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1 /**
2  * (C) Copyright 2008 Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
3  * (C) Copyright 2008 Nelson Elhage
4  * (C) Copyright 2008 David Glasser
5  *
6  * Use, modification, and distribution are subject to the terms specified in the
7  * COPYING file.
8 **/
10 require("special-buffer.js");
11 require("interactive.js");
13 function help_buffer(window, element) {
14     keywords(arguments);
15     conkeror.buffer.call(this, window, element, forward_keywords(arguments));
18 help_buffer.prototype = {
19     constructor: help_buffer,
21     __proto__: special_buffer.prototype
24 function where_is_command(buffer, command) {
25     var list = find_command_in_keymap(buffer, command);
26     var msg;
27     if (list.length == 0)
28         msg = command + " is not on any key";
29     else
30         msg = command + " is on " + list.join(", ");
31     buffer.window.minibuffer.message(msg);
33 interactive("where-is", null, function (I) {
34     where_is_command(I.buffer,
35                      (yield I.minibuffer.read_command($prompt = "Where is command:")));
36 });
38 function help_document_generator(document, buffer) {
39     dom_generator.call(this, document, XHTML_NS);
40     this.buffer = buffer;
42 help_document_generator.prototype = {
43     __proto__: dom_generator.prototype,
45     key_binding : function(str, parent) {
46         var node = this.element("span", "class", "key-binding");
47         this.text(str, node);
48         if (parent)
49             parent.appendChild(node);
50         return node;
51     },
53     source_code_reference : function(ref, parent) {
54         var f = this.document.createDocumentFragment();
55         var module_name = ref.module_name;
56         //f.appendChild(this.text(module_name != null ? "module " : "file "));
57         var x = this.element("a",
58                              "class", "source-code-reference",
59                              "href", "javascript:");
60         x.addEventListener("click", function (event) {
61             co_call(ref.open_in_editor());
62             event.preventDefault();
63             event.stopPropagation();
64         }, false /* capture */, false /* allow untrusted */);
65         x.textContent = (module_name != null ? module_name : ref.file_name);
66         f.appendChild(x);
67         if (parent)
68             parent.appendChild(f);
69         return f;
70     },
72     command_name : function(name, parent) {
73         var node = this.element("span", "class", "command");
74         this.text(name, node);
75         if (parent)
76             parent.appendChild(node);
77         return node;
78     },
80     command_reference : function(name, parent) {
81         var node = this.element("a",
82                                 "class", "command",
83                                 "href", "javascript:");
84         var buffer = this.buffer;
85         node.addEventListener("click", function (event) {
86                                   /* FIXME: don't hardcode browse target */
87                                   describe_command(buffer, name, OPEN_NEW_BUFFER);
88                                   event.preventDefault();
89                                   event.stopPropagation();
90             }, false /* capture */, false /* allow untrusted */);
91         this.text(name, node);
92         if (parent)
93             parent.appendChild(node);
94         return node;
95     },
97     variable_reference : function(name, parent) {
98         var node = this.element("a", "class", "variable", "href", "#");
99         /* FIXME: make this work */
100         this.text(name, node);
101         if (parent)
102             parent.appendChild(node);
103         return node;
104     },
106     help_text : function(str, parent) {
107         var paras = str.split("\n");
108         var f = this.document.createDocumentFragment();
109         for (var i = 0; i < paras.length; ++i) {
110             var para = paras[i];
111             if (para.length == 0)
112                 continue;
114             var p = this.element("p", f);
116             var regexp = /`([a-zA-Z0-9_\-$]+)\'/g;
118             var match;
119             var last_index = 0;
120             while ((match = regexp.exec(para)) != null) {
121                 this.text(para.substring(last_index, match.index), p);
122                 var command = match[1];
123                 /* FIXME: check if it is a valid command */
124                 this.command_reference(command, p);
125                 last_index = regexp.lastIndex;
126             }
127             if (last_index < para.length)
128                 this.text(para.substring(last_index), p);
129         }
130         if (parent != null)
131             parent.appendChild(f);
132         return f;
133     },
135     add_help_stylesheet : function () {
136         this.add_stylesheet("chrome://conkeror/content/help.css");
137     }
140 define_keywords("$binding_list");
141 function describe_bindings_buffer(window, element) {
142     this.constructor_begin();
143     keywords(arguments);
144     special_buffer.call(this, window, element, forward_keywords(arguments));
145     this.binding_list = arguments.$binding_list;
146     this.constructor_end();
149 describe_bindings_buffer.prototype = {
151     get keymap() {
152         return help_buffer_keymap;
153     },
155     title : "Key bindings",
157     description : "*bindings*",
159     generate : function () {
160         var d = this.document;
161         var list = this.binding_list;
162         delete this.binding_list;
164         var list_by_keymap = {};
165         var keymap_list = [];
166         for each (let x in list) {
167             let name = x.bound_in || "";
168             let km;
169             if (name in list_by_keymap)
170                 km = list_by_keymap[name];
171             else {
172                 km = list_by_keymap[name] = {list_by_category: {}, category_list: [], name: name};
173                 keymap_list.push(km);
174             }
175             let catname = x.category || "";
176             let cat;
177             if (catname in km.list_by_category)
178                 cat = km.list_by_category[catname];
179             else {
180                 cat = km.list_by_category[catname] = [];
181                 cat.name = catname;
182                 if (catname == "")
183                     km.category_list.unshift(cat);
184                 else
185                     km.category_list.push(cat);
186             }
187             cat.push(x);
188         }
190         var g = new help_document_generator(d, this);
191         g.add_help_stylesheet();
193         d.body.setAttribute("class", "help-list");
195         for each (let km in keymap_list) {
196             g.text(km.name, g.element("h1", d.body));
197             for each (let cat in km.category_list) {
198                 if (cat.name != "")
199                     g.text(cat.name, g.element("h2", d.body));
201                 let table = g.element("table", d.body);
202                 for (var i = 0; i < cat.length; ++i) {
203                     let bind = cat[i];
204                     let tr = g.element("tr", table, "class", (i % 2 == 0) ? "even" : "odd");
205                     let seq_td = g.element("td", tr, "class", "key-binding");
206                     g.text(bind.seq, seq_td);
207                     let command_td = g.element("td", tr, "class", "command");
208                     let help_str = null;
209                     if (bind.command != null) {
210                         if (typeof(bind.command) == "function") {
211                             g.text("[function]", command_td);
212                         } else {
213                             g.text(bind.command, command_td);
214                             let cmd = interactive_commands.get(bind.command);
215                             if (cmd != null)
216                                 help_str = cmd.shortdoc;
217                         }
218                     }
219                     else if (bind.fallthrough)
220                         g.text("[pass through]", command_td);
221                     let help_td = g.element("td", tr, "class", "help");
222                     g.text(help_str || "", help_td);
223                 }
224             }
225         }
226     },
228     __proto__: special_buffer.prototype
232 function describe_bindings(buffer, target) {
233     var list = [];
234     for_each_key_binding(buffer, function (binding_stack) {
235             var last = binding_stack[binding_stack.length - 1];
236             if (last.command == null && !last.fallthrough)
237                 return;
238             let bound_in = null;
239         outer:
240             for (let i = binding_stack.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
241                 bound_in = binding_stack[i].bound_in;
242                 while (bound_in) {
243                     if (bound_in.name)
244                         break outer;
245                     bound_in = bound_in.bound_in;
246                 }
247             }
248             var bind = {seq: format_binding_sequence(binding_stack),
249                         fallthrough: last.fallthrough,
250                         command: last.command,
251                         bound_in: bound_in.name,
252                         category: last.category
253                        };
254             list.push(bind);
255         });
256     create_buffer(buffer.window, buffer_creator(describe_bindings_buffer,
257                                                 $configuration = buffer.configuration,
258                                                 $binding_list = list),
259                   target);
261 interactive("describe-bindings", null, function (I) {describe_bindings(I.buffer, I.browse_target("describe-bindings"));});
262 default_browse_targets["describe-bindings"] = "find-url-new-buffer";
265 define_keywords("$command_list");
266 function apropos_command_buffer(window, element) {
267     this.constructor_begin();
268     keywords(arguments);
269     special_buffer.call(this, window, element, forward_keywords(arguments));
270     this.command_list = arguments.$command_list;
271     this.constructor_end();
274 apropos_command_buffer.prototype = {
276     get keymap() {
277         return help_buffer_keymap;
278     },
280     title : "Apropos commands",
282     description : "*Apropos*",
284     generate : function () {
285         var d = this.document;
286         var list = this.command_list;
287         delete this.command_list;
289         var g = new help_document_generator(d, this);
290         g.add_help_stylesheet();
292         d.body.setAttribute("class", "help-list");
294         var table = d.createElementNS(XHTML_NS, "table");
295         for (var i = 0; i < list.length; ++i) {
296             var binding = list[i];
297             var tr = d.createElementNS(XHTML_NS, "tr");
298             tr.setAttribute("class", (i % 2 == 0) ? "even" : "odd");
300             var command_td = d.createElementNS(XHTML_NS,"td");
301             g.command_reference(binding.name, command_td);
303             var shortdoc = "";
304             if (binding.cmd.shortdoc != null)
305                 shortdoc = binding.cmd.shortdoc;
306             tr.appendChild(command_td);
308             var shortdoc_td = d.createElementNS(XHTML_NS, "td");
309             shortdoc_td.setAttribute("class", "help");
310             shortdoc_td.textContent = shortdoc;
311             tr.appendChild(shortdoc_td);
313             table.appendChild(tr);
314         }
315         d.body.appendChild(table);
316     },
318     __proto__: special_buffer.prototype
322 /* TODO: support regexps/etc. */
323 function apropos_command(buffer, substring, target) {
324     var list = [];
325     interactive_commands.for_each(function (name, cmd) {
326         if (name.indexOf(substring) != -1) {
327             var binding = {name: name, cmd: cmd};
328             list.push(binding);
329         }
330     });
331     list.sort(function (a,b) {
332                   if (a.name < b.name)
333                       return -1;
334                   if (a.name > b.name)
335                       return 1;
336                   return 0
337               });
338     create_buffer(buffer.window, buffer_creator(apropos_command_buffer,
339                                                 $configuration = buffer.configuration,
340                                                 $command_list = list),
341                   target);
344 interactive("apropos-command", "List commands whose names contain a given substring.",
345     function (I) {
346         apropos_command(I.buffer,
347                     (yield I.minibuffer.read($prompt = "Apropos command:",
348                                              $history = "apropos")),
349                     I.browse_target("apropos-command"));
351 default_browse_targets["apropos-command"] = "find-url-new-buffer";
355 define_keywords("$command", "$bindings");
356 function describe_command_buffer(window, element) {
357     this.constructor_begin();
358     keywords(arguments);
359     special_buffer.call(this, window, element, forward_keywords(arguments));
360     this.bindings = arguments.$bindings;
361     this.command = arguments.$command;
362     this.cmd = interactive_commands.get(this.command);
363     this.source_code_reference = this.cmd.source_code_reference;
364     this.constructor_end();
367 describe_command_buffer.prototype = {
369     get keymap() {
370         return help_buffer_keymap;
371     },
373     get title() { return "Command help: " + this.command; },
375     description : "*help*",
377     generate : function () {
378         var d = this.document;
380         var g = new help_document_generator(d, this);
382         g.add_help_stylesheet();
383         d.body.setAttribute("class", "describe-command");
385         var p;
387         p = g.element("p", d.body);
388         g.command_reference(this.command, p);
389         var cmd = interactive_commands.get(this.command);
390         if (cmd.source_code_reference)  {
391             g.text(" is an interactive command in ", p);
392             g.source_code_reference(cmd.source_code_reference, p);
393             g.text(".", p);
394         } else {
395             g.text(" is an interactive command.", p);
396         }
398         if (this.bindings.length > 0) {
399             p = g.element("p", d.body);
400             g.text("It is bound to ", p);
401             for (var i = 0; i < this.bindings.length; ++i) {
402                 if (i != 0)
403                     g.text(", ", p);
404                 g.key_binding(this.bindings[i], p);
405             }
406             g.text(".", p);
407         }
409         if (cmd.doc != null)
410             g.help_text(cmd.doc, d.body);
411     },
413     __proto__: special_buffer.prototype
417 function describe_command(buffer, command, target) {
418     var bindings = find_command_in_keymap(buffer, command);
419     create_buffer(buffer.window,
420                   buffer_creator(describe_command_buffer,
421                                  $configuration = buffer.configuration,
422                                  $command = command,
423                                  $bindings = bindings),
424                   target);
426 interactive("describe-command", null, function (I) {
427     describe_command(I.buffer, (yield I.minibuffer.read_command($prompt = "Describe command:")),
428                      I.browse_target("describe-command"));
430 default_browse_targets["describe-command"] = "find-url-new-buffer";
437 function view_referenced_source_code(buffer) {
438     if (buffer.source_code_reference == null)
439         throw interactive_error("Command not valid in current buffer.");
440     yield buffer.source_code_reference.open_in_editor();
442 interactive("view-referenced-source-code", null, function (I) {yield view_referenced_source_code(I.buffer);});
445 define_keywords("$binding", "$other_bindings", "$key_sequence");
446 function describe_key_buffer(window, element) {
447     this.constructor_begin();
448     keywords(arguments);
449     special_buffer.call(this, window, element, forward_keywords(arguments));
450     this.key_sequence = arguments.$key_sequence;
451     this.bindings = arguments.$other_bindings;
452     this.bind = arguments.$binding;
453     this.source_code_reference = this.bind.source_code_reference;
454     this.constructor_end();
457 describe_key_buffer.prototype = {
459     get keymap() {
460         return help_buffer_keymap;
461     },
463     get title() { return "Key help: " + this.key_sequence; },
465     description : "*help*",
467     generate : function () {
468         var d = this.document;
470         var g = new help_document_generator(d, this);
472         g.add_help_stylesheet();
473         d.body.setAttribute("class", "describe-key");
475         var p;
477         p = g.element("p", d.body);
478         g.key_binding(this.key_sequence, p);
479         g.text(" is bound to the command ", p);
480         var command = this.bind.command;
481         if (command == null)
482             g.command_name("[pass through]", p);
483         else
484             g.command_reference(command, p);
485         if (this.source_code_reference) {
486             g.text(" in ", p);
487             g.source_code_reference(this.source_code_reference, p);
488         }
489         g.text(".", p);
491         if (command != null) {
492             p = g.element("p", d.body);
493             g.command_reference(command, p);
494             var cmd = interactive_commands.get(command);
495             if (cmd.source_code_reference)  {
496                 g.text(" is an interactive command in ", p);
497                 g.source_code_reference(cmd.source_code_reference, p);
498                 g.text(".", p);
499             } else {
500                 g.text(" is an interactive command.", p);
501             }
503             if (this.bindings.length > 0) {
504                 p = g.element("p", d.body);
505                 g.text("It is bound to ", p);
506                 for (var i = 0; i < this.bindings.length; ++i) {
507                     if (i != 0)
508                         g.text(", ", p);
509                     g.key_binding(this.bindings[i], p);
510                 }
511                 g.text(".", p);
512             }
514             if (cmd.doc != null)
515                 g.help_text(cmd.doc, d.body);
516         }
517     },
519     __proto__: special_buffer.prototype
523 function describe_key(buffer, key_info, target) {
524     var bindings;
525     var seq = key_info[0];
526     var bind = key_info[1];
528     if (bind.command)
529         bindings = find_command_in_keymap(buffer, bind.command);
530     else
531         bindings = [];
533     create_buffer(buffer.window,
534                   buffer_creator(describe_key_buffer,
535                                  $configuration = buffer.configuration,
536                                  $key_sequence = seq.join(" "),
537                                  $other_bindings = bindings,
538                                  $binding = bind),
539                   target);
542 function describe_key_briefly(buffer, key_info) {
543     var bindings;
544     var seq = key_info[0];
545     var bind = key_info[1];
547     buffer.window.minibuffer.message(seq.join(" ") + " runs the command " + bind.command);
550 interactive("describe-key", null, function (I) {
551     describe_key(I.buffer,
552                  (yield I.minibuffer.read_key_binding($prompt = "Describe key:", $buffer = I.buffer)),
553                  I.browse_target("describe-key"));
555 interactive("describe-key-briefly", null, function (I) {
556     describe_key_briefly(I.buffer,
557                  (yield I.minibuffer.read_key_binding($prompt = "Describe key:", $buffer = I.buffer)));
559 default_browse_targets["describe-key"] = "find-url-new-buffer";
564 define_keywords("$variable");
565 function describe_variable_buffer(window, element) {
566     this.constructor_begin();
567     keywords(arguments);
568     special_buffer.call(this, window, element, forward_keywords(arguments));
569     this.variable = arguments.$variable;
570     this.cmd = user_variables.get(this.variable);
571     this.source_code_reference = this.cmd.source_code_reference;
572     this.constructor_end();
575 function pretty_print_value(value) {
576     if (value === undefined)
577         return "undefined";
578     if (value === null)
579         return "null";
580     if (typeof(value) == "object")
581         return value.toSource();
582     if (typeof(value) == "function")
583         return value.toString();
584     if (typeof(value) == "string") {
585         let s = value.toSource();
586         // toSource returns: (new String("<blah>"))
587         // we want just: "<blah>"
588         return s.substring(12, s.length - 2);
589     }
590     return new String(value);
593 describe_variable_buffer.prototype = {
595     get keymap() {
596         return help_buffer_keymap;
597     },
599     get title() { return "Variable help: " + this.variable; },
601     description : "*help*",
603     generate : function () {
604         var d = this.document;
606         var g = new help_document_generator(d, this);
608         g.add_help_stylesheet();
609         d.body.setAttribute("class", "describe-variable");
611         var p;
613         p = g.element("p", d.body);
614         g.variable_reference(this.variable, p);
615         var uvar = user_variables.get(this.variable);
616         if (uvar.source_code_reference)  {
617             g.text(" is a user variable in ", p);
618             g.source_code_reference(uvar.source_code_reference, p);
619             g.text(".", p);
620         } else {
621             g.text(" is a user variable.", p);
622         }
624         p = g.element("p", d.body);
625         g.text("Its value is: ", p);
626         let value = conkeror[this.variable];
627         {
628             let s = pretty_print_value(value);
629             let pre = g.element("pre", p);
630             g.text(s, pre);
631         }
633         if (uvar.doc != null)
634             g.help_text(uvar.doc, d.body);
636         if (uvar.default_value !== undefined &&
637             (uvar.default_value !== value ||
638              (typeof(uvar.default_value) != "object")))  {
639             p = g.element("p", d.body);
640             g.text("Its default value is: ", p);
641             {
642                 let s = pretty_print_value(uvar.default_value);
643                 let pre = g.element("pre", p);
644                 g.text(s, pre);
645             }
646         }
647     },
649     __proto__: special_buffer.prototype
653 function describe_variable(buffer, variable, target) {
654     create_buffer(buffer.window,
655                   buffer_creator(describe_variable_buffer,
656                                  $configuration = buffer.configuration,
657                                  $variable = variable),
658                   target);
660 interactive("describe-variable", null, function (I) {
661     describe_variable(I.buffer, (yield I.minibuffer.read_user_variable($prompt = "Describe variable:")),
662                      I.browse_target("describe-variable"));
664 default_browse_targets["describe-variable"] = "find-url-new-buffer";
666 function describe_preference(buffer, preference, target) {
667     let key = preference.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + preference.substring(1);
668     let url = "http://kb.mozillazine.org/" + key;
669     browser_element_follow(buffer, target, url);
671 interactive("describe-preference", null, function (I) {
672     describe_preference(I.buffer, (yield I.minibuffer.read_preference($prompt = "Describe preference:")),
673                      I.browse_target("describe-preference"));
675 default_browse_targets["describe-preference"] = "find-url-new-buffer";