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1.1 root 1: ;; helper - utility help package for modes which want to provide help
2: ;; without relinquishing control, e.g. `electric' modes.
3:
4: ;; Copyright (C) 1985 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5: ;; Principal author K. Shane Hartman
6:
7: ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
8:
9: ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
10: ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
11: ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
12: ;; any later version.
13:
14: ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
15: ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16: ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
17: ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
18:
19: ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
20: ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
21: ;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
22:
23:
24: (provide 'helper) ; hey, here's a helping hand.
25:
26: ;; Bind this to a string for <blank> in "... Other keys <blank>".
27: ;; Helper-help uses this to construct help string when scrolling.
28: ;; Defaults to "return"
29: (defvar Helper-return-blurb nil)
30:
31: ;; Keymap implementation doesn't work too well for non-standard loops.
32: ;; But define it anyway for those who can use it. Non-standard loops
33: ;; will probably have to use Helper-help. You can't autoload the
34: ;; keymap either.
35:
36:
37: (defvar Helper-help-map nil)
38: (if Helper-help-map
39: nil
40: (setq Helper-help-map (make-keymap))
41: ;(fillarray Helper-help-map 'undefined)
42: (define-key Helper-help-map "m" 'Helper-describe-mode)
43: (define-key Helper-help-map "b" 'Helper-describe-bindings)
44: (define-key Helper-help-map "c" 'Helper-describe-key-briefly)
45: (define-key Helper-help-map "k" 'Helper-describe-key)
46: ;(define-key Helper-help-map "f" 'Helper-describe-function)
47: ;(define-key Helper-help-map "v" 'Helper-describe-variable)
48: (define-key Helper-help-map "?" 'Helper-help-options)
49: (define-key Helper-help-map (char-to-string help-char) 'Helper-help-options)
50: (fset 'Helper-help-map Helper-help-map))
51:
52: (defun Helper-help-scroller ()
53: (let ((blurb (or (and (boundp 'Helper-return-blurb)
54: Helper-return-blurb)
55: "return")))
56: (save-window-excursion
57: (goto-char (window-start (selected-window)))
58: (if (get-buffer-window "*Help*")
59: (pop-to-buffer "*Help*")
60: (switch-to-buffer "*Help*"))
61: (goto-char (point-min))
62: (let ((continue t) state)
63: (while continue
64: (setq state (+ (* 2 (if (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max)) 1 0))
65: (if (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-min)) 1 0)))
66: (message
67: (nth state
68: '("Space forward, Delete back. Other keys %s"
69: "Space scrolls forward. Other keys %s"
70: "Delete scrolls back. Other keys %s"
71: "Type anything to %s"))
72: blurb)
73: (setq continue (read-char))
74: (cond ((and (memq continue '(?\ ?\C-v)) (< state 2))
75: (scroll-up))
76: ((= continue ?\C-l)
77: (recenter))
78: ((and (= continue ?\177) (zerop (% state 2)))
79: (scroll-down))
80: (t (setq continue nil))))))))
81:
82: (defun Helper-help-options ()
83: "Describe help options."
84: (interactive)
85: (message "c (key briefly), m (mode), k (key), b (bindings)")
86: ;(message "c (key briefly), m (mode), k (key), v (variable), f (function)")
87: (sit-for 4))
88:
89: (defun Helper-describe-key-briefly (key)
90: "Briefly describe binding of KEYS."
91: (interactive "kDescribe key briefly: ")
92: (describe-key-briefly key)
93: (sit-for 4))
94:
95: (defun Helper-describe-key (key)
96: "Describe binding of KEYS."
97: (interactive "kDescribe key: ")
98: (save-window-excursion (describe-key key))
99: (Helper-help-scroller))
100:
101: (defun Helper-describe-function ()
102: "Describe a function. Name read interactively."
103: (interactive)
104: (save-window-excursion (call-interactively 'describe-function))
105: (Helper-help-scroller))
106:
107: (defun Helper-describe-variable ()
108: "Describe a variable. Name read interactively."
109: (interactive)
110: (save-window-excursion (call-interactively 'describe-variable))
111: (Helper-help-scroller))
112:
113: (defun Helper-describe-mode ()
114: "Describe the current mode."
115: (interactive)
116: (let ((name mode-name)
117: (documentation (documentation major-mode)))
118: (save-excursion
119: (set-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Help*"))
120: (erase-buffer)
121: (insert name " Mode\n" documentation)))
122: (Helper-help-scroller))
123:
124: (defun Helper-describe-bindings ()
125: "Describe local key bindings of current mode."
126: (interactive)
127: (message "Making binding list...")
128: (save-window-excursion (describe-bindings))
129: (Helper-help-scroller))
130:
131: (defun Helper-help ()
132: "Provide help for current mode."
133: (interactive)
134: (let ((continue t) c)
135: (while continue
136: (message "Help (Type ? for further options)")
137: (setq c (char-to-string (downcase (read-char))))
138: (setq c (lookup-key Helper-help-map c))
139: (cond ((eq c 'Helper-help-options)
140: (Helper-help-options))
141: ((commandp c)
142: (call-interactively c)
143: (setq continue nil))
144: (t
145: (ding)
146: (setq continue nil))))))
147:
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