Re: [PATCH 2/3] octave.el: Add `octave-apropos' function.

[Stefan Monnier]

> It searches help strings ("lookfor") of octave functions.

Looks good overall.  See comments below.

> +  (let ((lines inferior-octave-output-list)
> +        (inhibit-read-only t))
> +    (when (string-match "error: \\(.*\\)$" (car lines))
> +      (error "%s" (match-string 1 (car lines))))
> +    (with-help-window octave-help-buffer
> +      (princ (mapconcat 'identity lines "\n"))
> +      (with-current-buffer octave-help-buffer
> +        ;; Bound to t so that `help-buffer' returns current buffer for
> +        ;; `help-setup-xref'.
> +        (let ((help-xref-following t))
> +          (help-setup-xref (list 'octave-apropos str all)
> +                           (called-interactively-p 'interactive)))
> +        (goto-char (point-min))
> +        (while (re-search-forward "^\\([^[:blank:]]+\\) " nil 'noerror)
> +          (make-text-button (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1)
> +                            :type 'octave-help-function))
> +        (octave-help-mode)))))

Please move the inhibit-read-only binding closer to the actual
buffer modifications.  Especially, binding it in one buffer to then
use it in another is a very bad idea.


        Stefan