Re: [JPP-Devel] Rename layer plugin

2007-08-03 Thread Andreas Schmitz
Andreas Schmitz wrote: Hello, > > I would like to see it in the OpenJUMP configuration file. It should be > > possible.. or is it too cumbersome? > > (mhm... one moment) > > If I remember right the ISA tools did as well add context menu > > functions. Some of them have been transfered and are f

Re: [JPP-Devel] Rename layer plugin

2007-08-03 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
Andreas, I must apologize, but I think I missed some of this thread. What is your patch for? I'm sure there won't be a problem checking it in, but I should get some idea of what it fixes first. I apologize if I am asking you to repeat information that was already posted. The Sunburned Surveyor

Re: [JPP-Devel] To Sunburned Surveyor - Help files

2007-08-03 Thread Giuseppe Aruta
Stefan Steiniger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto:Hei Gusieppe, if you feel the information from the other docs is sufficient and necessary then use it otherwise make the improvements you want. I would also vote for a "quick - what's this for?" documentation, than for a comprehensive documen

Re: [JPP-Devel] Rename layer plugin

2007-08-03 Thread Andreas Schmitz
Andreas Schmitz wrote: Hi, > I attached the new version and a patch. anyone against me checking that in? Best regards, Andreas -- l a t / l o n GmbH Aennchenstrasse 19 53177 Bonn, Germany phone ++49 +228 18496-11 fax ++49 +228 1849629 http://www.lat-lon.dehttp://www.deeg

Re: [JPP-Devel] Rename layer plugin

2007-08-03 Thread Andreas Schmitz
Sunburned Surveyor wrote: Hello, > I don't see any problem with your patch. It sounds like a nifty > plug-in as well. I winder what the others would think about putting it > into our standard distribution. Ok. Since I'll be back at work on Tuesday, I'll commit it then. > P.S. - Thank you very m

Re: [JPP-Devel] Rename layer plugin

2007-08-03 Thread Stefan Steiniger
please commit, you had already my approval :) the pos tag adds the item at that specific menu position. note, that a function can obtain a different pos when other plugins are added afterwards. furthermore separators are counted as one pos, if i remember right stefan Andreas Schmitz schrieb: >

Re: [JPP-Devel] Rename layer plugin

2007-08-03 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
Andreas, I don't see any problem with your patch. It sounds like a nifty plug-in as well. I winder what the others would think about putting it into our standard distribution. The Sunburned Surveyor P.S. - Thank you very much for your contributions. They are appreicated. On 8/3/07, Andreas Sch

Re: [JPP-Devel] Rename layer plugin

2007-08-03 Thread Andreas Schmitz
Sunburned Surveyor wrote: Hello, > I must apologize, but I think I missed some of this thread. What is > your patch for? I'm sure there won't be a problem checking it in, but > I should get some idea of what it fixes first. > I apologize if I am asking you to repeat information that was already

Re: [JPP-Devel] Rename layer plugin

2007-08-03 Thread Andreas Schmitz
Stefan Steiniger wrote: Hi, > the pos tag adds the item at that specific menu position. note, that a > function can obtain a different pos when other plugins are added > afterwards. furthermore separators are counted as one pos, if i remember > right ah, ok. So inserting a plugin that install

Re: [JPP-Devel] Rename layer plugin

2007-08-03 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
Andreas wrote: "By the way, are there maintainers for specific areas in OpenJUMP? I'm just wondering whether I step into someone's garden when I fix things in random places." That is funny! Actually, what we really have is a jungle growing out of control, not any garden's. Any work you do in any

Re: [JPP-Devel] Understanding the purpose of the Extension class in OpenJUMP.

2007-08-03 Thread David Zwiers
Yes, installing GUI components is the primary use for extensions ... but this is not there sole purpose. Extensions are intended as a method of automatically injecting an initialization routine into Jump. For example: reading properties, loading layers, creating GUI components, checking for extern

Re: [JPP-Devel] Understanding the purpose of the Extension class in OpenJUMP.

2007-08-03 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
David, Thanks for the advice about threads. (I actually find threads to be a little scarry, so I usually stay away from them.) I'm just configuring and installing some plug-ins, so I think I'll be alright using the GUI thread. SS On 8/3/07, David Zwiers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, installi