[brailleblaster] Re: DocumentManager + WPManager changes
- From: Brandon Roller <brandon.r.roller@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:10:25 -0500
At the moment, BB doesn't do anything when you attempt to open an XML
document.
The next step is getting an XML to open and be properly displayed in the
views.
What is the error?
I am open to suggestions on hotkeys and ways to make the UI more
accessible. Let me know.
-Brandon
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Vic Beckley <vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Brandon,****
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> I built using Ant and the tabs are working well for me when I create new
> documents. When I try to open an XML file BB crashes and disappears
> completely with an error to the prompt window. If this isn’t expected I can
> get the error. The accessibility of the tab interface will need a little
> tweaking but should work great. I am glad to see Control-N back for
> starting a new document. Looks like great work so far.****
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> *From:* brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Brandon Roller
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:20 AM
> *To:* brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [brailleblaster] DocumentManager + WPManager changes****
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> I have just pushed some major changes to the repository. In order to
> handle multiple documents more smoothly, I have altered these to classes to
> use a tab, as opposed to new shell for each new document as before. I think
> this approach reduces a lot of overhead in determining which document is
> active.****
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> The WPManager is, in essence, the shell of BrailleBlaster. It controls
> the toolbar and the SWT tabfolder. The document manager is each tab
> created within the tab folder. New documents or opened documents will open
> as a tab. The DocumentManager controls the current three views: tree,
> text, braille. The views appear when a tab is selected. ****
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> By using this design, the amount of running shells is minimized to one.
> Other shells are only open when dialog windows appear. In addition, a
> single display is hosted in the WPManager. Any other class that needs
> access to display can easily access it via the WPManager or DocumentManager.
> ****
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> If there are any issues we can always rollback to an older repository.
> Just thought I would explain some of the rationale behind the current
> changes in the wordprocessor package.****
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> -Brandon****
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