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-;;; $Id: doc.scm,v 1.4 2000-06-06 16:21:45 gjb Exp $
-;;;; 	Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-;;;; 
-;;;; This program 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 2, or (at your option)
-;;;; any later version.
-;;;; 
-;;;; This program 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 this software; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-;;;; the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
-;;;; Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
-;;;; 
-;;;; Written by Sam Steingold, Greg J. Badros, and Maciej Stachowiak
-;;;; Ported from Scwm by Greg J. Badros
-;;;;
-
-(define-module (ice-9 doc)
-  :use-module (ice-9 regex)
-  :use-module (ice-9 optargs))
-
-
-
-(define-public documentation-debug #f)
-
-;; doc-files is the list of all places to look for documentation
-(define-public doc-files
-  (map (lambda (x) (string-append (x) "/guile-procedures.txt"))
-       (list %library-dir %package-data-dir %site-dir (lambda () "."))))
-
-(define-public (write-all port . lst)
-  "Write all arguments into the port. #t means `current-output-port'."
-  (if (eq? port #t) (set! port (current-output-port)))
-  (do ((zz lst (cdr zz))) ((null? zz))
-    (if (string? (car zz)) (display (car zz) port) (write (car zz) port))))
-
-(define*-public (documentation func #&optional (port (current-output-port)))
-  "Print the documentation for the string or symbol.
-Works by searching through the files listed in `doc-files'.
-Returns #t if any documentation was found, #f otherwise."
-  (let* ((func (if (string? func) func (symbol->string func)))
-         (head (string-append "(" func))
-         (len (string-length head))
-         (delim? (lambda (st) (and (= 1 (string-length st))
-                                   (char=? (string-ref st 0) #\np)))))
-    (do ((fl doc-files (cdr fl)) (done #f) (fd #f))
-        ((or (null? fl) done)
-         (if (not done) (write-all port "No documentation for `" func "'\n"))
-         done)
-      (if documentation-debug (write-all port "trying `" (car fl) "'..."))
-      (cond ((file-exists? (car fl))
-             (if documentation-debug (display "file exists\n" port))
-             (set! fd (open-input-file (car fl)))
-             (do ((ln (read-line fd)))
-                 ((or (eof-object? ln) done) (close-input-port fd))
-               (cond ((and (delim? ln)
-                           (begin (set! ln (read-line fd))
-                                  (not (eof-object? ln)))
-                           (or (and (< len (string-length ln))
-                                    (string=? head (substring ln 0 len))
-                                    (string-index " )" (string-ref ln len)))
-                               (string=? func ln)
-			       (and (< (- len 1) (string-length ln))
-				    (string=? func (substring ln 0 (- len 1))))))
-                      (set! done #t)
-                      (display ln port) (newline port)
-                      (do ((ln (read-line fd) (read-line fd)))
-                          ((delim? ln))
-                        (display ln port) (newline port)))
-                     ((set! ln (read-line fd))))))
-            (documentation-debug (display "file not found\n" port))))))
-
-(define-public (hook-documentation hook)
-  "Return the docstring for HOOK."
-  (object-property hook 'doc))
-
-(define-public (proc-documentation proc)
-  "Return documentation for PROC."
-  (or (procedure-documentation proc)
-      (procedure-property proc 'documentation)
-      (let* ((docstring (with-output-to-string
-			 (lambda () (documentation 
-				     (procedure-name proc)))))
-	     (len (string-length docstring)))
-	;; GJB:FIXME:: remove extra newline
-	(set! docstring (substring docstring 0 (- len 1)))
-	(set-procedure-property! proc 'documentation docstring)
-	docstring)))