From 65654282a98cb0590d498e4ed9c924f97646f1dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aylur Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 23:22:01 +0000 Subject: docs: restructure --- docs/ags/cli-app.md | 131 --------------- docs/ags/faq.md | 290 --------------------------------- docs/ags/first-widgets.md | 400 ---------------------------------------------- docs/ags/installation.md | 65 -------- docs/ags/theming.md | 169 -------------------- docs/ags/utilities.md | 174 -------------------- docs/ags/variable.md | 141 ---------------- docs/ags/widget.md | 227 -------------------------- 8 files changed, 1597 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 docs/ags/cli-app.md delete mode 100644 docs/ags/faq.md delete mode 100644 docs/ags/first-widgets.md delete mode 100644 docs/ags/installation.md delete mode 100644 docs/ags/theming.md delete mode 100644 docs/ags/utilities.md delete mode 100644 docs/ags/variable.md delete mode 100644 docs/ags/widget.md (limited to 'docs/ags') diff --git a/docs/ags/cli-app.md b/docs/ags/cli-app.md deleted file mode 100644 index ceed56a..0000000 --- a/docs/ags/cli-app.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,131 +0,0 @@ -# CLI and App - -`App` is a singleton **instance** of [Astal.Application](https://aylur.github.io/libastal/class.Application.html). - -```ts -import { App } from "astal" -``` - -## Entry point - -:::code-group - -```ts [app.ts] -App.start({ - main() { - // setup anything - // instantiate widgets - }, -}) -``` - -::: - -:::warning -You can not instantiate widgets outside of the main function. -::: - -## Instance identifier - -You can run multiple instance by defining a unique instance name. - -```ts -App.start({ - instanceName: "my-instance", // defaults to "astal" - main() {}, -}) -``` - -## Messaging from CLI - -If you want to interact with an instance from the cli, you can do so by sending a message. - -```ts -App.start({ - main() {}, - requestHandler(request: string, res: (response: any) => void) { - if (request == "say hi") { - res("hi cli") - } - res("unknown command") - }, -}) -``` - -:::code-group - -```sh [ags] -ags -m "say hi" -# hi cli -``` - -```sh [astal] -astal say hi -# hi cli -``` - -::: - -If you want to run arbitrary JavaScript from cli, you can use `App.eval`. -It will evaluate the passed string as the body of an `async` function. - -```ts -App.start({ - main() {}, - requestHandler(js: string, res) { - App.eval(js).then(res).catch(res) - }, -}) -``` - -If the string does not contain a semicolon, a single expression is assumed and returned implicity. - -```sh -ags -m "'hello'" -# hello -``` - -If the string contains a semicolon, you have to return explicitly - -```sh -ags -m "'hello';" -# undefined - -ags -m "return 'hello';" -# hello -``` - -## App without AGS - -As mentioned before AGS is only a scaffolding tool. You can setup -a dev environment and a bundler yourself. In which case you won't be using -the ags cli to run the bundled scripts. The produced script can run as the main instance -and a "client" instance. - -The first time you run your bundled script the `main` function gets executed. -While that instance is running any subsequent execution of the script will call -the `client` function. - -:::code-group - -```ts [main.ts] -App.start({ - // main instance - main(...args: Array) { - print(...args) - }, - - // every subsequent calls - client(message: (msg: string) => string, ...args: Array) { - const res = message("you can message the main instance") - console.log(res) - }, - - // this runs in the main instance - requestHandler(request: string, res: (response: any) => void) { - res("response from main") - }, -}) -``` - -::: diff --git a/docs/ags/faq.md b/docs/ags/faq.md deleted file mode 100644 index 61c9bff..0000000 --- a/docs/ags/faq.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,290 +0,0 @@ -# Frequently asked question, common issues, tips and tricks - -## Monitor id does not match compositor - -The monitor property that windows expect is mapped by Gdk, which is not always -the same as the compositor. Instead use the `gdkmonitor` property which expects -a `Gdk.Monitor` object which you can get from compositor libraries. - -Example with Hyprland - -```tsx -import Hyprland from "gi://AstalHyprland" - -function Bar(gdkmonitor) { - return -} - -function main() { - for (const m of Hyprland.get_default().get_monitors()) { - Bar(m.gdk_monitor) - } -} - -App.start({ main }) -``` - -## Environment variables - -JavaScript is **not** an bash. - -```ts -const HOME = exec("echo $HOME") // does not work -``` - -`exec` and `execAsync` runs the passed program as is, its **not** run in a -shell environment, so the above example just passes `$HOME` as a string literal -to the `echo` program. - -:::danger Please don't do this -You could pass it to bash, but that is a horrible approach. - -```ts -const HOME = exec("bash -c 'echo $HOME'") -``` - -::: - -You can read environment variables with [GLib.getenv](https://gjs-docs.gnome.org/glib20~2.0/glib.getenv). - -```ts -import GLib from "gi://GLib" - -const HOME = GLib.getenv("HOME") -``` - -## Custom svg symbolic icons - -Put the svgs in a directory, named `-symbolic.svg` -and use `App.add_icons` or `icons` parameter in `App.start` - -:::code-group - -```ts [app.ts] -App.start({ - icons: `${SRC}/icons`, - main() { - Widget.Icon({ - icon: "custom-symbolic", // custom-symbolic.svg - css: "color: green;", // can be colored, like other named icons - }) - }, -}) -``` - -::: - -:::info -If there is a name clash with an icon from your current icon pack -the icon pack will take precedence -::: - -## Logging - -The `console` API in gjs uses glib logging functions. -If you just want to print some text as is to stdout -use the globally available `print` function or `printerr` for stderr. - -```ts -print("print this line to stdout") -printerr("print this line to stderr") -``` - -## Binding custom structures - -The `bind` function can take two types of objects. - -```ts -interface Subscribable { - subscribe(callback: (value: T) => void): () => void - get(): T -} - -interface Connectable { - connect(signal: string, callback: (...args: any[]) => unknown): number - disconnect(id: number): void -} -``` - -`Connectable` is for mostly gobjects, while `Subscribable` is for `Variables` -and custom objects. - -For example you can compose `Variables` in using a class. - -```ts -type MyVariableValue = { - number: number - string: string -} - -class MyVariable { - number = Variable(0) - string = Variable("") - - get(): MyVariableValue { - return { - number: this.number.get(), - string: this.string.get(), - } - } - - subscribe(callback: (v: MyVariableValue) => void) { - const unsub1 = this.number.subscribe((value) => { - callback({ string: value, number: this.number.get() }) - }) - - const unsub2 = this.string.subscribe((value) => { - callback({ number: value, string: this.string.get() }) - }) - - return () => { - unsub1() - unsub2() - } - } -} -``` - -Then it can be used with `bind`. - -```tsx -function MyWidget() { - const myvar = new MyVariable() - const label = bind(myvar).as(({ string, number }) => { - return `${string} ${number}` - }) - - return