{ $description "A key which may be set in the hashtable passed to " { $link define-command } ". If set to a true value, the command does not take any inputs, and the value passed to " { $link invoke-command } " will be ignored. Otherwise, it takes one input." } ;
HELP:+listener+
{ $description "A key which may be set in the hashtable passed to " { $link define-command } ". If set to a true value, " { $link invoke-command } " will run the command in the listener. Otherwise it will run in the event loop." } ;
HELP:+description+
{ $description "A key which may be set in the hashtable passed to " { $link define-command } ". The value is a string displayed as part of the command's documentation by " { $link $command-map } "." } ;
{ $class-description "A command map stores a group of related commands. The " { $snippet "commands" } " slot stores an association list mapping gestures to commands, and the " { $snippet "blurb" } " slot stores an optional one-line description string of this command map."
"Defines a command map on the specified gadget class. The " { $snippet "specs" } " parameter is a sequence of pairs " { $snippet "{ gesture word }" } ". The words must be valid commands; see " { $link define-command } "."
}
{ $notes "Only one of " { $link define-command-map } " and " { $link set-gestures } " can be used on a given gadget class, since each word will overwrite the other word's definitions." } ;
{ $description "Prints the keyboard shortcut associated with " { $snippet "command" } " in the command map named " { $snippet "map" } " on the class " { $snippet "class" } "." } ;
HELP:define-command
{ $values { "word" word } { "hash" hashtable } }
{ $description "Defines a command. The hashtable can contain the following keys:"
{ $list
{ { $link +nullary+ } " - if set to a true value, the word must have stack effect " { $snippet "( -- )" } "; otherwise it must have stack effect " { $snippet "( target -- )" } }
{ { $link +listener+ } " - if set to a true value, the command will run in the listener" }
{ { $link +description+ } " - can be set to a string description of the command" }
"Commands are an abstraction layered on top of gestures. Their main advantage is that they are identified by words and can be organized into " { $emphasis "command maps" } ". This allows easy construction of buttons and tool bars for invoking commands."
{ $subsection define-command }
"Command groups are defined on gadget classes:"
{ $subsection define-command-map }
"Commands can be introspected and invoked:"
{ $subsection commands }
{ $subsection command-map }
{ $subsection invoke-command }
"Gadgets for invoking commands are documented in " { $link "ui.gadgets.buttons" } "."
$nl
"When documenting gadgets, command documentation can be automatically generated:"