;; LCD Archive Entry:
;; eldoc|Noah Friedman|friedman@prep.ai.mit.edu|
;; show function arglist or variable docstring in echo area|
-;; $Date: 1995/11/25 03:45:25 $|$Revision: 1.5 $|~/misc/eldoc.el.gz|
+;; $Date: 1996/07/14 16:46:25 $|$Revision: 1.6 $|~/misc/eldoc.el.gz|
-;; $Id: eldoc.el,v 1.5 1995/11/25 03:45:25 friedman Exp friedman $
+;; $Id: eldoc.el,v 1.6 1996/07/14 16:46:25 friedman Exp friedman $
;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
(doclist nil)
(end nil))
(save-match-data
+ ;; TODO: Move these into a separate table that is iterated over until
+ ;; a match is found.
(cond
;; Try first searching for args starting with symbol name.
;; This is to avoid matching parenthetical remarks in e.g. sit-for.
(setq end (- (match-end 1) 1))
(if (string-match " +" docstring (match-beginning 1))
(setq doc (substring docstring (match-end 0) end))
- (setq doc ""))))
+ (setq doc "")))
+
+ ;; This finds the argstring for `start-process'.
+ ;; I don't know if there are any others with the same pattern.
+ ((string-match "^Args are +\\([^\n]+\\)$" docstring)
+ (setq doc (substring docstring (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1))))
+ )
(cond ((not (stringp doc))
nil)