[news.eclipse.modeling.amalgam] Re: couple of useability questions

[Richard Gronback <richard.gronback@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Steve (or is it Bill?),

If I'm thinking of the right commercial product you're referring to, and I
think I am, I've tried to answer your questions below...

Best,
Rich


On 4/21/09 11:41 AM, in article gskpfh$1lo$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Bill Hinge"
<steve.orobec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I've just started using amalgam and I like it.
> 
> I have previously used a commercial GMF based tool & the vanilla
> Eclipse. I liked the commercial product but it seems that amalgam gives
> a bit better low level support ie creation of gmfmap and generator
> models when doing complex things.

Well, the commercial tool provided the same capabilities, though hidden by
default.

> I noticed that when I create a gmfmap diagram that my DSL attributes are
> not automatically created unlike in commercial tools. This may be a bit
> of a pain if I need to recreate the file. Is there an easier way of
> doing adding attributes?

Not really.  Aside from the wizard provided by GMF, there is nothing more
related to this in Amalgam.

> Also I note that if I make changes to the gmfmap etc, the gmfgen doesn't
> seem to be updated automatically. Is there a way of ensuring my
> gmfgen is updated?

Sorry, that's another commercial-only feature.  You'll need to manually
regenerate the gmfgen from the gmfmap when you make changes.
 
> I had a look but I didn't notice a way of creating figure gallery (as
> found in the commercial tools - does this exist? I'm thinking of the
> ability to set RGB colours etc ;)

Sorry again, the concept of a figure gallery is also commercial-only.
Really, it's just a fancy gmfgraph editor.

> regards
> Steve

-- 
Thanks,
Rich