spacemacs/layers/+completion/helm/local/helm-spacemacs-help/helm-spacemacs-faq.el

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;;; helm-spacemacs-help.el --- Spacemacs layer exploration with `helm'.
;; Author: Sylvain Benner <sylvain.benner@gmail.com>
;; Keywords: helm, spacemacs
;; Version: 0.1
;; Package-Requires: ((helm "1.5"))
;; This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
;; any later version.
;; This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
;; GNU General Public License for more details.
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
;; the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
;;; Commentary:
;; This package adds a convenient way to discover Spacemacs FAQs in a
;; a helm buffer.
;; These sources are not part of `helm-spacemacs-help' feature because
;; of its `org' dependency which triggers lots of `require'.
;;; Code:
(require 'helm-spacemacs-help)
(require 'helm-org)
(defvar helm-spacemacs-help--faq-filename
(concat spacemacs-docs-directory "FAQ.org")
"Location of the FAQ file.")
;;;###autoload
(defun helm-spacemacs-help-faq ()
"Helm session to search for the FAQ."
(interactive)
(helm-spacemacs-help-mode)
(helm :buffer "*helm: spacemacs*"
:sources `(,(helm-spacemacs-help//faq-source))))
(defun helm-spacemacs-help//faq-source ()
"Construct the helm source for the FAQ."
`((name . "FAQ")
(candidates . ,(helm-spacemacs-help//faq-candidates))
(candidate-number-limit)
(action . (("Go to question" . helm-spacemacs-help//faq-goto-marker)))))
(defun helm-spacemacs-help//faq-candidate (cand)
(let ((str (substring-no-properties (car cand))))
(when (string-match "\\`.*/\\([^/]*\\)/\\(.*\\)\\'" str)
(cons (concat (propertize
(match-string 1 str)
'face 'font-lock-type-face)
": " (match-string 2 str))
(cdr cand)))))
(defun helm-spacemacs-help//get-faq-headings-list (sources)
"Given the helm-org sources from FAQ.org.
Return a list of all it's headings."
(aref (aref (cdadar sources) 2) 0))
(defun helm-spacemacs-help//faq-candidates ()
"Join the section headings to each of their questions.
Remove all text properties.
Color the section heading substring.
Add back the helm candidate text properties (to section substring):
`helm-real-display' with the joined \"section: question\"
`helm-realvalue' with the question marker.
The questions marker makes sure that the cursor
jumps to the selected question."
(let* ((helm-org-format-outline-path nil)
(cands (helm-org-build-sources
(list helm-spacemacs-help--faq-filename)))
section section-no-prop
question question-marker question-no-prop
section-and-question-with-marker
result)
(dolist (heading (helm-spacemacs-help//get-faq-headings-list cands))
(when (string-match "\\`\\* \\(.*\\)\\'" heading)
(setq section (match-string 1 heading))
(setq section-no-prop (substring-no-properties section)))
(when (string-match "\\*\\* \\(.*\\)" heading)
(setq question (match-string 1 heading))
(setq question-marker (get-text-property 0 'helm-realvalue question))
(setq question-no-prop (substring-no-properties question))
(setq section-and-question
(concat section-no-prop ": " question-no-prop))
(setq section-and-question-with-marker
(concat (propertize
section-no-prop
'face 'font-lock-type-face
'helm-real-display section-and-question
'helm-realvalue question-marker)
": " question-no-prop))
(push (cons section-and-question-with-marker heading) result)))
;; The result list is reversed, to show the questions in the same order as
;; they appear in the FAQ.org file, with the common questions first.
(reverse result)))
(defun helm-spacemacs-help//faq-goto-marker (marker)
(find-file helm-spacemacs-help--faq-filename)
(goto-char marker)
(org-show-context)
(org-show-entry)
(recenter-top-bottom))
(provide 'helm-spacemacs-faq)
;;; helm-spacemacs-faq.el ends here