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Feature #1526

EmacsUI: help/manual for selected string -- or just for word with cursor on?

Added by Anna Maria Bigatti over 3 years ago. Updated about 2 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
John Abbott
Category:
EmacsUI
Target version:
CoCoA-5.4.0
Start date:
29 Oct 2020
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
2.51 h
Spent time:
2.50 h

Description

Make it possible to get the manual for a selected string.

In the file buffer it is C-c C-h and it is also in the menu.
Do the same for the cocoa5 buffer (and/or think of C-c C-m or other bindings)

2022-03 final decision:
  • only for the word where the cursor is
  • key-binding / shortcut: C-c C-h
  • now works also for running cocoa5 (comint) window

Related issues

Related to CoCoA-5 - Design #1525: CoCoA Manual: homogenize obsolete/obsolescent entriesClosed2020-10-29

Related to CoCoA-5 - Support #1314: Emacs UI: open manual pages in a separate frame?In Progress2019-09-11

History

#1 Updated by Anna Maria Bigatti over 3 years ago

  • Related to Design #1525: CoCoA Manual: homogenize obsolete/obsolescent entries added

#2 Updated by John Abbott over 2 years ago

Is this something easy we could do quickly? Or is it better to postpone to the next release?

#3 Updated by John Abbott over 2 years ago

  • Target version changed from CoCoA-5.4.0 to CoCoA-5.4.2

#4 Updated by Anna Maria Bigatti over 2 years ago

  • Target version changed from CoCoA-5.4.2 to CoCoA-5.4.0
  • % Done changed from 0 to 20

it is probably easy to add it to the cocoa5-comint menu.
What about the keybinding?

#5 Updated by Anna Maria Bigatti over 2 years ago

  • % Done changed from 20 to 70

Done for the CoCoA-5 menu.

#6 Updated by John Abbott over 2 years ago

  • Status changed from New to In Progress
  • % Done changed from 70 to 20

Might it make sense to bind also C-c h and perhaps C-c ? or even C-c C-?
Just some suggestions.... maybe too many bindings makes it more confusing?

#7 Updated by John Abbott over 2 years ago

I have just tested what happens if there is some unsent input in the CoCoA-5, and it seems to discard the unsent input, and then do the manual command.
This is reasonable.

#8 Updated by Anna Maria Bigatti over 2 years ago

  • Subject changed from EmacsUI: manual for selected string to EmacsUI: manual for selected string -- or just for word with cursor on?
  • Category deleted (EmacsUI)
  • Assignee changed from Anna Maria Bigatti to John Abbott
  • Target version deleted (CoCoA-5.4.0)

#9 Updated by Anna Maria Bigatti over 2 years ago

  • Category set to EmacsUI
  • Target version set to CoCoA-5.4.0
  • % Done changed from 20 to 70

#10 Updated by Anna Maria Bigatti about 2 years ago

Think and choose key binding for cocoa5 mode

#11 Updated by John Abbott about 2 years ago

  • Related to Support #1314: Emacs UI: open manual pages in a separate frame? added

#12 Updated by John Abbott about 2 years ago

Current impl just looks up the word around cursor -- it ignores the selected region.
It also advances the cursor past the current word (and perhaps 1 char beyond).

#13 Updated by Anna Maria Bigatti about 2 years ago

  • Subject changed from EmacsUI: manual for selected string -- or just for word with cursor on? to EmacsUI: help/manual for selected string -- or just for word with cursor on?

#14 Updated by Anna Maria Bigatti about 2 years ago

Chosen key-binding / shortcut: C-c C-h
works also for running cocoa5 (comint) window

#15 Updated by Anna Maria Bigatti about 2 years ago

  • Description updated (diff)
  • % Done changed from 70 to 100

#16 Updated by Anna Maria Bigatti about 2 years ago

  • Status changed from In Progress to Closed
  • Estimated time set to 2.51 h

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