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Updated Lua scripting document.

Use the http: AsciiDoc macro instead of link:http:.
Identify the supported version of Lua.  Mention the related bug 742.
"Help | About" nowadays groups scripting backends under "Scripting".
Document proxy_for_hook.
The enable_systems_functions function has been removed.
The setlocale function is nowadays called os.setlocale, and it does
affect the operation of ELinks.
The execute function does not return the exit code.
Document tmpname, edit_bookmark_dialog, xdialog, set_option, get_option.
Document elinks_home.

However, I did not update the example Lua scripts.
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Kalle Olavi Niemitalo 2007-04-15 01:27:08 +03:00 committed by Kalle Olavi Niemitalo
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@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ own bookmarks system with Lua. See also contrib/lua/ for some examples of the
possibilities of ELinks Lua support.
Please do not confuse Lua scripting with JavaScript, EcmaScript, VBScript and
similiar. Those are embedded in page, allowing per-document scripting related
similar. Those are embedded in page, allowing per-document scripting related
to its presentation and providing some degree of interactivity etc. On the
contrary, the current Lua support permits scripts to be embedded to the
browser directly, changing the behaviour of the browser, not the document.
@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ The Lua scripting support comes with the stock ELinks distribution, no
additional patches and tweaks should be needed.
The web site of the original Links-Lua is at
link:http://links.sourceforge.net/links-lua/[]. Some older patches against
http://links.sourceforge.net/links-lua/[]. Some older patches against
regular Links are available at
link:http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/links/[], but they are not being
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/links/[], but they are not being
maintained.
Lua can be found at link:http://www.lua.org/[].
Lua can be found at http://www.lua.org/[].
What it runs on
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ systems should try to enable `popen` support, but this is not necessary
On systems without shared object support, simply run `make; make install`
instead.
Since ELinks 0.11.0, only version 5.0 of Lua is supported.
Future versions of ELinks will probably support Lua 5.1 too;
see http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=742[bug 742].
Installing ELinks
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@ -85,8 +89,9 @@ Running ELinks with Lua
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Simply start ELinks as you normally would. To check you have Lua support
compiled in, open up the "Help | About" dialog box. It should list "Lua"
under "Features". If not, make sure you do not have other copies of ELinks
compiled in, open up the "Help | About" dialog box. It should list
"Scripting (Lua)" under "Features".
If not, make sure you do not have other copies of ELinks
running, or start ELinks again with the "-no-connect" option on the
command-line.
@ -114,7 +119,7 @@ they're more convenient.
Note that this document assumes you have some knowledge of programming in Lua.
For that, you should refer to the Lua reference manual
(link:http://www.lua.org/docs.html[]). In fact, the language is relatively
(http://www.lua.org/docs.html[]). In fact, the language is relatively
trivial, though. You could already do wonders with simply refactoring the
example scripts.
@ -152,6 +157,12 @@ pre_format_html_hook (url, html)::
should return the modified HTML text, or `nil` if there were no
modifications.
proxy_for_hook (url)::
This hook is called when ELinks is about to load a resource
from a URL. It should return "PROXY:PORT" (e.g. "localhost:8080")
to use the specified proxy, "" to contact the origin server
directly, or `nil` to use the default proxy of the protocol.
lua_console_hook (string)::
This hook is passed the string that the user entered into the "Lua
Console" dialog box. It should return two values: the type of action
@ -177,16 +188,11 @@ Functions
As well as providing hooks, ELinks provides some functions in addition to the
standard Lua functions.
enable_systems_functions ()::
Enable some potentially dangerous functions, as well as some other
functions which were unfortunate enough to be lumped in the same group.
+
The functions are: `openfile`, `closefile`, `readfrom`, `writeto`, `appendto`,
`pipe_read`, `remove`, `rename`, `flush`, `seek`, `tmpname`, `read`, `write`
`execute`, `exit`, `clock`, `date`, `getenv`, `setlocale`.
+
Note: `setlocale` is a standard Lua function and will not affect
the current ELinks locale.
Note: The standard Lua function `os.setlocale` affects ELinks' idea of
the system locale, which ELinks uses for the "System" charset, for the
"System" language, and for formatting dates. This may however have to
be changed in a future version of ELinks, in order to properly support
terminal-specific system locales.
current_url ()::
Returns the URL of the current page being shown (in the ELinks session
@ -216,17 +222,68 @@ pipe_read (command)::
function `read` seems to crash ELinks when used in pipe-reading mode.
execute (string)::
Executes shell commands `string` and returns the exit code. Beware
Executes shell commands `string` without waiting for it to exit. Beware
that you must not read or write to stdin and stdout. And unlike the
standard Lua function of the same name, the return value is
meaningless.
tmpname ()::
Returns a unique name for a temporary file, or `nil` if no
such name is available. The returned string includes the
directory name. This function does not create the file and
does not guarantee exclusive access to it: the caller must
handle the possibility that another process creates the file
and begins using it while this function is returning.
bind_key (keymap, keystroke, function)::
Currently, `keymap` must be the string `"main"`. Keystroke is a
keystroke as you would write it in the ELinks config file
`~/.elinks/elinks.conf`. The function `function` should take no
arguments, and should return the same values as `lua_console_hook`.
edit_bookmark_dialog (cat, name, url, function)::
Displays a dialog for editing a bookmark, and returns without
waiting for the user to close the dialog. The return value is
`1` if successful, `nil` if arguments are invalid, or nothing
at all if out of memory. The first three arguments
must be strings, and the user can then edit them in input
fields. There are also 'OK' and 'Cancel' buttons in the
dialog. If the user presses 'OK', ELinks calls `function`
with the three edited strings as arguments, and it should
return similar values as in `lua_console_hook`.
xdialog (string [, more strings...], function)::
Displays a generic dialog for editing multiple strings, and
returns without waiting for the user to close the dialog.
The return value is `1` if successful, `nil` if arguments are
invalid, or nothing at all if out of memory. All arguments
except the last one must be strings, and ELinks places them
in input fields in the dialog. There can be at most 5 such
strings. There are also 'OK' and 'Cancel' buttons in the
dialog. If the user presses 'OK', ELinks calls `function`
with the edited strings as arguments, and it should return
similar values as in `lua_console_hook`.
set_option (option, value)::
Sets an ELinks option. The first argument `option` must be
the name of the option as a string. ELinks then tries to
convert the second argument `value` to match the type of the
option. If successful, `set_option` returns `value`, else
`nil`.
get_option (option)::
Returns the value of an ELinks option. The argument `option`
must be the name of the option as a string. If the option
does not exist, `get_option` returns `nil`.
Variables
^^^^^^^^^
elinks_home::
The name of the ELinks home directory, as a string. Typically
this is the .elinks subdirectory of the user's home directory.
User protocol
^^^^^^^^^^^^^