Allow type() to take any number of arguments

To make it easier to type a set of strings, apply some template magic to the
`Macros.type()` method. The same trick that is used in `Kaleidoscope.use()`.

Signed-off-by: Gergely Nagy <algernon@madhouse-project.org>
pull/365/head
Gergely Nagy 8 years ago
parent 306e450496
commit 23fec81b28

@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const macro_t *macroAction(uint8_t macroIndex, uint8_t keyState) {
T(0), T(1) );
case MACRO_HELLO:
if (keyToggledOn(keyState)) {
return Macros.type(PSTR("Hello world!"));
return Macros.type(PSTR("Hello "), PSTR("world!"));
}
break;
case MACRO_SPECIAL:
@ -92,18 +92,19 @@ The plugin provides a `Macros` object, with the following methods and properties
>
> The `macro` argument must be a sequence created with the `MACRO()` helper!
### `.type(string)`
### `.type(strings...)`
> In cases where we only want to type a string, it is far more convenient to use
> this method: we do not have to use the `MACRO()` helper, but just give this
> one a string, and it will type it for us on the keyboard.
> In cases where we only want to type some strings, it is far more convenient to
> use this method: we do not have to use the `MACRO()` helper, but just give
> this one a set of strings, and it will type them for us on the keyboard. We
> can use as many strings as we want, and all of them will be typed in order.
>
> The string is limited to a sequence of printable ASCII characters. No
> Each string is limited to a sequence of printable ASCII characters. No
> international symbols, or unicode, or anything like it: just plain ASCII.
>
> The `string` argument must also reside in program memory, and the easiest way
> to do that is to wrap the string in a `PSTR()` helper. See the program code at
> the beginning of this documentation for an example!
> Each of `strings` arguments must also reside in program memory, and the
> easiest way to do that is to wrap the string in a `PSTR()` helper. See the
> program code at the beginning of this documentation for an example!
### `.row`, `.col`

@ -14,7 +14,21 @@ class Macros_ : public KaleidoscopePlugin {
void begin(void) final;
void play(const macro_t *macro_p);
/* What follows below, is a bit of template magic that allows us to use
Macros.type() with any number of arguments, without having to use a
sentinel. See the comments on Kaleidoscope.use() for more details - this is
the same trick.
*/
inline const macro_t *type() {
return MACRO_NONE;
}
const macro_t *type(const char *string);
template <typename... Strings>
const macro_t *type(const char *first, Strings&&... strings) {
type(first);
return type(strings...);
}
static byte row, col;

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