how to get library path editor entries in alphabetical order

[Rachel Smith]

Is there a way to do this? The lib manager lists all the libs in
alphabetical order, so why can't the lib path editor do the same?
Thanks. (using icfb 5.0.32)

 

[G Vandevalk]

But it is possible to have your own custom colors for each library type!

-- Gerry



"Andrew Beckett" <andrewb@DcEaLdEeTnEcTe.HcIoSm> wrote in message
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Frederic, Rachel,

The library manager customization you are talking about here can't be
done. There isn't that level of control over the library manager.

Similarly, the library path editor has no customization capability at
all (except a couple of cdsenv vars to control how the locking of
cds.lib files works).

So these would have to be enhancement requests to customer support.

Regards,

Andrew.

On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 18:25:34 +0100, fogh
cad_support@skipthisandunderscores.catena.nl> wrote:

Rachel Smith wrote:
Is there a way to do this? The lib manager lists all the libs in
alphabetical order, so why can't the lib path editor do the same?
Thanks. (using icfb 5.0.32)
Doesn t it makes more sense for the library editor to list definitions
in the
order they are found, rather than alphabetical?

I would myself be very interested in customising the library manager so
that
it puts editable libraries on top, libraries with their own techfile in
bold
font, ...

 

[A. B.]

Andrew Beckett wrote:

Frederic, Rachel,

The library manager customization you are talking about here can't be
done. There isn't that level of control over the library manager.

Similarly, the library path editor has no customization capability at
all (except a couple of cdsenv vars to control how the locking of
cds.lib files works).

So these would have to be enhancement requests to customer support.

while at this, I'd like to see this "sort" function added to
"Design Variables" in the ADE form.

Regards,

Andrew.

On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 18:25:34 +0100, fogh
cad_support@skipthisandunderscores.catena.nl> wrote:


Rachel Smith wrote:

Is there a way to do this? The lib manager lists all the libs in
alphabetical order, so why can't the lib path editor do the same?
Thanks. (using icfb 5.0.32)

Doesn t it makes more sense for the library editor to list definitions in the
order they are found, rather than alphabetical?

I would myself be very interested in customising the library manager so that
it puts editable libraries on top, libraries with their own techfile in bold
font, ...

 

[fogh]

OK Andrew,
thanks for pointing that it is a dead end. I am not so familiar with
Xwindow. I already noticed that library manager does not respond to the
X11 editres app (not linked to Xmu or stg like that?), but thought it
was only reflecting a lack of protocol, and that it would still somehow
be possible to change resources on the fly.
The workbenches are since ic446 better with X11/motif, a shame
library manager does not follow and improve too.

Andrew Beckett wrote:

But I don't think you can change the library manager resources for individual widget
instances, dynamically in a running program. At least, not unless it is designed that way.

And how you'd do it from SKILL is anyone's guess.

Andrew.

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:25:19 +0100, fogh <cad_support@skipthisandunderscores.catena.nl> wrote:


Maybe he is doing it at a low level. With database triggers to determine color
and using X11 protocol to manipulate library manager resources and actually set
the color.

Gerry, please tell us !

Andrew Beckett wrote:

Really? How?

If this is now possible, it must have passed me by. You could do it in
the old 4.3.4 library browser, but I don't know of a way of doing this
with the library manager. There are a number of enhancement requests
for this, so I'm intrigued to know how you're doing it. Perhaps I
might learn something!

Regards,

Andrew.

On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 13:46:47 -0500, "G Vandevalk" <vdvalk@rogers.com
wrote:



But it is possible to have your own custom colors for each library type!

-- Gerry



"Andrew Beckett" <andrewb@DcEaLdEeTnEcTe.HcIoSm> wrote in message
news:3oroo057qm0rd8kbe7b0v3uv79pv5ir5ak@4ax.com...


Frederic, Rachel,

The library manager customization you are talking about here can't be
done. There isn't that level of control over the library manager.

Similarly, the library path editor has no customization capability at
all (except a couple of cdsenv vars to control how the locking of
cds.lib files works).

So these would have to be enhancement requests to customer support.

Regards,

Andrew.

On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 18:25:34 +0100, fogh
cad_support@skipthisandunderscores.catena.nl> wrote:



Rachel Smith wrote:


Is there a way to do this? The lib manager lists all the libs in
alphabetical order, so why can't the lib path editor do the same?
Thanks. (using icfb 5.0.32)

Doesn t it makes more sense for the library editor to list definitions

in the


order they are found, rather than alphabetical?

I would myself be very interested in customising the library manager so

that


it puts editable libraries on top, libraries with their own techfile in

bold


font, ...