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XRCed README
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Installation on UNIX
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XRCed requires wxGTK and wxPython greater than 2.3.2, and Python 2.2 (it may
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work with earlier version, but was not tested).
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Of course wxGTK's XRC library (libwxxrc) must be installed.
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Installation on Windows
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Works with wxPython 2.3.2 for Python 2.2.
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Short manual
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XRCed's idea is very straightforward: it is a visual tool for editing an XML
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file conforming to XRC format. Every operation performed in XRCed has direct
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correspondence to XML structure. So it is not really a usual point-and-click
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GUI builder, but don't let that scare you.
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To start xrced, change to the directory where you installed it and run
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"python2.2 xrced.py".
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On UNIX you can edit wrapper script "xrced.sh" to point to your installation
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directory.
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To create an object, first you should select some object in the tree (or the
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root item if it's empty) then press the right mouse button and select an
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appropriate command. The pulldown menu is context-dependent on the selected
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object.
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XRCed tries to guess if new object should be added as a next sibling or a
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child of current object, depending on the possibility of the object to have
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child objects and expanded state (if tree item is collapsed, new object will
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be sibling). You can change this behavior to create siblings by pressing and
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holding the Shift and Control keys before clicking the mouse.
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Pressed Control key while pressing right button makes next item a sibling of
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selected item regardless of its expanded state.
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Pressed Shift key changes the place for inserting new child to be before
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selected child, not after as by default.
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Panel on the right contains object properties. Properties which are optional
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should be "checked" first. This panel can be made separate by unchecking
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"Embed Panel" in View menu.
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All properties can be edited as text, and some are supplied with special
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editing controls.
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The names of the properties are exactly as in XRC file, and it's usually not
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hard to guess what they do. XML ID is the name of the window, and must be
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present for top-level windows (though this is not enforced by XRCed).
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To display the preview window double-click a top-level object (you should
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assign an XMLID to it first), press "Test" toolbar button or select command
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from View menu, or press F5. After that, if you select a child object, it
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becomes highlighted, and if you change it, preview is updated when you select
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another item or press Ctrl-R (refresh). To turn off automatic update, toggle
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"View->Auto-refresh" or toolbar auto-refresh button (to the right of the
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refresh button).
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Copyright 2001 Roman Rolinsky <rolinsky@mema.ucl.ac.be>
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