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More extension documentation.

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Merlijn Wajer 2010-06-12 23:01:42 +02:00
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@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ init
Called when the Extension is initialized.
.. code-block:: pascal
:linenos:
procedure init;
begin;
@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ free
Called upon freeing the extension. Usually this means that Simba is closed.
.. code-block:: pascal
:linenos:
procedure free;
begin
@ -92,7 +90,6 @@ Called upon freeing the extension. Usually this means that Simba is closed.
From the SRL updater extension:
.. code-block:: pascal
:linenos:
procedure Free;
begin
@ -110,11 +107,11 @@ Called when your extension has been enabled.
From the SRL updater extension:
.. code-block:: pascal
:linenos:
procedure Attach;
begin;
Writeln('From now on, you shall be alerted as to when your SRL is out of date!');
Writeln('From now on, you shall be alerted as to when your SRL is'+
+'out of date!');
MainMenuItem.Visible := True;
Timer.Enabled := AutoUpdate.Checked;
end;
@ -141,7 +138,6 @@ GetName
Called when Simba requests the name of your extension.
.. code-block:: pascal
:linenos:
function GetName : string;
begin;
@ -154,7 +150,6 @@ GetVersion
Called when Simba requests the version of the extension.
.. code-block:: pascal
:linenos:
function GetVersion : string;
begin;
@ -164,8 +159,24 @@ Called when Simba requests the version of the extension.
More extension hooks
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following hooks are called upon if the event that the name describes has happened.
The following hooks are called upon if the event that the name describes has
happened.
.. code-block:: pascal
EventHooks: Array [0..8] of TEventHook =
( (HookName : 'onColourPick' ; ArgumentCount : 3),
(HookName : 'onOpenFile' ; ArgumentCount : 2),
(HookName : 'onWriteFile' ; ArgumentCount : 2),
(HookName : 'onOpenConnection'; ArgumentCount : 2),
(HookName : 'onScriptStart' ; ArgumentCount : 2),
(HookName : 'onScriptCompile' ; ArgumentCount : 1),
(HookName : 'onScriptExecute' ; ArgumentCount : 1),
(HookName : 'onScriptPause' ; ArgumentCount : 1),
(HookName : 'onScriptStop' ; ArgumentCount : 1));
For the exact arguments to all these functions, refer to
:ref:`extension-example-code`.
onOpenConnection
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@ -182,14 +193,47 @@ onColourPick
onScriptStart
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Special cases
-------------
Multiple extensions hooking onto the same event
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So what happens when multiple extensions hook onto the same event/hook?
The behaviour is currently defined, but prone to change in the near future.
Currently simply all extensions are called. The order is simple the order they
were loaded.
The behaviour will probably change to something like the following:
In loading order, extensions are called with the proper hook. As soon as one
extension returns something that is not equal to zero, it will bail and stop
calling other events. Apart from not calling other events, the hook will not
allow the action it is bound to.
Pitfalls
--------
Extensions can be very dangerous in the sense that they run on the main thread
of Simba, it is very simple to crash Simba or make it infinitely loop. There is
no way to prevent this, so make sure to check what you're doing before you try
your own (or someone else's extension)
.. _extension-example-code:
Example code
------------
Explanatory code for all:
Example code for most hooks:
.. literalinclude:: extraextensionhooks.sex
:language: pascal
:linenos:
.. note::
If you need more examples, you can always look at the Extensions in the
Simba git repository.