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authorRobin Krahl <robin.krahl@ireas.org>2019-01-08 02:11:55 +0000
committerRobin Krahl <robin.krahl@ireas.org>2019-01-08 04:54:00 +0100
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Implement message boxes using the dialog backend
This patch adds a first dialog box type, message boxes, and a first backend, the dialog(1) tool. It does not yet address the problems of output handling and backend selection.
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-rw-r--r--src/backends/dialog.rs90
-rw-r--r--src/backends/mod.rs22
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diff --git a/src/backends/dialog.rs b/src/backends/dialog.rs
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+// Copyright (C) 2019 Robin Krahl <robin.krahl@ireas.org>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+use std::io;
+use std::io::Result;
+use std::process;
+
+use crate::Message;
+
+/// The `dialog` backend.
+///
+/// This backend uses the external `dialog` program (not to be confused with this crate also called
+/// `dialog`) to display text-based dialog boxes in the terminal.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Dialog {
+ backtitle: Option<String>,
+ width: String,
+ height: String,
+}
+
+impl Dialog {
+ /// Creates a new `Dialog` instance without configuration.
+ pub fn new() -> Dialog {
+ Dialog {
+ backtitle: None,
+ height: "0".to_string(),
+ width: "0".to_string(),
+ }
+ }
+
+ fn execute(&self, args: Vec<&str>) -> Result<process::ExitStatus> {
+ let mut args = args;
+ if let Some(ref backtitle) = self.backtitle {
+ args.insert(0, "--backtitle");
+ args.insert(1, backtitle);
+ }
+ println!("{:?}", args);
+ process::Command::new("dialog").args(args).status()
+ }
+
+ /// Sets the backtitle for the dialog boxes.
+ ///
+ /// The backtitle is displayed on the backdrop, at the top of the screen.
+ pub fn set_backtitle(&mut self, backtitle: impl Into<String>) {
+ self.backtitle = Some(backtitle.into());
+ }
+
+ /// Sets the height of the dialog boxes.
+ ///
+ /// The height is given in characters. The actual height of the dialog box might be higher
+ /// than the given height if the content would not fit otherwise. The default height is zero.
+ pub fn set_height(&mut self, height: u32) {
+ self.height = height.to_string();
+ }
+
+ /// Sets the width of the dialog boxes.
+ ///
+ /// The width is given in characters. The actual width of the dialog box might be higher than
+ /// the given width if the content would not fit otherwise. The default width is zero.
+ pub fn set_width(&mut self, width: u32) {
+ self.width = width.to_string();
+ }
+
+ fn show_box(&self, args: Vec<&str>, title: &Option<String>) -> Result<process::ExitStatus> {
+ let mut args = args;
+ if let Some(ref title) = title {
+ args.insert(0, "--title");
+ args.insert(1, title);
+ }
+ args.push(&self.height);
+ args.push(&self.width);
+ self.execute(args)
+ }
+}
+
+fn require_success(status: process::ExitStatus) -> Result<()> {
+ if status.success() {
+ Ok(())
+ } else {
+ Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "dialog failed"))
+ }
+}
+
+impl super::Backend for Dialog {
+ fn show_message(&self, message: &Message) -> Result<()> {
+ let args = vec!["--msgbox", &message.text];
+ self.show_box(args, &message.title)
+ .and_then(require_success)
+ }
+}
diff --git a/src/backends/mod.rs b/src/backends/mod.rs
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+// Copyright (C) 2019 Robin Krahl <robin.krahl@ireas.org>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+mod dialog;
+
+pub use crate::backends::dialog::Dialog;
+
+use std::io::Result;
+
+/// A dialog backend.
+///
+/// A dialog backend is a program that can be used to display dialog boxes. Use the
+/// [`default_backend`][] function to create a new instance of the default backend, or choose a
+/// backend and create an instance manually. To use a backend, pass it to the [`show_with`][]
+/// method of a dialog box.
+///
+/// [`default_backend`]: ../function.default_backend.html
+/// [`show_with`]: ../trait.DialogBox.html#method.show_with
+pub trait Backend {
+ /// Shows the given message dialog.
+ fn show_message(&self, message: &super::Message) -> Result<()>;
+}