text for
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that."
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(interactive "b")
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(save-excursion
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(set-buffer (or buffer (current-buffer)))
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(goto-char (point-min))
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;; Skip the header-type info, though it might be useful to parse
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;; it at some stage (e.g. "function in `library'").
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(forward-paragraph)
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(let ((old-modified (buffer-modified-p)))
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(let ((stab (syntax-table))
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(case-fold-search t)
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(inhibit-read-only t))
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(set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table)
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;; The following should probably be abstracted out.
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(unwind-protect
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(progn
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;; Info references
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(save-excursion
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(while (re-search-forward help-xref-info-regexp nil t)
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(let ((data (match-string 2)))
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(save-match-data
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(unless (string-match "^([^)]+)" data)
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(setq data (concat "(emacs)" data))))
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(help-xref-button 2 'help-info data))))
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;; Mule related keywords. Do this before trying
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;; `help-xref-symbol-regexp' because some of Mule
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;; keywords have variable or function definitions.
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(if help-xref-mule-regexp
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(save-excursion
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(while (re-search-forward help-xref-mule-regexp nil t)
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(let* ((data (match-string 7))
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(sym (intern-soft data)))
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(cond
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((match-string 3) ; coding system
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(and sym (coding-system-p sym)
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(help-xref-button 6 'help-coding-system sym)))
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((match-string 4) ; input method
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(and (assoc data input-method-alist)
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(help-xref-button 7 'help-input-method data)))
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((or (match-string 5) (match-string 6)) ; charset
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(and sym (charsetp sym)
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(help-xref-button 7 'help-character-set sym)))
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((assoc data input-method-alist)
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(help-xref-button 7 'help-character-set data))
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((and sym (coding-system-p sym))
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(help-xref-button 7 'help-coding-system sym))
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((and sym (charsetp sym))
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(help-xref-button 7 'help-character-set sym)))))))
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;; Quoted symbols
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(save-excursion
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(while (re-search-forward help-xref-symbol-regexp nil t)
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(let* ((data (match-string 8))
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(sym (intern-soft data)))
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(if sym
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(cond
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((match-string 3) ; `variable' &c
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(and (boundp sym) ; `variable' doesn't ensure
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; it's actually bound
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(help-xref-button 8 'help-variable sym)))
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((match-string 4) ; `function' &c
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(and (fboundp sym) ; similarly
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(help-xref-button 8 'help-function sym)))
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((match-string 5) ; `face'
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(and (facep sym)
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(help-xref-button 8 'help-face sym)))
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((match-string 6)) ; nothing for `symbol'
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((match-string 7)
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;;; this used:
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;;; #'(lambda (arg)
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;;; (let ((location
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;;; (find-function-noselect arg)))
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;;; (pop-to-buffer (car location))
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;;; (goto-char (cdr location))))
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(help-xref-button 8 'help-function-def sym))
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((facep sym)
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(if (save-match-data (looking-at "[ \t\n]+face\\W"))
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(help-xref-button 8 'help-face sym)))
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((and (boundp sym) (fboundp sym))
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;; We can't intuit whether to use the
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;; variable or function doc -- supply both.
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(help-xref-button 8 'help-symbol sym))
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((and
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(boundp sym)
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(or
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(documentation-property
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sym 'variable-documentation)
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(condition-case nil
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(documentation-property
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(indirect-variable sym)
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'variable-documentation)
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(cyclic-variable-indirection nil))))
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(help-xref-button 8 'help-variable sym))
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((fboundp sym)
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(help-xref-button 8 'help-function sym)))))))
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;; An obvious case of a key substitution:
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(save-excursion
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(while (re-search-forward
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;; Assume command name is only word characters
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;; and dashes to get things like `use M-x foo.'.
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"\\<M-x\\s-+\\(\\sw\\(\\sw\\|-\\)+\\)" nil t)
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(let ((sym (intern-soft (match-string 1))))
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(if (fboundp sym)
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(help-xref-button 1 'help-function sym)))))
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;; Look for commands in whole keymap substitutions:
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(save-excursion
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;; Make sure to find the first keymap.
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(goto-char (point-min))
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;; Find a header and the column at which the command
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;; name will be found.
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;; If the keymap substitution isn't the last thing in
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;; the doc string, and if there is anything on the
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;; same line after it, this code won't recognize the end of it.
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(while (re-search-forward "^key +binding\n\\(-+ +\\)-+\n\n"
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nil t)
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(let ((col (- (match-end 1) (match-beginning 1))))
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(while
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(and (not (eobp))
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;; Stop at a pair of blank lines.
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(not (looking-at "\n\\s-*\n")))
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;; Skip a single blank line.
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(and (eolp) (forward-line))
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(end-of-line)
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(skip-chars-backward "^\t\n")
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(if (and (>= (current-column) col)
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(looking-at "\\(\\sw\\|-\\)+$"))
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(let ((sym (intern-soft (match-string 0))))
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(if (fboundp sym)
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(help-xref-button 0 'help-function sym))))
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(forward-line))))))
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(set-syntax-table stab))
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;; Delete extraneous newlines at the end of the docstring
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(goto-char (point-max))
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(while (and (not (bobp)) (bolp))
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(delete-char -1))
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(insert "\n")
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;; Make a back-reference in this buffer if appropriate.
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(when help-xref-stack
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(insert "\n")
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(help-insert-xref-button help-back-label 'help-back
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(current-buffer))
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(insert "\n")))
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;; View mode steals RET from us.
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(set (make-local-variable 'minor-mode-overriding-map-alist)
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(list (cons 'view-mode help-xref-override-view-map)))
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(set-buffer-modified-p old-modified))))
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;;;###autoload
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(defun help-xref-button (match-number type &rest args)
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"Make a hyperlink for cross-reference text previously matched.
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MATCH-NUMBER is the subexpression of interest in the last matched
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regexp. TYPE is the type of button to use. Any remaining arguments are
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passed to the button's help-function when it is invoked.
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See `help-make-xrefs'."
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;; Don't mung properties we've added specially in some instances.
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(unless (button-at (match-beginning match-number))
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(make-text-button (match-beginning match-number)
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(match-end match-number)
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'type type 'help-args args)))
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;;;###autoload
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(defun help-insert-xref-button (string type &rest args)
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"Insert STRING and make a hyperlink from cross-reference text on it.
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TYPE is the type of button to use. Any remaining arguments are passed
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to the button's help-function when it is invoked.
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See `help-make-xrefs'."
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(unless (button-at (point))
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(insert-text-button string 'type type 'help-args args)))
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;;;###autoload
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(defun help-xref-on-pp (from to)
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"Add xrefs for symbols in `pp's output between FROM and TO."
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(if (> (- to from) 5000) nil
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(with-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table
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(save-excursion
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(save-restriction
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(narrow-to-region from to)
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(goto-char (point-min))
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(condition-case nil
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(while (not (eobp))
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(cond
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((looking-at "\"") (forward-sexp 1))
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((looking-at "#<") (search-forward ">" nil 'move))
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((looking-at "\\(\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+\\)")
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(let* ((sym (intern-soft (match-string 1)))
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(type (cond ((fboundp sym) 'help-function)
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((or (memq sym '(t nil))
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(keywordp sym))
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nil)
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((and sym (boundp sym))
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'help-variable))))
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(when type (help-xref-button 1 type sym)))
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(goto-char (match-end 1)))
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(t (forward-char 1))))
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(error nil)))))))
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;; Additional functions for (re-)creating types of help buffers.
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(defun help-xref-interned (symbol)
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"Follow a hyperlink which appeared to be an arbitrary interned SYMBOL.
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Both variable, function and face documentation are extracted into a single
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help buffer."
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(with-current-buffer (help-buffer)
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;; Push the previous item on the stack before clobbering the output buffer.
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(help-setup-xref nil nil)
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(let ((facedoc (when (facep symbol)
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;; Don't record the current entry in the stack.
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(setq help-xref-stack-item nil)
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(describe-face symbol)))
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(fdoc (when (fboundp symbol)
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;; Don't record the current entry in the stack.
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(setq help-xref-stack-item nil)
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(describe-function symbol)))
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(sdoc (when (boundp symbol)
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;; Don't record the current entry in the stack.
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(setq help-xref-stack-item nil)
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||
(describe-variable symbol))))
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||
(cond
|
||
(sdoc
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;; We now have a help buffer on the variable.
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||
;; Insert the function and face text before it.
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(when (or fdoc facedoc)
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(goto-char (point-min))
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(let ((inhibit-read-only t))
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(when fdoc
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(insert fdoc "\n\n")
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||
(when facedoc
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||
(insert (make-string 30 ?-) "\n\n" (symbol-name symbol)
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||
" is also a " "face." "\n\n")))
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||
(when facedoc
|
||
(insert facedoc "\n\n"))
|
||
(insert (make-string 30 ?-) "\n\n" (symbol-name symbol)
|
||
" is also a " "variable." "\n\n"))
|
||
;; Don't record the `describe-variable' item in the stack.
|
||
(setq help-xref-stack-item nil)
|
||
(help-setup-xref (list #'help-xref-interned symbol) nil)))
|
||
(fdoc
|
||
;; We now have a help buffer on the function.
|
||
;; Insert face text before it.
|
||
(when facedoc
|
||
(goto-char (point-max))
|
||
(let ((inhibit-read-only t))
|
||
(insert "\n\n" (make-string 30 ?-) "\n\n" (symbol-name symbol)
|
||
" is also a " "face." "\n\n" facedoc))
|
||
;; Don't record the `describe-function' item in the stack.
|
||
(setq help-xref-stack-item nil)
|
||
(help-setup-xref (list #'help-xref-interned symbol) nil)))))))
|
||
|
||
|
||
;; Navigation/hyperlinking with xrefs
|
||
|
||
(defun help-follow-mouse (click)
|
||
"Follow the cross-reference that you CLICK on."
|
||
(interactive "e")
|
||
(let* ((start (event-start click))
|
||
(window (car start))
|
||
(pos (car (cdr start))))
|
||
(with-current-buffer (window-buffer window)
|
||
(help-follow pos))))
|
||
|
||
(defun help-xref-go-back (buffer)
|
||
"From BUFFER, go back to previous help buffer text using `help-xref-stack'."
|
||
(let (item position method args)
|
||
(with-current-buffer buffer
|
||
(when help-xref-stack
|
||
(setq item (pop help-xref-stack)
|
||
;; Clear the current item so that it won't get pushed
|
||
;; by the function we're about to call. TODO: We could also
|
||
;; push it onto a "forward" stack and add a `forw' button.
|
||
help-xref-stack-item nil
|
||
position (car item)
|
||
method (cadr item)
|
||
args (cddr item))))
|
||
(apply method args)
|
||
(with-current-buffer buffer
|
||
(if (get-buffer-window buffer)
|
||
(set-window-point (get-buffer-window buffer) position)
|
||
(goto-char position)))))
|
||
|
||
(defun help-go-back ()
|
||
"Go back to previous topic in this help buffer."
|
||
(interactive)
|
||
(if help-xref-stack
|
||
(help-xref-go-back (current-buffer))
|
||
(error "No previous help buffer")))
|
||
|
||
(defun help-do-xref (pos function args)
|
||
"Call the help cross-reference function FUNCTION with args ARGS.
|
||
Things are set up properly so that the resulting help-buffer has
|
||
a proper [back] button."
|
||
;; There is a reference at point. Follow it.
|
||
(let ((help-xref-following t))
|
||
(apply function args)))
|
||
|
||
(defun help-follow (&optional pos)
|
||
"Follow cross-reference at POS, defaulting to point.
|
||
|
||
For the cross-reference format, see `help-make-xrefs'."
|
||
(interactive "d")
|
||
(unless pos
|
||
(setq pos (point)))
|
||
(unless (push-button pos)
|
||
;; check if the symbol under point is a function or variable
|
||
(let ((sym
|
||
(intern
|
||
(save-excursion
|
||
(goto-char pos) (skip-syntax-backward "w_")
|
||
(buffer-substring (point)
|
||
(progn (skip-syntax-forward "w_")
|
||
(point)))))))
|
||
(when (or (boundp sym) (fboundp sym) (facep sym))
|
||
(help-do-xref pos #'help-xref-interned (list sym))))))
|
||
|
||
|
||
(provide 'help-mode)
|
||
|
||
;;; arch-tag: 850954ae-3725-4cb4-8e91-0bf6d52d6b0b
|
||
;;; help-mode.el ends here
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