(defconst eldoc-last-data (make-vector 3 nil)
"Bookkeeping; elements are as follows:
0 - contains the last symbol read from the buffer.
- 1 - contains the string last displayed in the echo area for that
- symbol, so it can be printed again if necessary without reconsing.
+ 1 - contains the string last displayed in the echo area for variables,
+ or argument string for functions.
2 - 'function if function args, 'variable if variable documentation.")
(defvar eldoc-last-message nil)
(let* ((current-symbol (eldoc-current-symbol))
(current-fnsym (eldoc-fnsym-in-current-sexp))
(doc (cond
- ((eq current-symbol current-fnsym)
- (or (eldoc-get-fnsym-args-string current-fnsym)
+ ((null current-fnsym)
+ nil)
+ ((eq current-symbol (car current-fnsym))
+ (or (apply 'eldoc-get-fnsym-args-string
+ current-fnsym)
(eldoc-get-var-docstring current-symbol)))
(t
(or (eldoc-get-var-docstring current-symbol)
- (eldoc-get-fnsym-args-string current-fnsym))))))
+ (apply 'eldoc-get-fnsym-args-string
+ current-fnsym))))))
(eldoc-message doc))))
;; This is run from post-command-hook or some idle timer thing,
;; so we need to be careful that errors aren't ignored.
;; Return a string containing the function parameter list, or 1-line
;; docstring if function is a subr and no arglist is obtainable from the
;; docstring or elsewhere.
-(defun eldoc-get-fnsym-args-string (sym)
+(defun eldoc-get-fnsym-args-string (sym argument-index)
(let ((args nil)
(doc nil))
(cond ((not (and sym (symbolp sym) (fboundp sym))))
((and (eq sym (aref eldoc-last-data 0))
(eq 'function (aref eldoc-last-data 2)))
- (setq doc (aref eldoc-last-data 1)))
+ (setq args (aref eldoc-last-data 1)))
((setq doc (help-split-fundoc (documentation sym t) sym))
(setq args (car doc))
(string-match "\\`[^ )]* ?" args)
- (setq args (concat "(" (substring args (match-end 0)))))
+ (setq args (concat "(" (substring args (match-end 0))))
+ (eldoc-last-data-store sym args 'function))
(t
(setq args (eldoc-function-argstring sym))))
- (cond (args
- (setq doc (eldoc-docstring-format-sym-doc sym args))
- (eldoc-last-data-store sym doc 'function)))
+ (when args
+ (setq doc (eldoc-highlight-function-argument sym args argument-index)))
doc))
+;; Highlight argument INDEX in ARGS list for SYM.
+(defun eldoc-highlight-function-argument (sym args index)
+ (let ((start nil)
+ (end 0)
+ (argument-face 'bold))
+ ;; Find the current argument in the argument string. We need to
+ ;; handle `&rest' and informal `...' properly.
+ ;;
+ ;; FIXME: What to do with optional arguments, like in
+ ;; (defun NAME ARGLIST [DOCSTRING] BODY...) case?
+ ;; The problem is there is no robust way to determine if
+ ;; the current argument is indeed a docstring.
+ (while (>= index 1)
+ (if (string-match "[^ ()]+" args end)
+ (progn
+ (setq start (match-beginning 0)
+ end (match-end 0))
+ (let ((argument (match-string 0 args)))
+ (cond ((string= argument "&rest")
+ ;; All the rest arguments are the same.
+ (setq index 1))
+ ((string= argument "&optional"))
+ ((string-match "\\.\\.\\.$" argument)
+ (setq index 0))
+ (t
+ (setq index (1- index))))))
+ (setq end (length args)
+ start (1- end)
+ argument-face 'font-lock-warning-face
+ index 0)))
+ (let ((doc args))
+ (when start
+ (setq doc (copy-sequence args))
+ (add-text-properties start end (list 'face argument-face) doc))
+ (setq doc (eldoc-docstring-format-sym-doc
+ sym doc 'font-lock-function-name-face))
+ doc)))
+
;; Return a string containing a brief (one-line) documentation string for
;; the variable.
(defun eldoc-get-var-docstring (sym)
(let ((doc (documentation-property sym 'variable-documentation t)))
(cond (doc
(setq doc (eldoc-docstring-format-sym-doc
- sym (eldoc-docstring-first-line doc)))
+ sym (eldoc-docstring-first-line doc)
+ 'font-lock-variable-name-face))
(eldoc-last-data-store sym doc 'variable)))
doc)))))
;; If the entire line cannot fit in the echo area, the symbol name may be
;; truncated or eliminated entirely from the output to make room for the
;; description.
-(defun eldoc-docstring-format-sym-doc (sym doc)
+(defun eldoc-docstring-format-sym-doc (sym doc face)
(save-match-data
(let* ((name (symbol-name sym))
(ea-multi eldoc-echo-area-use-multiline-p)
(cond ((or (<= strip 0)
(eq ea-multi t)
(and ea-multi (> (length doc) ea-width)))
- (format "%s: %s" sym doc))
+ (format "%s: %s" (propertize name 'face face) doc))
((> (length doc) ea-width)
(substring (format "%s" doc) 0 ea-width))
((>= strip (length name))
;; than the beginning, since the former is more likely
;; to be unique given package namespace conventions.
(setq name (substring name strip))
- (format "%s: %s" name doc))))))
+ (format "%s: %s" (propertize name 'face face) doc))))))
\f
+;; Return a list of current function name and argument index.
(defun eldoc-fnsym-in-current-sexp ()
- (let ((p (point)))
- (eldoc-beginning-of-sexp)
- (prog1
- ;; Don't do anything if current word is inside a string.
- (if (= (or (char-after (1- (point))) 0) ?\")
- nil
- (eldoc-current-symbol))
- (goto-char p))))
-
+ (save-excursion
+ (let ((argument-index (1- (eldoc-beginning-of-sexp))))
+ ;; If we are at the beginning of function name, this will be -1.
+ (when (< argument-index 0)
+ (setq argument-index 0))
+ ;; Don't do anything if current word is inside a string.
+ (if (= (or (char-after (1- (point))) 0) ?\")
+ nil
+ (list (eldoc-current-symbol) argument-index)))))
+
+;; Move to the beginnig of current sexp. Return the number of nested
+;; sexp the point was over or after.
(defun eldoc-beginning-of-sexp ()
- (let ((parse-sexp-ignore-comments t))
+ (let ((parse-sexp-ignore-comments t)
+ (num-skipped-sexps 0))
(condition-case err
- (while (progn
- (forward-sexp -1)
- (or (= (char-before) ?\")
- (> (point) (point-min)))))
- (error nil))))
+ (progn
+ ;; First account for the case the point is directly over a
+ ;; beginning of a nested sexp.
+ (condition-case err
+ (let ((p (point)))
+ (forward-sexp -1)
+ (forward-sexp 1)
+ (when (< (point) p)
+ (setq num-skipped-sexps 1)))
+ (error))
+ (while
+ (let ((p (point)))
+ (forward-sexp -1)
+ (when (< (point) p)
+ (setq num-skipped-sexps (1+ num-skipped-sexps))))))
+ (error))
+ num-skipped-sexps))
;; returns nil unless current word is an interned symbol.
(defun eldoc-current-symbol ()