Re: SE2b GUI comments
Re: SE2b GUI comments
- Subject: Re: SE2b GUI comments
- From: Tim Bumgarner <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 19:09:08 -0500
Hi Mark,
Comments below.
On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 05:19 PM, Mark Butcher wrote:
Well, nice piece of work. Really nice piece of work. But there are
some things I'd like to see added:
1. Split window capability for the script window. Same as in Project
Builder. I'd _really_ like to see this.
We'll certainly consider this suggestion. One of the aims of the new
script editor is to keep it simple and not get too complicated in it's
usage.
2. Ability to open script in multiple windows. Same as Project
Builder. I'd _really_ like this too.
This one is less likely to happen (though not impossible) as this
definitely makes the UI more complex, though there are ways to mitigate
the issues somewhat.
3. I'm often working with scripts that are longer than the script
window. For de-bugging, the Result & Event Logs are very useful, but
with the new interface, they now take up space that otherwise would
show the script. Particularly as screens are wider than they are tall,
please put the Result & Event Logs at the side. I think this could be
done in one of two ways:
Ah, that's why there are separate Result History and Event Log History
windows. They work very much like the old Result window and Event Log
window, with the added benefit of being able to look back at the
history of previous executions (which are contained in drawers attached
to these windows). So go ahead and collapse the split bar in your
script window, open the Result History window (from the Windows menu)
or Event Log History window and you can position them wherever you
like, and their visibility and position are remembered between launches.
3.1. Put the Result & Event Log on the side in a split view, similar
to the Groups & Files pane of the main Project Builder window.
Double-clicking on the divider would collapse/expand the pane. I would
also like to be able to see _both_ the Results and Event log at the
same time without clicking around in the window or pecking at the
keyboard, so maybe have the Results and Event Log as split views
within their pane, so both can be viewed. I would much prefer this
option.
See the above comment.
3.2. Add the Results & Event Logs to the drawer. Make the drawer
bigger. If it's the same drawer as the Description, the keystroke
equivalents for toggling the drawer contents could be:
cmd-1 = Result
cmd-2 = Event Log
cmd-3 = Description (default when opening a window)
See the above comment.
4. Find forwards/backwards from selection/insertion point. To my
recollection, this was mentioned earlier, and Tim had said they'd kept
the Find the same as other apps. I'd argue that if it's useful, put it
in and don't be held back by other apps that haven't bothered to
implement a feature. Besides, finding backwards may be more useful for
programming than word processing, as we might be trying to trace
something back from a line that's error-ing. I say put it in.
Noted, and it's likely this will make it in.
I guess what I'm really asking for in my requests 1 thru 3 is having
an GUI that's more sympathetic to working on longer scripts.
MarkB
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Thanks again for your suggestions. Keep them coming as we are
definitely listening!
Tim Bumgarner
AppleScript Engineering
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