MJ - I have just discovered bindtags and what they can do. They allow for some really advanced keyboard handling. An example of this is the base for a Tcl editor below. Keybindings can be associated to certain modes (a la Emacs) This is just a rudimentary basis, but I will expand on this when I have time. It now supports creating slave interpreters and sending the selection to the interpreter.
package require Tk namespace eval utils { proc lremove {list item} { return [lsearch -all -inline -not -exact $list $item] } } namespace eval buffer { proc get-point {buffer} { return [$buffer index insert] } proc get-active {} { return .t } proc send-sel-inf-tcl {interp} { set buffer [get-active] set ::*mini-buffer* "Sent selection to $interp" if {[catch {$interp eval [$buffer get {*}[lrange [$buffer tag ranges sel] 0 1 ]]} error]} { set ::*mini-buffer* $error } return -code break } proc eval-print-last-exp {} { set current_buffer [get-active] set point [get-point $current_buffer] set line [get-line-with-point $current_buffer] if {[catch {uplevel #0 $line} result]} { #display in red } else { #display in black } $current_buffer insert "$point lineend" "\n$result\n" return -code break } proc get-line-with-point {buffer} { set point [get-point $buffer] set line [$buffer get "$point linestart" "$point lineend"] return $line } # return a list with all bindings on buffer (global and buffer) proc list-bindings {buffer} { set bindings {} foreach tag [bindtags $buffer] { set bindings [concat $bindings [bind $tag]] } return $bindings } proc create-new {} { text .t grid .t -sticky ewns grid rowconfigure . 0 -weight 1 grid columnconfigure . 0 -weight 1 # default bindtags for any new buffer bindtags .t "fundamental-mode keymap [bindtags .t]" return .t } proc major-mode {buffer mode} { bindtags ${buffer} "$mode [lrange [bindtags ${buffer}] 1 end]" # call mode-hook here wm title . $mode } } namespace eval kb { # keys that are collected from minibuffer set *keys-collected* {} set *active-prefix* {} # Stuff to detect key modifiers (taken from https://wiki.tcl-lang.org) # array of bit masks to recognize the modifers: # - shift - mod5 masks taken from .../tcl/include/X11/X.h # - alt mask defined by analysing the status field of Alt-KeyPress # (analysed on MS Windows) # array set masks [list \ shift [list [expr {1 << 0}] "Shift"] \ lock [list [expr {1 << 1}] "Lock"] \ alt [list [expr {1 << 17}] "Alt"] \ control [list [expr {1 << 2}] "Control"] \ mod1 [list [expr {1 << 3}] "Mod1"] \ mod2 [list [expr {1 << 4}] "Mod2"] \ mod3 [list [expr {1 << 5}] "Mod3"] \ mod4 [list [expr {1 << 6}] "Mod4"] \ mod5 [list [expr {1 << 7}] "Mod5"] \ ]; # MS Windows modifier name map: # - Mod1 is identical to "Num"-lock key # - Mod3 is identical to "Scroll"-lock key # set maps [list \ "Mod1" "Num" \ "Mod3" "Scroll" \ ]; proc keyModifiers {state {mapToRealName 1}} { variable masks; variable maps; set modifiers [list]; foreach mask [array names masks] { lassign $masks($mask) bits label; if {$state & $bits} { lappend modifiers $label; } } # Remove Shift modifier, is already include in character case set modifiers [::utils::lremove $modifiers Shift] set modifiers [join $modifiers "-"]; if {$mapToRealName == 1} { set modifiers [string map $maps $modifiers]; } return $modifiers; } proc add-binding {tag key proc} { set keys [split $key] if {[llength $keys] == 1 } { if {[llength [split $keys -]]==1 } { # simple keys bind $tag ${keys} $proc } else { # Key with modifiers bind $tag <$keys> $proc } } else { # Prefixed key combination # create binding for the prefix bind $tag "<[lindex $keys 0]>" {event generate .mini <<CollectKeys>> -data [list %W %s %K]} # create virtual binding event for the whole shebang bind $tag "<<$key>>" $proc } } # minibuffer will handle prefixed commands proc handle-prefix-binding {buffer state key} { # here the system can collect keybindings until a binding matches set prefix "[keyModifiers $state]-$key" set all_bindings [::buffer::list-bindings $buffer] # add enable minibuffer bindtag focus .mini set ::*mini-buffer* {} set ::*mini-buffer* "$prefix " } } # scratch mode bindings ::kb::add-binding scratch-mode "a" {puts "in scratch mode"} ::kb::add-binding scratch-mode "Control-j" {::buffer::eval-print-last-exp } ::kb::add-binding scratch-mode "Control-J" {puts "should execute something now without displaying output" ; break } ::kb::add-binding scratch-mode "Control-x Control-b" {puts prefixed} ::kb::add-binding scratch-mode "Control-x Control-c" {puts prefixed} ::kb::add-binding scratch-mode "Control-Alt-t" { set ::*mini-buffer* "Inferior Tcl [::app::create-inferior-tcl] created" break; } ::kb::add-binding scratch-mode "Control-Alt-j" { ::buffer::send-sel-inf-tcl interp0 break; } ::kb::add-binding scratch-mode "Control-u a" {puts prefixed} # global keybindings ::kb::add-binding keymap "Control-space" {puts [::buffer::get-point %W]} ::kb::add-binding keymap "Alt-m" [list ask-user-input %W] set buff [::buffer::create-new] # rudimentary minibuffer. The current state of the minibuffer will be determined by the active bindtags # there will be support for collecting key bindings # there will be support for collecting user input # there will be support for displaying status info namespace eval mini-buffer { entry .mini grid .mini -sticky ew .mini configure -state disabled .mini configure -textvar *mini-buffer* ::kb::add-binding .mini <<CollectKeys>> { bindtags .mini [list collect-keys {*}[bindtags .mini]] focus .mini set *mini-buffer* %d puts %d } ::kb::add-binding collect-keys <KeyPress> { if {%k > 63 } { set *mini-buffer* [list {*}[set *mini-buffer*]\ [::kb::keyModifiers %s]-%K] } puts "%A|%s|%K" break } ::kb::add-binding collect-keys "Control-g" { set ::*mini-buffer* Aborted # remove collect-keys bindtag bindtags .mini [::utils::lremove [bindtags .mini] collect-keys] focus .t } } namespace eval app { proc create-inferior-tcl {} { return [interp create] } } ::buffer::major-mode $buff scratch-mode
What | tEdit |
Where | https://github.com/thanoulis/tedit |
Description | A simple tabbed text editor written in core Tcl/Tk 8.5 |
License | MIT |
Updated | 2020-04-11 |