Allow TUI windows in Python

This patch adds support for writing new TUI windows in Python.

2020-02-22  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* NEWS: Add entry for gdb.register_window_type.
	* tui/tui-layout.h (window_factory): New typedef.
	(tui_register_window): Declare.
	* tui/tui-layout.c (saved_tui_windows): New global.
	(tui_apply_current_layout): Use it.
	(tui_register_window): New function.
	* python/python.c (do_start_initialization): Call
	gdbpy_initialize_tui.
	(python_GdbMethods): Add "register_window_type" function.
	* python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_register_tui_window)
	(gdbpy_initialize_tui): Declare.
	* python/py-tui.c: New file.
	* Makefile.in (SUBDIR_PYTHON_SRCS): Add py-tui.c.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2020-02-22  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* python.texi (Python API): Add menu item.
	(TUI Windows In Python): New node.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2020-02-22  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* gdb.python/tui-window.exp: New file.
	* gdb.python/tui-window.py: New file.

Change-Id: I85fbfb923a1840450a00a7dce113a05d7f048baa
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Tom Tromey 2020-02-22 11:48:26 -07:00
parent fc96d20b2c
commit 01b1af321f
13 changed files with 783 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -1769,7 +1769,8 @@ do_start_initialization ()
|| gdbpy_initialize_event () < 0
|| gdbpy_initialize_arch () < 0
|| gdbpy_initialize_xmethods () < 0
|| gdbpy_initialize_unwind () < 0)
|| gdbpy_initialize_unwind () < 0
|| gdbpy_initialize_tui () < 0)
return false;
#define GDB_PY_DEFINE_EVENT_TYPE(name, py_name, doc, base) \
@ -2122,6 +2123,13 @@ or None if not set." },
"convenience_variable (NAME, VALUE) -> None.\n\
Set the value of the convenience variable $NAME." },
#ifdef TUI
{ "register_window_type", (PyCFunction) gdbpy_register_tui_window,
METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
"register_window_type (NAME, CONSTRUCSTOR) -> None\n\
Register a TUI window constructor." },
#endif /* TUI */
{NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
};