harangzsolt33 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

So, I have been playing around with yad which is a little tool in Linux that generates nice dialog windows. I discovered that it can display HTML content, and I was trying to test the limits here... For example, I inserted a little YouTube video into the yad dialog, and it didn't load. :( So, there are limits. Or for example, I inserted an SVG image, and it did load. I also inserted pictures from online and offline sources, and both worked great. So, I can load images. I can load SVG images. And I can display dynamic HTML content inside the tiny yad dialog. The only problem is that when the user clicks a HTML link, nothing happens.. So, what I would like to happen is some sort of signal or something to fire off, which I can somehow capture from perl. Is this possible? Right now, you MUST either close the window by pressing the OK button or SAVE button on the bottom, and only then I get to see which HTML buttons the user pressed earlier. But I would like to somehow get instant feedback from the HTML buttons.

Here is my test program. And I know, you're going to hate me for this, because I forgot how to collapse the code within the CODE tags. :/

Anyway, here it is. It's a little QR code generator JavaScript with some HTML and perl and yad and xwd. This program has a little bit of everything in it. ;)

( This code has many bugs in it, so please forgive me for that. One of the big bugs is the fact that I try to take a snapshot of the QR code using xwd. But yad closes the dialog, and only then I execute xwd, which then takes a snapshot of everything else EXCEPT the QR code. Heh )

#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use warnings; # # This a little test program to see what I can do with yad through Per +l. # ################################################## my $TEMP_FILE = 'yad_links_289937.tmp'; my $HTML_FILE = 'yad_dialog_289937.htm'; ################################################## CLS(); my $CURDIR = ($^O =~ m/MSWIN|DOS/i) ? `cd` : `pwd`; # Get cur dir if ($^O =~ m/MSWIN|DOS/i) { $CURDIR =~ tr|\\|/|; } # Convert \ to / $CURDIR =~ tr/\x00-\x1F*?|<>//d; print "\nCurrent directory is : $CURDIR"; print "\nWriting html content to $HTML_FILE"; $HTML_FILE =~ tr|/||s; # Remove duplicate // local *OUTFILE; open OUTFILE, ">$HTML_FILE" or die "\nError: Could not create output f +ile - $HTML_FILE\n"; while (<DATA>) { print OUTFILE $_; } close OUTFILE; my $CMD = "yad --html --uri=\"$HTML_FILE\" --print-uri --width=370 --h +eight=470 --center --button=OK:1 --button=Save:2 --buttons-layout=cen +ter --title='QR Code Generator' > $TEMP_FILE"; print "\nExecuting : $CMD\n\n"; my $EXITCODE = system($CMD); print "\nExit code = $EXITCODE\n"; ################################################## # This is a quick shortcut to read a file: $ARGV[0] = $TEMP_FILE; print "\nThe following links were clicked in this order : \n\n\t"; while (<>) # Read one line at a time from temp file { my $LINK = ($_ =~ m/link([0-9]+)$/) ? $1 : 0; print " $LINK"; } ################################################## if ($EXITCODE == 2) { print "\nYou pressed Ctrl+C to abort this Perl program.\n"; EXIT(); } if ($EXITCODE == 64512) { print "\nYou closed the window without clicking on OK or SAVE.\n"; EXIT(); } if ($EXITCODE == 256) { print "\n\nOK was clicked\n\nBye!\n"; EXIT(); } if ($EXITCODE == 512) { print "\n\nSAVE button was clicked.\n"; # Saving an XWD snapshot only works on Linux for now. if ($^O =~ m/LINUX/i) { $CMD = 'xwd -silent -screen -root > qr.xwd'; print "\nExecuting : $CMD\n"; system($CMD); } else { print "\nUnfortunately, this feature is not implemented yet."; } } EXIT(); ################################################## sub EXIT { # Cleanup unlink $HTML_FILE; unlink $TEMP_FILE; } ################################################## # Terminal | v2024.4.22 # This function clears the terminal window. # It has been tested on Linux, Windows, DOS, and MacOS. # It may or may not work in other environments. # # Usage: CLS([COLOR]) # sub CLS { if ($^O =~ m/DOS/i) { return system('COMMAND.COM /C CLS'); } if ($^O =~ m/LINUX/i) { return print "\x1Bc\x1B[0m\x1B[3J\x1B[H\x1B[ +2J"; } if ($^O =~ m/MSWIN/i) { system('CLS'); system('COLOR 07'); return 1; + } if ($^O =~ m/DARWIN/i) { return print "\x1B[3J"; } } ################################################## __DATA__ <HTML> <HEAD> <STYLE> .MyButton { WIDTH:60; HEIGHT:30; BACKGROUND-COLOR:0000FF; COLOR:FFFFFF +; FONT-FAMILY:ARIAL; FONT-SIZE:16; FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD; TEXT-DECORATION: +NONE; PADDING:20; BORDER:NONE; CURSOR:POINTER; } .MyButton:HOVER { WIDTH:60; HEIGHT:30; BACKGROUND-COLOR:FFCC00; COLOR: +000033; FONT-FAMILY:ARIAL; FONT-SIZE:16; FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD; TEXT-DECOR +ATION:NONE; PADDING:20; BORDER:NONE; CURSOR:POINTER; } </STYLE> </HEAD> <!-- This code was copied from: https://code.google.com/archive/p/jsqrencode/downloads --> <BODY BGCOLOR=EEEEEE onload="INIT()"><CENTER> <DIV ID=SLIDE> <FORM name="qrinp"> <TABLE WIDTH=100% ID=GENERATOR STYLE='POSITION:RELATIVE; TOP:120;'><TD +><CENTER> <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="qrinput" size=24 VALUE="http://www.wzsn.net/per +l"> <input type=HIDDEN name="ECC" value="1" size="1"> <input type="button" value="Create QR Code" onclick="GENERATE()"/> <BR><canvas id="qrcanv" WIDTH=350 HEIGHT=350></canvas> <BR><A HREF="link1">HELP</A> <BR><BR><BR><A HREF="link2" CLASS=MyButton>README</A> <BR><BR><BR><A HREF="link3"> <svg width="91" height="40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <!-- {"text":"Sample 4","font_family":"Times New Roman","font_size +":18,"font_weight":"bold","font_style":"normal","button_width":91,"bu +tton_height":40,"button_shadow":2,"border_width":1,"border_radius":4, +"bg_color":"brown","text_color":"white","border_color":"black","bg_ho +ver_color":""} --> <linearGradient id="bgColor1713817826" x1="0" x2="0" y1="0" y2="1" +> <stop offset="50%" stop-color="#a52a2a"/> <stop offset="100%" stop-color="rgb(115,29,29)"/> </linearGradient> <rect x="2" y="2" width="89" height="38" rx="4" ry="4" fill="#666" +/> <rect id="rect1713817826" width="89" height="38" rx="4" ry="4" fil +l="url(#bgColor1713817826)" stroke-width="1" stroke="black"/> <text x="44.5" style="pointer-events:none; user-select:none" y="25 +" text-anchor="middle" font-family="Times New Roman" font-size="18" f +ont-weight="bold" font-style="normal" fill="white">BUTTON3</text> <animate attributeName="stroke-width" from="3" to="1" begin="mouse +down" href="#rect1713817826"/> <animate attributeName="stroke-width" from="1" to="3" begin="mouse +up" href="#rect1713817826"/> </svg></A> <!-- yad does not capture the click on the following button : --> <BR><BR><A HREF="javascript:alert('HI');"> <svg width="91" height="40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <!-- {"text":"Sample 4","font_family":"Times New Roman","font_size +":18,"font_weight":"bold","font_style":"normal","button_width":91,"bu +tton_height":40,"button_shadow":2,"border_width":1,"border_radius":4, +"bg_color":"brown","text_color":"white","border_color":"black","bg_ho +ver_color":""} --> <linearGradient id="bgColor1713817826" x1="0" x2="0" y1="0" y2="1" +> <stop offset="50%" stop-color="#a52a2a"/> <stop offset="100%" stop-color="rgb(115,29,29)"/> </linearGradient> <rect x="2" y="2" width="89" height="38" rx="4" ry="4" fill="#666" +/> <rect id="rect1713817826" width="89" height="38" rx="4" ry="4" fil +l="url(#bgColor1713817826)" stroke-width="1" stroke="black"/> <text x="44.5" style="pointer-events:none; user-select:none" y="25 +" text-anchor="middle" font-family="Times New Roman" font-size="18" f +ont-weight="bold" font-style="normal" fill="white">ALERT4</text> <animate attributeName="stroke-width" from="3" to="1" begin="mouse +down" href="#rect1713817826"/> <animate attributeName="stroke-width" from="1" to="3" begin="mouse +up" href="#rect1713817826"/> </svg></A> <!-- yad won't let you do this: --> <BR><INPUT TYPE=BUTTON VALUE='CLOSE' onClick='self.close();'> <BR><INPUT TYPE=BUTTON VALUE='RELOAD' onClick='RELOAD();'> <!-- Okay, so dynamic page update works, but changing location.href doesn't. --> <!-- Loading images from online or offline sources works. --> </FORM> </TABLE> </DIV> <SCRIPT> function RELOAD() // Try to reload this page with different args { location.href = location.href.split("?")[0] + "?p=24"; } // alignment pattern adelta = [ 0, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, // force 1 pat 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 20, 22, 24, 24, 26, 28, 28, 22, 24, 24, 26, 26, 28, 28, 24, 24, 26, 26, 26, 28, 28, 24, 26, 26, 26, 28, 28 ]; // version block vpat = [ 0xc94, 0x5bc, 0xa99, 0x4d3, 0xbf6, 0x762, 0x847, 0x60d, 0x928, 0xb78, 0x45d, 0xa17, 0x532, 0x9a6, 0x683, 0x8c9, 0x7ec, 0xec4, 0x1e1, 0xfab, 0x08e, 0xc1a, 0x33f, 0xd75, 0x250, 0x9d5, 0x6f0, 0x8ba, 0x79f, 0xb0b, 0x42e, 0xa64, 0x541, 0xc69 ]; // final format bits with mask: level << 3 | mask fmtword = [ 0x77c4, 0x72f3, 0x7daa, 0x789d, 0x662f, 0x6318, 0x6c41, 0x6976, + //L 0x5412, 0x5125, 0x5e7c, 0x5b4b, 0x45f9, 0x40ce, 0x4f97, 0x4aa0, + //M 0x355f, 0x3068, 0x3f31, 0x3a06, 0x24b4, 0x2183, 0x2eda, 0x2bed, + //Q 0x1689, 0x13be, 0x1ce7, 0x19d0, 0x0762, 0x0255, 0x0d0c, 0x083b +//H ]; // 4 per version: number of blocks 1,2; data width; ecc width eccblocks = [ 1, 0, 19, 7, 1, 0, 16, 10, 1, 0, 13, 13, 1, 0, 9, 17, 1, 0, 34, 10, 1, 0, 28, 16, 1, 0, 22, 22, 1, 0, 16, 28, 1, 0, 55, 15, 1, 0, 44, 26, 2, 0, 17, 18, 2, 0, 13, 22, 1, 0, 80, 20, 2, 0, 32, 18, 2, 0, 24, 26, 4, 0, 9, 16, 1, 0, 108, 26, 2, 0, 43, 24, 2, 2, 15, 18, 2, 2, 11, 22, 2, 0, 68, 18, 4, 0, 27, 16, 4, 0, 19, 24, 4, 0, 15, 28, 2, 0, 78, 20, 4, 0, 31, 18, 2, 4, 14, 18, 4, 1, 13, 26, 2, 0, 97, 24, 2, 2, 38, 22, 4, 2, 18, 22, 4, 2, 14, 26, 2, 0, 116, 30, 3, 2, 36, 22, 4, 4, 16, 20, 4, 4, 12, 24, 2, 2, 68, 18, 4, 1, 43, 26, 6, 2, 19, 24, 6, 2, 15, 28, 4, 0, 81, 20, 1, 4, 50, 30, 4, 4, 22, 28, 3, 8, 12, 24, 2, 2, 92, 24, 6, 2, 36, 22, 4, 6, 20, 26, 7, 4, 14, 28, 4, 0, 107, 26, 8, 1, 37, 22, 8, 4, 20, 24, 12, 4, 11, 22, 3, 1, 115, 30, 4, 5, 40, 24, 11, 5, 16, 20, 11, 5, 12, 24, 5, 1, 87, 22, 5, 5, 41, 24, 5, 7, 24, 30, 11, 7, 12, 24, 5, 1, 98, 24, 7, 3, 45, 28, 15, 2, 19, 24, 3, 13, 15, 30, 1, 5, 107, 28, 10, 1, 46, 28, 1, 15, 22, 28, 2, 17, 14, 28, 5, 1, 120, 30, 9, 4, 43, 26, 17, 1, 22, 28, 2, 19, 14, 28, 3, 4, 113, 28, 3, 11, 44, 26, 17, 4, 21, 26, 9, 16, 13, 26, 3, 5, 107, 28, 3, 13, 41, 26, 15, 5, 24, 30, 15, 10, 15, 28, 4, 4, 116, 28, 17, 0, 42, 26, 17, 6, 22, 28, 19, 6, 16, 30, 2, 7, 111, 28, 17, 0, 46, 28, 7, 16, 24, 30, 34, 0, 13, 24, 4, 5, 121, 30, 4, 14, 47, 28, 11, 14, 24, 30, 16, 14, 15, 30, 6, 4, 117, 30, 6, 14, 45, 28, 11, 16, 24, 30, 30, 2, 16, 30, 8, 4, 106, 26, 8, 13, 47, 28, 7, 22, 24, 30, 22, 13, 15, 30, 10, 2, 114, 28, 19, 4, 46, 28, 28, 6, 22, 28, 33, 4, 16, 30, 8, 4, 122, 30, 22, 3, 45, 28, 8, 26, 23, 30, 12, 28, 15, 30, 3, 10, 117, 30, 3, 23, 45, 28, 4, 31, 24, 30, 11, 31, 15, 30, 7, 7, 116, 30, 21, 7, 45, 28, 1, 37, 23, 30, 19, 26, 15, 30, 5, 10, 115, 30, 19, 10, 47, 28, 15, 25, 24, 30, 23, 25, 15, 30, 13, 3, 115, 30, 2, 29, 46, 28, 42, 1, 24, 30, 23, 28, 15, 30, 17, 0, 115, 30, 10, 23, 46, 28, 10, 35, 24, 30, 19, 35, 15, 30, 17, 1, 115, 30, 14, 21, 46, 28, 29, 19, 24, 30, 11, 46, 15, 30, 13, 6, 115, 30, 14, 23, 46, 28, 44, 7, 24, 30, 59, 1, 16, 30, 12, 7, 121, 30, 12, 26, 47, 28, 39, 14, 24, 30, 22, 41, 15, 30, 6, 14, 121, 30, 6, 34, 47, 28, 46, 10, 24, 30, 2, 64, 15, 30, 17, 4, 122, 30, 29, 14, 46, 28, 49, 10, 24, 30, 24, 46, 15, 30, 4, 18, 122, 30, 13, 32, 46, 28, 48, 14, 24, 30, 42, 32, 15, 30, 20, 4, 117, 30, 40, 7, 47, 28, 43, 22, 24, 30, 10, 67, 15, 30, 19, 6, 118, 30, 18, 31, 47, 28, 34, 34, 24, 30, 20, 61, 15, 30 ]; // Galois field log table glog = [ 0xff, 0x00, 0x01, 0x19, 0x02, 0x32, 0x1a, 0xc6, 0x03, 0xdf, 0x33, +0xee, 0x1b, 0x68, 0xc7, 0x4b, 0x04, 0x64, 0xe0, 0x0e, 0x34, 0x8d, 0xef, 0x81, 0x1c, 0xc1, 0x69, +0xf8, 0xc8, 0x08, 0x4c, 0x71, 0x05, 0x8a, 0x65, 0x2f, 0xe1, 0x24, 0x0f, 0x21, 0x35, 0x93, 0x8e, +0xda, 0xf0, 0x12, 0x82, 0x45, 0x1d, 0xb5, 0xc2, 0x7d, 0x6a, 0x27, 0xf9, 0xb9, 0xc9, 0x9a, 0x09, +0x78, 0x4d, 0xe4, 0x72, 0xa6, 0x06, 0xbf, 0x8b, 0x62, 0x66, 0xdd, 0x30, 0xfd, 0xe2, 0x98, 0x25, +0xb3, 0x10, 0x91, 0x22, 0x88, 0x36, 0xd0, 0x94, 0xce, 0x8f, 0x96, 0xdb, 0xbd, 0xf1, 0xd2, 0x13, +0x5c, 0x83, 0x38, 0x46, 0x40, 0x1e, 0x42, 0xb6, 0xa3, 0xc3, 0x48, 0x7e, 0x6e, 0x6b, 0x3a, 0x28, +0x54, 0xfa, 0x85, 0xba, 0x3d, 0xca, 0x5e, 0x9b, 0x9f, 0x0a, 0x15, 0x79, 0x2b, 0x4e, 0xd4, 0xe5, +0xac, 0x73, 0xf3, 0xa7, 0x57, 0x07, 0x70, 0xc0, 0xf7, 0x8c, 0x80, 0x63, 0x0d, 0x67, 0x4a, 0xde, +0xed, 0x31, 0xc5, 0xfe, 0x18, 0xe3, 0xa5, 0x99, 0x77, 0x26, 0xb8, 0xb4, 0x7c, 0x11, 0x44, 0x92, +0xd9, 0x23, 0x20, 0x89, 0x2e, 0x37, 0x3f, 0xd1, 0x5b, 0x95, 0xbc, 0xcf, 0xcd, 0x90, 0x87, 0x97, +0xb2, 0xdc, 0xfc, 0xbe, 0x61, 0xf2, 0x56, 0xd3, 0xab, 0x14, 0x2a, 0x5d, 0x9e, 0x84, 0x3c, 0x39, +0x53, 0x47, 0x6d, 0x41, 0xa2, 0x1f, 0x2d, 0x43, 0xd8, 0xb7, 0x7b, 0xa4, 0x76, 0xc4, 0x17, 0x49, +0xec, 0x7f, 0x0c, 0x6f, 0xf6, 0x6c, 0xa1, 0x3b, 0x52, 0x29, 0x9d, 0x55, 0xaa, 0xfb, 0x60, 0x86, +0xb1, 0xbb, 0xcc, 0x3e, 0x5a, 0xcb, 0x59, 0x5f, 0xb0, 0x9c, 0xa9, 0xa0, 0x51, 0x0b, 0xf5, 0x16, +0xeb, 0x7a, 0x75, 0x2c, 0xd7, 0x4f, 0xae, 0xd5, 0xe9, 0xe6, 0xe7, 0xad, 0xe8, 0x74, 0xd6, 0xf4, +0xea, 0xa8, 0x50, 0x58, 0xaf ]; // Galios field exponent table gexp = [ 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80, 0x1d, 0x3a, 0x74, +0xe8, 0xcd, 0x87, 0x13, 0x26, 0x4c, 0x98, 0x2d, 0x5a, 0xb4, 0x75, 0xea, 0xc9, 0x8f, 0x03, 0x06, +0x0c, 0x18, 0x30, 0x60, 0xc0, 0x9d, 0x27, 0x4e, 0x9c, 0x25, 0x4a, 0x94, 0x35, 0x6a, 0xd4, 0xb5, +0x77, 0xee, 0xc1, 0x9f, 0x23, 0x46, 0x8c, 0x05, 0x0a, 0x14, 0x28, 0x50, 0xa0, 0x5d, 0xba, 0x69, +0xd2, 0xb9, 0x6f, 0xde, 0xa1, 0x5f, 0xbe, 0x61, 0xc2, 0x99, 0x2f, 0x5e, 0xbc, 0x65, 0xca, 0x89, +0x0f, 0x1e, 0x3c, 0x78, 0xf0, 0xfd, 0xe7, 0xd3, 0xbb, 0x6b, 0xd6, 0xb1, 0x7f, 0xfe, 0xe1, 0xdf, +0xa3, 0x5b, 0xb6, 0x71, 0xe2, 0xd9, 0xaf, 0x43, 0x86, 0x11, 0x22, 0x44, 0x88, 0x0d, 0x1a, 0x34, +0x68, 0xd0, 0xbd, 0x67, 0xce, 0x81, 0x1f, 0x3e, 0x7c, 0xf8, 0xed, 0xc7, 0x93, 0x3b, 0x76, 0xec, +0xc5, 0x97, 0x33, 0x66, 0xcc, 0x85, 0x17, 0x2e, 0x5c, 0xb8, 0x6d, 0xda, 0xa9, 0x4f, 0x9e, 0x21, +0x42, 0x84, 0x15, 0x2a, 0x54, 0xa8, 0x4d, 0x9a, 0x29, 0x52, 0xa4, 0x55, 0xaa, 0x49, 0x92, 0x39, +0x72, 0xe4, 0xd5, 0xb7, 0x73, 0xe6, 0xd1, 0xbf, 0x63, 0xc6, 0x91, 0x3f, 0x7e, 0xfc, 0xe5, 0xd7, +0xb3, 0x7b, 0xf6, 0xf1, 0xff, 0xe3, 0xdb, 0xab, 0x4b, 0x96, 0x31, 0x62, 0xc4, 0x95, 0x37, 0x6e, +0xdc, 0xa5, 0x57, 0xae, 0x41, 0x82, 0x19, 0x32, 0x64, 0xc8, 0x8d, 0x07, 0x0e, 0x1c, 0x38, 0x70, +0xe0, 0xdd, 0xa7, 0x53, 0xa6, 0x51, 0xa2, 0x59, 0xb2, 0x79, 0xf2, 0xf9, 0xef, 0xc3, 0x9b, 0x2b, +0x56, 0xac, 0x45, 0x8a, 0x09, 0x12, 0x24, 0x48, 0x90, 0x3d, 0x7a, 0xf4, 0xf5, 0xf7, 0xf3, 0xfb, +0xeb, 0xcb, 0x8b, 0x0b, 0x16, 0x2c, 0x58, 0xb0, 0x7d, 0xfa, 0xe9, 0xcf, 0x83, 0x1b, 0x36, 0x6c, +0xd8, 0xad, 0x47, 0x8e, 0x00 ]; // Working buffers: // data input and ecc append, image working buffer, fixed part of imag +e, run lengths for badness var strinbuf=[], eccbuf=[], qrframe=[], framask=[], rlens=[]; // Control values - width is based on version, last 4 are from table. var version, width, neccblk1, neccblk2, datablkw, eccblkwid; var ecclevel = 1; // set bit to indicate cell in qrframe is immutable. symmetric around + diagonal function setmask(x, y) { var bt; if (x > y) { bt = x; x = y; y = bt; } // y*y = 1+3+5... bt = y; bt *= y; bt += y; bt >>= 1; bt += x; framask[bt] = 1; } // enter alignment pattern - black to qrframe, white to mask (later bl +ack frame merged to mask) function putalign(x, y) { var j; qrframe[x + width * y] = 1; for (j = -2; j < 2; j++) { qrframe[(x + j) + width * (y - 2)] = 1; qrframe[(x - 2) + width * (y + j + 1)] = 1; qrframe[(x + 2) + width * (y + j)] = 1; qrframe[(x + j + 1) + width * (y + 2)] = 1; } for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) { setmask(x - 1, y + j); setmask(x + 1, y - j); setmask(x - j, y - 1); setmask(x + j, y + 1); } } //==================================================================== +==== // Reed Solomon error correction // exponentiation mod N function modnn(x) { while (x >= 255) { x -= 255; x = (x >> 8) + (x & 255); } return x; } var genpoly = []; // Calculate and append ECC data to data block. Block is in strinbuf, + indexes to buffers given. function appendrs(data, dlen, ecbuf, eclen) { var i, j, fb; for (i = 0; i < eclen; i++) strinbuf[ecbuf + i] = 0; for (i = 0; i < dlen; i++) { fb = glog[strinbuf[data + i] ^ strinbuf[ecbuf]]; if (fb != 255) /* fb term is non-zero */ for (j = 1; j < eclen; j++) strinbuf[ecbuf + j - 1] = strinbuf[ecbuf + j] ^ gexp[m +odnn(fb + genpoly[eclen - j])]; else for( j = ecbuf ; j < ecbuf + eclen; j++ ) strinbuf[j] = strinbuf[j + 1]; strinbuf[ ecbuf + eclen - 1] = fb == 255 ? 0 : gexp[modnn(fb + + genpoly[0])]; } } //==================================================================== +==== // Frame data insert following the path rules // check mask - since symmetrical use half. function ismasked(x, y) { var bt; if (x > y) { bt = x; x = y; y = bt; } bt = y; bt += y * y; bt >>= 1; bt += x; return framask[bt]; } //==================================================================== +==== // Apply the selected mask out of the 8. function applymask(m) { var x, y, r3x, r3y; switch (m) { case 0: for (y = 0; y < width; y++) for (x = 0; x < width; x++) if (!((x + y) & 1) && !ismasked(x, y)) qrframe[x + y * width] ^= 1; break; case 1: for (y = 0; y < width; y++) for (x = 0; x < width; x++) if (!(y & 1) && !ismasked(x, y)) qrframe[x + y * width] ^= 1; break; case 2: for (y = 0; y < width; y++) for (r3x = 0, x = 0; x < width; x++, r3x++) { if (r3x == 3) r3x = 0; if (!r3x && !ismasked(x, y)) qrframe[x + y * width] ^= 1; } break; case 3: for (r3y = 0, y = 0; y < width; y++, r3y++) { if (r3y == 3) r3y = 0; for (r3x = r3y, x = 0; x < width; x++, r3x++) { if (r3x == 3) r3x = 0; if (!r3x && !ismasked(x, y)) qrframe[x + y * width] ^= 1; } } break; case 4: for (y = 0; y < width; y++) for (r3x = 0, r3y = ((y >> 1) & 1), x = 0; x < width; x++, + r3x++) { if (r3x == 3) { r3x = 0; r3y = !r3y; } if (!r3y && !ismasked(x, y)) qrframe[x + y * width] ^= 1; } break; case 5: for (r3y = 0, y = 0; y < width; y++, r3y++) { if (r3y == 3) r3y = 0; for (r3x = 0, x = 0; x < width; x++, r3x++) { if (r3x == 3) r3x = 0; if (!((x & y & 1) + !(!r3x | !r3y)) && !ismasked(x, y) +) qrframe[x + y * width] ^= 1; } } break; case 6: for (r3y = 0, y = 0; y < width; y++, r3y++) { if (r3y == 3) r3y = 0; for (r3x = 0, x = 0; x < width; x++, r3x++) { if (r3x == 3) r3x = 0; if (!(((x & y & 1) + (r3x && (r3x == r3y))) & 1) && !i +smasked(x, y)) qrframe[x + y * width] ^= 1; } } break; case 7: for (r3y = 0, y = 0; y < width; y++, r3y++) { if (r3y == 3) r3y = 0; for (r3x = 0, x = 0; x < width; x++, r3x++) { if (r3x == 3) r3x = 0; if (!(((r3x && (r3x == r3y)) + ((x + y) & 1)) & 1) && +!ismasked(x, y)) qrframe[x + y * width] ^= 1; } } break; } return; } // Badness coefficients. var N1 = 3, N2 = 3, N3 = 40, N4 = 10; // Using the table of the length of each run, calculate the amount of +bad image // - long runs or those that look like finders; called twice, once eac +h for X and Y function badruns(length) { var i; var runsbad = 0; for (i = 0; i <= length; i++) if (rlens[i] >= 5) runsbad += N1 + rlens[i] - 5; // BwBBBwB as in finder for (i = 3; i < length - 1; i += 2) if (rlens[i - 2] == rlens[i + 2] && rlens[i + 2] == rlens[i - 1] && rlens[i - 1] == rlens[i + 1] && rlens[i - 1] * 3 == rlens[i] // white around the black pattern? Not part of spec && (rlens[i - 3] == 0 // beginning || i + 3 > length // end || rlens[i - 3] * 3 >= rlens[i] * 4 || rlens[i + 3] * +3 >= rlens[i] * 4) ) runsbad += N3; return runsbad; } // Calculate how bad the masked image is - blocks, imbalance, runs, or + finders. function badcheck() { var x, y, h, b, b1; var thisbad = 0; var bw = 0; // blocks of same color. for (y = 0; y < width - 1; y++) for (x = 0; x < width - 1; x++) if ((qrframe[x + width * y] && qrframe[(x + 1) + width * y +] && qrframe[x + width * (y + 1)] && qrframe[(x + 1) + +width * (y + 1)]) // all black || !(qrframe[x + width * y] || qrframe[(x + 1) + width + * y] || qrframe[x + width * (y + 1)] || qrframe[(x + 1 +) + width * (y + 1)])) // all white thisbad += N2; // X runs for (y = 0; y < width; y++) { rlens[0] = 0; for (h = b = x = 0; x < width; x++) { if ((b1 = qrframe[x + width * y]) == b) rlens[h]++; else rlens[++h] = 1; b = b1; bw += b ? 1 : -1; } thisbad += badruns(h); } // black/white imbalance if (bw < 0) bw = -bw; var big = bw; count = 0; big += big << 2; big <<= 1; while (big > width * width) big -= width * width, count++; thisbad += count * N4; // Y runs for (x = 0; x < width; x++) { rlens[0] = 0; for (h = b = y = 0; y < width; y++) { if ((b1 = qrframe[x + width * y]) == b) rlens[h]++; else rlens[++h] = 1; b = b1; } thisbad += badruns(h); } return thisbad; } function genframe(instring) { var x, y, k, t, v, i, j, m; // find the smallest version that fits the string t = instring.length; version = 0; do { version++; k = (ecclevel - 1) * 4 + (version - 1) * 16; neccblk1 = eccblocks[k++]; neccblk2 = eccblocks[k++]; datablkw = eccblocks[k++]; eccblkwid = eccblocks[k]; k = datablkw * (neccblk1 + neccblk2) + neccblk2 - 3 + (version + <= 9); if (t <= k) break; } while (version < 40); // FIXME - insure that it fits insted of being truncated width = 17 + 4 * version; // allocate, clear and setup data structures v = datablkw + (datablkw + eccblkwid) * (neccblk1 + neccblk2) + ne +ccblk2; for( t = 0; t < v; t++ ) eccbuf[t] = 0; strinbuf = instring.slice(0); for( t = 0; t < width * width; t++ ) qrframe[t] = 0; for( t = 0 ; t < (width * (width + 1) + 1) / 2; t++) framask[t] = 0; // insert finders - black to frame, white to mask for (t = 0; t < 3; t++) { k = 0; y = 0; if (t == 1) k = (width - 7); if (t == 2) y = (width - 7); qrframe[(y + 3) + width * (k + 3)] = 1; for (x = 0; x < 6; x++) { qrframe[(y + x) + width * k] = 1; qrframe[y + width * (k + x + 1)] = 1; qrframe[(y + 6) + width * (k + x)] = 1; qrframe[(y + x + 1) + width * (k + 6)] = 1; } for (x = 1; x < 5; x++) { setmask(y + x, k + 1); setmask(y + 1, k + x + 1); setmask(y + 5, k + x); setmask(y + x + 1, k + 5); } for (x = 2; x < 4; x++) { qrframe[(y + x) + width * (k + 2)] = 1; qrframe[(y + 2) + width * (k + x + 1)] = 1; qrframe[(y + 4) + width * (k + x)] = 1; qrframe[(y + x + 1) + width * (k + 4)] = 1; } } // alignment blocks if (version > 1) { t = adelta[version]; y = width - 7; for (;;) { x = width - 7; while (x > t - 3) { putalign(x, y); if (x < t) break; x -= t; } if (y <= t + 9) break; y -= t; putalign(6, y); putalign(y, 6); } } // single black qrframe[8 + width * (width - 8)] = 1; // timing gap - mask only for (y = 0; y < 7; y++) { setmask(7, y); setmask(width - 8, y); setmask(7, y + width - 7); } for (x = 0; x < 8; x++) { setmask(x, 7); setmask(x + width - 8, 7); setmask(x, width - 8); } // reserve mask-format area for (x = 0; x < 9; x++) setmask(x, 8); for (x = 0; x < 8; x++) { setmask(x + width - 8, 8); setmask(8, x); } for (y = 0; y < 7; y++) setmask(8, y + width - 7); // timing row/col for (x = 0; x < width - 14; x++) if (x & 1) { setmask(8 + x, 6); setmask(6, 8 + x); } else { qrframe[(8 + x) + width * 6] = 1; qrframe[6 + width * (8 + x)] = 1; } // version block if (version > 6) { t = vpat[version - 7]; k = 17; for (x = 0; x < 6; x++) for (y = 0; y < 3; y++, k--) if (1 & (k > 11 ? version >> (k - 12) : t >> k)) { qrframe[(5 - x) + width * (2 - y + width - 11)] = +1; qrframe[(2 - y + width - 11) + width * (5 - x)] = +1; } else { setmask(5 - x, 2 - y + width - 11); setmask(2 - y + width - 11, 5 - x); } } // sync mask bits - only set above for white spaces, so add in black b +its for (y = 0; y < width; y++) for (x = 0; x <= y; x++) if (qrframe[x + width * y]) setmask(x, y); // convert string to bitstream // 8 bit data to QR-coded 8 bit data (numeric or alphanum, or kanji no +t supported) v = strinbuf.length; // string to array for( i = 0 ; i < v; i++ ) eccbuf[i] = strinbuf.charCodeAt(i); strinbuf = eccbuf.slice(0); // calculate max string length x = datablkw * (neccblk1 + neccblk2) + neccblk2; if (v >= x - 2) { v = x - 2; if (version > 9) v--; } // shift and repack to insert length prefix i = v; if (version > 9) { strinbuf[i + 2] = 0; strinbuf[i + 3] = 0; while (i--) { t = strinbuf[i]; strinbuf[i + 3] |= 255 & (t << 4); strinbuf[i + 2] = t >> 4; } strinbuf[2] |= 255 & (v << 4); strinbuf[1] = v >> 4; strinbuf[0] = 0x40 | (v >> 12); } else { strinbuf[i + 1] = 0; strinbuf[i + 2] = 0; while (i--) { t = strinbuf[i]; strinbuf[i + 2] |= 255 & (t << 4); strinbuf[i + 1] = t >> 4; } strinbuf[1] |= 255 & (v << 4); strinbuf[0] = 0x40 | (v >> 4); } // fill to end with pad pattern i = v + 3 - (version < 10); while (i < x) { strinbuf[i++] = 0xec; // buffer has room if (i == x) break; strinbuf[i++] = 0x11; } // calculate and append ECC // calculate generator polynomial genpoly[0] = 1; for (i = 0; i < eccblkwid; i++) { genpoly[i + 1] = 1; for (j = i; j > 0; j--) genpoly[j] = genpoly[j] ? genpoly[j - 1] ^ gexp[modnn(glog[genpoly[j]] + i)] : gen +poly[j - 1]; genpoly[0] = gexp[modnn(glog[genpoly[0]] + i)]; } for (i = 0; i <= eccblkwid; i++) genpoly[i] = glog[genpoly[i]]; // use logs for genpoly[] to sa +ve calc step // append ecc to data buffer k = x; y = 0; for (i = 0; i < neccblk1; i++) { appendrs(y, datablkw, k, eccblkwid); y += datablkw; k += eccblkwid; } for (i = 0; i < neccblk2; i++) { appendrs(y, datablkw + 1, k, eccblkwid); y += datablkw + 1; k += eccblkwid; } // interleave blocks y = 0; for (i = 0; i < datablkw; i++) { for (j = 0; j < neccblk1; j++) eccbuf[y++] = strinbuf[i + j * datablkw]; for (j = 0; j < neccblk2; j++) eccbuf[y++] = strinbuf[(neccblk1 * datablkw) + i + (j * (d +atablkw + 1))]; } for (j = 0; j < neccblk2; j++) eccbuf[y++] = strinbuf[(neccblk1 * datablkw) + i + (j * (datab +lkw + 1))]; for (i = 0; i < eccblkwid; i++) for (j = 0; j < neccblk1 + neccblk2; j++) eccbuf[y++] = strinbuf[x + i + j * eccblkwid]; strinbuf = eccbuf; // pack bits into frame avoiding masked area. x = y = width - 1; k = v = 1; // up, minus /* inteleaved data and ecc codes */ m = (datablkw + eccblkwid) * (neccblk1 + neccblk2) + neccblk2; for (i = 0; i < m; i++) { t = strinbuf[i]; for (j = 0; j < 8; j++, t <<= 1) { if (0x80 & t) qrframe[x + width * y] = 1; do { // find next fill position if (v) x--; else { x++; if (k) { if (y != 0) y--; else { x -= 2; k = !k; if (x == 6) { x--; y = 9; } } } else { if (y != width - 1) y++; else { x -= 2; k = !k; if (x == 6) { x--; y -= 8; } } } } v = !v; } while (ismasked(x, y)); } } // save pre-mask copy of frame strinbuf = qrframe.slice(0); t = 0; // best y = 30000; // demerit // for instead of while since in original arduino code // if an early mask was "good enough" it wouldn't try for a better one // since they get more complex and take longer. for (k = 0; k < 8; k++) { applymask(k); // returns black-white imbalance x = badcheck(); if (x < y) { // current mask better than previous best? y = x; t = k; } if (t == 7) break; // don't increment i to a void redoing mask qrframe = strinbuf.slice(0); // reset for next pass } if (t != k) // redo best mask - none good enough, last was +n't t applymask(t); // add in final mask/ecclevel bytes y = fmtword[t + ((ecclevel - 1) << 3)]; // low byte for (k = 0; k < 8; k++, y >>= 1) if (y & 1) { qrframe[(width - 1 - k) + width * 8] = 1; if (k < 6) qrframe[8 + width * k] = 1; else qrframe[8 + width * (k + 1)] = 1; } // high byte for (k = 0; k < 7; k++, y >>= 1) if (y & 1) { qrframe[8 + width * (width - 7 + k)] = 1; if (k) qrframe[(6 - k) + width * 8] = 1; else qrframe[7 + width * 8] = 1; } // return image return qrframe; } var wd, ht, qrc; function INIT() { window.scrollTo(0,0); wd = 350; ht = 350; var elem = document.getElementById('qrcanv'); qrc = elem.getContext('2d'); qrc.canvas.width = wd; qrc.canvas.height = ht; qrc.fillStyle = '#eee'; qrc.fillRect(0,0,wd,ht); GENERATE(); } function GENERATE() { document.getElementById("GENERATOR").style.top = 0; d = document; ecclevel = d.qrinp.ECC.value; qf = genframe(d.qrinp.qrinput.value); qrc.lineWidth=1; var i,j; px = wd; if( ht < wd ) px = ht; px /= width+10; px=Math.round(px - 0.5); qrc.clearRect(0,0,wd,ht); qrc.fillStyle = '#fff'; qrc.fillRect(0,0,px*(width+8),px*(width+8)); qrc.fillStyle = '#000'; for( i = 0; i < width; i++ ) for( j = 0; j < width; j++ ) if( qf[j*width+i] ) qrc.fillRect(px*(4+i),px*(4+j),px,px) } </SCRIPT>

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Re: Playing around with yad and Perl
by The_Dj (Scribe) on Apr 23, 2024 at 07:10 UTC
    Alright; I only get an empty window with the ok/save buttons, but before debugging all that:

    Does yad even have a mechanism to report events on-the-fly?

    I briefly skimmed the man page and as far as I can tell, it only reports user actions on exit.
    If That's correct, you may need to go all the way to Gtk to get what you want.

    If yad can write to file on-the-fly, run it in the background and read up on fork and similar)

      So, it looks like this is really a yad problem, not a perl problem.

        Yes, I guess...