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- # <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer/master/images/glimmer-logo-hi-res.png" height=85 style="position: relative; top: 20px;" /> Glimmer (Ruby Desktop Development GUI Library)
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+ # [<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer/master/images/glimmer-logo-hi-res.png" height=85 style="position: relative; top: 20px;" />](https://rubygems.org/gems/glimmer) Glimmer 1.0.1 - DSL Framework
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  **[Contributors Wanted! (Submit a Glimmer App Sample to Get Started)](#contributing)**
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  (The Original Glimmer Library Since 2007. Beware of Imitators!)
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- [**Glimmer**](https://rubygems.org/gems/glimmer) is a native-GUI cross-platform desktop development library written in [JRuby](https://www.jruby.org/), a highly portable faster version of [Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/). [**Glimmer**](https://rubygems.org/gems/glimmer)'s main innovation is a declarative [Ruby DSL](#glimmer-dsl-syntax) that enables productive and efficient authoring of desktop application user-interfaces while relying on the robust [Eclipse SWT library](https://www.eclipse.org/swt/). [**Glimmer**](https://rubygems.org/gems/glimmer) additionally innovates by having built-in [data-binding](#data-binding) support, which greatly facilitates synchronizing the GUI with domain models. This achieves true decoupling of object oriented components, enabling developers to solve business problems without worrying about GUI concerns or alternatively drive development GUI-first and then write clean business models test-first afterwards. To get started quickly, [Glimmer](https://rubygems.org/gems/glimmer) offers [scaffolding](#scaffolding) options for [Apps](#in-production), [Gems](#custom-shell-gem), and [Custom Widgets](#custom-widgets). Last but not least, [Glimmer](https://rubygems.org/gems/glimmer) includes native-executable [packaging](#packaging--distribution) support, sorely lacking in competing libraries, thus enabling delivery of desktop apps written in [Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/) as truly native DMG/PKG/APP files on the [Mac](https://www.apple.com/ca/macos) + [App Store](https://developer.apple.com/macos/distribution/) and MSI/EXE files on [Windows](https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows). Given that [JRuby](https://www.jruby.org/) runs on the [JVM](https://java.com/en/download/faq/whatis_java.xml) (Java Virtual Machine), unlike competing libraries like TK, it does not require recompilation of [Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/) to use native GUI libraries on every platform. [Glimmer](https://rubygems.org/gems/glimmer) runs native GUI out of the box on every platform thanks to the [JVM](https://java.com/en/download/faq/whatis_java.xml) and [Eclipse SWT library](https://www.eclipse.org/swt/).
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+ [**Glimmer**](https://rubygems.org/gems/glimmer) started out as [GUI Library](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt) and grew into a full-fledged [DSL Framework](#multi-dsl-support). Glimmer's namesake is referring to the Glimmer of Ruby in Graphical User Interfaces (contrary to popular myth perpetrated by [Charles Nutter](http://blog.headius.com/2007/11/tab-sweep.html), Glimmer has nothing to do with the ill-fated Whitney Houston movie, which does not in fact share the same name)
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- [<img src="https://covers.oreillystatic.com/images/9780596519650/lrg.jpg" width=105 /><br />
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- Featured in<br />JRuby Cookbook](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596519650.do)
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+ [**Glimmer**](https://rubygems.org/gems/glimmer) is a DSL Framework that consists of:
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+ - DSL Engine: enables building DSLs for desktop GUI, XML/HTML documents, CSS styling, and webification of desktop apps.
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- Glimmer DSL gems:
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- - [glimmer-dsl-swt](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt): Glimmer DSL for SWT (Desktop GUI)
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+ [**Glimmer**](https://rubygems.org/gems/glimmer) supports the following DSLs:
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+ - [glimmer-dsl-swt](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt): Glimmer DSL for SWT (JRuby Desktop Development GUI Library)
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  - [glimmer-dsl-opal](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-opal): Glimmer DSL for Opal (Web GUI Adapter for Desktop Apps)
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- ## Examples
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+ [Glimmer and/or Glimmer DSLs receive two updates per month](https://rubygems.org/gems/glimmer-dsl-swt/versions). You can trust [Glimmer](https://rubygems.org/gems/glimmer) with your Ruby development needs.
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+ Featured in<br />JRuby Cookbook](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596519650.do)
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+ ## Table of contents
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+ - [Glimmer 1.0.1](#-glimmer-101)
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+ - [Glimmer DSL for SWT (JRuby Desktop Development GUI Library)](#glimmer-dsl-for-swt-jruby-desktop-development-gui-library)
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+ - [Glimmer DSL for SWT Samples](#glimmer-dsl-for-swt-samples)
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+ - [Hello, World!](#hello-world)
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+ - [Tic Tac Toe](#tic-tac-toe)
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+ - [Contact Manager](#contact-manager)
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+ - [Production Desktop Apps Built with Glimmer DSL for SWT](#production-desktop-apps-built-with-glimmer-dsl-for-swt)
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+ - [Glimmer DSL for Tk (Ruby Desktop Development GUI Library)](#glimmer-dsl-for-tk-ruby-desktop-development-gui-library)
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+ - [Glimmer DSL for Tk Samples](#glimmer-dsl-for-tk-samples)
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+ - [Hello, World!](#hello-world)
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+ - [Hello, Tab!](#hello-tab)
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+ - [Hello, Combo!](#hello-combo)
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+ - [Glimmer DSL for Opal (Web GUI Adapter for Desktop Apps)](#glimmer-dsl-for-opal-web-gui-adapter-for-desktop-apps)
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+ - [Glimmer DSL for Opal Samples](#glimmer-dsl-for-opal-samples)
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+ - [Hello, Computed!](#hello-computed)
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+ - [Hello, List Single Selection!](#hello-list-single-selection)
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+ - [Hello, List Multi Selection!](#hello-list-multi-selection)
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+ - [Glimmer DSL for XML (& HTML)](#glimmer-dsl-for-xml--html)
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+ - [XML DSL](#xml-dsl)
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+ - [Glimmer DSL for CSS](#glimmer-dsl-for-css)
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+ - [CSS DSL](#css-dsl)
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+ - [Multi-DSL Support](#multi-dsl-support)
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+ - [Glimmer Supporting Libraries](#glimmer-supporting-libraries)
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+ - [Glimmer Process](#glimmer-process)
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+ - [Resources](#resources)
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+ - [Help](#help)
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+ - [Issues](#issues)
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+ - [Chat](#chat)
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+ - [Feature Suggestions](#feature-suggestions)
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+ - [Change Log](#change-log)
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+ - [Contributing](#contributing)
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+ - [Contributors](#contributors)
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+ - [Hire Me](#hire-me)
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+ - [License](#license)
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+ ## Glimmer DSL for SWT (JRuby Desktop Development GUI Library)
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+ [Glimmer DSL for SWT](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt) is a native-GUI cross-platform desktop development library written in [JRuby](https://www.jruby.org/), an OS-threaded faster version of [Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/). [Glimmer](https://rubygems.org/gems/glimmer)'s main innovation is a declarative [Ruby DSL](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt#glimmer-dsl-syntax) that enables productive and efficient authoring of desktop application user-interfaces while relying on the robust [Eclipse SWT library](https://www.eclipse.org/swt/). [Glimmer DSL for SWT](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt) additionally innovates by having built-in [data-binding](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt#data-binding) support, which greatly facilitates synchronizing the GUI with domain models, thus achieving true decoupling of object oriented components and enabling developers to solve business problems (test-first) without worrying about GUI concerns. To get started quickly, [Glimmer DSL for SWT](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt) offers [scaffolding](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt#scaffolding) options for [Apps](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt#in-production), [Gems](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt#custom-shell-gem), and [Custom Widgets](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt#custom-widgets). [Glimmer DSL for SWT](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt) also includes native-executable [packaging](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt#packaging--distribution) support, sorely lacking in other libraries, thus enabling the delivery of desktop apps written in [Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/) as truly native DMG/PKG/APP files on the [Mac](https://www.apple.com/ca/macos) + [App Store](https://developer.apple.com/macos/distribution/) and MSI/EXE files on [Windows](https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows).
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- - [Examples](#examples)
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- - [Hello, World!](#hello-world)
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- - [Tic Tac Toe](#tic-tac-toe)
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- - [Background](#background)
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- - [Platform Support](#platform-support)
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- - [Pre-requisites](#pre-requisites)
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- - [Setup](#setup)
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- - [Option 1: Direct Install](#option-1-direct-install)
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- - [Glimmer Command](#glimmer-command)
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- - [App](#app)
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- - [Gem Listing](#gem-listing)
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- - [Listing Custom Shell Gems](#listing-custom-shell-gems)
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- - [Listing DSL Gems](#listing-dsl-gems)
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- - [Raw JRuby Command](#raw-jruby-command)
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- - [Mac Support](#mac-support)
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- - [Girb (Glimmer irb) Command](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)
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- - [Glimmer DSL Syntax](#glimmer-dsl-syntax)
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- - [Widgets](#widgets)
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- - [SWT Proxies](#swt-proxies)
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- - [Extra SWT Styles](#extra-swt-styles)
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- - [Simple Example](#simple-example)
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- - [Gotcha](#gotcha)
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- - [Final Notes](#final-notes)
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- - [Custom Shells](#custom-shells)
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- - [Glimmer Style Guide](#glimmer-style-guide)
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- - [Samples](#samples)
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- - [Hello, Combo!](#hello-combo)
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- - [Elaborate Samples](#elaborate-samples)
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- - [Login](#login)
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- - [Contact Manager](#contact-manager-sample)
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- - [External Samples](#external-samples)
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- - [Glimmer Calculator](#glimmer-calculator)
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- - [Gladiator](#gladiator)
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- - [In Production](#in-production)
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- - [Are We There Yet?](#are-we-there-yet)
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- - [Mac Application Distribution](#mac-application-distribution)
280
- - [Self Signed Certificate](#self-signed-certificate)
281
- - [Gotchas](#gotchas)
282
- - [Resources](#resources)
283
- - [Help](#help)
284
- - [Issues](#issues)
285
- - [Chat](#chat)
286
- - [Feature Suggestions](#feature-suggestions)
287
- - [Change Log](#change-log)
288
- - [Contributing](#contributing)
289
- - [Contributors](#contributors)
290
- - [Hire Me](#hire-me)
291
- - [License](#license)
292
-
293
- ## Background
267
+ ### Production Desktop Apps Built with Glimmer DSL for SWT
294
268
 
295
- Ruby is a dynamically-typed object-oriented language, which provides great productivity gains due to its powerful expressive syntax and dynamic nature. While it is proven by the Ruby on Rails framework for web development, it currently lacks a robust platform-independent framework for building desktop applications. Given that Java libraries can now be utilized in Ruby code through JRuby, Eclipse technologies, such as SWT, JFace, and RCP can help fill the gap of desktop application development with Ruby.
269
+ [<img alt="Are We There Yet Logo" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/are-we-there-yet/master/are-we-there-yet-logo.svg" width="40" />Are We There Yet?](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/are-we-there-yet) - Small Project Tracking App
296
270
 
297
- ## Platform Support
271
+ ![Are We There Yet? App Screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/are-we-there-yet/master/are-we-there-yet-screenshot-windows.png)
298
272
 
299
- Glimmer runs on the following platforms:
300
- - Mac
301
- - Windows
302
- - Linux
273
+ [<img alt="Math Bowling Logo" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/MathBowling/master/images/math-bowling-logo.png" width="40" />Math Bowling](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/MathBowling) - Elementary Level Math Game Featuring Bowling Rules
303
274
 
304
- Glimmer's GUI has the native look and feel of each operating system it runs on since it uses SWT behind the scenes, which leverages the following native libraries:
305
- - Win32 on Windows
306
- - Cocoa on Mac
307
- - GTK on Linux
275
+ ![Math Bowling App Screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/MathBowling/master/Math-Bowling-Screenshot.png)
308
276
 
309
- More info about the SWT GUI on various platforms can be found on the Eclipse WIKI and SWT FAQ:
277
+ ## Glimmer DSL for Tk (Ruby Desktop Development GUI Library)
310
278
 
311
- https://wiki.eclipse.org/SWT/Devel/Gtk/Dev_guide#Win32.2FCocoa.2FGTK
312
- https://www.eclipse.org/swt/faq.php
279
+ [Tcl/Tk](https://www.tcl.tk/) has evolved into a practical desktop GUI toolkit due to gaining truely native looking widgets on Mac, Windows, and Linux in [Tk version 8.5](https://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/8.5.html#:~:text=Highlights%20of%20Tk%208.5&text=Font%20rendering%3A%20Now%20uses%20anti,and%20window%20layout%2C%20and%20more.).
313
280
 
314
- ## Pre-requisites
281
+ Additionally, [Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/) 3.0 Ractor (formerly known as [Guilds](https://olivierlacan.com/posts/concurrency-in-ruby-3-with-guilds/)) supports truly parallel multi-threading, making both [MRI](https://github.com/ruby/ruby) and [Tk](https://www.tcl.tk/) finally viable for support in [Glimmer](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer) (Ruby Desktop Development GUI Library) as an alternative to [JRuby on SWT](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt).
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282
 
316
- - SWT 4.15 (comes included in Glimmer gem)
317
- - JRuby 9.2.12.0 (supporting Ruby 2.5.x syntax) (find at [https://www.jruby.org/download](https://www.jruby.org/download))
318
- - JDK 8 (find at [https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase-downloads.html](https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase-downloads.html))
319
- - (Optional) RVM is needed for [Scaffolding](#scaffolding) only (find at [https://rvm.io/](https://rvm.io/))
283
+ The trade-off is that while [SWT](https://www.eclipse.org/swt/) provides a plethora of high quality reusable widgets for the Enterprise (such as [Nebula](https://www.eclipse.org/nebula/)), [Tk](https://www.tcl.tk/) enables very fast app startup time via [MRI Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/).
320
284
 
321
- On **Mac** and **Linux**, an easy way to obtain JRuby is through [RVM](http://rvm.io) by running:
285
+ [Glimmer DSL for Tk](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-tk) aims to provide a DSL similar to the [Glimmer DSL for SWT](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt) to enable more productive desktop development in Ruby with:
286
+ - Declarative DSL syntax that visually maps to the GUI widget hierarchy
287
+ - Convention over configuration via smart defaults and automation of low-level details
288
+ - Requiring the least amount of syntax possible to build GUI
289
+ - Bidirectional Data-Binding to declaratively wire and automatically synchronize GUI with Business Models
290
+ - Custom Widget support
291
+ - Scaffolding for new custom widgets, apps, and gems
292
+ - Native-Executable packaging on Mac, Windows, and Linux
322
293
 
323
- ```bash
324
- rvm install jruby-9.2.12.0
325
- ```
326
-
327
- Glimmer might still work on lower versions of Java, JRuby and SWT, but there are no guarantees, so it is best to stick to the pre-requisites outlined above.
294
+ ### Glimmer DSL for Tk Samples
328
295
 
329
- ## Setup
296
+ #### Hello, World!
330
297
 
331
- Please follow these instructions to make the `glimmer` command available on your system via the [`glimmer-dsl-swt`](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt) gem.
298
+ Glimmer code (from [samples/hello/hello_world.rb](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-tk/blob/master/samples/hello/hello_world.rb)):
332
299
 
333
- If you intend to learn the basics of Glimmer but are not ready to build a Glimmer app yet, pick Option 1 ([Direct Install](#option-1-direct-install)).
334
-
335
- If you intend to build a Glimmer app from scratch on the Mac, pick Option 1 ([Direct Install](#option-1-direct-install)) to leverage [Glimmer Scaffolding](#scaffolding) (only available on the Mac).
300
+ ```ruby
301
+ include Glimmer
336
302
 
337
- Otherwise, Option 2 ([Bundler](#option-2-bundler)) is recommended for building Glimmer apps on other platforms (Windows and Linux).
303
+ root {
304
+ label {
305
+ text 'Hello, World!'
306
+ }
307
+ }.open
308
+ ```
338
309
 
339
- ### Option 1: Direct Install
340
- (Use for [Scaffolding](#scaffolding) on the Mac)
310
+ Run (with the [glimmer-dsl-tk](https://rubygems.org/gems/glimmer-dsl-tk) gem installed):
341
311
 
342
- Run this command to install directly:
343
312
  ```
344
- jgem install glimmer-dsl-swt -v 0.4.1
313
+ ruby -r glimmer-dsl-tk -e "require '../samples/hello/hello_world.rb'"
345
314
  ```
346
315
 
347
- `jgem` is JRuby's version of `gem` command.
348
- RVM allows running `gem` as an alias.
349
- Otherwise, you may also run `jruby -S gem install ...`
316
+ Glimmer app:
350
317
 
351
- If you are new to Glimmer and would like to continue learning the basics, you may continue to the [Glimmer Command](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer#glimmer-command) section.
318
+ ![glimmer dsl tk screenshot sample hello world](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-tk/master/images/glimmer-dsl-tk-screenshot-sample-hello-world.png)
352
319
 
353
- Otherwise, if you are ready to build a Glimmer app on the Mac, you can jump to the [Glimmer Scaffolding](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer#scaffolding) section next.
320
+ #### Hello, Tab!
354
321
 
355
- Note: if you're using activerecord or activesupport, keep in mind that Glimmer unhooks ActiveSupport::Dependencies as it does not rely on it.
322
+ Glimmer code (from [samples/hello/hello_tab.rb](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-tk/blob/master/samples/hello/hello_tab.rb)):
356
323
 
357
- ### Option 2: Bundler
358
- (Use for Manual App Creation)
324
+ ```ruby
325
+ include Glimmer
359
326
 
360
- Add the following to `Gemfile`:
361
- ```
362
- gem 'glimmer-dsl-swt', '~> 0.4.1'
327
+ root {
328
+ title 'Hello, Tab!'
329
+
330
+ notebook {
331
+ frame(text: 'English') {
332
+ label {
333
+ text 'Hello, World!'
334
+ }
335
+ }
336
+
337
+ frame(text: 'French') {
338
+ label {
339
+ text 'Bonjour, Univers!'
340
+ }
341
+ }
342
+ }
343
+ }.open
363
344
  ```
364
345
 
365
- And, then run:
346
+ Run (with the [glimmer-dsl-tk](https://rubygems.org/gems/glimmer-dsl-tk) gem installed):
347
+
366
348
  ```
367
- jruby -S bundle install
349
+ ruby -r glimmer-dsl-tk -e "require '../samples/hello/hello_tab.rb'"
368
350
  ```
369
351
 
370
- Note: if you're using activerecord or activesupport, keep in mind that Glimmer unhooks ActiveSupport::Dependencies as it does not rely on it.
352
+ Glimmer app:
371
353
 
372
- You may learn more about other Glimmer related gems ([`glimmer-dsl-opal`](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-opal), [`glimmer-dsl-xml`](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-xml), and [`glimmer-dsl-css`](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-css)) at [Multi-DSL Support](#multi-dsl-support)
354
+ ![glimmer dsl tk screenshot sample hello tab English](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-tk/master/images/glimmer-dsl-tk-screenshot-sample-hello-tab-english.png)
355
+ ![glimmer dsl tk screenshot sample hello tab French](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-tk/master/images/glimmer-dsl-tk-screenshot-sample-hello-tab-french.png)
373
356
 
374
- ## Glimmer Command
357
+ #### Hello, Combo!
375
358
 
376
- The `glimmer` command allows you to run, scaffold, package, and list Glimmer applications/gems.
359
+ Glimmer code (from [samples/hello/hello_combo.rb](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-tk/blob/master/samples/hello/hello_combo.rb)):
377
360
 
378
- If you are new to Glimmer, you may read the Basic Usage section and skip the rest until you have gone through [Girb (Glimmer irb) Command](#girb-glimmer-irb-command), [Glimmer DSL Syntax](#glimmer-dsl-syntax), and [Samples](#samples).
361
+ ```ruby
362
+ # ... more code precedes
363
+ root {
364
+ title 'Hello, Combo!'
365
+
366
+ combobox { |proxy|
367
+ state 'readonly'
368
+ text bind(person, :country)
369
+ }
370
+
371
+ button { |proxy|
372
+ text "Reset Selection"
373
+ command {
374
+ person.reset_country
375
+ }
376
+ }
377
+ }.open
378
+ # ... more code follows
379
+ ```
379
380
 
380
- ### Basic Usage
381
+ Run (with the [glimmer-dsl-tk](https://rubygems.org/gems/glimmer-dsl-tk) gem installed):
381
382
 
382
383
  ```
383
- glimmer application.rb
384
+ ruby -r glimmer-dsl-tk -e "require '../samples/hello/hello_combo.rb'"
384
385
  ```
385
386
 
386
- Runs a Glimmer application using JRuby, automatically preloading
387
- the glimmer ruby gem and SWT jar dependency.
387
+ Glimmer app:
388
388
 
389
- Example:
390
- ```
391
- glimmer samples/hello/hello_world.rb
392
- ```
393
- This runs the Glimmer "Hello, World!" sample.
389
+ ![glimmer dsl tk screenshot sample hello combo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-tk/master/images/glimmer-dsl-tk-screenshot-sample-hello-combo.png)
390
+ ![glimmer dsl tk screenshot sample hello combo dropdown](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-tk/master/images/glimmer-dsl-tk-screenshot-sample-hello-combo-dropdown.png)
394
391
 
395
- If you cloned this project locally, you may run `bin/glimmer` instead.
392
+ ## Glimmer DSL for Opal (Web GUI Adapter for Desktop Apps)
396
393
 
397
- Example:
398
- ```
399
- bin/glimmer samples/hello/hello_world.rb
400
- ```
394
+ [Glimmer DSL for Opal](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-opal) is an experimental proof-of-concept web GUI adapter for [Glimmer](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer) desktop apps (i.e. apps built with [Glimmer DSL for SWT](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt)). It webifies them via [Rails](https://rubyonrails.org/), allowing Ruby desktop apps to run on the web via [Opal Ruby](https://opalrb.com/) without changing a line of code. Apps may then be custom-styled for the web with standard CSS.
401
395
 
402
- ### Advanced Usage
396
+ Glimmer DSL for Opal webifier successfully reuses the entire [Glimmer](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer) core DSL engine in [Opal Ruby](https://opalrb.com/) inside a web browser, and as such inherits the full range of powerful Glimmer desktop [data-binding](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer#data-binding) capabilities for the web.
403
397
 
404
- Below are the full usage instructions that come up when running `glimmer` without args.
398
+ ### Glimmer DSL for Opal Samples
405
399
 
406
- ```
407
- Usage: glimmer [--quiet] [--debug] [--log-level=VALUE] [[ENV_VAR=VALUE]...] [[-jruby-option]...] (application.rb or task[task_args]) [[application2.rb]...]
400
+ #### Hello, Computed!
408
401
 
409
- Runs Glimmer applications/tasks.
402
+ Add the following require statement to `app/assets/javascripts/application.rb`
410
403
 
411
- Either a single task or one or more applications may be specified.
412
404
 
413
- When a task is specified, it runs via rake. Some tasks take arguments in square brackets.
405
+ ```ruby
406
+ require 'samples/hello/hello_computed'
407
+ ```
414
408
 
415
- Available tasks are below (you may also lookup by adding `require 'glimmer/rake_task'` in Rakefile and running rake -T):
416
- glimmer list:custom_shell_gems[query] # List Glimmer custom shell gems available at rubygems.org (query is optional)
417
- glimmer list:custom_widget_gems[query] # List Glimmer custom widget gems available at rubygems.org (query is optional)
418
- glimmer list:dsl_gems[query] # List Glimmer DSL gems available at rubygems.org (query is optional)
419
- glimmer package # Package app for distribution (generating config, jar, and native files)
420
- glimmer package:clean # Clean by removing "dist" and "packages" directories
421
- glimmer package:config # Generate JAR config file
422
- glimmer package:jar # Generate JAR file
423
- glimmer package:native # Generate Native files (DMG/PKG/APP on the Mac)
424
- glimmer scaffold[app_name] # Scaffold a Glimmer application directory structure to begin building a new app
425
- glimmer scaffold:custom_shell[custom_shell_name,namespace] # Scaffold a Glimmer::UI::CustomShell subclass (represents a full window view) under app/views (namespace is optional)
426
- glimmer scaffold:custom_shell_gem[custom_shell_name,namespace] # Scaffold a Glimmer::UI::CustomShell subclass (represents a full window view) under its own Ruby gem + app project (namespace is required)
427
- glimmer scaffold:custom_widget[custom_widget_name,namespace] # Scaffold a Glimmer::UI::CustomWidget subclass (represents a part of a view) under app/views (namespace is optional)
428
- glimmer scaffold:custom_widget_gem[custom_widget_name,namespace] # Scaffold a Glimmer::UI::CustomWidget subclass (represents a part of a view) under its own Ruby gem project (namespace is required)
409
+ Or add the Glimmer code directly if you prefer to play around with it:
429
410
 
430
- When applications are specified, they are run using JRuby,
431
- automatically preloading the glimmer Ruby gem and SWT jar dependency.
411
+ ```ruby
412
+ class HelloComputed
413
+ class Contact
414
+ attr_accessor :first_name, :last_name, :year_of_birth
415
+
416
+ def initialize(attribute_map)
417
+ @first_name = attribute_map[:first_name]
418
+ @last_name = attribute_map[:last_name]
419
+ @year_of_birth = attribute_map[:year_of_birth]
420
+ end
421
+
422
+ def name
423
+ "#{last_name}, #{first_name}"
424
+ end
425
+
426
+ def age
427
+ Time.now.year - year_of_birth.to_i
428
+ rescue
429
+ 0
430
+ end
431
+ end
432
+ end
432
433
 
433
- Optionally, extra Glimmer options, JRuby options and environment variables may be passed in.
434
+ class HelloComputed
435
+ include Glimmer
434
436
 
435
- Glimmer options:
436
- - "--quiet" : Does not announce file path of Glimmer application being launched
437
- - "--debug" : Displays extra debugging information, passes "--debug" to JRuby, and enables debug logging
438
- - "--log-level=VALUE" : Sets Glimmer's Ruby logger level ("ERROR" / "WARN" / "INFO" / "DEBUG"; default is none)
437
+ def initialize
438
+ @contact = Contact.new(
439
+ first_name: 'Barry',
440
+ last_name: 'McKibbin',
441
+ year_of_birth: 1985
442
+ )
443
+ end
439
444
 
440
- Example: glimmer samples/hello_world.rb
445
+ def launch
446
+ shell {
447
+ text 'Hello, Computed!'
448
+ composite {
449
+ grid_layout {
450
+ num_columns 2
451
+ make_columns_equal_width true
452
+ horizontal_spacing 20
453
+ vertical_spacing 10
454
+ }
455
+ label {text 'First &Name: '}
456
+ text {
457
+ text bind(@contact, :first_name)
458
+ layout_data {
459
+ horizontal_alignment :fill
460
+ grab_excess_horizontal_space true
461
+ }
462
+ }
463
+ label {text '&Last Name: '}
464
+ text {
465
+ text bind(@contact, :last_name)
466
+ layout_data {
467
+ horizontal_alignment :fill
468
+ grab_excess_horizontal_space true
469
+ }
470
+ }
471
+ label {text '&Year of Birth: '}
472
+ text {
473
+ text bind(@contact, :year_of_birth)
474
+ layout_data {
475
+ horizontal_alignment :fill
476
+ grab_excess_horizontal_space true
477
+ }
478
+ }
479
+ label {text 'Name: '}
480
+ label {
481
+ text bind(@contact, :name, computed_by: [:first_name, :last_name])
482
+ layout_data {
483
+ horizontal_alignment :fill
484
+ grab_excess_horizontal_space true
485
+ }
486
+ }
487
+ label {text 'Age: '}
488
+ label {
489
+ text bind(@contact, :age, on_write: :to_i, computed_by: [:year_of_birth])
490
+ layout_data {
491
+ horizontal_alignment :fill
492
+ grab_excess_horizontal_space true
493
+ }
494
+ }
495
+ }
496
+ }.open
497
+ end
498
+ end
441
499
 
442
- This runs the Glimmer application samples/hello_world.rb
500
+ HelloComputed.new.launch
443
501
  ```
502
+ Glimmer app on the desktop (using [`glimmer-dsl-swt`](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt) gem):
444
503
 
445
- Example (Glimmer/JRuby option specified):
446
- ```
447
- glimmer --debug samples/hello/hello_world.rb
448
- ```
504
+ ![Glimmer DSL for SWT Hello Computed](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer/blob/master/images/glimmer-hello-computed.png)
449
505
 
450
- Runs Glimmer application with JRuby debug option to enable JRuby debugging.
506
+ Glimmer app on the web (using `glimmer-dsl-opal` gem):
451
507
 
452
- Example (Multiple apps):
508
+ Start the Rails server:
453
509
  ```
454
- glimmer samples/hello/hello_world.rb samples/hello_tab.rb
510
+ rails s
455
511
  ```
456
512
 
457
- Launches samples/hello/hello_world.rb and samples/hello_tab.rb at the same time, each in a separate JRuby thread.
513
+ Visit `http://localhost:3000`
458
514
 
459
- ### Scaffolding
515
+ You should see "Hello, Computed!"
460
516
 
461
- Glimmer borrows from Rails the idea of Scaffolding, that is generating a structure for your app files that
462
- helps you get started just like true building scaffolding helps construction workers, civil engineers, and architects.
517
+ ![Glimmer DSL for Opal Hello Computed](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-opal/master/images/glimmer-dsl-opal-hello-computed.png)
463
518
 
464
- Glimmer scaffolding goes beyond just scaffolding the app files that Rails does. It also packages it and launches it,
465
- getting you to a running and delivered state of an advanced "Hello, World!" Glimmer application right off the bat.
519
+ #### Hello, List Single Selection!
466
520
 
467
- This should greatly facilitate building a new Glimmer app by helping you be productive and focus on app details while
468
- letting Glimmer scaffolding take care of initial app file structure concerns, such as adding:
469
- - Main application class that includes Glimmer
470
- - Main application view that houses main window content, about dialog, and preferences dialog
471
- - View and Model directories
472
- - Rakefile including Glimmer tasks
473
- - Version
474
- - License
475
- - Icon
476
- - Bin file for starting application
521
+ Add the following require statement to `app/assets/javascripts/application.rb`
477
522
 
478
- NOTE: Scaffolding requires RVM and currently supports Mac packaging only at the moment.
479
523
 
480
- #### App
524
+ ```ruby
525
+ require 'samples/hello/hello_list_single_selection'
526
+ ```
481
527
 
482
- Before you start, make sure you are in a JRuby environment with Glimmer gem installed as per "Direct Install" pre-requisites.
528
+ Or add the Glimmer code directly if you prefer to play around with it:
483
529
 
484
- To scaffold a Glimmer app from scratch, run the following command:
530
+ ```ruby
531
+ class Person
532
+ attr_accessor :country, :country_options
485
533
 
486
- ```
487
- glimmer scaffold[AppName]
488
- ```
534
+ def initialize
535
+ self.country_options=["", "Canada", "US", "Mexico"]
536
+ self.country = "Canada"
537
+ end
489
538
 
490
- This will generate an advanced "Hello, World!" app, package it as a Mac native file (DMG/PKG/APP), and launch it all in one fell swoop.
539
+ def reset_country
540
+ self.country = "Canada"
541
+ end
542
+ end
491
543
 
492
- Suppose you run:
544
+ class HelloListSingleSelection
545
+ include Glimmer
546
+ def launch
547
+ person = Person.new
548
+ shell {
549
+ composite {
550
+ list {
551
+ selection bind(person, :country)
552
+ }
553
+ button {
554
+ text "Reset"
555
+ on_widget_selected do
556
+ person.reset_country
557
+ end
558
+ }
559
+ }
560
+ }.open
561
+ end
562
+ end
493
563
 
564
+ HelloListSingleSelection.new.launch
494
565
  ```
495
- glimmer scaffold[CarMaker]
496
- ```
566
+ Glimmer app on the desktop (using [`glimmer-dsl-swt`](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt) gem):
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+
568
+ ![Glimmer DSL for SWT Hello List Single Selection](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer/raw/master/images/glimmer-hello-list-single-selection.png)
497
569
 
498
- You should see output like the following:
570
+ Glimmer app on the web (using `glimmer-dsl-opal` gem):
499
571
 
572
+ Start the Rails server:
500
573
  ```
501
- Created CarMaker/.ruby-version
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- Created CarMaker/.ruby-gemset
503
- Created CarMaker/VERSION
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- Created CarMaker/LICENSE.txt
505
- Created CarMaker/Gemfile
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- Created CarMaker/Rakefile
507
- Created CarMaker/app/car_maker.rb
508
- Created CarMaker/app/views/car_maker/app_view.rb
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- Created CarMaker/package/macosx/Car Maker.icns
510
- Created CarMaker/bin/car_maker
511
- ...
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+ rails s
512
575
  ```
513
576
 
514
- Eventually, it will launch an advanced "Hello, World!" app window having the title of your application and a Mac icon.
577
+ Visit `http://localhost:3000`
515
578
 
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- ![Glimmer Scaffold App](images/glimmer-scaffolding-app.png)
579
+ You should see "Hello, List Single Selection!"
517
580
 
518
- On the Mac, it also comes with a boilerplate Preferences dialog.
581
+ ![Glimmer DSL for Opal Hello List Single Selection](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-opal/master/images/glimmer-dsl-opal-hello-list-single-selection.png)
519
582
 
520
- ![Glimmer Scaffold App Preferences](images/glimmer-scaffolding-app-preferences.png)
521
-
522
- #### Custom Shell
583
+ #### Hello, List Multi Selection!
523
584
 
524
- To scaffold a Glimmer custom shell (full window view) for an existing Glimmer app, run the following command:
585
+ Add the following require statement to `app/assets/javascripts/application.rb`
525
586
 
526
- ```
527
- glimmer scaffold:custom_shell[custom_shell_name]
587
+ ```ruby
588
+ require 'samples/hello/hello_list_multi_selection'
528
589
  ```
529
590
 
530
- #### Custom Widget
591
+ Or add the Glimmer code directly if you prefer to play around with it:
531
592
 
532
- To scaffold a Glimmer custom widget (part of a view) for an existing Glimmer app, run the following command:
533
-
534
- ```
535
- glimmer scaffold:custom_widget[custom_widget_name]
536
- ```
593
+ ```ruby
594
+ class Person
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+ attr_accessor :provinces, :provinces_options
537
596
 
538
- #### Custom Shell Gem
597
+ def initialize
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+ self.provinces_options=[
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+ "",
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+ "Quebec",
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+ "Ontario",
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+ "Manitoba",
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+ "Saskatchewan",
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+ "Alberta",
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+ "British Columbia",
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+ "Nova Skotia",
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+ "Newfoundland"
608
+ ]
609
+ self.provinces = ["Quebec", "Manitoba", "Alberta"]
610
+ end
539
611
 
540
- Custom shell gems are self-contained Glimmer apps as well as reusable custom shells.
541
- They have everything scaffolded Glimmer apps come with in addition to gem content like a Jeweler Rakefile that can build gemspec and release gems.
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- Unlike scaffolded Glimmer apps, custom shell gem content lives under the `lib` directory (not `app`).
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- They can be packaged as both a native executable (e.g. Mac DMG/PKG/APP) and a Ruby gem.
544
- Of course, you can just build a Ruby gem and disregard native executable packaging if you do not need it.
612
+ def reset_provinces
613
+ self.provinces = ["Quebec", "Manitoba", "Alberta"]
614
+ end
615
+ end
545
616
 
546
- To scaffold a Glimmer custom shell gem (full window view distributed as a Ruby gem), run the following command:
617
+ class HelloListMultiSelection
618
+ include Glimmer
619
+ def launch
620
+ person = Person.new
621
+ shell {
622
+ composite {
623
+ list(:multi) {
624
+ selection bind(person, :provinces)
625
+ }
626
+ button {
627
+ text "Reset"
628
+ on_widget_selected do
629
+ person.reset_provinces
630
+ end
631
+ }
632
+ }
633
+ }.open
634
+ end
635
+ end
547
636
 
637
+ HelloListMultiSelection.new.launch
548
638
  ```
549
- glimmer scaffold:custom_shell_gem[custom_shell_name, namespace]
550
- ```
551
-
552
- It is important to specify a namespace to avoid having your gem clash with existing gems.
639
+ Glimmer app on the desktop (using [`glimmer-dsl-swt`](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt) gem):
553
640
 
554
- The Ruby gem name will follow the convention "glimmer-cs-customwidgetname-namespace" (the 'cs' is for Custom Shell).
641
+ ![Glimmer DSL for SWT Hello List Multi Selection](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer/raw/master/images/glimmer-hello-list-multi-selection.png)
555
642
 
556
- Only official Glimmer gems created by the Glimmer project committers will have no namespace (e.g. [glimmer-cs-gladiator](https://rubygems.org/gems/glimmer-cs-gladiator) Ruby gem)
643
+ Glimmer app on the web (using `glimmer-dsl-opal` gem):
557
644
 
558
- Examples:
645
+ Start the Rails server:
646
+ ```
647
+ rails s
648
+ ```
559
649
 
560
- - [glimmer-cs-gladiator](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-cs-gladiator): Gladiator (Glimmer Editor)
561
- - [glimmer-cs-calculator](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-cs-calculator): Glimmer Calculator
650
+ Visit `http://localhost:3000`
562
651
 
563
- #### Custom Widget Gem
652
+ You should see "Hello, List Multi Selection!"
564
653
 
565
- To scaffold a Glimmer custom widget gem (part of a view distributed as a Ruby gem), run the following command:
654
+ ![Glimmer DSL for Opal Hello List Multi Selection](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-opal/master/images/glimmer-dsl-opal-hello-list-multi-selection.png)
566
655
 
567
- ```
568
- glimmer scaffold:custom_widget_gem[custom_widget_name, namespace]
569
- ```
656
+ ## Glimmer DSL for XML (& HTML)
570
657
 
571
- It is important to specify a namespace to avoid having your gem clash with existing gems.
658
+ [Glimmer DSL for XML](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-xml) provides Ruby syntax for building XML (eXtensible Markup Language) documents.
572
659
 
573
- The Ruby gem name will follow the convention "glimmer-cw-customwidgetname-namespace" (the 'cw' is for Custom Widget)
660
+ Within the context of desktop development, Glimmer DSL for XML is useful in providing XML data for the [SWT Browser widget](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer/tree/master#browser-widget).
574
661
 
575
- Only official Glimmer gems created by the Glimmer project committers will have no namespace (e.g. [glimmer-cw-video](https://rubygems.org/gems/glimmer-cw-video) Ruby gem)
662
+ ### XML DSL
576
663
 
577
- Examples:
664
+ Simply start with `html` keyword and add HTML inside its block using Glimmer DSL syntax.
665
+ Once done, you may call `to_s`, `to_xml`, or `to_html` to get the formatted HTML output.
578
666
 
579
- - [glimmer-cw-video](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-cw-video): Video Widget
580
- - [glimmer-cw-cdatetime-nebula](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-cw-cdatetime-nebula): Nebula CDateTime Widget
667
+ Here are all the Glimmer XML DSL top-level keywords:
668
+ - `html`
669
+ - `tag`: enables custom tag creation for exceptional cases by passing tag name as '_name' attribute
670
+ - `name_space`: enables namespacing html tags
581
671
 
582
- ### Gem Listing
672
+ Element properties are typically passed as a key/value hash (e.g. `section(id: 'main', class: 'accordion')`) . However, for properties like "selected" or "checked", you must leave value `nil` or otherwise pass in front of the hash (e.g. `input(:checked, type: 'checkbox')` )
583
673
 
584
- The `glimmer` command comes with tasks for listing Glimmer related gems to make it easy to find Glimmer Custom Shells, Custom Widgets, and DSLs published by others in the Glimmer community on [rubygems.org](http://www.rubygems.org).
674
+ Example (basic HTML):
585
675
 
586
- #### Listing Custom Shell Gems
676
+ ```ruby
677
+ @xml = html {
678
+ head {
679
+ meta(name: "viewport", content: "width=device-width, initial-scale=2.0")
680
+ }
681
+ body {
682
+ h1 { "Hello, World!" }
683
+ }
684
+ }
685
+ puts @xml
686
+ ```
587
687
 
588
- The following command lists available Glimmer [Custom Shell Gems](#custom-shell-gem) (prefixed with "glimmer-cs-" by scaffolding convention) created by the the Glimmer community and published on [rubygems.org](http://www.rubygems.org):
688
+ Output:
589
689
 
590
690
  ```
591
- glimmer list:custom_shell_gems[query] # List Glimmer custom shell gems available at rubygems.org (query is optional)
691
+ <html><head><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=2.0" /></head><body><h1>Hello, World!</h1></body></html>
592
692
  ```
593
693
 
594
- Example:
595
-
596
- ```
597
- glimmer list:custom_shell_gems
598
- ```
599
-
600
- Output:
601
-
602
- ```
603
-
604
- Glimmer Custom Shell Gems at rubygems.org:
605
-
606
- Name Gem Version Author Description
607
-
608
- Calculator glimmer-cs-calculator 1.0.1 Andy Maleh Calculator - Glimmer Custom Shell
609
- Gladiator glimmer-cs-gladiator 0.2.0 Andy Maleh Gladiator (Glimmer Editor) - Glimmer Custom Shell
610
-
611
- ```
612
-
613
- #### Listing Custom Widget Gems
614
-
615
- The following command lists available Glimmer [Custom Widget Gems](#custom-widget-gem) (prefixed with "glimmer-cw-" by scaffolding convention) created by the the Glimmer community and published on [rubygems.org](http://www.rubygems.org):
616
-
617
- ```
618
- glimmer list:custom_widget_gems[query] # List Glimmer custom widget gems available at rubygems.org (query is optional)
619
- ```
620
-
621
- Example:
622
-
623
- Check if there is a custom video widget for Glimmer.
624
-
625
- ```
626
- glimmer list:custom_widget_gems[video]
627
- ```
628
-
629
- Output:
630
-
631
- ```
632
-
633
- Glimmer Custom Widget Gems matching [video] at rubygems.org:
634
-
635
- Name Gem Version Author Description
636
-
637
- Video glimmer-cw-video 0.1.1 Andy Maleh Glimmer Custom Widget - Video
638
-
639
- ```
640
-
641
- #### Listing DSL Gems
642
-
643
- The following command lists available Glimmer [DSL Gems](#multi-dsl-support) (prefixed with "glimmer-dsl-" by convention) created by the the Glimmer community and published on [rubygems.org](http://www.rubygems.org):
644
-
645
- ```
646
- glimmer list:dsl_gems[query] # List Glimmer DSL gems available at rubygems.org (query is optional)
647
- ```
648
-
649
- Example:
650
-
651
- ```
652
- glimmer list:dsl_gems
653
- ```
654
-
655
- Output:
656
-
657
- ```
658
-
659
- Glimmer DSL Gems at rubygems.org:
660
-
661
- Name Gem Version Author Description
662
-
663
- Css glimmer-dsl-css 0.1.0 AndyMaleh Glimmer DSL for CSS
664
- Opal glimmer-dsl-opal 0.0.9 AndyMaleh Glimmer DSL for Opal
665
- Swt glimmer-dsl-swt 0.4.1 AndyMaleh Glimmer DSL for SWT
666
- Xml glimmer-dsl-xml 0.1.0 AndyMaleh Glimmer DSL for XML
667
-
668
- ```
669
-
670
- ### Packaging
671
-
672
- Glimmer packaging tasks are detailed under [Packaging & Distribution](#packaging--distribution).
673
-
674
- ### Raw JRuby Command
675
-
676
- If there is a need to run Glimmer directly via the `jruby` command, you
677
- may run the following:
678
-
679
- ```
680
- jruby -J-classpath "path_to/swt.jar" -r glimmer -S application.rb
681
- ```
682
-
683
- The `-J-classpath` option specifies the `swt.jar` file path, which can be a
684
- manually downloaded version of SWT, or otherwise the one included in the gem. You can lookup the one included in the gem by running `jgem which glimmer` to find the gem path and then look through the `vendor` directory.
685
-
686
- The `-r` option preloads (requires) the `glimmer` library in Ruby.
687
-
688
- The `-S` option specifies a script to run.
689
-
690
- #### Mac Support
691
-
692
- The Mac is well supported with the `glimmer` command. The advice below is not needed if you are using it.
693
-
694
- However, if there is a reason to use the raw `jruby` command directly instead of the `glimmer` command, you need to pass an extra option (`-J-XstartOnFirstThread`) to JRuby on the Mac (Glimmer automatically passes it for you when using the `glimmer` command).
695
-
696
- Example:
697
- ```
698
- jruby -J-XstartOnFirstThread -J-classpath "path_to/swt.jar" -r glimmer -S application.rb
699
- ```
700
-
701
- ## Girb (Glimmer irb) Command
702
-
703
- With `glimmer-dsl-swt` installed, you may want to run `girb` instead of standard `irb` to have SWT preloaded and the Glimmer library required and included for quick Glimmer coding/testing.
704
-
705
- ```
706
- girb
707
- ```
708
-
709
- If you cloned [glimmer-dsl-swt](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt) project locally, you may run `bin/girb` instead.
710
-
711
- ```
712
- bin/girb
713
- ```
714
-
715
- Watch out for hands-on examples in this README indicated by "you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)"
716
-
717
- Keep in mind that all samples live under [https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt)
718
-
719
- ## Glimmer DSL Syntax
720
-
721
- Glimmer DSL syntax consists of static keywords and dynamic keywords to build and bind user-interface objects.
722
-
723
- Static keywords are pre-identified keywords in the Glimmer DSL, such as `shell`, `message_box`, `async_exec`, and `bind`.
724
-
725
- Dynamic keywords are dynamically figured out from available SWT widgets, custom widgets, and properties. Examples are: `label`, `combo`, and `list`.
726
-
727
- The only reason to distinguish between the two types of Glimmer DSL keywords is to realize that importing new Glimmer [custom widgets](#custom-widgets) and Java SWT custom widget libraries automatically expands Glimmer's DSL vocabulary via new dynamic keywords.
728
-
729
- For example, if a project adds this custom Java SWT library:
730
-
731
- https://www.eclipse.org/nebula/widgets/cdatetime/cdatetime.php?page=operation
732
-
733
- Glimmer will automatically support using the keyword `c_date_time`
734
-
735
- You will learn more about widgets next.
736
-
737
- ### Widgets
738
-
739
- Glimmer GUIs (user interfaces) are modeled with widgets, which are wrappers around the SWT library widgets found here:
740
-
741
- https://www.eclipse.org/swt/widgets/
742
-
743
- This screenshot taken from the link above should give a glimpse of how SWT widgets look and feel:
744
-
745
- ![SWT Widgets](images/glimmer-swt-widgets.png)
746
-
747
- In Glimmer DSL, widgets are declared with lowercase underscored names mirroring their SWT names minus the package name:
748
-
749
- - `shell` instantiates `org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell`
750
- - `text` instantiates `org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text`
751
- - `button` instantiates `org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button`
752
- - `label` instantiates `org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label`
753
- - `composite` instantiates `org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite`
754
- - `tab_folder` instantiates `org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TabFolder`
755
- - `tab_item` instantiates `org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TabItem`
756
- - `table` instantiates `org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Table`
757
- - `table_column` instantiates `org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TableColumn`
758
- - `tree` instantiates `org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Tree`
759
- - `combo` instantiates `org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Combo`
760
- - `list` instantiates `org.eclipse.swt.widgets.List`
761
-
762
- Every **widget** is sufficiently declared by name, but may optionally be accompanied with:
763
- - SWT **style** ***argument*** wrapped by parenthesis according to [Glimmer Style Guide](#glimmer-style-guide) (see [next section](#widget-styles) for details).
764
- - Ruby block containing **properties** (widget attributes) and **content** (nested widgets)
765
-
766
- For example, if we were to revisit `samples/hello/hello_world.rb` above (you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
767
-
768
- ```ruby
769
- shell {
770
- text "Glimmer"
771
- label {
772
- text "Hello, World!"
773
- }
774
- }.open
775
- ```
776
-
777
- Note that `shell` instantiates the outer shell **widget**, in other words, the window that houses all of the desktop graphical user interface.
778
-
779
- `shell` is then followed by a ***block*** that contains
780
-
781
- ```ruby
782
- # ...
783
- text "Glimmer" # text property of shell
784
- label { # label widget declaration as content of shell
785
- text "Hello, World!" # text property of label
786
- }
787
- # ...
788
- ```
789
-
790
- The first line declares a **property** called `text`, which sets the title of the shell (window) to `"Glimmer"`. **Properties** always have ***arguments*** (not wrapped by parenthesis according to [Glimmer Style Guide](#glimmer-style-guide)), such as the text `"Glimmer"` in this case, and do **NOT** have a ***block*** (this distinguishes them from **widget** declarations).
791
-
792
- The second line declares the `label` **widget**, which is followed by a Ruby **content** ***block*** that contains its `text` **property** with value `"Hello, World!"`
793
-
794
- The **widget** ***block*** may optionally receive an argument representing the widget proxy object that the block content is for. This is useful in rare cases when the content code needs to refer to parent widget during declaration. You may leave that argument out most of the time and only add when absolutely needed.
795
-
796
- Example:
797
-
798
- ```ruby
799
- shell {|shell_proxy|
800
- #...
801
- }
802
- ```
803
-
804
- Remember that The `shell` widget is always the outermost widget containing all others in a Glimmer desktop windowed application.
805
-
806
- After it is declared, a `shell` must be opened with the `#open` method, which can be called on the block directly as in the example above, or by capturing `shell` in a `@shell` variable (shown in example below), and calling `#open` on it independently (recommended in actual apps)
807
-
808
- ```ruby
809
- @shell = shell {
810
- # properties and content
811
- # ...
812
- }
813
- @shell.open
814
- ```
815
-
816
- It is centered upon initial display and has a minimum width of 130 (can be re-centered when needed with `@shell.center` method after capturing `shell` in a `@shell` variable as per samples)
817
-
818
- Check out the [samples](samples) directory for more examples.
819
-
820
- Example from [hello_tab.rb](samples/hello/hello_tab.rb) sample (you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
821
-
822
- ![Hello Tab English](images/glimmer-hello-tab-english.png)
823
-
824
- ![Hello Tab French](images/glimmer-hello-tab-french.png)
825
-
826
- ```ruby
827
- shell {
828
- text "Hello, Tab!"
829
- tab_folder {
830
- tab_item {
831
- text "English"
832
- label {
833
- text "Hello, World!"
834
- }
835
- }
836
- tab_item {
837
- text "French"
838
- label {
839
- text "Bonjour Univers!"
840
- }
841
- }
842
- }
843
- }.open
844
- ```
845
-
846
- #### Display
847
-
848
- SWT Display is a singleton in Glimmer. It is used in SWT to represent your display device, allowing you to manage GUI globally
849
- and access available monitors.
850
- It is automatically instantiated upon first instantiation of a `shell` widget.
851
- Alternatively, for advanced use cases, it can be created explicitly with Glimmer `display` keyword. When a `shell` is later declared, it
852
- automatically uses the display created earlier without having to explicitly hook it.
853
-
854
- ```ruby
855
- @display = display {
856
- cursor_location 300, 300
857
- on_swt_keydown {
858
- # ...
859
- }
860
- # ...
861
- }
862
- @shell = shell { # uses display created above
863
- }
864
- ```
865
- The benefit of instantiating an SWT Display explicitly is to set [Properties](#widget-properties) or [Observers](#observer).
866
- Although SWT Display is not technically a widget, it has similar APIs in SWT and similar DSL support in Glimmer.
867
-
868
- #### SWT Proxies
869
-
870
- Glimmer follows Proxy Design Pattern by having Ruby proxy wrappers for all SWT objects:
871
- - `Glimmer::SWT:WidgetProxy` wraps all descendants of `org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget` except the ones that have their own wrappers.
872
- - `Glimmer::SWT::ShellProxy` wraps `org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell`
873
- - `Glimmer::SWT:TabItemProxy` wraps `org.eclipse.swt.widget.TabItem` (also adds a composite to enable adding content under tab items directly in Glimmer)
874
- - `Glimmer::SWT:LayoutProxy` wraps all descendants of `org.eclipse.swt.widget.Layout`
875
- - `Glimmer::SWT:LayoutDataProxy` wraps all layout data objects
876
- - `Glimmer::SWT:DisplayProxy` wraps `org.eclipse.swt.widget.Display` (manages displaying GUI)
877
- - `Glimmer::SWT:ColorProxy` wraps `org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Color`
878
- - `Glimmer::SWT:FontProxy` wraps `org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Font`
879
- - `Glimmer::SWT::WidgetListenerProxy` wraps all widget listeners
880
-
881
- These proxy objects have an API and provide some convenience methods, some of which are mentioned below.
882
-
883
- ##### `#content { ... }`
884
-
885
- Glimmer allows re-opening any widget and adding properties or extra content after it has been constructed already by using the `#content` method.
886
-
887
- Example (you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
888
-
889
- ```ruby
890
- @shell = shell {
891
- text "Application"
892
- row_layout
893
- @label1 = label {
894
- text "Hello,"
895
- }
896
- }
897
- @shell.content {
898
- minimum_size 130, 130
899
- label {
900
- text "World!"
901
- }
902
- }
903
- @label1.content {
904
- foreground :red
905
- }
906
- @shell.open
907
- ```
908
-
909
- ##### `message_box`
910
-
911
- The Glimmer DSL `message_box` keyword is similar to `shell`, but renders a modal dialog with a title `text` property and main body `message` property. It may also be opened via the `#open` method.
912
-
913
- Example (you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
914
-
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- ```ruby
916
- include Glimmer
917
-
918
- @shell = shell {
919
- text 'Hello, Message Box!'
920
- button {
921
- text 'Please Click To Win a Surprise'
922
- on_widget_selected {
923
- message_box(@shell) {
924
- text 'Surprise'
925
- message "Congratulations!\n\nYou have won $1,000,000!"
926
- }.open
927
- }
928
- }
929
- }
930
- @shell.open
931
- ```
932
-
933
- ##### `#swt_widget`
934
-
935
- Glimmer widget objects come with an instance method `#swt_widget` that returns the actual SWT `Widget` object wrapped by the Glimmer widget object. It is useful in cases you'd like to do some custom SWT programming outside of Glimmer.
936
-
937
- ##### Shell widget proxy methods
938
-
939
- Shell widget proxy has extra methods specific to SWT Shell:
940
- - `#open`: Opens the shell, making it visible and active, and starting the SWT Event Loop (you may learn more about it here: https://help.eclipse.org/2019-12/nftopic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Display.html). If shell was already open, but hidden, it makes the shell visible.
941
- - `#show`: Alias for `#open`
942
- - `#hide`: Hides a shell setting "visible" property to false
943
- - `#close`: Closes the shell
944
- - `#center`: Centers the shell within monitor it is in
945
- - `#start_event_loop`: (happens as part of `#open`) Starts SWT Event Loop (you may learn more about it here: https://help.eclipse.org/2019-12/nftopic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Display.html). This method is not needed except in rare circumstances where there is a need to start the SWT Event Loop before opening the shell.
946
- - `#visible?`: Returns whether a shell is visible
947
- - `#opened_before?`: Returns whether a shell has been opened at least once before (additionally implying the SWT Event Loop has been started already)
948
- - `#visible=`: Setting to true opens/shows shell. Setting to false hides the shell.
949
- - `#pack`: Packs contained widgets using SWT's `Shell#pack` method
950
- - `#pack_same_size`: Packs contained widgets without changing shell's size when widget sizes change
951
-
952
- #### Dialog
953
-
954
- Dialog is a variation on Shell. It is basically a shell that is modal (blocks what's behind it) and belongs to another shell. It only has a close button.
955
-
956
- Glimmer facilitates building dialogs by using the `dialog` keyword, which automatically adds the SWT.DIALOG_TRIM and SWT.APPLICATION_MODAL [widget styles](#widget-styles) needed for a dialog.
957
-
958
- #### Menus
959
-
960
- Glimmer DSL provides support for SWT Menu and MenuItem widgets.
961
-
962
- There are 2 main types of menus in SWT:
963
- - Menu Bar (shows up on top)
964
- - Pop Up Context Menu (shows up when right-clicking a widget)
965
-
966
- Underneath both types, there can be a 3rd menu type called Drop Down.
967
-
968
- Glimmer provides special support for Drop Down menus as it automatically instantiates associated Cascade menu items and wires together with proper parenting, swt styles, and calling setMenu.
969
-
970
- The ampersand symbol indicates the keyboard shortcut key for the menu item (e.g. '&Help' can be triggered on Windows by hitting ALT+H)
971
-
972
- Example of a Menu Bar (you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
973
-
974
- ```ruby
975
- shell { |shell_proxy|
976
- text 'Hello, Menu Bar!'
977
- grid_layout
978
- label(:center) {
979
- font height: 16
980
- text 'Check Out The File Menu and History Menu in The Menu Bar Above!'
981
- }
982
- menu_bar {
983
- menu {
984
- text '&File'
985
- menu_item {
986
- text 'E&xit'
987
- }
988
- menu_item(0) {
989
- text '&New'
990
- on_widget_selected {
991
- message_box(shell_proxy) {
992
- text 'New File'
993
- message 'New File Contents'
994
- }.open
995
- }
996
- }
997
- menu(1) {
998
- text '&Options'
999
- menu_item(:radio) {
1000
- text 'Option 1'
1001
- }
1002
- menu_item(:separator)
1003
- menu_item(:check) {
1004
- text 'Option 3'
1005
- }
1006
- }
1007
- }
1008
- menu {
1009
- text '&History'
1010
- menu {
1011
- text '&Recent'
1012
- menu_item {
1013
- text 'File 1'
1014
- on_widget_selected {
1015
- message_box(shell_proxy) {
1016
- text 'File 1'
1017
- message 'File 1 Contents'
1018
- }.open
1019
- }
1020
- }
1021
- menu_item {
1022
- text 'File 2'
1023
- on_widget_selected {
1024
- message_box(shell_proxy) {
1025
- text 'File 2'
1026
- message 'File 2 Contents'
1027
- }.open
1028
- }
1029
- }
1030
- }
1031
- }
1032
- }
1033
- }.open
1034
- ```
1035
-
1036
- Example of a Pop Up Context Menu (you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
1037
-
1038
- ```ruby
1039
- shell { |shell_proxy|
1040
- text 'Hello, Pop Up Context Menu!'
1041
- grid_layout
1042
- label {
1043
- font height: 16
1044
- text 'Right-Click To Pop Up a Context Menu'
1045
- menu {
1046
- menu {
1047
- text '&History'
1048
- menu {
1049
- text '&Recent'
1050
- menu_item {
1051
- text 'File 1'
1052
- on_widget_selected {
1053
- message_box(shell_proxy) {
1054
- text 'File 1'
1055
- message 'File 1 Contents'
1056
- }.open
1057
- }
1058
- }
1059
- menu_item {
1060
- text 'File 2'
1061
- on_widget_selected {
1062
- message_box(shell_proxy) {
1063
- text 'File 2'
1064
- message 'File 2 Contents'
1065
- }.open
1066
- }
1067
- }
1068
- }
1069
- }
1070
- }
1071
- }
1072
- }.open
1073
- ```
1074
-
1075
- #### ScrolledComposite
1076
-
1077
- Glimmer provides smart defaults for the `scrolled_composite` widget by:
1078
- - Automatically setting the nested widget as its content (meaning use can just like a plain old `composite` to add scrolling)
1079
- - Automatically setting the :h_scroll and :v_scroll SWT styles (can be set manually if only one of either :h_scroll or :v_scroll is desired )
1080
- - Automatically setting the expand horizontal and expand vertical SWT properties to `true`
1081
-
1082
- ### Widget Styles
1083
-
1084
- SWT widgets receive `SWT` styles in their constructor as per this guide:
1085
-
1086
- https://wiki.eclipse.org/SWT_Widget_Style_Bits
1087
-
1088
- Glimmer DSL facilitates that by passing symbols representing `SWT` constants as widget method arguments (i.e. inside widget `()` parentheses according to [Glimmer Style Guide](#glimmer-style-guide). See example below) in lower case version (e.g. `SWT::MULTI` becomes `:multi`).
1089
-
1090
- These styles customize widget look, feel, and behavior.
1091
-
1092
- Example:
1093
-
1094
- ```ruby
1095
- # ...
1096
- list(:multi) { # SWT styles go inside ()
1097
- # ...
1098
- }
1099
- # ...
1100
- ```
1101
- Passing `:multi` to `list` widget enables list element multi-selection.
1102
-
1103
- ```ruby
1104
- # ...
1105
- composite(:border) { # SWT styles go inside ()
1106
- # ...
1107
- }
1108
- # ...
1109
- ```
1110
- Passing `:border` to `composite` widget ensures it has a border.
1111
-
1112
- When you need to pass in **multiple SWT styles**, simply separate by commas.
1113
-
1114
- Example:
1115
-
1116
- ```ruby
1117
- # ...
1118
- text(:center, :border) { # Multiple SWT styles separated by comma
1119
- # ...
1120
- }
1121
- # ...
1122
- ```
1123
-
1124
- Glimmer ships with SWT style **smart defaults** so you wouldn't have to set them yourself most of the time (albeit you can always override them):
1125
-
1126
- - `text(:border)`
1127
- - `table(:border)`
1128
- - `tree(:border, :virtual, :v_scroll, :h_scroll)`
1129
- - `spinner(:border)`
1130
- - `list(:border, :v_scroll)`
1131
- - `button(:push)`
1132
-
1133
- You may check out all available `SWT` styles here:
1134
-
1135
- https://help.eclipse.org/2019-12/nftopic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/swt/SWT.html
1136
-
1137
- #### Explicit SWT Style Bit
1138
-
1139
- When building a widget-related SWT object manually (e.g. `GridData.new(...)`), you are expected to use `SWT::CONSTANT` directly or BIT-OR a few SWT constants together like `SWT::BORDER | SWT::V_SCROLL`.
1140
-
1141
- Glimmer facilitates that with `swt` keyword by allowing you to pass multiple styles as an argument array of symbols instead of dealing with BIT-OR.
1142
- Example:
1143
-
1144
- ```ruby
1145
- style = swt(:border, :v_scroll)
1146
- ```
1147
-
1148
- #### Negative SWT Style Bits
1149
-
1150
- In rare occasions, you might need to apply & with a negative (not) style bit to negate it from another style bit that includes it.
1151
- Glimmer facilitates that by declaring the negative style bit via postfixing a symbol with `!`.
1152
-
1153
- Example:
1154
-
1155
- ```ruby
1156
- style = swt(:shell_trim, :max!) # creates a shell trim style without the maximize button (negated)
1157
- ```
1158
-
1159
- #### Extra SWT Styles
1160
-
1161
- ##### Non-resizable Window
1162
-
1163
- SWT Shell widget by default is resizable. To make it non-resizable, one must pass a complicated style bit concoction like `swt(:shell_trim, :resize!, :max!)`.
1164
-
1165
- Glimmer makes this easier by alternatively offering a `:no_resize` extra SWT style, added for convenience.
1166
- This makes declaring a non-resizable window as easy as:
1167
-
1168
- ```ruby
1169
- shell(:no_resize) {
1170
- # ...
1171
- }
1172
- ```
1173
-
1174
- ### Widget Properties
1175
-
1176
- Widget properties such as text value, enablement, visibility, and layout details are set within the widget block using methods matching SWT widget property names in lower snakecase. You may refer to SWT widget guide for details on available widget properties:
1177
-
1178
- https://help.eclipse.org/2019-12/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/swt_widgets_controls.htm?cp=2_0_7_0_0
1179
-
1180
-
1181
- Code examples:
1182
-
1183
- ```ruby
1184
- # ...
1185
- label {
1186
- text "Hello, World!" # SWT properties go inside {} block
1187
- }
1188
- # ...
1189
- ```
1190
-
1191
- In the above example, the `label` widget `text` property was set to "Hello, World!".
1192
-
1193
- ```ruby
1194
- # ...
1195
- button {
1196
- enabled bind(@tic_tac_toe_board.box(row, column), :empty)
1197
- }
1198
- # ...
1199
- ```
1200
-
1201
- In the above example, the `text` widget `enabled` property was data-bound to `#empty` method on `@tic_tac_toe_board.box(row, column)` (learn more about data-binding below)
1202
-
1203
- #### Colors
1204
-
1205
- Colors make up a subset of widget properties. SWT accepts color objects created with RGB (Red Green Blue) or RGBA (Red Green Blue Alpha). Glimmer supports constructing color objects using the `rgb` and `rgba` DSL keywords.
1206
-
1207
- Example:
1208
-
1209
- ```ruby
1210
- # ...
1211
- label {
1212
- background rgb(144, 240, 244)
1213
- foreground rgba(38, 92, 232, 255)
1214
- }
1215
- # ...
1216
- ```
1217
-
1218
- SWT also supports standard colors available as constants under the `SWT` namespace with the `COLOR_` prefix (e.g. `SWT::COLOR_BLUE`)
1219
-
1220
- Glimmer supports constructing colors for these constants as lowercase Ruby symbols (with or without `color_` prefix) passed to `color` DSL keyword
1221
-
1222
- Example:
1223
-
1224
- ```ruby
1225
- # ...
1226
- label {
1227
- background color(:black)
1228
- foreground color(:yellow)
1229
- }
1230
- label {
1231
- background color(:color_white)
1232
- foreground color(:color_red)
1233
- }
1234
- # ...
1235
- ```
1236
-
1237
- You may check out all available standard colors in `SWT` over here (having `COLOR_` prefix):
1238
-
1239
- https://help.eclipse.org/2019-12/nftopic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/swt/SWT.html
1240
-
1241
-
1242
- ##### `#swt_color`
1243
-
1244
- Glimmer color objects come with an instance method `#swt_color` that returns the actual SWT `Color` object wrapped by the Glimmer color object. It is useful in cases you'd like to do some custom SWT programming outside of Glimmer.
1245
-
1246
- Example:
1247
-
1248
- ```ruby
1249
- color(:black).swt_color # returns SWT Color object
1250
- ```
1251
-
1252
- #### Fonts
1253
-
1254
- Fonts are represented in Glimmer as a hash of name, height, and style keys.
1255
-
1256
- The style can be one (or more) of 3 values: `:normal`, `:bold`, and `:italic`
1257
-
1258
- Example:
1259
-
1260
- ```ruby
1261
- # ...
1262
- label {
1263
- font name: 'Arial', height: 36, style: :normal
1264
- }
1265
- # ...
1266
- ```
1267
-
1268
- Keys are optional, so some of them may be left off.
1269
- When passing multiple styles, they are included in an array.
1270
-
1271
- Example:
1272
-
1273
- ```ruby
1274
- # ...
1275
- label {
1276
- font style: [:bold, :italic]
1277
- }
1278
- # ...
1279
- ```
1280
-
1281
- ### Layouts
1282
-
1283
- Glimmer lays widgets out visually using SWT layouts, which can only be set on composite widget and subclasses.
1284
-
1285
- The most common SWT layouts are:
1286
- - `FillLayout`: lays widgets out in equal proportion horizontally or vertically with spacing/margin options. This is the ***default*** layout for ***shell*** (with `:horizontal` option) in Glimmer.
1287
- - `RowLayout`: lays widgets out horizontally or vertically in varying proportions with advanced spacing/margin/justify options
1288
- - `GridLayout`: lays widgets out in a grid with advanced spacing/margin/alignment/indentation options. This is the **default** layout for **composite** in Glimmer. It is important to master.
1289
-
1290
- In Glimmer DSL, just like widgets, layouts can be specified with lowercase underscored names followed by a block containing properties, also lowercase underscored names (e.g. `RowLayout` is `row_layout`).
1291
-
1292
- Example:
1293
-
1294
- ```ruby
1295
- # ...
1296
- composite {
1297
- row_layout {
1298
- wrap true
1299
- pack false
1300
- justify true
1301
- type :vertical
1302
- margin_left 1
1303
- margin_top 2
1304
- margin_right 3
1305
- margin_bottom 4
1306
- spacing 5
1307
- }
1308
- # ... widgets follow
1309
- }
1310
- # ...
1311
- ```
1312
-
1313
- If you data-bind any layout properties, when they change, the shell containing their widget re-packs its children (calls `#pack` method automatically) to ensure proper relayout of all widgets.
1314
-
1315
- Alternatively, a layout may be constructed by following the SWT API for the layout object. For example, a `RowLayout` can be constructed by passing it an SWT style constant (Glimmer automatically accepts symbols (e.g. `:horizontal`) for SWT style arguments like `SWT::HORIZONTAL`.)
1316
-
1317
- ```ruby
1318
- # ...
1319
- composite {
1320
- row_layout :horizontal
1321
- # ... widgets follow
1322
- }
1323
- # ...
1324
- ```
1325
-
1326
- Here is a more sophisticated example taken from [hello_computed.rb](samples/hello/hello_computed.rb) sample:
1327
-
1328
- ![Hello Computed](images/glimmer-hello-computed.png)
1329
-
1330
- ```ruby
1331
- shell {
1332
- text 'Hello, Computed!'
1333
- composite {
1334
- grid_layout {
1335
- num_columns 2
1336
- make_columns_equal_width true
1337
- horizontal_spacing 20
1338
- vertical_spacing 10
1339
- }
1340
- label {text 'First &Name: '}
1341
- text {
1342
- text bind(@contact, :first_name)
1343
- layout_data {
1344
- horizontal_alignment :fill
1345
- grab_excess_horizontal_space true
1346
- }
1347
- }
1348
- label {text '&Last Name: '}
1349
- text {
1350
- text bind(@contact, :last_name)
1351
- layout_data {
1352
- horizontal_alignment :fill
1353
- grab_excess_horizontal_space true
1354
- }
1355
- }
1356
- label {text '&Year of Birth: '}
1357
- text {
1358
- text bind(@contact, :year_of_birth)
1359
- layout_data {
1360
- horizontal_alignment :fill
1361
- grab_excess_horizontal_space true
1362
- }
1363
- }
1364
- label {text 'Name: '}
1365
- label {
1366
- text bind(@contact, :name, computed_by: [:first_name, :last_name])
1367
- layout_data {
1368
- horizontal_alignment :fill
1369
- grab_excess_horizontal_space true
1370
- }
1371
- }
1372
- label {text 'Age: '}
1373
- label {
1374
- text bind(@contact, :age, on_write: :to_i, computed_by: [:year_of_birth])
1375
- layout_data {
1376
- horizontal_alignment :fill
1377
- grab_excess_horizontal_space true
1378
- }
1379
- }
1380
- }
1381
- }.open
1382
- ```
1383
-
1384
- Check out the samples directory for more advanced examples of layouts in Glimmer.
1385
-
1386
- **Defaults**:
1387
-
1388
- Glimmer composites always come with `grid_layout` by default, but you can still specify explicitly if you'd like to set specific properties on it.
1389
-
1390
- Glimmer shell always comes with `fill_layout` having `:horizontal` type.
1391
-
1392
- This is a great guide for learning more about SWT layouts:
1393
-
1394
- https://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Understanding-Layouts/Understanding-Layouts.htm
1395
-
1396
- Also, for a reference, check the SWT API:
1397
-
1398
- https://help.eclipse.org/2019-12/nftopic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/index.html
1399
-
1400
- ### Layout Data
1401
-
1402
- Layouts organize widgets following common rules for all widgets directly under a composite. But, what if a specific widget needs its own rules. That's where layout data comes into play.
1403
-
1404
- By convention, SWT layouts expect widgets to set layout data with a class matching their class name with the word "Data" replacing "Layout":
1405
- - `GridLayout` on a composite demands `GridData` on contained widgets
1406
- - `RowLayout` on a composite demands `RowData` on contained widgets
1407
-
1408
- Not all layouts support layout data to further customize widget layouts. For example, `FillLayout` supports no layout data.
1409
-
1410
- Unlike widgets and layouts in Glimmer DSL, layout data is simply specified with `layout_data` keyword nested inside a widget block body, and followed by arguments and/or a block of its own properties (lowercase underscored names).
1411
-
1412
- Glimmer automatically deduces layout data class name by convention as per rule above, with the assumption that the layout data class lives under the same exact Java package as the layout (one can set custom layout data that breaks convention if needed in rare cases. See code below for an example)
1413
-
1414
- Glimmer also automatically accepts symbols (e.g. `:fill`) for SWT style arguments like `SWT::FILL`.
1415
-
1416
- Examples:
1417
-
1418
- ```ruby
1419
- # ...
1420
- composite {
1421
- row_layout :horizontal
1422
- label {
1423
- layout_data { # followed by properties
1424
- width 50
1425
- height 30
1426
- }
1427
- }
1428
- # ... more widgets follow
1429
- }
1430
- # ...
1431
- ```
1432
-
1433
- ```ruby
1434
- # ...
1435
- composite {
1436
- grid_layout 3, false # grid layout with 3 columns not of equal width
1437
- label {
1438
- # layout data followed by arguments passed to SWT GridData constructor
1439
- layout_data :fill, :end, true, false
1440
- }
1441
- }
1442
- # ...
1443
- ```
1444
-
1445
- ```ruby
1446
- # ...
1447
- composite {
1448
- grid_layout 3, false # grid layout with 3 columns not of equal width
1449
- label {
1450
- # layout data set explicitly via an object (helps in rare cases that break convention)
1451
- layout_data GridData.new(swt(:fill), swt(:end), true, false)
1452
- }
1453
- }
1454
- # ...
1455
- ```
1456
-
1457
- If you data-bind any layout data properties, when they change, the shell containing their widget re-packs its children (calls `#pack` method automatically) to ensure proper relayout of all widgets.
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-
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- **NOTE**: Layout data must never be reused between widgets. Always specify or clone again for every widget.
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-
1461
- This is a great guide for learning more about SWT layouts:
1462
-
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- https://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Understanding-Layouts/Understanding-Layouts.htm
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-
1465
- Also, for a reference, check the SWT API:
1466
-
1467
- https://help.eclipse.org/2019-12/nftopic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/index.html
1468
-
1469
- ### Data-Binding
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-
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- Data-binding is done with `bind` command following widget property to bind and taking model and bindable attribute as arguments.
1472
-
1473
- #### General Examples
1474
-
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- `text bind(contact, :first_name)`
1476
-
1477
- This example binds the text property of a widget like `label` to the first name of a contact model.
1478
-
1479
- `text bind(contact, 'address.street')`
1480
-
1481
- This example binds the text property of a widget like `label` to the nested street of
1482
- the address of a contact. This is called nested property data binding.
1483
-
1484
- `text bind(contact, 'address.street', on_read: :upcase, on_write: :downcase)`
1485
-
1486
- This example adds on the one above it by specifying converters on read and write of the model property, like in the case of a `text` widget. The text widget will then displays the street upper case and the model will store it lower case. When specifying converters, read and write operations must be symmetric (to avoid an infinite update loop between the widget and the model since the widget checks first if value changed before updating)
1487
-
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- `text bind(contact, 'address.street', on_read: lambda { |s| s[0..10] })`
1489
-
1490
- This example also specifies a converter on read of the model property, but via a lambda, which truncates the street to 10 characters only. Note that the read and write operations are assymetric. This is fine in the case of formatting data for a read-only widget like `label`
1491
-
1492
- `text bind(contact, 'address.street') { |s| s[0..10] }`
1493
-
1494
- This is a block shortcut version of the syntax above it. It facilitates formatting model data for read-only widgets since it's a very common view concern. It also saves the developer from having to create a separate formatter/presenter for the model when the view can be an active view that handles common simple formatting operations directly.
1495
-
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- `text bind(contact, 'address.street', read_only: true)
1497
-
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- This is read-ohly data-binding. It doesn't update contact.address.street when widget text property is changed.
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-
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- `text bind(contact, 'addresses[1].street')`
1501
-
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- This example binds the text property of a widget like `label` to the nested indexed address street of a contact. This is called nested indexed property data binding.
1503
-
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- `text bind(contact, :age, computed_by: :date_of_birth)`
1505
-
1506
- This example demonstrates computed value data binding whereby the value of `age` depends on changes to `date_of_birth`.
1507
-
1508
- `text bind(contact, :name, computed_by: [:first_name, :last_name])`
1509
-
1510
- This example demonstrates computed value data binding whereby the value of `name` depends on changes to both `first_name` and `last_name`.
1511
-
1512
- `text bind(contact, 'profiles[0].name', computed_by: ['profiles[0].first_name', 'profiles[0].last_name'])`
1513
-
1514
- This example demonstrates nested indexed computed value data binding whereby the value of `profiles[0].name` depends on changes to both nested `profiles[0].first_name` and `profiles[0].last_name`.
1515
-
1516
- Example from [samples/hello/hello_combo.rb](samples/hello_combo.rb) sample (you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
1517
-
1518
- #### Combo
1519
-
1520
- The `combo` widget provides a dropdown of options. By default, it also allows typing in a new option. To disable that behavior, you may use with the `:read_only` SWT style.
1521
-
1522
- When data-binding a `combo` widget, Glimmer can automatically deduce available options from data-bound model by convention: `{attribute_name}_options` method.
1523
-
1524
- ![Hello Combo](images/glimmer-hello-combo.png)
1525
-
1526
- ![Hello Combo](images/glimmer-hello-combo-expanded.png)
1527
-
1528
- ```ruby
1529
- class Person
1530
- attr_accessor :country, :country_options
1531
-
1532
- def initialize
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- self.country_options=["", "Canada", "US", "Mexico"]
1534
- self.country = "Canada"
1535
- end
1536
-
1537
- def reset_country
1538
- self.country = "Canada"
1539
- end
1540
- end
1541
-
1542
- class HelloCombo
1543
- include Glimmer
1544
- def launch
1545
- person = Person.new
1546
- shell {
1547
- composite {
1548
- combo(:read_only) {
1549
- selection bind(person, :country)
1550
- }
1551
- button {
1552
- text "Reset"
1553
- on_widget_selected do
1554
- person.reset_country
1555
- end
1556
- }
1557
- }
1558
- }.open
1559
- end
1560
- end
1561
-
1562
- HelloCombo.new.launch
1563
- ```
1564
-
1565
- `combo` widget is data-bound to the country of a person. Note that it expects the `person` object to have the `:country` attribute and `:country_options` attribute containing all available countries (aka options). Glimmer reads these attributes by convention.
1566
-
1567
- #### List
1568
-
1569
- Example from [samples/hello/hello_list_single_selection.rb](samples/hello_list_single_selection.rb) sample:
1570
-
1571
- ![Hello List Single Selection](images/glimmer-hello-list-single-selection.png)
1572
-
1573
- ```ruby
1574
- shell {
1575
- composite {
1576
- list {
1577
- selection bind(person, :country)
1578
- }
1579
- button {
1580
- text "Reset"
1581
- on_widget_selected do
1582
- person.reset_country
1583
- end
1584
- }
1585
- }
1586
- }.open
1587
- ```
1588
-
1589
- `list` widget is also data-bound to the country of a person similarly to the combo widget. Not much difference here (the rest of the code not shown is the same).
1590
-
1591
- Nonetheless, in the next example, a multi-selection list is declared instead allowing data-binding of multiple selection values to the bindable attribute on the model.
1592
-
1593
- Example from [samples/hello/hello_list_multi_selection.rb](samples/hello_list_multi_selection.rb) sample (you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
1594
-
1595
- ![Hello List Multi Selection](images/glimmer-hello-list-multi-selection.png)
1596
-
1597
- ```ruby
1598
- class Person
1599
- attr_accessor :provinces, :provinces_options
1600
-
1601
- def initialize
1602
- self.provinces_options=[
1603
- "",
1604
- "Quebec",
1605
- "Ontario",
1606
- "Manitoba",
1607
- "Saskatchewan",
1608
- "Alberta",
1609
- "British Columbia",
1610
- "Nova Skotia",
1611
- "Newfoundland"
1612
- ]
1613
- self.provinces = ["Quebec", "Manitoba", "Alberta"]
1614
- end
1615
-
1616
- def reset_provinces
1617
- self.provinces = ["Quebec", "Manitoba", "Alberta"]
1618
- end
1619
- end
1620
-
1621
- class HelloListMultiSelection
1622
- include Glimmer
1623
- def launch
1624
- person = Person.new
1625
- shell {
1626
- composite {
1627
- list(:multi) {
1628
- selection bind(person, :provinces)
1629
- }
1630
- button {
1631
- text "Reset"
1632
- on_widget_selected do
1633
- person.reset_provinces
1634
- end
1635
- }
1636
- }
1637
- }.open
1638
- end
1639
- end
1640
-
1641
- HelloListMultiSelection.new.launch
1642
- ```
1643
-
1644
- The Glimmer code is not much different from above except for passing the `:multi` style to the `list` widget. However, the model code behind the scenes is quite different as it is a `provinces` array bindable to the selection of multiple values on a `list` widget. `provinces_options` contains all available province values just as expected by a single selection `list` and `combo`.
1645
-
1646
- Note that in all the data-binding examples above, there was also an observer attached to the `button` widget to trigger an action on the model, which in turn triggers a data-binding update on the `list` or `combo`. Observers will be discussed in more details in the [next section](#observer).
1647
-
1648
- You may learn more about Glimmer's data-binding syntax by reading the code under the [samples](samples) directory.
1649
-
1650
- #### Table
1651
-
1652
- The SWT Tree widget renders a multi-column data table, such as a contact listing or a sales report.
1653
-
1654
- To data-bind a Table, you need the main model, the collection property, and the text display attribute for each table column.
1655
-
1656
- This involves using the `bind` keyword mentioned above in addition to a special `column_properties` keyword that takes the table column text attribute methods.
1657
-
1658
- It assumes you have defined the table columns via `table_column` widget.
1659
-
1660
- Example:
1661
-
1662
- ```ruby
1663
- shell {
1664
- @table = table {
1665
- table_column {
1666
- text "Name"
1667
- width 120
1668
- }
1669
- table_column {
1670
- text "Age"
1671
- width 120
1672
- }
1673
- table_column {
1674
- text "Adult"
1675
- width 120
1676
- }
1677
- items bind(group, :people), column_properties(:name, :age, :adult)
1678
- selection bind(group, :selected_person)
1679
- on_mouse_up { |event|
1680
- @table.edit_table_item(event.table_item, event.column_index)
1681
- }
1682
- }
1683
- }
1684
- ```
1685
-
1686
- The code above includes two data-bindings:
1687
- - Table `items`, which first bind to the model collection property (group.people), and then maps each column property (name, age, adult) for displaying each table item column.
1688
- - Table `selection`, which binds the single table item selected by the user to the attribute denoted by the `bind` keyword (or binds multiple table items selected for a table with `:multi` SWT style)
1689
- - The `on_mouse_up` event handler invokes `@table.edit_table_item(event.table_item, event.column_index)` to start edit mode on the clicked table item cell, and then saves or cancel depending on whether the user hits ENTER or ESC once done editing (or focus-out after either making a change or not making any changes.)
1690
-
1691
- Additionally, Table `items` data-binding automatically stores each node model unto the SWT TableItem object via `setData` method. This enables things like searchability.
1692
-
1693
- The table widget in Glimmer is represented by a subclass of `WidgetProxy` called `TableProxy`.
1694
- TableProxy includes a `search` method that takes a block to look for a table item.
1695
-
1696
- Example:
1697
-
1698
- ```ruby
1699
- found_array = @table.search { |table_item| table_item.getData == company.owner }
1700
- ```
1701
-
1702
- This finds a person. The array is a Java array. This enables easy passing of it to SWT `Table#setSelection` method, which expects a Java array of `TableItem` objects.
1703
-
1704
- To edit a table, you must invoke `TableProxy#edit_selected_table_item(column_index, before_write: nil, after_write: nil, after_cancel: nil)` or `TableProxy#edit_table_item(table_item, column_index, before_write: nil, after_write: nil, after_cancel: nil)`.
1705
- This automatically leverages the SWT TableEditor custom class behind the scenes, displaying a text widget to the user to change the selected or
1706
- passed table item text into something else.
1707
- It automatically persists the change to `items` data-bound model on ENTER/FOCUS-OUT or cancels on ESC/NO-CHANGE.
1708
-
1709
- ##### Table Sorting
1710
-
1711
- Glimmer automatically adds sorting support to the SWT `Table` widget.
1712
-
1713
- Check out the [Contact Manager](#contact-manager) sample for an example.
1714
- You may click on any column and it will sort by ascending order first and descending if you click again.
1715
-
1716
- Glimmer automatic table sorting supports `String`, `Integer`, and `Float` columns out of the box as well as any column data that is comparable.
1717
-
1718
- In cases where data is nil, depending on the data-type, it is automatically converted to `Float` with `to_f`, `Integer` with `to_i`, or `String` with `to_s`.
1719
-
1720
- Should you have a special data type that could not be compared automatically, Glimmer offers the following 3 alternatives for custom sorting:
1721
- - `sort_property`: this may be set to an alternative property to the one data-bound to the table column. For example, a table column called 'adult', which returns `true` or `false` may be sorted with `sort_property :dob` instead. This also support multi-property (aka multi-column) sorting (e.g. `sort_property :dob, :name`).
1722
- - `sort_by(&block)`: this works just like Ruby `Enumerable` `sort_by`. The block receives the table column data as argument.
1723
- - `sort(&comparator)`: this works just like Ruby `Enumerable` `sort`. The comparator block receives two objects from the table column data.
1724
-
1725
- You may also set `additional_sort_properties` on the parent `table` widget to have secondary sorting applied. For example, if you set `additional_sort_properties :name, :project_name`, then whenever you sort by `:name`, it additionally sorts by `:project_name` afterwards, and vice versa. This only works for columns that either have no custom sort set or have a `sort_property` with one property only (but no sort or sort_by block)
1726
-
1727
- Example:
1728
-
1729
- ```ruby
1730
- # ...
1731
- table {
1732
- table_column {
1733
- text 'Task'
1734
- width 120
1735
- }
1736
- table_column {
1737
- text 'Project'
1738
- width 120
1739
- }
1740
- table_column {
1741
- text 'Duration (hours)'
1742
- width 120
1743
- sort_property :duration_in_hours
1744
- }
1745
- table_column {
1746
- text 'Priority'
1747
- width 120
1748
- sort_by { |value| ['High', 'Medium', 'Low'].index(value) }
1749
- }
1750
- table_column {
1751
- text 'Start Date'
1752
- width 120
1753
- sort { |d1, d2| d1.to_date <=> d2.to_date }
1754
- }
1755
- additional_sort_properties :project_name, :duration_in_hours, :name
1756
- items bind(Task, :list), column_properties(:name, :project_name, :duration, :priority, :start_date)
1757
- # ...
1758
- }
1759
- # ...
1760
- ```
1761
-
1762
- Here is an explanation of the example above:
1763
- - Task and Project table columns are data-bound to the `:name` and `:project_name` properties and sorted through them automatically
1764
- - Task Duration table column is data-bound to the `:duration` property, but sorted via the `:duration_in_hours` property instead
1765
- - Task Priority table column has a custom sort_by block
1766
- - Task Start Date table column has a custom sort comparator block
1767
- - Additional (secondary) sort properties are applied when sorting by Task, Project, or Duration in the order specified
1768
-
1769
-
1770
- #### Tree
1771
-
1772
- The SWT Tree widget visualizes a tree data-structure, such as an employment or composition hierarchy.
1773
-
1774
- To data-bind a Tree, you need the root model, the children querying method, and the text display attribute on each child.
1775
-
1776
- This involves using the `bind` keyword mentioned above in addition to a special `tree_properties` keyword that takes the children and text attribute methods.
1777
-
1778
- Example:
1779
-
1780
- ```ruby
1781
- shell {
1782
- @tree = tree {
1783
- items bind(company, :owner), tree_properties(children: :coworkers, text: :name)
1784
- selection bind(company, :selected_coworker)
1785
- }
1786
- }
1787
- ```
1788
-
1789
- The code above includes two data-bindings:
1790
- - Tree `items`, which first bind to the root node (company.owner), and then dig down via `coworkers` `children` method, using the `name` `text` attribute for displaying each tree item.
1791
- - Tree `selection`, which binds the single tree item selected by the user to the attribute denoted by the `bind` keyword
1792
-
1793
- Additionally, Tree `items` data-binding automatically stores each node model unto the SWT TreeItem object via `setData` method. This enables things like searchability.
1794
-
1795
- The tree widget in Glimmer is represented by a subclass of `WidgetProxy` called `TreeProxy`.
1796
- TreeProxy includes a `depth_first_search` method that takes a block to look for a tree item.
1797
-
1798
- Example:
1799
-
1800
- ```ruby
1801
- found_array = @tree.depth_first_search { |tree_item| tree_item.getData == company.owner }
1802
- ```
1803
-
1804
- This finds the root node. The array is a Java array. This enables easy passing of it to SWT `Tree#setSelection` method, which expects a Java array of `TreeItem` objects.
1805
-
1806
- To edit a tree, you must invoke `TreeProxy#edit_selected_tree_item` or `TreeProxy#edit_tree_item`. This automatically leverages the SWT TreeEditor custom class behind the scenes, displaying
1807
- a text widget to the user to change the selected or passed tree item text into something else. It automatically persists the change to `items` data-bound model on ENTER/FOCUS-OUT or cancels on ESC/NO-CHANGE.
1808
-
1809
- ### Observer
1810
-
1811
- Glimmer comes with `Observer` module, which is used internally for data-binding, but can also be used externally for custom use of the Observer Pattern. It is hidden when observing widgets, and used explicitly when observing models.
1812
-
1813
- #### Observing Widgets
1814
-
1815
- Glimmer supports observing widgets with two main types of events:
1816
- 1. `on_{swt-listener-method-name}`: where {swt-listener-method-name} is replaced with the lowercase underscored event method name on an SWT listener class (e.g. `on_verify_text` for `org.eclipse.swt.events.VerifyListener#verifyText`).
1817
- 2. `on_swt_{swt-event-constant}`: where {swt-event-constant} is replaced with an [`org.eclipse.swt.SWT`](https://help.eclipse.org/2020-06/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/swt/SWT.html) event constant (e.g. `on_swt_show` for `SWT.Show` to observe when widget becomes visible)
1818
-
1819
- Additionally, there are two more types of events:
1820
- - SWT `display` supports global listeners called filters that run on any widget. They are hooked via `on_swt_{swt-event-constant}`
1821
- - SWT `display` supports Mac application menu item observers (`on_about` and `on_preferences`), which you can read about under [Miscellaneous](#miscellaneous).
1822
-
1823
- Number 1 is more commonly used in SWT applications, so make it your starting point. Number 2 covers events not found in number 1, so look into it if you don't find an SWT listener you need in number 1.
1824
-
1825
- **Regarding number 1**, to figure out what the available events for an SWT widget are, check out all of its `add***Listener` API methods, and then open the listener class argument to check its "event methods".
1826
-
1827
- For example, if you look at the `Button` SWT API:
1828
- https://help.eclipse.org/2019-12/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.isv%2Freference%2Fapi%2Forg%2Feclipse%2Fswt%2Fbrowser%2FBrowser.html
1829
-
1830
- It has `addSelectionListener`. Additionally, under its `Control` super class, it has `addControlListener`, `addDragDetectListener`, `addFocusListener`, `addGestureListener`, `addHelpListener`, `addKeyListener`, `addMenuDetectListener`, `addMouseListener`, `addMouseMoveListener`, `addMouseTrackListener`, `addMouseWheelListener`, `addPaintListener`, `addTouchListener`, and `addTraverseListener`
1831
-
1832
- Suppose, we select `addSelectionListener`, which is responsible for what happens when a user selects a button (clicks it). Then, open its argument `SelectionListener` SWT API, and you find the event (instance) methods: `widgetDefaultSelected` and `widgetSelected​`. Let's select the second one, which is what gets invoked when a button is clicked.
1833
-
1834
- Now, Glimmer simplifies the process of hooking into that listener (observer) by neither requiring you to call the `addSelectionListener` method nor requiring you to implement/extend the `SelectionListener` API.
1835
-
1836
- Instead, simply add a `on_widget_selected` followed by a Ruby block containing the logic to perform. Glimmer figures out the rest.
1837
-
1838
- Let's revisit the Tic Tac Toe example shown near the beginning of the page:
1839
-
1840
- ```ruby
1841
- shell {
1842
- text "Tic-Tac-Toe"
1843
- composite {
1844
- grid_layout 3, true
1845
- (1..3).each { |row|
1846
- (1..3).each { |column|
1847
- button {
1848
- layout_data :fill, :fill, true, true
1849
- text bind(@tic_tac_toe_board[row, column], :sign)
1850
- enabled bind(@tic_tac_toe_board[row, column], :empty)
1851
- on_widget_selected {
1852
- @tic_tac_toe_board.mark(row, column)
1853
- }
1854
- }
1855
- }
1856
- }
1857
- }
1858
- }
1859
- ```
1860
-
1861
- Note that every Tic Tac Toe grid cell has its `text` and `enabled` properties data-bound to the `sign` and `empty` attributes on the `TicTacToe::Board` model respectively.
1862
-
1863
- Next however, each of these Tic Tac Toe grid cells, which are clickable buttons, have an `on_widget_selected` observer, which once triggered, marks the cell on the `TicTacToe::Board` to make a move.
1864
-
1865
- **Regarding number 2**, you can figure out all available events by looking at the [`org.eclipse.swt.SWT`](https://help.eclipse.org/2020-06/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/swt/SWT.html) API:
1866
-
1867
- https://help.eclipse.org/2019-12/nftopic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/swt/SWT.html
1868
-
1869
- Example (you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
1870
-
1871
- `SWT.Show` - hooks a listener for showing a widget (using `on_swt_show` in Glimmer)
1872
- `SWT.Hide` - hooks a listener for hiding a widget (using `on_swt_hide` in Glimmer)
1873
-
1874
- ```ruby
1875
- shell {
1876
- @button1 = button {
1877
- text "Show 2nd Button"
1878
- visible true
1879
- on_swt_show {
1880
- @button2.swt_widget.setVisible(false)
1881
- }
1882
- on_widget_selected {
1883
- @button2.swt_widget.setVisible(true)
1884
- }
1885
- }
1886
- @button2 = button {
1887
- text "Show 1st Button"
1888
- visible false
1889
- on_swt_show {
1890
- @button1.swt_widget.setVisible(false)
1891
- }
1892
- on_widget_selected {
1893
- @button1.swt_widget.setVisible(true)
1894
- }
1895
- }
1896
- }.open
1897
- ```
1898
-
1899
- **Gotcha:** SWT.Resize event needs to be hooked using **`on_swt_Resize`** because [`org.eclipse.swt.SWT`](https://help.eclipse.org/2020-06/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/swt/SWT.html) has 2 constants for resize: `RESIZE` and `Resize`, so it cannot infer the right one automatically from the underscored version `on_swt_resize`
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-
1901
- ##### Alternative Syntax
1902
-
1903
- Instead of declaring a widget observer using `on_***` syntax inside a widget content block, you may also do so after the widget declaration by invoking directly on the widget object.
1904
-
1905
- Example (you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
1906
-
1907
- ```
1908
- @shell = shell {
1909
- label {
1910
- text "Hello, World!"
1911
- }
1912
- }
1913
- @shell.on_shell_iconified {
1914
- @shell.close
1915
- }
1916
- @shell.open
1917
- ```
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-
1919
- The shell declared above has been modified so that the minimize button works just like the close button. Once you minimize the shell (iconify it), it closes.
1920
-
1921
- The alternative syntax can be helpful if you prefer to separate Glimmer observer declarations from Glimmer GUI declarations, or would like to add observers dynamically based on some logic later on.
1922
-
1923
- #### Observing Models
1924
-
1925
- Glimmer DSL includes an `observe` keyword used to register an observer by passing in the observable and the property(ies) to observe, and then specifying in a block what happens on notification.
1926
-
1927
- ```ruby
1928
- class TicTacToe
1929
- include Glimmer
1930
-
1931
- def initialize
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- # ...
1933
- observe(@tic_tac_toe_board, :game_status) { |game_status|
1934
- display_win_message if game_status == Board::WIN
1935
- display_draw_message if game_status == Board::DRAW
1936
- }
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- end
1938
- # ...
1939
- end
1940
- ```
1941
-
1942
- Observers can be a good mechanism for displaying dialog messages in Glimmer (using SWT's [`MessageBox`](https://help.eclipse.org/2020-06/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/MessageBox.html) class).
1943
-
1944
- Look at [`samples/elaborate/tictactoe/tic_tac_toe.rb`](samples/tictactoe/tic_tac_toe.rb) for more details starting with the code included below.
1945
-
1946
- ```ruby
1947
- class TicTacToe
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- include Glimmer
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- include Observer
1950
-
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- def initialize
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- # ...
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- observe(@tic_tac_toe_board, :game_status) { |game_status|
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- display_win_message if game_status == Board::WIN
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- display_draw_message if game_status == Board::DRAW
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- }
1957
- end
1958
-
1959
- def display_win_message
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- display_game_over_message("Player #{@tic_tac_toe_board.winning_sign} has won!")
1961
- end
1962
-
1963
- def display_draw_message
1964
- display_game_over_message("Draw!")
1965
- end
1966
-
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- def display_game_over_message(message)
1968
- message_box(@shell) {
1969
- text 'Game Over'
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- message message_text
1971
- }.open
1972
- @tic_tac_toe_board.reset
1973
- end
1974
- # ...
1975
- end
1976
- ```
1977
-
1978
- ### Custom Widgets
1979
-
1980
- Glimmer supports creating custom widgets with minimal code, which automatically extends Glimmer's DSL syntax with an underscored lowercase keyword.
1981
-
1982
- Simply create a new class that includes `Glimmer::UI::CustomWidget` and put Glimmer DSL code in its `#body` block (its return value is stored in `#body_root` attribute). Glimmer will then automatically recognize this class by convention when it encounters a keyword matching the class name converted to underscored lowercase (and namespace double-colons `::` replaced with double-underscores `__`)
1983
-
1984
- #### Simple Example
1985
-
1986
- (you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command))
1987
-
1988
- Definition:
1989
- ```ruby
1990
- class RedLabel
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- include Glimmer::UI::CustomWidget
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-
1993
- body {
1994
- label(swt_style) {
1995
- background :red
1996
- }
1997
- }
1998
- end
1999
- ```
2000
-
2001
- Usage:
2002
- ```ruby
2003
- shell {
2004
- red_label {
2005
- text 'Red Label'
2006
- }
2007
- }.open
2008
- ```
2009
-
2010
- As you can see, `RedLabel` became Glimmer DSL keyword: `red_label`
2011
-
2012
- #### Lifecycle Hook Example
2013
-
2014
- (you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command))
2015
-
2016
- Definition:
2017
- ```ruby
2018
- module Red
2019
- class Composite
2020
- include Glimmer::UI::CustomWidget
2021
-
2022
- before_body {
2023
- @color = :red
2024
- }
2025
-
2026
- body {
2027
- composite(swt_style) {
2028
- background @color
2029
- }
2030
- }
2031
- end
2032
- end
2033
- ```
2034
-
2035
- Usage:
2036
- ```ruby
2037
- shell {
2038
- red__composite {
2039
- label {
2040
- foreground :white
2041
- text 'This is showing inside a Red Composite'
2042
- }
2043
- }
2044
- }.open
2045
- ```
2046
-
2047
- Notice how `Red::Composite` became `red__composite` with double-underscore, which is how Glimmer Custom Widgets signify namespaces by convention. Additionally, the `before_body` lifecycle hook was utilized to set a `@color` variable and use inside the `body`.
2048
-
2049
- Keep in mind that namespaces are not needed to be specified if the Custom Widget class has a unique name, not clashing with a basic SWT widget or another custom widget name.
2050
-
2051
- #### Custom Widget API
2052
-
2053
- Custom Widgets have the following attributes available to call from inside the `#body` method:
2054
- - `#parent`: Glimmer object parenting custom widget
2055
- - `#swt_style`: SWT style integer. Can be useful if you want to allow consumers to customize a widget inside the custom widget body
2056
- - `#options`: a hash of options passed in parentheses when declaring a custom widget (useful for passing in model data) (e.g. `calendar(events: events)`). Custom widget class can declare option names (array) with `::options` class method as shown below, which generates attribute accessors for every option (not to be confused with `#options` instance method for retrieving options hash containing names & values)
2057
- - `#content`: nested block underneath custom widget. It will be automatically called at the end of processing the custom widget body. Alternatively, the custom widget body may call `content.call` at the place where the content is needed to show up as shown in the following example.
2058
- - `#body_root`: top-most (root) widget returned from `#body` method.
2059
- - `#swt_widget`: actual SWT widget for `body_root`
2060
-
2061
- Additionally, custom widgets can call the following class methods:
2062
- - `::options(*option_names)`: declares a list of options by taking an option name array (symbols/strings). This generates option attribute accessors (e.g. `options :orientation, :bg_color` generates `#orientation`, `#orientation=(v)`, `#bg_color`, and `#bg_color=(v)` attribute accessors)
2063
- - `::option(option_name, default: nil)`: declares a single option taking option name and default value as arguments (also generates attribute accessors just like `::options`)
2064
-
2065
- #### Content/Options Example
2066
-
2067
- (you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command))
2068
-
2069
- Definition:
2070
- ```ruby
2071
- class Sandwich
2072
- include Glimmer::UI::CustomWidget
2073
-
2074
- options :orientation, :bg_color
2075
- option :fg_color, default: :black
2076
-
2077
- body {
2078
- composite(swt_style) { # gets custom widget style
2079
- fill_layout orientation # using orientation option
2080
- background bg_color # using container_background option
2081
- label {
2082
- text 'SANDWICH TOP'
2083
- }
2084
- content.call # this is where content block is called
2085
- label {
2086
- text 'SANDWICH BOTTOM'
2087
- }
2088
- }
2089
- }
2090
- end
2091
- ```
2092
-
2093
- Usage:
2094
- ```ruby
2095
- shell {
2096
- sandwich(:no_focus, orientation: :vertical, bg_color: :red) {
2097
- label {
2098
- background :green
2099
- text 'SANDWICH CONTENT'
2100
- }
2101
- }
2102
- }.open
2103
- ```
2104
-
2105
- Notice how `:no_focus` was the `swt_style` value, followed by the `options` hash `{orientation: :horizontal, bg_color: :white}`, and finally the `content` block containing the label with `'SANDWICH CONTENT'`
2106
-
2107
- #### Custom Widget Lifecycle Hooks
2108
-
2109
- Last but not least, these are the available lifecycle hooks:
2110
- - `before_body`: takes a block that executes in the custom widget instance scope before calling `body`. Useful for initializing variables to later use in `body`
2111
- - `after_body`: takes a block that executes in the custom widget instance scope after calling `body`. Useful for setting up observers on widgets built in `body` (set in instance variables) and linking to other shells.
2112
-
2113
- #### Gotcha
2114
-
2115
- Beware of defining a custom attribute that is a common SWT widget property name.
2116
- For example, if you define `text=` and `text` methods to accept a custom text and then later you write this body:
2117
-
2118
- ```ruby
2119
- # ...
2120
- def text
2121
- # ...
2122
- end
2123
-
2124
- def text=(value)
2125
- # ...
2126
- end
2127
-
2128
- body {
2129
- composite {
2130
- label {
2131
- text "Hello"
2132
- }
2133
- label {
2134
- text "World"
2135
- }
2136
- }
2137
- }
2138
- # ...
2139
- ```
2140
-
2141
- The `text` method invoked in the custom widget body will call the one you defined above it. To avoid this gotcha, simply name the text property above something else, like `custom_text`.
2142
-
2143
- #### Final Notes
2144
-
2145
- This [Eclipse guide](https://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Writing%20Your%20Own%20Widget/Writing%20Your%20Own%20Widget.htm) for how to write custom SWT widgets is also applicable to Glimmer Custom Widgets written in Ruby. I recommend reading it:
2146
- [https://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Writing%20Your%20Own%20Widget/Writing%20Your%20Own%20Widget.htm](https://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Writing%20Your%20Own%20Widget/Writing%20Your%20Own%20Widget.htm)
2147
-
2148
- ### Custom Shells
2149
-
2150
- Custom shells are a kind of custom widgets that have shells only as the body root. They can be self-contained applications that may be opened and hidden/closed independently of the main app.
2151
-
2152
- They may also be chained in a wizard fashion.
2153
-
2154
- Example (you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
2155
-
2156
- ```ruby
2157
- class WizardStep
2158
- include Glimmer::UI::CustomShell
2159
-
2160
- options :number, :step_count
2161
-
2162
- before_body {
2163
- @title = "Step #{number}"
2164
- }
2165
-
2166
- body {
2167
- shell {
2168
- text "Wizard - #{@title}"
2169
- minimum_size 200, 100
2170
- fill_layout :vertical
2171
- label(:center) {
2172
- text @title
2173
- font height: 30
2174
- }
2175
- if number < step_count
2176
- button {
2177
- text "Go To Next Step"
2178
- on_widget_selected {
2179
- body_root.hide
2180
- }
2181
- }
2182
- end
2183
- }
2184
- }
2185
- end
2186
-
2187
- shell { |app_shell|
2188
- text "Wizard"
2189
- minimum_size 200, 100
2190
- @current_step_number = 1
2191
- @wizard_steps = 5.times.map { |n|
2192
- wizard_step(number: n+1, step_count: 5) {
2193
- on_swt_hide {
2194
- if @current_step_number < 5
2195
- @current_step_number += 1
2196
- app_shell.hide
2197
- @wizard_steps[@current_step_number - 1].open
2198
- end
2199
- }
2200
- }
2201
- }
2202
- button {
2203
- text "Start"
2204
- font height: 40
2205
- on_widget_selected {
2206
- app_shell.hide
2207
- @wizard_steps[@current_step_number - 1].open
2208
- }
2209
- }
2210
- }.open
2211
- ```
2212
-
2213
- ### Drag and Drop
2214
-
2215
- Glimmer offers Drag and Drop support, thanks to [SWT](https://www.eclipse.org/swt/) and Glimmer's lightweight [DSL syntax](#glimmer-dsl-syntax).
2216
-
2217
- You may learn more about SWT Drag and Drop support over here: [https://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-SWT-DND/DND-in-SWT.html](https://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-SWT-DND/DND-in-SWT.html)
2218
-
2219
- To get started, simply follow these steps:
2220
- 1. On the drag source widget, add `on_drag_set_data` [DragSourceListener](https://help.eclipse.org/2020-03/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/swt/dnd/DragSourceListener.html) event handler block at minimum (you may also add `on_drag_start` and `on_drag_finished` if needed)
2221
- 1. Set `event.data` to transfer via drag and drop inside the `on_drag_set_data` event handler block (defaults to `transfer` type of `:text`, as in a Ruby String)
2222
- 1. On the drop target widget, add `on_drop` [DropTargetListener](https://help.eclipse.org/2020-03/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/swt/dnd/DropTargetListener.html) event handler block at minimum (you may also add `on_drag_enter` [must set [`event.detail`](https://help.eclipse.org/2020-06/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/swt/dnd/DropTargetEvent.html#detail) if added], `on_drag_over`, `on_drag_leave`, `on_drag_operation_changed` and `on_drop_accept` if needed)
2223
- 1. Read `event.data` and consume it (e.g. change widget text) inside the `on_drop` event handler block.
2224
-
2225
- Example (taken from [samples/hello/hello_drag_and_drop.rb](#hello-drag-and-drop) / you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
2226
-
2227
- ```ruby
2228
- class Location
2229
- attr_accessor :country
2230
-
2231
- def country_options
2232
- %w[USA Canada Mexico Columbia UK Australia Germany Italy Spain]
2233
- end
2234
- end
2235
-
2236
- @location = Location.new
2237
-
2238
- include Glimmer
2239
-
2240
- shell {
2241
- text 'Hello, Drag and Drop!'
2242
- list {
2243
- selection bind(@location, :country)
2244
- on_drag_set_data { |event|
2245
- list = event.widget.getControl
2246
- event.data = list.getSelection.first
2247
- }
2248
- }
2249
- label(:center) {
2250
- text 'Drag a country here!'
2251
- font height: 20
2252
- on_drop { |event|
2253
- event.widget.getControl.setText(event.data)
2254
- }
2255
- }
2256
- }.open
2257
- ```
2258
-
2259
- ![Hello Drag and Drop](images/glimmer-hello-drag-and-drop.gif)
2260
-
2261
- Optional steps:
2262
- - Set a `transfer` property (defaults to `:text`). Values may be: :text (default), :html :image, :rtf, :url, and :file, or an array of multiple values. The `transfer` property will automatically convert your option into a [Transfer](https://help.eclipse.org/2020-03/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/swt/dnd/Transfer.html) object as per the SWT API.
2263
- - Specify `drag_source_style` operation (may be: :drop_copy (default), :drop_link, :drop_move, :drop_none, or an array of multiple operations)
2264
- - Specify `drag_source_effect` (Check [DragSourceEffect](https://help.eclipse.org/2020-06/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/swt/dnd/DragSourceEffect.html) SWT API for details)
2265
- - Specify `drop_target_style` operation (may be: :drop_copy (default), :drop_link, :drop_move, :drop_none, or an array of multiple operations)
2266
- - Specify `drop_target_effect` (Check [DropTargetEffect](https://help.eclipse.org/2020-06/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/swt/dnd/DropTargetEffect.html) SWT API for details)
2267
- - Set drag operation in `event.detail` (e.g. DND::DROP_COPY) inside `on_drag_enter`
2268
-
2269
- ### Miscellaneous
2270
-
2271
- #### Multi-DSL Support
2272
-
2273
- Glimmer is a DSL engine that supports multiple DSLs (Domain Specific Languages):
2274
- - [SWT](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt): Glimmer DSL for SWT (Desktop GUI)
2275
- - [Opal](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-opal): Glimmer DSL for Opal (Web GUI Adapter for Desktop Apps)
2276
- - [XML](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-xml): Glimmer DSL for XML (& HTML) - Useful with [SWT Browser Widget](#browser-widget)
2277
- - [CSS](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-css): Glimmer DSL for CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) - Useful with [SWT Browser Widget](#browser-widget)
2278
-
2279
- Glimmer automatically recognizes top-level keywords in each DSL and activates DSL accordingly. Glimmer allows mixing DSLs, which comes in handy when doing things like using the SWT Browser widget with XML and CSS. Once done processing a nested DSL top-level keyword, Glimmer switches back to the prior DSL automatically.
2280
-
2281
- ##### SWT
2282
-
2283
- The SWT DSL was already covered in detail. However, for the sake of mixing DSLs, you need to know that the SWT DSL has the following top-level keywords:
2284
- - `shell`
2285
- - `display`
2286
- - `color`
2287
- - `observe`
2288
- - `async_exec`
2289
- - `sync_exec`
2290
-
2291
- ##### Opal
2292
-
2293
- Full instructions are found in the [Opal](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-opal) DSL page.
2294
-
2295
- The [Opal](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-opal) DSL is simply a web GUI adapter for desktop apps written in Glimmer. As such, it supports all the DSL keywords of the SWT DSL and shares the same top-level keywords.
2296
-
2297
- ##### XML
2298
-
2299
- Simply start with `html` keyword and add HTML inside its block using Glimmer DSL syntax.
2300
- Once done, you may call `to_s`, `to_xml`, or `to_html` to get the formatted HTML output.
2301
-
2302
- Here are all the Glimmer XML DSL top-level keywords:
2303
- - `html`
2304
- - `tag`: enables custom tag creation for exceptional cases by passing tag name as '_name' attribute
2305
- - `name_space`: enables namespacing html tags
2306
-
2307
- Element properties are typically passed as a key/value hash (e.g. `section(id: 'main', class: 'accordion')`) . However, for properties like "selected" or "checked", you must leave value `nil` or otherwise pass in front of the hash (e.g. `input(:checked, type: 'checkbox')` )
2308
-
2309
- Example (basic HTML / you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
2310
-
2311
- ```ruby
2312
- @xml = html {
2313
- head {
2314
- meta(name: "viewport", content: "width=device-width, initial-scale=2.0")
2315
- }
2316
- body {
2317
- h1 { "Hello, World!" }
2318
- }
2319
- }
2320
- puts @xml
2321
- ```
2322
-
2323
- Output:
2324
-
2325
- ```
2326
- <html><head><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=2.0" /></head><body><h1>Hello, World!</h1></body></html>
2327
- ```
2328
-
2329
- Example (explicit XML tag / you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
2330
-
2331
- ```ruby
2332
- puts tag(:_name => "DOCUMENT")
2333
- ```
2334
-
2335
- Output:
2336
-
2337
- ```
2338
- <DOCUMENT/>
2339
- ```
2340
-
2341
- Example (XML namespaces using `name_space` keyword / you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
2342
-
2343
- ```ruby
2344
- @xml = name_space(:w3c) {
2345
- html(:id => "thesis", :class => "document") {
2346
- body(:id => "main") {
2347
- }
2348
- }
2349
- }
2350
- puts @xml
2351
- ```
2352
-
2353
- Output:
2354
-
2355
- ```
2356
- <w3c:html id="thesis" class="document"><w3c:body id="main"></w3c:body></w3c:html>
2357
- ```
2358
-
2359
- Example (XML namespaces using dot operator / you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
2360
-
2361
- ```ruby
2362
- @xml = tag(:_name => "DOCUMENT") {
2363
- document.body(document.id => "main") {
2364
- }
2365
- }
2366
- puts @xml
2367
- ```
2368
-
2369
- Output:
2370
-
2371
- ```
2372
- <DOCUMENT><document:body document:id="main"></document:body></DOCUMENT>
2373
- ```
2374
-
2375
- ##### CSS
2376
-
2377
- Simply start with `css` keyword and add stylesheet rule sets inside its block using Glimmer DSL syntax.
2378
- Once done, you may call `to_s` or `to_css` to get the formatted CSS output.
2379
-
2380
- `css` is the only top-level keyword in the Glimmer CSS DSL
2381
-
2382
- Selectors may be specified by `s` keyword or HTML element keyword directly (e.g. `body`)
2383
- Rule property values may be specified by `pv` keyword or underscored property name directly (e.g. `font_size`)
2384
-
2385
- Example (you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
2386
-
2387
- ```ruby
2388
- @css = css {
2389
- body {
2390
- font_size '1.1em'
2391
- pv 'background', 'white'
2392
- }
2393
-
2394
- s('body > h1') {
2395
- background_color :red
2396
- pv 'font-size', '2em'
2397
- }
2398
- }
2399
- puts @css
2400
- ```
2401
-
2402
- ##### Listing / Enabling / Disabling DSLs
2403
-
2404
- Glimmer provides a number of methods on Glimmer::DSL::Engine to configure DSL support or inquire about it:
2405
- - `Glimmer::DSL::Engine.dsls`: Lists available Glimmer DSLs
2406
- - `Glimmer::DSL::Engine.disable_dsl(dsl_name)`: Disables a specific DSL. Useful when there is no need for certain DSLs in a certain application.
2407
- - `Glimmer::DSL::Engine.disabled_dsls': Lists disabled DSLs
2408
- - `Glimmer::DSL::Engine.enable_dsl(dsl_name)`: Re-enables disabled DSL
2409
- - `Glimmer::DSL::Engine.enabled_dsls=(dsl_names)`: Disables all DSLs except the ones specified.
2410
-
2411
- #### Application Menu Items (About/Preferences)
2412
-
2413
- Mac applications always have About and Preferences menu items. Glimmer provides widget observer hooks for them on the `display`:
2414
- - `on_about`: executes code when user selects App Name -> About
2415
- - `on_preferences`: executes code when user selects App Name -> Preferences or hits 'CMD+,' on the Mac
2416
-
2417
- Example (you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
2418
-
2419
- ```ruby
2420
- class Example
2421
- def initialize
2422
- display {
2423
- on_about {
2424
- message_box(@shell_proxy) {
2425
- text 'About'
2426
- message 'About Application'
2427
- }.open
2428
- }
2429
- on_preferences {
2430
- preferences_dialog = dialog {
2431
- text 'Preferences'
2432
- row_layout {
2433
- type :vertical
2434
- margin_left 15
2435
- margin_top 15
2436
- margin_right 15
2437
- margin_bottom 15
2438
- }
2439
- label {
2440
- text 'Check one of these options:'
2441
- }
2442
- button(:radio) {
2443
- text 'Option 1'
2444
- }
2445
- button(:radio) {
2446
- text 'Option 2'
2447
- }
2448
- }
2449
- preferences_dialog.open
2450
- }
2451
- }
2452
- @shell_proxy = shell {
2453
- text 'Application Menu Items'
2454
- fill_layout {
2455
- margin_width 15
2456
- margin_height 15
2457
- }
2458
- label {
2459
- text 'Application Menu Items'
2460
- font height: 30
2461
- }
2462
- }
2463
- @shell_proxy.open
2464
- end
2465
- end
2466
-
2467
- Example.new
2468
- ```
2469
-
2470
- #### App Name and Version
2471
-
2472
- Application name (shows up on the Mac in top menu bar) and version may be specified upon [packaging](#packaging--distribution) by specifying "-Bmac.CFBundleName" and "-Bmac.CFBundleVersion" options.
2473
-
2474
- Still, if you would like proper application name to show up on the Mac top menu bar during development, you may do so by invoking the SWT Display.setAppName method before any Display object has been instantiated (i.e. before any Glimmer widget like shell has been declared).
2475
-
2476
- Example (you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
2477
-
2478
- ```ruby
2479
- Display.setAppName('Glimmer Demo')
2480
-
2481
- shell(:no_resize) {
2482
- text "Glimmer"
2483
- label {
2484
- text "Hello, World!"
2485
- }
2486
- }.open
2487
- ```
2488
-
2489
- Also, you may invoke `Display.setAppVersion('1.0.0')` if needed for OS app version identification reasons during development, replacing `'1.0.0'` with your application version.
2490
-
2491
- #### Video Widget
2492
-
2493
- [![Video Widget](images/glimmer-video-widget.png)](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-cw-video)
2494
-
2495
- Glimmer supports a [video custom widget](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-cw-video) not in SWT.
2496
-
2497
- You may obtain via `glimmer-cw-video` gem.
2498
-
2499
- #### Browser Widget
2500
-
2501
- ![Hello Browser](images/glimmer-hello-browser.png)
2502
-
2503
- Glimmer supports the SWT Browser widget, which can load URLs or render HTML. It can even be instrumented with JavaScript when needed (though highly discouraged since it defeats the purpose of using Ruby except in very rare cases like leveraging a pre-existing web codebase in a desktop app).
2504
-
2505
- Example loading a URL (you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command)):
2506
-
2507
- ```ruby
2508
- shell {
2509
- minimum_size 1024, 860
2510
- browser {
2511
- url 'http://brightonresort.com/about'
2512
- }
2513
- }.open
2514
- ```
2515
-
2516
- Example rendering HTML with JavaScript on document ready (you may copy/paste in [`girb`](#girb-glimmer-irb-command) provided you install and require [glimmer-dsl-xml gem](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-xml)):
2517
-
2518
- ```ruby
2519
- shell {
2520
- minimum_size 130, 130
2521
- @browser = browser {
2522
- text html {
2523
- head {
2524
- meta(name: "viewport", content: "width=device-width, initial-scale=2.0")
2525
- }
2526
- body {
2527
- h1 { "Hello, World!" }
2528
- }
2529
- }
2530
- on_completed { # on load of the page execute this JavaScript
2531
- @browser.swt_widget.execute("alert('Hello, World!');")
2532
- }
2533
- }
2534
- }.open
2535
- ```
2536
-
2537
- This relies on Glimmer's [Multi-DSL Support](#multi-dsl-support) for building the HTML text using [Glimmer XML DSL](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-xml).
2538
-
2539
- ## Glimmer Configuration
2540
-
2541
- Glimmer configuration may be done via the `Glimmer::Config` module.
2542
-
2543
- ### logger
2544
-
2545
- Glimmer supports logging via a standard `STDOUT` Ruby `Logger` configured in the `Glimmer::Config.logger` config option.
2546
- It is set to level Logger::ERROR by default.
2547
- Log level may be adjusted via `Glimmer::Config.logger.level` just like any other Ruby Logger.
2548
- It may be replaced with a custom logger via `Glimmer::Config.logger = custom_logger`
2549
- All logging is done lazily via blocks (e.g. `logger.debug {message}`) to avoid affecting app performance with logging when below the configured logging level threshold.
2550
-
2551
- Example:
2552
-
2553
- ```ruby
2554
- Glimmer::Config.logger.level = :debug
2555
- ```
2556
- This results in more verbose debug loggging to `STDOUT`, which is very helpful in troubleshooting Glimmer DSL syntax when needed.
2557
-
2558
- Example log:
2559
- ```
2560
- D, [2017-07-21T19:23:12.587870 #35707] DEBUG -- : method: shell and args: []
2561
- D, [2017-07-21T19:23:12.594405 #35707] DEBUG -- : ShellCommandHandler will handle command: shell with arguments []
2562
- D, [2017-07-21T19:23:12.844775 #35707] DEBUG -- : method: composite and args: []
2563
- D, [2017-07-21T19:23:12.845388 #35707] DEBUG -- : parent is a widget: true
2564
- D, [2017-07-21T19:23:12.845833 #35707] DEBUG -- : on listener?: false
2565
- D, [2017-07-21T19:23:12.864395 #35707] DEBUG -- : WidgetCommandHandler will handle command: composite with arguments []
2566
- D, [2017-07-21T19:23:12.864893 #35707] DEBUG -- : widget styles are: []
2567
- D, [2017-07-21T19:23:12.874296 #35707] DEBUG -- : method: list and args: [:multi]
2568
- D, [2017-07-21T19:23:12.874969 #35707] DEBUG -- : parent is a widget: true
2569
- D, [2017-07-21T19:23:12.875452 #35707] DEBUG -- : on listener?: false
2570
- D, [2017-07-21T19:23:12.878434 #35707] DEBUG -- : WidgetCommandHandler will handle command: list with arguments [:multi]
2571
- D, [2017-07-21T19:23:12.878798 #35707] DEBUG -- : widget styles are: [:multi]
2572
- ```
2573
-
2574
- ### import_swt_packages
2575
-
2576
- Glimmer automatically imports all SWT Java packages upon adding `include Glimmer`, `include Glimmer::UI::CustomWidget`, or `include Glimmer::UI::CustomShell` to a class or module. It relies on JRuby's `include_package` for lazy-importing upon first reference of a Java class.
2577
-
2578
- As a result, you may call SWT Java classes from Glimmer Ruby code without mentioning Java package references explicitly.
2579
-
2580
- For example, `org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Color` can be referenced as just `Color`
2581
-
2582
- The Java packages imported come from the [`Glimmer::Config.import_swt_packages`](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/lib/ext/glimmer/config.rb) config option, which defaults to `Glimmer::Config::DEFAULT_IMPORT_SWT_PACKAGES`, importing the following Java packages:
2583
- ```
2584
- org.eclipse.swt.*
2585
- org.eclipse.swt.widgets.*
2586
- org.eclipse.swt.layout.*
2587
- org.eclipse.swt.graphics.*
2588
- org.eclipse.swt.browser.*
2589
- org.eclipse.swt.custom.*
2590
- org.eclipse.swt.dnd.*
2591
- ```
2592
-
2593
- If you need to import additional Java packages as extra Glimmer widgets, you may add more packages to [`Glimmer::Config.import_swt_packages`](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/lib/ext/glimmer/config.rb) by using the `+=` operator (or alternatively limit to certain packages via `=` operator).
2594
-
2595
- Example:
2596
-
2597
- ```ruby
2598
- Glimmer::Config.import_swt_packages += [
2599
- 'org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.ganttchart'
2600
- ]
2601
- ```
2602
-
2603
- Another alternative is to simply add a `java_import` call to your code (e.g. `java_import 'org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.ganttchart.GanttChart'`). Glimmer will automatically take advantage of it (e.g. when invoking `gantt_chart` keyword)
2604
-
2605
- Nonetheless, you can disable automatic Java package import if needed via this Glimmer configuration option:
2606
-
2607
- ```ruby
2608
- Glimmer::Config.import_swt_packages = false
2609
- ```
2610
-
2611
- Once disabled, to import SWT Java packages manually, you may simply:
2612
-
2613
- 1. `include Glimmer::SWT::Packages`: lazily imports all SWT Java packages to your class, lazy-loading SWT Java class constants on first reference.
2614
-
2615
- 2. `java_import swt_package_class_string`: immediately imports a specific Java class where `swt_package_class_string` is the Java full package reference of a Java class (e.g. `java_import 'org.eclipse.swt.SWT'`)
2616
-
2617
- Note: Glimmer relies on [`nested_imported_jruby_include_package`](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/nested_inherited_jruby_include_package), which automatically brings packages to nested-modules/nested-classes and sub-modules/sub-classes.
2618
-
2619
- You can learn more about importing Java packages into Ruby code at this JRuby WIKI page:
2620
-
2621
- https://github.com/jruby/jruby/wiki/CallingJavaFromJRuby
2622
-
2623
- ### loop_max_count
2624
-
2625
- Glimmer has infinite loop detection support.
2626
- It can detect when an infinite loop is about to occur in method_missing and stops it.
2627
- It detects potential infinite loops when the same keyword and args repeat more than 100 times, which is unusual in a GUI app.
2628
-
2629
- The max limit can be changed via the `Glimmer::Config::loop_max_count=(count)` config option.
2630
-
2631
- Infinite loop detection may be disabled altogether if needed by setting `Glimmer::Config::loop_max_count` to `-1`
2632
-
2633
- ### excluded_keyword_checkers
2634
-
2635
- Glimmer permits consumers to exclude keywords from DSL processing by its engine via the `excluded_keyword_checkers` config option.
2636
-
2637
- To do so, add a proc to it that returns a boolean indicating if a keyword is excluded or not.
2638
-
2639
- Note that this proc runs within the context of the Glimmer object (as in the object mixing in the Glimmer module), so checker can can pretend to run there with its `self` object assumption.
2640
-
2641
- Example of keywords excluded by [glimmer-dsl-swt](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt):
2642
-
2643
- ```ruby
2644
- Glimmer::Config.excluded_keyword_checkers << lambda do |method_symbol, *args|
2645
- method = method_symbol.to_s
2646
- result = false
2647
- result ||= method.start_with?('on_swt_') && is_a?(Glimmer::UI::CustomWidget) && respond_to?(method)
2648
- result ||= method == 'dispose' && is_a?(Glimmer::UI::CustomWidget) && respond_to?(method)
2649
- result ||= ['drag_source_proxy', 'drop_target_proxy'].include?(method) && is_a?(Glimmer::UI::CustomWidget)
2650
- result ||= method == 'post_initialize_child'
2651
- result ||= method.end_with?('=')
2652
- result ||= ['finish_edit!', 'search', 'all_tree_items', 'depth_first_search'].include?(method) && is_a?(Glimmer::UI::CustomWidget) && body_root.respond_to?(method)
2653
- end
2654
- ```
2655
-
2656
- ## Glimmer Style Guide
2657
-
2658
- - Widgets are declared with underscored lowercase versions of their SWT names minus the SWT package name.
2659
- - Widget declarations may optionally have arguments and be followed by a block (to contain properties and content)
2660
- - Widget blocks are always declared with curly braces
2661
- - Widget arguments are always wrapped inside parentheses
2662
- - Widget properties are declared with underscored lowercase versions of the SWT properties
2663
- - Widget property declarations always have arguments and never take a block
2664
- - Widget property arguments are never wrapped inside parentheses
2665
- - Widget listeners are always declared starting with `on_` prefix and affixing listener event method name afterwards in underscored lowercase form
2666
- - Widget listeners are always followed by a block using curly braces (Only when declared in DSL. When invoked on widget object directly outside of GUI declarations, standard Ruby conventions apply)
2667
- - Data-binding is done via `bind` keyword, which always takes arguments wrapped in parentheses
2668
- - Custom widget body, before_body, and after_body blocks open their blocks and close them with curly braces.
2669
- - Custom widgets receive additional arguments to SWT style called options. These are passed as the last argument inside the parentheses, a hash of option names pointing to values.
2670
-
2671
- ## SWT Reference
2672
-
2673
- https://www.eclipse.org/swt/docs.php
2674
-
2675
- Here is the SWT API:
2676
-
2677
- https://help.eclipse.org/2019-12/nftopic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/index.html
2678
-
2679
- Here is a visual list of SWT widgets:
2680
-
2681
- https://www.eclipse.org/swt/widgets/
694
+ ## Glimmer DSL for CSS
2682
695
 
2683
- Here is a textual list of SWT widgets:
696
+ [Glimmer DSL for CSS](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-css) provides Ruby syntax for building CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).
2684
697
 
2685
- https://help.eclipse.org/2019-12/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/swt_widgets_controls.htm?cp=2_0_7_0_0
698
+ Within the context of [Glimmer](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer) app development, Glimmer DSL for CSS is useful in providing CSS for the [SWT Browser widget](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer/tree/master#browser-widget).
2686
699
 
2687
- Here is a list of SWT style bits as used in widget declaration:
700
+ ### CSS DSL
2688
701
 
2689
- https://wiki.eclipse.org/SWT_Widget_Style_Bits
2690
-
2691
- Here is a SWT style bit constant reference:
2692
-
2693
- https://help.eclipse.org/2019-12/nftopic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/swt/SWT.html
2694
-
2695
- Here is an SWT Drag and Drop guide:
2696
-
2697
- https://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-SWT-DND/DND-in-SWT.html
2698
-
2699
- Here is an SWT Custom Widget guide:
2700
-
2701
- https://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Writing%20Your%20Own%20Widget/Writing%20Your%20Own%20Widget.htm
2702
-
2703
- ## Samples
2704
-
2705
- Check the [samples](samples) directory in [glimmer-dsl-swt](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt) for examples on how to write Glimmer applications. To run a sample, make sure to install the `glimmer` gem first and then use the `glimmer` command to run it (alternatively, you may clone the repo, follow [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) instructions, and run samples locally with development glimmer command: `bin/glimmer`).
2706
-
2707
- If you cloned the project and followed [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) instructions, you may run all samples in [glimmer-dsl-swt](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt) at once via `samples/launch` command:
2708
-
2709
- ```
2710
- samples/launch
2711
- ```
2712
-
2713
- ### Hello Samples
2714
-
2715
- For hello-type simple samples, check the following.
2716
-
2717
- #### Hello, World! Sample
2718
-
2719
- Code:
2720
-
2721
- [samples/hello/hello_world.rb](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/samples/hello/hello_world.rb)
2722
-
2723
- Run:
2724
-
2725
- ```
2726
- glimmer samples/hello/hello_world.rb
2727
- ```
2728
-
2729
- ![Hello World](images/glimmer-hello-world.png)
2730
-
2731
- #### Hello, Tab!
2732
-
2733
- Code:
2734
-
2735
- [samples/hello/hello_tab.rb](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/samples/hello/hello_tab.rb)
2736
-
2737
- Run:
2738
-
2739
- ```
2740
- glimmer samples/hello/hello_tab.rb
2741
- ```
2742
-
2743
- ![Hello Tab English](images/glimmer-hello-tab-english.png)
2744
- ![Hello Tab French](images/glimmer-hello-tab-french.png)
2745
-
2746
- #### Hello, Combo!
2747
-
2748
- This sample demonstrates combo data-binding.
2749
-
2750
- Code:
2751
-
2752
- [samples/hello/hello_combo.rb](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/samples/hello/hello_combo.rb)
2753
-
2754
- Run:
2755
-
2756
- ```
2757
- glimmer samples/hello/hello_combo.rb
2758
- ```
2759
-
2760
- ![Hello Combo](images/glimmer-hello-combo.png)
2761
- ![Hello Combo Expanded](images/glimmer-hello-combo-expanded.png)
2762
-
2763
- #### Hello, List Single Selection!
2764
-
2765
- This sample demonstrates list single-selection data-binding.
2766
-
2767
- Code:
2768
-
2769
- [samples/hello/hello_list_single_selection.rb](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/samples/hello/hello_list_single_selection.rb)
2770
-
2771
- Run:
2772
-
2773
- ```
2774
- glimmer samples/hello/hello_list_single_selection.rb
2775
- ```
2776
-
2777
- ![Hello List Single Selection](images/glimmer-hello-list-single-selection.png)
2778
-
2779
- #### Hello, List Multi Selection!
2780
-
2781
- This sample demonstrates list multi-selection data-binding.
2782
-
2783
- Code:
2784
-
2785
- [samples/hello/hello_list_multi_selection.rb](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/samples/hello/hello_list_multi_selection.rb)
2786
-
2787
- Run:
2788
-
2789
- ```
2790
- glimmer samples/hello/hello_list_multi_selection.rb
2791
- ```
2792
-
2793
- ![Hello List Multi Selection](images/glimmer-hello-list-multi-selection.png)
2794
-
2795
- #### Hello, Computed!
2796
-
2797
- This sample demonstrates computed data-binding.
2798
-
2799
- Code:
2800
-
2801
- [samples/hello/hello_computed.rb](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/samples/hello/hello_computed.rb)
2802
-
2803
- Run:
2804
-
2805
- ```
2806
- glimmer samples/hello/hello_computed.rb
2807
- ```
2808
-
2809
- ![Hello Browser](images/glimmer-hello-computed.png)
2810
-
2811
- #### Hello, Message Box!
2812
-
2813
- This sample demonstrates a `message_box` dialog.
2814
-
2815
- Code:
2816
-
2817
- [samples/hello/hello_message_box.rb](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/samples/hello/hello_message_box.rb)
2818
-
2819
- Run:
2820
-
2821
- ```
2822
- glimmer samples/hello/hello_message_box.rb
2823
- ```
2824
-
2825
- ![Hello Message Box](images/glimmer-hello-message-box.png)
2826
- ![Hello Message Box Dialog](images/glimmer-hello-message-box-dialog.png)
2827
-
2828
- #### Hello, Browser!
2829
-
2830
- This sample demonstrates the `browser` widget.
2831
-
2832
- Code:
2833
-
2834
- [samples/hello/hello_browser.rb](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/samples/hello/hello_browser.rb)
2835
-
2836
- Run:
2837
-
2838
- ```
2839
- glimmer samples/hello/hello_browser.rb
2840
- ```
2841
-
2842
- ![Hello Browser](images/glimmer-hello-browser.png)
2843
-
2844
- #### Hello, Drag and Drop!
2845
-
2846
- This sample demonstrates drag and drop in Glimmer.
2847
-
2848
- Code:
2849
-
2850
- [samples/hello/hello_drag_and_drop.rb](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/samples/hello/hello_drag_and_drop.rb)
2851
-
2852
- Run:
2853
-
2854
- ```
2855
- glimmer samples/hello/hello_drag_and_drop.rb
2856
- ```
2857
-
2858
- ![Hello Drag and Drop](images/glimmer-hello-drag-and-drop.gif)
2859
-
2860
- #### Hello, Menu Bar!
2861
-
2862
- This sample demonstrates menus in Glimmer.
2863
-
2864
- Code:
2865
-
2866
- [samples/hello/hello_menu_bar.rb](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/samples/hello/hello_menu_bar.rb)
2867
-
2868
- Run:
2869
-
2870
- ```
2871
- glimmer samples/hello/hello_menu_bar.rb
2872
- ```
2873
-
2874
- ![Hello Menu Bar](images/glimmer-hello-menu-bar.png)
2875
- ![Hello Menu Bar File Menu](images/glimmer-hello-menu-bar-file-menu.png)
2876
- ![Hello Menu Bar History Menu](images/glimmer-hello-menu-bar-history-menu.png)
2877
-
2878
- #### Hello, Pop Up Context Menu!
2879
-
2880
- This sample demonstrates pop up context menus in Glimmer.
2881
-
2882
- Code:
2883
-
2884
- [samples/hello/hello_pop_up_context_menu.rb](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/samples/hello/hello_pop_up_context_menu.rb)
2885
-
2886
- Run:
2887
-
2888
- ```
2889
- glimmer samples/hello/hello_pop_up_context_menu.rb
2890
- ```
2891
-
2892
- ![Hello Pop Up Context Menu](images/glimmer-hello-pop-up-context-menu.png)
2893
- ![Hello Pop Up Context Menu Popped Up](images/glimmer-hello-pop-up-context-menu-popped-up.png)
2894
-
2895
- ### Elaborate Samples
2896
-
2897
- For more elaborate samples, check the following:
2898
-
2899
- #### Login
2900
-
2901
- This sample demonstrates basic data-binding, password and text fields, and field enablement data-binding.
2902
-
2903
- Code:
2904
-
2905
- [samples/elaborate/login.rb](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/samples/elaborate/login.rb)
2906
-
2907
- Run:
2908
-
2909
- ```
2910
- glimmer samples/elaborate/login.rb
2911
- ```
2912
-
2913
- ![Login](images/glimmer-login.png)
2914
- ![Login Filled In](images/glimmer-login-filled-in.png)
2915
- ![Login Logged In](images/glimmer-login-logged-in.png)
2916
-
2917
- #### Tic Tac Toe Sample
2918
-
2919
- This sample demonstrates a full MVC application, including GUI layout, text and enablement data-binding, and test-driven development (has [specs](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/spec/samples/elaborate/tic_tac_toe/board_spec.rb)).
2920
-
2921
- Code:
2922
-
2923
- [samples/elaborate/tic_tac_toe.rb](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/samples/elaborate/tic_tac_toe.rb)
2924
-
2925
- Run:
2926
-
2927
- ```
2928
- glimmer samples/elaborate/tic_tac_toe.rb
2929
- ```
2930
-
2931
- ![Tic Tac Toe](images/glimmer-tic-tac-toe.png)
2932
- ![Tic Tac Toe In Progress](images/glimmer-tic-tac-toe-in-progress.png)
2933
- ![Tic Tac Toe Game Over](images/glimmer-tic-tac-toe-game-over.png)
2934
-
2935
- #### Contact Manager Sample
2936
-
2937
- This sample demonstrates table data-binding, sorting, filtering, GUI layout, MVP pattern, and test-driven development (has [specs](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/spec/samples/elaborate/contact_manager/contact_manager_presenter_spec.rb)).
2938
-
2939
- Code:
2940
-
2941
- [samples/elaborate/contact_manager.rb](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/samples/elaborate/contact_manager.rb)
2942
-
2943
- Run:
2944
-
2945
- ```
2946
- glimmer samples/elaborate/contact_manager.rb
2947
- ```
2948
-
2949
- Contact Manager
2950
-
2951
- ![Contact Manager](images/glimmer-contact-manager.png)
2952
-
2953
- Contact Manager - Find
2954
-
2955
- ![Contact Manager](images/glimmer-contact-manager-find.png)
2956
-
2957
- Contact Manager - Edit Started
2958
-
2959
- ![Contact Manager](images/glimmer-contact-manager-edit-started.png)
2960
-
2961
- Contact Manager - Edit In Progress
2962
-
2963
- ![Contact Manager](images/glimmer-contact-manager-edit-in-progress.png)
2964
-
2965
- Contact Manager - Edit Done
2966
-
2967
- ![Contact Manager](images/glimmer-contact-manager-edit-done.png)
2968
-
2969
- ### External Samples
2970
-
2971
- #### Glimmer Calculator
2972
-
2973
- [<img alt="Glimmer Calculator Icon" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-cs-calculator/master/glimmer-cs-calculator-icon.png" height=40 /> Glimmer Calculator](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-cs-calculator) is a basic calculator sample project demonstrating data-binding and TDD (test-driven-development) with Glimmer following the MVP pattern (Model-View-Presenter).
2974
-
2975
- [<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-cs-calculator/master/glimmer-cs-calculator-screenshot.png" />](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-cs-calculator)
2976
-
2977
- #### Gladiator
2978
-
2979
- [<img src='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-cs-gladiator/master/images/glimmer-cs-gladiator-logo.svg' height=40 /> Gladiator](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-cs-gladiator) (short for Glimmer Editor) is a Glimmer sample project under on-going development.
2980
- You may check it out to learn how to build a Glimmer Custom Shell gem.
2981
-
2982
- [<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-cs-gladiator/master/images/glimmer-gladiator.png" />](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-cs-gladiator)
2983
-
2984
- Gladiator is a good demonstration of:
2985
- - MVP Pattern
2986
- - Tree data-binding
2987
- - List data-binding
2988
- - Text selection data-binding
2989
- - Tabs
2990
- - Context menus
2991
- - Custom Shell
2992
- - Custom widget
2993
-
2994
- ## In Production
2995
-
2996
- The following production apps have been built with Glimmer.
2997
-
2998
- ### Math Bowling
2999
-
3000
- [<img alt="Math Bowling Logo" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/MathBowling/master/images/math-bowling-logo.png" width="40" />Math Bowling](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/MathBowling): an educational math game for elementary level kids
3001
-
3002
- ### Are We There Yet?
3003
-
3004
- [<img alt="Are We There Yet Logo" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndyObtiva/are-we-there-yet/master/are-we-there-yet-logo.svg" width="40" />Are We There Yet?](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/are-we-there-yet): A tool that helps you learn when your small projects will finish
3005
-
3006
- If you have a Glimmer app you would like referenced here, please mention in a Pull Request.
3007
-
3008
- ## Packaging & Distribution
3009
-
3010
- Glimmer apps may be packaged and distributed on the Mac, Windows, and Linux via these tools:
3011
- - Warbler (https://github.com/jruby/warbler): Enables bundling a Glimmer app into a JAR file
3012
- - javapackager (https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/unix/javapackager.html): Enables packaging a JAR file as a DMG file on Mac, EXE on Windows, and multiple Linux supported formats on Linux.
3013
-
3014
- Glimmer simplifies the process of Mac packaging via the `glimmer package` command. It works out of the box for any application generated by [Glimmer Scaffolding](#scaffolding):
3015
-
3016
- ```
3017
- glimmer package
3018
- ```
3019
-
3020
- This will automatically generate a JAR file under `./dist` directory using Warbler, which is then used to automatically generate a DMG file (and pkg/app) under `./packages/bundles` using `javapackager`.
3021
- JAR file name will match your application local directory name (e.g. `MathBowling.jar` for `~/code/MathBowling`)
3022
- DMG file name will match the humanized local directory name + dash + application version (e.g. `Math Bowling-1.0.dmg` for `~/code/MathBowling` with version 1.0 or unspecified)
3023
-
3024
- The `glimmer package` command will automatically set "mac.CFBundleIdentifier" to ="org.#{project_name}.application.#{project_name}".
3025
- You may override by configuring as an extra argument for javapackger (e.g. Glimmer::Package.javapackager_extra_args = " -Bmac.CFBundleIdentifier=org.andymaleh.application.MathBowling")
3026
-
3027
- ### Packaging Defaults
3028
-
3029
- Glimmer employs smart defaults in packaging.
3030
-
3031
- The package application name (shows up in top menu bar on the Mac) will be a human form of the app root directory name (e.g. "Math Bowling" for "MathBowling" or "math_bowling" app root directory name). However, application name and version may be specified explicitly via "-Bmac.CFBundleName" and "-Bmac.CFBundleVersion" options.
3032
-
3033
- Also, the package will only include these directories: app, config, db, lib, script, bin, docs, fonts, images, sounds, videos
3034
-
3035
- After running once, you will find a `config/warble.rb` file. It has the JAR packaging configuration. You may adjust included directories in it if needed, and then rerun `glimmer package` and it will pick up your custom configuration. Alternatively, if you'd like to customize the included directories to begin with, don't run `glimmer package` right away. Run this command first:
3036
-
3037
- ```
3038
- glimmer package:config
3039
- ```
3040
-
3041
- This will generate `config/warble.rb`, which you may configure and then run `glimmer package` afterwards.
3042
-
3043
- ### Packaging Configuration
3044
-
3045
- - Ensure you have a Ruby script under `bin` directory that launches the application, preferably matching your project directory name (e.g. `bin/math_bowling`) :
3046
- ```ruby
3047
- require_relative '../app/my_application.rb'
3048
- ```
3049
- - Include Icon (Optional): If you'd like to include an icon for your app (.icns format on the Mac), place it under `package/macosx` matching the humanized application local directory name (e.g. 'Math Bowling.icns' [containing space] for MathBowling or math_bowling). You may generate your Mac icon easily using tools like Image2Icon (http://www.img2icnsapp.com/) or manually using the Mac terminal command `iconutil` (iconutil guide: https://applehelpwriter.com/tag/iconutil/)
3050
- - Include Version (Optional): Create a `VERSION` file in your application and fill it your app version on one line (e.g. `1.1.0`)
3051
- - Include License (Optional): Create a `LICENSE.txt` file in your application and fill it up with your license (e.g. MIT). It will show up to people when installing your app. Note that, you may optionally also specify license type, but you'd have to do so manually via `-BlicenseType=MIT` shown in an [example below](#javapackager-extra-arguments).
3052
- - Extra args (Optional): You may optionally add the following to `Rakefile` to configure extra arguments for javapackager: `Glimmer::Packager.javapackager_extra_args = "..."` (Useful to avoid re-entering extra arguments on every run of rake task.). Read about them in [their section below](#javapackager-extra-arguments).
3053
-
3054
- ### javapackager Extra Arguments
702
+ Simply start with `css` keyword and add stylesheet rule sets inside its block using Glimmer DSL syntax.
703
+ Once done, you may call `to_s` or `to_css` to get the formatted CSS output.
3055
704
 
3056
- In order to explicitly configure javapackager, Mac package attributes, or sign your Mac app to distribute on the App Store, you can follow more advanced instructions for `javapackager` here:
3057
- - https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/tools/javapackager.htm#JSWOR719
3058
- - https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/unix/javapackager.html
3059
- - https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/deploy/self-contained-packaging.html#BCGICFDB
3060
- - https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/deploy/self-contained-packaging.html
3061
- - https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/releasenotes/General/SubmittingToMacAppStore/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010572-CH16-SW8
705
+ `css` is the only top-level keyword in the Glimmer CSS DSL
3062
706
 
3063
- The Glimmer rake task allows passing extra options to javapackager via:
3064
- - `Glimmer::Packager.javapackager_extra_args="..."` in your application Rakefile
3065
- - Environment variable: `JAVAPACKAGER_EXTRA_ARGS`
707
+ Selectors may be specified by `s` keyword or HTML element keyword directly (e.g. `body`)
708
+ Rule property values may be specified by `pv` keyword or underscored property name directly (e.g. `font_size`)
3066
709
 
3067
- Example (Rakefile):
710
+ Example:
3068
711
 
3069
712
  ```ruby
3070
- require 'glimmer/rake_task'
3071
-
3072
- Glimmer::Package.javapackager_extra_args = '-BlicenseType="MIT" -Bmac.category="public.app-category.business" -Bmac.signing-key-developer-id-app="Andy Maleh"'
3073
- ```
3074
-
3075
- Note that `mac.category` defaults to "public.app-category.business", but can be overridden with one of the category UTI values mentioned here:
3076
-
3077
- https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/releasenotes/General/SubmittingToMacAppStore/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010572-CH16-SW8
3078
-
3079
- Example (env var):
3080
-
3081
- ```
3082
- JAVAPACKAGER_EXTRA_ARGS='-Bmac.CFBundleName="Math Bowling Game"' glimmer package
3083
- ```
3084
-
3085
- That overrides the default application display name.
3086
-
3087
- ### Mac Application Distribution
3088
-
3089
- Recent macOS versions (starting with Catalina) have very stringent security requirements requiring all applications to be signed before running (unless the user goes to System Preferences -> Privacy -> General tab and clicks "Open Anyway" after failing to open application the first time they run it). So, to release a desktop application on the Mac, it is recommended to enroll in the [Apple Developer Program](https://developer.apple.com/programs/) to distribute on the [Mac App Store](https://developer.apple.com/distribute/) or otherwise request [app notarization from Apple](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/notarizing_macos_software_before_distribution) to distribute independently.
3090
-
3091
- Afterwards, you may add developer-id/signing-key arguments to `javapackager` via `Glimmer::Package.javapackager_extra_args` or `JAVAPACKAGER_EXTRA_ARGS` according to this webpage: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/tools/javapackager.htm#JSWOR719
3092
-
3093
- DMG signing key argument:
3094
- ```
3095
- -Bmac.signing-key-developer-id-app="..."
713
+ @css = css {
714
+ body {
715
+ font_size '1.1em'
716
+ pv 'background', 'white'
717
+ }
718
+
719
+ s('body > h1') {
720
+ background_color :red
721
+ pv 'font-size', '2em'
722
+ }
723
+ }
724
+ puts @css
3096
725
  ```
3097
726
 
3098
- PKG signing key argument:
3099
- ```
3100
- -Bmac.signing-key-developer-id-installer="..."
3101
- ```
727
+ Output:
3102
728
 
3103
- Mac App Store signing key arguments:
3104
729
  ```
3105
- -Bmac.signing-key-app="..."
3106
- -Bmac.signing-key-pkg="..."
3107
- ```
3108
-
3109
- ### Self Signed Certificate
3110
-
3111
- You may still release a signed DMG file without enrolling into the Apple Developer Program with the caveat that users will always fail in opening the app the first time, and have to go to System Preferences -> Privacy -> General tab to "Open Anyway".
3112
-
3113
- To do so, you may follow these steps (abbreviated version from https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Security/Conceptual/CodeSigningGuide/Procedures/Procedures.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40005929-CH4-SW2):
3114
- - Open Keychain Access
3115
- - Choose Keychain Access > Certificate Assistant > Create Certificate ...
3116
- - Enter Name (referred to below as "CertificateName")
3117
- - Set 'Certificate Type' to 'Code Signing'
3118
- - Create (if you alternatively override defaults, make sure to enable all capabilities)
3119
- - Add the following option to javapackager: `-Bmac.signing-key-developer-id-app="CertificateName"` via `Glimmer::Package.javapackager_extra_args` or `JAVAPACKAGER_EXTRA_ARGS`
3120
-
3121
- Example:
3122
-
3123
- ```ruby
3124
- Glimmer::Package.javapackager_extra_args = '-Bmac.signing-key-developer-id-app="Andy Maleh"'
730
+ body{font-size:1.1em;background:white}body > h1{background-color:red;font-size:2em}
3125
731
  ```
3126
732
 
3127
- Now, when you run `glimmer package`, it builds a self-signed DMG file. When you make available online, and users download, upon launching application, they are presented with your certificate, which they have to sign if they trust you in order to use the application.
733
+ ## Multi-DSL Support
3128
734
 
3129
- ### Gotchas
735
+ Glimmer official DSL gems always start with `glimmer-dsl-`. That said, other libraries may use the Glimmer DSL engine too not for building GUI apps (e.g. `bundler-download`)
3130
736
 
3131
- 1. Specifying License File
737
+ Glimmer allows mixing DSLs, which comes in handy when doing things like using a desktop Browser widget with HTML and CSS.
3132
738
 
3133
- The javapackager documentation states that a license file may be specified with "-BlicenseFile" javapackager option. However, in order for that to work, one must specify as a source file via "-srcfiles" javapackager option.
3134
- Keep that in mind if you are not going to rely on the default `LICENSE.txt` support.
739
+ Glimmer DSL syntax consists mainly of:
740
+ - keywords (e.g. `table` for a table widget)
741
+ - style/args (e.g. :multi as in `table(:multi)` for a multi-line selection table widget)
742
+ - content (e.g. `{ table_column { text 'Name'} }` as in `table(:multi) { table_column { text 'name'} }` for a multi-line selection table widget with a table column having header text property `'Name'` as content)
3135
743
 
3136
- Example:
744
+ DSLs are activated by specific keywords. For example, the `html` keyword activates the Glimmer DSL for XML. Glimmer automatically recognizes top-level keywords in each DSL and activates the DSL accordingly. Once done processing a nested DSL top-level keyword, Glimmer switches back to the prior DSL automatically.
3137
745
 
3138
- ```ruby
3139
- Glimmer::Package.javapackager_extra_args = '-srcfiles "ACME.txt" -BlicenseFile="ACME.txt" -BlicenseType="ACME"'
3140
- ```
746
+ ## Glimmer Supporting Libraries
3141
747
 
3142
- 2. Mounted DMG Residue
748
+ Here is a list of notable 3rd party gems used by Glimmer and Glimmer DSLs:
749
+ - [jeweler](https://github.com/technicalpickles/jeweler): generates app gems during [Glimmer Scaffolding](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt#scaffolding)
750
+ - [logging](https://github.com/TwP/logging): provides extra logging capabilities not available in Ruby Logger such as multi-threaded buffered asynchronous logging (to avoid affecting app performance) and support for multiple appenders such as stdout, syslog, and log files (the last one is needed on Windows where syslog is not supported)
751
+ - [nested_inherited_jruby_include_package](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/nested_inherited_jruby_include_package): makes included [SWT](https://www.eclipse.org/swt/)/[Java](https://www.java.com/en/) packages available to all classes/modules that mix in the Glimmer module without having to manually reimport
752
+ - [os](https://github.com/rdp/os): provides OS detection capabilities (e.g. `OS.mac?` or `OS.windows?`) to write cross-platform code inexpensively
753
+ - [puts_debuggerer](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/puts_debuggerer): helps in troubleshooting when adding `require 'pd'` and using the `pd` command instead of `puts` or `p` (also `#pd_inspect` or `#pdi` instead of `#inspect`)
754
+ - [rake](https://github.com/ruby/rake): used to implement and execute `glimmer` commands
755
+ - [rake-tui](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/rake-tui): Rake Text-based User Interface. Allows navigating rake tasks with arrow keys and filtering task list by typing to quickly find an run a rake task.
756
+ - [super_module](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/super_module): used to cleanly write the Glimmer::UI:CustomWidget and Glimmer::UI::CustomShell modules
757
+ - [text-table](https://github.com/aptinio/text-table): renders textual data in a textual table for the command-line interface of Glimmer
758
+ - [warbler](https://github.com/jruby/warbler): converts a Glimmer app into a Java JAR file during packaging
3143
759
 
3144
- If you run `glimmer package` multiple times, sometimes it leaves a mounted DMG project in your finder. Unmount before you run the command again or it might fail with an error saying: "Error: Bundler "DMG Installer" (dmg) failed to produce a bundle."
760
+ ## Glimmer Process
3145
761
 
3146
- By the way, keep in mind that during normal operation, it does also indicate a false-negative while completing successfully similar to the following (please ignore):
762
+ [Glimmer Process](PROCESS.md) is the lightweight software development process used for building Glimmer libraries and Glimmer apps, which goes beyond Agile, rendering all Agile processes obsolete. [Glimmer Process](PROCESS.md) is simply made up of 7 guidelines to pick and choose as necessary until software development needs are satisfied.
3147
763
 
3148
- ```
3149
- Exec failed with code 2 command [[/usr/bin/SetFile, -c, icnC, /var/folders/4_/g1sw__tx6mjdgyh3mky7vydc0000gp/T/fxbundler4076750801763032201/images/MathBowling/.VolumeIcon.icns] in unspecified directory
3150
- ```
764
+ Learn more by reading the [GPG](PROCESS.md) (Glimmer Process Guidelines)
3151
765
 
3152
766
  ## Resources
3153
767
 
@@ -3190,13 +804,14 @@ Glimmer DSL Engine specific tasks are at:
3190
804
 
3191
805
  **Contributors Wanted!**
3192
806
 
3193
- If you would like to contribute to Glimmer, please study up on Glimmer and [SWT](#swt-reference), run all Glimmer [samples](#samples), and build a small sample app (perhaps from [this TODO list](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/TODO.md#samples)) to add to [glimmer-dsl-swt](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt) Hello or Elaborate samples via a Pull Request. Once done, contact me on [Chat](#chat).
807
+ If you would like to contribute to Glimmer, please study up on Glimmer and [SWT](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt#swt-reference), run all Glimmer [samples](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt#samples), and build a small sample app (perhaps from [this TODO list](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt/blob/master/TODO.md#samples)) to add to [glimmer-dsl-swt](https://github.com/AndyObtiva/glimmer-dsl-swt) Hello or Elaborate samples via a Pull Request. Once done, contact me on [Chat](#chat).
3194
808
 
3195
809
  You may apply for contributing to any of these Glimmer DSL gems whether you prefer to focus on the desktop or web:
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  ## License
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  Copyright (c) 2007-2020 - Andy Maleh.
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