gui/gui-doc/mrlib/scribblings/terminal.scrbl
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#lang scribble/doc
@(require "common.rkt"
(for-label mrlib/terminal string-constants))
@title{Terminal Window}
@defmodule[mrlib/terminal]{The @racketmodname[mrlib/terminal] library provides
a simple GUI wrapper around functions that normally would run
in command-line scripts.}
@defproc[(in-terminal [doit (-> eventspace?
(or/c (is-a?/c top-level-window<%>) #f)
void?)]
[#:container container (or/c #f (is-a?/c area-container<%>)) #f]
[#:cleanup-thunk cleanup-thunk (-> void?) void]
[#:title title string? "mrlib/terminal"]
[#:abort-label abort-label string? (string-constant plt-installer-abort-installation)]
[#:aborted-message aborted-message string? (string-constant plt-installer-aborted)]
[#:canvas-min-width canvas-min-width (or/c #f (integer-in 0 10000)) #f]
[#:canvas-min-height canvas-min-height (or/c #f (integer-in 0 10000)) #f]
[#:close-button? close-button? boolean? #t]
[#:close-label close-label string? (string-constant close)]
[#:close-callback close-callback (-> any) void])
(is-a?/c terminal<%>)]{
Creates a GUI, sets up the current error and output ports to
print into the GUI's content,
and calls @racket[doit] in a separate thread under a separate
custodian. The @racket[exit-handler] is set to a function that
shuts down the new custodian.
The GUI is created in a new @racket[frame%], unless
@racket[container] is not @racket[#f], in which case the GUI is
created as a new panel inside @racket[container]. If a frame is
created, it is provided as the second argument to @racket[doit],
otherwise the second argument to @racket[doit] is @racket[#f].
If a frame is created, its title is @racket[title].
The result of @racket[in-terminal] is a @racket[terminal<%>] object
that reports on the state of the terminal; this result is produced
just after @racket[doit] is started.
The @racket[cleanup-thunk] is called on a queued callback to the
eventspace active when @racket[in-terminal] is invoked
after @racket[doit] completes.
In addition to the I/O generated by @racket[doit], the generated GUI
contains two buttons: the abort button (with label
@racket[abort-label]) and the close button (with label
@racket[close-label]). The close button is present only
if @racket[close-button?] is @racket[#t].
When the abort button is pushed,
the newly created custodian is shut down and the
@racket[aborted-message] is printed in the dialog. The close button
becomes active when @racket[doit] returns or when the thread running
it is killed (via a custodian shut down, typically).
If @racket[container] is @racket[#f], then the close button closes
the frame; otherwise, the close button causes the container created
for the terminal's GUI to be removed from its parent.
The @racket[canvas-min-width] and @racket[canvas-min-height] are passed
to the @racket[_min-width] and @racket[_min-height] initialization arguments
of the @racket[editor-canvas%] object that holds the output generated
by @racket[doit].
The value of @racket[on-terminal-run] is invoked after @racket[doit]
returns, but not if it is aborted or an exception is raised.
The @racket[close-callback] function is called after the terminal
frame is closed or container is removed.
@history[#:changed "1.4" @elem{Added the @racket[#:close-callback] argument.}]}
@defparam[on-terminal-run run (-> void?)]{
Invoked by @racket[in-terminal].
}
@definterface[terminal<%> ()]{
The interface of a terminal status and control object produced by
@racket[in-terminal].
@defmethod[(is-closed?) boolean?]{
Returns @racket[#t] if the terminal GUI has been closed, @racket[#f]
otherwise.}
@defmethod[(close) void?]{
Closes the terminal GUI. Call this method only if @method[terminal<%>
can-close?] returns @racket[#t].}
@defmethod[(can-close?) boolean?]{
Reports whether the terminal GUI can be closed, because the terminal
process is complete (or, equivalently, whether the close button is
enabled).}
@defmethod[(can-close-evt) evt?]{
Returns a synchronizable event that becomes ready for synchronization
when the terminal GUI can be closed.}
@defmethod[(get-button-panel) (is-a?/c horizontal-panel%)]{
Returns a panel that contains the abort and close buttons.}
}