buffer_autoclose.py 0.6: add setting to prefer closing some buffers

E.g. the Matrix script maps private rooms with multiple people to
buffers in weechat which are nominally not private. This means that
these rooms pile up, which is normally solved for real 1:1 private
chats.

Fix the problem by adding a way to autoclose also non-private buffers.

No behavior is changed unless the new config option is set.

Author: vmiklos

python/buffer_autoclose.py

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 # (this script requires WeeChat 0.3.0 or newer)
 #
 # History:
+# 2024-05-04, Miklos Vajna
+#  version 0.6: Allow autoclosing explicitly listed non-private buffers as well
 # 2018-04-10, Sébastien Helleu <[email protected]>
 #  version 0.5: fix infolist_time for WeeChat >= 2.2 (WeeChat returns a long
 #               integer instead of a string)
@@ -37,14 +39,15 @@
 
 SCRIPT_NAME    = "buffer_autoclose"
 SCRIPT_AUTHOR  = "xt <[email protected]>"
-SCRIPT_VERSION = "0.5"
+SCRIPT_VERSION = "0.6"
 SCRIPT_LICENSE = "GPL3"
 SCRIPT_DESC    = "Automatically close inactive private message buffers"
 
 settings = {
         'interval': '1', # How often in minutes to check
         'age_limit': '30', # How old in minutes before auto close
         'ignore': '', # Buffers to ignore (use full name: server.buffer_name)
+        'prefer': '', # Buffers to prefer, even if they are not private (use full name: server.buffer_name)
 }
 
 if w.register(SCRIPT_NAME, SCRIPT_AUTHOR, SCRIPT_VERSION, SCRIPT_LICENSE,
@@ -64,8 +67,13 @@ def get_all_buffers():
     '''Returns list with pointers of all open buffers.'''
     buffers = []
     infolist = w.infolist_get('buffer', '', '')
+    preferlist = w.config_get_plugin('prefer').split(',')
     while w.infolist_next(infolist):
         buffer_type = w.buffer_get_string(w.infolist_pointer(infolist, 'pointer'), 'localvar_type')
+        name = w.buffer_get_string(w.infolist_pointer(infolist, 'pointer'), 'name')
+        if name in preferlist:
+            buffers.append(w.infolist_pointer(infolist, 'pointer'))
+            continue
         if buffer_type == 'private': # we only close private message buffers for now
             buffers.append(w.infolist_pointer(infolist, 'pointer'))
     w.infolist_free(infolist)