Re: [PATCH] Add support for shortdoc link type

[Bruno Cardoso]

On 2024-05-01, 17:55 +0000, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:

> Bruno Cardoso <cardoso.bc@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Thanks for your comments. See attached the updated patch.
>
> Thanks for the update!
>
>> +- =shortdoc= ::
>> +
>> +  Link to short documentation summary for a function group.
>
> Might be useful to throw a link to Emacs manual here - [[info:emacs#Name 
> Help]]
>
>> +*** =ol.el=: Support for ~shortdoc~ link type
>> +Add support for storing and inserting links to ~shortdoc~ groups.
>
> =shortdoc= I think. It is not ~code~, but rather =verbatim=.
>
>> +  (defun org-link--store-shortdoc (&optional _interactive?)
>> +    (when (eq major-mode 'shortdoc-mode)
>> +      (let* ((buffer (buffer-name))
>> +             (group (when (string-match "*Shortdoc \\(.*\\)\\*" buffer)
>> +                      (match-string 1 buffer))))
>> +        (when (assoc (intern group) shortdoc--groups)
>
> This will err when GROUP is nil (string-match does not match).
>
>> +  (org-link-set-parameters "shortdoc"
>> +                           :follow #'org-link--open-shortdoc
>> +                           :store #'org-link--store-shortdoc))
>
> Maybe also implement :complete parameter? It should be relatively easy.
>

Thanks Ihor, here is the updated patch.

diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org
index d66d95a22..15b79ae21 100644
--- a/doc/org-manual.org
+++ b/doc/org-manual.org
@@ -3372,6 +3372,10 @@ Here is the full set of built-in link types:
 
   Execute a shell command upon activation.
 
+- =shortdoc= ::
+
+Link to short documentation summary for a function group.  For more 
information, see [[info:emacs#Name Help][Help by Command or Variable Name]].
+
 
 For =file:= and =id:= links, you can additionally specify a line
 number, or a text search string, separated by =::=.  In Org files, you
@@ -3413,6 +3417,7 @@ options:
 | irc        | =irc:/irc.com/#emacs/bob=                                       
   |
 | help       | =help:org-store-link=                                           
   |
 | info       | =info:org#External links=                                       
   |
+| shortdoc   | =shortdoc:text-properties=                                      
   |
 | shell      | =shell:ls *.org=                                                
   |
 | elisp      | =elisp:(find-file "Elisp.org")= (Elisp form to evaluate)        
   |
 |            | =elisp:org-agenda= (interactive Elisp command)                  
   |
diff --git a/etc/ORG-NEWS b/etc/ORG-NEWS
index 8dbc3292d..b0f4cb287 100644
--- a/etc/ORG-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ORG-NEWS
@@ -1357,6 +1357,10 @@ place the entry in the ~Misc~ category if 
~TEXINFO_DIR_CATEGORY~ is missing.
 =TEXINFO_DIR_TITLE= is renamed to =TEXINFO_DIR_NAME=.
 The old name is obsolete.
 
+*** =ol.el=: Support for =shortdoc= link type
+
+Add support for storing and inserting links to =shortdoc= groups.
+
 ** New functions and changes in function arguments
 *** New optional argument =UPDATE-HEADING= for ~org-bibtex-yank~
 
diff --git a/lisp/ol.el b/lisp/ol.el
index f6d656982..dd95f5d4c 100644
--- a/lisp/ol.el
+++ b/lisp/ol.el
@@ -1597,6 +1597,37 @@ PATH is a symbol name, as a string."
 (org-link-set-parameters "help"
                          :follow #'org-link--open-help
                          :store #'org-link--store-help)
+;;;; "shortdoc" link type
+(when (version< "27" emacs-version)
+  (defun org-link--open-shortdoc (group _)
+    "Open a \"shortdoc\" type link.
+GROUP is a symbol name."
+    (if (assoc (intern group) shortdoc--groups)
+        (shortdoc-display-group group)
+      (user-error "Unknown shortdoc group: %s" group)))
+
+  (defun org-link--store-shortdoc (&optional _interactive?)
+    "Store \"shortdoc\" type link."
+    (when (eq major-mode 'shortdoc-mode)
+      (let* ((buffer (buffer-name))
+             (group (when (string-match "*Shortdoc \\(.*\\)\\*" buffer)
+                      (match-string 1 buffer))))
+        (if (and group (assoc (intern group) shortdoc--groups))
+            (org-link-store-props :type "shortdoc"
+                                  :link (format "shortdoc:%s" group)
+                                  :description nil)
+          (user-error "Unknown shortdoc group: %s" group)))))
+
+  (defun org-link--complete-shortdoc ()
+    "Create a \"shortdoc\" link using completion."
+    (concat "shortdoc:"
+            (completing-read "Shortdoc summary for functions in: "
+                             (mapcar #'car shortdoc--groups))))
+
+  (org-link-set-parameters "shortdoc"
+                           :follow #'org-link--open-shortdoc
+                           :store #'org-link--store-shortdoc
+                           :complete #'org-link--complete-shortdoc))
 
 ;;;; "http", "https", "mailto", "ftp", and "news" link types
 (dolist (scheme '("ftp" "http" "https" "mailto" "news"))