+
+(defun describe-minor-mode (minor-mode)
+ "Display documentation of a minor mode given as MINOR-MODE.
+MINOR-MODE can be a minor mode symbol or a minor mode indicator string
+appeared on the mode-line."
+ (interactive (list (completing-read
+ "Minor mode: "
+ (nconc
+ (describe-minor-mode-completion-table-for-symbol)
+ (describe-minor-mode-completion-table-for-indicator)
+ ))))
+ (if (symbolp minor-mode)
+ (setq minor-mode (symbol-name minor-mode)))
+ (let ((symbols (describe-minor-mode-completion-table-for-symbol))
+ (indicators (describe-minor-mode-completion-table-for-indicator)))
+ (cond
+ ((member minor-mode symbols)
+ (describe-minor-mode-from-symbol (intern minor-mode)))
+ ((member minor-mode indicators)
+ (describe-minor-mode-from-indicator minor-mode))
+ (t
+ (error "No such minor mode: %s" minor-mode)))))
+
+;; symbol
+(defun describe-minor-mode-completion-table-for-symbol ()
+ ;; In order to list up all minor modes, minor-mode-list
+ ;; is used here instead of minor-mode-alist.
+ (delq nil (mapcar 'symbol-name minor-mode-list)))
+(defun describe-minor-mode-from-symbol (symbol)
+ "Display documentation of a minor mode given as a symbol, SYMBOL"
+ (interactive (list (intern (completing-read
+ "Minor mode symbol: "
+ (describe-minor-mode-completion-table-for-symbol)))))
+ (if (fboundp symbol)
+ (describe-function symbol)
+ (describe-variable symbol)))
+
+;; indicator
+(defun describe-minor-mode-completion-table-for-indicator ()
+ (delq nil
+ (mapcar (lambda (x)
+ (let ((i (format-mode-line x)))
+ ;; remove first space if existed
+ (cond
+ ((= 0 (length i))
+ nil)
+ ((eq (aref i 0) ?\ )
+ (substring i 1))
+ (t
+ i))))
+ minor-mode-alist)))
+(defun describe-minor-mode-from-indicator (indicator)
+ "Display documentation of a minor mode specified by INDICATOR.
+If you call this function interactively, you can give indicator which
+is currently activated with completion."
+ (interactive (list
+ (completing-read
+ "Minor mode indicator: "
+ (describe-minor-mode-completion-table-for-indicator))))
+ (let ((minor-mode (lookup-minor-mode-from-indicator indicator)))
+ (if minor-mode
+ (describe-minor-mode-from-symbol minor-mode)
+ (error "Cannot find minor mode for `%s'" indicator))))
+
+(defun lookup-minor-mode-from-indicator (indicator)
+ "Return a minor mode symbol from its indicator on the modeline."
+ ;; remove first space if existed
+ (if (and (< 0 (length indicator))
+ (eq (aref indicator 0) ?\ ))
+ (setq indicator (substring indicator 1)))
+ (let ((minor-modes minor-mode-alist)
+ result)
+ (while minor-modes
+ (let* ((minor-mode (car (car minor-modes)))
+ (anindicator (format-mode-line
+ (car (cdr (car minor-modes))))))
+ ;; remove first space if existed
+ (if (and (stringp anindicator)
+ (> (length anindicator) 0)
+ (eq (aref anindicator 0) ?\ ))
+ (setq anindicator (substring anindicator 1)))
+ (if (equal indicator anindicator)
+ (setq result minor-mode
+ minor-modes nil)
+ (setq minor-modes (cdr minor-modes)))))
+ result))
+