[TxMt] Re: Searching the Objective-C documentation

[dreamcat7]

Hi,
Actually thinking about it there are some more things we could really  
to with do here.
Here are the change up-to now.




1) We chopped the input into only one word so the script can handle it  
better and not throw to the tooltip a big error. I put this  
stripping / to the query string, however it really should move to the  
search_docs(query) command, where we are executing the search. Sorry  
but I did add to there and break the ruby code.

Ctrl-H --> documentation_for_word() --> search_docs_all(query) -->  
search_docs(query)**  --> docsetutil
Ctrl-H --> documentation_for_word() --> search_docs_all(query) -->  
man_page(query)**     --> man



2) If we keep the full string in query variable, then when we print  
the tooltip, we can show the full text back to the user.
As it stands we show back the doctored text, i.e. the first word or  
line of the selected text.


3) With the latest (above) the command it still may not execute right  
for conditions where there are spaces, tabs, or newline characters etc  
before the text point. So cleaning up the input should be tested and  
tweaked some more.

4) If the word is wrapped in square brackets. e.g. [NSArray] - then  
TM_SELECTED_TEXT will not work but TM_CURRENT_WORD will.
Again, a better place to sanitize this input may be either  
search_docs(query) or search_docs_all(query)




5) If we have just run the command (Ctrl-H) then we have opened a Web- 
window and not a text window.
Can we press Ctrl-H here (in the html window) to bring up the dialog  
again to perform another search?

This would be much more convenient when we are engaged in the activity  
only for searching, and reading documentation.
Not to need to switch back to the working document, to run this  
command ?



6) As Allan wants we will show the search box only conditionally, when  
there isnt a current word on the caret. However it would be a nice  
option to have for those who always want to show it. This may sound  
like a personal request, however i would be very grateful because  
pressing Ctrl-W is very much more difficult with RSI than to press  
enter key with the dialog. So to check on TM_DOC_SEARCH_BOX_ALWAYS or  
a defaulted argument will allow the user to customise :)

def documentation_for_word( show_always = FALSE ) ?




dreamcat7
dreamcat7 at googlemail.com


On 7 Jan 2009, at 21:15, dreamcat7 wrote:

> Done - patch available.
> Hope they're in the right format, etc.
>
> dreamcat4: patch-1 (trunk/support) http://pastie.org/354995
>
> <dreamcat7-searchbox.patch>
>
> <SearchBox.nib>
>
> dreamcat4: patch-2 (trunk/Bundles/Objective-C.tmbundle) http://pastie.org/355007
>
>  <dreamcat7-objc_docset_query.patch>
>
>
>
>
> On 6 Jan 2009, at 03:15, Allan Odgaard wrote:
>
>> On 1 Jan 2009, at 14:56, dreamcat7 wrote:
>>
>>> [...] searches on Apple Docset [...]
>>> To access this feature you must type in and select the word into  
>>> your
>>> document before proceeding.
>>
>> You needn’t select it, just have the caret “on it”.
>>
>>> However it strikes me that adding an alternative method to use the
>>> script (probably a Search box) could be useful.
>>
>> Great idea. I often type in keywords followed by ⌃H, but we could
>> make ⌃H popup a dialog when there is no current word (or word is  
>> not
>> found), we do that for ⌃H in HTML mode (and maybe a few others).
>>
>> We can’t really do a list of terms (to filter) though since there  
>> are
>> thousands of terms and we don’t really know them beforehand.
>>
>>> Or perhaps we will need some kind of re-write because there another
>>> place at the beginning of the file where "the selected word" is used
>>> for input?
>>
>> Yeah, I don’t think it is an easy change, also because we have
>> different doc commands depending on context in Objective-C. The stuff
>> is long overdue for refactoring though.
>>
>>
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