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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/geiser/doc.scm b/src/geiser/doc.scm
index b566b5e..dbd92fa 100644
--- a/src/geiser/doc.scm
+++ b/src/geiser/doc.scm
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@
#:use-module (ice-9 regex)
#:use-module (ice-9 format)
#:use-module (oop goops)
- #:use-module (srfi srfi-1))
+ #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
+ #:use-module (texinfo)
+ #:use-module (texinfo plain-text))
+
+;;; Should texinfo in docstrings be processed?
+(define %process-texinfo? #f)
(define (autodoc ids)
(if (not (list? ids))
@@ -194,6 +199,15 @@
`(("signature" . ,(or (obj-signature sym obj #f) sym))
("docstring" . ,(docstring sym obj))))))
+(define (try-texinfo->plain-text str)
+ "Convert STR from texinfo into a plain text, assuming it is a valid texinfo
+and %process-texinfo? is #t.
+
+Return either the resulting plain text or the original STR."
+ (or (and %process-texinfo?
+ (false-if-exception (stexi->plain-text (texi-fragment->stexi str))))
+ str))
+
(define (docstring sym obj)
(define (valuable?)
(not (or (macro? obj) (procedure? obj) (program? obj))))
@@ -212,7 +226,7 @@
(display modname)
(display ".")))
(newline)
- (if doc (begin (newline) (display doc)))
+ (if doc (begin (newline) (display (try-texinfo->plain-text doc))))
(if (valuable?) (begin (newline)
(display "Value:")
(newline)