[Cuis-dev] [FIX] Re: Wrong feedback adding an extension category?

[Juan Vuletich]

Just integrated and pushed to GitHub.

Thanks!

On 3/8/2025 6:06 PM, H. Hirzel via Cuis-dev wrote:
> Gerald
>
> your fix 'Browser-addExtensionCategory.st' works fine in Cuis 7.3-7061.
>
> Adding a new extension category but also dismissing the dialog box 
> without adding a new category.
>
> Thank you.
>
> --Hannes
>
> On 08/03/2025 7:11 pm, Gerald Klix via Cuis-dev wrote:
>> Sorry messed it up.
>> Here comes a version that handles aborts properly.
>>
>> Fun fact: I discovered that omission, when I wanted
>> to add an extension category for my Haverize-package,
>> in the browser class. I wanted to add this very method,
>> to have the fixed version available in Haver, which
>> is based on Cuis 7.2
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/8/25 6:00 PM, Gerald Klix via Cuis-dev wrote:
>>> Hi List Members, Hi Juan,
>>>
>>> Please find enclosed a fix for the issue Hannes observed.
>>> I did only test it with Haver/Cuis 7.2, but I presume it will work
>>> for Cuis'  rolling release, as well.
>>>
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>>
>>> Gerald
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/8/25 5:06 PM, Gerald Klix via Cuis-dev wrote:
>>>> Confirmed!
>>>>
>>>> There is are two issues with Browser>>#addExtensionCategory.
>>>> First there is a coding error, this fragment
>>>>
>>>> (packageNames includes:                (newCategoryName copyUpTo: 
>>>> $-) allButFirst
>>>>
>>>> should read
>>>>
>>>> (packageNames includes:                (newCategoryName 
>>>> copyUpToLast: $-) allButFirst.
>>>>
>>>> The conceptional problem is that there should be some message that
>>>> should complain in a sensible way if you use just the package name 
>>>> as category (after the ‚*‘).
>>>>
>>>> Please give me 45 minutes to fix this.
>>>>
>>>> The intended use is to choose an existing category – ‚menu‘
>>>> in your case – and than choose „Add extension Category ...“
>>>> The text-input morph should contain the name 
>>>> „Graphics-Files-Additiona-menu“
>>>> in this case.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Til later,
>>>>
>>>> Gerald
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/6/25 5:39 PM, H. Hirzel via Cuis-dev wrote:
>>>>> Hello
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to add the method #exportAsPNG given below to class 
>>>>> Morph with an extension category indicating that it belongs to 
>>>>> package 'Graphics-Files-Additional'. The package has been loaded 
>>>>> before.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I choose the menu option 'New extension Category ...' I get
>>>>>
>>>>>     'The selected prefix does not match any package name. Do you 
>>>>> want to use it anyway?'
>>>>>
>>>>> If I say yes I can add it. However the feedback given seems to be 
>>>>> wrong.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Hannes
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> exportAsPNG
>>>>>     "Export the receiver's image as a PNG."
>>>>>     self request: 'Enter file name'
>>>>>         initialAnswer: (self printStringLimitedTo: 20),'.png'
>>>>>         do: [:aString| (self imageForm: 32) writePNGfileNamed: 
>>>>> aString]
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>


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