On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 02:36:48PM +0100, Juergen Vigna wrote:
> > is never called when doing some 'find' using the menu. Do I need some more
> > activation magic?
>
> Well yes you need this in formulabase.h
>
> ///
> // it has to contain text to be searchable!
> ///
> bool isTextInset() const { return true; }
What about some 'isSearchableInset' method? I do not want to pretend being
a text inset...
> The normal text has to lock the inset (by calling edit()) before the
> searchForward() is being called. Then if we find something we return
> true (and if appropriate set the selection), if we don't find something
> we have to unlock ourself (the inset) and return false!
>
> Logic to be (IMO):
>
> The normal text comes to an inset and searchForward() of the inset is called.
> Now the inset is resposible to lock itself and do all necessary update steps
> if it finds something inside otherwise it just returns false and we're done
> with it.
Yes, sounds better.
> Now to anticipate your upcoming questions:
>
> Q: Why has this not be done before?
> A: The (un)lock calls of the inset have been made more inteligen recently by
> me, NOW it is possible to call a lock inset from within a subinset without
> the need of having the outer inset already locked, this was not possible
> before.
I see.
> Q: Why then not change now to the new method?
> A: We have still a lot of bugs to fix and IMO we should concentrate on that
> right now.
Fine with me.
BTW: It seems to work. But it's tea time now...
Andre'
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