[Sc-devel] [approve?] Main Help resize on OSX

[nescivi]

Hmm...
reformatting in what way?

I don't think a fourth column will look good in w3m, unless you maybe
go to fullscreen, but this is not default. Things might get more
cluttered within each column of the table...

sincerely,
Marije

On 11/11/07, Scott Wilson <i at scottwilson.ca> wrote:
> Should I commit this? Main help could then be reformatted to take
> advantage of a larger window.
>
> S.
>
> On 10 Nov 2007, at 13:29, Scott Wilson wrote:
>
> >
> > On 10 Nov 2007, at 11:13, Click Nilson wrote:
> >
> >> I'd have a problem with this.
> >>
> >> We discussed that text at length pre 3.1. Instructions on how to
> >> use help, and useful shortcuts, must appear in the main help page.
> >> Else it's not friendly. And it really doesn't matter if others see
> >> it multiple times; the code links etc are still helpful each time.
> >>
> >> The SC Help system has to cover newbies straight away, not be
> >> deferring them to another page.
> >>
> >> Perhaps the only issue is fitting all links on screen at once;
> >> could the default main help window size be a little bigger?
> >
> > I had a quick pass at doing this. This works, but you can see the
> > resize happen. Does anyone know if there's a better way?
> >
> > S.
> >
> > - (BOOL)readFromFile:(NSString *)path ofType:(NSString *)aType
> > {
> > 	NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath: path];
> > 	BOOL success = NO;
> >
> > 	if (!initTextView) initTextView = [self makeTextView];
> > 	NSTextStorage* text = [initTextView textStorage];
> >
> > 	[text beginEditing];	// Bracket with begin/end editing for efficiency
> > 	[[text mutableString] setString:@""];	// Empty the document
> >
> > 	NSString* extension = [path pathExtension];
> >
> > 	if ([extension isEqualToString: @"html"] || [extension
> > isEqualToString: @"htm"]) {
> > 		NSAttributedString *htmlAttributedString = [HTMLRenderer
> > attributedStringWithURL:url];
> >
> > 		if(!htmlAttributedString) success = NO;
> > 		else {
> > 			[text setAttributedString:htmlAttributedString];
> > 			[initTextView setDefaultTabsTo: 28.0f];
> > 			success = YES;
> > 		}
> > 	}
> > 	else {
> > 		NSError *error;
> > 		success = [text readFromURL:url options:nil
> > documentAttributes:nil error:&error];
> > 		if(!success) NSLog(@"Error opening file: %@", error);
> > 	}
> >
> > 	if ([extension isEqualToString: @"sc"] || [extension
> > isEqualToString: @"scd"]) {
> > 		[initTextView setFont: [NSFont fontWithName: @"Monaco" size: 9]];
> > 		SyntaxColorize(initTextView);
> > 	}
> > 	
> > 	[text endEditing];
> > 	
> > 	if ([[path lastPathComponent] isEqualToString: @"Help.html"]) {
> > 		
> > 		SEL sel = @selector(resizeMainHelp);
> > 		NSMethodSignature *sig = [MyDocument
> > instanceMethodSignatureForSelector: sel];
> > 		
> > 		NSInvocation *anInvocation = [NSInvocation
> > invocationWithMethodSignature: sig];
> > 		SCVirtualMachine* scvm = [SCVirtualMachine sharedInstance];
> > 		[anInvocation setTarget: self];
> > 		[anInvocation setSelector: sel];
> > 		[scvm defer: anInvocation];
> > 	}
> >
> > 	// in case of html with images, etc.
> > 	[self setpathToSaveAttachments:[[[path
> > stringByDeletingLastPathComponent] stringByAppendingPathComponent:
> > @"attachments"] stringByAppendingPathComponent: [[path
> > lastPathComponent] stringByDeletingPathExtension]]];
> > 	return success;
> > }
> >
> > - (void)resizeMainHelp
> > {
> > 	NSWindow *window = [[self textView] window];
> > 	NSPoint origin = [window frame].origin;
> > 	[window setFrame:NSMakeRect(origin.x, origin.y, 800,600)
> > display:YES];
> > }
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