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4:40:41
loke
beach: After having spent time understanding Maxima a bit, I now have reached the point where I want to create a first version of a CLIM interface. Now, the interaction model of Maxima is basically that of a REPL: You type a command, you get some output. The commands a strings in Maxima format, and the output are equations, or sets of equation (and sometimes other things). What model should I base this on? Something that allows me to
4:40:41
loke
both input and output stuff, something like the interactor. Should I just use an appliction pane and put some input box there?
4:43:37
beach
The output seems straightforward, right? You receive math formulae from Maxima, so you format it into output records and display them.
4:45:08
loke
Right, but how do I read the input? So far I've alweays used the interactor to input stuff.
4:46:16
loke
I know that, but the interactor pane doesn't allow me to input arbitrary text, does it? It has commands with arguments and stuff.
4:47:06
loke
Exactly. And I guess that's my question. How do I do that? Is there an example I can look at?
4:50:03
loke
I just tested READ-LINE in a display funciton. And remarkably enough, it works, but the UI hangs white it sites in the READ-LINE and there is no echoing of characters, not editing capabilities.
4:51:35
loke
As for the interactor, there is no clear way to actually call READ-LINE. Also, the interactor will always fall back to its own input mechanism after it's done, so I don't think that's the correct way to go.
4:53:34
loke
I'm looking at the CLIM LIstener code. They use something called (MAKE-CLIM-STREAM-PANE) with an INTERACTOR-PANE
5:00:30
beach
The CLIM listener uses Drei as an input editor. Drei is the input-editor subset of (first) Climacs. I think you would want to do the same.