annotate finch/libgnt/gntutils.h @ 18511:7ee0e0597a26

Add utility function to trigger some button when some key is pressed with some other widget in focus. So now, pressing Insert in the accounts, status, pounce dialog will activate the 'Add' button, pressing Delete will activate the 'Delete' button. This can probably be used in some other places.

/**
 * @file gntutils.h Some utility functions
 * @ingroup gnt
 */
/*
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#include <glib.h>

#include "gnt.h"
#include "gntwidget.h"

typedef gpointer (*GDupFunc)(gconstpointer data);

/**
 * Compute the width and height required to view the text on the screen.
 *
 * @param text     The text to be displayed.
 * @param width    The width required is set here, if not @c NULL.
 * @param height   The height required is set here, if not @c NULL.
 */
void gnt_util_get_text_bound(const char *text, int *width, int *height);

/**
 * Get the onscreen width of a string, or a substring.
 *
 * @param start  The beginning of the string.
 * @param end    The end of the string. The width returned is the width
 *               upto (but not including) end. If end is NULL, then start
 *               is considered as a @c NULL-terminated string.
 *
 * @return       The on-screen width of the string.
 */
int gnt_util_onscreen_width(const char *start, const char *end);

/**
 * Computes and returns the string after a specific number of onscreen characters.
 *
 * @param str  The string.
 * @param len  The length to consider. If non-positive, the entire screenlength is used.
 * @param w    The actual width of the string upto the returned offset, if not @c NULL.
 *
 * @return     The string after len offset.
 */
const char *gnt_util_onscreen_width_to_pointer(const char *str, int len, int *w);

/**
 * Inserts newlines in 'string' where necessary so that its onscreen width is 
 * no more than 'maxw'.
 *
 * @param string  The string.
 * @param maxw    The width that the string should fit into. If maxw is <= 0,
 *                then the available maximum width is used.
 *
 * @return  A newly allocated string that needs to be freed by the caller.
 */
char * gnt_util_onscreen_fit_string(const char *string, int maxw);

/**
 * Duplicate the contents of a hastable.
 *
 * @param src         The source hashtable.
 * @param hash        The hash-function to use.
 * @param equal       The hash-equal function to use.
 * @param key_d       The key-destroy function to use.
 * @param value_d     The value-destroy function to use.
 * @param key_dup     The function to use to duplicate the key.
 * @param value_dup   The function to use to duplicate the value.
 *
 * @return    The new hashtable.
 */
GHashTable * g_hash_table_duplicate(GHashTable *src, GHashFunc hash, GEqualFunc equal, GDestroyNotify key_d, GDestroyNotify value_d, GDupFunc key_dup, GDupFunc value_dup);

/**
 * To be used with g_signal_new. Look in the key_pressed signal-definition in
 * gntwidget.c for usage.
 *
 * @param ihint           NA
 * @param return_accu     NA
 * @param handler_return  NA
 * @param dummy           NA
 *
 * @return  NA
 */
gboolean gnt_boolean_handled_accumulator(GSignalInvocationHint *ihint, GValue *return_accu, const GValue *handler_return, gpointer dummy);

/**
 * Get a helpful display about the bindings of a widget.
 * 
 * @param widget The widget to get bindings for.
 *
 * @return Returns a GntTree populated with "key" -> "binding" for the widget.
 */
GntWidget * gnt_widget_bindings_view(GntWidget *widget);

/**
 * Parse widgets from an XML description. For example,
 *
 * @code
 * GntWidget *win, *button;
 * gnt_util_parse_widgets("\
 *      <vwindow id='0' fill='0' align='2'>     \
 *          <label>This is a test</label>       \
 *          <button id='1'>OK</button>          \
 *      </vwindow>",
 *   2, &win, &button);
 * @endcode
 * 
 * @param string  The XML string.
 * @param num     The number of widgets to return, followed by 'num' GntWidget **
 */
void gnt_util_parse_widgets(const char *string, int num, ...);

/**
 * Make some keypress activate a button when some key is pressed with 'wid' in focus.
 *
 * @param widget  The widget
 * @param key     The key to trigger the button
 * @param button  The button to trigger
 */
void gnt_util_set_trigger_widget(GntWidget *wid, const char *text, GntWidget *button);