(calc-describe-thing desc "Key Index" nil
(string-match "[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z]" desc))))))
+(defvar calc-help-function-list nil
+ "List of functions provided by Calc.")
+
+(defvar calc-help-variable-list nil
+ "List of variables provided by Calc.")
+
+(defun calc-help-index-entries (&rest indices)
+ "Create a list of entries from the INDICES in the Calc info manual."
+ (let ((entrylist '())
+ entry)
+ (require 'info nil t)
+ (while indices
+ (condition-case nil
+ (with-temp-buffer
+ (Info-mode)
+ (Info-goto-node (concat "(Calc)" (car indices) " Index"))
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (while (re-search-forward "\n\\* \\(.*\\): " nil t)
+ (setq entry (match-string 1))
+ (if (and (not (string-match "<[1-9]+>" entry))
+ (not (string-match "(.*)" entry))
+ (not (string= entry "Menu")))
+ (unless (assoc entry entrylist)
+ (setq entrylist (cons entry entrylist))))))
+ (error nil))
+ (setq indices (cdr indices)))
+ entrylist))
+
(defun calc-describe-function (&optional func)
(interactive)
+ (unless calc-help-function-list
+ (setq calc-help-function-list
+ (calc-help-index-entries "Function" "Command")))
(or func
- (setq func (intern (completing-read "Describe function: "
- obarray nil t "calcFunc-"))))
- (setq func (symbol-name func))
+ (setq func (completing-read "Describe function: "
+ calc-help-function-list
+ nil t)))
(if (string-match "\\`calc-." func)
(calc-describe-thing func "Command Index")
- (calc-describe-thing (if (string-match "\\`calcFunc-." func)
- (substring func 9)
- func)
- "Function Index")))
+ (calc-describe-thing func "Function Index")))
(defun calc-describe-variable (&optional var)
(interactive)
+ (unless calc-help-variable-list
+ (setq calc-help-variable-list
+ (calc-help-index-entries "Variable")))
(or var
- (setq var (intern (completing-read "Describe variable: "
- obarray nil t "var-"))))
- (setq var (symbol-name var))
- (calc-describe-thing var "Variable Index"
- (if (string-match "\\`var-." var)
- (substring var 4)
- var)))
+ (setq var (completing-read "Describe variable: "
+ calc-help-variable-list
+ nil t)))
+ (calc-describe-thing var "Variable Index"))
(defun calc-describe-thing (thing where &optional target not-quoted)
(message "Looking for `%s' in %s..." thing where)