Add a new DynamicMeter class for runtime Meter extension

This commit is based on exploratory work by Sohaib Mohamed.
The end goal is two-fold - to support addition of Meters we
build via configuration files for both the PCP platform and
for scripts ( https://github.com/htop-dev/htop/issues/526 )

Here, we focus on generic code and the PCP support.  A new
class DynamicMeter is introduced - it uses the special case
'param' field handling that previously was used only by the
CPUMeter, such that every runtime-configured Meter is given
a unique identifier.  Unlike with the CPUMeter this is used
internally only.  When reading/writing to htoprc instead of
CPU(N) - where N is an integer param (CPU number) - we use
the string name for each meter.  For example, if we have a
configuration for a DynamicMeter for some Redis metrics, we
might read and write "Dynamic(redis)".  This identifier is
subsequently matched (back) up to the configuration file so
we're able to re-create arbitrary user configurations.

The PCP platform configuration file format is fairly simple.
We expand configs from several directories, including the
users homedir alongside htoprc (below htop/meters/) and also
/etc/pcp/htop/meters.  The format will be described via a
new pcp-htop(5) man page, but its basically ini-style and
each Meter has one or more metric expressions associated, as
well as specifications for labels, color and so on via a dot
separated notation for individual metrics within the Meter.

A few initial sample configuration files are provided below
./pcp/meters that give the general idea.  The PCP "derived"
metric specification - see pmRegisterDerived(3) - is used
as the syntax for specifying metrics in PCP DynamicMeters.
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Nathan Scott
2021-06-23 17:44:56 +10:00
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#
# pcp-htop(1) configuration file - see pcp-htop(5)
#
[postfix]
caption = Postfix
incoming.metric = sum(postfix.queues.incoming)
incoming.color = green
incoming.label = in
active.metric = sum(postfix.queues.active)
active.color = blue
active.label = act
deferred.metric = sum(postfix.queues.deferred)
deferred.color = cyan
deferred.label = dfr
bounce.metric = sum(postfix.queues.maildrop)
bounce.color = red
bounce.label = bnc
hold.metric = sum(postfix.queues.hold)
hold.color = yellow
hold.label = hold