Class type Design.main_window_extension_points

class type main_window_extension_points = object .. end

This is the type of extension points for the GUI.
Change in Boron-20100401: new way of handling the menu and the toolbar
Consult the Plugin Development Guide for additional details.

Inherits

Design.view_code

method toplevel : main_window_extension_points

The whole GUI aka self

method menu_manager : unit -> Menu_manager.menu_manager

The object managing the menubar and the toolbar.
Since Boron-20100401

method file_tree : Filetree.t

The tree containing the list of files and functions

method file_tree_view : GTree.view

The tree view containing the list of files and functions

method main_window : GWindow.window

The main window

method annot_window : Wtext.text

The information panel. The text is automatically cleared whenever the selection is changed. You should not directly use the buffer contained in the annot_window to add text. Use the method pretty_information.

method pretty_information : 'a. ?scroll:bool -> ('a, Format.formatter, unit) Pervasives.format -> 'a

Pretty print a message in the annot_window, optionally scrolling it to the beginning of the message.

method lower_notebook : GPack.notebook

The lower notebook with messages tabs

method source_viewer : GSourceView2.source_view

The GText.view showing the AST.

method source_viewer_scroll : GBin.scrolled_window

The scrolling of the GText.view showing the AST.

method reactive_buffer : reactive_buffer

The buffer containing the AST.
Since Carbon-20101201

method original_source_viewer : Source_manager.t

The multi-tab source file display widget containing the original source.

method launcher : unit -> unit

Display the analysis configuration dialog and offer the opportunity to launch to the user

method error : 'a.
         ?parent:GWindow.window_skel ->
         ?reset:bool -> ('a, Format.formatter, unit) Pervasives.format -> 'a

Popup a modal dialog displaying an error message. If reset is true (default is false), the gui is reset after the dialog has been displayed.

method register_source_selector : (GMenu.menu GMenu.factory ->
        main_window_extension_points ->
        button:int -> Pretty_source.localizable -> unit) ->
       unit

register an action to perform when button is released on a given localizable. If the button 3 is released, the first argument is popped as a contextual menu.
Consult the Plugin Development Guide for additional details.

method register_source_highlighter : (reactive_buffer ->
        Pretty_source.localizable -> start:int -> stop:int -> unit) ->
       unit

register an highlighting function to run on a given localizable between start and stop in the given buffer. Priority of Gtext.tags is used to decide which tag is rendered on top of the other.
Change in Aluminium-20160501:: receives a Design.main_window_extension_points.reactive_buffer instead of a GSourceView2.source_buffer

method register_panel : (main_window_extension_points ->
        string * GObj.widget * (unit -> unit) option) ->
       unit

register_panel (name, widget, refresh) registers a panel in GUI. The arguments are the name of the panel to create, the widget containing the panel and a function to be called on refresh.

method reset : unit -> unit

Reset the GUI and its extensions to its initial state

method rehighlight : unit -> unit

Force to rehilight the current displayed buffer. Plugins should call this method whenever they have changed the states on which the function given to register_source_highlighter have been updated.

method redisplay : unit -> unit

Since Nitrogen-20111001 Force to redisplay the current displayed buffer. Plugins should call this method whenever they have changed the globals. For example whenever a plugin adds an annotation, the buffers need to be redisplayed.

method protect : cancelable:bool -> ?parent:GWindow.window_skel -> (unit -> unit) -> unit

Lock the GUI ; run the funtion ; catch all exceptions ; Unlock GUI The parent window must be set if this method is not called directly by the main window: it will ensure that error dialogs are transient for the right window.

Set cancelable to true if the protected action should be cancellable by the user through button `Stop'.

method full_protect : 'a.
         cancelable:bool -> ?parent:GWindow.window_skel -> (unit -> 'a) -> 'a option

Lock the GUI ; run the funtion ; catch all exceptions ; Unlock GUI ; returns f (). The parent window must be set if this method is not called directly by the main window: it will ensure that error dialogs are transient for the right window.

Set cancelable to true if the protected action should be cancellable by the user through button `Stop'.

method push_info : 'a. ('a, Format.formatter, unit) Pervasives.format -> 'a

Pretty print a temporary information in the status bar

method pop_info : unit -> unit

Remove last temporary information in the status bar

method show_ids : bool

If true, the messages shown in the GUI can mention internal ids (vid, sid, etc.). If false, other means of identification should be used (line numbers, etc.).

method help_message : 'c 'b.
         (< event : GObj.event_ops; .. > as 'c) ->
         ('b, Format.formatter, unit) Pervasives.format -> 'b

Help message displayed when entering the widget