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author | Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org> |
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date | Wed, 21 Jul 1999 21:43:52 +0000 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/lisp/tooltip.el Wed Jul 21 21:43:52 1999 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,476 @@ +;;; tooltip.el --- Show tooltip windows + +;; Copyright (C) 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +;; Author: Gerd Moellmann <gerd@acm.org> +;; Keywords: help c mouse tools + +;; This file is part of GNU Emacs. + +;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) +;; any later version. + +;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +;; GNU General Public License for more details. + +;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the +;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, +;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + +;;; Commentary: + +;; Put into your `.emacs' + +;; (require 'tooltip) +;; (tooltip-mode 1) + + + +;;; Code: + +(eval-when-compile + (require 'cl) + (require 'comint) + (require 'gud)) + +(provide 'tooltip) + + +;;; Customizable settings + +(defgroup tooltip nil + "Customization group for the `tooltip' package." + :group 'help + :group 'c + :group 'mouse + :group 'tools + :tag "Tool Tips") + + +(defcustom tooltip-delay 1.0 + "Seconds to wait before displaying a tooltip the first time." + :tag "Delay" + :type 'number + :group 'tooltip) + + +(defcustom tooltip-short-delay 0.1 + "Seconds to wait between subsequent tooltips on different items." + :tag "Short delay" + :type 'number + :group 'tooltip) + + +(defcustom tooltip-recent-seconds 1 + "Display tooltips after `tooltip-short-delay' if changing tip items +within this many seconds." + :tag "Recent seconds" + :type 'number + :group 'tooltip) + + +(defcustom tooltip-frame-parameters + '((name . "tooltip") + (foreground-color . "black") + (background-color . "lightyellow") + (internal-border-width . 5) + (border-color . "lightyellow") + (border-width . 1)) + "Frame parameters used for tooltips." + :type 'sexp + :tag "Frame Parameters" + :group 'tooltip) + + +(defcustom tooltip-gud-tips-p nil + "Non-nil means show tooltips in GUD sessions." + :type 'boolean + :tag "GUD" + :group 'tooltip) + + +(defcustom tooltip-gud-modes '(gud-mode c-mode c++-mode) + "List of modes for which to enable GUD tips." + :type 'sexp + :tag "GUD modes" + :group 'tooltip) + + +(defcustom tooltip-gud-display + '((eq (tooltip-event-buffer tooltip-gud-event) + (marker-buffer overlay-arrow-position))) + "List of forms determining where GUD tooltips are displayed. + +Forms in the list are combined with AND. The default is to display +only tooltips in the buffer containing the overlay arrow." + :type 'sexp + :tag "GUD buffers predicate" + :group 'tooltip) + + + +;;; Variables that are not customizable. + +(defvar tooltip-hook nil + "Functions to call to display tooltips. +Each function is called with one argument EVENT which is a copy of +the last mouse movement event that occurred.") + + +(defvar tooltip-timeout-id nil + "The id of the timeout started when Emacs becomes idle.") + + +(defvar tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event nil + "A copy of the last mouse motion event seen.") + + +(defvar tooltip-hide-time nil + "Time when the last tooltip was hidden.") + + +(defvar tooltip-mode nil + "Non-nil means tooltip mode is on.") + + +(defvar tooltip-gud-debugger nil + "The debugger for which we show tooltips.") + + + +;;; Event accessors + +(defun tooltip-event-buffer (event) + "Return the buffer over which event EVENT occurred. +This might return nil if the event did not occur over a buffer." + (let ((window (posn-window (event-end event)))) + (and window (window-buffer window)))) + + + +;;; Switching tooltips on/off + +;; We don't set track-mouse globally because this is a big redisplay +;; problem in buffers having a pre-command-hook or such installed, +;; which does a set-buffer, like the summary buffer of Gnus. Calling +;; set-buffer prevents redisplay optimizations, so every mouse motion +;; would be accompanied by a full redisplay. + +;;;###autoload +(defun tooltip-mode (&optional arg) + "Mode for tooltip display. +With ARG, turn tooltip mode on if and only if ARG is positive." + (interactive "P") + (let* ((on (if arg + (> (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0) + (not tooltip-mode))) + (hook-fn (if on 'add-hook 'remove-hook))) + (setq tooltip-mode on) + (funcall hook-fn 'change-major-mode-hook 'tooltip-change-major-mode) + (tooltip-activate-mouse-motions-if-enabled) + (funcall hook-fn 'pre-command-hook 'tooltip-hide) + (funcall hook-fn 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-gud-tips) + (funcall hook-fn 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-help-tips) + (setq show-help-function (if on 'tooltip-show-help-function nil)) + ;; `ignore' is the default binding for mouse movements. + (define-key global-map [mouse-movement] + (if on 'tooltip-mouse-motion 'ignore)) + (when (and on tooltip-gud-tips-p) + (global-set-key [S-mouse-3] 'tooltip-gud-toggle-dereference) + (add-hook 'gdb-mode-hook + #'(lambda () (setq tooltip-gud-debugger 'gdb))) + (add-hook 'sdb-mode-hook + #'(lambda () (setq tooltip-gud-debugger 'sdb))) + (add-hook 'dbx-mode-hook + #'(lambda () (setq tooltip-gud-debugger 'dbx))) + (add-hook 'xdb-mode-hook + #'(lambda () (setq tooltip-gud-debugger 'xdb))) + (add-hook 'perldb-mode-hook + #'(lambda () (setq tooltip-gud-debugger 'perldb)))))) + + + +;;; Timeout for tooltip display + +(defun tooltip-float-time () + "Return the values of `current-time' as a float." + (let ((now (current-time))) + (+ (* 65536.0 (nth 0 now)) + (nth 1 now) + (/ (nth 2 now) 1000000.0)))) + + +(defun tooltip-delay () + "Return the delay in seconds for the next tooltip." + (let ((delay tooltip-delay) + (now (tooltip-float-time))) + (when (and tooltip-hide-time + (< (- now tooltip-hide-time) tooltip-recent-seconds)) + (setq delay tooltip-short-delay)) + delay)) + + +(defun tooltip-disable-timeout () + "Disable the tooltip timeout." + (when tooltip-timeout-id + (disable-timeout tooltip-timeout-id) + (setq tooltip-timeout-id nil))) + + +(defun tooltip-add-timeout () + "Add a one-shot timeout to call function tooltip-timeout." + (setq tooltip-timeout-id + (add-timeout (tooltip-delay) 'tooltip-timeout nil))) + + +(defun tooltip-timeout (object) + "Function called when timer with id tooltip-timeout-id fires." + (run-hook-with-args-until-success 'tooltip-hook + tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event)) + + + +;;; Reacting on mouse movements + +(defun tooltip-change-major-mode () + "Function added to `change-major-mode-hook' when tooltip mode is on." + (add-hook 'post-command-hook 'tooltip-activate-mouse-motions-if-enabled)) + + +(defun tooltip-activate-mouse-motions-if-enabled () + "Reconsider for all buffers whether mouse motion events are desired." + (remove-hook 'post-command-hook 'tooltip-activate-mouse-motions-if-enabled) + (let ((buffers (buffer-list))) + (save-excursion + (while buffers + (set-buffer (car buffers)) + (if (and tooltip-mode + tooltip-gud-tips-p + (memq major-mode tooltip-gud-modes)) + (tooltip-activate-mouse-motions t) + (tooltip-activate-mouse-motions nil)) + (setq buffers (cdr buffers)))))) + + +(defun tooltip-activate-mouse-motions (activatep) + "Activate/deactivate mouse motion events for the current buffer. +ACTIVATEP non-nil means activate mouse motion events." + (if activatep + (progn + (make-local-variable 'track-mouse) + (setq track-mouse t)) + (kill-local-variable 'track-mouse))) + + +(defun tooltip-mouse-motion (event) + "Command handler for mouse movement events in `global-map'." + (interactive "e") + (tooltip-hide) + (when (car (mouse-pixel-position)) + (setq tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event (copy-sequence event)) + (tooltip-add-timeout))) + + + +;;; Displaying tips + +(defun tooltip-show (text) + "Show a tooltip window at the current mouse position displaying TEXT." + (x-show-tip text (selected-frame) tooltip-frame-parameters)) + + +(defun tooltip-hide (&optional ignored-arg) + "Hide a tooltip, if one is displayed. +Value is non-nil if tooltip was open." + (tooltip-disable-timeout) + (when (x-hide-tip) + (setq tooltip-hide-time (tooltip-float-time)))) + + + +;;; Debugger-related functions + +(defun tooltip-identifier-from-point (point) + "Extract the identifier at POINT, if any. +Value is nil if no identifier exists at point. Identifier extraction +is based on the current syntax table." + (save-excursion + (goto-char point) + (let ((start (progn (skip-syntax-backward "w_") (point)))) + (unless (looking-at "[0-9]") + (skip-syntax-forward "w_") + (when (> (point) start) + (buffer-substring start (point))))))) + + +(defmacro tooltip-region-active-p () + "Value is non-nil if the region is currently active." + (if (string-match "^GNU" (emacs-version)) + `(and transient-mark-mode mark-active) + `(region-active-p))) + + +(defun tooltip-expr-to-print (event) + "Return an expression that should be printed for EVENT. +If a region is active and the mouse is inside the region, print +the region. Otherwise, figure out the identifier around the point +where the mouse is." + (save-excursion + (set-buffer (tooltip-event-buffer event)) + (let ((point (posn-point (event-end event)))) + (if (tooltip-region-active-p) + (when (and (<= (region-beginning) point) (<= point (region-end))) + (buffer-substring (region-beginning) (region-end))) + (tooltip-identifier-from-point point))))) + + +(defun tooltip-process-prompt-regexp (process) + "Return regexp matching the prompt of PROCESS at the end of a string. +The prompt is taken from the value of COMINT-PROMPT-REGEXP in the buffer +of PROCESS." + (let ((prompt-regexp (save-excursion + (set-buffer (process-buffer process)) + comint-prompt-regexp))) + ;; Most start with `^' but the one for `sdb' cannot be easily + ;; stripped. Code the prompt for `sdb' fixed here. + (if (= (aref prompt-regexp 0) ?^) + (setq prompt-regexp (substring prompt-regexp 1)) + (setq prompt-regexp "\\*")) + (concat "\n*" prompt-regexp "$"))) + + +(defun tooltip-strip-prompt (process output) + "Return OUTPUT with any prompt of PROCESS stripped from its end." + (let ((prompt-regexp (tooltip-process-prompt-regexp process))) + (save-match-data + (when (string-match prompt-regexp output) + (setq output (substring output 0 (match-beginning 0))))) + output)) + + + +;;; Tips for `gud' + +(defvar tooltip-gud-original-filter nil + "Process filter to restore after GUD output has been received.") + + +(defvar tooltip-gud-dereference nil + "Non-nil means print expressions with a `*' in front of them. +For C this would dereference a pointer expression.") + + +(defvar tooltip-gud-event nil + "The mouse movement event that led to a tooltip display. +This event can be examined by forms in TOOLTIP-GUD-DISPLAY.") + + +(defvar tooltip-gud-debugger nil + "A symbol describing the debugger running under GUD.") + + +(defun tooltip-gud-toggle-dereference () + "Toggle whether tooltips should show `* exor' or `expr'." + (interactive) + (setq tooltip-gud-dereference (not tooltip-gud-dereference)) + (when (interactive-p) + (message "Dereferencing is now %s." + (if tooltip-gud-dereference "on" "off")))) + + +(defun tooltip-gud-process-output (process output) + "Process debugger output and show it in a tooltip window." + (set-process-filter process tooltip-gud-original-filter) + (tooltip-show (tooltip-strip-prompt process output))) + + +(defun tooltip-gud-print-command (expr) + "Return a suitable command to print the expression EXPR. +If TOOLTIP-GUD-DEREFERENCE is t, also prepend a `*' to EXPR." + (when tooltip-gud-dereference + (setq expr (concat "*" expr))) + (case tooltip-gud-debugger + ((gdb dbx) (concat "print " expr)) + (xdb (concat "p " expr)) + (sdb (concat expr "/")) + (perldb expr))) + + +(defun tooltip-gud-tips (event) + "Show tip for identifier or selection under the mouse. The mouse +must either point at an identifier or inside a selected region for the +tip window to be shown. If tooltip-gud-dereference is t, add a `*' in +front of the printed expression. + +This function must return nil if it doesn't handle EVENT." + (let (gud-buffer process) + (when (and (eventp event) + tooltip-gud-tips-p + (boundp 'gud-comint-buffer) + (setq gud-buffer gud-comint-buffer) + (setq process (get-buffer-process gud-buffer)) + (posn-point (event-end event)) + (progn (setq tooltip-gud-event event) + (eval (cons 'and tooltip-gud-display)))) + (let ((expr (tooltip-expr-to-print event))) + (when expr + (setq tooltip-gud-original-filter (process-filter process)) + (set-process-filter process 'tooltip-gud-process-output) + (process-send-string + process (concat (tooltip-gud-print-command expr) "\n")) + expr))))) + + + +;;; Tooltip help. + +(defvar tooltip-help-message nil + "The last help message received via `tooltip-show-help-function'.") + + +(defun tooltip-show-help-function (msg) + "Function installed as `show-help-function'. +MSG is either a help string to display, or nil to cancel the display." + (let ((previous-help tooltip-help-message)) + (setq tooltip-help-message msg) + (cond ((null msg) + (tooltip-hide)) + ((or (not (stringp previous-help)) + (not (string= msg previous-help))) + (tooltip-hide) + (tooltip-add-timeout)) + (t + (tooltip-disable-timeout) + (tooltip-add-timeout))))) + + +(defun tooltip-help-tips (event) + "Hook function to display a help tooltip. +Value is non-nil if this function handled the tip." + (when (stringp tooltip-help-message) + (tooltip-show tooltip-help-message) + (setq tooltip-help-message nil) + t)) + + + +;;; Do this after all functions have been defined that are called +;;; from `tooltip-mode'. + +(defcustom tooltip-active nil + "*Non-nil means tooltips are active." + :tag "Activate tooltips" + :type 'boolean + :set #'(lambda (symbol value) + (set-default symbol value) + (tooltip-mode (or value 0))) + :require 'tooltip + :group 'tooltip) + + +;;; tooltip.el ends here