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Brenden Matthews 589b240360 Fix create/destroy/set/get Lua Rsvg functions.
We need an interface to be able to create/destroy/set/get the
RsvgRectangle and RsvgDimensionData structs via Lua, which were missing
or incomplete.

Documentation was also missing, which has been updated.
2022-10-16 13:00:05 -04:00

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# See README.md for details on doc processing.
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# The `desc` field can be formatted with markdown, but please do not include
# headings (lines beginning with `#`) in the `desc` field.
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# The supported fields are:
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# * `name`: the name of the thing
# * `desc`: a markdown-formatted description of the thing
# * `args`: optional list of arguments
# * `default`: an optional default value, if applicable
---
desc: |-
Conky features a Lua Programming API, and also ships with Lua bindings
for some useful libraries. Note that the bindings require tolua++, which
currently only compiles against Lua 5.1.
To use Lua Conky, you first need to make sure you have a version of
Conky with Lua support enabled (`conky -v` will report this).
Conky defines certain global functions and variables which can be
accessed from Lua code running in Conky. Scripts must first be loaded
using the lua_load configuration option. You then call functions in Lua
via Conky's $lua, $lua_read, and Lua hooks.
Be careful when creating threaded objects through the Lua API. You could
wind up with a whole bunch of threads running if a thread is created
with each iteration.
NOTE: In order to accommodate certain features in the cairo library's
API, Conky will export a few additional functions for the creation of
certain structures. These are documented below.
values:
- name: cairo_font_extents_t:create()
desc: |-
Call this function to return a new cairo_font_extents_t
structure. A creation function for this structure is not provided
by the cairo API.
After calling this, you should use
`tolua.takeownership(cfe)` on the return value to ensure ownership is
passed properly.
- name: cairo_font_extents_t:destroy(structure)
desc: |-
Call this function to free memory allocated by
cairo_font_extents_t:create.
You should call `tolua.releaseownership(cfe)` before calling this function to
avoid double-frees, but only if you previously called
`tolua.takeownership(cfe)`
- name: cairo_matrix_t:create()
desc: |-
Call this function to return a new cairo_matrix_t structure.
A creation function for this structure is not provided by the
cairo API.
After calling this, you should use
`tolua.takeownership(cm)` on the return value to ensure ownership is
passed properly.
- name: cairo_matrix_t:destroy(structure)
desc: |-
Call this function to free memory allocated by
cairo_matrix_t:create.
You should call `tolua.releaseownership(cm)` before calling this function to
avoid double-frees, but only if you previously called
`tolua.takeownership(cm)`
- name: cairo_text_extents_t:create()
desc: |-
Call this function to return a new cairo_text_extents_t
structure. A creation function for this structure is not provided
by the cairo API.
After calling this, you should use
`tolua.takeownership(cte)` on the return value to ensure ownership is
passed properly.
- name: cairo_text_extents_t:destroy(structure)
desc: |-
Call this function to free memory allocated by
cairo_text_extents_t:create.
You should call `tolua.releaseownership(cte)` before calling this function to
avoid double-frees, but only if you previously called
`tolua.takeownership(cte)`
- name: conky_build_arch
desc: |-
A string containing the build architecture for this
particular instance of Conky.
- name: conky_build_date
desc: |-
A string containing the build date for this particular
instance of Conky.
- name: conky_build_info
desc: |-
A string containing the build info for this particular
instance of Conky, including the version, build date, and
architecture.
- name: conky_config
desc: |-
A string containing the path of the current Conky
configuration file.
- name: conky_info
desc: |-
This table contains some information about Conky's internal
data. The following table describes the values contained:
| Key | Value |
|-----------------|---------------------------------------|
| update_interval | Conky's update interval (in seconds). |
- name: conky_parse(string)
desc: |-
This function takes a string that is evaluated as per
Conky's TEXT section, and then returns a string with the
result.
- name: conky_set_update_interval(number)
desc: |-
Sets Conky's update interval (in seconds) to
'number'.
- name: conky_version
desc: |-
A string containing the version of the current instance of
Conky.
- name: conky_window
desc: |-
This table contains some information about Conky's window.
The following table describes the values contained:
| Key | Value |
|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| drawable | Window's drawable (Xlib Drawable), requires Lua extras enabled at compile time. |
| visual | Window's visual (Xlib Visual), requires Lua extras enabled at compile time. |
| display | Window's display (Xlib Display), requires Lua extras enabled at compile time. |
| width | Window width (in pixels). |
| height | Window height (in pixels). |
| border_inner_margin | Window's inner border margin (in pixels). |
| border_outer_margin | Window's outer border margin (in pixels). |
| border_width | Window's border width (in pixels). |
| text_start_x | The x component of the starting coordinate of text drawing. |
| text_start_y | The y component of the starting coordinate of text drawing. |
| text_width | The width of the text drawing region. |
| text_height | The height of the text drawing region. |
NOTE: This table is only defined when X support is
enabled.
- name: RsvgRectangle:create()
desc: |-
Call this method to return a new RsvgRectangle
structure. A creation function for this structure is not provided
by the Rsvg API.
After calling this, you should use `tolua.takeownership(rect)` on the return
value to ensure ownership is passed properly.
- name: RsvgRectangle:destroy()
desc: |-
Call this method to free memory allocated by
`RsvgRectangle:create`.
You should call `tolua.releaseownership(rect)` before calling this function to
avoid double-frees, but only if you previously called
`tolua.takeownership(rect)`
- name: RsvgRectangle:set(x, y, width, height)
desc: |-
Sets the values of an existing RsvgRectangle.
- name: RsvgRectangle:get()
desc: |-
Gets the values of an existing RsvgRectangle.
- name: RsvgDimensionData:create()
desc: |-
Call this method to return a new RsvgDimensionData
structure. A creation function for this structure is not provided
by the Rsvg API.
After calling this, you should use `tolua.takeownership(rect)` on the return
value to ensure ownership is passed properly.
- name: RsvgDimensionData:destroy()
desc: |-
Call this method to free memory allocated by
`RsvgDimensionData:create`.
You should call `tolua.releaseownership(dd)` before calling this function to
avoid double-frees, but only if you previously called
`tolua.takeownership(dd)`
- name: RsvgDimensionData:set(x, y, width, height)
desc: |-
Sets the values of an existing RsvgDimensionData.
- name: RsvgDimensionData:get()
desc: |-
Gets the values of an existing RsvgDimensionData.