From: Justin Timmons <justinmtimmons@gmail.com>
To: Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr>
Cc: 20694@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20694: 25.0.50; Please bind `p' and `n' in apropos-mode
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 21:18:11 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878trkh8rg.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k2vqhpuu.wl-jch@pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr> (Juliusz Chroboczek's message of "Sat, 30 May 2015 02:27:05 +0200")
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I wrote up a quick set of functions which accomplishes this and added them
to the apropos-mode keymap - see the attached patch file.
The functions search forward (or backwards) for the 'apropos-symbol
face; there could be a cleaner way to do this, but this seems to work
pretty well.
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diff --git a/lisp/apropos.el b/lisp/apropos.el
index 7c9ec12..d5a9a3a 100644
--- a/lisp/apropos.el
+++ b/lisp/apropos.el
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ If value is `verbose', the computed score is shown for each match."
;; definition of RET, so that users can use it anywhere in an
;; apropos item, not just on top of a button.
(define-key map "\C-m" 'apropos-follow)
+
+ ;; Movement keys
+ (define-key map "n" 'apropos-next-symbol)
+ (define-key map "p" 'apropos-previous-symbol)
map)
"Keymap used in Apropos mode.")
@@ -1209,6 +1213,24 @@ as a heading."
(error "There is nothing to follow here"))))
+(defun apropos-next-symbol ()
+ "Move cursor down to the next symbol in an apropos-mode buffer."
+ (interactive)
+ (forward-line)
+ (while (and (not (eq (face-at-point) 'apropos-symbol))
+ (< (point) (point-max)))
+ (forward-line)))
+
+
+(defun apropos-previous-symbol ()
+ "Move cursor back to the last symbol in an apropos-mode buffer."
+ (interactive)
+ (forward-line -1)
+ (while (and (not (eq (face-at-point) 'apropos-symbol))
+ (> (point) (point-min)))
+ (forward-line -1)))
+
+
(defun apropos-describe-plist (symbol)
"Display a pretty listing of SYMBOL's plist."
(help-setup-xref (list 'apropos-describe-plist symbol)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-13 2:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-30 0:27 bug#20694: 25.0.50; Please bind `p' and `n' in apropos-mode Juliusz Chroboczek
2016-12-13 2:18 ` Justin Timmons [this message]
2019-09-29 23:40 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-10-02 0:50 ` Justin Timmons
2019-10-02 9:40 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-10-02 15:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-01-15 4:41 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-01-15 5:33 ` Justin Timmons
2020-01-15 6:02 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-04-16 4:09 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-04-16 5:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-17 4:31 ` Stefan Kangas
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