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1 ;;; tooltip.el --- show tooltip windows
2
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
4 ;; 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5
6 ;; Author: Gerd Moellmann <gerd@acm.org>
7 ;; Keywords: help c mouse tools
8
9 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
10
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23
24 ;;; Commentary:
25
26 ;;; Code:
27
28 (defvar comint-prompt-regexp)
29
30 (defgroup tooltip nil
31 "Customization group for the `tooltip' package."
32 :group 'help
33 :group 'gud
34 :group 'mouse
35 :group 'tools
36 :version "21.1"
37 :tag "Tool Tips")
38 \f
39 ;;; Switching tooltips on/off
40
41 (define-minor-mode tooltip-mode
42 "Toggle Tooltip mode.
43 With ARG, turn Tooltip mode on if and only if ARG is positive.
44 When this minor mode is enabled, Emacs displays help text
45 in a pop-up window for buttons and menu items that you put the mouse on.
46 \(However, if `tooltip-use-echo-area' is non-nil, this and
47 all pop-up help appears in the echo area.)
48
49 When Tooltip mode is disabled, Emacs displays one line of
50 the help text in the echo area, and does not make a pop-up window."
51 :global t
52 ;; Even if we start on a text-only terminal, make this non-nil by
53 ;; default because we can open a graphical frame later (multi-tty).
54 :init-value t
55 :initialize 'custom-initialize-delay
56 :group 'tooltip
57 (unless (or (null tooltip-mode) (fboundp 'x-show-tip))
58 (error "Sorry, tooltips are not yet available on this system"))
59 (if tooltip-mode
60 (progn
61 (add-hook 'pre-command-hook 'tooltip-hide)
62 (add-hook 'tooltip-functions 'tooltip-help-tips))
63 (unless (and (boundp 'gud-tooltip-mode) gud-tooltip-mode)
64 (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook 'tooltip-hide))
65 (remove-hook 'tooltip-functions 'tooltip-help-tips))
66 (setq show-help-function
67 (if tooltip-mode 'tooltip-show-help 'tooltip-show-help-non-mode)))
68
69 \f
70 ;;; Customizable settings
71
72 (defcustom tooltip-delay 0.7
73 "Seconds to wait before displaying a tooltip the first time."
74 :type 'number
75 :group 'tooltip)
76
77 (defcustom tooltip-short-delay 0.1
78 "Seconds to wait between subsequent tooltips on different items."
79 :type 'number
80 :group 'tooltip)
81
82 (defcustom tooltip-recent-seconds 1
83 "Display tooltips if changing tip items within this many seconds.
84 Do so after `tooltip-short-delay'."
85 :type 'number
86 :group 'tooltip)
87
88 (defcustom tooltip-hide-delay 10
89 "Hide tooltips automatically after this many seconds."
90 :type 'number
91 :group 'tooltip)
92
93 (defcustom tooltip-x-offset 5
94 "X offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips.
95 The offset is the distance between the X position of the mouse and
96 the left border of the tooltip window. It must be chosen so that the
97 tooltip window doesn't contain the mouse when it pops up, or it may
98 interfere with clicking where you wish.
99
100 If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `left' parameter,
101 the value of `tooltip-x-offset' is ignored."
102 :type 'integer
103 :group 'tooltip)
104
105 (defcustom tooltip-y-offset +20
106 "Y offset, in pixels, for the display of tooltips.
107 The offset is the distance between the Y position of the mouse and
108 the top border of the tooltip window. It must be chosen so that the
109 tooltip window doesn't contain the mouse when it pops up, or it may
110 interfere with clicking where you wish.
111
112 If `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes the `top' parameter,
113 the value of `tooltip-y-offset' is ignored."
114 :type 'integer
115 :group 'tooltip)
116
117 (defcustom tooltip-frame-parameters
118 '((name . "tooltip")
119 (internal-border-width . 2)
120 (border-width . 1))
121 "Frame parameters used for tooltips.
122
123 If `left' or `top' parameters are included, they specify the absolute
124 position to pop up the tooltip.
125
126 Note that font and color parameters are ignored, and the attributes
127 of the `tooltip' face are used instead."
128 :type 'sexp
129 :group 'tooltip)
130
131 (defface tooltip
132 '((((class color))
133 :background "lightyellow"
134 :foreground "black"
135 :inherit variable-pitch)
136 (t
137 :inherit variable-pitch))
138 "Face for tooltips."
139 :group 'tooltip
140 :group 'basic-faces)
141
142 (defcustom tooltip-use-echo-area nil
143 "Use the echo area instead of tooltip frames for help and GUD tooltips.
144 To display multi-line help text in the echo area, set this to t
145 and enable `tooltip-mode'."
146 :type 'boolean
147 :group 'tooltip)
148
149 \f
150 ;;; Variables that are not customizable.
151
152 (defvar tooltip-functions nil
153 "Functions to call to display tooltips.
154 Each function is called with one argument EVENT which is a copy
155 of the last mouse movement event that occurred. If one of these
156 functions displays the tooltip, it should return non-nil and the
157 rest are not called.")
158
159 (define-obsolete-variable-alias 'tooltip-hook 'tooltip-functions "23.1")
160
161 (defvar tooltip-timeout-id nil
162 "The id of the timeout started when Emacs becomes idle.")
163
164 (defvar tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event nil
165 "A copy of the last mouse motion event seen.")
166
167 (defvar tooltip-hide-time nil
168 "Time when the last tooltip was hidden.")
169
170 (defvar gud-tooltip-mode) ;; Prevent warning.
171
172 ;;; Event accessors
173
174 (defun tooltip-event-buffer (event)
175 "Return the buffer over which event EVENT occurred.
176 This might return nil if the event did not occur over a buffer."
177 (let ((window (posn-window (event-end event))))
178 (and window (window-buffer window))))
179
180 \f
181 ;;; Timeout for tooltip display
182
183 (defun tooltip-delay ()
184 "Return the delay in seconds for the next tooltip."
185 (if (and tooltip-hide-time
186 (< (- (float-time) tooltip-hide-time) tooltip-recent-seconds))
187 tooltip-short-delay
188 tooltip-delay))
189
190 (defun tooltip-cancel-delayed-tip ()
191 "Disable the tooltip timeout."
192 (when tooltip-timeout-id
193 (disable-timeout tooltip-timeout-id)
194 (setq tooltip-timeout-id nil)))
195
196 (defun tooltip-start-delayed-tip ()
197 "Add a one-shot timeout to call function `tooltip-timeout'."
198 (setq tooltip-timeout-id
199 (add-timeout (tooltip-delay) 'tooltip-timeout nil)))
200
201 (defun tooltip-timeout (object)
202 "Function called when timer with id `tooltip-timeout-id' fires."
203 (run-hook-with-args-until-success 'tooltip-functions
204 tooltip-last-mouse-motion-event))
205
206 \f
207 ;;; Displaying tips
208
209 (defun tooltip-set-param (alist key value)
210 "Change the value of KEY in alist ALIST to VALUE.
211 If there's no association for KEY in ALIST, add one, otherwise
212 change the existing association. Value is the resulting alist."
213 (let ((param (assq key alist)))
214 (if (consp param)
215 (setcdr param value)
216 (push (cons key value) alist))
217 alist))
218
219 (declare-function x-show-tip "xfns.c"
220 (string &optional frame parms timeout dx dy))
221
222 (defun tooltip-show (text &optional use-echo-area)
223 "Show a tooltip window displaying TEXT.
224
225 Text larger than `x-max-tooltip-size' is clipped.
226
227 If the alist in `tooltip-frame-parameters' includes `left' and `top'
228 parameters, they determine the x and y position where the tooltip
229 is displayed. Otherwise, the tooltip pops at offsets specified by
230 `tooltip-x-offset' and `tooltip-y-offset' from the current mouse
231 position.
232
233 Optional second arg USE-ECHO-AREA non-nil means to show tooltip
234 in echo area."
235 (if use-echo-area
236 (tooltip-show-help-non-mode text)
237 (condition-case error
238 (let ((params (copy-sequence tooltip-frame-parameters))
239 (fg (face-attribute 'tooltip :foreground))
240 (bg (face-attribute 'tooltip :background)))
241 (when (stringp fg)
242 (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'foreground-color fg))
243 (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'border-color fg)))
244 (when (stringp bg)
245 (setq params (tooltip-set-param params 'background-color bg)))
246 (x-show-tip (propertize text 'face 'tooltip)
247 (selected-frame)
248 params
249 tooltip-hide-delay
250 tooltip-x-offset
251 tooltip-y-offset))
252 (error
253 (message "Error while displaying tooltip: %s" error)
254 (sit-for 1)
255 (message "%s" text)))))
256
257 (declare-function x-hide-tip "xfns.c" ())
258
259 (defun tooltip-hide (&optional ignored-arg)
260 "Hide a tooltip, if one is displayed.
261 Value is non-nil if tooltip was open."
262 (tooltip-cancel-delayed-tip)
263 (when (x-hide-tip)
264 (setq tooltip-hide-time (float-time))))
265
266 \f
267 ;;; Debugger-related functions
268
269 (defun tooltip-identifier-from-point (point)
270 "Extract the identifier at POINT, if any.
271 Value is nil if no identifier exists at point. Identifier extraction
272 is based on the current syntax table."
273 (save-excursion
274 (goto-char point)
275 (let ((start (progn (skip-syntax-backward "w_") (point))))
276 (unless (looking-at "[0-9]")
277 (skip-syntax-forward "w_")
278 (when (> (point) start)
279 (buffer-substring start (point)))))))
280
281 (defmacro tooltip-region-active-p ()
282 "Value is non-nil if the region should override command actions."
283 `(use-region-p))
284
285 (defun tooltip-expr-to-print (event)
286 "Return an expression that should be printed for EVENT.
287 If a region is active and the mouse is inside the region, print
288 the region. Otherwise, figure out the identifier around the point
289 where the mouse is."
290 (with-current-buffer (tooltip-event-buffer event)
291 (let ((point (posn-point (event-end event))))
292 (if (tooltip-region-active-p)
293 (when (and (<= (region-beginning) point) (<= point (region-end)))
294 (buffer-substring (region-beginning) (region-end)))
295 (tooltip-identifier-from-point point)))))
296
297 (defun tooltip-process-prompt-regexp (process)
298 "Return regexp matching the prompt of PROCESS at the end of a string.
299 The prompt is taken from the value of `comint-prompt-regexp' in
300 the buffer of PROCESS."
301 (let ((prompt-regexp (with-current-buffer (process-buffer process)
302 comint-prompt-regexp)))
303 (concat "\n*"
304 ;; Most start with `^' but the one for `sdb' cannot be easily
305 ;; stripped. Code the prompt for `sdb' fixed here.
306 (if (= (aref prompt-regexp 0) ?^)
307 (substring prompt-regexp 1)
308 "\\*")
309 "$")))
310
311 (defun tooltip-strip-prompt (process output)
312 "Return OUTPUT with any prompt of PROCESS stripped from its end."
313 (save-match-data
314 (if (string-match (tooltip-process-prompt-regexp process) output)
315 (substring output 0 (match-beginning 0))
316 output)))
317
318 \f
319 ;;; Tooltip help.
320
321 (defvar tooltip-help-message nil
322 "The last help message received via `show-help-function'.
323 This is used by `tooltip-show-help' and
324 `tooltip-show-help-non-mode'.")
325
326 (defvar tooltip-previous-message nil
327 "The previous content of the echo area.")
328
329 (defun tooltip-show-help-non-mode (help)
330 "Function installed as `show-help-function' when Tooltip mode is off.
331 It is also called if Tooltip mode is on, for text-only displays."
332 (when (and (not (window-minibuffer-p)) ;Don't overwrite minibuffer contents.
333 (not cursor-in-echo-area)) ;Don't overwrite a prompt.
334 (cond
335 ((stringp help)
336 (setq help (replace-regexp-in-string "\n" ", " help))
337 (unless (or tooltip-previous-message
338 (string-equal help (current-message))
339 (and (stringp tooltip-help-message)
340 (string-equal tooltip-help-message
341 (current-message))))
342 (setq tooltip-previous-message (current-message)))
343 (setq tooltip-help-message help)
344 (let ((message-truncate-lines t)
345 (message-log-max nil))
346 (message "%s" help)))
347 ((stringp tooltip-previous-message)
348 (let ((message-log-max nil))
349 (message "%s" tooltip-previous-message)
350 (setq tooltip-previous-message nil)))
351 (t
352 (message nil)))))
353
354 (defun tooltip-show-help (msg)
355 "Function installed as `show-help-function'.
356 MSG is either a help string to display, or nil to cancel the display."
357 (if (display-graphic-p)
358 (let ((previous-help tooltip-help-message))
359 (setq tooltip-help-message msg)
360 (cond ((null msg)
361 ;; Cancel display. This also cancels a delayed tip, if
362 ;; there is one.
363 (tooltip-hide))
364 ((equal previous-help msg)
365 ;; Same help as before (but possibly the mouse has moved).
366 ;; Keep what we have.
367 )
368 (t
369 ;; A different help. Remove a previous tooltip, and
370 ;; display a new one, with some delay.
371 (tooltip-hide)
372 (tooltip-start-delayed-tip))))
373 ;; On text-only displays, try `tooltip-show-help-non-mode'.
374 (tooltip-show-help-non-mode msg)))
375
376 (defun tooltip-help-tips (event)
377 "Hook function to display a help tooltip.
378 This is installed on the hook `tooltip-functions', which
379 is run when the timer with id `tooltip-timeout-id' fires.
380 Value is non-nil if this function handled the tip."
381 (when (stringp tooltip-help-message)
382 (tooltip-show tooltip-help-message tooltip-use-echo-area)
383 t))
384
385 (provide 'tooltip)
386
387 ;; arch-tag: 3d61135e-4618-4a78-af28-183f6df5636f
388 ;;; tooltip.el ends here