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Macro

 

Examples of using macros in TheIDE

 

 

Macro.cpp

 

#include <Core/Core.h>

 

using namespace Upp;

 

CONSOLE_APP_MAIN

{

    Cout() <<

    "This application does nothing. It's only purpose is to demonstrate\n"

    "the capabilities of the macro language embeded in TheIDE.\n"

    "Try pressing Ctrl+Alt+S in TheIDE...\n";

}

 

 

 

Func.usc

 

// One of the functions used in the "Using functions" macro.

// As you can see, it can be defined in completely separate file.

fn FuncB(arg) {

    return arg + "B";

}

 

 

 

Macro.usc

 

/* Welcome to the macro examples file! */

 

// The first function only serves as an introduction.

// It is bound to a keyboard shortcut, to make it easier,

// the rest of the macros can be invoked via Macro item in the menu.

macro "Start here" Ctrl+Alt+S {

    // Open this file

    EditFile("Macro", "Macro.usc");

    // Set cursor to the start

    SetCursor(0);

    // Now you can continue reading and exploring the rest of the examples...

}

 

// Macros can call functions defined via "fn" keyword anywhere (even other files, see Func.usc).

// This is usefull e.g. when you want to share some funcionality between several macros.

macro "Using functions" {

    // This function opens the example file, moves cursor at the end and appends some strings

    // generated by functions.

    EditFile("Macro","example.txt");

    MoveTextEnd();

    Insert("\n " + FuncA("C") + FuncB("D") + " \n");

}

 

fn FuncA(arg) {

    return FuncB(arg + "A");

}

 

/* Chapter 1: Methods controlling the editor */

 

macro "1 Editor":"1.1 File name" {

    ClearConsole();

    Echo("Currently edited file is '" + FileName() + "'");

}

 

macro "1 Editor":"1.2 Opening file" {

    // EditFile can be used with package and file names, as seen here, or it can ba called

    // with single parameter containing full path to a file.

    EditFile("Macro","example.txt");

}

 

macro "1 Editor":"1.3 Closing file" {

    // Save the file first, to be sure

    SaveCurrentFile();

    // Now we can close it

    CloseFile();

}

 

/* Chapter 2: Methods for automatic text editing */

 

macro "2 Editing":"2.1 Select all" {

    // Again, make sure we use the testing file

    EditFile("Macro","example.txt");

    // This moves the cursor at the begining of file (the same can be achieved with SetCursor(0);)

    MoveTextBegin();

    // Now we move the cursor at the end of file. The parameter says that we want to select all

    // the text in between the previous and new position.

    MoveTextEnd(1);

}

 

macro "2 Editing":"2.2 Cursor position" {

    EditFile("Macro","example.txt");

    // We can get curent cursor position (in characters from start)...

    pos = GetCursor();

    // ... which can be used to calculate line number ...

    line = GetLine(pos);

    // ... and also position within the line

    col = GetColumn(pos);

    // Now we move at the end of file and insert a string summarizing what we found out

    MoveTextEnd();

    Insert("Line:"+to_string(line)+", Col:"+to_string(col)+", Pos"+to_string(pos)+"\n");

    // And finally, we put the cursor back where it originally was, just for users convenience

    SetCursor(pos);

}

 

macro "2 Editing":"2.3 File info" {

    EditFile("Macro","example.txt");

    pos = GetCursor();

    // Another set of informations we can get from the editor methods is how many text is there

    length = GetLength();

    // And also how many lines

    lines = GetLineCount();

    // Again, we append the info at the end and return to original position

    MoveTextEnd();

    Insert("Length:"+to_string(length)+", Lines:"+to_string(lines)+"\n");

    SetCursor(pos);

}

 

macro "2 Editing":"2.4 Complex example" {

    /* This function analyzes a document (example.txt) and prints a histogram of character

     * usage at the bottom. It could probably be implemented better, faster or both,

     * but it is intentionaly left as is, to demonstrate that even simple macro language

     * can be used to achieve quite complex tasks.

     */

    // how many lines should we use to print the histogram

    height = 20;

    // set active file to the example text

    EditFile("Macro", "example.txt");

    // remember cursor position, so we can return it at the end

    pos = GetCursor();

    // this is a little trick to make sure Esc knows that hist is a map, not an array

    hist[""] = 0;

    // iterate over entire document and count letters

    length = GetLength();

    for(i=0; i<length; i++){

        x = ToLower(Get(i));

        // change the key for non-printable

        if(x[0]<=32)

            x="";

        // initialize if it is first encounter, otherwise just increse value

        if(is_void(hist[x]))

            hist[x] = 1;

        else

            hist[x]++;

    }

    // delete non-printable

    hist[""] = void;

    // make a line of '=' with same length as we have columns

    sep = "+" + len(hist) * "-" + "+";

    // insert top line

    MoveTextEnd();

    Insert("\n"+sep+"\n");

    MoveTextEnd();

    // compute maximum for scaling

    max = height;

    for(i in hist)

        if(hist[i]>max)

            max = hist[i];

    // get sort order

    k = sort(keys(hist));

    // plot the histogram, left to right, top to bottom

    for(i=height; i>0; --i){

        Insert("|");

        MoveRight();

        for(j in k){

            if(hist[k[j]]/max*height >= i)

                Insert("#");

            else

                Insert(" ");

            MoveRight();

        }

        // print y-axis legend

        Insert("|"+to_string(int(i*max/height))+"\n");

        MoveTextEnd();

    }

    //insert bottom line

    Insert(sep+"\n");

    MoveTextEnd();

    // print x-axis legend

    Insert(" ");

    MoveRight();

    for(j in k) {

        Insert(k[j]);

        MoveRight();

    }

    Insert("\n");

    // return cursor to original position

    SetCursor(pos);

}

 

macro "3 User interaction":"3.1 Using console" {

    // It is a good idea to clean the console before printing something in it, because text

    // left from previous actions might confuse the user

    ClearConsole();

    // You already seen Echo being used to inform user in some of the examples above...

    // Important point is, that the console will be shown if it is hidden as soon

    // as you Echo() something.

    Echo("Hello wolrd!", "This is just a test...");

}

 

macro "3 User interaction":"3.2 Input" {

    ClearConsole();

    // The Input() function can be called to get some values from user. It returns array

    // of strings containing the values entered into the dialog.

    a = Input("Some number","Some string");

    // If you want to use it to get some number, you need to convert it from string and check

    // that it was really a number

    n = to_number(a[0]);

    if (is_void(n)){

        Echo("ERROR: '" + a[0] + "' is not a number.");

        return;

    }

    // Now you can safely use the obtained data

    Echo("The entered number was "+to_string(n),

         "The string was '" + a[1] + "'");

}

 

/* Chapter 4: Methods that give you informations about the development environment */

 

macro "4 Informative":"4.1 Package info" {

    ClearConsole();

    // There are 4 functions that can be used to find out what packages and files current

    // project consists of.

    Echo("ActivePackage()=\"" + ActivePackage() + "\"",

         "MainPackage()=\"" + MainPackage() + "\"",

         "PackageDir()=\"" + PackageDir() + "\"",

         "PackageDir(\"plugin/z\")=\"" + PackageDir("plugin/z") + "\"",

         "PackageFiles()=" + to_string(PackageFiles()),

         "PackageFiles(\"plugin/z\")=" + to_string(PackageFiles("plugin/z")));

    // Additionaly, the two of them which accept package name as a parameter can be also used

    // to query packages not used in current project

    Echo("PackageDir(\"plugin/gif\")=\"" + PackageDir("plugin/gif") + "\"",

         "PackageFiles(\"plugin/gif\")=" + to_string(PackageFiles("plugin/gif")));

}

 

macro "4 Informative":"4.2 Build config info" {

    ClearConsole();

    // Another four methods inform about the build environment settings

    Echo("Assembly()=\"" + Assembly() + "\"",

         "Flags()=" + to_string(Flags()),

         "BuildMethod()=\"" + BuildMethod() + "\"",

         "BuildMode()=\"" + to_string(BuildMode()) + "\"");

    // You might have noticed that BuildMode() returns number, but it can be easily converted:

    modes = [ "Debug", "Optional", "Speed", "Size" ];

    Echo("Build mode is set to '" + modes[BuildMode()] + "'.");

}

 

macro "5 Executing/Building":"5.1 Execute" {

    ClearConsole();

    // An external command can be executed with Execute, the output will be printed in console

    Execute("echo Hello world");

}

 

macro "5 Executing/Building":"5.2 Launch" {

    // this should work on Win and do nothing on Linux

    Launch("cmd.exe");

    // this should do nothing on Win and work on Linux

    Launch("/usr/bin/xterm");

}

 

macro "5 Executing/Building":"5.3 Build" {

    ClearConsole();

    // Build can be used to automatically build current project.

    Build();

}

 

macro "5 Executing/Building":"5.4 BuildProject" {

    ClearConsole();

    // Get .upp file location for another package

    upp = PackageDir("umk") + "/umk.upp";

    // Build that package with SSE2 build flag

    BuildProject(upp, "SSE2");

}

 

 

 

 

 

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