7 litle questions about Amaretto !

[cyke64]

Hello ,

After searching in the documentation and trying other things i can resolve these following problems !

1) How to use sub-menu in menu. I try to use sublist but it doesn't work :-(

Options -> menu 1 -> submenu 1
-> submenu 2

2) How to exit directly from a python script without entering in Python Installer ?

3) I try and i succeed to use the right soft key (app.exit_key_handler) for making other things than exiting python script but how to change the name of this right soft key ?

4) How to retrieve the text selected in the text editor UI control (with pencil and arrow keys) ?

5) How to capture in the text editor UI control the following keys with bind : Pencil or ABC , alphabetic character ( A,B,C,D etc.) , Keys 0 to 9
Menu key , Red key and Green key , key combinations (pencil and 1) ?

6) How to modify the following properties of the text editor UI control ?

- Font color (It appears in green only ?)
- Font size (Only 8 lines per screen ?)
- Proportional font only ? (Can i use fixed font instead ?)

7) Last but not least ... The callable object in a bind statement is called for a specified event in the following order :


a) callback function setup by bind
b) real function

Can i replace the real function by the callback or inverse the previous calling order ?

Thank you for your answers !

[rjstone]

Originally posted by cyke64

2) How to exit directly from a python script without entering in Python Installer ?

Well, I know this one. Use appuifw.app.set_exit(). Here's a function that only sets this for a script that wasn't executed from the interpreter (such as a py2sis application):

def set_exit_if_standalone():
    """Only set_exit() if this wasn't invoked from the interpreter ui."""
    appname = appuifw.app.full_name()
    if appname[-10:] != u"Python.app":
        appuifw.app.set_exit()

[jplauril]

Originally posted by cyke64
Hello ,

After searching in the documentation and trying other things i can resolve these following problems !

1) How to use sub-menu in menu. I try to use sublist but it doesn't work :-(

Options -> menu 1 -> submenu 1
-> submenu 2

2) How to exit directly from a python script without entering in Python Installer ?

3) I try and i succeed to use the right soft key (app.exit_key_handler) for making other things than exiting python script but how to change the name of this right soft key ?

4) How to retrieve the text selected in the text editor UI control (with pencil and arrow keys) ?

5) How to capture in the text editor UI control the following keys with bind : Pencil or ABC , alphabetic character ( A,B,C,D etc.) , Keys 0 to 9
Menu key , Red key and Green key , key combinations (pencil and 1) ?

6) How to modify the following properties of the text editor UI control ?

- Font color (It appears in green only ?)
- Font size (Only 8 lines per screen ?)
- Proportional font only ? (Can i use fixed font instead ?)

7) Last but not least ... The callable object in a bind statement is called for a specified event in the following order :


a) callback function setup by bind
b) real function

Can i replace the real function by the callback or inverse the previous calling order ?

Thank you for your answers !

You already got the answer for question 2. Features 1,3,4,6 and 7 are not supported. As to question 5, you should be able to bind at least the green button and the menu key.

[otsov]

Originally posted by cyke64

1) How to use sub-menu in menu. I try to use sublist but it doesn't work :-(

Options -> menu 1 -> submenu 1
-> submenu 2

This is supported in the new alpha releases (1.1.1 onwards, inclusive):

    appuifw.app.menu = [(u"item 1", func1),
                        (u"Submenu 1", ((u"sub item 1", func2), 
                                        (u"sub item 2", func3) ))
                        ]

Notice though that "py2sis" generated SIS files will not be able to use sub-menus yet - this results in "CONE 14" panic. There is a workaround though: "unsis" the release package and move the "python.rsc" to folder "templates" (under "py2sis") and rename "python.rsc" to "pyrsc_template.tmp".

[jplauril]

Originally posted by cyke64
Hello ,

6) How to modify the following properties of the text editor UI control ?

- Font color (It appears in green only ?)
- Font size (Only 8 lines per screen ?)
- Proportional font only ? (Can i use fixed font instead ?)

This is now supported in the 1.1 series.