Hmm, I'm with you on installing plugins, but I'm not sure I agree that the UI stuff should (or could) be configurable in the same way.
How about I get plugin support working and you can take it from there? Perhaps I'll like the UI stuff after I see it in action. regards, Larry On 5/8/07, Michaël Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Larry, > > I must admit I even did not think about extending workbench-properties.xml. > The feature request you refer to and your proposition meet exactly my > questions. > I understand that you think about extending workbench-properties.xml with > specific tags representing jump's plugins and ui elements like > menu-items and tools > without using a specific library. > I'm still not sure about the best approach, but it would be a great > feature for OpenJUMP. > > Michaël > > Larry Becker a écrit : > > >Hi Michaël, > > > > I believe the OJ feature request that you are referring to was > >submitted by Steve Tanner: > > "Have JUMPConfiguration.java in XML file. > > > > Ugo added the following comment: > > > >Ugo Taddei: �Has anyone thought about changing the > >JUMPConfiguration.java to an xml-based config? That is, > >instead of hard-coding all those plug-ins at compile > >time, the app would generate them a runtime. I say this > >because (1) JUMPConfiguration is rather long and (2) in > >a project we only had to change the order and > >availability of plug-ins, and commenting them out was a > >solutions. It'd have been more elegant to do that with > >a text file�. > > > >If I understand this feature request right, it is referring to > >supporting something like the development-only > >workbench-properties.xml file (or perhaps just it). > > > >I think this would be a great idea and have been considering working > >on it. If I could get runtime support for workbench-properties, would > >that meet your requirements too? > > > >regards, > >Larry > > > > > >On 5/8/07, Michaël Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>I take advantage of this mail to extend the question to a more general > >>feature request... > >> > >>I have noticed that the oldest OJ's feature request is having an xml > >>configuration file for OpenJUMP (feature request from Jon). A few days > >>ago, I decided to have a look in some of OpenJUMP's classes where the UI > >>initialization happens to see how difficult it would be to do it. > >>There are two libraries I am interested in for UI design : swixml and > >>buoy (I think E. Soldin used swixml for one of his plugins and I used > >>buoy for 'simple query' plugin). > >>Modifying OpenJUMP to use buoy would be a great project, but far too big > >>for me, so I started to look how to benefit from swixml. > >>After some hours trying to figure out how to put jump's UI elements into > >>a swixml hierarchy, I still had no result, and started to wonder what is > >>the better solution : to refactor some of OpenJUMP's ui classes and > >>maybe create some specific swixml tag until I find a way to make OJ ui > >>fit the swixml model, or to create a specific xml representation of > >>OpenJUMP's ui elements. > >> > >>If JUMP's designers or swing gurus have some advices to give me or some > >>experience about this problem, they are welcome. > >> > >>Michaël > >> > >>Stefan Steiniger a écrit : > >> > >> > >> > >>>adding menu items to existing ones is one of the great things of JUMP .. > >>>thanx to Martin and Jon > >>> > >>>Geoffrey G Roy schrieb: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>To the Gurus > >>>> > >>>>I understand how to create a Main menu item, and to add one or more > >>>>items to it when a plugin is loaded. What should happen if two plugins > >>>>create the same Main Menu item, and try to add different items to it??? > >>>> > >>>>My initial testing seems to indicate that the last loaded plugin appears > >>>>to replace the menu created with the first loaded plugin. Is this > >>>>behaviour correct, or can be be avoided. > >>>> > >>>>Geoff > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > >>>Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > >>>control of your XML. No limits. Just data. 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