Re: [ jEdit-users ] why the string does not show up? followups

[Slava P. <sl...@je...>]

You do not need to use the temporary buffer API! Just call
jEdit.openFile() or newFile()...

On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 19:30, Dave Landers wrote:
> On Friday 26 September 2003 5:03 pm, chasee wrote:
> > Hi to all:
> >
> > I am stuck there. I have been trying to create a buffer for a string, then
> > create a view for this buffer and other buffers upon starting up of jedit.
> > I expect to see the string in the active text edit area of of the view
> > created. I think "     buffer = newFile(null); buffer.insert(0,theString);
> > newView(null, buffer)" should work.
> 
> 
> I wrote a plugin (for P4 source control) which (among other things) downloads 
> some file revision into a String and displays it in a new buffer.  I use the 
> following method to create a buffer and display the string.  Works in 4.1.
> Hope it helps...
> 
>     Buffer makeBuffer( String buffName, String contents )
>     {
>         String tmpDir = System.getProperty( "java.io.tmpdir" );
> 
>         Buffer buffer = jEdit.openTemporary( jEdit.getActiveView(),
>                                              tmpDir,
>                                              buffName,
>                                              true );
>         jEdit.commitTemporary( buffer );
>         buffer.setReadOnly( false );
>         buffer.remove( 0, buffer.getLength() );  // should already be empty, 
> but do it anyway
>         buffer.insert( 0, contents );
>         buffer.setReadOnly( true );
>         buffer.setDirty( false );
> 
>         viewBuffers.put( buffer, null );
> 
>         return buffer;
>     }
> 
> I also do 
> jEdit.getActiveView().setBuffer( b );
> on the buffer returned by the above method (to make it the current buffer).
> 
> 
> >
> > no luck in finding out why I cann't see the string in the edit pane...
> >
> > thanks for any hint
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ============
> > thanks,
> > chasee
> >
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> 
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