Planned changes for b9

[Raymond E. Griffith]

> Hi friends of the MC IDE,
> 
> i am planning to add some tiny but handy changes to the next version of
> the MC IDE...
> 
> And GrandPoobah gave me the good advice to start a poll before that
> will be done ;-)
> 
> OK, here is what i want to do:
> 
> 1.
> Only important on the win/*nix:
> Add a checkbox "Hide tools" to the "MetaCard Menu Bar", that will
> shrink/grow
> the stack to hide/show the tools, just in case someone is using the
> "Tools palette" or an
> replacement of that to save screen estate and avoid redundancy...
> 
> 2.
> Add a checkbox "lock messages" to the group "Substacks" of the "Stack
> components".
> So when doubleclicking the listfield or clicking "Toplevel" or "Delete"
> the messages are
> locked/not locked accordingly...
> 
> 3.
> Only important on win (maybe *nix, too, i have no idea if there is
> something like version info?)
> Add 2 buttons "Save settings" and "Load settings" to the "Version Info"
> stack of the standalone
> builder... You guess what they will do ;-)
> 
> I invented a new fileformat (actually it is just a fancy suffix for a
> simple textfile ;-)
> called ".sabu"***, which stands for StandAlone BUilder...
> 
> ***Just like the indian boy, who played the Mowgli in the 1942 movie
> "Jungle book"...
> He was so poor, he could only afford ONE name apparently: SABU (prename
> or name, who knows) :-D
> 
> 4.
> Add a tiny whiff of intelligence to the standalone building routine! :-)
> Right now you get thrown out of the game if you forget to add the
> correct suffix for your standalone
> (EXE on WIn or APP on OS X)...
> 
> I could:
> A: add the missing suffix automatically and silently
> OR
> B: ask the user to let me add that suffix or not
> 
> 5.
> Only important on the win/*nix:
> Change the "auto positioning" of the "MetaCard Menu Bar"...
> Right now it will position itself on top of the current topstack, which
> might be offscreen,
> especially if you have the "Home" stack in the topright corner of your
> screen...
> 
> My suggestion: On top of the monitor (room left for the window border)
> and some pixel off of
> the left side of the monitor so the tools palette or my 2lz3 will fit
> on the left of the menubar...
> 
> Know what i mean?
> 
> Something like:
> 
> TOOLS | MetaCard Menu Bar
> TOOLS |
> TOOLS |
> TOOLS |
> 
> 6.
> Only important on the win/*nix:
> Add an iconify/unicoify handler to the "MetaCard Menu Bar" stack, so
> ALL open stacks are
> hidden/shown when you un-/iconify that stack, just like REV does ;-)
> 
> 
> OK, that's so far, i will drop a line if i have more changes on my mind
> :-)
> 
> 
> Now the big question(s):
> 
> 1.
> Could live with these changes in general?
> [X] Yes
> [ ] No, i am just too conservative
> 
> 2.
> Standalone builder
> [ ] Add missing suffix silently?
> [X] Ask the user?
> 
> 3.
> Position of Menubar on win/*nix
> [X] Put Menubar on (almost) topleft corner of the screen
> [ ] Put it ............................. (fill in your favourite
> position)
> [ ] Leave it as is, i will do my own thing :-)
> 

How about put a little checkbox on the tools palate that will toggle the
selectgroupedcontrols property?


> 
> I think the other options won't hurt, since you just don't have to use
> them
> in case you don't like them...
> 
> 
> Thanks for your audience! MC rules!

It sure does!

Raymond E. Griffith

> 
> 
> Best from germany
> 
> Klaus Major
> klaus at major-k.de
> http://www.major-k.de
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