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;;; apropos.el --- apropos commands for users and programmers.
;; Copyright (C) 1989, 1994, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Joe Wells <jbw@bigbird.bu.edu>
;; Rewritten: Daniel Pfeiffer <occitan@esperanto.org>
;; Keywords: help
;; 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:
;; The ideas for this package were derived from the C code in
;; src/keymap.c and elsewhere. The functions in this file should
;; always be byte-compiled for speed. Someone should rewrite this in
;; C (as part of src/keymap.c) for speed.
;; The idea for super-apropos is based on the original implementation
;; by Lynn Slater <lrs@esl.com>.
;; History:
;; Fixed bug, current-local-map can return nil.
;; Change, doesn't calculate key-bindings unless needed.
;; Added super-apropos capability, changed print functions.
;;; Made fast-apropos and super-apropos share code.
;;; Sped up fast-apropos again.
;; Added apropos-do-all option.
;;; Added fast-command-apropos.
;; Changed doc strings to comments for helping functions.
;;; Made doc file buffer read-only, buried it.
;; Only call substitute-command-keys if do-all set.
;; Optionally use configurable faces to make the output more legible.
;; Differentiate between command, function and macro.
;; Apropos-command (ex command-apropos) does cmd and optionally user var.
;; Apropos shows all 3 aspects of symbols (fn, var and plist)
;; Apropos-documentation (ex super-apropos) now finds all it should.
;; New apropos-value snoops through all values and optionally plists.
;; Reading DOC file doesn't load nroff.
;; Added hypertext following of documentation, mouse-2 on variable gives value
;; from buffer in active window.
;;; Code:
(defgroup apropos nil
"Apropos commands for users and programmers"
:group 'help
:prefix "apropos")
;; I see a degradation of maybe 10-20% only.
(defcustom apropos-do-all nil
"*Whether the apropos commands should do more.
Slows them down more or less. Set this non-nil if you have a fast machine."
:group 'apropos
:type 'boolean)
(defcustom apropos-symbol-face 'bold
"*Face for symbol name in Apropos output, or nil for none."
:group 'apropos
:type 'face)
(defcustom apropos-keybinding-face 'underline
"*Face for lists of keybinding in Apropos output, or nil for none."
:group 'apropos
:type 'face)
(defcustom apropos-label-face 'italic
"*Face for label (`Command', `Variable' ...) in Apropos output.
A value of nil means don't use any special font for them, and also
turns off mouse highlighting."
:group 'apropos
:type 'face)
(defcustom apropos-property-face 'bold-italic
"*Face for property name in apropos output, or nil for none."
:group 'apropos
:type 'face)
(defcustom apropos-match-face 'secondary-selection
"*Face for matching text in Apropos documentation/value, or nil for none.
This applies when you look for matches in the documentation or variable value
for the regexp; the part that matches gets displayed in this font."
:group 'apropos
:type 'face)
(defvar apropos-mode-map
(let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
(define-key map "\C-m" 'apropos-follow)
(define-key map " " 'scroll-up)
(define-key map "\177" 'scroll-down)
(define-key map "q" 'quit-window)
(define-key map [mouse-2] 'apropos-mouse-follow)
(define-key map [down-mouse-2] nil)
map)
"Keymap used in Apropos mode.")
(defvar apropos-mode-hook nil
"*Hook run when mode is turned on.")
(defvar apropos-regexp nil
"Regexp used in current apropos run.")
(defvar apropos-files-scanned ()
"List of elc files already scanned in current run of `apropos-documentation'.")
(defvar apropos-accumulator ()
"Alist of symbols already found in current apropos run.")
(defvar apropos-item ()
"Current item in or for `apropos-accumulator'.")
;;;###autoload
(define-derived-mode apropos-mode fundamental-mode "Apropos"
"Major mode for following hyperlinks in output of apropos commands.
\\{apropos-mode-map}")
;;;###autoload
(defun apropos-variable (regexp &optional do-all)
"Show user variables that match REGEXP.
With optional prefix DO-ALL or if `apropos-do-all' is non-nil, also show
normal variables."
(interactive (list (read-string
(concat "Apropos "
(if (or current-prefix-arg apropos-do-all)
"variable"
"user option")
" (regexp): "))
current-prefix-arg))
(apropos-command regexp nil
(if (or do-all apropos-do-all)
#'(lambda (symbol)
(and (boundp symbol)
(get symbol 'variable-documentation)))
'user-variable-p)))
;; For auld lang syne:
;;;###autoload
(fset 'command-apropos 'apropos-command)
;;;###autoload
(defun apropos-command (apropos-regexp &optional do-all var-predicate)
"Show commands (interactively callable functions) that match APROPOS-REGEXP.
With optional prefix DO-ALL, or if `apropos-do-all' is non-nil, also show
noninteractive functions.
If VAR-PREDICATE is non-nil, show only variables, and only those that
satisfy the predicate VAR-PREDICATE."
(interactive (list (read-string (concat
"Apropos command "
(if (or current-prefix-arg
apropos-do-all)
"or function ")
"(regexp): "))
current-prefix-arg))
(let ((message
(let ((standard-output (get-buffer-create "*Apropos*")))
(print-help-return-message 'identity))))
(or do-all (setq do-all apropos-do-all))
(setq apropos-accumulator
(apropos-internal apropos-regexp
(or var-predicate
(if do-all 'functionp 'commandp))))
(let ((tem apropos-accumulator))
(while tem
(if (get (car tem) 'apropos-inhibit)
(setq apropos-accumulator (delq (car tem) apropos-accumulator)))
(setq tem (cdr tem))))
(let ((p apropos-accumulator)
doc symbol)
(while p
(setcar p (list
(setq symbol (car p))
(unless var-predicate
(if (functionp symbol)
(if (setq doc (documentation symbol t))
(substring doc 0 (string-match "\n" doc))
"(not documented)")))
(and var-predicate
(funcall var-predicate symbol)
(if (setq doc (documentation-property
symbol 'variable-documentation t))
(substring doc 0
(string-match "\n" doc))))))
(setq p (cdr p))))
(and (apropos-print t nil)
message
(message message))))
;;;###autoload
(defun apropos (apropos-regexp &optional do-all)
"Show all bound symbols whose names match APROPOS-REGEXP.
With optional prefix DO-ALL or if `apropos-do-all' is non-nil, also
show unbound symbols and key bindings, which is a little more
time-consuming. Returns list of symbols and documentation found."
(interactive "sApropos symbol (regexp): \nP")
(setq apropos-accumulator
(apropos-internal apropos-regexp
(and (not do-all)
(not apropos-do-all)
(lambda (symbol)
(or (fboundp symbol)
(boundp symbol)
(facep symbol)
(symbol-plist symbol))))))
(let ((tem apropos-accumulator))
(while tem
(if (get (car tem) 'apropos-inhibit)
(setq apropos-accumulator (delq (car tem) apropos-accumulator)))
(setq tem (cdr tem))))
(let ((p apropos-accumulator)
symbol doc properties)
(while p
(setcar p (list
(setq symbol (car p))
(when (fboundp symbol)
(if (setq doc (condition-case nil
(documentation symbol t)
(void-function
"(alias for undefined function)")))
(substring doc 0 (string-match "\n" doc))
"(not documented)"))
(when (boundp symbol)
(if (setq doc (documentation-property
symbol 'variable-documentation t))
(substring doc 0 (string-match "\n" doc))
"(not documented)"))
(when (setq properties (symbol-plist symbol))
(setq doc (list (car properties)))
(while (setq properties (cdr (cdr properties)))
(setq doc (cons (car properties) doc)))
(mapconcat #'symbol-name (nreverse doc) " "))
(when (get symbol 'widget-type)
(if (setq doc (documentation-property
symbol 'widget-documentation t))
(substring doc 0
(string-match "\n" doc))
"(not documented)"))
(when (facep symbol)
(if (setq doc (documentation-property
symbol 'face-documentation t))
(substring doc 0
(string-match "\n" doc))
"(not documented)"))
(when (get symbol 'custom-group)
(if (setq doc (documentation-property
symbol 'group-documentation t))
(substring doc 0
(string-match "\n" doc))
"(not documented)"))))
(setq p (cdr p))))
(apropos-print
(or do-all apropos-do-all)
nil))
;;;###autoload
(defun apropos-value (apropos-regexp &optional do-all)
"Show all symbols whose value's printed image matches APROPOS-REGEXP.
With optional prefix DO-ALL or if `apropos-do-all' is non-nil, also looks
at the function and at the names and values of properties.
Returns list of symbols and values found."
(interactive "sApropos value (regexp): \nP")
(or do-all (setq do-all apropos-do-all))
(setq apropos-accumulator ())
(let (f v p)
(mapatoms
(lambda (symbol)
(setq f nil v nil p nil)
(or (memq symbol '(apropos-regexp do-all apropos-accumulator
symbol f v p))
(setq v (apropos-value-internal 'boundp symbol 'symbol-value)))
(if do-all
(setq f (apropos-value-internal 'fboundp symbol 'symbol-function)
p (apropos-format-plist symbol "\n " t)))
(if (or f v p)
(setq apropos-accumulator (cons (list symbol f v p)
apropos-accumulator))))))
(apropos-print nil t))
;;;###autoload
(defun apropos-documentation (apropos-regexp &optional do-all)
"Show symbols whose documentation contain matches for APROPOS-REGEXP.
With optional prefix DO-ALL or if `apropos-do-all' is non-nil, also use
documentation that is not stored in the documentation file and show key
bindings.
Returns list of symbols and documentation found."
(interactive "sApropos documentation (regexp): \nP")
(or do-all (setq do-all apropos-do-all))
(setq apropos-accumulator () apropos-files-scanned ())
(let ((standard-input (get-buffer-create " apropos-temp"))
f v)
(unwind-protect
(save-excursion
(set-buffer standard-input)
(apropos-documentation-check-doc-file)
(if do-all
(mapatoms
(lambda (symbol)
(setq f (apropos-safe-documentation symbol)
v (get symbol 'variable-documentation))
(if (integerp v) (setq v))
(setq f (apropos-documentation-internal f)
v (apropos-documentation-internal v))
(if (or f v)
(if (setq apropos-item
(cdr (assq symbol apropos-accumulator)))
(progn
(if f
(setcar apropos-item f))
(if v
(setcar (cdr apropos-item) v)))
(setq apropos-accumulator
(cons (list symbol f v)
apropos-accumulator)))))))
(apropos-print nil t))
(kill-buffer standard-input))))
(defun apropos-value-internal (predicate symbol function)
(if (funcall predicate symbol)
(progn
(setq symbol (prin1-to-string (funcall function symbol)))
(if (string-match apropos-regexp symbol)
(progn
(if apropos-match-face
(put-text-property (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)
'face apropos-match-face
symbol))
symbol)))))
(defun apropos-documentation-internal (doc)
(if (consp doc)
(apropos-documentation-check-elc-file (car doc))
(and doc
(string-match apropos-regexp doc)
(progn
(if apropos-match-face
(put-text-property (match-beginning 0)
(match-end 0)
'face apropos-match-face
(setq doc (copy-sequence doc))))
doc))))
(defun apropos-format-plist (pl sep &optional compare)
(setq pl (symbol-plist pl))
(let (p p-out)
(while pl
(setq p (format "%s %S" (car pl) (nth 1 pl)))
(if (or (not compare) (string-match apropos-regexp p))
(if apropos-property-face
(put-text-property 0 (length (symbol-name (car pl)))
'face apropos-property-face p))
(setq p nil))
(if p
(progn
(and compare apropos-match-face
(put-text-property (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)
'face apropos-match-face
p))
(setq p-out (concat p-out (if p-out sep) p))))
(setq pl (nthcdr 2 pl)))
p-out))
;; Finds all documentation related to APROPOS-REGEXP in internal-doc-file-name.
(defun apropos-documentation-check-doc-file ()
(let (type symbol (sepa 2) sepb beg end)
(insert ?\^_)
(backward-char)
(insert-file-contents (concat doc-directory internal-doc-file-name))
(forward-char)
(while (save-excursion
(setq sepb (search-forward "\^_"))
(not (eobp)))
(beginning-of-line 2)
(if (save-restriction
(narrow-to-region (point) (1- sepb))
(re-search-forward apropos-regexp nil t))
(progn
(setq beg (match-beginning 0)
end (point))
(goto-char (1+ sepa))
(or (setq type (if (eq ?F (preceding-char))
1 ; function documentation
2) ; variable documentation
symbol (read)
beg (- beg (point) 1)
end (- end (point) 1)
doc (buffer-substring (1+ (point)) (1- sepb))
apropos-item (assq symbol apropos-accumulator))
(setq apropos-item (list symbol nil nil)
apropos-accumulator (cons apropos-item
apropos-accumulator)))
(if apropos-match-face
(put-text-property beg end 'face apropos-match-face doc))
(setcar (nthcdr type apropos-item) doc)))
(setq sepa (goto-char sepb)))))
(defun apropos-documentation-check-elc-file (file)
(if (member file apropos-files-scanned)
nil
(let (symbol doc beg end this-is-a-variable)
(setq apropos-files-scanned (cons file apropos-files-scanned))
(erase-buffer)
(insert-file-contents file)
(while (search-forward "\n#@" nil t)
;; Read the comment length, and advance over it.
(setq end (read)
beg (1+ (point))
end (+ (point) end -1))
(forward-char)
(if (save-restriction
;; match ^ and $ relative to doc string
(narrow-to-region beg end)
(re-search-forward apropos-regexp nil t))
(progn
(goto-char (+ end 2))
(setq doc (buffer-substring beg end)
end (- (match-end 0) beg)
beg (- (match-beginning 0) beg)
this-is-a-variable (looking-at "(def\\(var\\|const\\) ")
symbol (progn
(skip-chars-forward "(a-z")
(forward-char)
(read))
symbol (if (consp symbol)
(nth 1 symbol)
symbol))
(if (if this-is-a-variable
(get symbol 'variable-documentation)
(and (fboundp symbol) (apropos-safe-documentation symbol)))
(progn
(or (setq apropos-item (assq symbol apropos-accumulator))
(setq apropos-item (list symbol nil nil)
apropos-accumulator (cons apropos-item
apropos-accumulator)))
(if apropos-match-face
(put-text-property beg end 'face apropos-match-face
doc))
(setcar (nthcdr (if this-is-a-variable 2 1)
apropos-item)
doc)))))))))
(defun apropos-safe-documentation (function)
"Like `documentation', except it avoids calling `get_doc_string'.
Will return nil instead."
(while (and function (symbolp function))
(setq function (if (fboundp function)
(symbol-function function))))
(if (eq (car-safe function) 'macro)
(setq function (cdr function)))
(setq function (if (byte-code-function-p function)
(if (> (length function) 4)
(aref function 4))
(if (eq (car-safe function) 'autoload)
(nth 2 function)
(if (eq (car-safe function) 'lambda)
(if (stringp (nth 2 function))
(nth 2 function)
(if (stringp (nth 3 function))
(nth 3 function)))))))
(if (integerp function)
nil
function))
(defvar apropos-label-properties nil
"List of face properties to use for a label.
Bound by `apropos-print' for use by `apropos-print-doc'.")
(defun apropos-print (do-keys spacing)
"Output result of apropos searching into buffer `*Apropos*'.
The value of `apropos-accumulator' is the list of items to output.
Each element should have the format (SYMBOL FN-DOC VAR-DOC [PLIST-DOC]).
The return value is the list that was in `apropos-accumulator', sorted
alphabetically by symbol name; but this function also sets
`apropos-accumulator' to nil before returning."
(if (null apropos-accumulator)
(message "No apropos matches for `%s'" apropos-regexp)
(setq apropos-accumulator
(sort apropos-accumulator (lambda (a b)
(string-lessp (car a) (car b)))))
(setq apropos-label-properties
(if (and apropos-label-face
(symbolp apropos-label-face))
`(face ,apropos-label-face
mouse-face highlight
help-echo "mouse-2: display help on this item")))
(with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Apropos*"
(let ((p apropos-accumulator)
(old-buffer (current-buffer))
symbol item point1 point2)
(set-buffer standard-output)
(apropos-mode)
(if (display-mouse-p)
(insert "If you move the mouse over text that changes color,\n"
(substitute-command-keys
"you can click \\[apropos-mouse-follow] to get more information.\n")))
(insert (substitute-command-keys
"In this buffer, type \\[apropos-follow] to get full documentation.\n\n"))
(while (consp p)
(or (not spacing) (bobp) (terpri))
(setq apropos-item (car p)
symbol (car apropos-item)
p (cdr p)
point1 (point))
(princ symbol) ; print symbol name
(setq point2 (point))
;; Calculate key-bindings if we want them.
(and do-keys
(commandp symbol)
(indent-to 30 1)
(if (let ((keys
(save-excursion
(set-buffer old-buffer)
(where-is-internal symbol)))
filtered)
;; Copy over the list of key sequences,
;; omitting any that contain a buffer or a frame.
(while keys
(let ((key (car keys))
(i 0)
loser)
(while (< i (length key))
(if (or (framep (aref key i))
(bufferp (aref key i)))
(setq loser t))
(setq i (1+ i)))
(or loser
(setq filtered (cons key filtered))))
(setq keys (cdr keys)))
(setq item filtered))
;; Convert the remaining keys to a string and insert.
(insert
(mapconcat
(lambda (key)
(setq key (condition-case ()
(key-description key)
(error)))
(if apropos-keybinding-face
(put-text-property 0 (length key)
'face apropos-keybinding-face
key))
key)
item ", "))
(insert "M-x")
(put-text-property (- (point) 3) (point)
'face apropos-keybinding-face)
(insert " " (symbol-name symbol) " ")
(insert "RET")
(put-text-property (- (point) 3) (point)
'face apropos-keybinding-face)))
(terpri)
;; only now so we don't propagate text attributes all over
(put-text-property point1 point2 'item
(if (eval `(or ,@(cdr apropos-item)))
(car apropos-item)
apropos-item))
(if apropos-symbol-face
(put-text-property point1 point2 'face apropos-symbol-face))
(apropos-print-doc 'describe-function 1
(if (commandp symbol)
"Command"
(if (apropos-macrop symbol)
"Macro"
"Function"))
t)
;; We used to use `customize-variable-other-window' instead
;; for a customizable variable, but that is slow.
;; It is better to show an ordinary help buffer
;; and let the user click on the customization button
;; in that buffer, if he wants to.
;; Likewise for `customize-face-other-window'.
(apropos-print-doc 'describe-variable 2 "Variable" t)
(apropos-print-doc 'customize-group-other-window 6 "Group" t)
(apropos-print-doc 'describe-face 5 "Face" t)
(apropos-print-doc 'widget-browse-other-window 4 "Widget" t)
(apropos-print-doc 'apropos-describe-plist 3
"Plist" nil))
(setq buffer-read-only t))))
(prog1 apropos-accumulator
(setq apropos-accumulator ()))) ; permit gc
(defun apropos-macrop (symbol)
"T if SYMBOL is a Lisp macro."
(and (fboundp symbol)
(consp (setq symbol
(symbol-function symbol)))
(or (eq (car symbol) 'macro)
(if (eq (car symbol) 'autoload)
(memq (nth 4 symbol)
'(macro t))))))
(defun apropos-print-doc (action i str do-keys)
(if (stringp (setq i (nth i apropos-item)))
(progn
(insert " ")
(put-text-property (- (point) 2) (1- (point))
'action action)
(insert str ": ")
(if apropos-label-properties
(add-text-properties (- (point) (length str) 2)
(1- (point))
apropos-label-properties))
(insert (if do-keys (substitute-command-keys i) i))
(or (bolp) (terpri)))))
(defun apropos-mouse-follow (event)
(interactive "e")
(let ((other (if (eq (current-buffer) (get-buffer "*Apropos*"))
()
(current-buffer))))
(save-excursion
(set-buffer (window-buffer (posn-window (event-start event))))
(goto-char (posn-point (event-start event)))
(or (and (not (eobp)) (get-text-property (point) 'mouse-face))
(and (not (bobp)) (get-text-property (1- (point)) 'mouse-face))
(error "There is nothing to follow here"))
(apropos-follow other))))
(defun apropos-follow (&optional other)
(interactive)
(let* (;; Properties are always found at the beginning of the line.
(bol (save-excursion (beginning-of-line) (point)))
;; If there is no `item' property here, look behind us.
(item (get-text-property bol 'item))
(item-at (if item nil (previous-single-property-change bol 'item)))
;; Likewise, if there is no `action' property here, look in front.
(action (get-text-property bol 'action))
(action-at (if action nil (next-single-property-change bol 'action))))
(and (null item) item-at
(setq item (get-text-property (1- item-at) 'item)))
(and (null action) action-at
(setq action (get-text-property action-at 'action)))
(if (not (and item action))
(error "There is nothing to follow here"))
(if (consp item) (error "There is nothing to follow in `%s'" (car item)))
(if other (set-buffer other))
(funcall action item)))
(defun apropos-describe-plist (symbol)
"Display a pretty listing of SYMBOL's plist."
(with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
(set-buffer standard-output)
(princ "Symbol ")
(prin1 symbol)
(princ "'s plist is\n (")
(if apropos-symbol-face
(put-text-property 8 (- (point) 14) 'face apropos-symbol-face))
(insert (apropos-format-plist symbol "\n "))
(princ ")")
(print-help-return-message)))
(provide 'apropos)
;;; apropos.el ends here
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