[Cuis-dev] Proposal to change the way debugger lists categories

[Hernan Wilkinson]

Hi Joaquín!
 Thank you for the contribution! It is a great one. It makes selecting the
method category simpler. As you said, sorting the categories that way is
much much better.
 I made some changes to make it more declarative and testable. I also added
tests to the way categories are sorted. I hope you don't mind.
 It is on github now!

Cheers!
Hernan.

PD: I'm back for just one day :-)


On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 2:38 AM Gerald Klix via Cuis-dev <
cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st> wrote:

> Hi Joaquín,
>
> See below.
>
> On 7/14/21 10:16 PM, Joaquín Singer wrote:
> > Hi gerald,
> >
> > I noticed this behavior but, if I didn't misunderstand, it doesn't allow
> > you to see the categories that are in the following pages. What this
> change
> > does is show the list in the same way that it is shown when you want to
> > change the category of a message, having in the top all the categories in
> > the current class, then in the superclass, and so on.
> Yep, the following page is AFIR just a submenu.
> >
> > I like showing the last assigned or created on top of everything, at
> first
> > what I wanted to do was something similar, but then I realized that doing
> > it in the same hierarchical way as the option to change the category, was
> > useful in almost all cases and more consistent with the other
> > functionality. But if you think it's better to show it this way, I can
> > modify it.
> Ok, I will try to use our changes for some time.
> >
> > Did you tested it?
> Nope! I did touch my computer for only some minutes and did
> not use Cuis at all. Me sorry.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Joaquín.
> >
> > El mar, 13 jul 2021 a las 4:12, Gerald Klix (<csh.00 at klix.ch>) escribió:
> >
> >> Hi Joaquin,
> >>
> >> I have not yet tested your change set(s), I will do so today.
> >>
> >> But it should be pointed out, that you can type the first N letters
> >> when a menu is displayed, which disables all menu items
> >> that do not start with that prefix. Additionally you can
> >> use the up- and down-keys to select an item.
> >> In this way it is possible to select a category
> >> quickly using the keyboard.
> >>
> >> I frequently miss the categories I used recently in the menu,
> >> therefore IHMO a useful change would be to offer the last 4 (or N)
> >> categories assigned or created.
> >> When I add "instance creation' methods, I often miss the
> >> "instance creation" category at the instance side of class.
> >> Maybe it would make sense to present the class side categories
> >> in the instance side categories menu (and vice versa).
> >>
> >>
> >> Best Regards,
> >>
> >> Gerald
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 7/11/21 12:13 PM, Joaquín Singer via Cuis-dev wrote:
> >>> Hi everyone,
> >>>
> >>> I'm using Cuis in a class at my university and these last few weeks
> I've
> >>> been making small changes to the image with the intention of solving
> some
> >>> things that personally bothered me a little / I thought could be
> >> improved.
> >>>
> >>> If you don't mind, I'd like to share some of the changes with you so
> you
> >>> can discuss whether they are worth incorporating directly into the base
> >>> image.
> >>>
> >>> For example, in the debugger, when the create button is clicked, after
> >>> selecting a class, a list of the categories present in the hierarchy
> >>> appears in alphabetical order, and it is usually easier for me to
> retype
> >> it
> >>> with the option "new..." than to go through the list using "more..." in
> >>> search of the one I want. The way this works seems much more practical
> to
> >>> me when you want to change the category of a message, where it appears,
> >> in
> >>> addition to alphabetically, hierarchically ordered.
> >>>
> >>> I am attaching a changeset that modifies this.
> >>>
> >>> On the other hand, since the allMethodCategoriesIntegratedThrough:
> >> message
> >>> gives you the categories ordered alphabetically, I kept using it but
> >>> sending as an argument the same class that receives it. Is it okay to
> do
> >> it
> >>> this way? Or it would be more declarative to get them with the
> >>> "organization categories" messages and then sort them, in the same way
> as
> >>> categoryFromUserWithPrompt: for :? Another option that might make sense
> >> is
> >>> to create a new message called allMethodCategoriesSortedAlphabetically
> >> that
> >>> does not have to receive any arguments and also use it in
> >>> categoryFromUserWithPrompt: for:
> >>>
> >>> I have changesets with either of these last two options as well, so if
> >> you
> >>> decide to make the change and any of these seem more appropriate than
> the
> >>> implementation I'm submitting now, I can submit them.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>>
> >>> Joaquín.
> >>>
> >>> PS: Thanks for the work you do maintaining Cuis, I'm having a really
> good
> >>> time with it.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Gerald
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