Greetings TextMate mailing list. Forgive me if this is child's play, i searched the list archives thoroughly before posting.
I am trying (for many hours now) to open a .nib file created in Interface Builder using the "$DIALOG" command from a shell script. My general objective is identical to the screencast Allan created in 2006 (http://tinyurl.com/df3m9r).
- Open a .nib file - Wait for user to close nib or hit a ok button - pass default parameters to the .nib - capture user input from the .nib to be used later in the .sh file.
Currently i am trying to accomplish this with:
"$DIALOG" nib --load ~/Desktop/Test2.nib --center --model '{ classPath = "foo"; }' --parameters '{}'
That usually opens the .nib window, when i close the window all i get is an integer.
Then it usually stops working all together, no matter how many time i try and execute the line of code (control - R) nothing happens, i have tried what Allan suggests in the post "So either press ⌃D to “close” stdin, or give -p '{}' as argument, and things should work as expected." And i cant get it to work, if i trash TextMate prefs and reinstall, it works for a bit more.
I am not yet as familiar with Ruby as i would like to be and i have an immediate need to implement this within an existing bundle using shell. The screencast made it look so nice and easy...
Best, </matthew>
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On 11 Apr 2009, at 04:49, Matthew Richmond wrote:
[...] "$DIALOG" nib --load ~/Desktop/Test2.nib --center --model '{ classPath = "foo"; }' --parameters '{}'
That usually opens the .nib window, when i close the window all i get is an integer.
The --load argument will load the nib and return a token (integer).
This can then be used with --wait and --dispose.
Then it usually stops working all together, no matter how many time i try and execute the line of code (control - R) nothing happens, i have tried what Allan suggests in the post "So either press ⌃D to “close” stdin, or give -p '{}' as argument, and things should work as expected." And i cant get it to work, if i trash TextMate prefs and reinstall, it works for a bit more.
The -p'{}' and ⌃D does not apply in the async mode you are using the command.
If you need to trash the TM preferences to make it work again, it indicates that they got “corrupted” — what could maybe be the reason is that an exception is thrown when loading your nib, and this is causing TM to go into a bad state.
Open Utilities → Console to see if there is any output.
Allan, your response is appreciated thanks. Unfortunately i am failing repeatedly when trying to cobble together a working example that parallels the screencast from 2006.
The --load argument will load the nib and return a token (integer). This can then be used with --wait and --dispose.
How would i access the info that was input into the .nib file?
Currently i have this in my .sh file:
token="$DIALOG" nib --load ~/Desktop/Test2.nib --center --model '{ classPath = "bar" }' --parameters '{}'; "$DIALOG" nib --wait $token; "$DIALOG" nib --dispose $token;
It's neither displaying the .nib file or displaying any errors. My goal is to pull 5 variables out of the .nib file.
For an idea as to what i am trying to do: ---- begin project description ---- I have extended the 'scaffold new flash/flex' project template from the Actionscript 3 bundle. Via the JavaScript API within Flash i have enabled a way for TextMate to create the flash binary files as well as the project scaffold (connecting them all together). This is terribly exciting for the Flash Community folks who already using TextMate to create projects.
Before i release it publicly (in tandem with an article on authoring ActionScript projects using TextMate) i wanted to extend the functionality of the project template to allow the end users to specify classPath, flashAppVersion, flashPlayerVersion, stageWidth and stageHeight. The best way to do this is ideally using a nib file, passing the user input to the shell script hat triggers it. ---- end project description ----
I would be more than wiling to publicly credit and and repeatedly thank anybody who may be willing to help get this dialog implemented.
Best, </matthew>
On Apr 14, 2009, at 4:47 AM, Allan Odgaard wrote:
On 11 Apr 2009, at 04:49, Matthew Richmond wrote:
[...] "$DIALOG" nib --load ~/Desktop/Test2.nib --center --model '{ classPath = "foo"; }' --parameters '{}'
That usually opens the .nib window, when i close the window all i get is an integer.
The --load argument will load the nib and return a token (integer).
This can then be used with --wait and --dispose.
Then it usually stops working all together, no matter how many time i try and execute the line of code (control - R) nothing happens, i have tried what Allan suggests in the post "So either press ⌃D to “close” stdin, or give -p '{}' as argument, and things should work as expected." And i cant get it to work, if i trash TextMate prefs and reinstall, it works for a bit more.
The -p'{}' and ⌃D does not apply in the async mode you are using the command.
If you need to trash the TM preferences to make it work again, it indicates that they got “corrupted” — what could maybe be the reason is that an exception is thrown when loading your nib, and this is causing TM to go into a bad state.
Open Utilities → Console to see if there is any output.
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