annotate lisp/ehelp.el @ 5865:8dc616f310e8

(xmenu_show ) [USE_X_TOOLKIT]: Implement a Motif behavior for the menubar. Now, if you move the pointer on another menubar item while displaying the contents of a selected menubar item, the current pulldown menu is closed and the new one corresponding to the new pointed item is displayed. Clean up code. Handle the MotionNotify events in the XEvent loop.

;;; ehelp.el --- bindings for electric-help mode

;; Copyright (C) 1986 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Maintainer: FSF
;; Keywords: help, extensions

;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.

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;;; Commentary:

;; This package provides a pre-packaged `Electric Help Mode' for
;; browsing on-line help screens.  There is one entry point,
;; `with-electric-help'; All you have to give it is a no-argument
;; function that generates the actual text of the help into the current
;; buffer.

;;; Code:

(require 'electric)
(defvar electric-help-map ()
  "Keymap defining commands available in `electric-help-mode'.")

(put 'electric-help-undefined 'suppress-keymap t)
(if electric-help-map
    ()
  (let ((map (make-keymap)))
    (fillarray (car (cdr map)) 'electric-help-undefined)
    (define-key map (char-to-string meta-prefix-char) (copy-keymap map))
    (define-key map (char-to-string help-char) 'electric-help-help)
    (define-key map "?" 'electric-help-help)
    (define-key map " " 'scroll-up)
    (define-key map "\^?" 'scroll-down)
    (define-key map "." 'beginning-of-buffer)
    (define-key map "<" 'beginning-of-buffer)
    (define-key map ">" 'end-of-buffer)
    ;(define-key map "\C-g" 'electric-help-exit)
    (define-key map "q" 'electric-help-exit)
    (define-key map "Q" 'electric-help-exit)
    ;;a better key than this?
    (define-key map "r" 'electric-help-retain)

    (setq electric-help-map map)))
   
(defun electric-help-mode ()
  "`with-electric-help' temporarily places its buffer in this mode.
\(On exit from `with-electric-help', the buffer is put in `default-major-mode'.)"
  (setq buffer-read-only t)
  (setq mode-name "Help")
  (setq major-mode 'help)
  (setq mode-line-buffer-identification '(" Help:  %b"))
  (use-local-map electric-help-map)
  ;; this is done below in with-electric-help
  ;(run-hooks 'electric-help-mode-hook)
  )

(defun with-electric-help (thunk &optional buffer noerase)
  "Arguments are THUNK &optional BUFFER NOERASE.  BUFFER defaults to \"*Help*\"
THUNK is a function of no arguments which is called to initialize
the contents of BUFFER.  BUFFER will be erased before THUNK is called unless
NOERASE is non-nil.  THUNK will be called with `standard-output' bound to
the buffer specified by BUFFER

After THUNK has been called, this function \"electrically\" pops up a window
in which BUFFER is displayed and allows the user to scroll through that buffer
in electric-help-mode.
When the user exits (with `electric-help-exit', or otherwise) the help
buffer's window disappears (i.e., we use `save-window-excursion')
BUFFER is put into `default-major-mode' (or `fundamental-mode') when we exit"
  (setq buffer (get-buffer-create (or buffer "*Help*")))
  (let ((one (one-window-p t))
	(config (current-window-configuration))
        (bury nil))
    (unwind-protect
         (save-excursion
           (if one (goto-char (window-start (selected-window))))
           (let ((pop-up-windows t))
             (pop-to-buffer buffer))
           (save-excursion
             (set-buffer buffer)
             (electric-help-mode)
             (setq buffer-read-only nil)
             (or noerase (erase-buffer)))
           (let ((standard-output buffer))
             (if (not (funcall thunk))
                 (progn
                   (set-buffer buffer)
                   (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
                   (goto-char (point-min))
                   (if one (shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer (selected-window))))))
           (set-buffer buffer)
           (run-hooks 'electric-help-mode-hook)
           (if (eq (car-safe (electric-help-command-loop))
                   'retain)
               (setq config (current-window-configuration))
               (setq bury t)))
      (message "")
      (set-buffer buffer)
      (setq buffer-read-only nil)
      (condition-case ()
          (funcall (or default-major-mode 'fundamental-mode))
        (error nil))
      (set-window-configuration config)
      (if bury
          (progn
            ;;>> Perhaps this shouldn't be done.
            ;; so that when we say "Press space to bury" we mean it
            (replace-buffer-in-windows buffer)
            ;; must do this outside of save-window-excursion
            (bury-buffer buffer))))))

(defun electric-help-command-loop ()
  (catch 'exit
    (if (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max))
	(progn (message "<<< Press Space to bury the help buffer >>>")
	       (if (equal (setq unread-command-events (list (read-event)))
			  '(?\ ))
		   (progn (setq unread-command-events nil)
			  (throw 'exit t)))))
    (let (up down both neither
	  (standard (and (eq (key-binding " ")
			     'scroll-up)
			 (eq (key-binding "\^?")
			     'scroll-down)
			 (eq (key-binding "Q")
			     'electric-help-exit)
			 (eq (key-binding "q")
			     'electric-help-exit))))
      (Electric-command-loop
        'exit
	(function (lambda ()
	  (let ((min (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-min)))
		(max (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max))))
	    (cond ((and min max)
		   (cond (standard "Press Q to exit ")
			 (neither)
			 (t (setq neither (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-up] to exit ")))))
		  (min
		   (cond (standard "Press SPC to scroll, Q to exit ")
			 (up)
			 (t (setq up (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-up] to scroll; \\[electric-help-exit] to exit ")))))
		  (max
		   (cond (standard "Press DEL to scroll back, Q to exit ")
			 (down)
			 (t (setq down (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-down] to scroll back, \\[scroll-up] to exit ")))))
		  (t
		   (cond (standard "Press SPC to scroll, DEL to scroll back, Q to exit ")
			 (both)
			 (t (setq both (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-up] to scroll, \\[scroll-down] to scroll back, \\[electric-help-exit] to exit ")))))))))
		    t))))



;(defun electric-help-scroll-up (arg)
;  ">>>Doc"
;  (interactive "P")
;  (if (and (null arg) (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max)))
;      (electric-help-exit)
;    (scroll-up arg)))

(defun electric-help-exit ()
  ">>>Doc"
  (interactive)
  (throw 'exit t))

(defun electric-help-retain ()
  "Exit `electric-help', retaining the current window/buffer configuration.
\(The *Help* buffer will not be selected, but \\[switch-to-buffer-other-window] RET
will select it.)"
  (interactive)
  (throw 'exit '(retain)))


(defun electric-help-undefined ()
  (interactive)
  (error "%s is undefined -- Press %s to exit"
	 (mapconcat 'single-key-description (this-command-keys) " ")
	 (if (eq (key-binding "Q") 'electric-help-exit)
	     "Q"
	   (substitute-command-keys "\\[electric-help-exit]"))))


;>>> this needs to be hairified (recursive help, anybody?)
(defun electric-help-help ()
  (interactive)
  (if (and (eq (key-binding "Q") 'electric-help-exit)
	   (eq (key-binding " ") 'scroll-up)
	   (eq (key-binding "\^?") 'scroll-down))
      (message "SPC scrolls forward, DEL scrolls back, Q exits and burys help buffer")
    ;; to give something for user to look at while slow substitute-cmd-keys
    ;;  grinds away
    (message "Help...")
    (message "%s" (substitute-command-keys "\\[scroll-up] scrolls forward, \\[scroll-down] scrolls back, \\[electric-help-exit] exits.")))
  (sit-for 2))


(defun electric-helpify (fun)
  (let ((name "*Help*"))
    (if (save-window-excursion
	  ;; kludge-o-rama
	  (let* ((p (symbol-function 'print-help-return-message))
		 (b (get-buffer name))
		 (m (buffer-modified-p b)))
	    (and b (not (get-buffer-window b))
		 (setq b nil))
	    (unwind-protect
		(progn
		  (message "%s..." (capitalize (symbol-name fun)))
		  ;; with-output-to-temp-buffer marks the buffer as unmodified.
		  ;; kludging excessively and relying on that as some sort
		  ;;  of indication leads to the following abomination...
		  ;;>> This would be doable without such icky kludges if either
		  ;;>> (a) there were a function to read the interactive
		  ;;>>     args for a command and return a list of those args.
		  ;;>>     (To which one would then just apply the command)
		  ;;>>     (The only problem with this is that interactive-p
		  ;;>>      would break, but that is such a misfeature in
		  ;;>>      any case that I don't care)
		  ;;>>     It is easy to do this for emacs-lisp functions;
		  ;;>>     the only problem is getting the interactive spec
		  ;;>>     for subrs
		  ;;>> (b) there were a function which returned a
		  ;;>>     modification-tick for a buffer.  One could tell
		  ;;>>     whether a buffer had changed by whether the
		  ;;>>     modification-tick were different.
		  ;;>>     (Presumably there would have to be a way to either
		  ;;>>      restore the tick to some previous value, or to
		  ;;>>      suspend updating of the tick in order to allow
		  ;;>>      things like momentary-string-display)
		  (and b
		       (save-excursion
			 (set-buffer b)
			 (set-buffer-modified-p t)))
		  (fset 'print-help-return-message 'ignore)
		  (call-interactively fun)
		  (and (get-buffer name)
		       (get-buffer-window (get-buffer name))
		       (or (not b)
			   (not (eq b (get-buffer name)))
			   (not (buffer-modified-p b)))))
	      (fset 'print-help-return-message p)
	      (and b (buffer-name b)
		   (save-excursion
		     (set-buffer b)
		     (set-buffer-modified-p m))))))
	(with-electric-help 'ignore name t))))


(defun electric-describe-key ()
  (interactive)
  (electric-helpify 'describe-key))

(defun electric-describe-mode ()
  (interactive)
  (electric-helpify 'describe-mode))

(defun electric-view-lossage ()
  (interactive)
  (electric-helpify 'view-lossage))

;(defun electric-help-for-help ()
;  "See help-for-help"
;  (interactive)
;  )

(defun electric-describe-function ()
  (interactive)
  (electric-helpify 'describe-function))

(defun electric-describe-variable ()
  (interactive)
  (electric-helpify 'describe-variable))

(defun electric-describe-bindings ()
  (interactive)
  (electric-helpify 'describe-bindings))

(defun electric-describe-syntax ()
  (interactive)
  (electric-helpify 'describe-syntax))

(defun electric-command-apropos ()
  (interactive)
  (electric-helpify 'command-apropos))

;(define-key help-map "a" 'electric-command-apropos)



;;;; ehelp-map

(defvar ehelp-map ())
(if ehelp-map
    nil
  (let ((map (copy-keymap help-map))) 
    (substitute-key-definition 'describe-key 'electric-describe-key map)
    (substitute-key-definition 'describe-mode 'electric-describe-mode map)
    (substitute-key-definition 'view-lossage 'electric-view-lossage map)
    (substitute-key-definition 'describe-function 'electric-describe-function map)
    (substitute-key-definition 'describe-variable 'electric-describe-variable map)
    (substitute-key-definition 'describe-bindings 'electric-describe-bindings map)
    (substitute-key-definition 'describe-syntax 'electric-describe-syntax map)

    (setq ehelp-map map)
    (fset 'ehelp-command map)))

;; Do (define-key global-map "\C-h" 'ehelp-command) if you want to win

(provide 'ehelp) 

;;; ehelp.el ends here