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2.5 KiB
Tcl
78 lines
2.5 KiB
Tcl
<TeXmacs|1.0.7.18>
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<style|tmdoc>
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<\body>
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<tmdoc-title|Example of a plug-in with <scheme> code>
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<paragraph*|The <verbatim|world> plug-in>
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Consider the <verbatim|world> plug-in in the directory
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<\verbatim>
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\ \ \ \ $TEXMACS_PATH/examples/plugins
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</verbatim>
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This plug-in shows how to extend <TeXmacs> with some additional <scheme>
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code in the file
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<\verbatim>
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\ \ \ \ <example-plugin-link|world/progs/init-world.scm>
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</verbatim>
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In order to test the <verbatim|world> plug-in, you should recursively copy
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the directory
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<\verbatim>
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\ \ \ \ $TEXMACS_PATH/examples/plugins/world
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</verbatim>
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to <verbatim|$TEXMACS_PATH/plugins> or <verbatim|$TEXMACS_HOME_PATH/plugins>.
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When relaunching <TeXmacs>, the plug-in should now be automatically
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recognized (a <menu|World> menu should appear in the menu bar).
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<paragraph*|How it works>
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The file <verbatim|init-world.scm> essentially contains the following code:
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<\scm-code>
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(plugin-configure world
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\ \ (:require #t))
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\;
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(when (supports-world?)
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\ \ (display* "Using world plug-in!\\n"))
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</scm-code>
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The configuration option <scm|:require> specifies a condition which needs
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to be satisfied for the plug-in to be detected by <TeXmacs> (later on, this
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will for instance allow us to check whether certain programs exist on the
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system). The configuration is aborted if the requirement is not fulfilled.
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Assuming that the configuration succeeds, the <verbatim|supports-world?>
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predicate will evaluate to <verbatim|#t>. In our example, the body of the
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<scm|when> statement corresponds to some further initialization code, which
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just sends a message to the standard output that we are using our plug-in.
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In general, this kind of initialization code should be very short and
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rather load a module which takes care of the real initialization. Indeed,
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keeping the <verbatim|init-<em|myplugin>.scm> files simple will reduce the
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startup time of<nbsp><TeXmacs>.
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<tmdoc-copyright|1998--2002|Joris van der Hoeven>
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<tmdoc-license|Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
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or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
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Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
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Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free
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Documentation License".>
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</body>
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<\initial>
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<\collection>
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<associate|language|english>
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</collection>
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</initial> |