Re: [forge-dev] WindowBlu for Forge

Unlike you, I'm not opposed to plugins that interact with low-level aspects of Forge. I think there's really two different classes of plugins for Forge: 1) Code comprehension and enhancement plugins. 2) Plugins which enhance the Forge environment itself. The plugin I showed here fits into category two.

On Nov 16, 2011, at 6:57 PM, Max Rydahl Andersen wrote: >> That's what the ShellMessages utility is for. >> >> ShellMessages.error(shell, "my error message"); > > Yes I know - but it came about later … ;) > > just an example of the API plugins get exposed to, should be a bit more high-level than manipulate shell colors and buffers. > > /max > >> >> We could think about how best to unify this, but we are trying to keep Shell a bit cleaner. >> >> ~Lincoln >> >> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Max Rydahl Andersen <max.andersen(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: >> It's cool - but I was really hoping such things as direct/raw text control/buffer output would not be exposed or at least not be the norm that plugins uses/depends on it. >> >> It still annoys me to see forge plugins that does shell.print(Color.RED, "blah blah") instead of shell.error("blah blah") >> >> /max >> >> On Nov 16, 2011, at 17:04, Mike Brock wrote: >> >>> Internally, there is a new concept known as a BufferManager. Essentially the idea is that a plugin can create it's own sub-buffer to the main shell buffer. >>> >>> When WindowBlu loads, it registers its own buffer with the Shell, taking control of the display buffer so it can intercept and translate all the ANSI -- as well as pre-buffer repainting of the titlebar to minimize flickering, etc. >>> >>> Mike. >>> >>> On Nov 16, 2011, at 9:03 AM, Koen Aers wrote: >>> >>>> Yeah, the windowblu command shuts down Forge Tools. I'll take a closer look at what can be done to support it. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Koen >>>> >>>> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 1:49 AM, Lincoln Baxter, III <lincolnbaxter(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>>> I think you forgot the video :) this is awesome! >>>> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQp_N-gGDzk >>>> >>>> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 1:09 AM, Mike Brock <cbrock(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: >>>> So, I've been back working on Forge Core -- scripting and internal API improvements. One thing that upset me was that Forge lacked a sub-buffering facility for console output, so you could intercept console output and do fun stuff like add a status bar. Well, Forge has this limitation no longer -- at least not in my branch (https://github.com/mikebrock/core) >>>> >>>> Haven't pushed the changes upstream, mainly because I don't know if they break JBoss Tools or not -- pretty sure they don't break anything else. >>>> >>>> Anyways, here's my first demo plugin that takes advantage of these new features in the shell API: https://github.com/mikebrock/core >>>> >>>> Mike. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> forge-dev mailing list >>>> forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >>>> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Lincoln Baxter, III >>>> http://ocpsoft.com >>>> http://scrumshark.com >>>> "Keep it Simple" >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> forge-dev mailing list >>>> forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >>>> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> forge-dev mailing list >>>> forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >>>> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> forge-dev mailing list >>> forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >>> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev >> >> /max >> http://about.me/maxandersen >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> forge-dev mailing list >> forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev >> >> >> >> -- >> Lincoln Baxter, III >> http://ocpsoft.com >> http://scrumshark.com >> "Keep it Simple" >> _______________________________________________ >> forge-dev mailing list >> forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev > > /max > http://about.me/maxandersen > > > > > _______________________________________________ > forge-dev mailing list > forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev _______________________________________________ forge-dev mailing list forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev