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src/gnome-utils/QuickFill.c

@@ -215,7 +215,9 @@ gnc_quickfill_get_unique_len_match (QuickFill *qf, int *length)
     count = g_hash_table_size (qf->matches);
 
     if (count != 1)
+    {
       return qf;
+    }
 
     g_hash_table_foreach (qf->matches, unique_len_helper, &qf);
 

src/gnome-utils/QuickFill.h

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************\
  * QuickFill.h -- the quickfill tree data structure                 *
- * Copyright (C) 1997 Robin D. Clark                                *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 Linas Vepstas                                 *
- * Copyright (C) 2000 Dave Peticolas                                *
  *                                                                  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or    *
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as   *
@@ -31,6 +28,23 @@
 #include <gdk/gdk.h>
 #include <glib.h>
 
+/**
+ * @file QuickFill.h
+ * @breif Quickfill is used to auto-complete typed user entries.
+ * @author Copyright (C) 1997 Robin D. Clark
+ * @author Copyright (C) 1998,2004 Linas Vepstas <linas@linas.org>
+ * @author Copyright (C) 2000 Dave Peticolas
+ *
+ * QuickFill is meant to be used to quickly auto-complete typed 
+ * user input.  Quickfill is implemented as a heirarchical tree 
+ * of partial matching strings.  The root of the tree contains 
+ * all of the strings that user input should be matched to.  
+ * Then, given a short string segment, quickfill will return 
+ * a subtree containing only those strings that start with desired
+ * substring.  As additional letters are added to the substring,
+ * Quickfill will thus narrow down to the unique matching string
+ * (or to nothing if no match).
+ */
 
 typedef enum
 {
@@ -46,22 +60,60 @@ typedef struct _QuickFill QuickFill;
 QuickFill *  gnc_quickfill_new (void);
 void         gnc_quickfill_destroy (QuickFill *qf);
 
+/** For the given node 'qf', return the best-guess matching string.
+ */
 const char * gnc_quickfill_string (QuickFill *qf);
 
+/** Return the subnode of the tree whose strings all hold 'wc' as
+ *  the next letter.  That is, if 'qf' holds all strings starting 
+ *  with the letter 'a', and we ask for the letter 'b', then this
+ *  routine will return the node holding all strings that start
+ *  with "ab".
+ *
+ *  The best-guess matching string can be retreived with 
+ *  gnc_quickfill_string().
+ */
 QuickFill *  gnc_quickfill_get_char_match (QuickFill *qf, GdkWChar wc);
 
+/** Return a subnode in the tree whose strings all match the 
+ *  string 'str' as the next substring.  Thus, for example, if
+ *  the argument 'qf' holds strings that start with "abc", and 
+ *  this routine is called with "def", then the returned node
+ *  will hold strings that start with "abcdef". 
+ *
+ *  The best-guess matching string can be retreived with 
+ *  gnc_quickfill_string().
+ *
+ *  To convert a plain C-locale char * string to GdkWChar *,
+ *  use the gnc_mbstowcs() routine.
+ */
 QuickFill *  gnc_quickfill_get_string_match (QuickFill *qf,
                                              const GdkWChar *str);
 
 QuickFill *  gnc_quickfill_get_string_len_match (QuickFill *qf,
                                                  const GdkWChar *str, int len);
 
+/** Walk a 'unique' part of the quickfill tree.  This routine is
+ *  typically used to assist in the tab-completion of strings.  
+ *  If the inital portion of the string is unique, but some later
+ *  portion is not, this routine will advance to the first non-unique
+ *  part of the string.  If len is non-NULL, then *len will be set
+ *  to the length of the unique portion of the string.
+ * 
+ *  Thus, for example, if the root node contains the strings 
+ *  "The Book" and "The Movie", then the returned len will be 4,
+ *  and the returned node will distinguish "Book" and "Movie". 
+ *  Thus, for example, gnc_quickfill_get_char_match(.., 'B') on 
+ *  the result will identify "The Book".
+ */
 QuickFill *  gnc_quickfill_get_unique_len_match (QuickFill *qf, int *len);
 
-void         gnc_quickfill_insert (QuickFill *qf, const char *text,
+/** Add the string "text" to the collection of searchable strings. */
+void         gnc_quickfill_insert (QuickFill *root, const char *text,
                                    QuickFillSort sort_code);
 
-void         gnc_quickfill_insert_wc (QuickFill *qf, const GdkWChar *text,
+/** Add the string "text" to the collection of searchable strings. */
+void         gnc_quickfill_insert_wc (QuickFill *root, const GdkWChar *text,
                                       QuickFillSort sort_code);
 
 #endif /* QUICKFILL_H */