view lisp/progmodes/octave-hlp.el @ 24419:30e478cd167e

(shell-command-default-error-buffer): Renamed from shell-command-on-region-default-error-buffer. (shell-command-on-region): Mention in echo area when there is some error output. Mention success or failure, too. Accumulate multiple error outputs going forward, with formfeed in between. Display the error buffer when we have put something in it. (shell-command): Add the ERROR-BUFFER argument feature.

;;; octave-hlp.el --- getting help on Octave symbols using info

;; Copyright (C) 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: Kurt Hornik <[e-mail]>
;; Author: John Eaton <[e-mail]>
;; Maintainer: Kurt Hornik <[e-mail]>
;; Keywords: languages

;; 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:

;; Provides the command `octave-help' which allows index lookup of a
;; symbol in the Octave-related info files, as specified by the list
;; `octave-help-files'.

;; Other features may be added in future versions.

;;; Code:

(require 'octave-mod)
(require 'info)

(defvar octave-help-files '("octave")
  "List of info files with documentation for Octave.
Default is (\"octave\").")

(defvar octave-help-lookup-alist nil
  "Alist of Octave index entries for lookup.")

(defvar octave-help-completion-alist nil
  "Alist of Octave index entries for completion.
The entries are of the form (VAR . VAR), where VAR runs through all
different keys in `octave-help-lookup-alist'.")

;;;###autoload
(defun octave-help (key)
  "Get help on Octave symbols from the Octave info files.
Look up KEY in the function, operator and variable indices of the files
specified by `octave-help-files'.
If KEY is not a string, prompt for it with completion."
  (interactive
   (list
    (completing-read (format "Describe Octave symbol: ")
		     (octave-help-get-completion-alist)
		     nil t)))
  (if (get-buffer "*info*")
      (set-buffer "*info*"))
  (if (zerop (length key))
      (Info-find-node (car octave-help-files) "Top")
    (let ((alist (copy-alist (octave-help-get-lookup-alist)))
	  entry matches)
      (while (setq entry (car alist))
	(if (string-match key (car entry))
	    (add-to-list 'matches entry))
	(setq alist (cdr alist)))
      (if matches
	  (progn
	    (setq Info-index-alternatives matches)
	    (Info-index-next 0))))))

(defun octave-help-get-lookup-alist ()
  "Build the index lookup alist from all Octave info files.
The files specified by `octave-help-files' are searched."
  (if octave-help-lookup-alist
      ()
    (message "Building help lookup alist...")    
    (let ((files octave-help-files) file key node)
      (save-window-excursion
	(while files
	  (setq file (car files))
 	  (Info-goto-node (concat "(" file ")"))
	  (condition-case nil
	      (progn
		(Info-index "")
		(while
		    (progn
		      (while (re-search-forward
			      "^\\* \\([^(:]+\\)[^:]*: *\\(.+\\)\\.$"
			      nil t)
			(setq key (match-string 1)
			      node (concat "(" file ")" (match-string 2)))
			(and (string-match "\\(.*\\>\\) *$" key)
			     (setq key (replace-match "\\1" t nil key)))
			(add-to-list 'octave-help-lookup-alist
				     (list key
					   node
					   (concat (concat "(" file ")")
						   Info-current-node)
					   0)))
		      (and (setq node (Info-extract-pointer "next" t))
			   (string-match
			    (concat "\\(Function\\|Operator\\|Variable\\) "
				    "\\<Index\\>")
			    node)))
		  (Info-goto-node node)))
	    (error nil))
	  (setq files (cdr files)))))
    (message "Building help lookup alist...done"))
  octave-help-lookup-alist)

(defun octave-help-get-completion-alist ()
  "Build the index completion alist from all Octave info files.
The files specified by `octave-help-files' are searched."
  (if octave-help-completion-alist
      ()
    (message "Building help completion alist...")
    (let ((alist (octave-help-get-lookup-alist)) entry)
      (while alist
	(setq entry (car alist))
	(add-to-list 'octave-help-completion-alist
		     (cons (car entry) (car entry)))
	(setq alist (cdr alist))))
    (message "Building help completion alist...done"))    
  octave-help-completion-alist)

;;; provide ourself

(provide 'octave-hlp)

;;; octave-hlp.el ends here