[news.eclipse.platform.rcp] Re: Calling a command guru: editor menu enab

["Marc E" <marc.esher@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I will check it out. Thanks Remo!

"Remo Loetscher" <remo.loetscher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> Hi Marc,
>
> > Is there an easy way to debug this stuff?
>
> You can download and install the yari eclipse plugin 
> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/yari/).
>
> Yari will not allow you to intercept the running system but the 
> "expression evaluator" dialog (in the yari main menu) offers you a way for 
> the runtime evaluation of eclipse expressions.
> Paste the following snippet in the "Enter an expression and..." text field 
> and evaluate the expression:
>
> <with variable="selection">
>   <instanceof
>     value="org.eclipse.jface.text.ITextSelection">
>   </instanceof>
> </with>
>
> This should evaluate to "true" for text selections, otherwise to 
> "false"...
>
> In the "Evalute ISource constant" tab you can also inspect the current 
> value of the selection: switch to the tab, select 
> "ACTIVE_CURRENT_SELECTION_NAME" and open the object pushing the "inspect 
> result".
>
> hth,
>
> Remo
>
> Marc Esher wrote:
> > Sweet. Thanks Paul.
> >
> > Is there an easy way to debug this stuff? For example, at runtime, can I 
> > intercept at the point where the menu is going to be evaluated and see 
> > what the "selection" object actually is?