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authorWilfred Hughes <me@wilfred.me.uk>2017-12-10 13:34:06 +0000
committerWilfred Hughes <me@wilfred.me.uk>2017-12-10 14:52:54 +0000
commitabd18254aec76b26e86ae27e91d2c916ec20cc46 (patch)
tree9d346b42760ea3d0bec8224481d09f16a9df79ad /lisp/help-mode.el
parentab203e36d5f84a99b6d4b04f1a22ba028be750e3 (diff)
downloademacs-abd18254aec76b26e86ae27e91d2c916ec20cc46.tar.gz
Ensure that we can find definitions when buffer is narrowed
find-function-search-for-symbol will reuse the existing buffer if we've already opened the file that contains this symbol. However, if the user has narrowed that buffer, we can't find definitions outside the narrowed area. Instead, search the whole file to find definitions, and teach the help buttons to widen if necessary. * lisp/emacs-lisp/find-func.el (find-function-search-for-symbol): Search the whole buffer for the target symbol. * lisp/help-mode.el: Help buttons now widen the target buffer, if narrowing is in effect and the target position is not in that range.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/help-mode.el')
-rw-r--r--lisp/help-mode.el45
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/help-mode.el b/lisp/help-mode.el
index 8bafa46aa97..1e1ae1126ca 100644
--- a/lisp/help-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/help-mode.el
@@ -203,12 +203,18 @@ The format is (FUNCTION ARGS...).")
(help-C-file-name (indirect-function fun) 'fun)))
;; Don't use find-function-noselect because it follows
;; aliases (which fails for built-in functions).
- (let ((location
- (find-function-search-for-symbol fun type file)))
+ (let* ((location
+ (find-function-search-for-symbol fun type file))
+ (position (cdr location)))
(pop-to-buffer (car location))
(run-hooks 'find-function-after-hook)
- (if (cdr location)
- (goto-char (cdr location))
+ (if position
+ (progn
+ ;; Widen the buffer if necessary to go to this position.
+ (when (or (< position (point-min))
+ (> position (point-max)))
+ (widen))
+ (goto-char position))
(message "Unable to find location in file")))))
'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: find function's definition"))
@@ -219,6 +225,7 @@ The format is (FUNCTION ARGS...).")
(if (and file (file-readable-p file))
(progn
(pop-to-buffer (find-file-noselect file))
+ (widen)
(goto-char (point-min))
(if (re-search-forward
(format "^[ \t]*(\\(cl-\\)?define-compiler-macro[ \t]+%s"
@@ -234,12 +241,18 @@ The format is (FUNCTION ARGS...).")
'help-function (lambda (var &optional file)
(when (eq file 'C-source)
(setq file (help-C-file-name var 'var)))
- (let ((location (find-variable-noselect var file)))
+ (let* ((location (find-variable-noselect var file))
+ (position (cdr location)))
(pop-to-buffer (car location))
(run-hooks 'find-function-after-hook)
- (if (cdr location)
- (goto-char (cdr location))
- (message "Unable to find location in file"))))
+ (if position
+ (progn
+ ;; Widen the buffer if necessary to go to this position.
+ (when (or (< position (point-min))
+ (> position (point-max)))
+ (widen))
+ (goto-char position))
+ (message "Unable to find location in file"))))
'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: find variable's definition"))
(define-button-type 'help-face-def
@@ -248,12 +261,18 @@ The format is (FUNCTION ARGS...).")
(require 'find-func)
;; Don't use find-function-noselect because it follows
;; aliases (which fails for built-in functions).
- (let ((location
- (find-function-search-for-symbol fun 'defface file)))
+ (let* ((location
+ (find-function-search-for-symbol fun 'defface file))
+ (position (cdr location)))
(pop-to-buffer (car location))
- (if (cdr location)
- (goto-char (cdr location))
- (message "Unable to find location in file"))))
+ (if position
+ (progn
+ ;; Widen the buffer if necessary to go to this position.
+ (when (or (< position (point-min))
+ (> position (point-max)))
+ (widen))
+ (goto-char position))
+ (message "Unable to find location in file"))))
'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: find face's definition"))
(define-button-type 'help-package