;;;###autoload
(defun describe-char (pos &optional buffer)
- "Describe the character after POS (interactively, the character after point).
-Is POS is taken to be in buffer BUFFER or current buffer if nil.
-The information includes character code, charset and code points in it,
-syntax, category, how the character is encoded in a file,
-character composition information (if relevant),
-as well as widgets, buttons, overlays, and text properties."
+ "Describe position POS (interactively, point) and the char after POS.
+POS is taken to be in BUFFER, or the current buffer if BUFFER is nil.
+The information is displayed in buffer `*Help*'.
+
+The position information includes POS; the total size of BUFFER; the
+region limits, if narrowed; the column number; and the horizontal
+scroll amount, if the buffer is horizontally scrolled.
+
+The character information includes the character code; charset and
+code points in it; syntax; category; how the character is encoded in
+BUFFER and in BUFFER's file; character composition information (if
+relevant); the font and font glyphs used to display the character;
+the character's canonical name and other properties defined by the
+Unicode Data Base; and widgets, buttons, overlays, and text properties
+relevant to POS."
(interactive "d")
(unless (buffer-live-p buffer) (setq buffer (current-buffer)))
(let ((src-buf (current-buffer)))
(setq composition nil)))
(setq item-list
- `(("character"
+ `(("position"
+ ,(let* ((beg (point-min))
+ (end (point-max))
+ (total (buffer-size))
+ (percent (if (> total 50000) ; Avoid overflow multiplying by 100
+ (/ (+ (/ total 200) (1- pos)) (max (/ total 100) 1))
+ (/ (+ (/ total 2) (* 100 (1- pos))) (max total 1))))
+ (hscroll (if (= (window-hscroll) 0)
+ ""
+ (format ", Hscroll: %d" (window-hscroll))))
+ (col (current-column)))
+ (if (or (/= beg 1) (/= end (1+ total)))
+ (format "%d of %d (%d%%), restriction: <%d-%d>, column: %d%s"
+ pos total percent col beg end hscroll)
+ (if (= pos end)
+ (format "%d of %d (EOB), column: %d%s" pos total col hscroll)
+ (format "%d of %d (%d%%), column: %d%s"
+ pos total percent col hscroll)))))
+ ("character"
,(format "%s (displayed as %s) (codepoint %d, #o%o, #x%x)"
char-description
(apply 'propertize char-description
,(symbol-name charset)
'type 'help-character-set 'help-args '(,charset))
,(format "(%s)" (charset-description charset)))
- ("code point"
+ ("code point in charset"
,(let ((str (if (integerp code)
(format (if (< code 256) "0x%02X" "0x%04X")
code)