[plt-scheme] More on tabs

Exactly what I was thinking. I've added something to the
context-sensitive (ie, right click / control click) menu in the module
browser window.

Released to CVS.

Thanks for the idea, Corey.

Robby

At Sat, 12 Mar 2005 21:18:12 -0500, Matthias Felleisen wrote:
>   For list-related administrative tasks:
>   http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
> 
> I think what you're looking for is Safari's "open in tabs" feature, 
> which opens an entire folder in parallel tabs. Here of course, you want 
> to say open a module tree at this root point in parallel tabs. 
> Naturally you want to NOT open lib files.
> 
> This sounds like a combination of the module browser and the open in 
> tab capability.
> 
> The one problem I see is that the module browser can fail on incorrect 
> files or when a programmer opens a file in a new context and forgot to 
> hand over some libraries from the old context (has happened to me 
> because I have too many libs of my own). But then we just signal an 
> error and let the programmer deal with it.
> 
> Overall I like the idea.
> 
> -- Matthias
> 
> 
> On Mar 12, 2005, at 9:57 AM, Corey Sweeney wrote:
> 
> >   For list-related administrative tasks:
> >   http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
> >
> > When I saw the tabs it gave me the idea of writing a really lame
> > project manager, the idea is to have all the files that are related to
> > one data structure in tabs and then just one window per data
> > structure.  I was wanting to do this by putting at the top of each
> > file something like:
> >
> > ;;;;;file server.protocal.bnf.scm
> >
> > (if {equal? interpeter `drscheme}
> >     (let ((self {find self}))
> >         {add-tab self "server.protocal.tests.scm"}
> >         {add-tab self "server.protocal.actual.code.scm"}))
> >
> > however, turning this into real code seems like a much bigger search
> > for me then i thought.  Can anyone tip me off how to add a tab, and
> > how to find self... wait a sec, is self findable? since the code is
> > just loaded in the window, and not actually run.  I'd need to make a
> > special project manager app which i would load and run first, and it
> > would make a new window and load all 3 files in tabs.
> >
> > I wasn't looking for a massive project here, but if there's something
> > that could be done in a hour (by me, who has no knowledge of the
> > editor internals) it'd be cool.
> >
> > Corey
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > P.S.  when I click on most of my help results, it gives me:
> >
> >
> > The file you were looking for was not found on the Help Desk server.
> >
> > Help Desk home
> >
> > Powered by .
> >
> >
> > I used to get a message that said "click here to see it on the plt-web
> > site", then would put me at the begining page of the plt-docs.  I'm
> > sure i just need to download and install some docs (like "PLT MrEd:
> > Graphical Toolbox Manual"), but what i'm saying is that this might not
> > be obvious to everyone.  Is it practical to make those get
> > auto-installed via planet when you click on them or something?
> >