;;; helper.el --- utility help package supporting help in electric modes;; Copyright (C) 1985, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,;; 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.;; Author: K. Shane Hartman;; Maintainer: FSF;; Keywords: help;; 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 3, 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.;;; Commentary:;;; Code:;; hey, here's a helping hand.;; Bind this to a string for <blank> in "... Other keys <blank>".;; Helper-help uses this to construct help string when scrolling.;; Defaults to "return"(defvar Helper-return-blurb nil);; Keymap implementation doesn't work too well for non-standard loops.;; But define it anyway for those who can use it. Non-standard loops;; will probably have to use Helper-help. You can't autoload the;; keymap either.(defvar Helper-help-map nil)(if Helper-help-map nil (setq Helper-help-map (make-keymap)) ;(fillarray Helper-help-map 'undefined) (define-key Helper-help-map "m" 'Helper-describe-mode) (define-key Helper-help-map "b" 'Helper-describe-bindings) (define-key Helper-help-map "c" 'Helper-describe-key-briefly) (define-key Helper-help-map "k" 'Helper-describe-key) ;(define-key Helper-help-map "f" 'Helper-describe-function) ;(define-key Helper-help-map "v" 'Helper-describe-variable) (define-key Helper-help-map "?" 'Helper-help-options) (define-key Helper-help-map (char-to-string help-char) 'Helper-help-options) (fset 'Helper-help-map Helper-help-map))(defun Helper-help-scroller () (let ((blurb (or (and (boundp 'Helper-return-blurb) Helper-return-blurb) "return"))) (save-window-excursion (goto-char (window-start (selected-window))) (if (get-buffer-window "*Help*") (pop-to-buffer "*Help*") (switch-to-buffer "*Help*")) (goto-char (point-min)) (let ((continue t) state) (while continue (setq state (+ (* 2 (if (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max)) 1 0)) (if (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-min)) 1 0))) (message (nth state '("Space forward, Delete back. Other keys %s" "Space scrolls forward. Other keys %s" "Delete scrolls back. Other keys %s" "Type anything to %s")) blurb) (setq continue (read-event)) (cond ((and (memq continue '(?\s ?\C-v)) (< state 2)) (scroll-up)) ((= continue ?\C-l) (recenter)) ((and (= continue ?\177) (zerop (% state 2))) (scroll-down)) (t (setq continue nil))))))))(defun Helper-help-options () "Describe help options." (interactive) (message "c (key briefly), m (mode), k (key), b (bindings)") ;(message "c (key briefly), m (mode), k (key), v (variable), f (function)") (sit-for 4))(defun Helper-describe-key-briefly (key) "Briefly describe binding of KEY." (interactive "kDescribe key briefly: ") (describe-key-briefly key) (sit-for 4))(defun Helper-describe-key (key) "Describe binding of KEY." (interactive "kDescribe key: ") (save-window-excursion (describe-key key)) (Helper-help-scroller))(defun Helper-describe-function () "Describe a function. Name read interactively." (interactive) (save-window-excursion (call-interactively 'describe-function)) (Helper-help-scroller))(defun Helper-describe-variable () "Describe a variable. Name read interactively." (interactive) (save-window-excursion (call-interactively 'describe-variable)) (Helper-help-scroller))(defun Helper-describe-mode () "Describe the current mode." (interactive) (let ((name mode-name) (documentation (documentation major-mode))) (save-excursion (set-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Help*")) (setq buffer-read-only nil) (erase-buffer) (insert name " Mode\n" documentation) (help-mode))) (Helper-help-scroller));;;###autoload(defun Helper-describe-bindings () "Describe local key bindings of current mode." (interactive) (message "Making binding list...") (save-window-excursion (describe-bindings)) (Helper-help-scroller));;;###autoload(defun Helper-help () "Provide help for current mode." (interactive) (let ((continue t) c) (while continue (message "Help (Type ? for further options)") (setq c (read-key-sequence nil)) (setq c (lookup-key Helper-help-map c)) (cond ((eq c 'Helper-help-options) (Helper-help-options)) ((commandp c) (call-interactively c) (setq continue nil)) (t (ding) (setq continue nil))))))(provide 'helper);;; arch-tag: a0984577-d3e9-4124-ae0d-c46fe740f6a9;;; helper.el ends here