4.4 Programming the Input Bar

New input behavior can be added to the input bar by creating editing functions and binding them to keys in the *input-map* using define-key, just like other key bindings.

An input function takes 2 arguments: the input structure and the key pressed.

Function: read-one-line screen prompt &key completions initial-input require-match password

Default Values:

  completions    nil
  initial-input  ""
  require-match  nil
  password       nil

Read a line of input through stumpwm and return it. Returns nil if the user aborted.

Function: read-one-char screen

Read a single character from the user.

Function: completing-read screen prompt completions &key initial-input require-match

Default Values:

  initial-input  ""
  require-match  nil

Read a line of input through stumpwm and return it with TAB completion. Completions can be a list, an fbound symbol, or a function. If its an fbound symbol or a function then that function is passed the substring to complete on and is expected to return a list of matches. If require-match argument is non-nil then the input must match with an element of the completions.

Function: input-insert-string input string

Insert string into the input at the current position. input must be of type input-line. Input functions are passed this structure as their first argument.

Function: input-insert-char input char

Insert char into the input at the current position. input must be of type input-line. Input functions are passed this structure as their first argument.

Variable: *input-map*

This is the keymap containing all input editing key bindings.

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