notibox/notibox.el
2023-04-21 21:40:02 -08:00

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;;; notibox.el --- PosFrame-based notification UI -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
;; Copyright (C) 2023 mitch
;; Author: mitch <mitch@mitchmarq42.xyz>
;; Keywords:frames,convenience,help
;; Package-Requires: ((posframe))
;; 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)
(defvar notibox-width 40) ; characters
(defvar notibox-height 4) ; characters
(defvar notibox-border-color "#808080")
(defvar notibox-corner 'bottomright)
(defvar notibox-padding 30)
(defun notibox--get-position ()
"Return the starting coordinate at which to place the notibox, as cons."
(let* ((parent-width (frame-pixel-width))
(child-width (* notibox-width (string-pixel-width " ")))
(parent-height (frame-pixel-height))
(child-height (* notibox-height (line-pixel-height))))
(pcase notibox-corner
('topleft (cons notibox-padding notibox-padding))
('topright (cons (- parent-width (+ child-width notibox-padding))
notibox-padding))
('bottomleft (cons notibox-padding
(- parent-height (+ child-height notibox-padding))))
('bottomright (cons
(- parent-width (+ child-width notibox-padding))
(- parent-height (+ child-height notibox-padding)))))))
;; (notibox--get-position)
(defun notibox--prepare-buffer (title body)
"Populate the `*notibox*' buffer with TITLE and BODY properly formatted."
(with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "*notibox*")
(erase-buffer)
(insert (format "%s\n%s\n%s" 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)
(defun notibox--show (&optional timeout)
"Show the notibox currently prepared, with optional TIMEOUT."
(add-to-list 'notibox-current-posframes
(posframe-show (get-buffer-create "*notibox*")
:position (notibox--get-position)
: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)
(let* ((message (plist-get info :message))
(title (plist-get info :title))
(timeout (plist-get info :persistent)))
(notibox--prepare-buffer title message)
(notibox--show (unless timeout alert-fade-time))))
(defun notibox--hide (frame)
(posframe-hide "*notibox*"))
(defun notibox-delete (frame)
;; TODO: if parent, hide all. Otherwise just the one.
(notibox--hide (car notibox-current-posframes))
(pop notibox-current-posframes))
(defun notibox--tail-echoarea ()
(if (current-message)
(notibox-alert `(
:title ,(format "%s" (current-buffer))
:message ,(current-message)))
(notibox-delete 'current)))
(defun notibox/setup-timer ()
(interactive)
(run-with-timer 1 0.5 #'notibox--tail-echoarea))
;; (notibox--hide 'anything)
(defun notibox-test-alert ()
(interactive)
(notibox-alert '(:title "five" :message "six")))
(provide 'notibox)
;;; notibox.el ends here