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List:       ktexteditor-devel
Subject:    Re: Proposed new mark interface
From:       Anders Lund <anders () alweb ! dk>
Date:       2008-04-18 7:51:46
Message-ID: 200804180951.46295.anders () alweb ! dk
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On Thursday 17 April 2008, Hamish Rodda wrote:
> Hi,

> I have attached a proposal for a new mark interface.  Highlights:
> * mark types are changed from masks to regular integers (masks no longer
> needed)
>
> * smart cursors now used to represent a mark
>   * you can now insert a mark at any point in a line, and it will behave
> properly if you press enter before the mark point
>   * you can get notification of moves via the smart cursor feedback
> mechanisms
>
> * custom mark types can now be created in a way which is friendly to
> multiple plugins using the interface

This is very good, and we also talked about that being needed long time ago :)

> * mark types can be set to manual mode
>   * in manual mode, only requestAddMark / requestRemoveMark are emitted
> when a user tries to insert a mark
>   * it is then up to the client app to handle this (as documented)
>
> Feedback sought :)  (No implementation exists yet)
>
> Also, supporting the old interface is possible but it would be much nicer
> code-wise to stop supporting it of course, I presume we want to maintain
> backwards compatibility?

Yes, I think we should!

-- 
Anders

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