Version 42 of ML - Heavily Modified & Improved

Updated 2005-02-21 13:41:06

A modified version of ML tk Text Editor - v1.12 [L1 ]

The Zipguy 02/15/2005 zipguypub @ nonags dot com

Here's the upgraded interface of ML:

http://www.nonags.org/members/zipguy/tcl/ml/ml_01.jpg

The version 113 has been modified by The Zipguy to version 1.20 Changes:

  • Added toolbar for icons
  • Uses a Panned window for the Procs which is resizeable so you can maximize the horizontal area of the file being editted
  • You can Run the file (after saving)
  • You can Run the file ../../main.tcl above it,which is useful for testing unwrapped starkits)
  • Can have different splits for each file being editted
  • Made the Popup window on right click Tearoff
  • Added "Save" choice to the popup
  • Added "Save & Run" choice to the popup
  • Added "Save & Run main.tcl" choice to the popup
  • Modified logic so popup is placed correctly when not maximized
  • Does not Maximize the Window on start
  • Increased the size of the font for procs
  • Colors are now variables and are loaded/saved in ml_cfg/ml
  • ml_cfg.ml is now written in the folder from which ml was run, NOT in the edited file's folder.
  • Modified the Procedure Navigator text and the About window text to reflect that this is v1.20 (ZipGuy) version

There is a new popup menu on a right click:

http://www.nonags.org/members/zipguy/tcl/ml/mlpopup.jpg

Note that this version lets you run the ../../main.tcl file which is what the starkit would run.

Is anyone interested in it?

LV Sure!

Zipguy: Here's the ML version 1.20 kit: [L2 ] (right click on the # 2 link and click on "Save Target as")

AET 21feb05 Very nice! A great (and small!) addition to the developer's toolkit. Well done! My copy (.kit) fails if it starts in a path with spaces (sourcing poToolHelp.tcl). Run and Save + Run have the same problem.

Also doesn't obey some MSWindowsXPSP2 wm rules, 'cos when I use it with TopDesk (an old desktop pager), it stays with the screen, not the desktop. No other program does that (including Tk), and I've used lots over the years.

<HopefulThinking> Now, if I could integrate it into tkcon instead of the viewer/editor, wouldn't that be good? And if it had a step through debugger with breakpoints . . . </HopefulThinking>

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