Richard,
The way GLX2 does no-click inspection (the code is accessible to all
our customers in the "inspection" folder of the GLX2 frontscript) is
called "staggered messaging" or "peppering." It is polling with a very
limited lifespan and does NOT degrade performance of the IDE. It's
been in use for over a year. Very reliable
On mousemove, 12 messages staggered every 250 millisecs are sent to
check the mod keys for an inspection.
glx2EditObject
repeat for 12
add 250 to tNoMillisecs
send "glx2EditObject" to me in tNoMillisecs millisecs
end repeat
If "glx2EditObject" is already in the pendingmessages, then the
glx2EditObject handler ignores the message to check the mod keys for a
no-click inspection. This means that during the three seconds after
the mouse STOPS moving, you can hold down the mod keys to inspect. It
sounds much more complicated than it is. The user, of course, is
unaware of all this trickery and just holds down command and option to
open any script editor.
On Windows, the state of the mod keys can be checked without polling.
HOWEVER...I check to see if the pointer is in the title bar of the
window so that the user can inspect a stack's script with no-click
inspection. Therefore, the peppering method is still needed, even in
Windows.
Hope this helps. Feel free to download GLX2 Installer (http://
glx2.com), install it, set the prefs for it in the GLX2 pane of Rev's
prefs, and then take a look at the code. You (and everyone else, of
course) do not need a reg code to use GLX2's no-click inspection and a
bunch of other very handy shortcuts called "The Freedom Pack."
I've written about The Freedom Pack here:
http://glx2help.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=2053167%3ATopic%3A3127
Best,
Jerry Daniels
Daniels & Mara, Inc.
Makers of GLX2
http://glx2.com
On Jan 12, 2009, at 12:49 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
Bob Sneidar wrote:
If you are using GLX2 you don't need to click. Just point and hit
option+command.
How?
I've been looking to add a similar capability to my own editor, but
given how the key messages currently work I've been unable to come
up with anything that didn't involve constant polling.
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World
Revolution training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com
Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com
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