Refrain from evaluating buffer

Evaluating the buffer requires that all required libraries and functions
are present at the moment the documentation is generated. Because
documentation generation may happen in an Emacs without X11 support or
without all the libraries installed, this is not an optimal solution.

edocs.el

@@ -84,6 +84,37 @@ and are not meant to be used outside the module.  The default is
                       "defvar" "Variable"))
   "Type -> name map for symbol types.")
 
+(defun edocs--get-doc (expr)
+  "Get a docstring from EXPR."
+  (cl-case (car expr)
+    ((defun defcustom defgroup defface)
+     (let ((doc (nth 3 expr)))
+       (when (stringp doc) doc)))
+    ((defvar defconst defgeneric)
+      (let ((doc (car (last expr))))
+        (when (and (= (length expr) 4)
+                   (stringp doc))
+          doc)))
+    (define-minor-mode
+      (let ((doc (nth 2 expr)))
+        (when (stringp doc) doc)))
+    (defclass
+      (let ((doc (or (plist-git expr :documentation)
+                     (nth 4 expr))))
+        (when (stringp doc) doc)))
+    (defmethod
+      (let ((doc1 (nth 3 expr))
+            (doc2 (nth 4 expr)))
+        (or (and (stringp doc1) doc1)
+            (and (stringp doc2) doc2))))))
+
+(defun edocs--get-arg-list (expr)
+  "Get argument list from EXPR if possible."
+  (when (eql (car expr) 'defun)
+    (format "%s" (or (nth 2 expr) "()"))))
+
+(cl-defstruct edocs-symbol name type doc args)
+
 (defun edocs--list-symbols ()
   "Get a list of all symbols in the buffer.
 
@@ -103,7 +134,10 @@ etc."
                 (let ((type (symbol-name (car expr)))
                       (name (symbol-name (cadr expr))))
                   (unless (string-match edocs-private-regexp name)
-                    (push (cons type name) ls))))))
+                    (push (make-edocs-symbol
+                           :name name :type type
+                           :doc (edocs--get-doc expr)
+                           :args (edocs--get-arg-list expr)) ls))))))
         (end-of-file nil))
       (reverse ls))))
 
@@ -238,9 +272,10 @@ See the docstring for `edocs--module-name' for more information."
 
 KNOWN-SYMBOLS is used for referencing symbols found in other
 parts of the module."
-  (let* ((type (car symbol))
-         (name (cdr symbol))
-         (docs (edocs--get-docs type name)))
+  (let ((type (edocs-symbol-type symbol))
+        (name (edocs-symbol-name symbol))
+        (docs (edocs-symbol-doc symbol))
+        (args (edocs-symbol-args symbol)))
     (mapc (lambda (doc)
             (edocs--with-tag "div" nil
               (insert "– ")
@@ -251,7 +286,7 @@ parts of the module."
                 (edocs--with-tag "a" `(("name" . ,name)
                                        ("href" . ,(concat "#" name)))
                   (insert name)))
-              (insert " " (if (consp doc) (car doc) ""))
+              (insert " " (or args ""))
               (edocs--with-tag "blockquote" '(("class" . "docstring"))
                 (insert (or (edocs--format-doc doc known-symbols)
                             "Not documented.")))))
@@ -270,7 +305,7 @@ into a buffer called `*edocs*' and switches to that buffer."
          (binfo (package-buffer-info))
          (commentary (lm-commentary))
          (symbol-specs (edocs--list-symbols))
-         (symbols (mapcar #'cdr symbol-specs)))
+         (symbols (mapcar #'edocs-symbol-type symbol-specs)))
     (with-current-buffer buffer
       (unless edocs-generate-only-body (edocs--insert-header))
       (edocs--with-tag "div" '(("class" . "container"))
@@ -287,7 +322,6 @@ into a buffer called `*edocs*' and switches to that buffer."
 (defun edocs--generate-batch-1 (file)
   "Generate docs for FILE."
   (with-current-buffer (find-file file)
-    (eval-buffer)
     (edocs-generate)
     (write-file (concat (file-name-sans-extension file) ".html"))))