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- VOODOO Menu Help
-
-
- version: 2.0
- created: 06/30/97 {11:13:46 pm}
- last update: 1/3/01 {11:08:16 AM}
-
-
-
- IMPORTANT: This version of AlphaVOODOO only functions with Alpha v7.4,
- including those versions available from:
-
- <ftp://ftp.ucsd.edu/pub/alpha/>
-
-
- This package integrates the Alpha text editor
-
- <http://alpha.olm.net/>
-
-
- with the VOODOO (Versions Of Outdated Documents Organized Orthogonally)
- version management package:
-
- <http://www.unisoftsofwareplus.com/products/voodoo.html>
-
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- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- Projects
-
-
- Select the "VOODOO --> Connect --> Choose…" menu item to assign a VOODOO
- project. Once selected, a settings dialog will be provided for the project
- before connecting to it. The project name, for Alpha's purposes, is a near
- approximation of its actual name, with curly brackets removed and a number
- appended in the event of name conflicts. The name can be changed by
- selecting "VOODOO --> Connect --> Rename…". Each new project is added to the
- "VOODOO --> Connect" submenu for easy reconnection.
-
- Currently, selection of a new project automatically disconnects the old one.
- This is done, in part, because that's what the BBEdit extension does. If you
- would like more than one project to remain connected for some reason, let me
- know. The active project is also disconnected when you quit Alpha. Let me
- know if this is a problem.
-
- NOTE: Because of limitations in Alpha's AppleEvent interface, VOODOO will not
- be brought forward if there is anything wrong with your user name or
- password. You'll get an alert (e.g., blinking icon in the menu bar) and you
- can manually shift to VOODOO, but it won't happen automatically.
-
- There currently is no mechanism for creating VOODOO projects through
- AppleEvents, so you will need to create your project in VOODOO, but you can
- then use Alpha to define what files should be in the project (such as adding
- all open windows or all files of an Alpha fileset). There is not currently a
- straight-forward way to determine what files are already in a project, such
- that an Alpha fileset could be created from an existing VOODOO project. I
- know of a cumbersome way to do it, so if it's important to you, let me know
- and I'll see what I can do.
-
-
- Settings
-
- User name
-
- VOODOO uses the Macintosh's owner name as its default user name for a
- project. Unfortunately, this name is not always available to Alpha.
- AlphaVOODOO tries the following, in order, to set the user name for the
- project:
-
- • Under Mac OS 8.x, get the the owner name from the File Sharing control
- panel.
- <<try {error::alertnote [tclAE::build::OS8userName]} -reporting taciturn>>
-
- • Under Mac OS 7.x, or if the previous failed, get the owner of the
- system's preferences file (almost certain to be the Mac's owner).
- <<try {error::alertnote [tclAE::build::OS7userName]} -reporting taciturn>>
-
- • As a last resort, such as if File Sharing is disabled, get the user name
- from Internet Config.
- <<try {error::alertnote [icGetPref RealName]} -reporting taciturn>>
-
- Variants
-
- You may restrict the VOODOO variants which are visible by either typing the
- variant names in explicitly or by clicking the "Variants…" button in the
- "VOODOO --> Settings…" dialog. As long as the project is logged on, a list
- of available variants will be provided, allowing you to select or
- <shift>-select the variant(s) you are interested in. If the project is not
- logged on, the most recently available list will be provided, along with a
- warning that it is not current.
-
- You may, if you get your jollies that way, type in the variant names.
- Enclose each variant name in squirrely brackets, e.g.,
-
- {Variant 1} {Variant 2} {Variant 3}
-
- Actions
-
- Once Alpha is connected to a VOODOO project, files in Alpha may be
-
- • stored to
- • fetched from (read or read-only)
- • status checked against
- • added to
-
- that project. Any of these actions may be performed on
-
- • the topmost window
- • all open windows
- • the current fileset
- (ftp filesets are not supported (any thoughts on what
- this would even mean?))
-
- File comparison
-
- Unlike the other version management actions, file comparison is only
- available for the topmost window. In order to compare a file in Alpha with
- an archived file, you need VOODOO version 1.8.1 or greater; AlphaVOODOO
- knows this and will throw an error if it detects an earlier version.
-
- Note: If you have more than one copy of Alpha, this action is
- unpredictable. VOODOO always launches the copy of Alpha defined in the
- Desktop Database, rather than talking to the copy that's currently running.
- There's nothing to be done about this from Alpha's end; it needs to be
- changed by UNISOFT.
-
- Customizing actions
-
- Hold down the <option> key in the VOODOO menu to use VOODOO's dialog to make
- adjustments to Fetch, Store, and Add requests before completing them.
-
- Key bindings
-
- To the curious: The key binding prefix for the "Window" operations,
- <command><shift><control>, was selected as having no (known) conflicts with
- other modes, thereby allowing all VOODOO commands to have the same
- bindings with "logical" letters.
-
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- Acknowledgments
-
-
- My thanks to Christoph Reichenberger for writing VOODOO in the first place,
- and for providing extensive help on this package in the second.
-
- I'm indebted to Pete Keleher for having provided an editor worth connecting
- to and to Vince Darley for making it much easier to write packages.
-
- I've borrowed liberally and shamelessly from Vince Darley's "Vince's
- Additions". Thanks Vince!
-
-
- To do
-
-
- • Implement VOODOO logs in browser mode.
-
- • VOODOO should respect the currently running Alpha for compares, rather
- than always launching the one in the Desktop Database.
-
-
- Recent Changes
-
-
- 2.0 January 3, 2001
-
-
- • Compatibility with (and requirement of) AlphaTcl 7.4.
- • Verified compatibility with VOODOO Personal.
-
-
- 1.0.1 December 17, 1999
-
-
- • Compatibility with Tcl 8.x, from VMD.
- • URL revisions.
- • Installation fixes.
-
-
- 1.0.0 October 20, 1998
-
-
- • Release!
- • Documentation revisions.
- • Installation fixes.
-
-
- 1.0.0b7 May 6, 1998
-
-
- • Code reorganization.
- • Vince's updated menu tools used.
- • Updated aebuild/aeparse/aecoerce suite used for more automated
- handling of AppleEvents.
- • cmd argument removed from proc: voodoo::eligibleFiles. upvar used
- now.
- • proc: voodoo::try more flexible and makes use of updated try command.
- • voodoo::*userName moved to "aebuild.tcl"
- • Overly clever upvar mechanism for changing projects eliminated.
- Master projects are now ordinally numbered,
- voodoo::projects::[0-9]+, and are swapped in and out of
- voodooProjects.
- • Incremental numbers on projects changed from "<nn>" to "[nn]"
- for better menu compatibility.
- • Minimum version of VOODOO for compares is 1.8.1. Earlier betas
- worked too, but they have expired now.
-
-
- 1.0.0b6 March 1, 1998
-
-
- • AlphaVOODOO is a better citizen now, providing an uninstall
- script and cleaning up messes left by earlier installers.
- • Error catching and handling mechanism now much more general.
- • In the event that none of the selected files are eligible for
- VOODOO, e.g., shells, Diff reports, etc, an alert is now
- posted. Before, nothing happened at all.
- • Instead of setting the default project owner's name to
- InternetConfig's user name, which virtually never gave the
- correct result, AlphaVOODOO now obtains the Mac's owner
- name under MacOS 8.x and makes a pretty good guess under MacOS
- 7.x (by using the owner of the Preference folder; almost
- certain to be the Mac's owner).
- • Old "appleEvents.tcl" calls replaced with new "aebuild.tcl" calls.
- • Various minor bug fixes.
- • VOODOO's new «event CompComp» is _not_ supported, due to lack
- of capability in Alpha's AppleEvent interface.
- 'compareExternalFiles' renamed to 'proc: voodoo::compareFiles'.
- • Better integration with "diffMode.tcl" (requiring changes to
- both Diff mode and AlphaVOODOO).
- • NOTE: Due to a crashing bug in Alpha, if an error is
- returned from a call to VOODOO while Alpha is in the
- background (switched either manually or from using the
- "With Dialog" menu option), an alert dialog will not be
- displayed. As much of the message as possible will be
- displayed in the status bar, instead.
-
-
- 1.0.0b5 December 22, 1997
-
-
- • Further modernizations for Vince Darley's Alpha 7. NOTE:
- As of this version, AlphaVOODOO is incompatible with Alpha
- 6.5.x. Please contact me, supplying a note from your
- mother, if you are unable/unwilling to migrate to Alpha 7.
- • Support for the new «event compcomp» compare AE from
- VOODOO. As of VOODOO 1.8.1b6, the old "DoScript" interface
- is still used, unless Alpha's creator is changed from
- 'ALFA'. Either way, the new "diffMode.tcl" is exploited.
- • Interim patch file "coreFixes+.tcl" that fixes the broken
- Alpha proc specToPathName. If you have the December 20,
- 1997 release of Alpha 7 or later (how 'bout some real
- version numbers, Vince?), this file is not needed, as both
- it and "aevt.tcl" are in the System code.
- • The code in "diff+.tcl" and "appleEvents+.tcl" has been
- incorporated in Alpha's core code. These files may be (and
- should be) safely removed from Alpha's PREFS folder.
-
-
- 1.0.0b4 September 5, 1997
-
-
- • Installer now compliant with Vince Darley's new Tcl structure.
- Still works on old systems, too.
- • Project naming and selection now more flexible.
- • All files in fileset now stored and fetched with VOODOO, rather
- than just TEXT files.
- • Nice display of "Add" and "Locking Status" operations. When
- VOODOO's AppleEvent model supports it, "Store" and "Fetch" will
- generate reports too.
-
-
- 1.0.0b3 August 10, 1997
-
-
- • Multiple VOODOO projects now supported, with easy menu
- selection.
- • Redesigned settings dialog.
- • Menu redesign; renamed some items and properly disable items
- when appropriate.
- • Changed key bindings to (the somewhat more cumbersome)
- <command><shift><control>. The new bindings don't conflict
- with any other modes, so far as I know.
- • Improved display of locking-status and add results
- • More robust AppleEvent parsing and handling.
- • More comprehensive and robust error catching.
- • "Log On" and "Log Off" renamed to "Connect" and
- "Disconnect" at Christoph's suggestion.
-
-
- 1.0.0b2 July 15, 1997
-
-
- • Many error conditions eliminated or handled more gracefully.
- • No longer logs on automatically to select filters.
- • "Project Settings…" dialog sizes itself to the main screen.
- • Filters applied prior to each pertinant action, rather than
- only when changed (the old way meant that the variant filters
- assiged in Alpha might be ignored).
- • Much code commenting.
- • Improved log-in status check.
- • Most dialogs eliminated. User requested dialogs are now handled
- entirely by VOODOO.
- • VOODOO's reply from 'compare' events is now handled properly.
- • Only currently open windows are refreshed after a fileset fetch.
- Remaining files in fileset are fetched, but not opened.
- • Big VOODOO menu icon eliminated.
-
-
- 1.0.0b1 July 1, 1997
-
-
- Original
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-
-
- License And Disclaimer
-
-
- This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
- the terms of the GNU General Public License.
-
- Author: Jonathan Guyer
- E-mail: <jguyer@his.com>
- www: <http://www.his.com/~jguyer/>
-
- Copyright (c) 1998-2000 Jonathan Guyer
-
-