[Cuis-dev] How do I read a file dragged and dropped on to the desktop?

[H. Hirzel]

To start giving the answer myself:

1. I dropped a *.st file onto the desktop.

2. I get a popup menu with the options

- browse code
- open code changes
- file in

3. I pick the most prominent menu in the sense that there are probably 
not many occurrences of it in the code: 'open code changes'.

4. I want to paste this into either a TextEditor or a Workspace. If I 
paste 'open code changes' into a Workspace the word 'open' changes to 
the color red which suggests that this is not the right place to do this 
kind of operation.  But in fact is,  as only in the WorkSpace I have the 
'right-click-menu-choice' of 'Method Strings with it (E)' which brings 
up the result


ChangeList

````

serviceContents
     "Answer a service for opening a changelist browser on a file"

     ^ (SimpleServiceEntry
         provider: self
         label: 'open code changes'
         selector: #browseContents:
         description: 'open a code file contents tool on this file'
         buttonLabel: 'all changes'
         icon: #changesIcon)
             sortOrder: 20

````

 From here I can work backwards to explore the implementation of the 
service architecture and find out how to implement a service for a file 
extension not included yet.

Note: The menu option 'Method Strings with it (E)' has an (E) indicating 
that there is a keyboard shortcut for it. On my MicrosoftWindows 
installation ALT+E does not directly do it but it gives an options 
dialog where I can specify the scope where the search is done.

--HH

On 26/04/2025 9:39 am, H. Hirzel wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am looking for a hints/an explantation/howTo which explains how I 
> can read a file dragged from the FileExplorer outside Cuis onto the 
> Cuis desktop.
>
> Thank you in advance for the suggestions.
>
> Hannes
>
>