This manual documents WeeChat chat client, it is part of WeeChat.

Latest version of this document can be found on this page: http://www.weechat.org/doc

1. Introduction

WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a free chat client, fast and light, designed for many operating systems.

This manual documents WeeChat internals:

  • repository (sources, doc, …)

  • coding rules

  • core internals

  • plugin internals

  • how to contribute to WeeChat

2. Repository

WeeChat has two main repositories:

This manual documents only core repository.

2.1. Overview

The main WeeChat directories are:

Directory Description
 debian/          

Debian packaging

 src/             

Root of sources

    core/         

Core functions: entry point, internal structures

    gui/          

Functions for buffers, windows, … (used by all interfaces)

       curses/    

Curses interface

       gtk/       

Gtk interface (not working)

    plugins/      

Plugin API

       alias/     

Alias plugin

       aspell/    

Aspell plugin

       charset/   

Charset plugin

       demo/      

Demo plugin

       fifo/      

Fifo plugin (FIFO pipe used to remotely send commands to WeeChat)

       irc/       

IRC plugin

       logger/    

Logger plugin (write messages displayed to files)

       relay/     

Relay plugin (irc proxy + relay for remote interfaces)

       rmodifier/ 

Rmodifier plugin (alter modifier strings with regular expressions)

       python/    

Python scripting API

       perl/      

Perl scripting API

       ruby/      

Ruby scripting API

       lua/       

Lua scripting API

       tcl/       

Tcl scripting API

       guile/     

Guile (scheme) scripting API

       xfer/      

Xfer (IRC DCC file/chat)

 doc/             

Documentation

 po/              

Translations files (gettext)

 test/            

Weercd: WeeChat flood irc server, written in Python

2.2. Sources

2.2.1. Core

WeeChat "core" reside in following directories:

  • src/core/: core functions (for data manipulation)

  • src/gui/: functions about interface (buffers, windows, …)

Path/file Description
 core/                         

Core functions: entry point, internal structures

    weechat.c                  

Entry point, command line options, main functions, startup

    wee-backtrace.c            

Display backtrace after a segfault

    wee-command.c              

WeeChat core commands

    wee-completion.c           

Completion on command line

    wee-config-file.c          

Configuration file management

    wee-config.c               

Configuration options for WeeChat core (options weechat.*)

    wee-debug.c                

Some debug functions

    wee-hashtable.c            

Hashtables

    wee-hdata.c                

Hdata (direct access to data using hashtables)

    wee-hook.c                 

Hooks

    wee-infolist.c             

Infolists (lists built with data about objects)

    wee-input.c                

Input of commands/text

    wee-list.c                 

Sorted lists

    wee-log.c                  

Write to WeeChat log file (weechat.log)

    wee-network.c              

Network functions (connection to servers, proxy)

    wee-proxy.c                

Proxy management

    wee-string.c               

Functions on strings

    wee-upgrade-file.c         

Internal upgrade system

    wee-upgrade.c              

Upgrade for WeeChat core (buffers, lines, history, …)

    wee-url.c                  

URL transfer (using libcurl)

    wee-utf8.c                 

UTF-8 functions

    wee-util.c                 

Some other functions

 gui/                          

Functions for buffers, windows, … (used by all interfaces)

    gui-bar-item.c             

Bar items

    gui-bar-window.c           

Bar windows

    gui-bar.c                  

Bars

    gui-buffer.c               

Buffers

    gui-chat.c                 

Chat functions (display message, …)

    gui-color.c                

Color functions

    gui-completion.c           

Default completions

    gui-cursor.c               

Cursor mode (free movement of cursor)

    gui-filter.c               

Filters

    gui-focus.c                

Functions about focus (for cursor mode and mouse)

    gui-history.c              

commands/text saved in buffers

    gui-hotlist.c              

Hotlist management (list of buffers with activity)

    gui-input.c                

Input functions (input bar)

    gui-key.c                  

Keyboard functions

    gui-layout.c               

Layout

    gui-line.c                 

Lines in buffers

    gui-mouse.c                

Mouse

    gui-nicklist.c             

Nicklist in buffers

    gui-window.c               

Windows

    curses/                    

Curses interface

       gui-curses-bar-window.c 

Display in bar windows

       gui-curses-chat.c       

Display in chat area (messages)

       gui-curses-color.c      

Color functions

       gui-curses-key.c        

Keyboard functions (default keys, read of input)

       gui-curses-main.c       

WeeChat main loop (waiting for keyboard/network events)

       gui-curses-mouse.c      

Mouse

       gui-curses-term.c       

Functions about terminal

       gui-curses-window.c     

Windows

    gtk/                       

Gtk interface (not working)

       gui-gtk-bar-window.c    

Display in bar windows

       gui-gtk-chat.c          

Display in chat area (messages)

       gui-gtk-color.c         

Color functions

       gui-gtk-key.c           

Keyboard functions

       gui-gtk-main.c          

WeeChat main loop (waiting for keyboard/network events)

       gui-gtk-mouse.c         

Mouse

       gui-gtk-term.c          

Functions about terminal

       gui-gtk-window.c        

Windows

2.2.2. Plugins

Path/file Description
 plugins/                          

Root of plugins

    plugin.c                       

Plugins management (load/unload dynamic C libraries)

    plugin-api.c                   

Extra functions for plugin API (wrapper around WeeChat core functions)

    plugin-config.c                

Plugin configuration options (file plugins.conf)

    plugin-script.c                

Common functions used by script plugins

    plugin-script-api.c            

Script API functions: wrappers around some plugin API functions

    plugin-script-callback.c       

Callback management for scripts

    weechat-plugin.h               

Header designed to be distributed with WeeChat plugins, in order to compile them

    alias/                         

Alias plugin

       alias.c                     

Main alias functions

       alias-config.c              

Alias config options

       alias-info.c                

Info and infolists from alias plugin

    aspell/                        

Aspell plugin

       weechat-aspell.c            

Main aspell functions

       weechat-aspell-config.c     

Aspell config options

       weechat-aspell-speller.c    

Spellers management

    charset/                       

Charset plugin

       charset.c                   

Charset functions

    demo/                          

Demo plugin

       demo.c                      

Demo functions

    fifo/                          

Fifo plugin

       fifo.c                      

Main fifo functions

       fifo-info.c                 

Info and infolists from fifo plugin

    guile/                         

Guile (scheme) plugin

       weechat-guile.c             

Main guile functions (load/unload scripts, execute guile code)

       weechat-guile-api.c         

Guile scripting API functions

    irc/                           

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) plugin

       irc.c                       

Main IRC functions

       irc-bar-item.c              

IRC bar items

       irc-buffer.c                

IRC buffers

       irc-channel.c               

IRC channels

       irc-color.c                 

Color functions

       irc-command.c               

IRC commands

       irc-completion.c            

IRC completions

       irc-config.c                

IRC config options

       irc-ctcp.c                  

IRC CTCP

       irc-debug.c                 

IRC debug functions

       irc-display.c               

IRC display functions

       irc-ignore.c                

IRC Ignore

       irc-info.c                  

Info and infolists from IRC plugin

       irc-input.c                 

Input of commands/text

       irc-message.c               

Functions to manipulate IRC messages

       irc-mode.c                  

Functions about channel/nick modes

       irc-msgbuffer.c             

Target buffer for IRC messages

       irc-nick.c                  

IRC nicks

       irc-notify.c                

IRC notify lists

       irc-protocol.c              

IRC protocol

       irc-raw.c                   

IRC raw buffer

       irc-redirect.c              

Redirection of IRC command output

       irc-sasl.c                  

SASL authentication with IRC server

       irc-server.c                

I/O communication with IRC servers

       irc-upgrade.c               

Save/restore IRC data when upgrading WeeChat

    logger/                        

Logger plugin

       logger.c                    

Main logger functions

       logger-buffer.c             

Logger buffer list management

       logger-config.c             

Logger config options

       logger-info.c               

Info and infolists from logger plugin

       logger-tail.c               

Return last lines of a file

    lua/                           

Lua plugin

       weechat-lua.c               

Main lua functions (load/unload scripts, execute lua code)

       weechat-lua-api.c           

Lua scripting API functions

    perl/                          

Perl plugin

       weechat-perl.c              

Main perl functions (load/unload scripts, execute perl code)

       weechat-perl-api.c          

Perl scripting API functions

    python/                        

Python plugin

       weechat-python.c            

Main python functions (load/unload scripts, execute python code)

       weechat-python-api.c        

Python scripting API functions

    relay/                         

Relay plugin (IRC proxy and relay for remote interfaces)

       relay.c                     

Main relay functions

       relay-buffer.c              

Relay buffer

       relay-client.c              

Clients of relay

       relay-command.c             

Relay commands

       relay-completion.c          

Relay completions

       relay-config.c              

Relay config options

       relay-info.c                

Info and infolists from relay plugin

       relay-network.c             

Network functions for relay

       relay-raw.c                 

Relay raw buffer

       relay-server.c              

Relay server

       relay-upgrade.c             

Save/restore relay data when upgrading WeeChat

       irc/                        

IRC proxy

          relay-irc.c              

Main IRC proxy functions

       weechat/                    

Relay for remote interface

          relay-weechat.c          

Relay for remote interface (main functions)

          relay-weechat-msg.c      

Send binary messages to clients

          relay-weechat-protocol.c 

Read commands from clients

    rmodifier/                     

Rmodifier plugin

       rmodifier.c                 

Main rmodifier functions

       rmodifier-command.c         

Rmodifier commands

       rmodifier-completion.c      

Rmodifier completions

       rmodifier-config.c          

Rmodifier config options

       rmodifier-debug.c           

Rmodifier debug functions

       rmodifier-info.c            

Info and infolists from rmodifier plugin

    ruby/                          

Ruby plugin

       weechat-ruby.c              

Main ruby functions (load/unload scripts, execute ruby code)

       weechat-ruby-api.c          

Ruby scripting API functions

    tcl/                           

Tcl plugin

       weechat-tcl.c               

Main tcl functions (load/unload scripts, execute tcl code)

       weechat-tcl-api.c           

Tcl scripting API functions

    xfer/                          

Xfer plugin (IRC DCC file/chat)

       xfer.c                      

Main xfer functions

       xfer-buffer.c               

Xfer buffer

       xfer-chat.c                 

Xfer DCC chat

       xfer-command.c              

Xfer commands

       xfer-completion.c           

Xfer completions

       xfer-config.c               

Xfer config options

       xfer-dcc.c                  

Xfer DCC file

       xfer-file.c                 

File functions for xfer

       xfer-info.c                 

Info and infolists from xfer plugin

       xfer-network.c              

Network functions for xfer

       xfer-upgrade.c              

Save/restore xfer data when upgrading WeeChat

2.3. Documentation / translations

Documentation files:

Path/file Description
 doc/                                

Documentation

    asciidoc.conf                    

Asciidoc configuration file (some macros)

    asciidoc.css                     

Asciidoc style

    docgen.py                        

Python script to build files in "autogen/" directory (see below)

    weechat-curses.1                 

Weechat man page

    XX/                              

Documentation for language XX (languages: en, fr, de, it, …)

       weechat_quickstart.XX.txt     

Quickstart guide

       weechat_user.XX.txt           

User’s guide

       weechat_faq.XX.txt            

FAQ

       weechat_plugin_api.XX.txt     

Plugin API reference

       weechat_scripting.XX.txt      

Scripting guide

       weechat_tester.XX.txt         

Tester’s guide

       weechat_dev.XX.txt            

Developer’s guide (this document)

       weechat_relay_protocol.en.txt 

Relay protocol

       autogen/                      

Files auto-built with script docgen.py (do NEVER update manually!)

          user/                      

Files auto-built for user’s guide

          plugin_api/                

Files auto-built for plugin API

Translations for WeeChat and plugins are done with gettext, files are in po/ directory:

Path/file Description
 po/            

Translation files (gettext)

    XX.po       

Translations for language XX (fr, de, it, …), base language is english

    weechat.pot 

Template for translations (auto-built)

3. Coding rules

3.1. General rules

  • In source code, your comments, variable names, .. must be written in English only (no other language is allowed)

  • Use a copyright header in each new source file, with date, name, e-mail, license and below that a short description of file. Example in C:

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2012 Your Name <your@email.com>
 *
 * This file is part of WeeChat, the extensible chat client.
 *
 * WeeChat is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * WeeChat is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with WeeChat.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

/*
 * weechat.c: core functions for WeeChat
 */

3.2. C style

Some basic rules you must follow when you write C code:

  • Use 4 spaces for indentation. Don’t use tabs, they are evil.

  • Try to not exceed 80 chars by line, except if this is needed to increase readability.

  • Use comments /* comment */ (not C99-style comments like // comment), and format them like this:

/*
 * foo: this is the description of the function
 */

void
foo ()
{
    int i;

    /* one line comment */
    i = 1;

    /*
     * multi-line comment: this is a very long
     * description about next block of code
     */
    i = 2;
    printf ("%d\n", i);
}
  • Use explicit variable names, for example "nicks_count" instead of "n" or "nc". Exception: in for loops, where variables like "i" or "n" are ok.

  • Initialize local variables after declaration, in body of function, example:

void
foo ()
{
    int nick_count, buffer_count;

    nick_count = 0;
    buffer_count = 1;
    /* ... */
}
  • Use parentheses to explicitely show how expression is evaluated, even if they are not required, for example: write x + (y * z) instead of x + y * z

  • Place curly brackets { } alone on lines, and indent them with number of spaces used for line above opening curly bracket (the if in example):

if (nicks_count == 1)
{
    /* something */
}
  • Add a comment before any function, to explain what does the function, and indent it like this (note that return type of function is on a line alone):

/*
 * foo: this is the description of the function
 */

void
foo ()
{
    int i;

    for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
        bar (i);
    }
}
  • Use empty lines to separate many different blocks inside functions, and if possible add a comment for each one, like this:

/*
 * irc_server_outqueue_send: send a message from outqueue
 */

void
irc_server_outqueue_send (struct t_irc_server *server)
{
    /* ... */

    /* send signal with command that will be sent to server */
    irc_server_send_signal (server, "irc_out",
                            server->outqueue[priority]->command,
                            server->outqueue[priority]->message_after_mod,
                            NULL);
    tags_to_send = irc_server_get_tags_to_send (server->outqueue[priority]->tags);
    irc_server_send_signal (server, "irc_outtags",
                            server->outqueue[priority]->command,
                            server->outqueue[priority]->message_after_mod,
                            (tags_to_send) ? tags_to_send : "");
    if (tags_to_send)
        free (tags_to_send);

    /* send command */
    irc_server_send (server, server->outqueue[priority]->message_after_mod,
                     strlen (server->outqueue[priority]->message_after_mod));
    server->last_user_message = time_now;

    /* start redirection if redirect is set */
    if (server->outqueue[priority]->redirect)
    {
        irc_redirect_init_command (server->outqueue[priority]->redirect,
                                   server->outqueue[priority]->message_after_mod);
    }

    /* ... */
}
  • Indent the if conditions, and use parentheses around conditions with an operator (not needed for single booleans), like this:

if (something)
{
    /* something */
}
else
{
    /* something else */
}

if (my_boolean1 && my_boolean2 && (i == 10)
    && ((buffer1 != buffer2) || (window1 != window2)))
{
    /* something */
}
else
{
    /* something else */
}
  • Indent the switch statements like this:

switch (string[0])
{
    case 'A': /* first case */
        foo ("abc", "def");
        break;
    case 'B': /* second case */
        bar (1, 2, 3);
        break;
    default: /* other cases */
        baz ();
        break;
}
  • Use typedef for function prototypes, not structures:

typedef int (t_hook_callback_fd)(void *data, int fd);

struct t_hook_fd
{
    t_hook_callback_fd *callback;      /* fd callback                       */
    int fd;                            /* socket or file descriptor         */
    int flags;                         /* fd flags (read,write,..)          */
    int error;                         /* contains errno if error occurred  */
                                       /* with fd                           */
};

/* ... */

struct t_hook_fd *new_hook_fd;

new_hook_fd = malloc (sizeof (*new_hook_fd));
  • This lisp code can be used in your ~/.emacs.el to indent properly if you are using Emacs as text editor:

(add-hook 'c-mode-common-hook '(lambda ()
                                 (c-toggle-hungry-state t)
                                 (c-set-style "k&r")
                                 (setq c-basic-offset 4
                                       c-tab-always-indent t)
                                 (c-set-offset 'case-label '+)))

3.3. Python style

4. Core internals

4.1. Naming convention

4.1.1. Files

File names are composed by letters and hyphens, with format: xxx-yyyyy.[ch], where xxx is directory/component (can be abbreviation) where the file is, and yyyyy a name for the file, which shows the purpose of file.

The main file of a directory may have same name as directory, for example irc.c in irc plugin.

Examples:

Directory Files
 src/core/           

weechat.c, wee-backtrace.c, wee-command.c, …

 src/gui/            

gui-bar.c, gui-bar-item.c, gui-bar-window.c, …

 src/gui/curses/     

gui-curses-bar.c, gui-curses-bar-window.c, gui-curses-chat.c, …

 src/plugins/        

plugin.c, plugin-api.c, plugin-config.c, plugin-script.c, …

 src/plugins/irc/    

irc.c, irc-bar-item.c, irc-buffer.c, …

 src/plugins/python/ 

weechat-python.c, weechat-python-api.c, …

The headers of C files have same name as file, for example wee-command.h for file wee-command.c.

4.1.2. Structures

Structures have name t_X_Y or t_X_Y_Z:

  • X: directory/component (can be abbreviation)

  • Y: end of file name

  • Z: name for structure (optional)

Example: an IRC nick (from src/plugins/irc/irc-nick.h):

struct t_irc_nick
{
    char *name;                     /* nickname                              */
    char *host;                     /* full hostname                         */
    char *prefixes;                 /* string with prefixes enabled for nick */
    char prefix[2];                 /* current prefix (higher prefix set in  */
                                    /* prefixes)                             */
    int away;                       /* 1 if nick is away                     */
    char *color;                    /* color for nickname in chat window     */
    struct t_irc_nick *prev_nick;   /* link to previous nick on channel      */
    struct t_irc_nick *next_nick;   /* link to next nick on channel          */
};

4.1.3. Variables

Global variables (outside functions) have name X_Y_Z:

  • X: directory/component (can be abbreviation)

  • Y: end of file name

  • Z: name for variable

Exception are variables for "last" node of a list, name is last_X (where X is name of variable, using singular form).

Example: windows (from src/gui/gui-window.c):

struct t_gui_window *gui_windows = NULL;        /* first window             */
struct t_gui_window *last_gui_window = NULL;    /* last window              */
struct t_gui_window *gui_current_window = NULL; /* current window           */

There is no naming convention for local variables (in functions). The only recommendation is that name is explicit (not too short). Nevertheless, pointers to structures are often named ptr_xxxx, for example a pointer on a struct t_gui_buffer * will be: *ptr_buffer.

4.1.4. Functions

Naming convention for functions is the same as variables.

Example: creation of a new window (from src/gui/gui-window.c):

/*
 * gui_window_new: create a new window
 */

struct t_gui_window *
gui_window_new (struct t_gui_window *parent_window, struct t_gui_buffer *buffer,
                int x, int y, int width, int height,
                int width_pct, int height_pct)
{
    /* ... */

    return new_window;
}

4.2. Single thread

WeeChat is single threaded. That means every part of code should execute very fast, and that calls to functions like sleep are strictly forbidden (it is true for WeeChat core, but also C plugins and scripts).

If for some reasons you have to sleep a while, use hook_timer with a callback.

4.3. Doubly linked lists

Most of WeeChat linked lists are doubly linked lists: each node has pointer to previous and next node.

Example: list of buffers (from src/gui/gui-buffer.h):

struct t_gui_buffer
{
    /* data */

    /* ... */

    struct t_gui_buffer *prev_buffer;  /* link to previous buffer           */
    struct t_gui_buffer *next_buffer;  /* link to next buffer               */
};

Then the two list pointers, to the head and tail of list:

struct t_gui_buffer *gui_buffers = NULL;           /* first buffer          */
struct t_gui_buffer *last_gui_buffer = NULL;       /* last buffer           */

4.4. Color codes in strings

WeeChat uses own color codes in strings to display attributes (bold, underline, …) and colors on screen.

All attributes/colors are prefixed with a char in string, which can be:

  • 0x19: color code (followed by color code(s))

  • 0x1A: set attribute (followed by attribute on one char)

  • 0x1B: remove attribute (followed by attribute on one char)

  • 0x1C: reset (nothing after)

Allowed attributes are (one or more chars):

  • *: bold

  • !: reverse

  • /: italic

  • _: underline

  • |: keep attributes

Possible colors are:

  • standard color: optional attributes + number on 2 digits

  • extended color: @ + optional attributes + number on 5 digits

In following table, these conventions are used:

  • STD: standard color (2 digits)

  • (A)STD: standard color with optional attributes (attributes + 2 digits)

  • EXT: extended color (@ + 5 digits)

  • (A)EXT: extended color with optional attributes (@ + attributes + 5 digits)

  • ATTR: one attribute char (*, !, /, _ or |)

All combinations are summarized in this table:

Code Example Areas Description

19 + STD

1901

chat + bars

Set attributes and color using option, see table below

19 + EXT

19@00001

chat

Set color with a ncurses pair (used only on /color buffer)

19 + "F" + (A)STD

19F*05

chat + bars

Set foreground (WeeChat color)

19 + "F" + (A)EXT

19F@00214

chat + bars

Set foreground (extended color)

19 + "B" + STD

19B05

chat + bars

Set background (WeeChat color)

19 + "B" + EXT

19B@00124

chat + bars

Set background (extended color)

19 + "*" + (A)STD

19*05

chat + bars

Set foreground (WeeChat color)

19 + "*" + (A)EXT

19*@00214

chat + bars

Set foreground (extended color)

19 + "*" + (A)STD + "," + (A)STD

19*08,05

chat + bars

Set foreground/background (WeeChat colors)

19 + "*" + (A)STD + "," + (A)EXT

19*01,@00214

chat + bars

Set foreground (WeeChat color) and background (extended color)

19 + "*" + (A)EXT + "," + (A)STD

19*@00214,05

chat + bars

Set foreground (extended color) and background (WeeChat color)

19 + "*" + (A)EXT + "," + (A)EXT

19*@00214,@00017

chat + bars

Set foreground/background (extended colors)

19 + "b" + "F"

19bF

bars

Set bar foreground color

19 + "b" + "D"

19bD

bars

Set bar delimiter color

19 + "b" + "B"

19bB

bars

Set bar background color

19 + "b" + "_"

19b_

input bar

Start input char (used only in item "input_text")

19 + "b" + "-"

19b-

input bar

Start input hidden char (used only in item "input_text")

19 + "b" + "#"

19b#

input bar

Move cursor char char (used only in item "input_text")

19 + "b" + "i"

19bi

bars

Start item

19 + "b" + "l" (lower L)

19bl

bars

Start line item

19 + 1C

191C

chat + bars

Reset color (keep attributes)

1A + ATTR

1A*

chat + bars

Set attribute

1B + ATTR

1B*

chat + bars

Remove attribute

1C

1C

chat + bars

Reset attributes and color

Color codes using options (see t_gui_color_enum, in file src/gui/gui-color.h):

Code Option

00

weechat.color.separator

01

weechat.color.chat

02

weechat.color.chat_time

03

weechat.color.chat_time_delimiters

04

weechat.color.chat_prefix_error

05

weechat.color.chat_prefix_network

06

weechat.color.chat_prefix_action

07

weechat.color.chat_prefix_join

08

weechat.color.chat_prefix_quit

09

weechat.color.chat_prefix_more

10

weechat.color.chat_prefix_suffix

11

weechat.color.chat_buffer

12

weechat.color.chat_server

13

weechat.color.chat_channel

14

weechat.color.chat_nick

15

weechat.color.chat_nick_self

16

weechat.color.chat_nick_other

17

(not used any more since WeeChat 0.3.4)

18

(not used any more since WeeChat 0.3.4)

19

(not used any more since WeeChat 0.3.4)

20

(not used any more since WeeChat 0.3.4)

21

(not used any more since WeeChat 0.3.4)

22

(not used any more since WeeChat 0.3.4)

23

(not used any more since WeeChat 0.3.4)

24

(not used any more since WeeChat 0.3.4)

25

(not used any more since WeeChat 0.3.4)

26

(not used any more since WeeChat 0.3.4)

27

weechat.color.chat_host

28

weechat.color.chat_delimiters

29

weechat.color.chat_highlight

30

weechat.color.chat_read_marker

31

weechat.color.chat_text_found

32

weechat.color.chat_value

33

weechat.color.chat_prefix_buffer

34

weechat.color.chat_tags (new in version 0.3.6)

35

weechat.color.chat_inactive_window (new in version 0.3.6)

36

weechat.color.chat_inactive_buffer (new in version 0.3.6)

37

weechat.color.chat_prefix_buffer_inactive_buffer (new in version 0.3.6)

38

weechat.color.chat_nick_offline (new in version 0.3.9)

39

weechat.color.chat_nick_offline_highlight (new in version 0.3.9)

WeeChat colors are:

Code Color

00

default (terminal foreground/background)

01

black

02

dark gray

03

dark red

04

light red

05

dark green

06

light green

07

brown

08

yellow

09

dark blue

10

light blue

11

dark magenta

12

light magenta

13

dark cyan

14

light cyan

15

gray

16

white

Examples of color codes:

Code Description

1901

color of option "01" (chat text)

19*08,03

yellow on red

19*@00214

orange (extended color 214)

19*@*_00214,@00017

bold underlined orange (214) on dark blue (17)

1A_

set underline

1B_

remove underline

1CbD

reset attributes and color

5. Plugin internals

The file src/plugins/weechat-plugin.h defines and exports all functions available for API.

A structure called t_weechat_plugin is used to store info about plugin (filename, name, author, description, …) and all API functions, as pointers to WeeChat functions.

Then some macros are defined to call these functions in an easier way.

For example, function hook_timer is defined in structure t_weechat_plugin like this:

struct t_hook *(*hook_timer) (struct t_weechat_plugin *plugin,
                              long interval,
                              int align_second,
                              int max_calls,
                              int (*callback)(void *data,
                                              int remaining_calls),
                              void *callback_data);

And the macro used to call this function is:

#define weechat_hook_timer(__interval, __align_second, __max_calls,     \
                           __callback, __data)                          \
    weechat_plugin->hook_timer(weechat_plugin, __interval,              \
                               __align_second, __max_calls,             \
                               __callback, __data)

So in a plugin, the call to function will be for example:

server->hook_timer_sasl = weechat_hook_timer (timeout * 1000,
                                              0, 1,
                                              &irc_server_timer_sasl_cb,
                                              server);

6. Contribute to WeeChat

6.1. Git repository

Any patch for bug or new feature must be done on master branch, preferred format is a patch made with git diff or git format-patch, sent by e-mail.

Format of commit message is the following:

component: fix a problem (bug #12345)

Where component is one of following:

  • WeeChat core: core (files in directory src/ except doc and plugins)

  • documentation files: doc (files in directory doc/)

  • name of a plugin: irc, python, relay, … (files in directory src/plugins/)

Some rules to follow:

  • use only english

  • use infinitive form of verb

  • if commit is related to something in tracker (bug, task, patch), write it in parenthesis after the message (format: bug #12345, task #12345, patch #12345)

Examples of commit messages:

core: add callback "nickcmp" for nick comparison in buffers
irc: fix freeze when reading on socket with SSL enabled (bug #35097)
ruby: add detection of ruby version 1.9.3 in cmake
python: fix crash when unloading a script without pointer to interpreter
core: update japanese translations (patch #7783)

6.2. Translations

6.2.1. Gettext

Gettext files are in directory po/. If you want to initialize a new language, use command msginit. For example to create a dutch empty file:

$ cd po
$ msginit -i weechat.pot -l nl_NL -o nl.po

Base language for WeeChat is english, so you must of course understand english in order to translate to your language.

When done, you have to check your file with two commands:

$ msgfmt -o /dev/null -c xx.po
$ msg_check_lines.py xx.po

The msgfmt will perform checks on message catalog and display errors, like bad use of format specifiers in strings.

The script msg_check_lines.py (http://www.weechat.org/files/temp/po/msg_check_lines.py) will check number of lines in translated strings (which must be the same as string in english).

Build auto-generated files

Files in directory doc/XX/autogen/ are auto-generated by script doc/docgen.py.

Copy this python script to your python directory (for example ~/.weechat/python). Then you can load this script in your WeeChat, and setup path to your /doc directory:

/python load docgen.py
/set plugins.var.python.docgen.path "~/src/weechat/doc"

Then create this alias to build files:

/alias doc /perl unload; /python unload; /ruby unload; /lua unload; /tcl unload; /guile unload; /python load docgen.py; /wait 1ms /docgen

And use command /doc to build all auto-generated files (for all languages).

Important
When using command /doc, be sure all C plugins (irc, charset, …) are loaded, because files are built using options currently in memory.

6.2.2. Asciidoc

Asciidoc files are in directory doc/XX/ where XX is language (en, fr, de, it, …)

First make a copy of an english asciidoc file (in directory doc/en/), then work on it.

The translations missing in files are indicated by this string:

// TRANSLATION MISSING

You must translate whole file except links and special keywords for notes, warnings, … These words must be kept unchanged:

[[link_name]]
<<link_name>>

[NOTE]
[TIP]
[IMPORTANT]
[WARNING]
[CAUTION]

When there is a name after <<link_name>>, then you must translate it:

<<link_name,this text must be translated>>

Please make sure special chars below titles are exactly same length as title (not too short or too long):

This is a correct title
=======================

This is a wrong title
============

This is a wrong title
=============================