Expand some xref documentation

* lisp/progmodes/xref.el (xref-show-xrefs-function)
(xref-show-definitions-function, xref--create-fetcher):
Add or extend the docstring.
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Dmitry Gutov 2019-05-26 00:14:10 +03:00
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@ -834,10 +834,27 @@ Return an alist of the form ((FILENAME . (XREF ...)) ...)."
(defvar xref-show-xrefs-function 'xref--show-xref-buffer
"Function to display a list of search results.")
"Function to display a list of search results.
It should accept two arguments: FETCHER and ALIST.
FETCHER is a function of no arguments that returns a list of xref
values. It must not depend on the current buffer or selected
window.
ALIST will include the following keys:
WINDOW for the window that was selected before the current
command was called.
DISPLAY-ACTION indicates where the target location should be
displayed. The possible values are nil, `window' meaning the
other window, or `frame' meaning the other frame.")
(defvar xref-show-definitions-function 'xref--show-defs-buffer
"Function to display a list of definitions.")
"Function to display a list of definitions.
Accepts the same arguments as `xref-show-xrefs-function'.")
(defvar xref--read-identifier-history nil)
@ -902,6 +919,10 @@ Return an alist of the form ((FILENAME . (XREF ...)) ...)."
display-action))
(defun xref--create-fetcher (input kind arg)
"Return an xref list fetcher function.
It revisits the saved position and delegates the finding logic to
the xref backend method indicated by KIND and passes ARG to it."
(let* ((orig-buffer (current-buffer))
(orig-position (point))
(backend (xref-find-backend))