Week3 [FreeBSD WIKI]

This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong.
====== Input method in FreeBSD virtual terminal (Week3) ======

Date: 06/20-06/26

===== Tmux =====
In this week, I continued to read the source code of //tmux-fingers// to see how it initializes the //finger-mode//, then I could utilize the code to implement my //rime// mode.

My origin idea was:
  * ''%%tmux_rime.sh%%'': rime mode script, responsible for initializing rime mode, drawing status bar, inserting text in tmux    
  * ''%%binding.sh%%'': bind commands to keys and sent to the named pipe between with ''%%tmux-rime.sh%%''
  * ''%%client.py%%'': called by ''%%tmux_rime.sh%%'' to request the server for current rime state and text that will be inserted  
  * ''%%server.py%%'': interact with low-level rime library and send the results to ''%%client.py%%'' via //socket//

But later I found it's inefficient since almost all of keys must to process by the low-level rime library, that is, ''%%librime%%''. However, they must be passed to ''%%tmux_rime.sh%%'' first, and ''%%client.py%%'' next. So, why do not send to ''%%client.py%%'' directly?

Here is my new idea:
  * ''%%tmux_rime.sh%%'': rime mode script, responsible for initializing rime mode, drawing status bar, inserting text in tmux 
  * ''%%binding.sh%%'': bind commands to keys and call ''%%client.py%%'' with arguments
  * ''%%client.py%%'': called by ''%%binding.sh%%'' and request the server for the current rime state and text that will be inserted, and send back the data via named pipe between with `tmux_rime.sh
  * ''%%server.py%%'': interact with low-level rime library and send the results to ''%%client.py%%'' via //socket//

I had set up the basic skeleton of ''%%client.py%%'', it has a //Argparser// to parse arguments as commands like:
  * start: start a session with given ''%%session_id%%''
  * exit: exit a session with given ''%%session_id%%''
  * key: input a key with given ''%%session_id%%'', ''%%keycode%%'', and ''%%modifier%%''      
  * ...

In the next week, I wish I can implement all necessary commands in both client and server and the socket part between them.