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: -- Lincoln Baxter, III http://ocpsoft.com http://scrumshark.com "Keep it Simple"

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:

That's what the ShellMessages utility is for. ShellMessages.error(shell, "my error message"); 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: -- Lincoln Baxter, III http://ocpsoft.com http://scrumshark.com "Keep it Simple"

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:

Shoot, I need to use that message utility in my plugin. Good tip. -Dan -- Sent from my Android-powered device, an open platform for carriers, consumers and developers. On Nov 16, 2011 5:38 PM, "Lincoln Baxter, III" <lincolnbaxter(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

I actually recommend using the following APIs over Shell: ShellPrompt and ShellPrintWriter Those already exist and provide the high-level functions without the low level stuff. This is perhaps not well documented enough, but we suffer from that quite a bit at the moment. ~Lincoln On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Max Rydahl Andersen <max.andersen(a)redhat.com > > On Nov 16, 2011 5:38 PM, "Lincoln Baxter, III" <lincolnbaxter(a)gmail.com&gt; > > That's what the ShellMessages utility is for. > > > > ShellMessages.error(shell, "my error message"); > > > > We could think about how best to unify this, but we are trying to keep > Shell a bit cleaner. > > How about somehow making Shell methods internal and mark the current ones > deprecated and point to the better one to make > plugindev's realize they are using "too low level" ? > > just a thought. > > /max > > > > > ~Lincoln > > > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Max Rydahl Andersen < > max.andersen(a)redhat.com> > 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> > >> 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; > > >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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"

Super cool! -Dan -- Sent from my Android-powered device, an open platform for carriers, consumers and developers. On Nov 15, 2011 7:09 PM, "Mike Brock" <cbrock(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: