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author | Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> |
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date | Sat, 10 May 2003 18:54:13 +0000 |
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;;; help-fns.el --- Complex help functions ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc. ;; Maintainer: FSF ;; Keywords: help, internal ;; 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: ;; This file contains those help commands which are complicated, and ;; which may not be used in every session. For example ;; `describe-function' will probably be heavily used when doing elisp ;; programming, but not if just editing C files. Simpler help commands ;; are in help.el ;;; Code: (require 'help-mode) ;;;###autoload (defun help-with-tutorial (&optional arg) "Select the Emacs learn-by-doing tutorial. If there is a tutorial version written in the language of the selected language environment, that version is used. If there's no tutorial in that language, `TUTORIAL' is selected. With ARG, you are asked to choose which language." (interactive "P") (let ((lang (if arg (let ((minibuffer-setup-hook minibuffer-setup-hook)) (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'minibuffer-completion-help) (read-language-name 'tutorial "Language: " "English")) (if (get-language-info current-language-environment 'tutorial) current-language-environment "English"))) file filename) (setq filename (get-language-info lang 'tutorial)) (setq file (expand-file-name (concat "~/" filename))) (delete-other-windows) (if (get-file-buffer file) (switch-to-buffer (get-file-buffer file)) (switch-to-buffer (create-file-buffer file)) (setq buffer-file-name file) (setq default-directory (expand-file-name "~/")) (setq buffer-auto-save-file-name nil) (insert-file-contents (expand-file-name filename data-directory)) (goto-char (point-min)) (search-forward "\n<<") (beginning-of-line) ;; Convert the <<...>> line to the proper [...] line, ;; or just delete the <<...>> line if a [...] line follows. (cond ((save-excursion (forward-line 1) (looking-at "\\[")) (delete-region (point) (progn (forward-line 1) (point)))) ((looking-at "<<Blank lines inserted.*>>") (replace-match "[Middle of page left blank for didactic purposes. Text continues below]")) (t (looking-at "<<") (replace-match "[") (search-forward ">>") (replace-match "]"))) (beginning-of-line) (let ((n (- (window-height (selected-window)) (count-lines (point-min) (point)) 6))) (if (< n 8) (progn ;; For a short gap, we don't need the [...] line, ;; so delete it. (delete-region (point) (progn (end-of-line) (point))) (newline n)) ;; Some people get confused by the large gap. (newline (/ n 2)) ;; Skip the [...] line (don't delete it). (forward-line 1) (newline (- n (/ n 2))))) (goto-char (point-min)) (set-buffer-modified-p nil)))) ;;;###autoload (defun locate-library (library &optional nosuffix path interactive-call) "Show the precise file name of Emacs library LIBRARY. This command searches the directories in `load-path' like `\\[load-library]' to find the file that `\\[load-library] RET LIBRARY RET' would load. Optional second arg NOSUFFIX non-nil means don't add suffixes `load-suffixes' to the specified name LIBRARY. If the optional third arg PATH is specified, that list of directories is used instead of `load-path'. When called from a program, the file name is normaly returned as a string. When run interactively, the argument INTERACTIVE-CALL is t, and the file name is displayed in the echo area." (interactive (list (completing-read "Locate library: " 'locate-file-completion (cons load-path load-suffixes)) nil nil t)) (let ((file (locate-file library (or path load-path) (append (unless nosuffix load-suffixes) '(""))))) (if interactive-call (if file (message "Library is file %s" (abbreviate-file-name file)) (message "No library %s in search path" library))) file)) ;; Functions ;;;###autoload (defun describe-function (function) "Display the full documentation of FUNCTION (a symbol)." (interactive (let ((fn (function-called-at-point)) (enable-recursive-minibuffers t) val) (setq val (completing-read (if fn (format "Describe function (default %s): " fn) "Describe function: ") obarray 'fboundp t nil nil (symbol-name fn))) (list (if (equal val "") fn (intern val))))) (if (null function) (message "You didn't specify a function") (help-setup-xref (list #'describe-function function) (interactive-p)) (save-excursion (with-output-to-temp-buffer (help-buffer) (prin1 function) ;; Use " is " instead of a colon so that ;; it is easier to get out the function name using forward-sexp. (princ " is ") (describe-function-1 function) (print-help-return-message) (with-current-buffer standard-output ;; Return the text we displayed. (buffer-string)))))) (defun help-split-fundoc (doc def) "Split a function docstring DOC into the actual doc and the usage info. Return (USAGE . DOC) or nil if there's no usage info. DEF is the function whose usage we're looking for in DOC." ;; Functions can get the calling sequence at the end of the doc string. ;; In cases where `function' has been fset to a subr we can't search for ;; function's name in the doc string so we use `fn' as the anonymous ;; function name instead. (when (and doc (string-match "\n\n(fn\\(\\( .*\\)?)\\)\\'" doc)) (cons (format "(%s%s" ;; Replace `fn' with the actual function name. (if (consp def) "anonymous" def) (match-string 1 doc)) (substring doc 0 (match-beginning 0))))) (defun help-add-fundoc-usage (doc arglist) "Add the usage info to the docstring DOC. If DOC already has a usage info, then just return DOC unchanged. The usage info is built from ARGLIST. DOC can be nil. ARGLIST can also be t or a string of the form \"(fun ARG1 ARG2 ...)\"." (unless (stringp doc) (setq doc "Not documented")) (if (or (string-match "\n\n(fn\\(\\( .*\\)?)\\)\\'" doc) (eq arglist t)) doc (format "%s%s%s" doc (if (string-match "\n?\n\\'" doc) (if (< (- (match-end 0) (match-beginning 0)) 2) "\n" "") "\n\n") (if (and (stringp arglist) (string-match "\\`([^ ]+\\(.*\\))\\'" arglist)) (concat "(fn" (match-string 1 arglist) ")") (help-make-usage 'fn arglist))))) (defun help-function-arglist (def) ;; Handle symbols aliased to other symbols. (if (and (symbolp def) (fboundp def)) (setq def (indirect-function def))) ;; If definition is a macro, find the function inside it. (if (eq (car-safe def) 'macro) (setq def (cdr def))) (cond ((byte-code-function-p def) (aref def 0)) ((eq (car-safe def) 'lambda) (nth 1 def)) ((and (eq (car-safe def) 'autoload) (not (eq (nth 4 def) 'keymap))) "[Arg list not available until function definition is loaded.]") (t t))) (defun help-make-usage (function arglist) (cons (if (symbolp function) function 'anonymous) (mapcar (lambda (arg) (if (not (symbolp arg)) (if (and (consp arg) (symbolp (car arg))) ;; CL style default values for optional args. (cons (intern (upcase (symbol-name (car arg)))) (cdr arg)) arg) (let ((name (symbol-name arg))) (if (string-match "\\`&" name) arg (intern (upcase name)))))) arglist))) ;;;###autoload (defun describe-function-1 (function) (let* ((def (if (symbolp function) (symbol-function function) function)) file-name string (beg (if (commandp def) "an interactive " "a "))) (setq string (cond ((or (stringp def) (vectorp def)) "a keyboard macro") ((subrp def) (if (eq 'unevalled (cdr (subr-arity def))) (concat beg "special form") (concat beg "built-in function"))) ((byte-code-function-p def) (concat beg "compiled Lisp function")) ((symbolp def) (while (symbolp (symbol-function def)) (setq def (symbol-function def))) (format "an alias for `%s'" def)) ((eq (car-safe def) 'lambda) (concat beg "Lisp function")) ((eq (car-safe def) 'macro) "a Lisp macro") ((eq (car-safe def) 'autoload) (setq file-name (nth 1 def)) (format "%s autoloaded %s" (if (commandp def) "an interactive" "an") (if (eq (nth 4 def) 'keymap) "keymap" (if (nth 4 def) "Lisp macro" "Lisp function")) )) ((keymapp def) (let ((is-full nil) (elts (cdr-safe def))) (while elts (if (char-table-p (car-safe elts)) (setq is-full t elts nil)) (setq elts (cdr-safe elts))) (if is-full "a full keymap" "a sparse keymap"))) (t ""))) (princ string) (with-current-buffer standard-output (save-excursion (save-match-data (if (re-search-backward "alias for `\\([^`']+\\)'" nil t) (help-xref-button 1 'help-function def))))) (or file-name (setq file-name (symbol-file function))) (when (equal file-name "loaddefs.el") ;; Find the real def site of the preloaded function. ;; This is necessary only for defaliases. (let ((location (condition-case nil (find-function-search-for-symbol function nil "loaddefs.el") (error nil)))) (when location (with-current-buffer (car location) (goto-char (cdr location)) (when (re-search-backward "^;;; Generated autoloads from \\(.*\\)" nil t) (setq file-name (match-string 1))))))) (cond (file-name (princ " in `") ;; We used to add .el to the file name, ;; but that's completely wrong when the user used load-file. (princ file-name) (princ "'") ;; Make a hyperlink to the library. (with-current-buffer standard-output (save-excursion (re-search-backward "`\\([^`']+\\)'" nil t) (help-xref-button 1 'help-function-def function file-name))))) (princ ".") (terpri) (when (commandp function) (let* ((remapped (command-remapping function)) (keys (where-is-internal (or remapped function) overriding-local-map nil nil))) (when remapped (princ "It is remapped to `") (princ (symbol-name remapped)) (princ "'")) (when keys (princ (if remapped " which is bound to " "It is bound to ")) ;; FIXME: This list can be very long (f.ex. for self-insert-command). (princ (mapconcat 'key-description keys ", "))) (when (or remapped keys) (princ ".") (terpri)))) (let* ((arglist (help-function-arglist def)) (doc (documentation function)) (usage (help-split-fundoc doc function))) ;; If definition is a keymap, skip arglist note. (unless (keymapp def) (princ (cond (usage (setq doc (cdr usage)) (car usage)) ((listp arglist) (help-make-usage function arglist)) ((stringp arglist) arglist) ;; Maybe the arglist is in the docstring of the alias. ((let ((fun function)) (while (and (symbolp fun) (setq fun (symbol-function fun)) (not (setq usage (help-split-fundoc (documentation fun) function))))) usage) (car usage)) ((or (stringp def) (vectorp def)) (format "\nMacro: %s" (format-kbd-macro def))) (t "[Missing arglist. Please make a bug report.]"))) (terpri)) (let ((obsolete (and ;; function might be a lambda construct. (symbolp function) (get function 'byte-obsolete-info)))) (when obsolete (terpri) (princ "This function is obsolete") (if (nth 2 obsolete) (princ (format " since %s" (nth 2 obsolete)))) (princ ";") (terpri) (princ (if (stringp (car obsolete)) (car obsolete) (format "use `%s' instead." (car obsolete)))) (terpri))) (terpri) (princ (or doc "Not documented."))))) ;; Variables ;;;###autoload (defun variable-at-point () "Return the bound variable symbol found around point. Return 0 if there is no such symbol." (condition-case () (with-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table (save-excursion (or (not (zerop (skip-syntax-backward "_w"))) (eq (char-syntax (following-char)) ?w) (eq (char-syntax (following-char)) ?_) (forward-sexp -1)) (skip-chars-forward "'") (let ((obj (read (current-buffer)))) (or (and (symbolp obj) (boundp obj) obj) 0)))) (error 0))) ;;;###autoload (defun describe-variable (variable &optional buffer) "Display the full documentation of VARIABLE (a symbol). Returns the documentation as a string, also. If VARIABLE has a buffer-local value in BUFFER (default to the current buffer), it is displayed along with the global value." (interactive (let ((v (variable-at-point)) (enable-recursive-minibuffers t) val) (setq val (completing-read (if (symbolp v) (format "Describe variable (default %s): " v) "Describe variable: ") obarray 'boundp t nil nil (if (symbolp v) (symbol-name v)))) (list (if (equal val "") v (intern val))))) (unless (buffer-live-p buffer) (setq buffer (current-buffer))) (if (not (symbolp variable)) (message "You did not specify a variable") (save-excursion (let* ((valvoid (not (with-current-buffer buffer (boundp variable)))) ;; Extract the value before setting up the output buffer, ;; in case `buffer' *is* the output buffer. (val (unless valvoid (buffer-local-value variable buffer)))) (help-setup-xref (list #'describe-variable variable buffer) (interactive-p)) (with-output-to-temp-buffer (help-buffer) (with-current-buffer buffer (prin1 variable) (if valvoid (princ " is void") (with-current-buffer standard-output (princ "'s value is ") (terpri) (let ((from (point))) (pp val) (help-xref-on-pp from (point)) (if (< (point) (+ from 20)) (delete-region (1- from) from))))) (terpri) (when (local-variable-p variable) (princ (format "Local in buffer %s; " (buffer-name))) (if (not (default-boundp variable)) (princ "globally void") (let ((val (default-value variable))) (with-current-buffer standard-output (princ "global value is ") (terpri) ;; Fixme: pp can take an age if you happen to ;; ask for a very large expression. We should ;; probably print it raw once and check it's a ;; sensible size before prettyprinting. -- fx (let ((from (point))) (pp val) (help-xref-on-pp from (point)) (if (< (point) (+ from 20)) (delete-region (1- from) from)))))) (terpri)) (terpri) (with-current-buffer standard-output (when (> (count-lines (point-min) (point-max)) 10) ;; Note that setting the syntax table like below ;; makes forward-sexp move over a `'s' at the end ;; of a symbol. (set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table) (goto-char (point-min)) (if valvoid (forward-line 1) (forward-sexp 1) (delete-region (point) (progn (end-of-line) (point))) (insert " value is shown below.\n\n") (save-excursion (insert "\n\nValue:")))) ;; Add a note for variables that have been make-var-buffer-local. (when (and (local-variable-if-set-p variable) (or (not (local-variable-p variable)) (with-temp-buffer (local-variable-if-set-p variable)))) (save-excursion (forward-line -1) (insert "Automatically becomes buffer-local when set in any fashion.\n")))) ;; Mention if it's an alias (let* ((alias (condition-case nil (indirect-variable variable) (error variable))) (obsolete (get variable 'byte-obsolete-variable)) (doc (or (documentation-property variable 'variable-documentation) (documentation-property alias 'variable-documentation)))) (unless (eq alias variable) (princ (format "This variable is an alias for `%s'." alias)) (terpri) (terpri)) (when obsolete (princ "This variable is obsolete") (if (cdr obsolete) (princ (format " since %s" (cdr obsolete)))) (princ ";") (terpri) (princ (if (stringp (car obsolete)) (car obsolete) (format "use `%s' instead." (car obsolete)))) (terpri) (terpri)) (princ (or doc "Not documented as a variable."))) ;; Make a link to customize if this variable can be customized. (if (custom-variable-p variable) (let ((customize-label "customize")) (terpri) (terpri) (princ (concat "You can " customize-label " this variable.")) (with-current-buffer standard-output (save-excursion (re-search-backward (concat "\\(" customize-label "\\)") nil t) (help-xref-button 1 'help-customize-variable variable))))) ;; Make a hyperlink to the library if appropriate. (Don't ;; change the format of the buffer's initial line in case ;; anything expects the current format.) (let ((file-name (symbol-file (cons 'defvar variable)))) (when (equal file-name "loaddefs.el") ;; Find the real def site of the preloaded variable. (let ((location (condition-case nil (find-variable-noselect variable file-name) (error nil)))) (when location (with-current-buffer (car location) (goto-char (cdr location)) (when (re-search-backward "^;;; Generated autoloads from \\(.*\\)" nil t) (setq file-name (match-string 1))))))) (when file-name (princ "\n\nDefined in `") (princ file-name) (princ "'.") (with-current-buffer standard-output (save-excursion (re-search-backward "`\\([^`']+\\)'" nil t) (help-xref-button 1 'help-variable-def variable file-name))))) (print-help-return-message) (save-excursion (set-buffer standard-output) ;; Return the text we displayed. (buffer-string)))))))) ;;;###autoload (defun describe-syntax (&optional buffer) "Describe the syntax specifications in the syntax table of BUFFER. The descriptions are inserted in a help buffer, which is then displayed. BUFFER defaults to the current buffer." (interactive) (setq buffer (or buffer (current-buffer))) (help-setup-xref (list #'describe-syntax buffer) (interactive-p)) (with-output-to-temp-buffer (help-buffer) (let ((table (with-current-buffer buffer (syntax-table)))) (with-current-buffer standard-output (describe-vector table 'internal-describe-syntax-value) (while (setq table (char-table-parent table)) (insert "\nThe parent syntax table is:") (describe-vector table 'internal-describe-syntax-value)))))) (defun help-describe-category-set (value) (insert (cond ((null value) "default") ((char-table-p value) "deeper char-table ...") (t (condition-case err (category-set-mnemonics value) (error "invalid")))))) ;;;###autoload (defun describe-categories (&optional buffer) "Describe the category specifications in the current category table. The descriptions are inserted in a buffer, which is then displayed." (interactive) (setq buffer (or buffer (current-buffer))) (help-setup-xref (list #'describe-categories buffer) (interactive-p)) (with-output-to-temp-buffer (help-buffer) (let ((table (with-current-buffer buffer (category-table)))) (with-current-buffer standard-output (describe-vector table 'help-describe-category-set) (let ((docs (char-table-extra-slot table 0))) (if (or (not (vectorp docs)) (/= (length docs) 95)) (insert "Invalid first extra slot in this char table\n") (insert "Meanings of mnemonic characters are:\n") (dotimes (i 95) (let ((elt (aref docs i))) (when elt (insert (+ i ?\ ) ": " elt "\n")))) (while (setq table (char-table-parent table)) (insert "\nThe parent category table is:") (describe-vector table 'help-describe-category-set)))))))) (provide 'help-fns) ;;; help-fns.el ends here