MetaCard IDE

[Ken Ray]

On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 10:56:31 +0100, David Bovill wrote:

> Its been a while since I have been on this list!

Welcome back, David!

> At Richards prompting I have just downloaded and tried out the 
> Metacard IDE - and I must say the interface has changed :) Which 
> prompts me to ask a couple of questions: 
> 	1.	Is there is a change list - or anything like that?
> 	2.	What are the priorities for features - fixes?
> 	3.	Does anyone understand the IDE in detail - the way the script 
> editor links to the debugger for instance

Well, different people have kind of taken "ownership" of different 
parts of the IDE; I, for example, have been doing most of the recent 
work on the Variable Watcher, so I'm pretty familiar with the 
interaction of the script editor and debugger. However there are areas 
of the environment (standalone building, etc.) with which I am 
completely *unfamiliar*. I think you'll need to poke the list when 
you're ready to look at a particular area and ask if anyone can help 
you.

> From my point of view - I'd want to fix the way in which the answer 
> dialogues clash when loaded with the RunRev IDE - I guess that would 
> require a dialogue manager? Or is there a way to do it already so you 
> can switch between IDE's 

Well, the answer dialogs clash because in MC you need to first add the 
answer dialogs to your stack (using Resource Mover) before you build a 
standalone as the standalone builder only currently attaches the 
engine. The Rev implementation builds all these resources into your 
stack at standalone building time. The easiest way to remove the clash 
is to rename the stacks before you go to Rev, but the *best* solution 
would be to have the MC standalone builder modified to build in these 
resources only when you're building a standalone so they wouldn't need 
to exist inside your stacks at all. Richard has a standalone builder 
shell he's been working on, so perhaps he's the best person to ask 
about this.
 

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/