When defining the obsolete variable alias for old
eldoc-documentation-function (which now points to the newer
eldoc-documentation-strategy), one gets the error "don't know how to
make a localized vareiable an alias". I'm not sure, but I suspect
this is because Eldoc is preloaded in Emacs 26.3 and the
eldoc-documentation-function variable is already set locally by some
Elisp buffer.
Uninterning the symbol shortly before defining the alias seems to fix
it.
* lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el (eldoc-documentation-function):
Unintern on load.
(Version): Bump to 1.3.0
The command should always invoke Eldoc when called interactively,
instead of going through the usual checks, which are performed to
avoid interference with other commands.
* lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el (eldoc-print-current-symbol-info): Rework.
(Version): Bump to 1.2.0
The truncation algorithm still has a long way to go for very narrow
frame sizes. It should become a generic mechanism that would allows
one to truncate a string so that fits in N possibly truncated screen
lines of a full-width window.
* lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el (eldoc-handle-docs): Tweak
Elisp-mode was doing a lot of work that can now be delegated to Eldoc.
Flymake uses the new Eldoc functionality, too, installing a global
documentation function that may report on diagnostics under point.
CEDET's grammar.el was left as the only user of an Eldoc-internal
function. That function was moved to grammar.el. That file is still,
somewhat reprehensibly, using an internal function of elisp-mode.el,
but this was left unchanged.
In other situations, eldoc-documentation-functions is used or
recommended.
The only other places where the obsolete eldoc-documentation-function
is still used is in libraries which are presumably meant to remain
compatible with previous Emacs versions.
* lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el (elisp-eldoc-funcall)
(elisp-eldoc-var-docstring): New functions.
(emacs-lisp-mode): Put two elements in
eldoc-documentation-functions.
* lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el (eldoc--eval-expression-setup): Setup
new Elisp eldoc-documentation-functions.
* lisp/progmodes/flymake.el (flymake-mode): Use
flymake-eldoc-function.
(flymake-eldoc-function): New function.
(Package-Requires): Require eldoc 1.1.0
* lisp/descr-text.el (describe-char-eldoc): Recommend
eldoc-documentation-functions.
* lisp/progmodes/cfengine.el (cfengine3-documentation-function):
Recommend eldoc-documentation-functions
* lisp/progmodes/octave.el (inferior-octave-mode): Use
eldoc-documentation-functions.
* lisp/cedet/semantic/grammar.el (semantic--docstring-format-sym-doc):
New function.
(semantic-grammar-eldoc-get-macro-docstring): Adjust.
The function eldoc is just an alias for
eldoc-print-current-symbol-info, which is made interactive.
* lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el (eldoc-print-current-symbol-info): Now an
interactive function.
(eldoc): Alias to eldoc-print-current-symbol-info.
This is a backward compatible redesign of significant parts of the
eldoc.el library.
Previously, Eldoc clients (major/minor modes setting its documentation
gathering variables) needed to directly call eldoc-message, an
internal function, to display the docstring to the user. When more
asynchronous sources are involved, this is hard to do or even breaks
down.
Now, an Eldoc backend may return any non-nil, non-string value and
call a callback afterwards. This restores power to Eldoc over how
(and crucially also when) to display the docstrings to the user.
Among other things, this fixes so called "doc blinking", or the very
short-lived display of a lower priority Eldoc message. This would
happen if a particular producer of documentation finishes shortly
before a higher priority one, like in the LSP engine Eglot as reported
by Andrii Kolomoiets <andreyk.mad@gmail.com> and Dmitry Gutov
<dgutov@yandex.ru>.
Gathering docstrings is now delegated to the variable
eldoc-documentation-strategy, which is the new name for the
now-obsolete eldoc-documentation-function, and still accepts the
so-called "old protocol". Examples of the new strategies enabled are
codified in functions such as eldoc-documentation-enthusiast,
eldoc-documentation-compose-eagerly, along with the existing
eldoc-documentation-compose and eldoc-documentation-default.
The work of displaying and formatting docstrings is shifted almost
fully to Eldoc itself and is delegated to the internal function
eldoc--handle-docs. Among other improvements, it handles most of
eldoc-echo-area-use-multiline-p and outputs documentation to a
temporary *eldoc* buffer.
The manual and NEWS are updated to mention the new Eldoc features.
* lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el (eldoc-documentation-functions):
Overhaul docstring.
(eldoc-documentation-compose, eldoc-documentation-default): Handle
non-nil, non-string values of elements of
eldoc-documentation-functions. Use eldoc--handle-multiline.
(eldoc-print-current-symbol-info): Honour non-nil, non-string
values returned by eldoc-documentation-callback.
(eldoc--make-callback): Now also a function.
(eldoc-documentation-default, eldoc-documentation-compose): Tweak docstring.
(eldoc-documentation-enthusiast, eldoc-documentation-compose-eagerly):
New functions.
(eldoc-echo-area-use-multiline-p): Add new semantics.
(eldoc--handle-docs): Handle some of eldoc-echo-area-use-multiline-p.
(eldoc-doc-buffer): New command.
(eldoc-prefer-doc-buffer): New defcustom.
(eldoc--enthusiasm-curbing-timer): New variable.
(eldoc-documentation-strategy): Rename from eldoc-documentation-function.
(eldoc--supported-p): Use eldoc-documentation-strategy
(eldoc-highlight-function-argument)
(eldoc-argument-case, global-eldoc-mode)
(turn-on-eldoc-mode): Mention eldoc-documentation-strategy.
(eldoc-message-function): Mention eldoc--message.
(eldoc-message): Made obsolete.
(eldoc--message): New helper.
* lisp/hexl.el (hexl-print-current-point-info): Adjust to new
eldoc-documentation-functions protocol.
* lisp/progmodes/cfengine.el (cfengine3-documentation-function):
Adjust to new eldoc-documentation-functions protocol.
* lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
(elisp-eldoc-documentation-function): Adjust to new
eldoc-documentation-functions protocol.
* lisp/progmodes/octave.el (octave-eldoc-function): Adjust to new
eldoc-documentation-functions protocol.
* lisp/progmodes/python.el (python-eldoc-function): Adjust to new
eldoc-documentation-functions protocol.
(eldoc-print-current-symbol-info): Rework with cl-labels.
* doc/emacs/programs.texi (Lisp Doc): Mention
eldoc-documentation-strategy.
* doc/lispref/modes.texi (Major Mode Conventions): Mention
eldoc-documentation-functions.
* etc/NEWS: Mention eldoc-documentation-strategy.
The new packages state they require Emacs 26.3 to function, but a
small part of project.el breaks this "soft" rule: the two functions
requiring fileloop.el are incompatible with Emacs 26.3.
* lisp/jsonrpc.el: Tweak comment near Package-Requires.
* lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el: Add Version and Package-Requires.
* lisp/progmodes/flymake.el: Add comment near Package-Requires.
* lisp/progmodes/project.el: Add Version and Package-Requires.
* lisp/progmodes/xref.el: Add Version and Package-Requires.
(eldoc--supported-p): Move after the vars it uses. Simplify.
(eldoc-print-current-symbol-info): Revert to previous code which
assumed a non-nil value of eldoc-documentation-function.
* lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el: Update commentary.
(eldoc--eval-expression-setup): Use new hook.
(eldoc--supported-p): Accomodate new hook.
(eldoc-documentation-functions): New hook.
(eldoc-documentation-default, eldoc-documentation-compose): New
functions.
(eldoc-documentation-function): Use 'eldoc-documentation-default' as new
default value. Update documentation and custom attributes.
(eldoc-print-current-symbol-info): Accomodate possible null value for
'eldoc-documentation-function'.
* etc/NEWS: Mention them.
* doc/emacs/programs.texi (Emacs Lisp Documentation Lookup): Mention
new hook and changes to 'eldoc-documentation-function'.
* lisp/hexl.el (hexl-mode, hexl-revert-buffer-function):
* lisp/ielm.el (inferior-emacs-lisp-mode):
* lisp/progmodes/cfengine.el (cfengine3-mode):
* lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el (emacs-lisp-mode):
* lisp/progmodes/octave.el (octave-mode):
* lisp/progmodes/python.el (python-mode): Use new hook.
* lisp/emacs-lisp/easy-mmode.el (define-globalized-minor-mode): Accept
a BODY parameter.
* doc/lispref/modes.texi (Defining Minor Modes): Document new
parameter.
* etc/NEWS: Announce it.
* lisp/simple.el (read--expression): Move eldoc-mode setup to...
* lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el (eldoc--eval-expression-setup): ... here,
new function.
(global-eldoc-mode): Add or remove it to
eval-expression-minibuffer-setup-hook when enabling or disabling
global-eldoc-mode. This enables eldoc in the minibuffer (solving
Bug#27202), only when global-eldoc-mode is enabled.
The convention is that a file with Author: but not Maintainer:
means the author is a maintainer, which makes it confusing
when a file lists the same person as author and maintainer.
Avoid the confusion by removing the duplicate Maintainer: line.
Add a paragraph to minor mode's docstring documenting the mode's ARG
usage if the supplied docstring doesn't already contain the word "ARG".
* easy-mmode.el (easy-mmode--arg-docstring): New const.
(easy-mmode--arg-docstring): New function.
(define-minor-mode): Use them.
Remove argument documentation from all minor modes.
Most of this change is to boilerplate commentary such as license URLs.
This change was prompted by ftp://ftp.gnu.org's going-away party,
planned for November. Change these FTP URLs to https://ftp.gnu.org
instead. Make similar changes for URLs to other organizations moving
away from FTP. Also, change HTTP to HTTPS for URLs to gnu.org and
fsf.org when this works, as this will further help defend against
man-in-the-middle attacks (for this part I omitted the MS-DOS and
MS-Windows sources and the test tarballs to keep the workload down).
HTTPS is not fully working to lists.gnu.org so I left those URLs alone
for now.
* lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el (global-eldoc-mode):
Turn into globalized mode (bug#19853).
(turn-on-eldoc-mode): Make it into a wrapper instead of alias.
(eldoc-mode): Only show the message when called interactively.
Escape apostrophes and grave accents in docstrings if they are
are supposed to stand for themselves and are not quotes. Remove
apostrophes from docstring examples like ‘'(calendar-nth-named-day
-1 0 10 year)’ that confuse source code with data. Do some other
minor docstring fixups as well, e.g., insert a missing close
quote.
(semantic-grammar--template-expand): New function.
(semantic-grammar-header, semantic-grammar-footer): Use it.
(semantic-grammar--lex-block-specs): Remove unused var `block-spec'.
(semantic-grammar-file-regexp): Refine regexp.
(semantic-grammar-eldoc-get-macro-docstring):
Use elisp-get-fnsym-args-string when available.
(semantic-idle-summary-current-symbol-info): Use new elisp-* names
instead of the old eldoc-* names.
* lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el (eldoc-docstring-format-sym-doc): Move back
from elisp-mode.el. Tweak calling convention.
* lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el (package-user-dir): Declare.
(elisp-get-fnsym-args-string): Add `prefix' argument. Rename from
elisp--get-fnsym-args-string.
(elisp--highlight-function-argument): Add `prefix' arg.
(elisp-get-var-docstring): Rename from elisp--get-var-docstring.
(elisp--docstring-format-sym-doc): Move back to eldoc.el.
* lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el (eldoc-documentation-function): Describe how
major modes should use `add-function' to alter value of the variable.
* lisp/hexl.el (hexl-mode): Set `eldoc-documentation-function' using
`add-function' so the default value is always used.
* lisp/ielm.el (inferior-emacs-lisp-mode): Set
`eldoc-documentation-function' using `add-function' so the default
value is always used.
* lisp/progmodes/cfengine.el (cfengine3-mode): Set
`eldoc-documentation-function' using `add-function' so the default
value is always used.
* lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode (emacs-lisp-mode): Set
`eldoc-documentation-function' using `add-function' so the default
value is always used.
* lisp/progmodes/octave.el (octave-mode): Set
`eldoc-documentation-function' using `add-function' so the default
value is always used.
* lisp/progmodes/python.el (python-mode): Set
`eldoc-documentation-function' using `add-function' so the default
value is always used.
* lisp/simple.el (read--expression): Set `eldoc-documentation-function'
using `add-function' so the default value is always used.
