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@gmail.com> 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@redhat.com> 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.

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