On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 2:08 PM Thomas Passin <tbp100...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm liking this proposal. My (limited) experience with writing commands is that at first, I only expect to use them within the one outline file I'm working on. The commands and shortcuts would live in the settings tree of that outline. When I awoke this morning, I saw that my proposal could collapse further, as follows: 1. We only need a single command, say *duplicate-template*, that can be applied to *any* node. This command will do the following: - Write the selected node (including all descendants) to a string s, *in clipboard format*. See the next section for details. - Call c.outlineCommands.pasteOutlineRetainingClones(s) to do paste-retaining clones. 2. You can apply duplicate-template applies to any node. This means that you can put templates anywhere, and there is no need for explicit support for @template <command-name>. 3. To transfer a node that you *use* as a template to another file, just copy the template and then do paste-retaining clones. After that, you can adjust which nodes you want to be cloned. Clear? *Reassigning gnx's* The write code *won't *be easier said than done, because it won't have to change vnodes *after* the vnodes have been created. Instead, the write code only needs to create a clipboard-formatted string with the desired gnx's. Leo's copy-node command just calls fc.putLeoOutline. The duplicate-template command will *temporarily* reassign gnx's before calling fc.putLeoOutline and then restore the original gnx's afterward. Finally, the duplicate-command will do the paste-retaining clones, with the *already correct* gnxs. No change at all to the paste-retaining-clones code will be necessary. *Summary* A single command, *duplicate-template*, should suffice. This command will copy c.p as a template, and paste the resulting copy after c.p. The command's write code is the heart of this command. The write code will copy c.p to a string, in clipboard format, as with the copy-node command. Unlike the copy-node command, the write code will *temporarily allocate *new gnx's to all nodes that are neither clones nor descendants of a clone. All comments and questions are welcome. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/CAMF8tS38Nui2WQo7EoC0rupJ4BcUXdX_Fzc4Bqka%3DCk6968u_A%40mail.gmail.com.
