Hi David, AppDelegate doesn't inherit from NSWindowController so you would need a MacRuby outlet to obtain a link to the Main Menu window or any other object instantiated in the NIB, but usually you don't need this. This outlet doesn't need to be named "window". You could rename it to something like :mainMenuWindow to be less confusing. Usually you would add additional outlets to change controls within the Main Menu. These outlets don't need to be in an NSWindowController subclass. The attr_writer or attr_accessor pre-processor macros will define a class variable that you would reference with a leading "@".
If you instaintiate a subclass of NSWindowController by adding an object to the XIB that you assign to your own subclass, then NSWindowController will automatically add an IB outlet for "window" to your subclass that you would normally "hookup" in IB to your own subclass of NSWindow instantiated by the same NIB. You should not create MacRuby accessors for "window" in an NSWindowController subclass rather you use the self.window superclass method. The @window class variable should be undefined in your NSWindowController subclass . Cocoa does not define MacRuby class variables; only MacRuby code can do that. You would only get the same NSWindow instance for both your AppDelegate and your NSWindowController subclass if you connect both your AppDelegate and your NSWindowController subclass to the same window in IB. Bob Rice On Dec 4, 2012, at 1:25 AM, david kramf <dakr....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Bob > I never programmed in Objective-C. > When I open a MacRuby project I automatically get a window attar_accessor > defined in my AppDelegate created code, but not in the controller which I > write by my own. If I connect, using IB , the window to my controller > parameter (object variable) , I get the same window property created both in > my WindowController and in the appDelegate. So far during my plays with the > code I don't encounter any other problem apart from the willLoad and didLoad > delegates which I expected to be called . Since the @window variable is > already instantiated when my awakeFromNib is called, I have a feeling that > the Cocoa code already called them before he created MyController class. I am > not sure about that , since this reasoning leads to a conclusion that this is > some kind of a bug in Cocoa , but Cocoa exists for a long time and used a lot > , so I am not sure. > Since this is the only problem I faced so far , I decided to move on and be > careful upon relying on these 2 delegates. > Thanks, David. > > On Dec 4, 2012, at 2:06 AM, Robert Carl Rice wrote: > >> Hi David, >> >> You should consider the "window" Objective C property to be "owned" by >> NSWindowController and it's confusing to define a Ruby class variable with >> the same name. It should automatically appear as an IB outlet for your >> NSWindowController subclass that you would "hook up" in IB just as you would >> a MacRuby outlet assuming that you instantiate your NSWindowController >> subclass with the same NIB with your NSWindow. >> >> As per the NSWindowController documentation, you would read the window >> property using the method window() or self.window which will first load the >> window if it not already loaded. >> >> You could set the window property using setWindow( window ), but normally >> you have NIB expansion call setWindow. >> >> Similarly NSWindow automatically defines the delegate property that you can >> hook up to your window controller in IB assuming that you instantiate your >> NSWindowController subclass with the same NIB with your NSWindow. >> >> I removed a lot of initialization code from my applications once I better >> understood how NIB file expansion works. You can hook up most of your >> delegates and target actions in IB. You can even initialize static Popup and >> comboBox option lists in IB. However, don't hookup dataSource in IB for >> NSTableView or NSOutlineView because it will attempt to load table data >> before you get awakeFromNib. >> >> Bob Rice >> >> On Dec 3, 2012, at 1:35 AM, david kramf <dakr....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Bob >>> My code crashes if I omit the attr_accessor. >>> Can you refer me to instructions of how to configure the IB to link to my >>> controller as delegate (?) . In the examples I have in my book and ,if I >>> am not mistaken, lectures I viewed in iTunes U ( the Stanford series ), >>> they all used the awakeFromNib as point of initialization . >>> Thanks, David >>> On Dec 3, 2012, at 6:24 AM, Robert Carl Rice wrote: >>> >>>> Hi David, >>>> >>>> A couple of things I notice offhand in you code: >>>> >>>> The NSWindowController class defines accessor methods for "window" so you >>>> shouldn't redefine it with the Ruby attr_accessor method. Note: similarly >>>> NSViewController defines accessor methods for "view". >>>> >>>> You can configure IB to link the window delegate when the Nib is expanded >>>> so that you don't need to set it in awakeFromNib. >>>> >>>> Bob Rice >>>> >>>> >>>> On Nov 29, 2012, at 6:50 PM, david kramf <dakr....@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> In the copied below code only the awakeFromNib is executed . Can someone >>>>> explain me what do I do wrong ? Window is displayed and I expected all >>>>> other methods to be called. >>>>> Thanks, David >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> MacRuby-devel mailing list >>>> MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org >>>> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macruby-devel >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacRuby-devel mailing list >>> MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org >>> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macruby-devel >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacRuby-devel mailing list >> MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org >> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macruby-devel > > _______________________________________________ > MacRuby-devel mailing list > MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macruby-devel
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