Re: [Pythoncard-devel] Multi-resource editor

[Alex T. <al...@tw...>]

Kevin Altis wrote:

> Instead, what I expect would be better is to rename your copy of 
> resourceEditor.py, rename resourceOutput.py, and the propertyEditor.py 
> and propertyEditor.rsrc.py files. Then change the imports in your 
> files to use the newly renamed files as well as update the places 
> those modules are referenced in the code. Since PythonCard code files 
> avoid import * like the plague I don't think there will be any spots 
> of ambiguity.
>
> I used findfiles to search for references to the resourceOutput module 
> in the resourceEditor directory, I only see five lines, all in 
> resourceEditor.py, so that is easily updated in your new files without 
> any chance of conflicts. In the case of the propertyEditor module 
> there are only two lines impacted in resourceEditor.py, and if you 
> keep the same style import, then you only have to change the import 
> line to use the newly renamed propertyEditor.py module. Since it 
> doesn't appear there are any circular import references in 
> resourceOutput.py or propertyEditor.py, that should solve the problem 
> with a minimal of fuss. Obviously, you'll need to update your 
> propertyEditor.py module to use the newly renamed resourceOutput.py 
> module too. I suggest using the same prefix for the new 
> resourceEditor.py as well as your updated modules so that it is clear 
> that they go together.
>
> Let me know if that works.

Yep - that works well. Obvious, given hindsight and an expert to tell me 
what to do :-)
Thanks Kevin.

I've actually added 7 files, rather than the 6 previously listed; it 
seems less confusing to duplicate the resourceEditor.rsrc.py to match 
the name of the new editor.  So my local copy the resourceEditor now has 
7 new files, all prefixed "multi"
  multiresourceEditor.py
  multiresourceEditor.rsrc.py
  modules/multipropertyEditor.py
  modules/multipropertyEditor.rsrc.py
  modules/multiComponents.py
  modules/multiComponents.rsrc.py
  modules/multiresourceOutput.py

I also added a quick and easy way to switch the tricky name mangling 
scheme on or off, so that if we do decide to take it out, it should be 
straight-forward (and if I want to turn it back on in my local copy, 
that'll be easy too :-)
Near the top of multipropertyEditor.py there is now a line
DO_TRICKY_NAME_DERIVATIONS = True
Changing this to be False will hide the check box, and always allow the 
name and label/text to vary independently.

I'll give it another couple of hours testing, then commit these files 
(and all the images needed in the images directory) into CVS.

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