;;; help-fns.el --- Complex help functions
;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
-;; 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Maintainer: FSF
;; Keywords: help, internal
;; 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)
+;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
;; any later version.
;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
(require 'help-mode)
-
-;;;###autoload
-(defun help-with-tutorial (&optional arg)
- "Select the Emacs learn-by-doing tutorial.
-If there is a tutorial version written in the language
-of the selected language environment, that version is used.
-If there's no tutorial in that language, `TUTORIAL' is selected.
-With ARG, you are asked to choose which language."
- (interactive "P")
- (let ((lang (if arg
- (let ((minibuffer-setup-hook minibuffer-setup-hook))
- (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook
- 'minibuffer-completion-help)
- (read-language-name 'tutorial "Language: " "English"))
- (if (get-language-info current-language-environment 'tutorial)
- current-language-environment
- "English")))
- file filename)
- (setq filename (get-language-info lang 'tutorial))
- (setq file (expand-file-name (concat "~/" filename)))
- (delete-other-windows)
- (if (get-file-buffer file)
- (switch-to-buffer (get-file-buffer file))
- (switch-to-buffer (create-file-buffer file))
- (setq buffer-file-name file)
- (setq default-directory (expand-file-name "~/"))
- (setq buffer-auto-save-file-name nil)
- (insert-file-contents (expand-file-name filename data-directory))
- (hack-local-variables)
- (goto-char (point-min))
- (search-forward "\n<<")
- (beginning-of-line)
- ;; Convert the <<...>> line to the proper [...] line,
- ;; or just delete the <<...>> line if a [...] line follows.
- (cond ((save-excursion
- (forward-line 1)
- (looking-at "\\["))
- (delete-region (point) (progn (forward-line 1) (point))))
- ((looking-at "<<Blank lines inserted.*>>")
- (replace-match "[Middle of page left blank for didactic purposes. Text continues below]"))
- (t
- (looking-at "<<")
- (replace-match "[")
- (search-forward ">>")
- (replace-match "]")))
- (beginning-of-line)
- (let ((n (- (window-height (selected-window))
- (count-lines (point-min) (point))
- 6)))
- (if (< n 8)
- (progn
- ;; For a short gap, we don't need the [...] line,
- ;; so delete it.
- (delete-region (point) (progn (end-of-line) (point)))
- (newline n))
- ;; Some people get confused by the large gap.
- (newline (/ n 2))
-
- ;; Skip the [...] line (don't delete it).
- (forward-line 1)
- (newline (- n (/ n 2)))))
- (goto-char (point-min))
- (setq buffer-undo-list nil)
- (set-buffer-modified-p nil))))
-
-\f
;; Functions
;;;###autoload
;;;###autoload
(defun variable-at-point (&optional any-symbol)
- "Return the bound variable symbol found around point.
+ "Return the bound variable symbol found at or before point.
Return 0 if there is no such symbol.
If ANY-SYMBOL is non-nil, don't insist the symbol be bound."
(or (condition-case ()
;; of a symbol.
(set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table)
(goto-char val-start-pos)
- (delete-region (point) (progn (end-of-line) (point)))
+ ;; The line below previously read as
+ ;; (delete-region (point) (progn (end-of-line) (point)))
+ ;; which suppressed display of the buffer local value for
+ ;; large values.
+ (when (looking-at "value is") (replace-match ""))
(save-excursion
(insert "\n\nValue:")
(set (make-local-variable 'help-button-cache)
'action help-button-cache
'follow-link t
'help-echo "mouse-2, RET: show value")
- (insert ".\n\n")))
+ (insert ".\n")))
;; Mention if it's an alias
(let* ((alias (condition-case nil
(documentation-property alias 'variable-documentation))))
(unless (eq alias variable)
(princ (format "\nThis variable is an alias for `%s'.\n" alias)))
+ (if (or obsolete safe-var)
+ (terpri))
+
(when obsolete
- (princ "\nThis variable is obsolete")
+ (princ "This variable is obsolete")
(if (cdr obsolete) (princ (format " since %s" (cdr obsolete))))
(princ ";") (terpri)
(princ (if (stringp (car obsolete)) (car obsolete)
(princ "if its value\nsatisfies the predicate ")
(princ (if (byte-code-function-p safe-var)
"which is byte-compiled expression.\n"
- (format "`%s'.\n" safe-var)))
- (terpri))
- (princ "Documentation:\n")
+ (format "`%s'.\n" safe-var))))
+ (princ "\nDocumentation:\n")
(princ (or doc "Not documented as a variable.")))
;; Make a link to customize if this variable can be customized.
(if (custom-variable-p variable)