PLT MrEd: Graphical Toolbox Manual

Robert Bruce Findler
robby@cs.rice.edu

Matthew Flatt
mflatt@cs.rice.edu

Paul Steckler
steck@cs.rice.edu

Rice University

Version 53
July 1998

• Contents
• This Manual
  • Thanks
• Overview
  • Running MrEd for the First Time
  • Writing Complete Applications
    • Unitized Applications
    • Non-unitized Applications
    • MrEd Collections
    • Startup Sequence
    • Command-line Flags
    • Command-line Flags under MacOS
    • Changing the System
    • MzOS
  • Core Toolbox
  • Media Toolbox
    • Basic Organization
      • Administrators
      • Styles
    • File Format
      • Encoding Snips
      • Global Data: Headers and Footers
      • End of Line Ambiguity
      • Flattened Text
      • Caret Ownership
      • Cut and Paste Timestamps
      • Clickbacks
      • Internal Buffer Locks
    • Buffer Method Table
  • Geometry Management Toolbox
    • Child Classes
    • Panels
    • Frames and Dialogs
    • Constants
    • Putting it all Together
  • Application Toolbox
    • Exiting
    • Files
      • Selecting a Filename
      • Opening a File and Selecting a Format Handler
      • Selecting a Mode for a Text File
      • Frame Groups
    • Hyper-text
    • Standard Keyboard and Mouse Mapping
      • Scheme Mode Keyboard Mapping
      • Scheme Interaction Mode Keyboard Mapping
    • Autosaving
    • Autoloading
    • Parenthesis Matching
    • Preferences
  • Test engine
    • An example
    • Actions and completeness
    • Errors
    • Primitive Actions
      • Buttons
      • Choice
      • Check-box
      • Keystrokes
      • Menu Bars
      • Mouse Actions
    • Utilities
    • Technical Issues
    • Known Problems
  • Eventspaces
    • Eventspaces and Threads
    • Creating and Setting the Eventspace
    • Eventspace Parameterizations
    • Eventspaces and User Breaks
• MrEd Applications: An Example
  • Creating Graphical Elements
  • Handling Events
  • Using Threads
  • Defining a Class
  • Overriding Methods
  • Complete Applications
• Class Reference
  • Hierarchy
  • mred:backup-autosave-edit%
  • mred:backup-autosave-pasteboard%
  • mred:basic-mode%
  • mred:button%
  • mred:canvas%
  • mred:canvas-message%
  • mred:check-box%
  • mred:choice%
  • mred:clever-file-format-edit%
  • mred:connections-dialog-box%
  • mred:connections-frame%
  • mred:connections-media-canvas%
  • mred:connections-media-edit%
  • mred:connections-media-pasteboard%
  • mred:connections-panel%
  • mred:console-edit%
  • mred:console-frame%
  • mred:dialog-box%
  • mred:edit%
  • mred:editor-frame%
  • mred:empty-frame%
  • mred:file-edit%
  • mred:file-pasteboard%
  • mred:frame%
  • mred:frame-group%
  • mred:frame-title-canvas%
  • mred:gauge%
  • mred:graph-pasteboard%
  • mred:horizontal-edit-panel%
  • mred:horizontal-panel%
  • mred:hyper-basic-frame%
  • mred:hyper-canvas%
  • mred:hyper-edit%
  • mred:hyper-make-frame%
  • mred:hyper-view-frame%
  • mred:info-edit%
  • mred:info-file-frame%
  • mred:info-frame%
  • mred:info-pasteboard%
  • mred:keymap-canvas%
  • mred:list-box%
  • mred:match-cache%
  • mred:media-canvas%
  • mred:media-edit%
  • mred:media-multi-text%
  • mred:media-snip%
  • mred:media-text%
  • mred:media-text-canvas%
  • mred:media-text-edit%
  • mred:menu%
  • mred:menu-bar%
  • mred:menu-frame%
  • mred:message%
  • mred:mode%
  • mred:multi-text%
  • mred:node-snip%
  • mred:one-line-canvas%
  • mred:panel%
  • mred:pasteboard%
  • mred:pasteboard-frame%
  • mred:pasteboard-info-file-frame%
  • mred:pasteboard-info-frame%
  • mred:radio-box%
  • mred:return-edit%
  • mred:scheme-interaction-mode%
  • mred:scheme-mode%
  • mred:scheme-mode-edit%
  • mred:searchable-frame%
  • mred:searching-edit%
  • mred:simple-menu-frame%
  • mred:single-panel%
  • mred:slider%
  • mred:snip%
  • mred:standard-menus-frame%
  • mred:testable-button%
  • mred:testable-canvas%
  • mred:testable-check-box%
  • mred:testable-choice%
  • mred:testable-dialog-box%
  • mred:testable-frame%
  • mred:testable-gauge%
  • mred:testable-list-box%
  • mred:testable-media-canvas%
  • mred:testable-message%
  • mred:testable-multi-text%
  • mred:testable-panel%
  • mred:testable-radio-box%
  • mred:testable-slider%
  • mred:testable-text%
  • mred:testable-text-window%
  • mred:text%
  • mred:text-window%
  • mred:transparent-io-edit%
  • mred:vertical-edit-panel%
  • mred:vertical-panel%
  • mred:wide-snip-canvas%
  • mred:wrapping-canvas%
  • wx:add-colour%
  • wx:bitmap%
  • wx:brush%
  • wx:brush-list%
  • wx:buffer-data%
  • wx:buffer-data-class%
  • wx:buffer-data-class-list%
  • wx:button%
  • wx:canvas%
  • wx:canvas-dc%
  • wx:canvas-media-admin%
  • wx:check-box%
  • wx:choice%
  • wx:clipboard%
  • wx:clipboard-client%
  • wx:colour%
  • wx:colour-database%
  • wx:colour-map%
  • wx:command-event%
  • wx:cursor%
  • wx:dc%
  • wx:dialog-box%
  • wx:event%
  • wx:font%
  • wx:font-list%
  • wx:font-name-directory%
  • wx:frame%
  • wx:gauge%
  • wx:icon%
  • wx:image-snip%
  • wx:item%
  • wx:key-event%
  • wx:keycode%
  • wx:keymap%
  • wx:list-box%
  • wx:media-admin%
  • wx:media-buffer%
  • wx:media-canvas%
  • wx:media-edit%
  • wx:media-pasteboard%
  • wx:media-snip%
  • wx:media-snip-media-admin%
  • wx:media-stream-in%
  • wx:media-stream-in-base%
  • wx:media-stream-in-string-base%
  • wx:media-stream-out%
  • wx:media-stream-out-base%
  • wx:media-stream-out-string-base%
  • wx:media-wordbreak-map%
  • wx:memory-dc%
  • wx:menu%
  • wx:menu-bar%
  • wx:message%
  • wx:meta-file%
  • wx:meta-file-dc%
  • wx:mouse-event%
  • wx:mult-colour%
  • wx:multi-text%
  • wx:object%
  • wx:panel%
  • wx:pen%
  • wx:pen-list%
  • wx:point%
  • wx:post-script-dc%
  • wx:printer-dc%
  • wx:radio-box%
  • wx:screen-dc%
  • wx:slider%
  • wx:snip%
  • wx:snip-admin%
  • wx:snip-class%
  • wx:snip-class-list%
  • wx:style%
  • wx:style-delta%
  • wx:style-list%
  • wx:tab-snip%
  • wx:text%
  • wx:text-snip%
  • wx:text-window%
  • wx:timer%
  • wx:window%
• Procedures
  • Files
  • User
  • Dialogs
  • Graphics and Screen
  • Printer
  • Eventspaces
  • Miscellaneous
  • Media
  • Ports
  • Version Numbering
  • Preferences
  • Selecting Filenames
  • Application
  • Icons and Bitmaps
  • Test Engine
  • Determining the Platform
• Index
• About this document ...