27 Jul
2008
27 Jul
'08
5:31 p.m.
I'm trying to follow "Possibility 3" from the Magritte tutorial (page
54) where I subclass MAContainerComponent and create my own
#renderContentOn: and override #descriptionContainer to point to my
new subclass.. The tutorial didn't really indicate how to get the
component data or other general usage -- so I figured I'd ask..
Also -- for future reference.. Is there an example or two that might
be good to use as references for this sort of questioning that doesn't
require pier since I'm on the VW platform? I'm a Magritte newbie and
examples are very helpful.. Thx!
-- Rick
27 Jul
27 Jul
6:13 p.m.
I should have mentioned that I'm asking about accessing the memento
(proxied) data specifically.. Thx!
-- Rick
On Jul 27, 2008, at 8:31 AM, Richard E. Flower wrote:
I'm trying to follow "Possibility 3"
from the Magritte tutorial (page
54) where I subclass MAContainerComponent and create my own
#renderContentOn: and override #descriptionContainer to point to my
new subclass.. The tutorial didn't really indicate how to get the
component data or other general usage -- so I figured I'd ask..
Also -- for future reference.. Is there an example or two that might
be good to use as references for this sort of questioning that doesn't
require pier since I'm on the VW platform? I'm a Magritte newbie and
examples are very helpful.. Thx!
-- Rick
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9:10 p.m.
Ok.. In thinking about it further, I believe I may not need direct
access to all elements of a description but
I would like to be able to wrap divs around certain object
descriptions for formatting purposes.. Is this the
best way to achieve that goal? TIA!
-- Rick
On Jul 27, 2008, at 9:13 AM, Richard E. Flower wrote:
I should have mentioned that I'm asking about
accessing the memento
(proxied) data specifically.. Thx!
-- Rick
On Jul 27, 2008, at 8:31 AM, Richard E. Flower wrote:
I'm trying to follow "Possibility
3" from the Magritte tutorial (page
54) where I subclass MAContainerComponent and create my own
#renderContentOn: and override #descriptionContainer to point to my
new subclass.. The tutorial didn't really indicate how to get the
component data or other general usage -- so I figured I'd ask..
Also -- for future reference.. Is there an example or two that might
be good to use as references for this sort of questioning that
doesn't
require pier since I'm on the VW platform? I'm a Magritte newbie and
examples are very helpful.. Thx!
-- Rick
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9:48 p.m.
Ok.. In thinking about it further, I believe I may
not need direct
access to all elements of a description but
I would like to be able to wrap divs around certain object
descriptions for formatting purposes.. Is this the
best way to achieve that goal? TIA!
What goal?
If this is just about styling specific descriptions when using the
default Seaside renderer you might want to use
aDescription cssClass: 'foo'
This adds the CSS CLASS .foo to the description aDescription.
Cheers,
Lukas
-- Rick
On Jul 27, 2008, at 9:13 AM, Richard E. Flower wrote:
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Lukas Renggli
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I should have mentioned that I'm asking about
accessing the memento
(proxied) data specifically.. Thx!
-- Rick
On Jul 27, 2008, at 8:31 AM, Richard E. Flower wrote:
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https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki I'm trying to follow "Possibility
3" from the Magritte tutorial
(page
54) where I subclass MAContainerComponent and create my own
#renderContentOn: and override #descriptionContainer to point to my
new subclass.. The tutorial didn't really indicate how to get the
component data or other general usage -- so I figured I'd ask..
Also -- for future reference.. Is there an example or two that might
be good to use as references for this sort of questioning that
doesn't
require pier since I'm on the VW platform? I'm a Magritte newbie
and
examples are very helpful.. Thx!
-- Rick
_______________________________________________
SmallWiki, Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ...
https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki
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9:45 p.m.
On Jul 27, 2008, at 17:31 , Richard E. Flower wrote:
I'm trying to follow "Possibility 3"
from the Magritte tutorial (page
54) where I subclass MAContainerComponent and create my own
#renderContentOn: and override #descriptionContainer to point to my
new subclass.. The tutorial didn't really indicate how to get the
component data or other general usage -- so I figured I'd ask..
Have a look at the implementation of MAContainerComponent, it already
does what you want.
anObject readUsing: aDescription "reading"
anObject write: aValue using: aDescription "writing"
Essentially you always use the above two constructs, no matter if
anObject is a memento or a real object. You just need to know the
description.
Also -- for future reference.. Is there an example or
two that might
be good to use as references for this sort of questioning that doesn't
require pier since I'm on the VW platform? I'm a Magritte newbie and
examples are very helpful.. Thx!
There are several open-source examples on squeaksource.com (Conrad,
ical, ...) and source.lukas-rengli.ch (Pier, Audioscrobbler, MSE File
Format, Magritte Add-Ons, Magritte Tutorial, More Magritte Add
Ons, ...) that use Magritte, but I guess that doesn't help you much if
you are on VW. You might still want to have a look at the code though
(through the web interface).
Cheers,
Lukas
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http://www.lukas-renggli.ch
10:37 p.m.
Thanks Lukas.. I looked in the class you mentioned but didn't see any
of the code you
show below.. Perhaps my version is older or whatever.. I did poke
around on your
site at a handful of projects but didn't see anything doing the same
sort of thing I'm
trying to do (I was specifically looking for code that subclasses
MAContainerComponent
and goes from there.. Perhaps I'm going about it wrong..
I've got a glorified user record that has the typical address info but
also has other
fields such as security questions and other stuff.. What I've got in
my old (non-Magritte)
code was to wrap divs around certain areas of the layout (address info
is wrapped
in a div and then other areas are wrapped in another div) to get the
formatting I want via
css.. Is there some other way? Sorry for being a pain in the rear,
but I feel a bit lost on
how to proceed.. Thx!
On Jul 27, 2008, at 12:45 PM, Lukas Renggli wrote:
On Jul 27, 2008, at 17:31 , Richard E. Flower wrote:
I'm trying to follow "Possibility
3" from the Magritte tutorial (page
54) where I subclass MAContainerComponent and create my own
#renderContentOn: and override #descriptionContainer to point to my
new subclass.. The tutorial didn't really indicate how to get the
component data or other general usage -- so I figured I'd ask..
Have a look at the implementation of MAContainerComponent, it already
does what you want.
anObject readUsing: aDescription "reading"
anObject write: aValue using: aDescription "writing"
Essentially you always use the above two constructs, no matter if
anObject is a memento or a real object. You just need to know the
description.
Also -- for future reference.. Is there an
example or two that might
be good to use as references for this sort of questioning that
doesn't
require pier since I'm on the VW platform? I'm a Magritte newbie and
examples are very helpful.. Thx!
There are several open-source examples on squeaksource.com (Conrad,
ical, ...) and source.lukas-rengli.ch (Pier, Audioscrobbler, MSE File
Format, Magritte Add-Ons, Magritte Tutorial, More Magritte Add
Ons, ...) that use Magritte, but I guess that doesn't help you much if
you are on VW. You might still want to have a look at the code though
(through the web interface).
Cheers,
Lukas
--
Lukas Renggli
http://www.lukas-renggli.ch
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28 Jul
28 Jul
9:31 a.m.
Thanks Lukas.. I looked in the class you mentioned but
didn't see any
of the code you
show below.. Perhaps my version is older or whatever.. I did poke
around on your
site at a handful of projects but didn't see anything doing the same
sort of thing I'm
trying to do (I was specifically looking for code that subclasses
MAContainerComponent
and goes from there.. Perhaps I'm going about it wrong..
MAContainerComponent only triggers (see renderContentOn:) the
component renderer (MAComponentRenderer). The component renderer knows
how to layout the components of the individual descriptions
(subclasses of MAElementComponent). This is the actual place where the
data is read and written, according to the displayed editor.
I've got a glorified user record that has the
typical address info but
also has other
fields such as security questions and other stuff.. What I've got in
my old (non-Magritte)
code was to wrap divs around certain areas of the layout (address info
is wrapped
in a div and then other areas are wrapped in another div) to get the
formatting I want via
css.. Is there some other way? Sorry for being a pain in the rear,
but I feel a bit lost on
how to proceed.. Thx!
Yes, I understand. That's what #cssClass: is used for. It is not an
extra DIV that is wrapped around the description, but it is enough to
do anything to the layout.
Cheers,
Lukas
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http://www.lukas-renggli.ch
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