- (if (not (symbolp symbol)) (message "You didn't specify a function or variable")
- (unless (buffer-live-p buffer) (setq buffer (current-buffer)))
- (unless (frame-live-p frame) (setq frame (selected-frame)))
- (help-xref-interned symbol buffer frame)))
+ (if (not (symbolp symbol))
+ (user-error "You didn't specify a function or variable"))
+ (unless (buffer-live-p buffer) (setq buffer (current-buffer)))
+ (unless (frame-live-p frame) (setq frame (selected-frame)))
+ (with-current-buffer (help-buffer)
+ ;; Push the previous item on the stack before clobbering the output buffer.
+ (help-setup-xref nil nil)
+ (let* ((docs
+ (nreverse
+ (delq nil
+ (mapcar (pcase-lambda (`(,name ,testfn ,descfn))
+ (when (funcall testfn symbol)
+ ;; Don't record the current entry in the stack.
+ (setq help-xref-stack-item nil)
+ (cons name
+ (funcall descfn symbol buffer frame))))
+ describe-symbol-backends))))
+ (single (null (cdr docs))))
+ (while (cdr docs)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (let ((inhibit-read-only t)
+ (name (caar docs)) ;Name of doc currently at BOB.
+ (doc (cdr (cadr docs)))) ;Doc to add at BOB.
+ (when doc
+ (insert doc)
+ (delete-region (point)
+ (progn (skip-chars-backward " \t\n") (point)))
+ (insert "\n\n"
+ (eval-when-compile
+ (propertize "\n" 'face '(:height 0.1 :inverse-video t)))
+ "\n")
+ (when name
+ (insert (symbol-name symbol)
+ " is also a " name "." "\n\n"))))
+ (setq docs (cdr docs)))
+ (unless single
+ ;; Don't record the `describe-variable' item in the stack.
+ (setq help-xref-stack-item nil)
+ (help-setup-xref (list #'describe-symbol symbol) nil))
+ (goto-char (point-min)))))