[Xerte-dev] Re: Outstanding stuff
Tom Reijnders
reijnders at tor.nl
Tue Jun 26 14:33:18 BST 2012
Hmmm, please make it en-GB. The fact that you have en-gb, is because
you had an old folder from an old install, and for all purposes, for
Windows en-GB and en-gb is the same, so the new installer will NOT
rename it.
Op 22-6-2012 13:00, Kemp Johnathan schreef:
> OK will do.
>
> With respect to how turtle svn works
>
> If I create a folder in "en-gb" in Xerte svn / runtime / pages /
> wizards /
>
> and then copy all the contents ( including the .svn folder ) of the
> xerte svn / runtime / pageWizards / en-GB folder into the new en-gb
> folder ,
>
> will this preserve the update history of the files now that they are
> in a new location?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Johnathan
>
>
> On 22 June 2012 11:18, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> Then go ahead and set up the runtime folder as you need it: it
> should be an exact copy of the installed folder, so we can easily
> run the exe and have a developer's xerte run on your machines for
> testing etc,
>
> *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>] *On Behalf Of
> *Kemp Johnathan
> *Sent:* 22 June 2012 11:15
>
>
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Outstanding stuff
>
> The pages only display once you have created a pages project.
>
> A word of warning.
>
> You may recall some discussions from a while back regarding the
> location of the latest rlm and xwd files.
>
> The latest files are still in
>
> Xerte svn / pageWizards / models
>
> Xerte svn / pageWizards / en-GB
>
> The beta release of Xerte has the following folder structure
>
> Xerte / pages / models
>
> Xerte / pages / wizards / en-gb
>
> The runtime folder has the structure
>
> Xerte svn / runtime / pages / models
>
> Xerte svn / runtime / wizards / en
>
> This means that if you try running xerte.exe from the runtime
> folder that at present you are likely to hit two problems
>
> 1.The folder structure for locating the wizards does not match the
> release version expectations
>
> 2.Many of the model and xwd files are not the latest version.
>
> I think that the sooner we can have the runtime section set up to
> mirror the release version, with the same folder structure and the
> most recent set of files the better.
>
> During the development I believe Tom has preferred to work in the
> pageWizards section and I have carried out my development work in
> that section. IMHO as we now move towards releasing the next
> version part of the tidying up process must be to retire the
> pageWizards section and to have the runtime section as the
> definitive source of all files.
>
> It was always my intention, when I set up the pageWizards folder
> in the svn that this would be temporary.
>
> I don't mind carrying out the tidy up, but have not done so
> because I don't want to lose any versioning history or to cause
> any confusion whilst development is still taking place.
>
> " We need some documentation here."
>
> I have put some documentation together for the new page types that
> I have been responsible for.
>
> I can put together a brief explanation about how to create a pages
> project, unless you prefer to include this in the help file.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Johnathan
>
> On 22 June 2012 08:57, Julian Tenney
> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> Silly question time: when I run xerte from /runtime/Xerte.exe, why
> don't I see all the pages on the menu?
>
> Do I need to create a pages project before I can see them / add one ?
>
> We need some documentation here.
>
> *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>] *On Behalf Of
> *Dave Burnett
> *Sent:* 21 June 2012 17:50
>
>
> *To:* xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Outstanding stuff
>
>
> >It appears that for some reason once you open a page form and do
> View / Preview and then close the form, the View / Preview menu
> option stops working - no idea why.
>
> Perhaps some code that prevents spawning of multiple preview
> windows not being initialized?
>
> I have code at the top of some pages that says "if you've already
> run this logic (duplicate some pages) don't do it again".
>
> I trip myself up occasionally when I place other code *that I do
> want executed each time* inside that condition.
>
> So, what condition(s) must hold in order for View/Preview to function?
>
> Can we display the state of those conditions while we run through
> multiple View/Preview cycles?
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:31:01 +0100
> From: johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com <mailto:johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com>
> To: xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Outstanding stuff
>
> I have taken a copy of the wizard.swf file from the xerte svn
> runtime/tools folder and swapped it into my xerte installation and
> the problem does not appear to be fixed.
>
> However the problem is a little more subtle than I first realised.
>
> Open Xerte
>
> Open a pages project (I used one with a plain text page that had
> been added to the default project)
>
> Open the wizard for the plain text page
>
> In the wizard form for the page do View / Preview (result - the
> preview works)
>
> Close the preview.
>
> Do View Preview in the page wizard form (again preview works)
>
> Close the page wizard form.
>
> Open the page wizard form once more.
>
> Do View Preview in the page wizard form (preview fails to take place)
>
> Use the forms play button instead and preview will work.
>
> It appears that for some reason once you open a page form and do
> View / Preview and then close the form, the View / Preview menu
> option stops working - no idea why.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Johnathan
>
> On 21 June 2012 14:45, Julian Tenney
> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> It's in the wizard, towwards the bottom of the code, search for
> 'viewMenu', I think that'll drop you right in...
>
> *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>] *On Behalf Of
> *Kemp Johnathan
> *Sent:* 21 June 2012 14:28
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Outstanding stuff
>
> Re: the preview link
>
> Which file would this relate to editor.swf?
>
> I found the fault in the beta release I downloaded from Tom's site.
>
> If you confirm which file this code is in I will substitute the
> latest version from the svn in my Xerte install and then test again.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Johnathan
>
> On 21 June 2012 10:34, Julian Tenney
> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I know we are waiting on some final finishing off, : I just looked
> at the spreadsheet: re issue 4, the icons for the new pages
> wizards in the editor: I put those symbols in the editor library
> so it might just need rebuilding?
>
> Re: the preview link not working from the menu: I can't see
> anything wrong with this???
>
> viewMenuListener.change = function(obj) {
>
> if (obj.menuItem.attributes.label ==
> languageData.viewmenu[0].menuPreview) {
>
> preview();
>
> }
>
> }
>
> So not sure if this I still an issue?
>
> Last few things -- let's get this finished now,
>
> J
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