--- rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvtperl.3.html 2006/01/03 01:45:12 1.7 +++ rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvtperl.3.html 2006/01/03 23:41:37 1.10 @@ -20,9 +20,10 @@
  • Prepackaged Extensions
  • General API Considerations
  • Hooks
  • +
  • Variables in the urxvt Package
  • Functions in the urxvt Package
  • -
  • The urxvt::term Class
  • RENDITION
  • +
  • The urxvt::term Class
  • The urxvt::timer Class
  • The urxvt::iow Class
  • @@ -80,7 +81,13 @@
    selection
    -Miscellaneous selection modifications. +Intelligent selection. This extension tries to be more intelligent when +the user extends selections (double-click). Right now, it tries to select +urls and complete shell-quoted arguments, which is very convenient, too, +if your ls supports --quoting-style=shell. +
    +
    +

    It also offers the following bindable event:

    rot13
    @@ -96,15 +103,15 @@
    digital-clock
    -Displays a very simple digital clock in the upper right corner of the -window. Illustrates overwriting the refresh callbacks to create your own -overlays or changes. +Displays a digital clock using the built-in overlay.

    -
    simple-overlay-clock
    +
    example-refresh-hooks
    -Displays a digital clock using the built-in overlay (colorful, useless). +Displays a very simple digital clock in the upper right corner of the +window. Illustrates overwriting the refresh callbacks to create your own +overlays or changes.

    @@ -113,7 +120,7 @@

    All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you like. All members starting with an underscore (such as _ptr or -_hook) are reserved for internal uses and must not be accessed or +_hook) are reserved for internal uses and MUST NOT be accessed or modified).

    When objects are destroyed on the C++ side, the perl object hashes are emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and @@ -122,8 +129,13 @@

    Hooks

    -

    The following subroutines can be declared in loaded scripts, and will be called -whenever the relevant event happens.

    +

    The following subroutines can be declared in loaded scripts, and will be +called whenever the relevant event happens.

    +

    The first argument passed to them is an object private to each terminal +and extension package. You can call all urxvt::term methods on it, but +its not a real urxvt::term object. Instead, the real urxvt::term +object that is shared between all packages is stored in the term +member.

    All of them must return a boolean value. If it is true, then the event counts as being consumed, and the invocation of other hooks is skipped, and the relevant action might not be carried out by the C++ code.

    @@ -174,6 +186,18 @@

    Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be hilighted.

    +
    on_sel_extend $term
    +
    +
    +Called whenever the user tries to extend the selection (e.g. with a double +click) and is either supposed to return false (normal operation), or +should extend the selection itelf and return true to suppress the built-in +processing. +
    +
    +

    See the selection example extension.

    +
    +

    on_focus_in $term
    @@ -240,6 +264,17 @@

    +

    Variables in the urxvt Package

    +
    +
    $urxvt::TERM
    +
    +
    +The current terminal. Whenever a callback/Hook is bein executed, this +variable stores the current urxvt::term object. +
    +

    +

    +

    Functions in the urxvt Package

    urxvt::fatal $errormessage
    @@ -270,6 +305,68 @@

    +

    RENDITION

    +

    Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles and +similar information for each screen cell.

    +

    The following ``macros'' deal with changes in rendition sets. You should +never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one, +as they contain important information required for correct operation of +rxvt-unicode.

    +
    +
    $rend = urxvt::DEFAULT_RSTYLE
    +
    +
    +Returns the default rendition, as used when the terminal is starting up or +being reset. Useful as a base to start when creating renditions. +
    +

    +
    $rend = urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE
    +
    +
    +Return the rendition mask used for overlays by default. +
    +

    +
    $rendbit = urxvt::RS_Bold, RS_Italic, RS_Blink, RS_RVid, RS_Uline
    +
    +
    +Return the bit that enabled bold, italic, blink, reverse-video and +underline, respectively. To enable such a style, just logically OR it into +the bitset. +
    +

    +
    $foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend
    +
    +
    $background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend
    +
    +
    +Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively. +
    +

    +
    $rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR ($rend, $new_colour)
    +
    +
    $rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR ($rend, $new_colour)
    +
    +
    +Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with the +specified one. +
    +

    +
    $value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM ($rend)
    +
    +
    +Return the ``custom'' value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by +extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are initially +zero. +
    +

    +
    $rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM ($rend, $new_value)
    +
    +
    +Change the custom value. +
    +

    +

    +

    The urxvt::term Class

    $value = $term->resource ($name[, $newval])
    @@ -337,41 +434,79 @@
    Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by $newtext.
    -

    -
    $term->scr_overlay ($x, $y, $text)
    -
    -Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for details. +

    #=item $term->overlay ($x, $y, $text) +# +#Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for details. +# +#=cut

    +
    +
    +

    sub urxvt::term::scr_overlay { +die; + my ($self, $x, $y, $text) = @_;

    +
    +
    +
    +   my @lines = split /\n/, $text;
    +
    +
    +
    +   my $w = 0;
    +   for (map $self->strwidth ($_), @lines) {
    +      $w = $_ if $w < $_;
    +   }
    +
    +
    +
    +   $self->scr_overlay_new ($x, $y, $w, scalar @lines);
    +   $self->scr_overlay_set (0, $_, $lines[$_]) for 0.. $#lines;
    +}

    -
    $term->scr_overlay_new ($x, $y, $width, $height)
    +
    $term->overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])
    Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given -width/height. A border will be put around the box. If either $x or -$y is negative, then this is counted from the right/bottom side, -respectively. +width/height. $rstyle defines the initial rendition style +(default: OVERLAY_RSTYLE).
    -

    -
    $term->scr_overlay_off
    +
    +

    If $border is 2 (default), then a decorative border will be put +around the box.

    +
    +
    +

    If either $x or $y is negative, then this is counted from the +right/bottom side, respectively.

    +
    +
    +

    This method returns an urxvt::overlay object. The overlay will be visible +as long as the perl object is referenced.

    +
    +
    +

    The methods currently supported on urxvt::overlay objects are:

    +
    +
    +
    $overlay->set ($x, $y, $text, $rend)
    -Switch the overlay off again. +Similar to $term->ROW_t and $term->ROW_r in that it puts +text in rxvt-unicode's special encoding and an array of rendition values +at a specific position inside the overlay.

    -
    $term->scr_overlay_set_char ($x, $y, $char, $rend = OVERLAY_RSTYLE)
    +
    $overlay->hide
    -Put a single character (specified numerically) at the given overlay -position. +If visible, hide the overlay, but do not destroy it.

    -
    $term->scr_overlay_set ($x, $y, $text)
    +
    $overlay->show
    -Write a string at the given position into the overlay. +If hidden, display the overlay again.
    -

    +

    $cellwidth = $term->strwidth $string
    @@ -439,12 +574,13 @@ Returns the text of the entire row with number $row_number. Row 0 is the topmost terminal line, row $term->$ncol-1 is the bottommost terminal line. The scrollback buffer starts at line -1 and extends to -line -$term->nsaved. +line -$term->nsaved. Nothing will be returned if a nonexistent line +is requested.

    If $new_text is specified, it will replace characters in the current line, starting at column $start_col (default 0), which is useful -to replace only parts of a line. The font iindex in the rendition will +to replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will automatically be updated.

    @@ -460,7 +596,7 @@ characters.

    -

    The methods $term->special_encode and $term->special_decode +

    The methods $term->special_encode and $term->special_decode can be used to convert normal strings into this encoding and vice versa.

    @@ -475,18 +611,75 @@

    When setting rendition, the font mask will be ignored.

    -

    See the section on RENDITION, below.

    +

    See the section on RENDITION, above.

    $length = $term->ROW_l ($row_number[, $new_length])
    -Returns the number of screen cells that are in use (``the line length''). If -it is -1, then the line is part of a multiple-row logical ``line'', which -means all characters are in use and it is continued on the next row. +Returns the number of screen cells that are in use (``the line +length''). Unlike the urxvt core, this returns $term->ncol if the +line is joined with the following one. +
    +

    +
    $bool = $term->is_longer ($row_number)
    +
    +
    +Returns true if the row is part of a multiple-row logical ``line'' (i.e. +joined with the following row), which means all characters are in use +and it is continued on the next row (and possibly a continuation of the +previous row(s)). +
    +

    +
    $line = $term->line ($row_number)
    +
    +
    +Create and return a new urxvt::line object that stores information +about the logical line that row $row_number is part of. It supports the +following methods: +
    +
    +
    $text = $line->t
    +
    +
    +Returns the full text of the line, similar to ROW_t +
    +

    +
    $rend = $line->r
    +
    +
    +Returns the full rendition array of the line, similar to ROW_r +
    +

    +
    $length = $line->l
    +
    +
    +Returns the length of the line in cells, similar to ROW_l.

    -
    $text = $term->special_encode $string
    +
    $rownum = $line->beg
    +
    +
    $rownum = $line->end
    +
    +
    +Return the row number of the first/last row of the line, respectively. +
    +

    +
    $offset = $line->offset_of ($row, $col)
    +
    +
    +Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within the logical +line. +
    +

    +
    ($row, $col) = $line->coord_of ($offset)
    +
    +
    +Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again. +
    +

    +
    ($row, $col) = $line->coord_of ($offset) +=item $text = $term->special_encode $string
    Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by rxvt-unicode, @@ -503,43 +696,24 @@

    -

    RENDITION

    -

    Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles and -similar information for each screen cell.

    -

    The following ``macros'' deal with changes in rendition sets. You should -never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one, -as they contain important information required for correct operation of -rxvt-unicode.

    -
    -
    $rend = urxvt::DEFAULT_RSTYLE
    -
    -
    -Returns the default rendition, as used when the terminal is starting up or -being reset. Useful as a base -
    -

    -

    -

    The urxvt::timer Class

    This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:

    -   # create a digital clock display in upper right corner
    +   $term->{overlay} = $term->overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
        $term->{timer} = urxvt::timer
                         ->new
    -                    ->start (urxvt::NOW)
    +                    ->interval (1)
                         ->cb (sub {
    -                       my ($timer) = @_;
    -                       my $time = $timer->at;
    -                       $timer->start ($time + 1);
    -                       $self->scr_overlay (-1, 0, 
    -                          POSIX::strftime "%H:%M:%S", localtime $time);
    +                       $term->{overlay}->set (0, 0,
    +                          sprintf "%2d:%02d:%02d", (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
                         });
    $timer = new urxvt::timer
    -Create a new timer object in stopped state. +Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to fire +immediately.

    $timer = $timer->cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })
    @@ -554,12 +728,20 @@ Return the time this watcher will fire next.

    -
    $timer = $timer->set ($tstamp)
    +
    $timer = $timer->set ($tstamp)
    Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.

    +
    $timer = $timer->interval ($interval)
    +
    +
    +Normally (and when $interval is 0), the timer will automatically +stop after it has fired once. If $interval is non-zero, then the timer +is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals. +
    +

    $timer = $timer->start
    @@ -643,14 +825,14 @@

    URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY

    This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher numbers indicate more verbose output.

    -
      -
    1. - only fatal messages
      -
    2. -
    3. - script loading and management
      -
    4. -
    5. - all events received
      -
    6. -
    +
    +
    =0 - only fatal messages
    +
    +
    =3 - script loading and management
    +
    +
    =10 - all events received
    +
    +