I misunderstood CogentRedTester's review in
https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/pull/10282#discussion_r1428972352 as
referring to the cursor_position in mp.input's arguments instead of the
one received by the closed callback.
The cursor_position passed to input.get doesn't need to be converted to
a number because it was already JSON, while the cursor_position received
by the closed callback is currently a string, and we need to pass JSON
in input-event script messages to keep it as an integer to work around
mpv converting integer script message arguments to string.
This is more noticeable after implementing mp.input.select(): its submit
argument currently receives the selected index as a string, and this
makes Lua error if you use it as an index of a numerical table, e.g.:
submit = function (id)
mp.set_property(property, tracks[tonumber(id)].selected and "no"
or tracks[tonumber(id)].id)
...
end,
This commit avoids having to call tonumber(id).
This allows scripts to make the user choose from a list of entries by
typing part of their text and/or by navigating them with keybindings,
like dmenu or fzf.
Closes#13964.
When running the console in the terminal, style log lines with the same
escape sequences as msg.c.
mp.input can also specify terminal escape sequences, e.g. a script to
select a playlist entry can invert the color of the selection.
Also add a missing newline to help's error message.
Guido Cella