-;;; info-look.el --- major-mode-sensitive Info index lookup facility.
+;;; info-look.el --- major-mode-sensitive Info index lookup facility
;; An older version of this was known as libc.el.
-;; Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1995,96,97,98,99,2001,03,04 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-;; Author: Ralph Schleicher <rs@purple.UL.BaWue.DE>
-;; Maintainers: FSF (unless Schleicher can be found)
+;; Author: Ralph Schleicher <rs@nunatak.allgaeu.org>
+;; (did not show signs of life (Nov 2001) -stef)
;; Keywords: help languages
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; Really cool code to lookup info indexes.
+;; Try especially info-lookup-symbol (aka C-h S).
+
;;; Code:
(require 'info)
-(eval-and-compile
- (condition-case nil
- (require 'custom)
- (error
- (defmacro defgroup (&rest arg)
- nil)
- (defmacro defcustom (symbol value doc &rest arg)
- `(defvar ,symbol ,value ,doc ,@arg)))))
(defgroup info-lookup nil
"Major mode sensitive help agent."
"Overlay object used for highlighting.")
(defcustom info-lookup-file-name-alist
- '(("\\`configure\\.in\\'" . autoconf-mode)
- ("\\`aclocal\\.m4\\'" . autoconf-mode)
- ("\\`acsite\\.m4\\'" . autoconf-mode)
- ("\\`acinclude\\.m4\\'" . autoconf-mode))
+ '(("\\`ac\\(local\\|site\\|include\\)\\.m4\\'" . autoconf-mode))
"Alist of file names handled specially.
List elements are cons cells of the form
(defsubst info-lookup->other-modes (topic mode)
(nth 5 (info-lookup->mode-value topic mode)))
-(eval-and-compile
- (mapcar (lambda (keyword)
- (or (boundp keyword)
- (set keyword keyword)))
- '(:topic :mode :regexp :ignore-case
- :doc-spec :parse-rule :other-modes)))
-
(defun info-lookup-add-help (&rest arg)
"Add or update a help specification.
Function arguments are one or more options of the form
(apply 'info-lookup-add-help* nil arg))
(defun info-lookup-maybe-add-help (&rest arg)
- "Add a help specification iff no one is defined.
+ "Add a help specification iff none is defined.
See the documentation of the function `info-lookup-add-help'
for more details."
(apply 'info-lookup-add-help* t arg))
When this command is called interactively, it reads SYMBOL from the minibuffer.
In the minibuffer, use M-n to yank the default argument value
into the minibuffer so you can edit it.
-The default symbol is the one found at point."
+The default symbol is the one found at point.
+
+With prefix arg a query for the symbol help mode is offered."
(interactive
- (info-lookup-interactive-arguments 'symbol))
+ (info-lookup-interactive-arguments 'symbol current-prefix-arg))
(info-lookup 'symbol symbol mode))
;;;###autoload
When this command is called interactively, it reads FILE from the minibuffer.
In the minibuffer, use M-n to yank the default file name
into the minibuffer so you can edit it.
-The default file name is the one found at point."
+The default file name is the one found at point.
+
+With prefix arg a query for the file help mode is offered."
(interactive
- (info-lookup-interactive-arguments 'file))
+ (info-lookup-interactive-arguments 'file current-prefix-arg))
(info-lookup 'file file mode))
-(defun info-lookup-interactive-arguments (topic)
- "Read and return argument value (and help mode) for help topic TOPIC."
- (let* ((mode (if (info-lookup->mode-value topic (info-lookup-select-mode))
- info-lookup-mode
- (info-lookup-change-mode topic)))
+(defun info-lookup-interactive-arguments (topic &optional query)
+ "Read and return argument value (and help mode) for help topic TOPIC.
+If optional argument QUERY is non-nil, query for the help mode."
+ (let* ((mode (cond (query
+ (info-lookup-change-mode topic))
+ ((info-lookup->mode-value topic (info-lookup-select-mode))
+ info-lookup-mode)
+ ((info-lookup-change-mode topic))))
(completions (info-lookup->completions topic mode))
(default (info-lookup-guess-default topic mode))
(completion-ignore-case (info-lookup->ignore-case topic mode))
(or mode (setq mode (info-lookup-select-mode)))
(or (info-lookup->mode-value topic mode)
(error "No %s help available for `%s'" topic mode))
- (let ((entry (or (assoc (if (info-lookup->ignore-case topic mode)
- (downcase item) item)
- (info-lookup->completions topic mode))
- (error "Not documented as a %s: %s" topic (or item ""))))
- (modes (info-lookup->all-modes topic mode))
- (window (selected-window))
- found doc-spec node prefix suffix doc-found)
- (if (not info-lookup-other-window-flag)
+ (let* ((completions (info-lookup->completions topic mode))
+ (ignore-case (info-lookup->ignore-case topic mode))
+ (entry (or (assoc (if ignore-case (downcase item) item) completions)
+ (assoc-string item completions t)
+ (error "Not documented as a %s: %s" topic (or item ""))))
+ (modes (info-lookup->all-modes topic mode))
+ (window (selected-window))
+ found doc-spec node prefix suffix doc-found)
+ (if (or (not info-lookup-other-window-flag)
+ (eq (current-buffer) (get-buffer "*info*")))
(info)
- (save-window-excursion (info))
- (switch-to-buffer-other-window "*info*"))
+ (progn
+ (save-window-excursion (info))
+ ;; Determine whether or not the Info buffer is visible in
+ ;; another frame on the same display. If it is, simply raise
+ ;; that frame. Otherwise, display it in another window.
+ (let* ((window (get-buffer-window "*info*" t))
+ (info-frame (and window (window-frame window))))
+ (if (and info-frame
+ (display-multi-frame-p)
+ (memq info-frame (frames-on-display-list))
+ (not (eq info-frame (selected-frame))))
+ (select-frame info-frame)
+ (switch-to-buffer-other-window "*info*")))))
(while (and (not found) modes)
(setq doc-spec (info-lookup->doc-spec topic (car modes)))
(while (and (not found) doc-spec)
prefix (nth 2 (car doc-spec))
suffix (nth 3 (car doc-spec)))
(when (condition-case error-data
- (progn
+ (progn
(Info-goto-node node)
(setq doc-found t))
- (error
+ (error
(message "Cannot access Info node %s" node)
(sit-for 1)
nil))
(condition-case nil
(progn
- (Info-menu (or (cdr entry) item))
+ ;; Don't use Info-menu, it forces case-fold-search to t
+ (let ((case-fold-search nil))
+ (re-search-forward
+ (concat "^\\* " (regexp-quote (or (cdr entry) (car entry)))
+ ":")))
+ (Info-follow-nearest-node)
(setq found t)
(if (or prefix suffix)
(let ((case-fold-search
(buffer-read-only nil))
(goto-char (point-min))
(re-search-forward
- (concat prefix (regexp-quote item) suffix))
+ (concat prefix (regexp-quote (car entry)) suffix))
(goto-char (match-beginning 0))
- (and window-system info-lookup-highlight-face
+ (and (display-color-p) info-lookup-highlight-face
;; Search again for ITEM so that the first
- ;; occurence of ITEM will be highlighted.
- (re-search-forward (regexp-quote item))
+ ;; occurrence of ITEM will be highlighted.
+ (re-search-forward (regexp-quote (car entry)))
(let ((start (match-beginning 0))
(end (match-end 0)))
(if (overlayp info-lookup-highlight-overlay)
(error nil)))
(setq doc-spec (cdr doc-spec)))
(setq modes (cdr modes)))
+ ;; Alert the user if case was munged, and do this after bringing up the
+ ;; info buffer since that can print messages
+ (unless (or ignore-case
+ (string-equal item (car entry)))
+ (message "Found in different case: %s" (car entry)))
(or doc-found
(error "Info documentation for lookup was not found"))
;; Don't leave the Info buffer if the help item couldn't be looked up.
(message "No %s help available for `%s'" topic mode)
;; Recursively setup cross references.
;; But refer only to non-void modes.
- (mapcar (lambda (arg)
- (or (info-lookup->initialized topic arg)
- (info-lookup-setup-mode topic arg))
- (and (eq (info-lookup->initialized topic arg) t)
- (setq refer-modes (cons arg refer-modes))))
- (info-lookup->other-modes topic mode))
+ (dolist (arg (info-lookup->other-modes topic mode))
+ (or (info-lookup->initialized topic arg)
+ (info-lookup-setup-mode topic arg))
+ (and (eq (info-lookup->initialized topic arg) t)
+ (setq refer-modes (cons arg refer-modes))))
(setq refer-modes (nreverse refer-modes))
;; Build the full completion alist.
(setq completions
(with-current-buffer buffer
(message "Processing Info node `%s'..." node)
(when (condition-case error-data
- (progn
+ (progn
(Info-goto-node node)
(setq doc-found t))
- (error
+ (error
(message "Cannot access Info node `%s'" node)
(sit-for 1)
nil))
(progn
(goto-char (point-min))
(and (search-forward "\n* Menu:" nil t)
- (while (re-search-forward "\n\\* \\([^:\t\n]*\\):" nil t)
+ (while (re-search-forward "\n\\* \\(.*\\): " nil t)
(setq entry (match-string 1)
item (funcall trans entry))
;; `trans' can return nil if the regexp doesn't match.
(when (and item
;; Sometimes there's more than one Menu:
- (not (string= entry "Menu")))
+ (not (string= entry "Menu")))
(and (info-lookup->ignore-case topic mode)
(setq item (downcase item)))
(and (string-equal entry item)
result))
(defun info-lookup-guess-default (topic mode)
- "Pick up default item at point (with favor to look back).
-Return nil if there is nothing appropriate."
+ "Return a guess for a symbol to look up, based on text around point.
+Try all related modes applicable to TOPIC and MODE.
+Return nil if there is nothing appropriate in the buffer near point."
(let ((modes (info-lookup->all-modes topic mode))
- (start (point)) guess whitespace)
+ guess)
(while (and (not guess) modes)
(setq guess (info-lookup-guess-default* topic (car modes))
- modes (cdr modes))
- (goto-char start))
+ modes (cdr modes)))
;; Collapse whitespace characters.
- (and guess (concat (delete nil (mapcar (lambda (ch)
- (if (or (char-equal ch ? )
- (char-equal ch ?\t)
- (char-equal ch ?\n))
- (if (not whitespace)
- (setq whitespace ? ))
- (setq whitespace nil) ch))
- guess))))))
+ (when guess
+ (let ((pos 0))
+ (while (string-match "[ \t\n]+" guess pos)
+ (setq pos (1+ (match-beginning 0)))
+ (setq guess (replace-match " " t t guess)))))
+ guess))
(defun info-lookup-guess-default* (topic mode)
(let ((case-fold-search (info-lookup->ignore-case topic mode))
(rule (or (info-lookup->parse-rule topic mode)
(info-lookup->regexp topic mode)))
(start (point)) end regexp subexp result)
- (if (symbolp rule)
- (setq result (funcall rule))
- (if (consp rule)
- (setq regexp (car rule)
- subexp (cdr rule))
- (setq regexp rule
- subexp 0))
- (skip-chars-backward " \t\n") (setq end (point))
- (while (and (re-search-backward regexp nil t)
- (looking-at regexp)
- (>= (match-end 0) end))
- (setq result (match-string subexp)))
- (if (not result)
- (progn
- (goto-char start)
- (skip-chars-forward " \t\n")
- (and (looking-at regexp)
- (setq result (match-string subexp))))))
+ (save-excursion
+ (if (symbolp rule)
+ (setq result (funcall rule))
+ (if (consp rule)
+ (setq regexp (car rule)
+ subexp (cdr rule))
+ (setq regexp rule
+ subexp 0))
+ ;; If at start of symbol, don't go back to end of previous one.
+ (if (save-match-data
+ (looking-at "[ \t\n]"))
+ (skip-chars-backward " \t\n"))
+ (setq end (point))
+ (while (and (re-search-backward regexp nil t)
+ (looking-at regexp)
+ (>= (match-end 0) end))
+ (setq result (match-string subexp)))
+ (if (not result)
+ (progn
+ (goto-char start)
+ (skip-chars-forward " \t\n")
+ (and (looking-at regexp)
+ (setq result (match-string subexp)))))))
result))
(defun info-lookup-guess-c-symbol ()
"Get the C symbol at point."
(condition-case nil
(progn
- (backward-sexp)
+ (skip-syntax-backward "w_")
(let ((start (point)) prefix name)
;; Test for a leading `struct', `union', or `enum' keyword
;; but ignore names like `foo_struct'.
(format "Complete %S: " topic)
completions nil t completion
info-lookup-history)))
- (delete-region (- start (length try)) start)
+ ;; Find the original symbol and zap it.
+ (end-of-line)
+ (while (and (search-backward try nil t)
+ (< start (point))))
+ (replace-match "")
(insert completion))
(t
(message "%s is complete"
:mode 'makefile-mode
:regexp "\\$[^({]\\|\\.[_A-Z]*\\|[_a-zA-Z][_a-zA-Z0-9-]*"
:doc-spec '(("(make)Name Index" nil
+ "^[ \t]*`" "'")
+ ("(automake)Macro and Variable Index" nil
"^[ \t]*`" "'"))
- :parse-rule "\\$[^({]\\|\\.[_A-Z]*\\|[_a-zA-Z0-9-]+")
+ :parse-rule "\\$[^({]\\|\\.[_A-Z]*\\|[_a-zA-Z0-9-]+"
+ :other-modes '(automake-mode))
(info-lookup-maybe-add-help
:mode 'texinfo-mode
(info-lookup-maybe-add-help
:mode 'autoconf-mode
:regexp "A[CM]_[_A-Z0-9]+"
- :doc-spec '(("(autoconf)Macro Index" "AC_"
+ :doc-spec '(;; Autoconf Macro Index entries are without an "AC_" prefix,
+ ;; but with "AH_" or "AU_" for those. So add "AC_" if there
+ ;; isn't already an "A._".
+ ("(autoconf)Autoconf Macro Index"
+ (lambda (item)
+ (if (string-match "^A._" item) item (concat "AC_" item)))
+ "^[ \t]+- \\(Macro\\|Variable\\): .*\\<" "\\>")
+ ;; M4 Macro Index entries are without "AS_" prefixes, and
+ ;; mostly without "m4_" prefixes. "dnl" is an exception, not
+ ;; wanting any prefix. So AS_ is added back to upper-case
+ ;; names, m4_ to others which don't already an m4_.
+ ("(autoconf)M4 Macro Index"
+ (lambda (item)
+ (let ((case-fold-search nil))
+ (cond ((or (string-equal item "dnl")
+ (string-match "^m4_" item))
+ item)
+ ((string-match "^[A-Z0-9_]+$" item)
+ (concat "AS_" item))
+ (t
+ (concat "m4_" item)))))
+ "^[ \t]+- Macro: .*\\<" "\\>")
+ ;; Autotest Macro Index entries are without "AT_".
+ ("(autoconf)Autotest Macro Index" "AT_"
+ "^[ \t]+- Macro: .*\\<" "\\>")
+ ;; This is for older versions (probably pre autoconf 2.5x):
+ ("(autoconf)Macro Index" "AC_"
"^[ \t]+- \\(Macro\\|Variable\\): .*\\<" "\\>")
- ("(automake)Index" nil
+ ;; Automake has index entries for its notes on various autoconf
+ ;; macros (eg. AC_PROG_CC). Ensure this is after the autoconf
+ ;; index, so as to prefer the autoconf docs.
+ ("(automake)Macro and Variable Index" nil
"^[ \t]*`" "'"))
;; Autoconf symbols are M4 macros. Thus use M4's parser.
:parse-rule 'ignore
"^" "\\b"))
:parse-rule "[$@%]?\\([_a-zA-Z0-9]+\\|[^a-zA-Z]\\)")
+(info-lookup-maybe-add-help
+ :mode 'cperl-mode
+ :regexp "[$@%][^a-zA-Z]\\|\\$\\^[A-Z]\\|[$@%]?[a-zA-Z][_a-zA-Z0-9]*"
+ :other-modes '(perl-mode))
+
(info-lookup-maybe-add-help
:mode 'latex-mode
:regexp "\\\\\\([a-zA-Z]+\\|[^a-zA-Z]\\)"
(info-lookup-maybe-add-help
:mode 'emacs-lisp-mode
- :regexp "[^()' \t\n]+"
- :doc-spec '(("(emacs)Command Index")
- ("(emacs)Variable Index")
- ("(elisp)Index"
- (lambda (item)
- (let ((sym (intern-soft item)))
- (cond ((null sym)
- (if (string-equal item "nil") item))
- ((or (boundp sym) (fboundp sym))
- item))))
- "^[ \t]+- [^:]+:[ \t]*" "\\b")))
+ :regexp "[^][()'\" \t\n]+"
+ :doc-spec '(;; Commands with key sequences appear in nodes as `foo' and
+ ;; those without as `M-x foo'.
+ ("(emacs)Command Index" nil "`\\(M-x[ \t\n]+\\)?" "'")
+ ;; Variables normally appear in nodes as just `foo'.
+ ("(emacs)Variable Index" nil "`" "'")
+ ;; Almost all functions, variables, etc appear in nodes as
+ ;; " - Function: foo" etc. A small number of aliases and
+ ;; symbols appear only as `foo', and will miss out on exact
+ ;; positions. Allowing `foo' would hit too many false matches
+ ;; for things that should go to Function: etc, and those latter
+ ;; are much more important. Perhaps this could change if some
+ ;; sort of fallback match scheme existed.
+ ("(elisp)Index" nil "^ - .*: " "\\( \\|$\\)")))
(info-lookup-maybe-add-help
:mode 'lisp-interaction-mode
- :regexp "[^()' \t\n]+"
+ :regexp "[^][()'\" \t\n]+"
:parse-rule 'ignore
:other-modes '(emacs-lisp-mode))
(info-lookup-maybe-add-help
:mode 'lisp-mode
- :regexp "[^()' \t\n]+"
+ :regexp "[^()'\" \t\n]+"
:parse-rule 'ignore
:other-modes '(emacs-lisp-mode))
(info-lookup-maybe-add-help
:mode 'scheme-mode
- :regexp "[^()' \t\n]+"
+ :regexp "[^()`',\" \t\n]+"
:ignore-case t
;; Aubrey Jaffer's rendition from <URL:ftp://ftp-swiss.ai.mit.edu/pub/scm>
:doc-spec '(("(r5rs)Index" nil
(info-lookup-maybe-add-help
:mode 'octave-mode
:regexp "[_a-zA-Z0-9]+"
- :doc-spec '(("(octave)Function Index" nil "^ - [^:]+:[ ]+" nil)
+ :doc-spec '(("(octave)Function Index" nil
+ "^ - [^:]+:[ ]+\\(\\[[^=]*=[ ]+\\)?" nil)
("(octave)Variable Index" nil "^ - [^:]+:[ ]+" nil)
;; Catch lines of the form "xyz statement"
- ("(octave)Concept Index"
+ ("(octave)Concept Index"
(lambda (item)
(cond
((string-match "^\\([A-Z]+\\) statement\\b" item)
(t nil)))
nil; "^ - [^:]+:[ ]+" don't think this prefix is useful here.
nil)))
+
+(info-lookup-maybe-add-help
+ :mode 'maxima-mode
+ :ignore-case t
+ :regexp "[a-zA-Z_%]+"
+ :doc-spec '( ("(maxima)Function and Variable Index" nil
+ "^ - [^:]+:[ ]+\\(\\[[^=]*=[ ]+\\)?" nil)))
+
+(info-lookup-maybe-add-help
+ :mode 'inferior-maxima-mode
+ :other-modes '(maxima-mode))
+
+;; coreutils and bash builtins overlap in places, eg. printf, so there's a
+;; question which should come first. Some of the coreutils descriptions are
+;; more detailed, but if bash is usually /bin/sh on a GNU system then the
+;; builtins will be what's normally run.
+;;
+;; Maybe special variables like $? should be matched as $?, not just ?.
+;; This would avoid a clash between variable $! and negation !, or variable
+;; $# and comment # (though comment # is not currently indexed in bash).
+;; Unfortunately if $? etc is the symbol, then we wouldn't be taken to the
+;; exact spot in the relevant node, since the bash manual has just `?' etc
+;; there. Maybe an extension to the prefix/suffix scheme could help this.
+
+(info-lookup-maybe-add-help
+ :mode 'sh-mode :topic 'symbol
+ ;; bash has "." and ":" in its index, but those chars will probably never
+ ;; work in info, so don't bother matching them in the regexp.
+ :regexp "\\([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+\\|[!{}@*#?$]\\|\\[\\[?\\|]]?\\)"
+ :doc-spec '(("(bash)Builtin Index" nil "^`" "[ .']")
+ ("(bash)Reserved Word Index" nil "^`" "[ .']")
+ ("(bash)Variable Index" nil "^`" "[ .']")
+ ;; coreutils (version 4.5.10) doesn't have a separate program
+ ;; index, so exclude extraneous stuff (most of it) by demanding
+ ;; "[a-z]+" in the trans-func.
+ ("(coreutils)Index"
+ (lambda (item) (if (string-match "\\`[a-z]+\\'" item) item)))
+ ;; diff (version 2.8.1) has only a few programs, index entries
+ ;; are things like "foo invocation".
+ ("(diff)Index"
+ (lambda (item)
+ (if (string-match "\\`\\([a-z]+\\) invocation\\'" item)
+ (match-string 1 item))))
+ ;; there's no plain "sed" index entry as such, mung another
+ ;; hopefully unique one to get to the invocation section
+ ("(sed)Concept Index"
+ (lambda (item)
+ (if (string-equal item "Standard input, processing as input")
+ "sed")))
+ ;; there's no plain "awk" or "gawk" index entries, mung other
+ ;; hopefully unique ones to get to the command line options
+ ("(gawk)Index"
+ (lambda (item)
+ (cond ((string-equal item "gawk, extensions, disabling")
+ "awk")
+ ((string-equal item "gawk, versions of, information about, printing")
+ "gawk"))))))
+
+;; This misses some things which occur as node names but not in the
+;; index. Unfortunately it also picks up the wrong one of multiple
+;; entries for the same term in some cases. --fx
+(info-lookup-maybe-add-help
+ :mode 'cfengine-mode
+ :regexp "[[:alnum:]_]+\\(:?()\\)?"
+ :doc-spec '(("(cfengine-Reference)Variable Index"
+ (lambda (item)
+ ;; Index entries may be like `IsPlain()'
+ (if (string-match "\\([[:alnum:]_]+\\)()" item)
+ (match-string 1 item)
+ item))
+ ;; This gets functions in evaluated classes. Other
+ ;; possible patterns don't seem to work too well.
+ "`" "(")))
\f
(provide 'info-look)
+;;; arch-tag: 0f1e3ea3-32a2-4461-bbab-3cff93539a74
;;; info-look.el ends here