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/* variables.c -- How to manipulate user visible variables in Info.
   $Id: variables.c,v 1.1.1.2 1998/03/22 20:43:01 law Exp $

   This file is part of GNU Info, a program for reading online documentation
   stored in Info format.

   Copyright (C) 1993, 97 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
   any later version.

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

   Written by Brian Fox (bfox@ai.mit.edu). */

#include "info.h"
#include "variables.h"

/* **************************************************************** */
/*                                                                  */
/*                  User Visible Variables in Info                  */
/*                                                                  */
/* **************************************************************** */

/* Choices used by the completer when reading a zero/non-zero value for
   a variable. */
static char *on_off_choices[] = { "Off", "On", (char *)NULL };

VARIABLE_ALIST info_variables[] = {
  { "automatic-footnotes",
      N_("When \"On\", footnotes appear and disappear automatically"),
      &auto_footnotes_p, (char **)on_off_choices },

  { "automatic-tiling",
      N_("When \"On\", creating or deleting a window resizes other windows"),
      &auto_tiling_p, (char **)on_off_choices },

  { "visible-bell",
      N_("When \"On\", flash the screen instead of ringing the bell"),
      &terminal_use_visible_bell_p, (char **)on_off_choices },

  { "errors-ring-bell",
      N_("When \"On\", errors cause the bell to ring"),
      &info_error_rings_bell_p, (char **)on_off_choices },

  { "gc-compressed-files",
      N_("When \"On\", Info garbage collects files which had to be uncompressed"),
      &gc_compressed_files, (char **)on_off_choices },
  { "show-index-match",
      N_("When \"On\", the portion of the matched search string is highlighted"),
      &show_index_match, (char **)on_off_choices },

  { "scroll-behaviour",
      N_("Controls what happens when scrolling is requested at the end of a node"),
      &info_scroll_behaviour, (char **)info_scroll_choices },

  { "scroll-step",
      N_("The number lines to scroll when the cursor moves out of the window"),
      &window_scroll_step, (char **)NULL },

  { "ISO-Latin",
      N_("When \"On\", Info accepts and displays ISO Latin characters"),
      &ISO_Latin_p, (char **)on_off_choices },

  { (char *)NULL, (char *)NULL, (int *)NULL, (char **)NULL }
};

DECLARE_INFO_COMMAND (describe_variable, _("Explain the use of a variable"))
{
  VARIABLE_ALIST *var;
  char *description;

  /* Get the variable's name. */
  var = read_variable_name (_("Describe variable: "), window);

  if (!var)
    return;

  description = (char *)xmalloc (20 + strlen (var->name)
				 + strlen (_(var->doc)));

  if (var->choices)
    sprintf (description, "%s (%s): %s.",
             var->name, var->choices[*(var->value)], _(var->doc));
  else
    sprintf (description, "%s (%d): %s.",
	     var->name, *(var->value), _(var->doc));

  window_message_in_echo_area ("%s", description);
  free (description);
}

DECLARE_INFO_COMMAND (set_variable, _("Set the value of an Info variable"))
{
  VARIABLE_ALIST *var;
  char *line;

  /* Get the variable's name and value. */
  var = read_variable_name (_("Set variable: "), window);

  if (!var)
    return;

  /* Read a new value for this variable. */
  {
    char prompt[100];

    if (!var->choices)
      {
        int potential_value;

        if (info_explicit_arg || count != 1)
          potential_value = count;
        else
          potential_value = *(var->value);

        sprintf (prompt, _("Set %s to value (%d): "),
                 var->name, potential_value);
        line = info_read_in_echo_area (active_window, prompt);

        /* If no error was printed, clear the echo area. */
        if (!info_error_was_printed)
          window_clear_echo_area ();

        /* User aborted? */
        if (!line)
          return;

        /* If the user specified a value, get that, otherwise, we are done. */
        canonicalize_whitespace (line);
        if (*line)
          *(var->value) = atoi (line);
        else
          *(var->value) = potential_value;

        free (line);
      }
    else
      {
        register int i;
        REFERENCE **array = (REFERENCE **)NULL;
        int array_index = 0;
        int array_slots = 0;

        for (i = 0; var->choices[i]; i++)
          {
            REFERENCE *entry;

            entry = (REFERENCE *)xmalloc (sizeof (REFERENCE));
            entry->label = xstrdup (var->choices[i]);
            entry->nodename = (char *)NULL;
            entry->filename = (char *)NULL;

            add_pointer_to_array
              (entry, array_index, array, array_slots, 10, REFERENCE *);
          }

        sprintf (prompt, _("Set %s to value (%s): "),
                 var->name, var->choices[*(var->value)]);

        /* Ask the completer to read a variable value for us. */
        line = info_read_completing_in_echo_area (window, prompt, array);

        info_free_references (array);

        if (!echo_area_is_active)
          window_clear_echo_area ();

        /* User aborted? */
        if (!line)
          {
            info_abort_key (active_window, 0, 0);
            return;
          }

        /* User accepted default choice?  If so, no change. */
        if (!*line)
          {
            free (line);
            return;
          }

        /* Find the choice in our list of choices. */
        for (i = 0; var->choices[i]; i++)
          if (strcmp (var->choices[i], line) == 0)
            break;

        if (var->choices[i])
          *(var->value) = i;
      }
  }
}

/* Read the name of an Info variable in the echo area and return the
   address of a VARIABLE_ALIST member.  A return value of NULL indicates
   that no variable could be read. */
VARIABLE_ALIST *
read_variable_name (prompt, window)
     char *prompt;
     WINDOW *window;
{
  register int i;
  char *line;
  REFERENCE **variables;

  /* Get the completion array of variable names. */
  variables = make_variable_completions_array ();

  /* Ask the completer to read a variable for us. */
  line =
    info_read_completing_in_echo_area (window, prompt, variables);

  info_free_references (variables);

  if (!echo_area_is_active)
    window_clear_echo_area ();

  /* User aborted? */
  if (!line)
    {
      info_abort_key (active_window, 0, 0);
      return ((VARIABLE_ALIST *)NULL);
    }

  /* User accepted "default"?  (There is none.) */
  if (!*line)
    {
      free (line);
      return ((VARIABLE_ALIST *)NULL);
    }

  /* Find the variable in our list of variables. */
  for (i = 0; info_variables[i].name; i++)
    if (strcmp (info_variables[i].name, line) == 0)
      break;

  if (!info_variables[i].name)
    return ((VARIABLE_ALIST *)NULL);
  else
    return (&(info_variables[i]));
}

/* Make an array of REFERENCE which actually contains the names of the
   variables available in Info. */
REFERENCE **
make_variable_completions_array ()
{
  register int i;
  REFERENCE **array = (REFERENCE **)NULL;
  int array_index = 0, array_slots = 0;

  for (i = 0; info_variables[i].name; i++)
    {
      REFERENCE *entry;

      entry = (REFERENCE *) xmalloc (sizeof (REFERENCE));
      entry->label = xstrdup (info_variables[i].name);
      entry->nodename = (char *)NULL;
      entry->filename = (char *)NULL;

      add_pointer_to_array
        (entry, array_index, array, array_slots, 200, REFERENCE *);
    }

  return (array);
}