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RE: [platform-ui-dev] Parameterized Commands (was 'Key Binding Problem')
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BTW,
there is already a 3rd party plug-in that can do this, however it works by
firing off JFace Actions:
(I'm
not affiliated, just saw a demo of it. It seemed to work fine.)
I'm a
bit unclear (ok, more than a bit) as to the difference between Commands and
Actions. If we have Actions, why do we need Commands?
2. A third
party plugin could contribute a macro system to eclipse which could allow the
user to create macros of commands to execute in sequence. I imaging it could a
provide a macro construction dialog, using the commands API to query the set
of available commands, allowing the user to create, save, delete, etc. macros
by name. Not only could the individual commands in a macro make use of
parameters, but the macro system itself could define a single command called
'Run Macro' which accepted a 'macro name' as a parameter. The macro system
could provide a handler which looks up macros by name, and executes the
commands in sequence. The handler might allow no parameters - perhaps it would
open a popup of the available macros?
