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1 ;;; octave-hlp.el --- getting help on Octave symbols using info |
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3 ;; Copyright (C) 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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5 ;; Author: Kurt Hornik <Kurt.Hornik@ci.tuwien.ac.at> |
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6 ;; Author: John Eaton <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu> |
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7 ;; Maintainer: Kurt Hornik <Kurt.Hornik@ci.tuwien.ac.at> |
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8 ;; Keywords: languages |
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9 |
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10 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs. |
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11 |
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12 ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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13 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
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14 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) |
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15 ;; any later version. |
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16 |
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17 ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
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18 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
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19 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
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20 ;; GNU General Public License for more details. |
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21 |
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22 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
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23 ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the |
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24 ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, |
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25 ;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. |
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26 |
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27 ;;; Commentary: |
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28 |
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29 ;; Provides the command `octave-help' which allows index lookup of a |
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30 ;; symbol in the Octave-related info files, as specified by the list |
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31 ;; `octave-help-files'. |
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32 |
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33 ;; Other features may be added in future versions. |
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34 |
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35 ;;; Code: |
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36 |
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37 (require 'octave-mod) |
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38 (require 'info) |
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39 |
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40 (defvar octave-help-files '("octave") |
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41 "List of info files with documentation for Octave. |
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42 Default is (\"octave\").") |
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43 |
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44 (defvar octave-help-lookup-alist nil |
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45 "Alist of Octave index entries for lookup.") |
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46 |
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47 (defvar octave-help-completion-alist nil |
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48 "Alist of Octave index entries for completion. |
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49 The entries are of the form (VAR . VAR), where VAR runs through all |
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50 different keys in `octave-help-lookup-alist'.") |
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51 |
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52 ;;;###autoload |
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53 (defun octave-help (key) |
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54 "Get help on Octave symbols from the Octave info files. |
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55 Look up KEY in the function, operator and variable indices of the files |
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56 specified by `octave-help-files'. |
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57 If KEY is not a string, prompt for it with completion." |
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58 (interactive |
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59 (list |
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60 (completing-read (format "Describe Octave symbol: ") |
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61 (octave-help-get-completion-alist) |
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62 nil t))) |
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63 (if (get-buffer "*info*") |
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64 (set-buffer "*info*")) |
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65 (if (zerop (length key)) |
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66 (Info-find-node (car octave-help-files) "Top") |
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67 (let ((alist (copy-alist (octave-help-get-lookup-alist))) |
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68 entry matches) |
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69 (while (setq entry (car alist)) |
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70 (if (string-match key (car entry)) |
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71 (add-to-list 'matches entry)) |
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72 (setq alist (cdr alist))) |
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73 (if matches |
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74 (progn |
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75 (setq Info-index-alternatives matches) |
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76 (Info-index-next 0)))))) |
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77 |
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78 (defun octave-help-get-lookup-alist () |
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79 "Build the index lookup alist from all Octave info files. |
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80 The files specified by `octave-help-files' are searched." |
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81 (if octave-help-lookup-alist |
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82 () |
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83 (message "Building help lookup alist...") |
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84 (let ((files octave-help-files) file key node) |
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85 (save-window-excursion |
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86 (while files |
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87 (setq file (car files)) |
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88 (Info-goto-node (concat "(" file ")")) |
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89 (condition-case nil |
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90 (progn |
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91 (Info-index "") |
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92 (while |
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93 (progn |
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94 (while (re-search-forward |
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95 "^\\* \\([^(:]+\\)[^:]*: *\\(.+\\)\\.$" |
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96 nil t) |
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97 (setq key (match-string 1) |
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98 node (concat "(" file ")" (match-string 2))) |
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99 (and (string-match "\\(.*\\>\\) *$" key) |
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100 (setq key (replace-match "\\1" t nil key))) |
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101 (add-to-list 'octave-help-lookup-alist |
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102 (list key |
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103 node |
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104 (concat (concat "(" file ")") |
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105 Info-current-node) |
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106 0))) |
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107 (and (setq node (Info-extract-pointer "next" t)) |
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108 (string-match |
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109 (concat "\\(Function\\|Operator\\|Variable\\) " |
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110 "\\<Index\\>") |
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111 node))) |
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112 (Info-goto-node node))) |
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113 (error nil)) |
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114 (setq files (cdr files))))) |
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115 (message "Building help lookup alist...done")) |
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116 octave-help-lookup-alist) |
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117 |
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118 (defun octave-help-get-completion-alist () |
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119 "Build the index completion alist from all Octave info files. |
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120 The files specified by `octave-help-files' are searched." |
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121 (if octave-help-completion-alist |
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122 () |
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123 (message "Building help completion alist...") |
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124 (let ((alist (octave-help-get-lookup-alist)) entry) |
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125 (while alist |
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126 (setq entry (car alist)) |
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127 (add-to-list 'octave-help-completion-alist |
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128 (cons (car entry) (car entry))) |
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129 (setq alist (cdr alist)))) |
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130 (message "Building help completion alist...done")) |
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131 octave-help-completion-alist) |
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132 |
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133 ;;; provide ourself |
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134 |
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135 (provide 'octave-hlp) |
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136 |
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137 ;;; octave-hlp.el ends here |
