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

Latest version of this document can be found on this page: http://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
src/

Root of sources
core/

Core functions: entry point, internal structures
gui/

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

Curses interface
plugins/

Plugin and scripting API
alias/

Alias plugin
aspell/

Aspell plugin
charset/

Charset plugin
fifo/

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

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) 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)
script/

Scripts manager
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 plugin (IRC DCC file/chat)
doc/

Documentation
po/

Translations files (gettext)
test/

Tools/files to test WeeChat (like Weercd, an IRC server)
debian/

Debian packaging

2.2. Sources

2.2.1. Core

WeeChat "core" is located 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 a backtrace after a crash
wee-command.c

WeeChat core commands
wee-completion.c

Default completions
wee-config-file.c

Configuration file management
wee-config.c

Configuration options for WeeChat core (file weechat.conf)
wee-debug.c

Some debug functions
wee-eval.c

Evaluation of expressions with references to internal vars
wee-hashtable.c

Hashtables
wee-hdata.c

Hdata (direct access to data using hashtables)
wee-hook.c

Hooks
wee-infolist.c

Infolists (lists with objects data)
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/proxies)
wee-proxy.c

Proxy management
wee-secure.c

Secured data options (file sec.conf)
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
wee-version.c

Functions for WeeChat version
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

Completion on command line
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

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 (file alias.conf)
alias-info.c

Alias info/infolists/hdata
aspell/

Aspell plugin
weechat-aspell.c

Main aspell functions
weechat-aspell-bar-item.c

Aspell bar items
weechat-aspell-command.c

Aspell commands
weechat-aspell-completion.c

Aspell completions
weechat-aspell-config.c

Aspell config options (file aspell.conf)
weechat-aspell-info.c

Aspell info/infolists/hdata
weechat-aspell-speller.c

Spellers management
charset/

Charset plugin
charset.c

Charset functions
fifo/

Fifo plugin
fifo.c

Main fifo functions
fifo-info.c

Fifo info/infolists/hdata
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

IRC colors
irc-command.c

IRC commands
irc-completion.c

IRC completions
irc-config.c

IRC config options (file irc.conf)
irc-ctcp.c

IRC CTCP
irc-debug.c

IRC debug functions
irc-ignore.c

IRC Ignore
irc-info.c

IRC info/infolists/hdata
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 (RFCs 1459/2810/2811/2812/2813)
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 server
irc-upgrade.c

Save/restore of 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 (file logger.conf)
logger-info.c

Logger info/infolists/hdata
logger-tail.c

Functions to get 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 (file relay.conf)
relay-info.c

Relay info/infolists/hdata
relay-network.c

Network functions for relay
relay-raw.c

Relay raw buffer
relay-server.c

Relay server
relay-upgrade.c

Save/restore of relay data when upgrading WeeChat
relay-websocket.c

WebSocket server functions (RFC 6455)
irc/

IRC proxy
relay-irc.c

Main IRC proxy functions
weechat/

Relay for remote interfaces
relay-weechat.c

Relay for remote interfaces (main functions)
relay-weechat-msg.c

Send binary messages to clients
relay-weechat-nicklist.c

Nicklist functions
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 (file rmodifier.conf)
rmodifier-debug.c

Rmodifier debug functions
rmodifier-info.c

Rmodifier info/infolists/hdata
ruby/

Ruby plugin
weechat-ruby.c

Main ruby functions (load/unload scripts, execute ruby code)
weechat-ruby-api.c

Ruby scripting API functions
script/

Scripts manager
script.c

Main functions for scripts manager
script-action.c

Actions on scripts (load/unload, install/remove, …)
script-buffer.c

Buffer for scripts manager
script-command.c

Commands for scripts manager
script-completion.c

Completions for scripts manager
script-config.c

Config options for scripts manager (file script.conf)
script-info.c

Script manager info/infolists/hdata
script-repo.c

Download and read repository file
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

DCC chat
xfer-command.c

Xfer commands
xfer-completion.c

Xfer completions
xfer-config.c

Xfer config options (file xfer.conf)
xfer-dcc.c

DCC file transfer
xfer-file.c

File functions for xfer
xfer-info.c

Xfer info/infolists/hdata
xfer-network.c

Network functions for xfer
xfer-upgrade.c

Save/restore of 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)
XX/

Documentation for language XX (languages: en, fr, de, it, …)
weechat.1.XX.txt

Man page (man weechat)
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.XX.txt

Relay protocol (for remote interfaces)
cmdline_options.XX.txt

Command-line options (file included in man page and user’s guide)
autogen/

Files auto-built with script docgen.py
user/

Files auto-built for user’s guide (do NEVER update manually!)
plugin_api/

Files auto-built for plugin API (do NEVER update manually!)

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:

    • short description of file (one line),

    • date,

    • name,

    • e-mail,

    • license.

Example in C:

/*
 * weechat.c - core functions for WeeChat
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2014 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/>.
 */

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).

  • Add a comment before any function, to explain what it does (always use a multi-line comment, even if description is very short).

Example:

/*
 * Checks if a string with boolean value is valid.
 *
 * Returns:
 *   1: boolean value is valid
 *   0: boolean value is NOT valid
 */

int
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 explicitly 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 */
}

  • Use empty lines to separate many different blocks inside functions, and if possible add a comment for each one, like this: 

/*
 * Sends a message from out queue.
 */

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 boolean), 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 but not for 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

See http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/

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) and yyyyy a name for the 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):

/*
 * Creates a new window.
 *
 * Returns pointer to new window, NULL if error.
 */

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 + "," + STD

19*08,05

chat + bars

Set foreground/background (WeeChat colors)

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

19*01,@00214

chat + bars

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

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

19*@00214,05

chat + bars

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

19 + "*" + (A)EXT + "," + 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 (used only in item "input_text")

19 + "b" + "i"

19bi

bars

Start item

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

19bl

bars

Start line item

19 + "E"

19E

chat + bars

Emphasize text (WeeChat ≥ 0.4.2)

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 (WeeChat ≥ 0.3.6)

35

weechat.color.chat_inactive_window (WeeChat ≥ 0.3.6)

36

weechat.color.chat_inactive_buffer (WeeChat ≥ 0.3.6)

37

weechat.color.chat_prefix_buffer_inactive_buffer (WeeChat ≥ 0.3.6)

38

weechat.color.chat_nick_offline (WeeChat ≥ 0.3.9)

39

weechat.color.chat_nick_offline_highlight (WeeChat ≥ 0.3.9)

40

weechat.color.chat_nick_prefix (WeeChat ≥ 0.4.1)

41

weechat.color.chat_nick_suffix (WeeChat ≥ 0.4.1)

42

weechat.color.emphasis (WeeChat ≥ 0.4.2)

43

weechat.color.chat_day_change (WeeChat ≥ 0.4.2)

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

1C

Reset attributes and color

5. Plugin internals

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

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

Git repository is at this URL: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=weechat.git

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 file which is ready to translate to Dutch:

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

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

When done, you have to check your file with script msgcheck.py (https://github.com/flashcode/msgcheck):

$ msgcheck.py xx.po
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 files, for all languages.

Important
 When using command /doc, be sure all C plugins (irc, charset, …) are loaded, because files are built using data 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>>