* lisp/emacs-lisp/tabulated-list.el: Don't error on nil header-string

(tabulated-list-init-header): Document new behavior.
(tabulated-list-print-fake-header): No nothing if
`tabulated-list--header-string' is nil.
(tabulated-list--header-string): Add a docstring.

* doc/lispref/modes.texi (Tabulated List Mode): Document it.
* etc/NEWS: Document it.
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Artur Malabarba 2015-05-16 09:52:53 +01:00
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@ -958,9 +958,9 @@ Menu,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}).
way, specifying @code{tabulated-list-mode} as the second argument
(@pxref{Derived Modes}). The body of the @code{define-derived-mode}
form should specify the format of the tabulated data, by assigning
values to the variables documented below; then, it should call the
function @code{tabulated-list-init-header} to initialize the header
line.
values to the variables documented below; optionally, it can then call
the function @code{tabulated-list-init-header}, which will populate a
header with the names of the columns.
The derived mode should also define a @dfn{listing command}. This,
not the mode command, is what the user calls (e.g., @kbd{M-x

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@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ font, and (iii) the specified window.
`message' and related functions from displaying messages the Echo
Area. The output is still logged to the *Messages* buffer.
** It is now safe for a mode that derives `tabulated-list-mode' to not
call `tabulated-list-init-header', in which case it will have no
header.
* Editing Changes in Emacs 25.1

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@ -179,7 +179,9 @@ If ADVANCE is non-nil, move forward by one line afterwards."
table)
"The `glyphless-char-display' table in Tabulated List buffers.")
(defvar tabulated-list--header-string nil)
(defvar tabulated-list--header-string nil
"Holds the header if `tabulated-list-use-header-line' is nil.
Populated by `tabulated-list-init-header'.")
(defvar tabulated-list--header-overlay nil)
(defun tabulated-list-init-header ()
@ -243,15 +245,17 @@ If ADVANCE is non-nil, move forward by one line afterwards."
(setq-local tabulated-list--header-string cols))))
(defun tabulated-list-print-fake-header ()
"Insert a fake Tabulated List \"header line\" at the start of the buffer."
(goto-char (point-min))
(let ((inhibit-read-only t))
(insert tabulated-list--header-string "\n")
(if tabulated-list--header-overlay
(move-overlay tabulated-list--header-overlay (point-min) (point))
(setq-local tabulated-list--header-overlay
(make-overlay (point-min) (point))))
(overlay-put tabulated-list--header-overlay 'face 'underline)))
"Insert a fake Tabulated List \"header line\" at the start of the buffer.
Do nothing if `tabulated-list--header-string' is nil."
(when tabulated-list--header-string
(goto-char (point-min))
(let ((inhibit-read-only t))
(insert tabulated-list--header-string "\n")
(if tabulated-list--header-overlay
(move-overlay tabulated-list--header-overlay (point-min) (point))
(setq-local tabulated-list--header-overlay
(make-overlay (point-min) (point))))
(overlay-put tabulated-list--header-overlay 'face 'underline))))
(defun tabulated-list-revert (&rest ignored)
"The `revert-buffer-function' for `tabulated-list-mode'.