----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | -- Module : XMonad.Prompt.Input -- Description : Prompt the user for input and pass it along to some other action. -- Copyright : (c) 2007 Brent Yorgey -- License : BSD-style (see LICENSE) -- -- Maintainer : <byorgey@gmail.com> -- Stability : stable -- Portability : unportable -- -- A generic framework for prompting the user for input and passing it -- along to some other action. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- module XMonad.Prompt.Input ( -- * Usage -- $usage inputPrompt, inputPromptWithCompl, (?+), InputPrompt, ) where import XMonad.Core import XMonad.Prompt -- $usage -- -- To use this module, import it along with "XMonad.Prompt": -- -- > import XMonad.Prompt -- > import XMonad.Prompt.Input -- -- This module provides no useful functionality in isolation, but -- is intended for use in building other actions which require user -- input. -- -- For example, suppose Mr. Big wants a way to easily fire his -- employees. We'll assume that he already has a function -- -- > fireEmployee :: String -> X () -- -- which takes as input the name of an employee, and fires them. He -- just wants a convenient way to provide the input for this function -- from within xmonad. Here is where the "XMonad.Prompt.Input" module -- comes into play. He can use the 'inputPrompt' function to create a -- prompt, and the '?+' operator to compose the prompt with the -- @fireEmployee@ action, like so: -- -- > firingPrompt :: X () -- > firingPrompt = inputPrompt def "Fire" ?+ fireEmployee -- -- If @employees@ contains a list of all his employees, he could also -- create an autocompleting version, like this: -- -- > firingPrompt' = inputPromptWithCompl def "Fire" -- > (mkComplFunFromList employees) ?+ fireEmployee -- -- Now all he has to do is add a keybinding to @firingPrompt@ (or -- @firingPrompt'@), such as -- -- > , ((modm .|. controlMask, xK_f), firingPrompt) -- -- Now when Mr. Big hits mod-ctrl-f, a prompt will pop up saying -- \"Fire: \", waiting for him to type the name of someone to fire. -- If he thinks better of it after hitting mod-ctrl-f and cancels the -- prompt (e.g. by hitting Esc), the @fireEmployee@ action will not be -- invoked. -- -- (For detailed instructions on editing your key bindings, see -- "XMonad.Doc.Extending#Editing_key_bindings".) -- -- "XMonad.Prompt.Input" is also intended to ease the process of -- developing other modules which require user input. For an example -- of a module developed using this functionality, see -- "XMonad.Prompt.Email", which prompts the user for a recipient, -- subject, and one-line body, and sends a quick email. newtype InputPrompt = InputPrompt String instance XPrompt InputPrompt where showXPrompt :: InputPrompt -> String showXPrompt (InputPrompt String s) = String s String -> String -> String forall a. [a] -> [a] -> [a] ++ String ": " -- | Given a prompt configuration and some prompt text, create an X -- action which pops up a prompt waiting for user input, and returns -- whatever they type. Note that the type of the action is @X -- (Maybe String)@, which reflects the fact that the user might -- cancel the prompt (resulting in @Nothing@), or enter an input -- string @s@ (resulting in @Just s@). inputPrompt :: XPConfig -> String -> X (Maybe String) inputPrompt :: XPConfig -> String -> X (Maybe String) inputPrompt XPConfig c String p = XPConfig -> String -> ComplFunction -> X (Maybe String) inputPromptWithCompl XPConfig c String p (IO [String] -> ComplFunction forall a b. a -> b -> a const ([String] -> IO [String] forall (m :: * -> *) a. Monad m => a -> m a return [])) -- | The same as 'inputPrompt', but with a completion function. The -- type @ComplFunction@ is @String -> IO [String]@, as defined in -- "XMonad.Prompt". The 'mkComplFunFromList' utility function, also -- defined in "XMonad.Prompt", is useful for creating such a -- function from a known list of possibilities. inputPromptWithCompl :: XPConfig -> String -> ComplFunction -> X (Maybe String) inputPromptWithCompl :: XPConfig -> String -> ComplFunction -> X (Maybe String) inputPromptWithCompl XPConfig c String p ComplFunction compl = InputPrompt -> XPConfig -> ComplFunction -> (String -> X String) -> X (Maybe String) forall p a. XPrompt p => p -> XPConfig -> ComplFunction -> (String -> X a) -> X (Maybe a) mkXPromptWithReturn (String -> InputPrompt InputPrompt String p) XPConfig c ComplFunction compl String -> X String forall (m :: * -> *) a. Monad m => a -> m a return infixr 1 ?+ -- | A combinator for hooking up an input prompt action to a function -- which can take the result of the input prompt and produce another -- action. If the user cancels the input prompt, the -- second function will not be run. -- -- The astute student of types will note that this is actually a -- very general combinator and has nothing in particular to do -- with input prompts. If you find a more general use for it and -- want to move it to a different module, be my guest. (?+) :: (Monad m) => m (Maybe a) -> (a -> m ()) -> m () m (Maybe a) x ?+ :: forall (m :: * -> *) a. Monad m => m (Maybe a) -> (a -> m ()) -> m () ?+ a -> m () k = m (Maybe a) x m (Maybe a) -> (Maybe a -> m ()) -> m () forall (m :: * -> *) a b. Monad m => m a -> (a -> m b) -> m b >>= m () -> (a -> m ()) -> Maybe a -> m () forall b a. b -> (a -> b) -> Maybe a -> b maybe (() -> m () forall (m :: * -> *) a. Monad m => a -> m a return ()) a -> m () k