notibox/notibox.el

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;;; notibox.el --- PosFrame-based notification UI -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
;; Copyright (C) 2023 mir
;; Author: mir <mirmarq428@gmail.com>
;; Keywords:frames,convenience,help
;; Package-Requires: ((posframe) (alert))
;; This file is NOT part of GNU Emacs.
;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
;; (at your option) any later version.
;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
;; GNU General Public License for more details.
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
;;; Commentary:
;; This package shows a temporary child frame which mirrors the contents of the
;; echo area. It was designed to be used with configurations that hide the echo
;; area by splitting it into a `minibuffer-frame'.
;;; Code:
(require 'posframe)
(require 'alert)
(if (not (fboundp #'string-pixel-width))
(progn
(require 'shr) ;for `shr-string-pixel-width'
(defalias #'string-pixel-width #'shr-string-pixel-width)))
(defvar notibox-width 40) ; characters
(defvar notibox-height 4) ; characters
(defvar notibox-border-color "#808080")
(defgroup notibox nil
"The notification box.")
(defcustom notibox-corner 'bottomright
"Corner in which to show the NotiBox."
:type '(choice
(const :tag "Top Left" 'topleft)
(const :tag "Bottom Left" 'bottomleft)
(const :tag "Top Right" 'topright)
(const :tag "Bottom Right" 'bottomright)))
(defvar notibox-padding 30)
(defvar alert-fade-time 5); seconds, also provided by `alert' package
(defvar notibox--refresh-delay 0.1) ; seconds. Probably don't change this one.
(defun notibox--get-position (&optional stackdepth)
"Return the starting coordinate at which to place the next notibox, as cons.
If STACKDEPTH is non-nil and nonzero, return a position that far down."
(let* (
;; need to not overlap the gtk scrollbar
(scrollbar-width (or (if (eq x-toolkit-scroll-bars 'gtk)
30) ; wild guess...
0))
(stackdepth (or stackdepth 0))
(parent-width (frame-pixel-width))
(child-width (* notibox-width (string-pixel-width " ")))
(parent-height (frame-pixel-height))
(child-height (* notibox-height (line-pixel-height)))
(padded-height (+ child-height notibox-padding))
(x-justify (pcase notibox-corner
((or 'topleft 'bottomleft) notibox-padding)
((or 'topright 'bottomright)
(- (- parent-width scrollbar-width)
(+ child-width notibox-padding)))))
(y-justify (pcase notibox-corner
((or 'topleft 'topright) notibox-padding)
((or 'bottomleft 'bottomright)
(- parent-height (+ child-height notibox-padding)))))
(y-direction (pcase notibox-corner
((or 'topleft 'topright) #'+)
((or 'bottomleft 'bottomright) #'-)))
(y-coord (funcall y-direction y-justify (* stackdepth child-height)))
)
(cons x-justify y-coord)
))
;; (notibox--get-position 3)
(defun notibox--prepare-buffer (title body)
"Populate the `*notibox*' buffer with TITLE and BODY properly formatted."
(with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "*notibox*")
(let ((inhibit-read-only t))
(erase-buffer)
(insert (format "%s\n%s\n%s" ;; (buttonize title #'view-echo-area-messages)
title
(propertize (make-string notibox-width ?─)
'face `((:foreground ,notibox-border-color)))
body)))))
;; (notibox--prepare-buffer "test" "this better work gadangit")
(defvar notibox-current-posframes nil)
(cl-defun notibox--show (&key timeout &key depth)
"Show the notibox currently prepared, with optional TIMEOUT, at DEPTH."
(add-to-list 'notibox-current-posframes
(posframe-show (get-buffer-create "*notibox*")
:position (notibox--get-position depth)
:left-fringe 0
:right-fringe 0
:max-width notibox-width
:max-height notibox-height
:min-width notibox-width
:min-height notibox-height
:border-width 2
:border-color notibox-border-color
:timeout timeout))
nil)
(defun notibox-alert (info)
"Show a notibox corresponding with INFO. Can* be used as a backend for `alert'."
(let* ((message (plist-get info :message))
(title (plist-get info :title))
(timeout (plist-get info :persistent))
(depth (plist-get info :depth)))
(notibox--prepare-buffer title message)
(notibox--show :timeout (unless timeout alert-fade-time)
:depth (or depth (- (length notibox-current-posframes) 1)))))
(defun notibox--resolve-frame (object)
"Return the /frame reference/ signified by OBJECT, whatever it may be."
(cond
((framep object) object) ;this is the easy one
((windowp object) (window-frame object))
((bufferp object) (window-frame (get-window-buffer object)))
((stringp object)
(window-frame (get-buffer-window (get-buffer object))))
((symbolp object)
(window-frame (get-buffer-window (get-buffer (format "%s" object)))))
))
;; (notibox--resolve-frame "*notibox*")
(defun notibox--hide (frame)
"Stop showing FRAME."
(if (frame-live-p frame)
(posframe-hide (window-buffer (frame-selected-window frame)))))
(defun notibox-delete (frame)
"Delete the notibox FRAME.
If FRAME is the root Emacs window, or some other symbol, hide all notiboxes."
(let ((frame (notibox--resolve-frame frame)))
(if frame
(notibox--hide frame)
(notibox--hide (car notibox-current-posframes))
))
(pop notibox-current-posframes))
;; (frame-parent (selected-frame)) ;=> nil
;; (frame-live-p (car notibox-current-posframes))
;; (notibox-delete (car notibox-current-posframes))
(defun notibox--parse-message (msg)
"Given string MSG, return a cons of source and contents.
If the source is not obvious, use `current-buffer'."
(let* (source
contents
(splooted (split-string msg ": ")))
(pcase (length splooted)
;; problem: the echo area shows only cdr, whereas messages buffer shows the source fn we want..
(1 (progn
(setq source
(format "%s"
(current-buffer)))
(setq contents
(car splooted))))
(2 (progn
(setq source (car splooted))
(setq contents (cadr splooted))))
)
;; (message "[debug] message: %s" msg)
(cons source contents)))
;; (split-string "evil-forward-character: End of line" ": ")
;; (length '("evil-forward-character" "end of line"))
;; (split-string "this is a valid message" ": ")
;; (notibox--parse-message "evil-forward-char: End of line")
;; (notibox--parse-message "this is a badly formed message")
(defun buflast (buffer)
"Return the last line of BUFFER as a string, without linebreaks."
(with-current-buffer buffer
(save-excursion
(goto-char (- (point-max) 1)) ; there is a \n at the end of every buffer
(buffer-substring-no-properties (point-at-bol) (point-max)))))
;; (buflast (get-buffer "*Messages*"))
(defun notibox--tail-echoarea ()
"Show `current-message' in the notibox. If that does not exist, probably hide it."
(if (current-message)
(let* ((notibox-border-color "#0faa0f") ; hacky, can we set it elsewhere?
(parsed-msg
(notibox--parse-message
;; (current-message)
(buflast (get-buffer "*Messages*")) ; workaround for abbreviated stuff
))
(title (car parsed-msg))
(contents (cdr parsed-msg)))
(notibox-alert `( :title ,title
:message ,contents
:depth 0)))
(if notibox-current-posframes
(notibox-delete (car notibox-current-posframes))))
)
(defun notibox/setup-timer ()
"Start running notibox."
(interactive)
(run-with-timer notibox--refresh-delay notibox--refresh-delay #'notibox--tail-echoarea))
;; (notibox-delete 'anything)
(defun notibox-test-alert ()
"Show a sample notibox to prove we can."
(interactive)
(notibox-alert '(:title "five" :message "six")))
;; (notibox-alert '(:title "一" :message "二" :timeout 5 :depth 0))
(provide 'notibox)
;;; notibox.el ends here