Re: [JPP-Devel] Modifying Menu Structure

2007-04-17 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
Sounds like you know a good deal more about the design of OpenJUMP's menu system than I do. I'll stick with your advice for now and just add the sub-menu. Perhaps I'll have time to learn more about JUMP's menu system in the future. :] SS On 4/17/07, Larry Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: He

Re: [JPP-Devel] Modifying Menu Structure

2007-04-17 Thread Larry Becker
Hey, no sweat. Apparently, I need to cut down on my caffeine consumption. :-) I'm also familiar with AutoCAD and admire its design as well. One of the best designs for that type of program, IMHO, is to have complete separation between the "engine" and the GUI, then you connect the two with a sc

Re: [JPP-Devel] Modifying Menu Structure

2007-04-17 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
I'm just throwing around some ideas Larry. I apologize if I have frustrated you. I guess I base a lot of what I'd like to see in JUMP on the programs I deal with on a daily basis. A lot of my perspective comes from AutoCAD, because I spend more time using that program than I do with my wife. :] T

Re: [JPP-Devel] Modifying Menu Structure

2007-04-17 Thread Larry Becker
Actually I would think JUMP already has as dynamic a menu system as I can imagine. Making a single document to describe the structure of menus would be what I would think of as "static". I really don't understand this constant need to redesign systems that work perfectly well. Wouldn't it be mo

Re: [JPP-Devel] Modifying Menu Structure

2007-04-17 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
Thanks Larry. Have any of the other JUMP brands experimented with a dynamic menu structure? I'm thinking of something that allows the menu structure to be built from an external text file... If one of the other teams had done this I would make it a priority for integration into OpenJUMP. The Su

Re: [JPP-Devel] Modifying Menu Structure

2007-04-17 Thread Larry Becker
See configToolsAnalysis() in JUMPConfiguration for an example. Larry On 4/17/07, Sunburned Surveyor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks for the help Stefan. I'll look at the MenuNames class. I'll also wait for responses from other developers. SS On 4/17/07, Stefan Steiniger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [JPP-Devel] Modifying Menu Structure

2007-04-17 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
Thanks for the help Stefan. I'll look at the MenuNames class. I'll also wait for responses from other developers. SS On 4/17/07, Stefan Steiniger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: usually you have to make the changes in every XXXPlugIn class in the initialze method. Have a look on functions in the T

[JPP-Devel] Modifying Menu Structure

2007-04-17 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
Can anyone tell me which class or classes I need to look at to modify the menu structure for OpenJUMP? I could probably find it digging through the Javadoc, but I thought someone could save me a little time. I will be adding a "Selection" sub-menu to the Edit top-level menu. Thanks for the help.

Re: [JPP-Devel] Modifying Menu Structure

2007-04-17 Thread Stefan Steiniger
usually you have to make the changes in every XXXPlugIn class in the initialze method. Have a look on functions in the Tools\... main menu. probably you need to create a new entry in the class MenuNames.java but maybe wait 2 more days if other respond. stefan Sunburned Surveyor schrieb: > Can