xmonad-contrib/XMonad/Util/ExtensibleConf.hs
Tomas Janousek f6b1e5dd88 X.U.ExtensibleConf: New helper module for extensible config
It's often difficult to make contrib modules work together. When one
depends on a functionality of another, it is often necessary to expose
lots of low-level functions and hooks and have the user combine these
into a complex configuration that works. This is error-prone, and
arguably a bad UX in general.

This commit presents a simple solution to that problem inspired by
"extensible state": extensible config. It allows contrib modules to
store custom configuration values inside XConfig. This lets them create
custom hooks, ensure they hook into xmonad core only once, and possibly
other use cases I haven't thought of yet.

This requires changes to xmonad core: https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad/pull/294

A couple examples of what this gives us:

* [X.H.RescreenHook](https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad-contrib/pull/460)
  can be made safe to apply multiple times, making it composable and
  usable in other contrib modules like X.H.StatusBar

* `withSB` from X.H.StatusBar can also be made safe to apply multiple
  times, and we can even provide an API [similar to what we had
  before](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/xmonad-contrib-0.16/docs/XMonad-Hooks-DynamicLog.html#v:statusBar)
  if we want (probably not, consistency with the new dynamic status bars
  of https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad-contrib/pull/463 is more important)

* The [X.H.EwmhDesktops refactor](https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad-contrib/pull/399)
  can possibly be made without breaking the `ewmh`/`ewmhFullscreen` API.
  And we will finally be able to have composable EWMH hooks.

Related: https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad/pull/294
2021-06-01 19:07:13 +01:00

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{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
{-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications #-}
-- |
-- Module : XMonad.Util.ExtensibleConf
-- Copyright : (c) 2021 Tomáš Janoušek <tomi@nomi.cz>
-- License : BSD3
-- Maintainer : Tomáš Janoušek <tomi@nomi.cz>
--
-- Extensible and composable configuration for contrib modules.
--
-- This is the configuration counterpart of "XMonad.Util.ExtensibleState". It
-- allows contrib modules to store custom configuration values inside
-- 'XConfig'. This lets them create custom hooks, ensure they hook into xmonad
-- core only once, and possibly more.
--
module XMonad.Util.ExtensibleConf (
-- * Usage
-- $usage
-- * High-level idioms
with,
add,
once,
onceM,
-- * Low-level primitivies
ask,
lookup,
alter,
) where
import Prelude hiding (lookup)
import XMonad hiding (ask)
import Data.Typeable
import qualified Data.Map as M
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-- $usage
--
-- To utilize this feature in a contrib module, create a data type for the
-- configuration, then use the helper functions provided here to implement
-- a user-friendly composable interface for your contrib module.
--
-- Example:
--
-- > import qualified XMonad.Util.ExtensibleConf as XC
-- >
-- > {-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
-- > newtype MyConf = MyConf{ fromMyConf :: [Int] } deriving Semigroup
-- >
-- > customLogger :: Int -> XConfig l -> XConfig l
-- > customLogger i = XC.once (MyConf [i]) $ \c -> c{ logHook = logHook c <> lh }
-- > where
-- > lh :: X ()
-- > lh = XC.with $ io . print . fromMyConf
--
-- The above defines an xmonad configuration combinator that can be applied
-- any number of times like so:
--
-- > main = xmonad $ … . customLogger 1 . ewmh . customLogger 2 . … $ def{…}
--
-- and will always result in just one 'print' invocation in 'logHook'.
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Low-level primitivies
-- | Run-time: Retrieve a configuration value of the requested type.
ask :: (MonadReader XConf m, Typeable a) => m (Maybe a)
ask = asks $ lookup . config
-- | Config-time: Retrieve a configuration value of the requested type.
lookup :: forall a l. Typeable a => XConfig l -> Maybe a
lookup c = fromConfExt =<< typeRep (Proxy @a) `M.lookup` extensibleConf c
-- | Config-time: Alter a configuration value, or absence thereof.
alter :: forall a l. Typeable a => (Maybe a -> Maybe a) -> XConfig l -> XConfig l
alter f = mapEC $ M.alter (mapConfExt f) (typeRep (Proxy @a))
where
mapEC g c = c{ extensibleConf = g (extensibleConf c) }
fromConfExt :: Typeable a => ConfExtension -> Maybe a
fromConfExt (ConfExtension val) = cast val
mapConfExt :: Typeable a
=> (Maybe a -> Maybe a) -> Maybe ConfExtension -> Maybe ConfExtension
mapConfExt f = fmap ConfExtension . f . (>>= fromConfExt)
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-- High-level idioms
-- | Run-time: Run a monadic action with the value of the custom
-- configuration, if set.
with :: (MonadReader XConf m, Typeable a, Monoid b) => (a -> m b) -> m b
with a = ask >>= maybe (pure mempty) a
-- | Config-time: Add (append) a piece of custom configuration to an 'XConfig'
-- using the 'Semigroup' instance of the configuration type.
add :: (Semigroup a, Typeable a)
=> a -- ^ configuration to add
-> XConfig l -> XConfig l
add x = alter (<> Just x)
-- | Config-time: 'add' a piece of custom configuration, and if it's the first
-- piece of this type, also modify the 'XConfig' using the provided function.
--
-- This can be used to implement a composable interface for modules that must
-- only hook into xmonad core once.
once :: forall a l. (Semigroup a, Typeable a)
=> a -- ^ configuration to add
-> (XConfig l -> XConfig l) -- ^ 'XConfig' modification done only once
-> XConfig l -> XConfig l
once x f c = add x $ maybe f (const id) (lookup @a c) c
-- | Config-time: Applicative (monadic) variant of 'once', useful if the
-- 'XConfig' modification needs to do some 'IO' (e.g. create an
-- 'Data.IORef.IORef').
onceM :: forall a l m. (Applicative m, Semigroup a, Typeable a)
=> a -- ^ configuration to add
-> (XConfig l -> m (XConfig l)) -- ^ 'XConfig' modification done only once
-> XConfig l -> m (XConfig l)
onceM x f c = add x <$> maybe f (const pure) (lookup @a c) c