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

[Bill Hinge <steve.orobec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rich

Yes it is Steve (Bill Hinge is a web alias I often use - I was born in a
place called Billinge ;-). Still pushing the case for GMF and seem to be
making progress


Thanks for the quick responses.

I tried to import across into the commercial product (am I allowed to
mention it ?) but I had a few inconsistencies. I've normally stuck with
the default wizard settings but I have tried several of the features.
I may try again next week if I have more time but the manual method
on amalgam seems to be working. There is a crude satisfaction in doing
everything manually though ;)

I may have some other questions later on if you don't mind. I split my
DSL into several ecore files and I'm using references to UML and Ecore
plugins etc. So far I've created a couple of gmf editors based on two of
the ecores so I think I'm getting a feel for how things may work.

I've now got a paper copy of your book to work from so that should help.

regards
Steve


Richard Gronback wrote:
> 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