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1 ;;; help.el --- help commands for Emacs
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3 ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5 ;; Maintainer: FSF
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6 ;; Keywords: help, internal
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8 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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10 ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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12 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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13 ;; any later version.
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15 ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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16 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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17 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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18 ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
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20 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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21 ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
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22 ;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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27 "Keymap for characters following the Help key.")
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70 (defun help-with-tutorial ()
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71 "Select the Emacs learn-by-doing tutorial."
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72 (interactive)
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73 (let ((file (expand-file-name "~/TUTORIAL")))
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84 (beginning-of-line)
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89 (goto-char (point-min))
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92 (defun describe-key-briefly (key)
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93 "Print the name of the function KEY invokes. KEY is a string."
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94 (interactive "kDescribe key briefly: ")
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95 (let ((defn (key-binding key)))
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96 (if (or (null defn) (integerp defn))
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97 (message "%s is undefined" (key-description key))
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98 (message "%s runs the command %s"
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99 (key-description key)
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100 (if (symbolp defn) defn (prin1-to-string defn))))))
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102 (defun print-help-return-message (&optional function)
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103 "Display or return message saying how to restore windows after help command.
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104 Computes a message and applies the optional argument FUNCTION to it.
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105 If FUNCTION is nil, applies `message' to it, thus printing it."
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106 (and (not (get-buffer-window standard-output))
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107 (funcall (or function 'message)
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108 (concat
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111 (if pop-up-windows
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112 "Type \\[delete-other-windows] to remove help window."
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113 "Type \\[switch-to-buffer] RET to remove help window.")
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114 "Type \\[switch-to-buffer-other-window] RET to restore the other window."))
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116 " \\[scroll-other-window] to scroll the help.")))))
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118 (defun describe-key (key)
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119 "Display documentation of the function invoked by KEY. KEY is a string."
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120 (interactive "kDescribe key: ")
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121 (let ((defn (key-binding key)))
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122 (if (or (null defn) (integerp defn))
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123 (message "%s is undefined" (key-description key))
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129 (princ "not documented"))
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130 (print-help-return-message)))))
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132 (defun describe-mode (&optional minor)
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133 "Display documentation of current major mode.
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134 If optional MINOR is non-nil (or prefix argument is given if interactive),
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135 display documentation of active minor modes as well.
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136 For this to work correctly for a minor mode, the mode's indicator variable
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137 (listed in `minor-mode-alist') must also be a function whose documentation
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138 describes the minor mode."
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139 (interactive)
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141 (princ mode-name)
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142 (princ " Mode:\n")
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143 (princ (documentation major-mode))
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144 (let ((minor-modes minor-mode-alist)
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145 (locals (buffer-local-variables)))
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146 (while minor-modes
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147 (let* ((minor-mode (car (car minor-modes)))
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148 (indicator (car (cdr (car minor-modes))))
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149 (local-binding (assq minor-mode locals)))
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150 ;; Document a minor mode if it is listed in minor-mode-alist,
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151 ;; bound locally in this buffer, non-nil, and has a function
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152 ;; definition.
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156 (progn
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157 (princ (format "\n\n\n%s minor mode (indicator%s):\n"
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180 "Display info on all the kinds of warranty Emacs does NOT have."
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258 ;; Return a function which is called by the list containing point.
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259 ;; If that gives no function, return a function whose name is around point.
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260 ;; If that doesn't give a function, return nil.
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321 (princ "not documented"))
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323 (save-excursion
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324 (set-buffer standard-output)
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325 (or (eq (char-after (1- (point-max))) ?\n)
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326 (terpri)))
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327 (terpri)
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328 (princ (car (append def nil))))
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329 ((eq (car-safe def) 'lambda)
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330 (save-excursion
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331 (set-buffer standard-output)
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332 (or (eq (char-after (1- (point-max))) ?\n)
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333 (terpri)))
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334 (terpri)
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335 (princ (nth 1 def)))))
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336 (print-help-return-message)
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337 ;; Return the text we displayed.
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338 (save-excursion (set-buffer standard-output) (buffer-string))))
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341 (condition-case ()
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342 (save-excursion
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343 (forward-sexp -1)
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344 (skip-chars-forward "'")
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345 (let ((obj (read (current-buffer))))
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346 (and (symbolp obj) (boundp obj) obj)))
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347 (error nil)))
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349 (defun describe-variable (variable)
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350 "Display the full documentation of VARIABLE (a symbol).
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351 Returns the documentation as a string, also."
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353 (let ((v (variable-at-point))
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354 (enable-recursive-minibuffers t)
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357 (format "Describe variable (default %s): " v)
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358 "Describe variable: ")
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359 obarray 'boundp t))
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360 (list (if (equal val "")
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361 v (intern val)))))
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362 (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
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364 (princ "'s value is ")
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365 (if (not (boundp variable))
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366 (princ "void.")
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367 (prin1 (symbol-value variable)))
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368 (terpri) (terpri)
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369 (princ "Documentation:")
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370 (terpri)
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371 (let ((doc (documentation-property variable 'variable-documentation)))
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372 (if doc
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373 (princ (substitute-command-keys doc))
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374 (princ "not documented as a variable.")))
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375 (print-help-return-message)
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376 ;; Return the text we displayed.
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377 (save-excursion (set-buffer standard-output) (buffer-string))))
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379 (defun command-apropos (string)
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380 "Like apropos but lists only symbols that are names of commands
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381 \(interactively callable functions). Argument REGEXP is a regular expression
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383 documentation found."
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384 (interactive "sCommand apropos (regexp): ")
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385 (let ((message
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386 (let ((standard-output (get-buffer-create "*Help*")))
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387 (print-help-return-message 'identity))))
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388 (if (apropos string t 'commandp)
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389 (and message (message message)))))
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391 (defun locate-library (library &optional nosuffix)
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392 "Show the full path name of Emacs library LIBRARY.
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393 This command searches the directories in `load-path' like `M-x load-library'
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395 Optional second arg NOSUFFIX non-nil means don't add suffixes `.elc' or `.el'
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397 (interactive "sLocate library: ")
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398 (catch 'answer
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399 (mapcar
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401 (mapcar
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403 (let ((try (expand-file-name (concat library suf) dir)))
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404 (and (file-readable-p try)
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405 (null (file-directory-p try))
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406 (progn
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407 (message "Library is file %s" try)
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408 (throw 'answer try)))))
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409 (if nosuffix '("") '(".elc" ".el" ""))))
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410 load-path)
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411 (message "No library %s in search path" library)
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412 nil))
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414 ;;; help.el ends here