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- ;;; eldoc.el --- show function arglist or variable docstring in echo area
-
- ;; Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- ;; Author: Noah Friedman <friedman@prep.ai.mit.edu>
- ;; Maintainer: friedman@prep.ai.mit.edu
- ;; Keywords: extensions
- ;; Created: 1995-10-06
-
- ;; $Id: eldoc.el,v 1.13 1997/05/22 06:47:41 friedman Exp $
-
- ;; 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 program was inspired by the behavior of the "mouse documentation
- ;; window" on many Lisp Machine systems; as you type a function's symbol
- ;; name as part of a sexp, it will print the argument list for that
- ;; function. Behavior is not identical; for example, you need not actually
- ;; type the function name, you need only move point around in a sexp that
- ;; calls it. Also, if point is over a documented variable, it will print
- ;; the one-line documentation for that variable instead, to remind you of
- ;; that variable's meaning.
-
- ;; One useful way to enable this minor mode is to put the following in your
- ;; .emacs:
- ;;
- ;; (autoload 'turn-on-eldoc-mode "eldoc" nil t)
- ;; (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook 'turn-on-eldoc-mode)
- ;; (add-hook 'lisp-interaction-mode-hook 'turn-on-eldoc-mode)
- ;; (add-hook 'ielm-mode-hook 'turn-on-eldoc-mode)
-
- ;;; Code:
-
- ;; Use idle timers if available in the version of emacs running.
- ;; Please don't change this to use `require'; this package works as-is in
- ;; XEmacs (which doesn't have timer.el as of 19.14), and I would like to
- ;; maintain compatibility with that since I must use it sometimes. --Noah
- (or (featurep 'timer)
- (load "timer" t))
-
- (defgroup eldoc nil
- "Show function arglist or variable docstring in echo area."
- :group 'extensions)
-
- ;;;###autoload
- (defcustom eldoc-mode nil
- "*If non-nil, show the defined parameters for the elisp function near point.
-
- For the emacs lisp function at the beginning of the sexp which point is
- within, show the defined parameters for the function in the echo area.
- This information is extracted directly from the function or macro if it is
- in pure lisp. If the emacs function is a subr, the parameters are obtained
- from the documentation string if possible.
-
- If point is over a documented variable, print that variable's docstring
- instead.
-
- This variable is buffer-local."
- :type 'boolean
- :group 'eldoc)
- (make-variable-buffer-local 'eldoc-mode)
-
- (defcustom eldoc-idle-delay 0.50
- "*Number of seconds of idle time to wait before printing.
- If user input arrives before this interval of time has elapsed after the
- last input, no documentation will be printed.
-
- If this variable is set to 0, no idle time is required."
- :type 'number
- :group 'eldoc)
-
- (defcustom eldoc-minor-mode-string " ElDoc"
- "*String to display in mode line when Eldoc Mode is enabled."
- :type 'string
- :group 'eldoc)
-
- ;; Put this minor mode on the global minor-mode-alist.
- (or (assq 'eldoc-mode (default-value 'minor-mode-alist))
- (setq-default minor-mode-alist
- (append (default-value 'minor-mode-alist)
- '((eldoc-mode eldoc-minor-mode-string)))))
-
- (defcustom eldoc-argument-case 'upcase
- "Case to display argument names of functions, as a symbol.
- This has two preferred values: `upcase' or `downcase'.
- Actually, any name of a function which takes a string as an argument and
- returns another string is acceptable."
- :type '(choice (const upcase) (const downcase))
- :group 'eldoc)
-
- ;; No user options below here.
-
- ;; Commands after which it is appropriate to print in the echo area.
- ;; Eldoc does not try to print function arglists, etc. after just any command,
- ;; because some commands print their own messages in the echo area and these
- ;; functions would instantly overwrite them. But self-insert-command as well
- ;; as most motion commands are good candidates.
- ;; This variable contains an obarray of symbols; do not manipulate it
- ;; directly. Instead, use `eldoc-add-command' and `eldoc-remove-command'.
- (defvar eldoc-message-commands nil)
-
- ;; This is used by eldoc-add-command to initialize eldoc-message-commands
- ;; as an obarray.
- ;; It should probably never be necessary to do so, but if you
- ;; choose to increase the number of buckets, you must do so before loading
- ;; this file since the obarray is initialized at load time.
- ;; Remember to keep it a prime number to improve hash performance.
- (defvar eldoc-message-commands-table-size 31)
-
- ;; Bookkeeping; the car contains the last symbol read from the buffer.
- ;; The cdr contains the string last displayed in the echo area, so it can
- ;; be printed again if necessary without reconsing.
- (defvar eldoc-last-data (cons nil nil))
- (defvar eldoc-last-message nil)
-
- ;; Idle timers are supported in Emacs 19.31 and later.
- (defvar eldoc-use-idle-timer-p (fboundp 'run-with-idle-timer))
-
- ;; eldoc's timer object, if using idle timers
- (defvar eldoc-timer nil)
-
- ;; idle time delay currently in use by timer.
- ;; This is used to determine if eldoc-idle-delay is changed by the user.
- (defvar eldoc-current-idle-delay eldoc-idle-delay)
-
-
- ;;;###autoload
- (defun eldoc-mode (&optional prefix)
- "*Enable or disable eldoc mode.
- See documentation for the variable of the same name for more details.
-
- If called interactively with no prefix argument, toggle current condition
- of the mode.
- If called with a positive or negative prefix argument, enable or disable
- the mode, respectively."
- (interactive "P")
- (setq eldoc-last-message nil)
- (cond (eldoc-use-idle-timer-p
- (add-hook 'post-command-hook 'eldoc-schedule-timer)
- (add-hook 'pre-command-hook 'eldoc-pre-command-refresh-echo-area))
- (t
- ;; Use post-command-idle-hook if defined, otherwise use
- ;; post-command-hook. The former is only proper to use in Emacs
- ;; 19.30; that is the first version in which it appeared, but it
- ;; was obsolesced by idle timers in Emacs 19.31.
- (add-hook (if (boundp 'post-command-idle-hook)
- 'post-command-idle-hook
- 'post-command-hook)
- 'eldoc-print-current-symbol-info)
- ;; quick and dirty hack for seeing if this is XEmacs
- (and (fboundp 'display-message)
- (add-hook 'pre-command-hook
- 'eldoc-pre-command-refresh-echo-area))))
- (setq eldoc-mode (if prefix
- (>= (prefix-numeric-value prefix) 0)
- (not eldoc-mode)))
- (and (interactive-p)
- (if eldoc-mode
- (message "eldoc-mode is enabled")
- (message "eldoc-mode is disabled")))
- eldoc-mode)
-
- ;;;###autoload
- (defun turn-on-eldoc-mode ()
- "Unequivocally turn on eldoc-mode (see variable documentation)."
- (interactive)
- (eldoc-mode 1))
-
- ;; Idle timers are part of Emacs 19.31 and later.
- (defun eldoc-schedule-timer ()
- (or (and eldoc-timer
- (memq eldoc-timer timer-idle-list))
- (setq eldoc-timer
- (run-with-idle-timer eldoc-idle-delay t
- 'eldoc-print-current-symbol-info)))
-
- ;; If user has changed the idle delay, update the timer.
- (cond ((not (= eldoc-idle-delay eldoc-current-idle-delay))
- (setq eldoc-current-idle-delay eldoc-idle-delay)
- (timer-set-idle-time eldoc-timer eldoc-idle-delay t))))
-
- ;; This function goes on pre-command-hook for XEmacs or when using idle
- ;; timers in Emacs. Motion commands clear the echo area for some reason,
- ;; which make eldoc messages flicker or disappear just before motion
- ;; begins. This function reprints the last eldoc message immediately
- ;; before the next command executes, which does away with the flicker.
- ;; This doesn't seem to be required for Emacs 19.28 and earlier.
- (defun eldoc-pre-command-refresh-echo-area ()
- (and eldoc-last-message
- (if (eldoc-display-message-no-interference-p)
- (eldoc-message eldoc-last-message)
- (setq eldoc-last-message nil))))
-
- (defun eldoc-message (&rest args)
- (let ((omessage eldoc-last-message))
- (cond ((eq (car args) eldoc-last-message))
- ((or (null args)
- (null (car args)))
- (setq eldoc-last-message nil))
- (t
- (setq eldoc-last-message (apply 'format args))))
- ;; In emacs 19.29 and later, and XEmacs 19.13 and later, all messages
- ;; are recorded in a log. Do not put eldoc messages in that log since
- ;; they are Legion.
- (if (fboundp 'display-message)
- ;; XEmacs 19.13 way of preventing log messages.
- (if eldoc-last-message
- (display-message 'no-log eldoc-last-message)
- (and omessage
- (clear-message 'no-log)))
- (let ((message-log-max nil))
- (if eldoc-last-message
- (message "%s" eldoc-last-message)
- (and omessage
- (message nil))))))
- eldoc-last-message)
-
-
- (defun eldoc-print-current-symbol-info ()
- (and (eldoc-display-message-p)
- (let ((current-symbol (eldoc-current-symbol))
- (current-fnsym (eldoc-fnsym-in-current-sexp)))
- (or (cond ((eq current-symbol current-fnsym)
- (or (eldoc-print-fnsym-args current-fnsym)
- (eldoc-print-var-docstring current-symbol)))
- (t
- (or (eldoc-print-var-docstring current-symbol)
- (eldoc-print-fnsym-args current-fnsym))))
- (eldoc-message nil)))))
-
- ;; Decide whether now is a good time to display a message.
- (defun eldoc-display-message-p ()
- (and (eldoc-display-message-no-interference-p)
- (cond (eldoc-use-idle-timer-p
- ;; If this-command is non-nil while running via an idle
- ;; timer, we're still in the middle of executing a command,
- ;; e.g. a query-replace where it would be annoying to
- ;; overwrite the echo area.
- (and (not this-command)
- (symbolp last-command)
- (intern-soft (symbol-name last-command)
- eldoc-message-commands)))
- (t
- ;; If we don't have idle timers, this function is
- ;; running on post-command-hook directly; that means the
- ;; user's last command is still on `this-command', and we
- ;; must wait briefly for input to see whether to do display.
- (and (symbolp this-command)
- (intern-soft (symbol-name this-command)
- eldoc-message-commands)
- (sit-for eldoc-idle-delay))))))
-
- (defun eldoc-display-message-no-interference-p ()
- (and eldoc-mode
- (not executing-kbd-macro)
- ;; Having this mode operate in an active minibuffer/echo area causes
- ;; interference with what's going on there.
- (not cursor-in-echo-area)
- (not (eq (selected-window) (minibuffer-window)))))
-
- (defun eldoc-print-fnsym-args (sym)
- (interactive)
- (let ((args nil))
- (cond ((not (and sym
- (symbolp sym)
- (fboundp sym))))
- ((eq sym (car eldoc-last-data))
- (setq args (cdr eldoc-last-data)))
- ((subrp (eldoc-symbol-function sym))
- (setq args (or (eldoc-function-argstring-from-docstring sym)
- (eldoc-docstring-first-line (documentation sym t))))
- (setcar eldoc-last-data sym)
- (setcdr eldoc-last-data args))
- (t
- (setq args (eldoc-function-argstring sym))
- (setcar eldoc-last-data sym)
- (setcdr eldoc-last-data args)))
- (and args
- (eldoc-message "%s: %s" sym args))))
-
- (defun eldoc-fnsym-in-current-sexp ()
- (let ((p (point)))
- (eldoc-beginning-of-sexp)
- (prog1
- ;; Don't do anything if current word is inside a string.
- (if (= (or (char-after (1- (point))) 0) ?\")
- nil
- (eldoc-current-symbol))
- (goto-char p))))
-
- (defun eldoc-beginning-of-sexp ()
- (let ((parse-sexp-ignore-comments t))
- (condition-case err
- (while (progn
- (forward-sexp -1)
- (or (= (or (char-after (1- (point)))) ?\")
- (> (point) (point-min)))))
- (error nil))))
-
- ;; returns nil unless current word is an interned symbol.
- (defun eldoc-current-symbol ()
- (let ((c (char-after (point))))
- (and c
- (memq (char-syntax c) '(?w ?_))
- (intern-soft (current-word)))))
-
- ;; Do indirect function resolution if possible.
- (defun eldoc-symbol-function (fsym)
- (let ((defn (and (fboundp fsym)
- (symbol-function fsym))))
- (and (symbolp defn)
- (condition-case err
- (setq defn (indirect-function fsym))
- (error (setq defn nil))))
- defn))
-
- (defun eldoc-function-argstring (fn)
- (let* ((prelim-def (eldoc-symbol-function fn))
- (def (if (eq (car-safe prelim-def) 'macro)
- (cdr prelim-def)
- prelim-def))
- (arglist (cond ((null def) nil)
- ((byte-code-function-p def)
- (if (fboundp 'compiled-function-arglist)
- (funcall 'compiled-function-arglist def)
- (aref def 0)))
- ((eq (car-safe def) 'lambda)
- (nth 1 def))
- (t t))))
- (eldoc-function-argstring-format arglist)))
-
- (defun eldoc-function-argstring-format (arglist)
- (cond ((not (listp arglist))
- (setq arglist nil))
- ((symbolp (car arglist))
- (setq arglist
- (mapcar (function (lambda (s)
- (if (memq s '(&optional &rest))
- (symbol-name s)
- (funcall eldoc-argument-case
- (symbol-name s)))))
- arglist)))
- ((stringp (car arglist))
- (setq arglist
- (mapcar (function (lambda (s)
- (if (member s '("&optional" "&rest"))
- s
- (funcall eldoc-argument-case s))))
- arglist))))
- (concat "(" (mapconcat 'identity arglist " ") ")"))
-
-
- (defun eldoc-print-var-docstring (sym)
- (eldoc-print-docstring sym (documentation-property
- sym 'variable-documentation t)))
-
- ;; Print the brief (one-line) documentation string for the symbol.
- (defun eldoc-print-docstring (symbol doc)
- (and doc
- (eldoc-message "%s" (eldoc-docstring-message symbol doc))))
-
- ;; If the entire line cannot fit in the echo area, the variable name may be
- ;; truncated or eliminated entirely from the output to make room.
- ;; Any leading `*' in the docstring (which indicates the variable is a user
- ;; option) is not printed."
- (defun eldoc-docstring-message (symbol doc)
- (and doc
- (let ((name (symbol-name symbol)))
- (setq doc (eldoc-docstring-first-line doc))
- (save-match-data
- (let* ((doclen (+ (length name) (length ": ") (length doc)))
- ;; Subtract 1 from window width since emacs seems not to
- ;; write any chars to the last column, at least for some
- ;; terminal types.
- (strip (- doclen (1- (window-width (minibuffer-window))))))
- (cond ((> strip 0)
- (let* ((len (length name)))
- (cond ((>= strip len)
- (format "%s" doc))
- (t
- ;;(setq name (substring name 0 (- len strip)))
- ;;
- ;; Show the end of the partial variable name,
- ;; rather than the beginning, since the former
- ;; is more likely to be unique given package
- ;; namespace conventions.
- (setq name (substring name strip))
- (format "%s: %s" name doc)))))
- (t
- (format "%s: %s" symbol doc))))))))
-
- (defun eldoc-docstring-first-line (doc)
- (save-match-data
- (and (string-match "\n" doc)
- (setq doc (substring doc 0 (match-beginning 0))))
- (and (string-match "^\\*" doc)
- (setq doc (substring doc 1))))
- doc)
-
-
- ;; Alist of predicate/action pairs.
- ;; Each member of the list is a sublist consisting of a predicate function
- ;; used to determine if the arglist for a function can be found using a
- ;; certain pattern, and a function which returns the actual arglist from
- ;; that docstring.
- ;;
- ;; The order in this table is significant, since later predicates may be
- ;; more general than earlier ones.
- ;;
- ;; Compiler note for Emacs/XEmacs versions which support dynamic loading:
- ;; these functions will be compiled to bytecode, but can't be lazy-loaded
- ;; even if you set byte-compile-dynamic; to do that would require making
- ;; them named top-level defuns, which is not particularly desirable either.
- (defvar eldoc-function-argstring-from-docstring-method-table
- (list
- ;; Try first searching for args starting with symbol name.
- ;; This is to avoid matching parenthetical remarks in e.g. sit-for.
- (list (function (lambda (doc fn)
- (string-match (format "^(%s[^\n)]*)$" fn) doc)))
- (function (lambda (doc)
- ;; end does not include trailing ")" sequence.
- (let ((end (- (match-end 0) 1)))
- (if (string-match " +" doc (match-beginning 0))
- (substring doc (match-end 0) end)
- "")))))
-
- ;; Try again not requiring this symbol name in the docstring.
- ;; This will be the case when looking up aliases.
- (list (function (lambda (doc fn)
- ;; save-restriction has a pathological docstring in
- ;; Emacs/XEmacs 19.
- (and (not (eq fn 'save-restriction))
- (string-match "^([^\n)]+)$" doc))))
- (function (lambda (doc)
- ;; end does not include trailing ")" sequence.
- (let ((end (- (match-end 0) 1)))
- (and (string-match " +" doc (match-beginning 0))
- (substring doc (match-end 0) end))))))
-
- ;; Emacs subr docstring style:
- ;; (fn arg1 arg2 ...): description...
- (list (function (lambda (doc fn)
- (string-match "^([^\n)]+):" doc)))
- (function (lambda (doc)
- ;; end does not include trailing "):" sequence.
- (let ((end (- (match-end 0) 2)))
- (and (string-match " +" doc (match-beginning 0))
- (substring doc (match-end 0) end))))))
-
- ;; XEmacs subr docstring style:
- ;; "arguments: (arg1 arg2 ...)
- (list (function (lambda (doc fn)
- (string-match "^arguments: (\\([^\n)]+\\))" doc)))
- (function (lambda (doc)
- ;; also skip leading paren, but the first word is
- ;; actually an argument, not the function name.
- (substring doc (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1)))))
-
- ;; This finds the argstring for `condition-case'. Any others?
- (list (function (lambda (doc fn)
- (string-match
- (format "^Usage looks like \\((%s[^\n)]*)\\)\\.$" fn)
- doc)))
- (function (lambda (doc)
- ;; end does not include trailing ")" sequence.
- (let ((end (- (match-end 1) 1)))
- (and (string-match " +" doc (match-beginning 1))
- (substring doc (match-end 0) end))))))
-
- ;; This finds the argstring for `setq-default'. Any others?
- (list (function (lambda (doc fn)
- (string-match (format "^[ \t]+\\((%s[^\n)]*)\\)$" fn)
- doc)))
- (function (lambda (doc)
- ;; end does not include trailing ")" sequence.
- (let ((end (- (match-end 1) 1)))
- (and (string-match " +" doc (match-beginning 1))
- (substring doc (match-end 0) end))))))
-
- ;; This finds the argstring for `start-process'. Any others?
- (list (function (lambda (doc fn)
- (string-match "^Args are +\\([^\n]+\\)$" doc)))
- (function (lambda (doc)
- (substring doc (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1)))))
-
- ;; These common subrs don't have arglists in their docstrings. So cheat.
- (list (function (lambda (doc fn)
- (memq fn '(and or list + -))))
- (function (lambda (doc)
- ;; The value nil is a placeholder; otherwise, the
- ;; following string may be compiled as a docstring,
- ;; and not a return value for the function.
- ;; In interpreted lisp form they are
- ;; indistinguishable; it only matters for compiled
- ;; forms.
- nil
- "&rest args")))
- ))
-
- (defun eldoc-function-argstring-from-docstring (fn)
- (let ((docstring (documentation fn 'raw))
- (table eldoc-function-argstring-from-docstring-method-table)
- (doc nil)
- (doclist nil))
- (save-match-data
- (while table
- (cond ((funcall (car (car table)) docstring fn)
- (setq doc (funcall (car (cdr (car table))) docstring))
- (setq table nil))
- (t
- (setq table (cdr table)))))
-
- (cond ((not (stringp doc))
- nil)
- ((string-match "&" doc)
- (let ((p 0)
- (l (length doc)))
- (while (< p l)
- (cond ((string-match "[ \t\n]+" doc p)
- (setq doclist
- (cons (substring doc p (match-beginning 0))
- doclist))
- (setq p (match-end 0)))
- (t
- (setq doclist (cons (substring doc p) doclist))
- (setq p l))))
- (eldoc-function-argstring-format (nreverse doclist))))
- (t
- (concat "(" (funcall eldoc-argument-case doc) ")"))))))
-
-
- ;; When point is in a sexp, the function args are not reprinted in the echo
- ;; area after every possible interactive command because some of them print
- ;; their own messages in the echo area; the eldoc functions would instantly
- ;; overwrite them unless it is more restrained.
- ;; These functions do display-command table management.
-
- (defun eldoc-add-command (&rest cmds)
- (or eldoc-message-commands
- (setq eldoc-message-commands
- (make-vector eldoc-message-commands-table-size 0)))
-
- (let (name sym)
- (while cmds
- (setq name (car cmds))
- (setq cmds (cdr cmds))
-
- (cond ((symbolp name)
- (setq sym name)
- (setq name (symbol-name sym)))
- ((stringp name)
- (setq sym (intern-soft name))))
-
- (and (symbolp sym)
- (fboundp sym)
- (set (intern name eldoc-message-commands) t)))))
-
- (defun eldoc-add-command-completions (&rest names)
- (while names
- (apply 'eldoc-add-command
- (all-completions (car names) obarray 'fboundp))
- (setq names (cdr names))))
-
- (defun eldoc-remove-command (&rest cmds)
- (let (name)
- (while cmds
- (setq name (car cmds))
- (setq cmds (cdr cmds))
-
- (and (symbolp name)
- (setq name (symbol-name name)))
-
- (if (fboundp 'unintern)
- (unintern name eldoc-message-commands)
- (let ((s (intern-soft name eldoc-message-commands)))
- (and s
- (makunbound s)))))))
-
- (defun eldoc-remove-command-completions (&rest names)
- (while names
- (apply 'eldoc-remove-command
- (all-completions (car names) eldoc-message-commands))
- (setq names (cdr names))))
-
- ;; Prime the command list.
- (eldoc-add-command-completions
- "backward-" "beginning-of-" "delete-other-windows" "delete-window"
- "end-of-" "forward-" "indent-for-tab-command" "goto-" "mouse-set-point"
- "next-" "other-window" "previous-" "recenter" "scroll-"
- "self-insert-command" "split-window-")
-
- (provide 'eldoc)
-
- ;;; eldoc.el ends here
-