Hi Wouter,
I've been thinking about your idea/request, and I confess that I'm
somewhat at a loss.
So, basically you would *probably* need to create subclasses of some of
the org.apache.pivot.wtk.text.Node classes, and the skins that go along with
them. Although these *kind of* look like actual components (like Rollup) that
can be inserted into TextPane directly (without creating any custom
subclasses). And/or you could put actual TextPane components underneath Rollup
components.
HTH,
~Roger
On Oct 21, 2013, at 3:07 PM, Wouter Schaart <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello again.
>
> I hate to be a bother :) But I'm still not having a lot of luck in this area.
> Does anyone have any suggestion that might help me on my way?
>
> Kind regards
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 9:58 PM, Wouter Schaart <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm in the process of writing book authoring software, I'd like to use a rich
> text editor for this, and it seems that TextPane and Document could fit my
> requirements. I've tried to find information about the two but they seem to
> be two very scarsely documented systems.
>
> Ideally I'd be able to force my documents into very strict structures. Much
> like XML documents can be forced into very strict structure.
> <Book>
> <Title>
> <Author>
> <Summary>
> <Section>
> <Summary>
> <Chapter>
> <Title>
> <Summary>
> <Body>
>
> I'd like to be able to show and hide parts of the text, for example show only
> summaries when the user desires it. Or show only chapters 3 to 5. Preferably
> without removing the rest of the document.
>
> Further I'd like to be able to add todo information and annotations to random
> spans of text. Preferably overlapping each other and spanning the elements
> above, but not being able to do so is something I'd be able to live with. Of
> course those spans should remain anchored to the relevant text, additions and
> removals should not cause problems.
>
> I looked into the pivot code and it seems to me that while document with some
> subclassed nodes would be very able to represent the information I want to
> put into it, Textpane has some very clear assumptions on how to work with
> them. And clearly did not have my unusal document structure in mind.
>
> I'm hoping someone could give me some advice on how to proceed. Can I use
> TextPane and somehow inject my rules on how to work with a document there? Or
> should I build my own TextPaneish control? I've tried to do this but got
> stuck on the skin the function of which isn't apparent to me just now. Is
> there some tutorial on how to build your own widget available?
>
> Kind regards
>
