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1 ;; Copyright (C) 1986 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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3 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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4
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5 ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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6 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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7 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
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8 ;; any later version.
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10 ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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11 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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12 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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13 ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
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15 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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16 ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
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17 ;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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19 (require 'electric)
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20 (provide 'ehelp)
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21
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22 (defvar electric-help-map ()
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23 "Keymap defining commands available whilst scrolling
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24 through a buffer in electric-help-mode")
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26 (put 'electric-help-undefined 'suppress-keymap t)
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27 (if electric-help-map
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28 ()
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29 (let ((map (make-keymap)))
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30 (fillarray map 'electric-help-undefined)
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31 (define-key map (char-to-string meta-prefix-char) (copy-keymap map))
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32 (define-key map (char-to-string help-char) 'electric-help-help)
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33 (define-key map "?" 'electric-help-help)
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34 (define-key map " " 'scroll-up)
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35 (define-key map "\^?" 'scroll-down)
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36 (define-key map "." 'beginning-of-buffer)
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37 (define-key map "<" 'beginning-of-buffer)
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38 (define-key map ">" 'end-of-buffer)
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39 ;(define-key map "\C-g" 'electric-help-exit)
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40 (define-key map "q" 'electric-help-exit)
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41 (define-key map "Q" 'electric-help-exit)
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42 ;;a better key than this?
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43 (define-key map "r" 'electric-help-retain)
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44
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45 (setq electric-help-map map)))
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47 (defun electric-help-mode ()
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48 "with-electric-help temporarily places its buffer in this mode
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49 \(On exit from with-electric-help, the buffer is put in default-major-mode)"
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50 (setq buffer-read-only t)
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51 (setq mode-name "Help")
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52 (setq major-mode 'help)
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53 (setq mode-line-buffer-identification '(" Help: %b"))
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54 (use-local-map electric-help-map)
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55 ;; this is done below in with-electric-help
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56 ;(run-hooks 'electric-help-mode-hook)
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57 )
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59 (defun with-electric-help (thunk &optional buffer noerase)
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60 "Arguments are THUNK &optional BUFFER NOERASE.
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61 BUFFER defaults to \"*Help*\"
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62 THUNK is a function of no arguments which is called to initialise
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63 the contents of BUFFER. BUFFER will be erased before THUNK is called unless
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64 NOERASE is non-nil. THUNK will be called with standard-output bound to
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65 the buffer specified by BUFFER
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66
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67 After THUNK has been called, this function \"electrically\" pops up a window
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68 in which BUFFER is displayed and allows the user to scroll through that buffer
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69 in electric-help-mode.
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70 When the user exits (with electric-help-exit, or otherwise) the help
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71 buffer's window disappears (ie we use save-window-excursion)
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72 BUFFER is put into default-major-mode (or fundamental-mode) when we exit"
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73 (setq buffer (get-buffer-create (or buffer "*Help*")))
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74 (let ((one (one-window-p t))
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75 (config (current-window-configuration))
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76 (bury nil))
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77 (unwind-protect
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78 (save-excursion
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79 (if one (goto-char (window-start (selected-window))))
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80 (let ((pop-up-windows t))
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81 (pop-to-buffer buffer))
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82 (save-excursion
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83 (set-buffer buffer)
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84 (electric-help-mode)
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85 (setq buffer-read-only nil)
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86 (or noerase (erase-buffer)))
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87 (let ((standard-output buffer))
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88 (if (not (funcall thunk))
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89 (progn
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90 (set-buffer buffer)
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91 (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
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92 (goto-char (point-min))
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93 (if one (shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer (selected-window))))))
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94 (set-buffer buffer)
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95 (run-hooks 'electric-help-mode-hook)
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96 (if (eq (car-safe (electric-help-command-loop))
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97 'retain)
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98 (setq config (current-window-configuration))
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99 (setq bury t)))
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100 (message "")
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101 (set-buffer buffer)
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102 (setq buffer-read-only nil)
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103 (condition-case ()
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104 (funcall (or default-major-mode 'fundamental-mode))
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105 (error nil))
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106 (set-window-configuration config)
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107 (if bury
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108 (progn
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109 ;;>> Perhaps this shouldn't be done.
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110 ;; so that when we say "Press space to bury" we mean it
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111 (replace-buffer-in-windows buffer)
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112 ;; must do this outside of save-window-excursion
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113 (bury-buffer buffer))))))
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115 (defun electric-help-command-loop ()
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116 (catch 'exit
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117 (if (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max))
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118 (progn (message "<<< Press Space to bury the help buffer >>>")
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119 (if (= (setq unread-command-char (read-char)) ?\ )
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120 (progn (setq unread-command-char -1)
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121 (throw 'exit t)))))
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122 (let (up down both neither
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123 (standard (and (eq (key-binding " ")
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124 'scroll-up)
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125 (eq (key-binding "\^?")
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126 'scroll-down)
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127 (eq (key-binding "Q")
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128 'electric-help-exit)
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129 (eq (key-binding "q")
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130 'electric-help-exit))))
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131 (Electric-command-loop
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132 'exit
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133 (function (lambda ()
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134 (let ((min (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-min)))
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135 (max (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max))))
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136 (cond ((and min max)
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137 (cond (standard "Press Q to exit ")
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138 (neither)
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139 (t (setq neither (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-up] to exit ")))))
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140 (min
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141 (cond (standard "Press SPC to scroll, Q to exit ")
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142 (up)
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143 (t (setq up (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-up] to scroll; \\[electric-help-exit] to exit ")))))
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144 (max
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145 (cond (standard "Press DEL to scroll back, Q to exit ")
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146 (down)
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147 (t (setq down (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-down] to scroll back, \\[scroll-up] to exit ")))))
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148 (t
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149 (cond (standard "Press SPC to scroll, DEL to scroll back, Q to exit ")
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150 (both)
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151 (t (setq both (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-up] to scroll, \\[scroll-down] to scroll back, \\[electric-help-exit] to exit ")))))))))
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152 t))))
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156 ;(defun electric-help-scroll-up (arg)
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157 ; ">>>Doc"
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158 ; (interactive "P")
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159 ; (if (and (null arg) (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max)))
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160 ; (electric-help-exit)
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161 ; (scroll-up arg)))
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163 (defun electric-help-exit ()
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164 ">>>Doc"
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165 (interactive)
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166 (throw 'exit t))
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168 (defun electric-help-retain ()
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169 "Exit electric-help, retaining the current window/buffer conifiguration.
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170 \(The *Help* buffer will not be selected, but \\[switch-to-buffer-other-window] RET
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171 will select it.)"
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172 (interactive)
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173 (throw 'exit '(retain)))
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178 ; (let* ((keys (this-command-keys))
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179 ; (n (length keys)))
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182 ; meta-flag
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183 ; (eq (aref keys 0) meta-prefix-char)))
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185 ; current-prefix-arg prefix-arg)
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186 ; ;;>>> I don't care.
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187 ; ;;>>> The emacs command-loop is too much pure pain to
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188 ; ;;>>> duplicate
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189 ; ))
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190 ; (throw 'exit t))
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193 (interactive)
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194 (error "%s is undefined -- Press %s to exit"
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195 (mapconcat 'single-key-description (this-command-keys) " ")
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196 (if (eq (key-binding "Q") 'electric-help-exit)
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197 "Q"
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198 (substitute-command-keys "\\[electric-help-exit]"))))
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202 (defun electric-help-help ()
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204 (if (and (eq (key-binding "Q") 'electric-help-exit)
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205 (eq (key-binding " ") 'scroll-up)
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206 (eq (key-binding "\^?") 'scroll-down))
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207 (message "SPC scrolls forward, DEL scrolls back, Q exits and burys help buffer")
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208 ;; to give something for user to look at while slow substitute-cmd-keys
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209 ;; grinds away
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210 (message "Help...")
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211 (message "%s" (substitute-command-keys "\\[scroll-up] scrolls forward, \\[scroll-down] scrolls back, \\[electric-help-exit] exits.")))
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215 (defun electric-helpify (fun)
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216 (let ((name "*Help*"))
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217 (if (save-window-excursion
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218 ;; kludge-o-rama
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219 (let* ((p (symbol-function 'print-help-return-message))
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220 (b (get-buffer name))
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221 (m (buffer-modified-p b)))
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222 (and b (not (get-buffer-window b))
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223 (setq b nil))
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225 (progn
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226 (message "%s..." (capitalize (symbol-name fun)))
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227 ;; with-output-to-temp-buffer marks the buffer as unmodified.
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228 ;; kludging excessively and relying on that as some sort
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229 ;; of indication leads to the following abomination...
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230 ;;>> This would be doable without such icky kludges if either
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231 ;;>> (a) there were a function to read the interactive
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232 ;;>> args for a command and return a list of those args.
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233 ;;>> (To which one would then just apply the command)
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234 ;;>> (The only problem with this is that interactive-p
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235 ;;>> would break, but that is such a misfeature in
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236 ;;>> any case that I don't care)
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237 ;;>> It is easy to do this for emacs-lisp functions;
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238 ;;>> the only problem is getting the interactive spec
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239 ;;>> for subrs
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240 ;;>> (b) there were a function which returned a
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241 ;;>> modification-tick for a buffer. One could tell
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242 ;;>> whether a buffer had changed by whether the
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244 ;;>> (Presumably there would have to be a way to either
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245 ;;>> restore the tick to some previous value, or to
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246 ;;>> suspend updating of the tick in order to allow
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247 ;;>> things like momentary-string-display)
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248 (and b
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251 (set-buffer-modified-p t)))
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252 (fset 'print-help-return-message 'ignore)
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255 (get-buffer-window (get-buffer name))
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256 (or (not b)
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257 (not (eq b (get-buffer name)))
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258 (not (buffer-modified-p b)))))
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259 (fset 'print-help-return-message p)
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260 (and b (buffer-name b)
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263 (set-buffer-modified-p m))))))
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264 (with-electric-help 'ignore name t))))
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268 (interactive)
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269 (electric-helpify 'describe-key))
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272 (interactive)
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276 (interactive)
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279 ;(defun electric-help-for-help ()
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280 ; "See help-for-help"
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281 ; (interactive)
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285 (interactive)
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289 (interactive)
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297 (interactive)
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301 (interactive)
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324 (fset 'ehelp-command map)))
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326 ;; Do (define-key global-map "\C-h" 'ehelp-command) if you want to win
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