The const
widget can contain any Lisp expression, but the user is
prohibited from editing it, which is mainly useful as a component of one
of the composite widgets.
The syntax for the const
widget is:
type ::= (const [keyword argument]... [ value ])
Its super is the item
widget. The value, if present, is
used to initialize the :value
property and can be any
s-expression.
This will display any valid s-expression in an immutable part of the buffer.
It overrides the :prompt-value
function, to avoid prompting and
just return the widget’s value.
There are two variations of the const
widget, namely
variable-item
and function-item
. These should contain a
symbol with a variable or function binding, respectively. The major
difference from the const
widget is that they will allow the
user to see the variable or function documentation for the symbol.
This is accomplished via using the ‘%h’ format escape, and adding
an appropriate :documentation-property
function for each widget.
An immutable symbol that is bound as a variable.
An immutable symbol that is bound as a function.