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/* Note: this file is for Doxygen only. */
 
/**
 * @file pluginsignals.c
 * Plugin Signals
 *
 *
 * @section Usage
 *
 * To use plugin signals in Geany, you have two options:
 *
 * -# Create a PluginCallback array with the @ref plugin_callbacks symbol. List the signals
 *    you want to listen to and create the appropriate signal callbacks for each signal.
 *    The callback array is read @a after plugin_init() has been called.
 * -# Use plugin_signal_connect(), which can be called at any time and can also connect
 *    to non-Geany signals (such as GTK widget signals).
 *
 * This page lists the signal prototypes, but you connect to them using the
 * string name (which by convention uses @c - hyphens instead of @c _ underscores).
 *
 * E.g. @c "document-open" for @ref document_open.
 *
 * The following code demonstrates how to use signals in Geany plugins. The code can be inserted
 * in your plugin code at any desired position.
 *
 * @code
static void on_document_open(GObject *obj, GeanyDocument *doc, gpointer user_data)
{
    printf("Example: %s was opened\n", DOC_FILENAME(doc));
}
 
PluginCallback plugin_callbacks[] =
{
    { "document-open", (GCallback) &on_document_open, FALSE, NULL },
    { NULL, NULL, FALSE, NULL }
};
 * @endcode
 * @note The PluginCallback array has to be ended with a final @c NULL entry.
 */
 
/** Sent when a new document is created.
 *
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param doc the new document.
 * @param user_data user data.
 */
signal void (*document_new)(GObject *obj, GeanyDocument *doc, gpointer user_data);
 
/** Sent when a new document is opened.
 *
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param doc the opened document.
 * @param user_data user data.
 */
signal void (*document_open)(GObject *obj, GeanyDocument *doc, gpointer user_data);
 
/** Sent when an existing document is reloaded.
 *
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param doc the re-opened document.
 * @param user_data user data.
 *
 * @since 0.21
 */
signal void (*document_reload)(GObject *obj, GeanyDocument *doc, gpointer user_data);
 
/** Sent before a document is saved.
 *
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param doc the document to be saved.
 * @param user_data user data.
 */
signal void (*document_before_save)(GObject *obj, GeanyDocument *doc, gpointer user_data);
 
/** Sent when a new document is saved.
 *
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param doc the saved document.
 * @param user_data user data.
 */
signal void (*document_save)(GObject *obj, GeanyDocument *doc, gpointer user_data);
 
 
/** Sent after the filetype of a document has been changed.
 *
 * The previous filetype object is passed but it can be NULL (e.g. at startup).
 * The new filetype can be read with: @code
 *     GeanyFiletype *ft = doc->file_type;
 * @endcode
 *
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param doc the saved document.
 * @param filetype_old the previous filetype of the document.
 * @param user_data user data.
 */
signal void (*document_filetype_set)(GObject *obj, GeanyDocument *doc, GeanyFiletype *filetype_old, gpointer user_data);
 
/** Sent when switching notebook pages.
 *
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param doc the current document.
 * @param user_data user data.
 */
signal void (*document_activate)(GObject *obj, GeanyDocument *doc, gpointer user_data);
 
/** Sent before closing a document.
 *
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param doc the document about to be closed.
 * @param user_data user data.
 */
signal void (*document_close)(GObject *obj, GeanyDocument *doc, gpointer user_data);
 
/** Sent after a project is opened but before session files are loaded.
 *
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param config an existing GKeyFile object which can be used to read and write data.
 *        It must not be closed or freed.
 * @param user_data user data.
 */
signal void (*project_open)(GObject *obj, GKeyFile *config, gpointer user_data);
 
/** Sent when a project is saved (happens when the project is created, the properties
 *  dialog is closed, before the project is closed, when Geany automatically
 *  saves its configuration by opening/closing documents or when Geany is exited).
 *  This signal is emitted shortly before Geany will write the contents of the
 *  GKeyFile to the disc.
 *
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param config an existing GKeyFile object which can be used to read and write data.
 *        It must not be closed or freed.
 * @param user_data user data.
 */
signal void (*project_save)(GObject *obj, GKeyFile *config, gpointer user_data);
 
/** Sent after a project is closed.
 *
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param user_data user data.
 */
signal void (*project_close)(GObject *obj, gpointer user_data);
 
/** Sent before a project is closed.
 *
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param user_data user data.
 *
 * @since 1.29 (API 230)
 */
signal void (*project_before_close)(GObject *obj, gpointer user_data);
 
/** Sent after a project dialog is opened but before it is displayed. Plugins
 *  can append their own project settings tabs by using this signal.
 *
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param notebook a GtkNotebook instance that can be used by plugins to append their
 *        settings tabs.
 * @param user_data user data.
 */
signal void (*project_dialog_open)(GObject *obj, GtkWidget *notebook, gpointer user_data);
 
/** Sent when the settings dialog is confirmed by the user. Plugins can use
 *  this signal to read the settings widgets previously added by using the
 *  @c project-dialog-open signal.
 *
 * @warning The dialog will still be running afterwards if the user chose 'Apply'.
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param notebook a GtkNotebook instance that can be used by plugins to read their
 *        settings widgets.
 * @param user_data user data.
 */
signal void (*project_dialog_confirmed)(GObject *obj, GtkWidget *notebook, gpointer user_data);
 
/** Sent before project dialog is closed. By using this signal, plugins can remove
 *  tabs previously added in project-dialog-open signal handler.
 *
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param notebook a GtkNotebook instance that can be used by plugins to remove
 *        settings tabs previously added in the project-dialog-open signal handler.
 * @param user_data user data.
 */
signal void (*project_dialog_close)(GObject *obj, GtkWidget *notebook, gpointer user_data);
 
/** Sent once Geany has finished all initialization and startup tasks and the GUI has been
 *  realized. This signal is the very last step in the startup process and is sent once
 *  the GTK main event loop has been entered.
 *
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param user_data user data.
 */
signal void (*geany_startup_complete)(GObject *obj, gpointer user_data);
 
/** Sent before build is started. A plugin could use this signal e.g. to save all unsaved documents
 *  before the build starts.
 *
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param user_data user data.
 */
signal void (*build_start)(GObject *obj, gpointer user_data);
 
/** Sent before the popup menu of the editing widget is shown. This can be used to modify or extend
 *  the popup menu.
 *
 * @note You can add menu items from @c plugin_init() using @c geany->main_widgets->editor_menu,
 *       remembering to destroy them in @c plugin_cleanup().
 *
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param word the current word (in UTF-8 encoding) below the cursor position
 *        where the popup menu will be opened.
 * @param pos the cursor position where the popup will be opened.
 * @param doc the current document.
 * @param user_data user data.
 */
signal void (*update_editor_menu)(GObject *obj, const gchar *word, gint pos, GeanyDocument *doc,
        gpointer user_data);
 
/** Sent whenever something in the editor widget changes.
 *
 * E.g. Character added, fold level changes, clicks to the line number margin.
 * A detailed description of possible notifications and the SCNotification can be found at
 * http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html#Notifications.
 *
 * If you connect to this signal, you must check @c nt->nmhdr.code for the notification type
 * to prevent handling unwanted notifications. This is important because for instance SCN_UPDATEUI
 * is sent very often whereas you probably don't want to handle this notification.
 *
 * By default, the signal is sent before Geany's default handler is processing the event.
 * Your callback function should return FALSE to allow Geany processing the event as well. If you
 * want to prevent this for some reason, return TRUE.
 * Please use this with care as it can break basic functionality of Geany.
 *
 * The signal can be sent after Geany's default handler has been run when you set
 * PluginCallback::after field to TRUE.
 *
 * An example callback implementation of this signal can be found in the Demo plugin.
 *
 * @warning This signal has much power and should be used carefully. You should especially
 *          care about the return value; make sure to return TRUE only if it is necessary
 *          and in the correct situations.
 *
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param editor The current GeanyEditor.
 * @param nt A pointer to the SCNotification struct which holds additional information for
 *           the event.
 * @param user_data user data.
 * @return @c TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event.
 *         @c FALSE to propagate the event further.
 *
 * @since 0.16
 */
signal gboolean (*editor_notify)(GObject *obj, GeanyEditor *editor, SCNotification *nt,
        gpointer user_data);
 
/** Sent whenever a key is pressed.
 *
 * This signal allows plugins to receive key press events before they are processed
 * by Geany. Plugins can then process key presses before Geany and decide,
 * whether Geany should receive the key press event or not.
 *
 * @warning This signal should be used carefully. If multiple plugins use this
 *          signal, the result could be unpredictble depending on which plugin
 *          receives the signal first.
 *
 * @param obj a GeanyObject instance, should be ignored.
 * @param key The GdkEventKey corresponding to the key press.
 * @param user_data user data.
 * @return @c TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event.
 *         @c FALSE to propagate the event further.
 *
 * @since 1.34
 */
signal gboolean (*key_press)(GObject *obj, GdkEventKey *key, gpointer user_data);