[Sugar-devel] [API proposal] Source editor and widget

[Lucian Branescu]

Here it is http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Development_Team/Almanac#How_do_I_create_a_text_box_for_code_editing.3F

2009/7/15 Lucian Branescu <lucian.branescu at gmail.com>:
> Sure, I'll put it on the wiki, then.
>
> About editing userscripts, I'll resort to overriding the default View
> Source, at least for now.
>
> 2009/7/15 Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at sugarlabs.org>:
>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 17:09, Lucian Branescu<lucian.branescu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Alright then. I'm unfamiliar with policies about code duplication in
>>> sugar and activity code. If duplication is ok, then my proposal is
>>> moot :) Ignore and move along.
>>
>> Is not ok, it's bad, but avoiding code duplication has a cost that
>> needs to be taken into account. Worst than simple code duplication is
>> duplication of logic and also inefficient learning efforts.
>>
>> In the code you attached I don't see any logic complex enough, but I
>> see how someone not familiar yet with gtk.SourceView2 could spend lots
>> of time getting the desired configuration, that's why I suggested the
>> Almanac instead.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Tomeu
>>
>>> 2009/7/15 Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at sugarlabs.org>:
>>>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 19:09, Lucian Branescu<lucian.branescu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I've attached a file with a SourceView class.
>>>>
>>>> I'm still a bit unsure about the convenience of adding this code to
>>>> sugar-toolkit. It's quite trivial code and the API we add to
>>>> sugar-toolkit should be more or less stable (though we aren't yet
>>>> promising a stable API).
>>>>
>>>> The code you are attaching basically preconfigures gtk.SourceView2 and
>>>> adds a little bit of code to set the language. Maybe this would be
>>>> more appropriate as a snippet in the Sugar Almanac?
>>>>
>>>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Development_Team/Almanac
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Tomeu
>>>>
>>>>> I'll try to write up a FilesView class as well, since 3 of the 4
>>>>> aforementioned use cases do something like this.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2009/7/13 Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at sugarlabs.org>:
>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 18:09, Lucian Branescu<lucian.branescu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> I'm proposing the addition of sugar.graphics.sourceedit.SourceView. It
>>>>>>> would be similar to what can be found in jarabe.view.viewsource. Exact
>>>>>>> names of classes and/or module are up for debate.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> May be better if you first code your new stuff and then we discuss
>>>>>> about merging it in the sugar-toolkit? viewsource.py doesn't add too
>>>>>> much around gtksourceview2.View itself, so you may end up with more
>>>>>> differences than similarities with viewsource.py.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tomeu
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm also thinking of adding a FileView class in there, but I'm not
>>>>>>> sure about it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've already seen almost the exact same code in Pippy and
>>>>>>> viewsource.py; now I'm writing almost the same code in my branch of
>>>>>>> Browse and it could be a base for the proposed Clipboard text editor
>>>>>>> (http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Edit-panel-on-Frame). Thus, I
>>>>>>> believe it's a common enough need.
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