;;; help-mode.el --- `help-mode' used by *Help* buffers
-;; Copyright (C) 1985-1986, 1993-1994, 1998-2013 Free Software
+;; Copyright (C) 1985-1986, 1993-1994, 1998-2015 Free Software
;; Foundation, Inc.
-;; Maintainer: FSF
+;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org
;; Keywords: help, internal
;; Package: emacs
(set-keymap-parent map (make-composed-keymap button-buffer-map
special-mode-map))
(define-key map [mouse-2] 'help-follow-mouse)
+ (define-key map "l" 'help-go-back)
+ (define-key map "r" 'help-go-forward)
(define-key map "\C-c\C-b" 'help-go-back)
(define-key map "\C-c\C-f" 'help-go-forward)
(define-key map [XF86Back] 'help-go-back)
(define-button-type 'help-function-def
:supertype 'help-xref
- 'help-function (lambda (fun file)
+ 'help-function (lambda (fun file &optional type)
(require 'find-func)
(when (eq file 'C-source)
(setq file
;; Don't use find-function-noselect because it follows
;; aliases (which fails for built-in functions).
(let ((location
- (find-function-search-for-symbol fun nil file)))
+ (find-function-search-for-symbol fun type file)))
(pop-to-buffer (car location))
(if (cdr location)
(goto-char (cdr location))
(define-button-type 'help-dir-local-var-def
:supertype 'help-xref
- 'help-function (lambda (var &optional file)
+ 'help-function (lambda (_var &optional file)
;; FIXME: this should go to the point where the
;; local variable was defined.
(find-file file))
;;;###autoload
(defun help-mode-finish ()
- (when (eq major-mode 'help-mode)
+ (when (derived-mode-p 'help-mode)
(setq buffer-read-only t)
- (save-excursion
- (goto-char (point-min))
- (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
- (when (re-search-forward "^This [^[:space:]]+ is advised.$" nil t)
- (put-text-property (match-beginning 0)
- (match-end 0)
- 'face 'font-lock-warning-face))))
-
(help-make-xrefs (current-buffer))))
\f
;; Grokking cross-reference information in doc strings and
(while
(and (not (eobp))
;; Stop at a pair of blank lines.
- (not (looking-at "\n\\s-*\n")))
+ (not (looking-at-p "\n\\s-*\n")))
;; Skip a single blank line.
(and (eolp) (forward-line))
(end-of-line)
(save-restriction
(narrow-to-region from to)
(goto-char (point-min))
- (condition-case nil
- (while (not (eobp))
- (cond
- ((looking-at "\"") (forward-sexp 1))
- ((looking-at "#<") (search-forward ">" nil 'move))
- ((looking-at "\\(\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+\\)")
- (let* ((sym (intern-soft (match-string 1)))
- (type (cond ((fboundp sym) 'help-function)
- ((or (memq sym '(t nil))
- (keywordp sym))
- nil)
- ((and sym
- (or (boundp sym)
- (get sym
- 'variable-documentation)))
- 'help-variable))))
- (when type (help-xref-button 1 type sym)))
- (goto-char (match-end 1)))
- (t (forward-char 1))))
- (error nil)))))))
+ (ignore-errors
+ (while (not (eobp))
+ (cond
+ ((looking-at-p "\"") (forward-sexp 1))
+ ((looking-at-p "#<") (search-forward ">" nil 'move))
+ ((looking-at "\\(\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+\\)")
+ (let* ((sym (intern-soft (match-string 1)))
+ (type (cond ((fboundp sym) 'help-function)
+ ((or (memq sym '(t nil))
+ (keywordp sym))
+ nil)
+ ((and sym
+ (or (boundp sym)
+ (get sym
+ 'variable-documentation)))
+ 'help-variable))))
+ (when type (help-xref-button 1 type sym)))
+ (goto-char (match-end 1)))
+ (t (forward-char 1))))))))))
\f
;; Additional functions for (re-)creating types of help buffers.
-(defun help-xref-interned (symbol)
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun help-xref-interned (symbol &optional buffer frame)
"Follow a hyperlink which appeared to be an arbitrary interned SYMBOL.
Both variable, function and face documentation are extracted into a single
-help buffer."
+help buffer. If SYMBOL is a variable, include buffer-local value for optional
+BUFFER or FRAME."
(with-current-buffer (help-buffer)
;; Push the previous item on the stack before clobbering the output buffer.
(help-setup-xref nil nil)
(get symbol 'variable-documentation))
;; Don't record the current entry in the stack.
(setq help-xref-stack-item nil)
- (describe-variable symbol))))
+ (describe-variable symbol buffer frame))))
(cond
(sdoc
;; We now have a help buffer on the variable.