Allow any valid Verb to be used in "--actions".

Rename "select" action to "select-via-id".
Add "select-via-class", "select-via-element", "select-via-selector", and "select-clear" actions.

1 files changed, 48 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/actions/actions-helper.cpp b/src/actions/actions-helper.cpp
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Gio::Actions for selection tied to the application and without GUI.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Tavmjong Bah
+ *
+ * The contents of this file may be used under the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "actions-helper.h"
+
+#include "inkscape-application.h"
+#include "inkscape.h"
+#include "selection.h"
+
+// Helper function: returns true if both document and selection found. Maybe this should
+// work on current view. Or better, application could return the selection of the current view.
+bool
+get_document_and_selection(InkscapeApplication* app, SPDocument** document, Inkscape::Selection** selection)
+{
+    *document = app->get_active_document();
+    if (!(*document)) {
+        std::cerr << "get_document_and_selection: No document!" << std::endl;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // To do: get selection from active view (which could be from desktop or not).
+    Inkscape::ActionContext context = INKSCAPE.action_context_for_document(*document);
+    *selection = context.getSelection();
+    if (!*selection) {
+        std::cerr << "get_document_and_selection: No selection!" << std::endl;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+/*
+  Local Variables:
+  mode:c++
+  c-file-style:"stroustrup"
+  c-file-offsets:((innamespace . 0)(inline-open . 0)(case-label . +))
+  indent-tabs-mode:nil
+  fill-column:99
+  End:
+*/
+// vim: filetype=cpp:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4 :