One thing tho, you also need to test if running under MacOS X for
this to work, else under MacOS 9 and Windows the Preferences Item
will be disbaled (which may or may not be what is required).
I don't see how as long as the -1 is left in there.
IMO, a better way of hanlding this would be to have the Menu
Builder/Rev, make a "special" menu button called something like
"__SPECIAL_ITEMS__". This Item would never be displayed in the
Menubar and would have 2 items (or more as and when they are
needed), the first being the AboutBox and the Second the
Preferences. Then depending on the platform do the following:
For Windows and MacOS 9, move Preferences to the end of the Edit
Menu (placing a seperator before it)
For MacOS X, move Preferences to the Apps menu.
For Windows, Move the About Item to the Help Menu
For MacOS 9, Move the About item to the Apple Menu
For MacOS X, Move the About item to the Apps Menu
That's a lot more complicated that what we have today, requiring
additional effort from both RunRev and all of us scripters, only to
accomplish something that's already working much more simply.
Let's take it from the top:
For 96% of computer users (Win, Linux, UNIX, Mac Classic), the HIGs
suggest placing the "Preferences" item at the bottom of the Edit
menu. That's where Rev expects it to be, so for most users that item
never moves at all.
OS X is the odd man out on this one, with its unique Application
menu and the requirement that "Preferences" be placed under it. I
think it's a good choice Apple made, but I still recognize that no
other OS, not even Classic, has an Application menu.
The OS manages much of the Application menu, and since it's unique
among UIs Rev looks for the "Preferences" item from where it is for
the rest of the world and conveniently moves it for us to where OS X
users expect to find it.
The "About" item works similarly: On 93% of computers (Win, Linux,
UNIX) the "About" item is at the bottom of the Help menu. Since Mac
is the minority on this one, the Rev engine expects to find the
About item in the customary-for-the-rest-of-the-world place and
moves it to the Apple menu on Classic, and the Application menu on
OS X.
This seems alien only to those who don't work with other OSes. And
the handling of the "Preferences" item seems odd only to someone who
works exclusively on OS X.
Once you step back and grok the bigger picture of all supported OSes
you recognize that for most people no menu changes take place at
all, and that the current automated behavior is pretty darn
convenient where HIG compliance is a goal.
With all due respect, if RunRev took that automated convenience away
in favor of a solution that penalized the other 90+% of the world by
forcing us to start monkeying with invisible menus, I'd fly to
Scotland and punch them in the stomach. :)
Actually, thinking about it some more, you could keep everything the
same as it is now for all platforms except MacOS X. The only change
need occur is that for MacOS X the meunPick message gets sent to
"__SPECIAL_GROUP__" instead of to the Edit or Help buttons.
That way 96% of computer users wouldn't be affected, except that they
could code without having to test for MacOS X. At the moment, you
cannot disable the Edit or Help Menu's as a whole unless you test for
MacOS X first
Fortunately the current method works well and they have bigger fish
to fry, so they're safe from my wrath and I can spend the airfare
going to Malta next November for the Euro Rev Con instead, where
rather than fisticuffs we'll merely share some good Italian wine.
It doesn't work as it should, it means you have to disable menu items
specifically (rather than the menu button) which means extra coding
for ALL platforms. Just sending the menuPick message to seperate
control for MacOS X would solve it. I wasted about 2 hours on this,
anyone else that follows the docs would experience the same problems.
Why not just fix it once and for all?
They may well have bigger fish to fry, they also have loads of and
loads of little fish to fry too! And lots of little fish == a big
fish!
Take Care and All the Best
Dave
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