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diff --git a/runtime/doc/lua.txt b/runtime/doc/lua.txt index 499b3f9a6f..a634cc1e93 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/lua.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/lua.txt @@ -967,6 +967,37 @@ vim.wait({time} [, {callback}, {interval}, {fast_only}]) *vim.wait()* end < +vim.ui_attach({ns}, {options}, {callback}) *vim.ui_attach()* + Attach to ui events, similar to |nvim_ui_attach()| but receive events + as lua callback. Can be used to implement screen elements like + popupmenu or message handling in lua. + + {options} should be a dictionary-like table, where `ext_...` options should + be set to true to receive events for the respective external element. + + {callback} receives event name plus additional parameters. See |ui-popupmenu| + and the sections below for event format for respective events. + + Example (stub for a |ui-popupmenu| implementation): > + + ns = vim.api.nvim_create_namespace('my_fancy_pum') + + vim.ui_attach(ns, {ext_popupmenu=true}, function(event, ...) + if event == "popupmenu_show" then + local items, selected, row, col, grid = ... + print("display pum ", #items) + elseif event == "popupmenu_select" then + local selected = ... + print("selected", selected) + elseif event == "popupmenu_hide" then + print("FIN") + end + end) + +vim.ui_detach({ns}) *vim.ui_detach()* + Detach a callback previously attached with |vim.ui_attach()| for the + given namespace {ns}. + vim.type_idx *vim.type_idx* Type index for use in |lua-special-tbl|. Specifying one of the values from |vim.types| allows typing the empty table (it is unclear whether empty Lua |