Hi Michael, To answser your question, I guess it would be possible to migrate a subset of the StyledText widget API. Of course, providing the exact public API, based on RAP, will open up the way to integrate various SWT components, including many of the text editors we use today in RCP. The idea is pleasant, but (i) the challenge is high, and (ii) it has to take into account the specificity of client/server interactions.
(i) As you may have probably noticed, the current widget is based on an integration with Cloud9 ACE editor, therefore, mapping the Java API to the JavaScript API of ACE would be the way to go. How far can we go in this direction is constrained by the level of detail of the ACE API. That said, the granularity of the ACE API [1] is high enough to make it happen; it would be possible to map the the majority of the public methods and synchronize/notify the backend following the RAP interaction model. (ii) However, because we are in a client/server interaction model, one should be aware of performance and scalability: for example, notifying back the server at each fine-grained-user-interaction with the widget will certainly overhead the network traffic. I think a balanced approach is preferred by far, i.e. splitting the processing between the client and the server would be much more efficient. The consequence of this approach is that third party SWT components which rely on non-migrated methods won't work out-of-the-box. In this scenario, integrating these SWT components would be done on a case-by-case basis. Regards, Amine [1] https://ace.c9.io/#nav=api ------------------------------------------------ Amine Lajmi, PhD Managing Director & MDE Expert Mobile: +33623756198 (preferred) Phone: +33145019650 <%2B33623756198> Email : am...@plugbee.com www.plugbee.com PlugBee SARL 145, Rue Lourmel 75015 Paris, France ------------------------------------------------ 2016-01-28 10:07 GMT+01:00 Michael Fritscher < michael.fritsc...@telematik-zentrum.de>: > Hello Amine, > > Nice work :-) > One question: Could it be made compatible with the StyledText Widget ( > http://help.eclipse.org/mars/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.isv%2Freference%2Fapi%2Forg%2Feclipse%2Fswt%2Fcustom%2FStyledText.html) > ? This way many existing SWT/RCP applications could be ported much easier. > > Best regards, > Michael > > Am 20.01.2016 um 14:38 schrieb Amine Lajmi: > >> It seems something went wrong with the urls, here are the links pointing >> to the right location. >> >> [1] https://github.com/plugbee/dslforge.git >> >> [2] http://dslforge.org >> >> Sorry for the spam. >> >> Regards, >> >> Amine >> >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: *Amine Lajmi* <aminela...@gmail.com <mailto:aminela...@gmail.com>> >> Date: 2016-01-20 14:23 GMT+01:00 >> Subject: Proposal of a styled text widget for RAP Incubator Project >> To: rap-dev@eclipse.org <mailto:rap-dev@eclipse.org> >> >> >> Greetings from Paris, >> >> >> I’m Amine, an independent consultant working on modeling applications >> and their web applications. I would like to share my experience on text >> editing over RAP. >> >> >> I have developed DSL Forge, a tool for building textual web editors, and >> I would like to propose the main component of the tool (a styled text >> widget) as a RAP Incubator Project. >> >> >> The repository [1] contains a custom widget based on an integration of >> Cloud9 ACE and RAP. I’ve already built some textual language editors >> based on the widget, please have a look on the live demo app [2] for >> some examples. >> >> >> The widget is not perfect, maybe the integration with RAP is not >> optimal, but it does really make textual editors with all the styling >> features, annotations, content assist, text hover, and so on. >> >> I’m looking forward to get your feedback on this, I'm available for any >> further information. >> >> [1] https://github.com/plugbee/dslforge.git >> <http://git.dslforge.org/styledtext.git> >> >> [2] http://dslforge.org <http://dslforge.org/workbench> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Amine Lajmi >> >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >> Amine Lajmi, PhD >> >> Managing Director & MDE Expert >> >> Mobile: +33623756198 <tel:%2B33623756198> (preferred) >> >> Phone: +33145019650 <tel:%2B33145019650> >> >> Email : am...@plugbee.com <mailto:am...@plugbee.com> >> >> www.plugbee.com <http://www.plugbee.com/> >> >> PlugBee SARL >> >> 145, rue de Lourmel >> >> 75015 Paris >> >> France >> >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> rap-dev mailing list >> rap-dev@eclipse.org >> To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe >> from this list, visit >> https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/rap-dev >> >> > > -- > ZfT - Zentrum für Telematik e.V. > Michael Fritscher > Allesgrundweg 12 > 97218 Gerbrunn > Tel: +49 (931) 3 29 29 54 - 21 > Fax: +49 (931) 3 29 29 54 - 11 > Email: michael.fritsc...@telematik-zentrum.de > Web: http://www.telematik-zentrum.de > > Vorstand: > Prof. Dr. Klaus Schilling, Hans-Joachim Leistner > Sitz: Gerbrunn > USt.-ID Nr.: DE 257 244 580, Steuer-Nr.: 257/111/70203 > Amtsgericht Würzburg, Vereinsregister-Nr.: VR 200 167 > > _______________________________________________ > rap-dev mailing list > rap-dev@eclipse.org > To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe > from this list, visit > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/rap-dev >
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