(if (null function)
(message "You didn't specify a function")
(help-setup-xref (list #'describe-function function) (interactive-p))
- (with-output-to-temp-buffer (help-buffer)
- (prin1 function)
- ;; Use " is " instead of a colon so that
- ;; it is easier to get out the function name using forward-sexp.
- (princ " is ")
- (describe-function-1 function)
- (print-help-return-message)
- (with-current-buffer standard-output
- ;; Return the text we displayed.
- (buffer-string)))))
+ (save-excursion
+ (with-output-to-temp-buffer (help-buffer)
+ (prin1 function)
+ ;; Use " is " instead of a colon so that
+ ;; it is easier to get out the function name using forward-sexp.
+ (princ " is ")
+ (describe-function-1 function)
+ (print-help-return-message)
+ (with-current-buffer standard-output
+ ;; Return the text we displayed.
+ (buffer-string))))))
;;;###autoload
(defun describe-function-1 (function)
(setq file-name (symbol-file function)))
(cond
(file-name
- (princ " in `")
- ;; We used to add .el to the file name,
- ;; but that's completely wrong when the user used load-file.
- (princ file-name)
- (princ "'")
- ;; Make a hyperlink to the library.
+ (princ " in `")
+ ;; We used to add .el to the file name,
+ ;; but that's completely wrong when the user used load-file.
+ (princ file-name)
+ (princ "'")
+ ;; Make a hyperlink to the library.
(with-current-buffer standard-output
- (save-excursion
- (re-search-backward "`\\([^`']+\\)'" nil t)
+ (save-excursion
+ (re-search-backward "`\\([^`']+\\)'" nil t)
(help-xref-button 1 'help-function-def function file-name)))))
(princ ".")
(terpri)
(unless (bufferp buffer) (setq buffer (current-buffer)))
(if (not (symbolp variable))
(message "You did not specify a variable")
- (let (valvoid)
- (help-setup-xref (list #'describe-variable variable buffer)
- (interactive-p))
- (with-output-to-temp-buffer (help-buffer)
- (with-current-buffer buffer
- (prin1 variable)
- (if (not (boundp variable))
- (progn
- (princ " is void")
- (setq valvoid t))
- (let ((val (symbol-value variable)))
- (with-current-buffer standard-output
- (princ "'s value is ")
- (terpri)
- (let ((from (point)))
- (pp val)
- (help-xref-on-pp from (point))
- (if (< (point) (+ from 20))
- (save-excursion
- (goto-char from)
- (delete-char -1)))))))
- (terpri)
- (when (local-variable-p variable)
- (princ (format "Local in buffer %s; " (buffer-name)))
- (if (not (default-boundp variable))
- (princ "globally void")
- (let ((val (default-value variable)))
+ (save-excursion
+ (let (valvoid)
+ (help-setup-xref (list #'describe-variable variable buffer)
+ (interactive-p))
+ (with-output-to-temp-buffer (help-buffer)
+ (with-current-buffer buffer
+ (prin1 variable)
+ (if (not (boundp variable))
+ (progn
+ (princ " is void")
+ (setq valvoid t))
+ (let ((val (symbol-value variable)))
(with-current-buffer standard-output
- (princ "global value is ")
+ (princ "'s value is ")
(terpri)
- ;; Fixme: pp can take an age if you happen to
- ;; ask for a very large expression. We should
- ;; probably print it raw once and check it's a
- ;; sensible size before prettyprinting. -- fx
(let ((from (point)))
- (pp val)
- (help-xref-on-pp from (point))
- (if (< (point) (+ from 20))
- (save-excursion
- (goto-char from)
- (delete-char -1)))))))
- (terpri))
- (terpri)
- (with-current-buffer standard-output
- (when (> (count-lines (point-min) (point-max)) 10)
- ;; Note that setting the syntax table like below
- ;; makes forward-sexp move over a `'s' at the end
- ;; of a symbol.
- (set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table)
- (goto-char (point-min))
- (if valvoid
- (forward-line 1)
- (forward-sexp 1)
- (delete-region (point) (progn (end-of-line) (point)))
- (insert " value is shown below.\n\n")
+ (pp val)
+ (help-xref-on-pp from (point))
+ (if (< (point) (+ from 20))
+ (save-excursion
+ (goto-char from)
+ (delete-char -1)))))))
+ (terpri)
+ (when (local-variable-p variable)
+ (princ (format "Local in buffer %s; " (buffer-name)))
+ (if (not (default-boundp variable))
+ (princ "globally void")
+ (let ((val (default-value variable)))
+ (with-current-buffer standard-output
+ (princ "global value is ")
+ (terpri)
+ ;; Fixme: pp can take an age if you happen to
+ ;; ask for a very large expression. We should
+ ;; probably print it raw once and check it's a
+ ;; sensible size before prettyprinting. -- fx
+ (let ((from (point)))
+ (pp val)
+ (help-xref-on-pp from (point))
+ (if (< (point) (+ from 20))
+ (save-excursion
+ (goto-char from)
+ (delete-char -1)))))))
+ (terpri))
+ (terpri)
+ (with-current-buffer standard-output
+ (when (> (count-lines (point-min) (point-max)) 10)
+ ;; Note that setting the syntax table like below
+ ;; makes forward-sexp move over a `'s' at the end
+ ;; of a symbol.
+ (set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (if valvoid
+ (forward-line 1)
+ (forward-sexp 1)
+ (delete-region (point) (progn (end-of-line) (point)))
+ (insert " value is shown below.\n\n")
+ (save-excursion
+ (insert "\n\nValue:"))))
+ ;; Add a note for variables that have been make-var-buffer-local.
+ (when (and (local-variable-if-set-p variable)
+ (or (not (local-variable-p variable))
+ (with-temp-buffer
+ (local-variable-if-set-p variable))))
(save-excursion
- (insert "\n\nValue:"))))
- ;; Add a note for variables that have been make-var-buffer-local.
- (when (and (local-variable-if-set-p variable)
- (or (not (local-variable-p variable))
- (with-temp-buffer
- (local-variable-if-set-p variable))))
- (save-excursion
- (forward-line -1)
- (insert "Automatically becomes buffer-local when set in any fashion.\n"))))
- (princ "Documentation:")
- (terpri)
- (let ((doc (documentation-property variable 'variable-documentation)))
- (princ (or doc "not documented as a variable.")))
+ (forward-line -1)
+ (insert "Automatically becomes buffer-local when set in any fashion.\n"))))
+ (princ "Documentation:")
+ (terpri)
+ (let ((doc (documentation-property variable 'variable-documentation)))
+ (princ (or doc "not documented as a variable.")))
- ;; Make a link to customize if this variable can be customized.
- ;; Note, it is not reliable to test only for a custom-type property
- ;; because those are only present after the var's definition
- ;; has been loaded.
- (if (or (get variable 'custom-type) ; after defcustom
- (get variable 'custom-loads) ; from loaddefs.el
- (get variable 'standard-value)) ; from cus-start.el
- (let ((customize-label "customize"))
- (terpri)
- (terpri)
- (princ (concat "You can " customize-label " this variable."))
+ ;; Make a link to customize if this variable can be customized.
+ ;; Note, it is not reliable to test only for a custom-type property
+ ;; because those are only present after the var's definition
+ ;; has been loaded.
+ (if (or (get variable 'custom-type) ; after defcustom
+ (get variable 'custom-loads) ; from loaddefs.el
+ (get variable 'standard-value)) ; from cus-start.el
+ (let ((customize-label "customize"))
+ (terpri)
+ (terpri)
+ (princ (concat "You can " customize-label " this variable."))
+ (with-current-buffer standard-output
+ (save-excursion
+ (re-search-backward
+ (concat "\\(" customize-label "\\)") nil t)
+ (help-xref-button 1 'help-customize-variable variable)))))
+ ;; Make a hyperlink to the library if appropriate. (Don't
+ ;; change the format of the buffer's initial line in case
+ ;; anything expects the current format.)
+ (let ((file-name (symbol-file variable)))
+ (when (equal file-name "loaddefs.el")
+ ;; Find the real def site of the preloaded variable.
+ (let ((location
+ (condition-case nil
+ (find-variable-noselect variable file-name)
+ (error nil))))
+ (when location
+ (with-current-buffer (car location)
+ (goto-char (cdr location))
+ (when (re-search-backward
+ "^;;; Generated autoloads from \\(.*\\)" nil t)
+ (setq file-name (match-string 1)))))))
+ (when file-name
+ (princ "\n\nDefined in `")
+ (princ file-name)
+ (princ "'.")
(with-current-buffer standard-output
(save-excursion
- (re-search-backward
- (concat "\\(" customize-label "\\)") nil t)
- (help-xref-button 1 'help-customize-variable variable)))))
- ;; Make a hyperlink to the library if appropriate. (Don't
- ;; change the format of the buffer's initial line in case
- ;; anything expects the current format.)
- (let ((file-name (symbol-file variable)))
- (when (equal file-name "loaddefs.el")
- ;; Find the real def site of the preloaded variable.
- (let ((location
- (condition-case nil
- (find-variable-noselect variable file-name)
- (error nil))))
- (when location
- (with-current-buffer (car location)
- (goto-char (cdr location))
- (when (re-search-backward
- "^;;; Generated autoloads from \\(.*\\)" nil t)
- (setq file-name (match-string 1)))))))
- (when file-name
- (princ "\n\nDefined in `")
- (princ file-name)
- (princ "'.")
- (with-current-buffer standard-output
- (save-excursion
- (re-search-backward "`\\([^`']+\\)'" nil t)
- (help-xref-button 1 'help-variable-def
- variable file-name)))))
+ (re-search-backward "`\\([^`']+\\)'" nil t)
+ (help-xref-button 1 'help-variable-def
+ variable file-name)))))
- (print-help-return-message)
- (save-excursion
- (set-buffer standard-output)
- ;; Return the text we displayed.
- (buffer-string)))))))
+ (print-help-return-message)
+ (save-excursion
+ (set-buffer standard-output)
+ ;; Return the text we displayed.
+ (buffer-string))))))))
;;;###autoload