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- ;;; docref.el --- Simple cross references for Elisp documentation strings
-
- ;; Copyright (C) 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- ;; Author: Vadim Geshel <vadik@unas.cs.kiev.ua>
- ;; Created: 12 Jul 1994
- ;; Keywords: docs, help, lisp
- ;; original name was cross-ref.el.
-
- ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
-
- ;; 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)
- ;; any later version.
-
- ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
- ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
- ;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-
- ;;; Commentary:
-
- ;; This package allows you to use a simple form of cross references in
- ;; your Emacs Lisp documentation strings. Cross-references look like
- ;; \\(type@[label@]data), where type defines a method for retrieving
- ;; reference information, data is used by a method routine as an argument,
- ;; and label "represents" the reference in text. If label is absent, data
- ;; is used instead.
- ;;
- ;; Special reference labeled `back', when present, can be used to return
- ;; to the previous contents of help buffer.
- ;;
- ;; Cross-referencing currently is intended for use in doc strings only
- ;; and works only in temporary buffers (created by `with-output-to-temp-buffer').
- ;; List of temp buffers in which cross-referencing is to be active is specified
- ;; by variable DOCREF-BUFFERS-LIST, which contains only "*Help*" by default.
- ;;
- ;; Documentation strings for this package's functions and variables can serve
- ;; as examples of usage.
- ;;
- ;;; Customization:
- ;;
- ;; See source. The main customization variable is `docref-methods-alist'.
- ;; It consists of (type . function) pairs, where type is a string which
- ;; corresponds to type in cross-references and function is called with
- ;; one argument - reference `data' - when a reference is activated.
- ;;
- ;;; Installation:
- ;;
- ;; Place this file somewhere in your load-path, byte-compiled it, and add
- ;; (require 'cross-ref)
- ;; to your .emacs.
-
- ;;; Code:
-
- ;; User customizable variables
-
- (defvar docref-highlight-p t
- "*If non-nil, \\(f@docref-subst) highlights cross-references.
- Under window system it highlights them with face defined by
- \\(v@docref-highlight-face), on character terminal highlighted references
- look like cross-references in info mode.")
-
- (defvar docref-highlight-face 'highlight
- "*Face used to highlight cross-references (used by \\(f@docref-subst))")
-
- (defvar docref-methods-alist
- '(("f" . docref-describe-function) ; reference to a function documentation
- ("v" . docref-describe-variable) ; reference to a variable documentation
- ("F" . docref-read-file) ; reference to a file contents
- ("s" . docref-use-string) ; reference to a string
- ("V" . docref-use-variable-value) ; reference to variable value
- ("0" . beep)) ; just highlighted text
- "Alist which maps cross-reference ``types'' to retrieval functions.
-
- The car of each element is a string that serves as `type' in cross-references.
- \(See \\(f@docref-subst)). The cdr is a function of one argument,
- to be called to find this reference.")
-
- (defvar docref-back-label "\nback"
- "Label to use by \\(f@docref-subst) for the go-back reference.")
-
- (defvar docref-back-reference nil
- "If non-nil, this is a go-back reference to add to the current buffer.
- The value specifies how to go back. It should be suitable for use
- as the second argument to \\(f@docref-insert-label).
- \\(f@docref-subst) uses this to set up the go-back reference.")
-
- (defvar docref-last-active-buffer)
-
- ;;;###autoload
- (defun docref-setup ()
- "Process docref cross-references in the current buffer.
- See also \\(f@docref-subst)."
- (interactive)
- (docref-subst (current-buffer))
- (docref-mode))
-
- (defvar docref-mode-map nil)
- (or docref-mode-map
- (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
- (define-key map [mouse-2] 'docref-follow-mouse)
- (define-key map "\C-c\C-b" 'docref-go-back)
- (define-key map "\C-c\C-c" 'docref-follow)
- (setq docref-mode-map map)))
-
- (defun docref-mode ()
- "Major mode for help buffers that contain cross references.
- To follow a reference, move to it and type \\[docref-follow], or use
- \\[docref-follow-mouse]. The command \\[docref-go-back] can used to go
- back to where you came from."
- (interactive)
- (kill-all-local-variables)
- (setq major-mode 'docref-mode)
- (setq mode-name "Docref")
- (use-local-map docref-mode-map)
- (run-hooks 'docref-mode))
-
- (defun docref-subst (buf)
- "Parse documentation cross-references in buffer BUF.
-
- Find cross-reference information in a buffer and
- highlight them with face defined by \\(v@docref-highlight-face).
-
- Cross-reference has the following format: \\ (TYPE[@LABEL]@DATA), where
- TYPE defines method used to retrieve xref data (like reading from file or
- calling \\(f@describe-function)), DATA is an argument to this method
- \(like file name or function name), and LABEL is displayed in text using
- \\(v@docref-highlight-face).
-
- The special reference `back' can be used to return back.
- The variable \\(v@docref-back-label) specifies the label to use for that.
-
- See \\(v@docref-methods-alist) for currently defined methods."
- (interactive "b")
- (save-excursion
- (set-buffer buf)
- (goto-char (point-min))
- ;; The docref-seen property indicates that we have processed this
- ;; buffer's contents already, so don't do it again.
- (if (not (get-text-property (point-min) 'docref-seen))
- (let ((old-modified (buffer-modified-p)))
- (while (re-search-forward "[\\](\\([^\)\@]+\\)\\(@[^\)\@]+\\)?@\\([^\)]*\\))"
- nil t)
- (let* ((start (match-beginning 0))
- (type (buffer-substring (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1)))
- (data (buffer-substring (match-beginning 3) (match-end 3)))
- (label
- (if (match-beginning 2)
- (buffer-substring (+ (match-beginning 2) 1) (match-end 2))
- data)))
- (replace-match "" t)
- (docref-insert-label label (cons type data))))
-
- ;; Make a back-reference in this buffer, if desired.
- ;; (This is true if called from docref-follow.)
- (if docref-back-reference
- (progn
- (goto-char (point-max))
- (put-text-property (point-min) (1+ (point-min))
- 'docref-back-position (point))
- (docref-insert-label docref-back-label docref-back-reference)))
- (put-text-property (point-min) (1+ (point-min)) 'docref-seen t)
- (set-buffer-modified-p old-modified)))))
-
- (defun docref-insert-label (string ref)
- (let ((label (concat string))
- (pos (point)))
- ;; decorate the label
- (let ((leading-space-end (save-match-data
- (if (string-match "^\\([ \t\n]+\\)" label)
- (match-end 1)
- 0)))
- (trailing-space-start (save-match-data
- (if (string-match "\\([ \t\n]+\\)$" label)
- (match-beginning 1)
- (length label)))))
- (if docref-highlight-p
- (if (not window-system)
- (setq label
- (concat (substring label 0 leading-space-end)
- "(*note "
- (substring label leading-space-end trailing-space-start)
- ")"
- (substring label trailing-space-start)))
- ;; window-system
- (put-text-property leading-space-end
- trailing-space-start
- 'face docref-highlight-face label)))
- (put-text-property 0 (length label) 'docref ref label)
- (insert label))))
-
- (defun docref-follow-mouse (click)
- "Follow the cross-reference that you click on."
- (interactive "e")
- (save-excursion
- (let* ((start (event-start click))
- (window (car start))
- (pos (car (cdr start)))
- (docref-last-active-buffer (current-buffer)))
- (set-buffer (window-buffer window))
- (docref-follow pos))))
-
- (defun docref-go-back ()
- "Go back to the previous contents of help buffer."
- (interactive)
- (let ((pos (get-text-property (point-min) 'docref-back-position)))
- (if pos
- (docref-follow pos)
- (error "No go-back reference"))))
-
- (defun docref-follow (&optional pos)
- "Follow cross-reference at point.
- For the cross-reference format, see \\(f@docref-subst).
- The special reference named `back' can be used to return back"
- (interactive)
- (or pos (setq pos (point)))
- (let ((docref-data (get-text-property pos 'docref)))
- (if docref-data
- ;; There is a reference at point. Follow it.
- (let* ((type (car docref-data))
- (name (cdr docref-data))
- (method (assoc type docref-methods-alist))
- (cur-contents (buffer-string))
- (opoint (point))
- (docref-back-reference (cons "s" cur-contents))
- success)
- (if (null method)
- (error "Unknown cross-reference type: %s" type))
- (unwind-protect
- (save-excursion
- (funcall (cdr method) name)
- (setq success t))
- (or success
- (progn
- ;; (cdr method) got an error.
- ;; Put back the text that we had.
- (erase-buffer)
- (insert cur-contents)
- (goto-char opoint)))
- (set-buffer-modified-p nil))))))
-
- ;; Builtin methods for accessing a reference.
-
- (defun docref-describe-function (data)
- (save-excursion
- (if (boundp 'docref-last-active-buffer)
- (set-buffer docref-last-active-buffer))
- (describe-function (intern data))))
-
- (defun docref-describe-variable (data)
- (save-excursion
- (if (boundp 'docref-last-active-buffer)
- (set-buffer docref-last-active-buffer))
- (describe-variable (intern data))))
-
- (defun docref-read-file (data)
- (with-output-to-temp-buffer (buffer-name)
- (erase-buffer)
- (insert-file-contents (expand-file-name data))))
-
- (defun docref-use-string (data)
- (with-output-to-temp-buffer (buffer-name)
- (erase-buffer)
- (insert data)))
-
- (defun docref-use-variable-value (data)
- (let ((sym (intern data)))
- (with-output-to-temp-buffer (buffer-name)
- (erase-buffer)
- (princ (symbol-value sym)))))
-
- (provide 'docref)
-
- ;;; docref.el ends here
-
-