Class for system browser?
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Hello all.
I'd like to augment the system browser with my experiments. I have some ideas about how to make text editing easier.
But I'm having trouble identifying what class corresponds to the system browser you get by clicking the appropriate button in the launcher. It doesn't seem to be FullSystemBrowser.
Does anybody know what the class name is?
Alternatively, is there a way to put my cursor on a system browser, and interrogate what kind of object it is?
Regards,
Rick
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Re: Class for system browser?
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Rick, If you load “ProgrammingExtensions” parcel, you’ll find 2 additional menu items when middle-clicking anywhere in the application window, - Inspect Window (from which you can start exploring its model and the rest top-down) - Inspect Widget (from which you can explore its outer model and the rest bottom-up) Hope this helps, -Boris -- DeepCove Labs Ltd. +1 (604) 689-0322 4th floor, 595 Howe Street Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6C 2T5 http://tinyurl.com/r7uw4 PacNet Services (Europe) Ltd. +353 (0)61 714-360 Shannon Airport House, SFZ County Clare, Ireland http://tinyurl.com/y952amr CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This email is intended only for the persons named in the message header. Unless otherwise indicated, it contains information that is private and confidential. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender and delete the entire message including any attachments. Thank you. From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Rick Hedin Hello all. I'd like to augment the system browser with my experiments. I have some ideas about how to make text editing easier. But I'm having trouble identifying what class corresponds to the system browser you get by clicking the appropriate button in the launcher. It doesn't seem to be FullSystemBrowser. Does anybody know what the class name is? Alternatively, is there a way to put my cursor on a system browser, and interrogate what kind of object it is? Regards, Rick _______________________________________________ vwnc mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwnc |
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On Oct 28, 2010, at 5:55 AM, Rick Hedin wrote: > Hello all. > > I'd like to augment the system browser with my experiments. I have > some ideas about how to make text editing easier. > > But I'm having trouble identifying what class corresponds to the > system browser you get by clicking the appropriate button in the > launcher. It doesn't seem to be FullSystemBrowser. > > Does anybody know what the class name is? RefactoringBrowser is the top level ApplicationModel for the normal RB. It is decomposed into two basic parts. The top part is a BrowserNavigator. It makes heavy use of a NavigatorState (which has all of the selection state in it). BrowserNavigator in turn, uses a family of NavigatorPart subclasses which represent the various lists one might see in the top half. The bottom half is the CodeModel. It holds a set of CodeTool subclasses, each of which represents one of the tabs shown in the bottom half. If you want to do a new kind of editor, I good starting approach might be to a) load 'ClassCloning' from the Open Repository (or load it from Parcel if you have goodies installed) b) clone the class 'BrowserCodeTool' with your new name (e.g. 'MyNewWizBangCodeEditingTool'), c) cause that class to be registered as one of the tools to show up in the CodeModel (you do this by adding a class side tagged method to CodeModel, see the various methods in the 'tool registration' protocol and copy/modify one of them, see further the Usage section of the class comment for its super class AbstractCodeModel) d) begin evolving your new wizbangtool to your hearts desire e) share your success and excitement back with the community. -- Travis Griggs Objologist "I did not have time to write you a short program, so I wrote you a long one instead." _______________________________________________ vwnc mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwnc |
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Just to recap for those joining the show late, Boris P. told me how to interrogate an object on the screen to find out what its class is, and Travis G. told me how to put my own editor in a tab alongside the existing one in the system browser.
Both of those items worked beautifully! Thank you, gentlemen, for your help.
I must say, I managed to screw it up. But that's my job. I also tried cloned the status windows, and giving them accessing entries in the CodeModel class, the status registration protocol. I ended up with two info status windows, and two package status windows.
Is it a correct interpretation that those are intended to apply to all the tabs, and it is not appropriate to provide different ones when my tab is in control?
Regards,
Rick
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Travis Griggs <[hidden email]> wrote:
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