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mousefunc option patch : Patch set to create a mousefunc option

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created by
Eric Arnold
 
script type
utility
 
description
When compiled with this patch set, gvim will have a new option, "mousefunc" which will call a user script function for every mouse event.

The zip file contains a test script which demonstrates how to do things like:


" This script tests various aspects of the "mousefunc" option:
"
" - demonstrate having the mouse move tabs in the tabline.
"
" - text hotspots: Here is mouseover |tag1| and here is |tag2|
"
" - verbose option which shows all mouse info.
"
" - mouse-follow highlighting (set s:show_bullseye)
"
" - associate actions with clicking on statusline words





From the options.txt doc file:


'mousefunc' 'mfn' string (default empty)
global
{not in Vi}
When nonempty, this option calls the given function when mouse events
(click, drag, move, etc.) are detected.  The function should accept
these arguments:
>
MouseFunc( mouse_key,
\ buf_row, buf_col, buf_vcol,
\ mouse_row, mouse_col,
\ x, y,
\ area, screen_line )
<
"mouse_key" is a string containing up to 6 chars.  It will match
against a string like:   a:mouse_key == "\<LeftMouse>".
"mouse_key" can be empty, particularly when cursor-move-only events
are delivered.  

"buf_row/col/vcol" should match line(".") and col(".") if you were
to click in a buffer at that point.

"mouse_row/col" are independent of windows and buffers.

The "x" and "y" are in pixels, and can be negative, when that
information isn't available (see also |mousefocus| to have "x" and
"y" track the mouse cursor).  

"area" is Vim's idea of where the mouse is.  Values can be:
"IN_BUFFER", "IN_UNKNOWN", "IN_SEP_LINE", "IN_STATUS_LINE".

"screen_line" contains the literal characters in "mouse_row" which
have been written to the screen, rather than any buffer.  Useful to
read what's on the statusline, tabline, and command line areas.

The function should return 0 to consume the mouse click, or 1 to
pass it on transparently.

The |mousefunc| option is set empty for the duration of the call to
prevent recursion.  Setting it again during the call could have
unexpected problems.

It intercepts the mouse events at a low level, which has its good
and bad points.  The good is that you get the mouse events before
other restrictions like statusline, tabline, empty regions, etc.,
and receive mouse events while in any mode.  The bad is that you
have to watch out for things like recursion errors (i.e.  calling
getchar() from a script function while |mousefunc| is set).

This function is called often when the mouse is moving, so attention
should be given to returning early out of as many cycles as
possible.

At the moment, drag and release events are approximated based on the
last primary event (i.e. <leftmouse> or <rightmouse> ).

 
install details
The zip contains the patch files to be applied to the corresponding Vim7 source files.
 

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package script version date Vim version user release notes
mousefunc.zip 1.2 2006-05-14 7.0 Eric Arnold Now tst script fully uses tabline indexes and resize wrapping spots for TabLineSet.vim
mousefunc.zip 1.1 2006-05-14 7.0 Eric Arnold Smoother tab move code in test script.
mousefunc.zip 1.0 2006-05-12 7.0 Eric Arnold Initial upload
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