# menu.rb # # Created by Gregory Thomas Brown on 2005-05-10. # Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. # # This is Free Software. See LICENSE and COPYING for details. require "highline/question" class HighLine # # Menu objects encapsulate all the details of a call to HighLine.choose(). # Using the accessors and Menu.choice() and Menu.choices(), the block passed # to HighLine.choose() can detail all aspects of menu display and control. # class Menu < Question # # Create an instance of HighLine::Menu. All customization is done # through the passed block, which should call accessors and choice() and # choices() as needed to define the Menu. Note that Menus are also # Questions, so all that functionality is available to the block as # well. # def initialize( ) # # Initialize Question objects with ignored values, we'll # adjust ours as needed. # super("Ignored", [ ], &nil) # avoiding passing the block along @items = [ ] @hidden_items = [ ] @help = Hash.new("There's no help for that topic.") @index = :number @index_suffix = ". " @select_by = :index_or_name @flow = :rows @list_option = nil @header = nil @prompt = "? " @layout = :list @shell = false @nil_on_handled = false # Override Questions responses, we'll set our own. @responses = { } # Context for action code. @highline = nil yield self if block_given? init_help if @shell and not @help.empty? end # # An _index_ to append to each menu item in display. See # Menu.index=() for details. # attr_reader :index # # The String placed between an _index_ and a menu item. Defaults to # ". ". Switches to " ", when _index_ is set to a String (like "-"). # attr_accessor :index_suffix # # The _select_by_ attribute controls how the user is allowed to pick a # menu item. The available choices are: # # :index:: The user is allowed to type the numerical # or alphabetical index for their selection. # :index_or_name:: Allows both methods from the # :index option and the # :name option. # :name:: Menu items are selected by typing a portion # of the item name that will be # auto-completed. # attr_accessor :select_by # # This attribute is passed directly on as the mode to HighLine.list() by # all the preset layouts. See that method for appropriate settings. # attr_accessor :flow # # This setting is passed on as the third parameter to HighLine.list() # by all the preset layouts. See that method for details of its # effects. Defaults to +nil+. # attr_accessor :list_option # # Used by all the preset layouts to display title and/or introductory # information, when set. Defaults to +nil+. # attr_accessor :header # # Used by all the preset layouts to ask the actual question to fetch a # menu selection from the user. Defaults to "? ". # attr_accessor :prompt # # An ERb _layout_ to use when displaying this Menu object. See # Menu.layout=() for details. # attr_reader :layout # # When set to +true+, responses are allowed to be an entire line of # input, including details beyond the command itself. Only the first # "word" of input will be matched against the menu choices, but both the # command selected and the rest of the line will be passed to provided # action blocks. Defaults to +false+. # attr_accessor :shell # # When +true+, any selected item handled by provided action code will # return +nil+, instead of the results to the action code. This may # prove handy when dealing with mixed menus where only the names of # items without any code (and +nil+, of course) will be returned. # Defaults to +false+. # attr_accessor :nil_on_handled # # Adds _name_ to the list of available menu items. Menu items will be # displayed in the order they are added. # # An optional _action_ can be associated with this name and if provided, # it will be called if the item is selected. The result of the method # will be returned, unless _nil_on_handled_ is set (when you would get # +nil+ instead). In _shell_ mode, a provided block will be passed the # command chosen and any details that followed the command. Otherwise, # just the command is passed. The @highline variable is set to # the current HighLine context before the action code is called and can # thus be used for adding output and the like. # def choice( name, help = nil, &action ) @items << [name, action] @help[name.to_s.downcase] = help unless help.nil? update_responses # rebuild responses based on our settings end # # A shortcut for multiple calls to the sister method choice(). Be # warned: An _action_ set here will apply to *all* provided # _names_. This is considered to be a feature, so you can easily # hand-off interface processing to a different chunk of code. # def choices( *names, &action ) names.each { |n| choice(n, &action) } end # Identical to choice(), but the item will not be listed for the user. def hidden( name, help = nil, &action ) @hidden_items << [name, action] @help[name.to_s.downcase] = help unless help.nil? end # # Sets the indexing style for this Menu object. Indexes are appended to # menu items, when displayed in list form. The available settings are: # # :number:: Menu items will be indexed numerically, starting # with 1. This is the default method of indexing. # :letter:: Items will be indexed alphabetically, starting # with a. # :none:: No index will be appended to menu items. # any String:: Will be used as the literal _index_. # # Setting the _index_ to :none or a literal String also adjusts # _index_suffix_ to a single space and _select_by_ to :name. # Because of this, you should make a habit of setting the _index_ first. # def index=( style ) @index = style # Default settings. if @index == :none or @index.is_a?(::String) @index_suffix = " " @select_by = :name end end # # Initializes the help system by adding a :help choice, some # action code, and the default help listing. # def init_help( ) return if @items.include?(:help) topics = @help.keys.sort help_help = @help.include?("help") ? @help["help"] : "This command will display helpful messages about " + "functionality, like this one. To see the help for " + "a specific topic enter:\n\thelp [TOPIC]\nTry asking " + "for help on any of the following:\n\n" + "<%= list(#{topics.inspect}, :columns_across) %>" choice(:help, help_help) do |command, topic| topic.strip! topic.downcase! if topic.empty? @highline.say(@help["help"]) else @highline.say("= #{topic}\n\n#{@help[topic]}") end end end # # Used to set help for arbitrary topics. Use the topic "help" # to override the default message. # def help( topic, help ) @help[topic] = help end # # Setting a _layout_ with this method also adjusts some other attributes # of the Menu object, to ideal defaults for the chosen _layout_. To # account for that, you probably want to set a _layout_ first in your # configuration block, if needed. # # Accepted settings for _layout_ are: # # :list:: The default _layout_. The _header_ if set # will appear at the top on its own line with # a trailing colon. Then the list of menu # items will follow. Finally, the _prompt_ # will be used as the ask()-like question. # :one_line:: A shorter _layout_ that fits on one line. # The _header_ comes first followed by a # colon and spaces, then the _prompt_ with menu # items between trailing parenthesis. # :menu_only:: Just the menu items, followed up by a likely # short _prompt_. # any ERb String:: Will be taken as the literal _layout_. This # String can access @header, # @menu and @prompt, but is # otherwise evaluated in the typical HighLine # context, to provide access to utilities like # HighLine.list() primarily. # # If set to either :one_line, or :menu_only, _index_ # will default to :none and _flow_ will default to # :inline. # def layout=( new_layout ) @layout = new_layout # Default settings. case @layout when :one_line, :menu_only self.index = :none @flow = :inline end end # # This method returns all possible options for auto-completion, based # on the settings of _index_ and _select_by_. # def options( ) # add in any hidden menu commands @items.concat(@hidden_items) by_index = if @index == :letter l_index = "`" @items.map { "#{l_index.succ!}" } else (1 .. @items.size).collect { |s| String(s) } end by_name = @items.collect { |c| c.first } case @select_by when :index then by_index when :name by_name else by_index + by_name end ensure # make sure the hidden items are removed, before we return @items.slice!(@items.size - @hidden_items.size, @hidden_items.size) end # # This method processes the auto-completed user selection, based on the # rules for this Menu object. If an action was provided for the # selection, it will be executed as described in Menu.choice(). # def select( highline_context, selection, details = nil ) # add in any hidden menu commands @items.concat(@hidden_items) # Find the selected action. name, action = if selection =~ /^\d+$/ @items[selection.to_i - 1] else l_index = "`" index = @items.map { "#{l_index.succ!}" }.index(selection) @items.find { |c| c.first == selection } or @items[index] end # Run or return it. if not action.nil? @highline = highline_context if @shell result = action.call(name, details) else result = action.call(name) end @nil_on_handled ? nil : result elsif action.nil? name else nil end ensure # make sure the hidden items are removed, before we return @items.slice!(@items.size - @hidden_items.size, @hidden_items.size) end # # Allows Menu objects to pass as Arrays, for use with HighLine.list(). # This method returns all menu items to be displayed, complete with # indexes. # def to_ary( ) case @index when :number @items.map { |c| "#{@items.index(c) + 1}#{@index_suffix}#{c.first}" } when :letter l_index = "`" @items.map { |c| "#{l_index.succ!}#{@index_suffix}#{c.first}" } when :none @items.map { |c| "#{c.first}" } else @items.map { |c| "#{index}#{@index_suffix}#{c.first}" } end end # # Allows Menu to behave as a String, just like Question. Returns the # _layout_ to be rendered, which is used by HighLine.say(). # def to_s( ) case @layout when :list '<%= if @header.nil? then '' else "#{@header}:\n" end %>' + "<%= list( @menu, #{@flow.inspect}, #{@list_option.inspect} ) %>" + "<%= @prompt %>" when :one_line '<%= if @header.nil? then '' else "#{@header}: " end %>' + "<%= @prompt %>" + "(<%= list( @menu, #{@flow.inspect}, #{@list_option.inspect} ) %>)" + "<%= @prompt[/\s*$/] %>" when :menu_only "<%= list( @menu, #{@flow.inspect}, #{@list_option.inspect} ) %><%= @prompt %>" else @layout end end # # This method will update the intelligent responses to account for # Menu specific differences. Calls the superclass' (Question's) # build_responses method, overriding its default arguments to specify # 'options' will be used to populate choice lists, and that # the newly built hash will predominate over the preexisting hash # for any keys that are the same. # def update_responses( ) build_responses(options, true) end end end