racket/collects/browser/browser.scrbl
Matthew Flatt 6040202fb6 fix browser docs
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#lang scribble/doc
@(require scribble/manual
(for-label browser
browser/browser-unit
browser/browser-sig
browser/htmltext
browser/external
browser/tool
scheme/gui/base
net/url
framework/framework))
@(define-syntax-rule (def-ext id)
(begin
(require (for-label net/sendurl))
(define id (scheme send-url))))
@(def-ext net-send-url)
@title{@bold{Browser}: Simple HTML Rendering}
The @schememodname[browser] library provides the following
procedures and classes for parsing and viewing HTML files. The
@schememodname[browser/htmltext] library provides a simplified
interface for rendering to a subclass of the MrEd @scheme[text%]
class. The [browser/external] library provides utilities for launching
an external browser (such as Firefox).
@section[#:tag "browser"]{Browser}
@defmodule[browser]
The browser supports basic HTML commands, plus special Scheme
hyperlinks of the form @(litchar "<A MZSCHEME=sexpr>...</A>"). When
the user clicks on such a link, the string @scheme[sexpr] is parsed as
a Scheme program and evaluated. Since @scheme[sexpr] is likely to
contain Scheme strings, and since escape characters are difficult for
people to read, a @litchar{|} character in @scheme[sexpr] is
converted to a @litchar{"} character before it is parsed. Thus,
@verbatim[#:indent 2]{
<A MZSCHEME="|This goes nowhere.|">Nowhere</A>
}
creates a ``Nowhere'' hyperlink, which executes the Scheme program
@schemeblock[
"This goes nowhere."
]
The value of that program is a string. When a Scheme hyperlink returns
a string, it is parsed as a new HTML document. Thus, where the use
clicks on ``Nowhere,'' the result is a new page that says ``This goes
nowhere.''
The browser also treats comment forms containing @(litchar "MZSCHEME=sexpr")
specially. Whereas the @(litchar "<A MZSCHEME=sexpr>...</A>") form executes the
expression when the user clicks, the @(litchar "MZSCHEME") expression in a comment
is executed immediately during HTML rendering. If the result is a
string, the comment is replaced in the input HTML stream with the
content of the string. Thus,
@verbatim[#:indent 2]{
<!-- MZSCHEME="(format |<B>Here</B>: ~a| (current-directory))" -->
}
inserts the path of the current working directory into the containing
document (and ``Here'' is boldfaced). If the result is a snip instead
of a string, it replaces the comment in the document. Other types of
return values are ignored.
If the html file is being accessed as a @(litchar "file:") url, the
@scheme[current-load-relative-directory] parameter is set to the
directory during the evaluation of the mzscheme code (in both
examples). The Scheme code is executed through @scheme[eval].
The @(litchar "MZSCHEME") forms are disabled unless the web page is a
@(litchar "file:") url that points into the @scheme[doc] collection.
@defproc[(open-url [url (or/c url? string? input-port?)]) void?]{
Opens the given url
in a vanilla browser frame and returns
the frame. The frame is an instance of
@scheme[hyper-frame%].
}
@defboolparam[html-img-ok ok?]{
A parameter that determines whether the browser attempts to
download and render images.
}
@defboolparam[html-eval-ok ok?]{
A parameter that determines whether @(litchar "MZSCHEME=")
tags are evaluated.
}
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@defmixin[hyper-frame-mixin (frame%) ()]{
@defconstructor/auto-super[([url (or/c url? string? input-port?)])]{
Shows the frame and visits @scheme[url].
}
@defmethod[(get-hyper-panel%) (subclass?/c panel%)]{
Returns the class that is instantiated when the frame is created.
Must be a panel with hyper-panel-mixin mixed in. Defaults to
just returning @scheme[hyper-panel%].
}
@defmethod[(get-hyper-panel) (is-a?/c panel%)]{
Returns the hyper panel in this frame.
}
}
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@defclass[hyper-no-show-frame% (hyper-frame-mixin (frame:status-line-mixin frame:basic%)) ()]
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@defmixin[hyper-no-show-frame-mixin (frame%) ()]{
The same as the @scheme[hyper-frame-mixin], except that it
doesn't show the frame and the initialization arguments
are unchanged.
}
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@defclass[hyper-frame% (hyper-no-show-frame-mixin (frame:status-line-mixin frame:basic%)) ()]
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@defmixin[hyper-text-mixin (text%) ()]{
An instance of a @scheme[hyper-text-mixin]-extended class
should be displayed only in an instance of a class created
with @scheme[hyper-canvas-mixin].
@defconstructor/auto-super[([url (or/c url? string? input-port?)]
[status-frame (or/c (is-a?/c top-level-window<%>) false/c)]
[post-data (or/c false/c bytes?)])]{
The @scheme[url] is loaded into the @scheme[text%] object
(using the @method[hyper-text-mixin reload] method), a
top-level window for status messages and dialogs, a progress
procedure used as for @scheme[get-url], and either @scheme[#f]
or a post string to be sent to a web server (technically
changing the GET to a POST).
Sets the autowrap-bitmap to @scheme[#f].
}
@defmethod[(map-shift-style [start exact-nonnegative-integer?]
[end exact-nonnegative-integer?]
[shift-style style<%>])
void?]{
Maps the given style over the given range.
}
@defmethod[(make-link-style [start exact-nonnegative-integer?]
[end exact-nonnegative-integer?])
void?]{
Changes the style for the given range to the link style.
}
@defmethod[(get-url) (or/c url? string? input-port? false/c)]{
Returns the URL displayed by the editor, or @scheme[#f] if there
is none.
}
@defmethod[(get-title) string?]{
Gets the page's title.
}
@defmethod[(set-title [str string?]) void?]{
Sets the page's title.
}
@defmethod[(hyper-delta) style-delta%]{
Override this method to set the link style.
}
@defmethod[(add-tag [name string?] [pos exact-nonnegative-integer?]) void?]{
Installs a tag.
}
@defmethod[(find-tag [name/number (or/c string? exact-nonnegative-integer?)])
(or/c exact-nonnegative-integer? false/c)]{
Finds the location of a tag in the buffer (where tags
are installed in HTML with @(litchar "<A
NAME=\"name\">")) and returns its position. If
@scheme[name] is a number, the number is returned
(assumed to be an offset rather than a
tag). Otherwise, if the tag is not found, @scheme[#f]
is returned.
}
@defmethod[(remove-tag [name string?]) void?]{
Removes a tag.
}
@defmethod[(post-url [url (or/c string? url?)]
[post-data-bytes (or/c bytes? false/c) #f]) void?]{
Follows the link, optionally with the given post data.
}
@defmethod[(add-link [start exact-nonnegative-integer?]
[end exact-nonnegative-integer?]
[url (or/c url? string?)])
void?]{
Installs a hyperlink.
}
@defmethod[(add-scheme-callback [start exact-nonnegative-integer?]
[end exact-nonnegative-integer?]
[scheme-expr string?])
void?]{
Installs a Scheme evaluation hyperlink.
}
@defmethod[(add-thunk-callback [start exact-nonnegative-integer?]
[end exact-nonnegative-integer?]
[thunk (-> any)])
void?]{
Installs a thunk-based hyperlink.
}
@defmethod[(eval-scheme-string [str string?]) any]{
Called to handle the @(litchar "<A MZSCHEME=\"expr\">...</A>")
tag and @(litchar "<! MZSCHEME=\"expr\">") comments (see above).
Evaluates the string; if the result is a string,
it is opened as an HTML page.
}
@defmethod[(reload) void?]{
Reloads the current page.
The text defaultly uses the basic style named
@scheme["Html Standard"] in the editor (if it exists).
}
@defmethod[(remap-url [url (or/c url? string?)]) (or/c url? string?)]{
When visiting a new page, this method is called to remap
the url. The remapped url is used in place of the
original url. If this method returns @scheme[#f], the page doesn't
go anywhere.
This method may be killed (if the user clicks the
``stop'' button).
}
@defmethod[(get-hyper-keymap) (is-a?/c keymap%)]{
Returns a keymap suitable for frame-level handling of events to
redirect page-up, @|etc| to the browser canvas.
}
}
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@defclass[hyper-text% (hyper-text-mixin text:keymap%) ()]{
Extends the @scheme[text:keymap%] class to support standard
key bindings in the browser window.
}
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@defmixin[hyper-canvas-mixin (editor-canvas%) ()]{
A @scheme[hyper-can-mixin]-extended canvas's parent should be
an instance of a class derived with
@scheme[hyper-panel-mixin].
@defconstructor/auto-super[()]{
}
@defmethod[(get-editor%) (subclass?/c text%)]{
Returns the class used to implement the editor in the browser
window. It should be derived from @scheme[hyper-text%] and
should pass on the initialization arguments to
@scheme[hyper-text%].
The dynamic extent of the initialization of this
editor is called on a thread that may be killed (via a
custodian shutdown). In that case, the editor in the browser's
editor-canvas may not be an instance of this class.
}
@defmethod[(current-page) any/c]{
Returns a representation of the currently displayed page, which
includes a particular editor and a visible range within the
editor.
}
@defmethod[(goto-url [url (or/c url? string?)]
[relative-to-url (or/c url? string? false/c)]
[progress-proc (boolean? . -> . any) void]
[post-data (or/c bytes? false/c) #f])
void?]{
Changes to the given url, loading it by calling the @scheme[make-editor]
method. If @scheme[relative-to-url] is not @scheme[#f], it must be
a URL for resolving @scheme[url] as a relative URL.
@scheme[url] may also be a port, in which case,
@scheme[relative-to-url] must be @scheme[#f].
The @scheme[progress-proc] procedure is called with a boolean at the
point where the URL has been resolved and enough progress has
been made to dismiss any message that the URL is being
resolved. The procedure is called with @scheme[#t] if the URL will be
loaded into a browser window, @scheme[#f] otherwise (e.g., the user will
save the URL content to a file).
If @scheme[post-data-bytes] is a byte string instead of false, the URL
GET is changed to a POST with the given data.
}
@defmethod[(set-page [page any/c] [notify? any/c]) void?]{
Changes to the given page. If @scheme[notify?] is not @scheme[#f],
the canvas's parent is notified about the change by calling its
@scheme[leaving-page] method.
}
@defmethod[(after-set-page) void?]{
Called during @scheme[set-page]. Defaultly does nothing.
}
}
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@defmixin[hyper-panel-mixin (area-container<%>) ()]{
@defconstructor/auto-super[([info-line? any/c])]{
Creates controls and a hyper text canvas. The
controls permit a user to move back and forth in the hypertext
history.
The @scheme[info-line?] argument indicates whether the browser
should contain a line to display special @(litchar "DOCNOTE")
tags in a page. Such tags are used primarily by the PLT
documentation.}
@defmethod[(make-canvas [container (is-a?/c area-container<%>)]) void?]{
Creates the panel's hypertext canvas, an instance of a class
derived using @scheme[hyper-canvas-mixin]. This
method is called during initialization.
}
@defmethod[(get-canvas%) (subclass?/c editor-canvas%)]{
Returns the class instantiated by make-canvas. It must be derived from
@scheme[hyper-canvas-mixin].
}
@defmethod[(make-control-bar-panel [container (is-a?/c area-container<%>)])
any/c]{
Creates the panel's sub-container for the control bar containing
the navigation buttons. If @scheme[#f] is returned, the panel will
have no control bar. The default method instantiates
@scheme[horizontal-panel%].
}
@defmethod[(rewind) void?]{
Goes back one page, if possible.
}
@defmethod[(forward) void?]{
Goes forward one page, if possible.
}
@defmethod[(get-canvas) (is-a?/c editor-canvas%)]{
Gets the hypertext canvas.
}
@defmethod[(on-navigate) void?]{
Callback that is invoked any time the displayed hypertext page
changes (either by clicking on a link in the canvas or by
@scheme[rewind] or @scheme[forward] calls).
}
@defmethod[(leaving-page [page any/c] [new-page any/c])
any]{
This method is called by the hypertext canvas to notify the
panel that the hypertext page changed. The @scheme[page] is @scheme[#f]
if @scheme[new-page] is the first page for the canvas. See also
@scheme[page->editor].
}
@defmethod[(filter-notes [notes (listof string?)])
(listof string?)]{
Given the notes from a page as a list of strings (where
each string is a note), returns a single string to print
above the page.
}
@defmethod[(reload) void?]{
Reloads the currently visible page by calling the @scheme[reload]
method of the currently displayed hyper-text.
}
}
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@defclass[hyper-panel% (hyper-panel-mixin vertical-panel%) ()]
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@defproc[(editor->page [editor (is-a?/c text%)]) any/c]{
Creates a page record for the given editor,
suitable for use with the @scheme[set-page] method of
@scheme[hyper-canvas-mixin].
}
@defproc[(page->editor [page any/c]) (is-a?/c text%)]{
Extracts the editor from a page record.
}
@defparam[bullet-size n exact-nonnegative-integer?]{
Parameter controlling the point size of a
bullet.
}
@defclass[image-map-snip% snip% ()]{
Instances of this class behave like @scheme[image-snip%] objects,
except they have a @(litchar "<map> ... </map>") associated with them and
when clicking on them (in the map) they will cause their
init arg text to follow the corresponding link.
@defconstructor[([html-text (is-a?/c html-text<%>)])]{
}
@defmethod[(set-key [key string?]) void?]{
Sets the key for the image map (eg, "#key").
}
@defmethod[(get-key) string?]{
Returns the current key.
}
@defmethod[(add-area [shape string?]
[region (listof number?)]
[href string?])
void?]{
Registers the shape named by @scheme[shape] whose
coordinates are specified by @scheme[region] to go to
@scheme[href] when that region of the image
is clicked on.
}
}
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@section[#:tag "browser-unit"]{Browser Unit}
@defmodule[browser/browser-unit]
@defthing[browser@ unit?]{
Imports @scheme[mred^], @scheme[tcp^], and @scheme[url^], and exports
@scheme[browser^].}
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@section[#:tag "browser-sig"]{Browser Signature}
@defmodule[browser/browser-sig]
@defsignature[browser^ ()]{
Includes all of the bindings of the @schememodname[browser]
library.}
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@section[#:tag "html-text"]{HTML As Text Editor}
@defmodule[browser/htmltext]
@definterface[html-text<%> (text%)]{
@defmethod[(get-url) (or/c url? string? false/c)]{
Returns a base URL used for building
relative URLs, or @scheme[#f] if no base is available.
}
@defmethod[(set-title [str string?]) void?]{
Registers the title @scheme[str]
for the rendered page.
}
@defmethod[(add-link [start exact-nonnegative-integer?]
[end exact-nonnegative-integer?]
[url (or/c url? string?)])
void?]{
Registers a hyperlink for the given region in rendered page.
}
@defmethod[(add-tag [name string?] [pos exact-nonnegative-integer?]) void?]{
Installs a tag.
}
@defmethod[(make-link-style [start exact-nonnegative-integer?]
[end exact-nonnegative-integer?])
void?]{
Changes the style for the given range to the link style.
}
@defmethod[(add-scheme-callback [start exact-nonnegative-integer?]
[end exact-nonnegative-integer?]
[scheme-expr string?])
void?]{
Installs a Scheme evaluation hyperlink.
}
@defmethod[(add-thunk-callback [start exact-nonnegative-integer?]
[end exact-nonnegative-integer?]
[thunk (-> any)])
void?]{
Installs a thunk-based hyperlink.
}
@defmethod[(post-url [url (or/c string? url?)]
[post-data-bytes (or/c bytes? false/c) #f]) void?]{
Follows the link, optionally with the given post data.
}
}
@defmixin[html-text-mixin (text%) ()]{
Extends the given @scheme[text%] class with implementations of the
@scheme[html-text<%>] methods. Hyperlinks are attached to clickbacks
that use @net-send-url from @schememodname[net/sendurl].
}
}
@defproc[(render-html-to-text [in input-port?]
[dest (is-a? html-text<%>)]
[load-img? any/c]
[eval-mz? any/c])
void?]{
Reads HTML from @scheme[in] and renders it to @scheme[dest].
If @scheme[load-img?] is @scheme[#f], then images are rendered
as Xed-out boxes. If @scheme[eval-mz?] is @scheme[#f], then
@litchar{MZSCHEME} hyperlink expressions and comments are not
evaluated.
Uses the style named @scheme["Html Standard"] in the editor's
style-list (if it exists) for all of the inserted text's
default style.}
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@section[#:tag "external"]{Launching an External Browser}
@defmodule[browser/external]
@defproc[(send-url [str null] [separate-window? void #t]) null]{
Like @net-send-url from @scheme[net/sendurl] , but under Unix,
the user is prompted for a browser to use if none is recorded
in the preferences file.
}
@defproc[(browser-preference? [v any/c]) boolean?]{
Returns @scheme[#t] if @scheme[v] is a valid browser preference.
}
@defproc[(update-browser-preference [url (or/c string? false/c)]) void?]{
Under Unix, prompts the user for a browser preference and records
the user choice as a framework preference (even if one is already
recorded). If @scheme[url] is not @scheme[#f], it is used in the
dialog to explain which URL is to be opened; if it is @scheme[#f],
the @scheme['internal] will be one of the options for the user.
}
@defproc[(install-help-browser-preference-panel) void?]{
Installs a framework preference panel for ``Browser'' options.
}
@defproc[(add-to-browser-prefs-panel [proc ((is-a?/c panel%) . -> . any)]) void?]{
The @scheme[proc] is called when the ``Browser'' panel is constructed for
preferences. The supplied argument is the panel, so @scheme[proc] can add
additional option controls. If the panel is already created, @scheme[proc]
is called immediately.
}
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@section[#:tag "tool"]{DrScheme Browser Preference Panel}
@defmodule[browser/tool]
@defthing[tool@ unit?]{
A unit that implements a DrScheme tool to add the ``Browser''
preference panel.
}