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+ 2005-03-01 13:17 lyle
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+ * ChangeLog, swig-interfaces/FXHeader.i,
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+ 2005-02-28 21:39 lyle
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+ 2005-02-28 21:14 lyle
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+ * ext/fox12/unregisterOwnedObjects.cpp, swig-interfaces/FXHeader.i,
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+ swig-interfaces/FXIconList.i, swig-interfaces/FXList.i: More
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+ 2005-02-28 21:14 lyle
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+ * doc/changes.xml, lib/fox12/core.rb: Added the FXTable#selectItem
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+ 2005-02-27 15:05 lyle
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+ * ChangeLog, doc/changes.xml, ext/fox12/unregisterOwnedObjects.cpp,
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+ ext/fox12/include/FXRbFoldingList.h,
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+ ext/fox12/include/FXRbHeader.h, ext/fox12/include/FXRbIconList.h,
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+ ext/fox12/include/FXRbImageView.h, ext/fox12/include/FXRbList.h,
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+ ext/fox12/include/FXRbTable.h, ext/fox12/include/FXRbText.h,
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+ ext/fox12/include/FXRbTreeList.h: Started work on comprehensive
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+ 2005-02-26 21:15 lyle
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+ * ext/fox12/FXRuby.cpp: Corrected the typedef for st_data_t (see
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+ 2005-02-26 10:04 lyle
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+ * Rakefile, fxruby.gemspec: Moved the source Gem stuff into the
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+ 2005-02-26 09:13 lyle
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+ * Rakefile, pre-config.rb, setversions.rb: Moved the setversions.rb
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+ 2005-02-25 22:39 lyle
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+ * doc/changes.xml, ext/fox12/include/FXRbTable.h: Fixed the problem
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+ * doc/changes.xml, ext/fox12/include/FXRbTable.h,
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+ 2005-02-25 21:38 lyle
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+ * doc/changes.xml, swig-interfaces/FXTable.i,
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+ swig-interfaces/macros.i, tests/TC_FXTable.rb: Corrected the
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+ * doc/changes.xml, rdoc-sources/FXTable.rb,
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+ track down this problem.</p></li><li style="list-style-type: disc"><p>The <tt class="methodname">extractText</tt> and <tt class="methodname">overlayText</tt>
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+ weren't listed in the API documentation. These problems have been corrected.</p></li><li style="list-style-type: disc"><p>The checks for out-of-bounds indices in the <tt class="methodname">getColumnX</tt>,
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+ for the <tt class="classname">FXTable</tt> class were incorrect. These have been
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+ fixed.</p></li><li style="list-style-type: disc"><p>The <tt class="methodname">setTableSize</tt> method for the
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+ if either the number of rows or columns passed in as arguments is less
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+ than zero.</p></li><li style="list-style-type: disc"><p>A typo in one of the source files was causing the build to fail
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+ This error has been corrected. Thanks to Alex McGuire for reporting this problem.</p></li><li style="list-style-type: disc"><p>The <tt class="methodname">selectItem</tt> method for the <tt class="classname">FXTable</tt> class
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+ was removed in FOX 1.2, so we've added a convenience method for this that just calls the
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+ Thanks to Joel VanderWerf for this suggestion.</p></li><li style="list-style-type: disc"><p>The binary gem for Windows was built with FOX version 1.2.13 and FXScintilla version 1.62.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="simplesect" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e2488"></a>Changes For Version 1.2.4 (February 23, 2005)</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="bullet"><li style="list-style-type: disc"><p>Due to a change in some of the internal Ruby C APIs, a compile-time error for FXRuby
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  (see <a href="http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&amp;aid=1426&amp;group_id=300&amp;atid=1226" target="_top">RubyForge Feature Request #1295</a>).
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- Thanks to Brett Hallett for this suggestion.</p></li><li style="list-style-type: disc"><p>The binary gem for Windows was built with FOX version 1.2.13 and FXScintilla version 1.62.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="simplesect" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e2506"></a>Changes For Version 1.2.3 (January 22, 2005)</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="bullet"><li style="list-style-type: disc"><p>Since group boxes containing radio buttons no longer enforce the radio behavior
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+ Thanks to Brett Hallett for this suggestion.</p></li><li style="list-style-type: disc"><p>The binary gem for Windows was built with FOX version 1.2.13 and FXScintilla version 1.62.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="simplesect" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e2591"></a>Changes For Version 1.2.3 (January 22, 2005)</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="bullet"><li style="list-style-type: disc"><p>Since group boxes containing radio buttons no longer enforce the radio behavior
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  of radio buttons (i.e. keeping only one radio button selected at a time), some of the
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  <a href="http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&amp;aid=1280&amp;group_id=300&amp;atid=1223" target="_top">RubyForge Bug #1280</a>).
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  Thanks to Joel VanderWerf for reporting this omission.</p></li><li style="list-style-type: disc"><p>The attribute accessors for <tt class="methodname">FXText#visibleRows</tt> and
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+ FXScintilla version 1.61.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="simplesect" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e2780"></a>Changes For Version 1.2a2 (July 10, 2004)</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="bullet"><li style="list-style-type: disc"><p>This is the second "alpha" release of FXRuby 1.2. This release
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  or JPEG image support built-in (see <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&amp;aid=986180&amp;group_id=20243&amp;atid=120243" target="_top">SourceForge
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- definitely <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> work.</p><div class="simplesect" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e4018"></a>Checking out the stable version</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>The stable version of FXRuby is the 1.0.x branch and is compatible
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+ definitely <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> work.</p><div class="simplesect" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e4103"></a>Checking out the stable version</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>The stable version of FXRuby is the 1.0.x branch and is compatible
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  simply press the <b class="keycap">Enter</b> key.</p></li><li><p>Check out the stable branch of FXRuby by typing:</p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"><tr><td><pre class="screen">cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@rubyforge.org:/var/cvs/fxruby co -rrelease10 FXRuby</pre></td></tr></table></li></ol></div><p>At this point, you should be ready to change to the top-level
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For example, the FXRuby implementation of <tt class="methodname">getCursorPos()</tt> returns the three values as an <tt class="classname">Array</tt>, e.g.:</p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">x, y, buttons = aWindow.getCursorPos()</pre></td></tr></table><p>The following table shows how these kinds of functions are implemented in FXRuby:</p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="center">Instance Method</th><th align="center">Return Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXDial#range</tt></td><td>Returns a <tt class="classname">Range</tt> instance.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXDial#range=(aRange)</tt></td><td>Accepts a <tt class="classname">Range</tt> instance as its input.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXFontDialog#fontSelection</tt></td><td>Returns the <tt class="classname">FXFontDesc</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXFontSelector#fontSelection</tt></td><td>Returns the <tt class="classname">FXFontDesc</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXGLObject#bounds(range)</tt></td><td>Takes an <tt class="classname">FXRange</tt> instance as its input and returns a (possibly modified) <tt class="classname">FXRange</tt> instance.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXGLViewer#eyeToScreen(eye)</tt></td><td>Takes an array of eye coordinates (floats) as its input and returns the screen point coordinate as an array of integers [sx, sy]</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXGLViewer#getBoreVector(sx, sy)</tt></td><td>Returns the endpoint and direction vector as an array of arrays [point, dir]</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXGLViewer#light</tt></td><td>Returns a <tt class="classname">FXLight</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXGLViewer#viewport</tt></td><td>Returns an <tt class="classname">FXViewport</tt> instance.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXPrinterDialog#printer</tt></td><td>Returns the <tt class="classname">FXPrinter</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXScrollArea#position</tt></td><td>Returns the position as an array of integers [x, y]</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXSlider#range</tt></td><td>Returns a <tt class="classname">Range</tt> instance.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXSlider#range=(aRange)</tt></td><td>Accepts a <tt class="classname">Range</tt> instance as its input.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXSpinner#range</tt></td><td>Returns a <tt class="classname">Range</tt> instance.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXSpinner#range=(aRange)</tt></td><td>Accepts a <tt class="classname">Range</tt> instance as its input.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#appendText(text, notify=false)</tt></td><td>Append text to the end of the buffer.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#appendStyledText(text, style=0, notify=false)</tt></td><td>Append styled text to the end of the buffer.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#extractText(pos, n)</tt></td><td>Extracts <span class="emphasis"><em>n</em></span> characters from the buffer beginning at position <span class="emphasis"><em>pos</em></span> and returns the result as a String.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#extractStyle(pos, n)</tt></td><td>Extracts <span class="emphasis"><em>n</em></span> style characters from the buffer beginning at position <span class="emphasis"><em>pos</em></span> and returns the result as a String.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#insertText(pos, text, notify=false)</tt></td><td>Insert <span class="emphasis"><em>text</em></span> at position <span class="emphasis"><em>pos</em></span> in the buffer.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#insertStyledText(pos, text, style=0, notify=false)</tt></td><td>Insert <span class="emphasis"><em>text</em></span> at position <span class="emphasis"><em>pos</em></span> in the buffer.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#replaceText(pos, m, text, notify=false)</tt></td><td>Replace <span class="emphasis"><em>m</em></span> characters at <span class="emphasis"><em>pos</em></span> by <span class="emphasis"><em>text</em></span>.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#replaceStyledText(pos, m, text, style=0, notify=false)</tt></td><td>Replace <span class="emphasis"><em>m</em></span> characters at <span class="emphasis"><em>pos</em></span> by <span class="emphasis"><em>text</em></span>.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#setDelimiters(delimiters)</tt></td><td>Change delimiters of words (<span class="emphasis"><em>delimiters</em></span> is a string).</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#getDelimiters()</tt></td><td>Return word delimiters as a string.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXWindow#cursorPosition</tt></td><td>Returns an array of integers [x, y, buttons]</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXWindow#translateCoordinatesFrom(window, x, y)</tt></td><td>Returns the translated coordinates as an array [x, y]</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXWindow#translateCoordinatesTo(window, x, y)</tt></td><td>Returns the translated coordinates as an array [x, y]</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="simplesect" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e3409"></a>Iterators</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>Several classes have been extended with an <tt class="methodname">each</tt> method to provide Ruby-style iterators. These classes include <tt class="classname">FXComboBox</tt>, <tt class="classname">FXGLGroup</tt>, <tt class="classname">FXHeader</tt>, <tt class="classname">FXIconList</tt>, <tt class="classname">FXList</tt>, <tt class="classname">FXListBox</tt>, <tt class="classname">FXTreeItem</tt>, <tt class="classname">FXTreeList</tt> and <tt class="classname">FXTreeListBox</tt>. These classes also mix-in Ruby's <tt class="classname">Enumerable</tt> module so that you can take full advantage of the iterators.</p><p>The block parameters passed to your code block vary depending on the class. For example, iterating over an <tt class="classname">FXList</tt> instance yields <tt class="classname">FXListItem</tt> parameters:</p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">aList.each { |aListItem|
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+ fprintf(stderr, "Current position is (%d, %d)\n", x, y);</pre></td></tr></table><p>Since this idiom doesn't translate well to Ruby, some functions' interfaces have been slightly modified. For example, the FXRuby implementation of <tt class="methodname">getCursorPos()</tt> returns the three values as an <tt class="classname">Array</tt>, e.g.:</p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">x, y, buttons = aWindow.getCursorPos()</pre></td></tr></table><p>The following table shows how these kinds of functions are implemented in FXRuby:</p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="center">Instance Method</th><th align="center">Return Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXDial#range</tt></td><td>Returns a <tt class="classname">Range</tt> instance.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXDial#range=(aRange)</tt></td><td>Accepts a <tt class="classname">Range</tt> instance as its input.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXFontDialog#fontSelection</tt></td><td>Returns the <tt class="classname">FXFontDesc</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXFontSelector#fontSelection</tt></td><td>Returns the <tt class="classname">FXFontDesc</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXGLObject#bounds(range)</tt></td><td>Takes an <tt class="classname">FXRange</tt> instance as its input and returns a (possibly modified) <tt class="classname">FXRange</tt> instance.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXGLViewer#eyeToScreen(eye)</tt></td><td>Takes an array of eye coordinates (floats) as its input and returns the screen point coordinate as an array of integers [sx, sy]</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXGLViewer#getBoreVector(sx, sy)</tt></td><td>Returns the endpoint and direction vector as an array of arrays [point, dir]</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXGLViewer#light</tt></td><td>Returns a <tt class="classname">FXLight</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXGLViewer#viewport</tt></td><td>Returns an <tt class="classname">FXViewport</tt> instance.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXPrinterDialog#printer</tt></td><td>Returns the <tt class="classname">FXPrinter</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXScrollArea#position</tt></td><td>Returns the position as an array of integers [x, y]</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXSlider#range</tt></td><td>Returns a <tt class="classname">Range</tt> instance.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXSlider#range=(aRange)</tt></td><td>Accepts a <tt class="classname">Range</tt> instance as its input.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXSpinner#range</tt></td><td>Returns a <tt class="classname">Range</tt> instance.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXSpinner#range=(aRange)</tt></td><td>Accepts a <tt class="classname">Range</tt> instance as its input.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#appendText(text, notify=false)</tt></td><td>Append text to the end of the buffer.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#appendStyledText(text, style=0, notify=false)</tt></td><td>Append styled text to the end of the buffer.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#extractText(pos, n)</tt></td><td>Extracts <span class="emphasis"><em>n</em></span> characters from the buffer beginning at position <span class="emphasis"><em>pos</em></span> and returns the result as a String.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#extractStyle(pos, n)</tt></td><td>Extracts <span class="emphasis"><em>n</em></span> style characters from the buffer beginning at position <span class="emphasis"><em>pos</em></span> and returns the result as a String.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#insertText(pos, text, notify=false)</tt></td><td>Insert <span class="emphasis"><em>text</em></span> at position <span class="emphasis"><em>pos</em></span> in the buffer.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#insertStyledText(pos, text, style=0, notify=false)</tt></td><td>Insert <span class="emphasis"><em>text</em></span> at position <span class="emphasis"><em>pos</em></span> in the buffer.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#replaceText(pos, m, text, notify=false)</tt></td><td>Replace <span class="emphasis"><em>m</em></span> characters at <span class="emphasis"><em>pos</em></span> by <span class="emphasis"><em>text</em></span>.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#replaceStyledText(pos, m, text, style=0, notify=false)</tt></td><td>Replace <span class="emphasis"><em>m</em></span> characters at <span class="emphasis"><em>pos</em></span> by <span class="emphasis"><em>text</em></span>.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#setDelimiters(delimiters)</tt></td><td>Change delimiters of words (<span class="emphasis"><em>delimiters</em></span> is a string).</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXText#getDelimiters()</tt></td><td>Return word delimiters as a string.</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXWindow#cursorPosition</tt></td><td>Returns an array of integers [x, y, buttons]</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXWindow#translateCoordinatesFrom(window, x, y)</tt></td><td>Returns the translated coordinates as an array [x, y]</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="methodname">FXWindow#translateCoordinatesTo(window, x, y)</tt></td><td>Returns the translated coordinates as an array [x, y]</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="simplesect" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e3494"></a>Iterators</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>Several classes have been extended with an <tt class="methodname">each</tt> method to provide Ruby-style iterators. These classes include <tt class="classname">FXComboBox</tt>, <tt class="classname">FXGLGroup</tt>, <tt class="classname">FXHeader</tt>, <tt class="classname">FXIconList</tt>, <tt class="classname">FXList</tt>, <tt class="classname">FXListBox</tt>, <tt class="classname">FXTreeItem</tt>, <tt class="classname">FXTreeList</tt> and <tt class="classname">FXTreeListBox</tt>. These classes also mix-in Ruby's <tt class="classname">Enumerable</tt> module so that you can take full advantage of the iterators.</p><p>The block parameters passed to your code block vary depending on the class. For example, iterating over an <tt class="classname">FXList</tt> instance yields <tt class="classname">FXListItem</tt> parameters:</p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">aList.each { |aListItem|
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  puts "text for this item = #{aListItem.getText()}"
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9
  }</pre></td></tr></table><p>whereas iterating over an <tt class="classname">FXComboBox</tt> instance yields two parameters, the item text (a string) and the item data:</p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">aComboBox.each { |itemText, itemData|
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10
  puts "text for this item = #{itemText}"
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- }</pre></td></tr></table><p>The following table shows the block parameters for each of these classes' iterators:</p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="center">Class</th><th align="center">Block Parameters</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><tt class="classname">FXComboBox</tt></td><td>the item text (a string) and user data</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="classname">FXGLGroup</tt></td><td>an <tt class="classname">FXGLObject</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="classname">FXHeader</tt></td><td>an <tt class="classname">FXHeaderItem</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="classname">FXIconList</tt></td><td>an <tt class="classname">FXIconItem</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="classname">FXList</tt></td><td>an <tt class="classname">FXListItem</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="classname">FXListBox</tt></td><td>the item text (a string), icon (an <tt class="classname">FXIcon</tt> instance) and user data</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="classname">FXTreeItem</tt></td><td>an <tt class="classname">FXTreeItem</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="classname">FXTreeList</tt></td><td>an <tt class="classname">FXTreeItem</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="classname">FXTreeListBox</tt></td><td>an <tt class="classname">FXTreeItem</tt> instance</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="simplesect" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e3553"></a>Attribute Accessors</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>FOX strictly handles access to all object attributes through member functions, e.g. <tt class="methodname">setBackgroundColor</tt> and <tt class="methodname">getBackgroundColor</tt> or <tt class="methodname">setText</tt> and <tt class="methodname">getText</tt>. FXRuby exposes all of these functions but also provides aliases that look more like regular Ruby attribute accessors. The names for these accessors are based on the FOX method names; for example, <tt class="methodname">setBackgroundColor</tt> and <tt class="methodname">getBackgroundColor</tt> are aliased to <tt class="methodname">backgroundColor=</tt> and <tt class="methodname">backgroundColor</tt>, respectively.</p><p>In many cases these aliases allow you to write more compact and legible code. For example, consider this code snippet:</p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">aLabel.setText(aLabel.getText() + " (modified)")</pre></td></tr></table><p>Now consider a different code snippet, using the aliased accessor method names:</p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">aLabel.text += " (modified)"</pre></td></tr></table><p>While these two are functionally equivalent, the latter is a bit easier to read and understand at first glance.</p></div><div class="simplesect" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e3592"></a>Message Passing</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>FOX message maps are implemented as static C++ class members. With FXRuby, you just associate messages with message handlers in the class <tt class="methodname">initialize</tt> method using the <tt class="methodname">FXMAPFUNC()</tt>, <tt class="methodname">FXMAPTYPE()</tt>, <tt class="methodname">FXMAPTYPES()</tt> or <tt class="methodname">FXMAPFUNCS()</tt> methods. See almost any of the example programs for examples of how this is done.</p><p>As in C++ FOX, the last argument passed to your message handler functions contains message-specific data. For instance, all <tt class="constant">SEL_PAINT</tt> messages pass an <tt class="classname">FXEvent</tt> object through this argument to give you some information about the size of the exposed rectangle. On the other hand, a <tt class="constant">SEL_COMMAND</tt> message from an <tt class="classname">FXHeader</tt> object passes the index of the selected header item through this argument. Instead of guessing what's in this last argument, your best bet is to instead invoke a member function on the sending object to find out what you need, instead of relying on the data passed through this pointer. For example, if you get a <tt class="constant">SEL_COMMAND</tt> message from an <tt class="classname">FXColorWell</tt> object, the data passed through that last argument is supposed to be the new RGB color value. Instead of trying to interpret the argument's contents, just turn around and call the color well's <tt class="methodname">getRGBA()</tt> member function to retrieve its color. Similarly, if you get a <tt class="constant">SEL_COMMAND</tt> message from a tree list, call its <tt class="methodname">getCurrentItem()</tt> method to find out which item was selected.</p></div><div class="simplesect" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e3641"></a>Catching Operating System Signals</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>The <tt class="methodname">FXApp#addSignal</tt> and <tt class="methodname">FXApp#removeSignal</tt> methods have been enhanced to accept either a string or integer as their first argument. If it's a string (e.g. "SIGINT" or just "INT") the code will determine the corresponding signal number for you (similar to the standard Ruby library's <tt class="methodname">Process.kill</tt> module method). For examples of how to use this, see the <tt class="filename">datatarget.rb</tt> or <tt class="filename">imageviewer.rb</tt> example programs.</p></div><div class="simplesect" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e3661"></a>Support for Multithreaded Applications</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>There is some support for multithreaded FXRuby applications, but it's not wonderful. The current implementation does what is also done in Ruby/GTK; it turns over some idle processing time to the Ruby thread scheduler to let other threads do their thing. As I learn more about Ruby's threading implementation I may try something different, but this seems to work OK for now. For a simple example, see the <tt class="filename">groupbox.rb</tt> example program, in which the clock label that appears in the lower right-hand corner is continuously updated (by a separate thread).</p><p>If you suspect that FXRuby's threads support is interfering with your application's performance, you may want to try tweaking the amount of time that the main application thread "sleeps" during idle processing; do this by setting the <tt class="classname">FXApp</tt> object's <i class="structfield"><tt>sleepTime</tt></i> attribute. The default value for <i class="structfield"><tt>FXApp#sleepTime</tt></i> is 100 milliseconds. You can also disable the threads support completely by calling <tt class="methodname">FXApp#threadsEnabled=false</tt> (and subsequently re-enable it with <tt class="methodname">FXApp#threadsEnabled=true</tt>).</p></div><div class="simplesect" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e3686"></a>Debugging Tricks</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>As a debugging tool, you can optionally catch exceptions raised in message handlers. To turn on this feature, call the <tt class="methodname">setIgnoreExceptions(true)</tt> module method. When this is enabled, any exceptions raised in message handler functions will cause a standard stack trace to be dumped to the standard output, but then your application will, for better or worse, proceed normally. Thanks to Ted Meng for this suggestion.</p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="scintilla.html">Prev</a>&nbsp;</td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="pt02.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right">&nbsp;<a accesskey="n" href="library.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Appendix&nbsp;B.&nbsp;Using Scintilla with FXRuby&nbsp;</td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="book.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;Appendix&nbsp;D.&nbsp;The FXRuby Standard Library</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ }</pre></td></tr></table><p>The following table shows the block parameters for each of these classes' iterators:</p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="center">Class</th><th align="center">Block Parameters</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><tt class="classname">FXComboBox</tt></td><td>the item text (a string) and user data</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="classname">FXGLGroup</tt></td><td>an <tt class="classname">FXGLObject</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="classname">FXHeader</tt></td><td>an <tt class="classname">FXHeaderItem</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="classname">FXIconList</tt></td><td>an <tt class="classname">FXIconItem</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="classname">FXList</tt></td><td>an <tt class="classname">FXListItem</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="classname">FXListBox</tt></td><td>the item text (a string), icon (an <tt class="classname">FXIcon</tt> instance) and user data</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="classname">FXTreeItem</tt></td><td>an <tt class="classname">FXTreeItem</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="classname">FXTreeList</tt></td><td>an <tt class="classname">FXTreeItem</tt> instance</td></tr><tr><td><tt class="classname">FXTreeListBox</tt></td><td>an <tt class="classname">FXTreeItem</tt> instance</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="simplesect" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e3638"></a>Attribute Accessors</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>FOX strictly handles access to all object attributes through member functions, e.g. <tt class="methodname">setBackgroundColor</tt> and <tt class="methodname">getBackgroundColor</tt> or <tt class="methodname">setText</tt> and <tt class="methodname">getText</tt>. FXRuby exposes all of these functions but also provides aliases that look more like regular Ruby attribute accessors. The names for these accessors are based on the FOX method names; for example, <tt class="methodname">setBackgroundColor</tt> and <tt class="methodname">getBackgroundColor</tt> are aliased to <tt class="methodname">backgroundColor=</tt> and <tt class="methodname">backgroundColor</tt>, respectively.</p><p>In many cases these aliases allow you to write more compact and legible code. For example, consider this code snippet:</p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">aLabel.setText(aLabel.getText() + " (modified)")</pre></td></tr></table><p>Now consider a different code snippet, using the aliased accessor method names:</p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">aLabel.text += " (modified)"</pre></td></tr></table><p>While these two are functionally equivalent, the latter is a bit easier to read and understand at first glance.</p></div><div class="simplesect" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e3677"></a>Message Passing</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>FOX message maps are implemented as static C++ class members. With FXRuby, you just associate messages with message handlers in the class <tt class="methodname">initialize</tt> method using the <tt class="methodname">FXMAPFUNC()</tt>, <tt class="methodname">FXMAPTYPE()</tt>, <tt class="methodname">FXMAPTYPES()</tt> or <tt class="methodname">FXMAPFUNCS()</tt> methods. See almost any of the example programs for examples of how this is done.</p><p>As in C++ FOX, the last argument passed to your message handler functions contains message-specific data. For instance, all <tt class="constant">SEL_PAINT</tt> messages pass an <tt class="classname">FXEvent</tt> object through this argument to give you some information about the size of the exposed rectangle. On the other hand, a <tt class="constant">SEL_COMMAND</tt> message from an <tt class="classname">FXHeader</tt> object passes the index of the selected header item through this argument. Instead of guessing what's in this last argument, your best bet is to instead invoke a member function on the sending object to find out what you need, instead of relying on the data passed through this pointer. For example, if you get a <tt class="constant">SEL_COMMAND</tt> message from an <tt class="classname">FXColorWell</tt> object, the data passed through that last argument is supposed to be the new RGB color value. Instead of trying to interpret the argument's contents, just turn around and call the color well's <tt class="methodname">getRGBA()</tt> member function to retrieve its color. Similarly, if you get a <tt class="constant">SEL_COMMAND</tt> message from a tree list, call its <tt class="methodname">getCurrentItem()</tt> method to find out which item was selected.</p></div><div class="simplesect" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e3726"></a>Catching Operating System Signals</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>The <tt class="methodname">FXApp#addSignal</tt> and <tt class="methodname">FXApp#removeSignal</tt> methods have been enhanced to accept either a string or integer as their first argument. If it's a string (e.g. "SIGINT" or just "INT") the code will determine the corresponding signal number for you (similar to the standard Ruby library's <tt class="methodname">Process.kill</tt> module method). For examples of how to use this, see the <tt class="filename">datatarget.rb</tt> or <tt class="filename">imageviewer.rb</tt> example programs.</p></div><div class="simplesect" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e3746"></a>Support for Multithreaded Applications</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>There is some support for multithreaded FXRuby applications, but it's not wonderful. The current implementation does what is also done in Ruby/GTK; it turns over some idle processing time to the Ruby thread scheduler to let other threads do their thing. As I learn more about Ruby's threading implementation I may try something different, but this seems to work OK for now. For a simple example, see the <tt class="filename">groupbox.rb</tt> example program, in which the clock label that appears in the lower right-hand corner is continuously updated (by a separate thread).</p><p>If you suspect that FXRuby's threads support is interfering with your application's performance, you may want to try tweaking the amount of time that the main application thread "sleeps" during idle processing; do this by setting the <tt class="classname">FXApp</tt> object's <i class="structfield"><tt>sleepTime</tt></i> attribute. The default value for <i class="structfield"><tt>FXApp#sleepTime</tt></i> is 100 milliseconds. You can also disable the threads support completely by calling <tt class="methodname">FXApp#threadsEnabled=false</tt> (and subsequently re-enable it with <tt class="methodname">FXApp#threadsEnabled=true</tt>).</p></div><div class="simplesect" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e3771"></a>Debugging Tricks</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>As a debugging tool, you can optionally catch exceptions raised in message handlers. To turn on this feature, call the <tt class="methodname">setIgnoreExceptions(true)</tt> module method. When this is enabled, any exceptions raised in message handler functions will cause a standard stack trace to be dumped to the standard output, but then your application will, for better or worse, proceed normally. 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