pipes: added an example feature test on how to use pipes for non-blocking

IO. Hope to expand it to include network IO at some point.

1 files changed, 50 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/feature-tests/local_input_capture.pl b/feature-tests/local_input_capture.pl
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+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+
+use Irssi;
+use Irssi::Irc;
+use Irssi::TextUI;
+
+use Data::Dumper;
+
+
+our $VERSION = '0.1';
+our %IRSSI = (
+              authors     => 'shabble',
+              contact     => 'shabble+irssi@metavore.org',
+              name        => '',
+              description => '',
+              license     => 'Public Domain',
+             );
+
+my $buffer = '';
+init();
+
+sub init {
+
+    Irssi::signal_add_first 'print text', 'sig_print_text';
+    Irssi::command 'echo Hello there';
+    Irssi::signal_remove 'print text', 'sig_print_text';
+    Irssi::command_bind 'showbuf', 'cmd_showbuf';
+}
+
+sub cmd_showbuf {
+    my ($args, $server, $win_item) = @_;
+    my $win;
+    if (defined $win_item) {
+        $win = $win_item->window();
+    } else {
+        $win = Irssi::active_win();
+    }
+
+    $win->print("buffer is: $buffer");
+    $buffer = '';
+}
+
+sub sig_print_text {
+    my ($text_dest, $str, $stripped_str) = @_;
+
+    $buffer .= $stripped_str;
+    Irssi::signal_stop;
+}