[mcclim-devel] DEFINE-APPLCATION-STARTER and a modified Clim Launcher

[Max-Gerd Retzlaff]

Hello

On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 04:03:00PM +0100, Troels Henriksen wrote:
> Generally, I think your idea is very cool. A standardized way to start
> applications (apart from `run-frame-toplevel') would be highly
> useful.

Thank you.


> I do, however, have a request:
> 
> Max-Gerd Retzlaff <m.retzlaff at gmx.net> writes:
> 
> >    Clim Launcher
> >
> > Together with the Launcher by Dwight Holman there is an additional
> > benefit: The macro can announce the created starter to it. So that
> > if you use it to define the function that fires up your GUI it will
> > automatically displayed in the Clim Launcher.
> 
> This functionality should not be wired to a specific launcher
> program. Instead, McCLIM should maintain an *application-entry-points*
> alist that maps application names to functions. Thereby, any
> CLIM-application will be able to retrieve a list of the programs
> available. This would also open for the possibility of creating
> alternative launcher programs.

This is perfectly possible. Think of CLIM-LAUNCHER as just what you
want + a simplistic standard GUI. The list of applications ist called
clim-launcher::*applications* (though it is not an association list
right now but a list of application objects (this is part of what
Dwight has written)), and the interface function to add and delete
applications are currently named ADD-APPLICATION and DELETE-APPLICATION
(see the footnote in my other, just sent mail about the names).

I've just seperated both parts: The "backend" has right now got
39 lines of code, and the current GUI consists of 45 lines. To
separate the parts is a good idea, and I have just done that in
my private directory. Though I would like to have this very simple
GUI interface included directly into McCLIM.

This doesn't mean that there cannot be another shiny, flashing
"launch bar" that is available via a separate package.

Bye,
Max

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