-;;; ehelp.el --- bindings for electric-help mode
+;;; ehelp.el --- bindings for electric-help mode -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
-;; Copyright (C) 1986, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
-;; 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1986, 1995, 2000-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Author: Richard Mlynarik
+;; (according to ack.texi and authors.el)
;; Maintainer: FSF
;; Keywords: help, extensions
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
-;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; 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 3, or (at your option)
-;; any later version.
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+;; (at your option) any later version.
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-;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
;;; Commentary:
;;; Code:
(require 'electric)
-(defvar electric-help-map ()
- "Keymap defining commands available in `electric-help-mode'.")
(defvar electric-help-form-to-execute nil)
:group 'electric-help)
(put 'electric-help-undefined 'suppress-keymap t)
-(if electric-help-map
- ()
+
+(defvar electric-help-map
(let ((map (make-keymap)))
;; allow all non-self-inserting keys - search, scroll, etc, but
;; let M-x and C-x exit ehelp mode and retain buffer:
(define-key map "r" 'electric-help-retain)
(define-key map "\ex" 'electric-help-execute-extended)
(define-key map "\C-x" 'electric-help-ctrl-x-prefix)
+ map)
+ "Keymap defining commands available in `electric-help-mode'.")
- (setq electric-help-map map)))
+(defvar electric-help-orig-major-mode nil)
+(make-variable-buffer-local 'electric-help-orig-major-mode)
(defun electric-help-mode ()
"`with-electric-help' temporarily places its buffer in this mode.
-\(On exit from `with-electric-help', the buffer is put in `default-major-mode'.)"
+\(On exit from `with-electric-help', the original `major-mode' is restored.)"
(setq buffer-read-only t)
+ (setq electric-help-orig-major-mode major-mode)
(setq mode-name "Help")
(setq major-mode 'help)
(setq mode-line-buffer-identification '(" Help: %b"))
be called while BUFFER is current and with `standard-output' bound to
the buffer specified by BUFFER.
-If THUNK returns nil, we display BUFFER starting at the top, and
-shrink the window to fit. If THUNK returns non-nil, we don't do those things.
+If THUNK returns nil, we display BUFFER starting at the top, and shrink
+the window to fit. If THUNK returns non-nil, we don't do those things.
-After THUNK has been called, this function \"electrically\" pops up a window
-in which BUFFER is displayed and allows the user to scroll through that buffer
-in `electric-help-mode'. The window's height will be at least MINHEIGHT if
-this value is non-nil.
+After THUNK has been called, this function \"electrically\" pops up a
+window in which BUFFER is displayed and allows the user to scroll
+through that buffer in `electric-help-mode'. The window's height will
+be at least MINHEIGHT if this value is non-nil.
If THUNK returns nil, we display BUFFER starting at the top, and
shrink the window to fit if `electric-help-shrink-window' is non-nil.
When the user exits (with `electric-help-exit', or otherwise), the help
buffer's window disappears (i.e., we use `save-window-excursion'), and
-BUFFER is put into `default-major-mode' (or `fundamental-mode')."
+BUFFER is put back into its original major mode."
(setq buffer (get-buffer-create (or buffer "*Help*")))
(let ((one (one-window-p t))
(config (current-window-configuration))
(goto-char (window-start (selected-window))))
(let ((pop-up-windows t))
(pop-to-buffer buffer))
- (save-excursion
- (set-buffer buffer)
+ (with-current-buffer buffer
(when (and minheight (< (window-height) minheight))
(enlarge-window (- minheight (window-height))))
(electric-help-mode)
(set-buffer buffer)
(setq buffer-read-only nil)
+ ;; Restore the original major mode saved by `electric-help-mode'.
;; We should really get a usable *Help* buffer when retaining
;; the electric one with `r'. The problem is that a simple
- ;; call to help-mode won't cut it; at least RET is bound wrong
- ;; afterwards. It's also not clear that `help-mode' is always
- ;; the right thing, maybe we should add an optional parameter.
+ ;; call to `help-mode' won't cut it; e.g. RET is bound wrong
+ ;; afterwards (`View-scroll-line-forward' instead of `help-follow').
+ ;; That's because Help mode should be set with `with-help-window'
+ ;; instead of the direct call to `help-mode'. But at least
+ ;; RET works correctly on links after using `help-mode'.
+ ;; This is satisfactory enough.
(condition-case ()
- (funcall (or default-major-mode 'fundamental-mode))
+ (funcall (or electric-help-orig-major-mode 'fundamental-mode))
(error nil))
(set-window-configuration config)
(let ((name (or name "*Help*")))
(if (save-window-excursion
;; kludge-o-rama
- (let* ((p (symbol-function 'print-help-return-message))
+ (let* ((p (symbol-function 'help-print-return-message))
(b (get-buffer name))
(m (buffer-modified-p b)))
(and b (not (get-buffer-window b))
;;>> suspend updating of the tick in order to allow
;;>> things like momentary-string-display)
(and b
- (save-excursion
- (set-buffer b)
+ (with-current-buffer b
(set-buffer-modified-p t)))
- (fset 'print-help-return-message 'ignore)
+ (fset 'help-print-return-message 'ignore)
(call-interactively fun)
(and (get-buffer name)
(get-buffer-window (get-buffer name))
(or (not b)
(not (eq b (get-buffer name)))
(not (buffer-modified-p b)))))
- (fset 'print-help-return-message p)
+ (fset 'help-print-return-message p)
(and b (buffer-name b)
- (save-excursion
- (set-buffer b)
+ (with-current-buffer b
(set-buffer-modified-p m))))))
(with-electric-help 'ignore name t))))
;; This is to be bound to M-x in ehelp mode. Retains ehelp buffer and then
;; continues with execute-extended-command.
-(defun electric-help-execute-extended (prefixarg)
+(defun electric-help-execute-extended (_prefixarg)
(interactive "p")
(setq electric-help-form-to-execute '(execute-extended-command nil))
(electric-help-retain))
;; This is to be buond to C-x in ehelp mode. Retains ehelp buffer and then
;; continues with ctrl-x prefix.
-(defun electric-help-ctrl-x-prefix (prefixarg)
+(defun electric-help-ctrl-x-prefix (_prefixarg)
(interactive "p")
(setq electric-help-form-to-execute '(progn (message nil) (setq unread-command-char ?\C-x)))
(electric-help-retain))
\f
;;;; ehelp-map
-(defvar ehelp-map ())
-(if ehelp-map
- nil
+(defvar ehelp-map
(let ((map (copy-keymap help-map)))
(substitute-key-definition 'apropos 'electric-apropos map)
(substitute-key-definition 'command-apropos 'electric-command-apropos map)
(substitute-key-definition 'describe-variable 'electric-describe-variable map)
(substitute-key-definition 'describe-bindings 'electric-describe-bindings map)
(substitute-key-definition 'describe-syntax 'electric-describe-syntax map)
-
- (setq ehelp-map map)))
+ map))
;;;###(autoload 'ehelp-command "ehelp" "Prefix command for ehelp." t 'keymap)
(defalias 'ehelp-command ehelp-map)
(provide 'ehelp)
-;; arch-tag: e0e3037f-42c0-433e-ba18-322c5d951f46
;;; ehelp.el ends here