Stick buffer to a window.
Author: nils_2
— Version: 0.7
— License: GPL-3.0-or-later
For WeeChat ≥ 0.3.0.
Tags: buffer, window, py2, py3
Added: 2013-01-29
— Updated: 2026-10-03
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 | # # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013-2026 nils_2 <libera.#weechat> # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Damien Bargiacchi <icymidnight@gmail.com> # # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later # # idea by shad0VV@freenode.#weechat # # 2026-10-03: nils_2, (libera.#weechat) # 0.7 : fix: "/buffer <subcommand>" (close, list, clear, hide, zoom ...) is no # longer mistaken for a buffer name and swallowed # : fix: "/input jump_smart" switches by buffer pointer instead of the # short name (wrong buffer when a name exists on several servers) # : fix: "/buffer 0" is no longer treated as "no number" # : fix: buffers are switched with the API (buffer_set display) instead of # a composed "/buffer <name>" command (names with spaces, double hook run) # : fix: window number is validated (digits only, window must exist) # : fix: name lookup prefers an exact match; ambiguous names and numbers # out of range are left to WeeChat instead of guessing # : fix: merged buffers: the active buffer of a number is used # : fix: UnboundLocalError on empty hotlist, isdigit() with non-ASCII digits, # multiple spaces and upper case in the command # : cleanup: unused code removed, examples use libera and the # "localvar_set_stick_buffer_to_window" property # # 2017-12-14: Sébastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org> # 0.6 : rename command "/autosetbuffer" by "/buffer_autoset" in example # # 2017-04-02: nils_2, (freenode.#weechat) # 0.5 : support of "/input jump_smart" and "/buffer +/-" (reported: squigz) # # 2017-03-25: nils_2, (freenode.#weechat) # 0.4 : script did not work with /go script and buffer names (reported: squigz) # # 2015-05-12: Damien Bargiacchi <icymidnight@gmail.com> # 0.3 : Stop script from truncating localvar lookup to first character of the buffer number # : Clean up destination buffer number logic # # 2013-01-25: nils_2, (freenode.#weechat) # 0.2 : make script compatible with Python 3.x # : smaller improvements # # 2013-01-21: nils_2, (freenode.#weechat) # 0.1 : initial release # # requires: WeeChat version 0.3.6 # # Development is currently hosted at # https://github.com/weechatter/weechat-scripts import re import sys try: import weechat except ImportError: print("This script must be run under WeeChat.") print("Get WeeChat now at: https://weechat.org/") sys.exit(1) SCRIPT_NAME = "stick_buffer" SCRIPT_AUTHOR = "nils_2 <weechatter@arcor.de>" SCRIPT_VERSION = "0.7" SCRIPT_LICENSE = "GPL3" SCRIPT_DESC = "Stick buffers to particular windows, like irssi" DIGITS = re.compile(r'[0-9]+') # single-word arguments of /buffer that are subcommands, not buffer names/numbers BUFFER_SUBCOMMANDS = frozenset([ 'list', 'add', 'clear', 'move', 'swap', 'cycle', 'merge', 'unmerge', 'hide', 'unhide', 'switch', 'zoom', 'renumber', 'close', 'notify', 'localvar', 'set', 'get', ]) # ======================================[ config ]====================================== # SW_CONFIG_DEFAULTS = { 'default_stick_window' : ('', 'The default window to stick a buffer to if no localvar ' 'stick_buffer_to_window is set'), } sw_config = {} warned = set() def init_config(): for option, (default_value, description) in SW_CONFIG_DEFAULTS.items(): if not weechat.config_is_set_plugin(option): weechat.config_set_plugin(option, default_value) sw_config[option] = default_value else: sw_config[option] = weechat.config_get_plugin(option) weechat.config_set_desc_plugin(option, '%s (default: "%s")' % (description, default_value)) check_default_window(sw_config.get('default_stick_window', '')) weechat.hook_config('plugins.var.python.' + SCRIPT_NAME + '.*', 'update_config', '') def update_config(pointer, name, value): option = name[len('plugins.var.python.' + SCRIPT_NAME + '.'):] sw_config[option] = value if option == 'default_stick_window': check_default_window(value) return weechat.WEECHAT_RC_OK def check_default_window(value): if value.strip() and parse_window_number(value) is None: print_error('option default_stick_window must be a window number (1, 2, 3 ...), got "%s"' % value) def parse_window_number(value): """Return window number as int, or None if value is not a positive integer.""" value = value.strip() if DIGITS.fullmatch(value) and int(value) >= 1: return int(value) return None def get_default_stick_window_number(): return parse_window_number(sw_config.get('default_stick_window', '')) # ======================================[ util ]====================================== # def show_help(): weechat.command('', '/help %s' % SCRIPT_NAME) def print_error(message): weechat.prnt('', '%s%s: %s' % (weechat.prefix("error"), SCRIPT_NAME, message)) def warn_once(key, message): if key not in warned: warned.add(key) print_error(message) # ======================================[ buffer utils ]====================================== # def get_buffers(): buffers = [] infolist = weechat.infolist_get('buffer', '', '') if infolist: while weechat.infolist_next(infolist): buffers.append({ 'number' : weechat.infolist_integer(infolist, 'number'), 'full_name' : weechat.infolist_string(infolist, 'full_name'), 'short_name': weechat.infolist_string(infolist, 'short_name'), 'pointer' : weechat.infolist_pointer(infolist, 'pointer'), 'active' : weechat.infolist_integer(infolist, 'active'), }) weechat.infolist_free(infolist) return buffers def get_current_buffer_pointer(): return weechat.window_get_pointer(weechat.current_window(), 'buffer') def get_current_buffer_number(): return weechat.buffer_get_integer(get_current_buffer_pointer(), 'number') def pick_by_number(buffers, number): matches = [b for b in buffers if b['number'] == number] if not matches: return None for b in matches: # merged buffers: prefer the active one if b['active']: return b['pointer'] return matches[0]['pointer'] def pick_by_name(buffers, name): """Exact full name, then unique short name, then unique substring. Anything ambiguous returns None, so WeeChat can decide itself.""" low = name.lower() for b in buffers: if b['full_name'].lower() == low: return b['pointer'] matches = [b for b in buffers if b['short_name'].lower() == low] if not matches: matches = [b for b in buffers if low in b['full_name'].lower()] if len(matches) == 1: return matches[0]['pointer'] return None def resolve_buffer(arg): """Resolve the argument of /buffer to a buffer pointer, or None.""" buffers = get_buffers() mod, rest = '', arg if arg[0] in '+-*' and DIGITS.fullmatch(arg[1:]): mod, rest = arg[0], arg[1:] if DIGITS.fullmatch(rest): number = int(rest) if mod == '+': number = get_current_buffer_number() + number elif mod == '-': number = get_current_buffer_number() - number # out of range -> None: WeeChat does its own wrap-around/error handling return pick_by_number(buffers, number) return pick_by_name(buffers, arg) def get_first_hotlist_buffer(): ptr_buffer = '' infolist = weechat.infolist_get('hotlist', '', '') if infolist: if weechat.infolist_next(infolist): # first entry in hotlist ptr_buffer = weechat.infolist_pointer(infolist, 'buffer_pointer') weechat.infolist_free(infolist) return ptr_buffer # ======================================[ window utils ]====================================== # def window_exists(number): found = False infolist = weechat.infolist_get('window', '', '') if infolist: while weechat.infolist_next(infolist): if weechat.infolist_integer(infolist, 'number') == number: found = True break weechat.infolist_free(infolist) return found def get_stick_window_number(ptr_buffer): value = weechat.buffer_get_string(ptr_buffer, 'localvar_stick_buffer_to_window').strip() if value: number = parse_window_number(value) if number is None: warn_once(('localvar', ptr_buffer, value), 'localvar stick_buffer_to_window of buffer "%s" must be a window number, got "%s"' % (weechat.buffer_get_string(ptr_buffer, 'full_name'), value)) return number return get_default_stick_window_number() # ======================================[ callbacks ]====================================== # def stick_and_switch(ptr_buffer): """Show ptr_buffer in its sticky window. Returns the callback return code.""" if not ptr_buffer or ptr_buffer == get_current_buffer_pointer(): return weechat.WEECHAT_RC_OK window_number = get_stick_window_number(ptr_buffer) if window_number is None: return weechat.WEECHAT_RC_OK if window_number == weechat.window_get_integer(weechat.current_window(), 'number'): return weechat.WEECHAT_RC_OK # already in the right window if not window_exists(window_number): warn_once(('window', window_number), 'window %d does not exist, buffer not moved.' % window_number) return weechat.WEECHAT_RC_OK weechat.command('', '/window %d' % window_number) weechat.buffer_set(ptr_buffer, 'display', '1') return weechat.WEECHAT_RC_OK_EAT # command: /buffer <name|number|+N|-N> def buffer_switch_cb(data, buffer, command): args = command.split()[1:] if len(args) != 1: return weechat.WEECHAT_RC_OK if args[0].lower() in BUFFER_SUBCOMMANDS: return weechat.WEECHAT_RC_OK return stick_and_switch(resolve_buffer(args[0])) # command: /input jump_smart def jump_smart_cb(data, buffer, command): return stick_and_switch(get_first_hotlist_buffer()) def cmd_cb(data, buffer, args): argv = args.strip().lower().split() if argv and argv[0] == 'list': weechat.command('', '/set *.localvar_set_stick_buffer_to_window') elif not argv or argv[0] == 'help': show_help() else: print_error('Unrecognized command %s\n' % ' '.join(argv)) show_help() return weechat.WEECHAT_RC_OK # ======================================[ main ]====================================== # def main(): version = weechat.info_get('version_number', '') or 0 if int(version) < 0x00030600: print_error('script needs version 0.3.6 or higher') weechat.command('', "/wait 1ms /python unload %s" % SCRIPT_NAME) return init_config() description = """ {script_name} can make sure that when switching to a buffer it appears only in a particular window. To trigger this behaviour set the localvar 'stick_buffer_to_window' to the desired window number. You will need '/buffer setauto' command to make local variables persistent; see the examples below. Notes: - The window number must be a positive number and the window must exist, otherwise the buffer is not moved (a warning is printed once). - Buffer names are matched in this order: full name (irc.libera.#weechat), then short name (#weechat), then part of the full name. If more than one buffer matches, or a number is out of range, this script does nothing and WeeChat switches in the current window as usual. Use the full name to be sure. - Switching with /input jump_previously_visited_buffer, jump_next_visited_buffer and jump_last_buffer is not supported. Examples: Temporarily stick the current buffer to window 3: /buffer set localvar_set_stick_buffer_to_window 3 Stick buffer #weechat to window 2: /buffer irc.libera.#weechat /buffer set localvar_set_stick_buffer_to_window 2 /buffer setauto localvar_set_stick_buffer_to_window 2 Set the default stick-to window to window 5: /set plugins.var.python.{script_name}.default_stick_window 5 List buffers with persistent stickiness: /{script_name} list Show this help: /{script_name} help Display local variables for current buffer: /buffer localvar """.format(script_name = SCRIPT_NAME) weechat.hook_command(SCRIPT_NAME, SCRIPT_DESC, 'list || help', description, 'list || help', 'cmd_cb', '') weechat.hook_command_run('/buffer *', 'buffer_switch_cb', '') weechat.hook_command_run('/input jump_smart', 'jump_smart_cb', '') if __name__ == '__main__': if weechat.register(SCRIPT_NAME, SCRIPT_AUTHOR, SCRIPT_VERSION, SCRIPT_LICENSE, SCRIPT_DESC, '', ''): main() |