[TxMt] tmCommand, Dialogs and multiple outputs (Ack problem)

[Adam Strzelecki]

Hi,

I don't know if it was discussed already but there's something that  
bothers me very much, the way showAsHTML in tmCommand works.

Right now using "Ack in Project" with ⇧⌘A opens empty blank output  
window (killing old window if it was there), then Ack displays dialog  
asking for the search query, if I press cancel output is left blank. I  
was thinking it was fault of Ack scripts themselves, but unfortunately  
it is way the commands work in TM.

So my Q is, would it be feasible to:

(1) Show output window only once command writes something into the  
output first time -> So in Ack when the window is popped up we don't  
see output window yet, and when we Cancel we won't see the output as  
well (it will mimic better expected interface)

(2) Ability to create multiple output windows for single tool,  
currently Ack has its own single output window so:

   * When I search something new, all my previous results are killed,  
even when I press by mistake the shortcut, now the output window is  
emptied
   * I wish to search for few things at once and make all the results  
stay

Seting "uid" to nothing (or removing the uid section from tmCommand)  
somehow makes many output windows to show up (2), but something wrong  
makes sometimes TM crash with such windows.

Regards,
-- 
Adam Strzelecki