From: Bernard Desgraupes (berdesg@EASYNET.FR)
Date: 7 Jul 00, 23:57 EST
From: Bernard Desgraupes <berdesg@EASYNET.FR> Subject: A mode for MPW I have written a mode concerning MPW (Macintosh Programmer's Workshop) which, I hope, could be of some interest for MPW users. MPW has its own editing capacities but it misses a lot of Alpha's traditional features. MPWS mode allows you to use Alpha as a frontend to MPW in order to write AND to process scripts and commands written in the MPW language. It adds a new menu in the menu bar. Main features are : syntax coloring, elaborate system of abbreviations and word completion, immediate help, executing command lines and scripts from within Alpha, retrieving the results in Alpha, getting or setting the value of all MPW variables and paths, browsing easily in the commands history etc. MPWS mode relies entirely on the capacities of the Tool Server application for communicating with MPW through Apple Events. For this mode to work properly, you must have installed MPW 3.3 or later and the ToolServer software. If you want a complete description of the mode, here is an html version of the Help file : http://perso.easynet.fr/~berdesg/mpwhelp.html I have made mpwMode available on my Web page at : http://perso.easynet.fr/~berdesg/mpwMode.sit.hqx This Stuffit archive contains the mpwMode.tcl file, a Help file, a ResEdit resource to install MPW's icon as a menu icon and an OPEN TO INSTALL file. It is the first release (0.1b). I have tested it a lot but please report any problem. I call it MPWS to avoid conflicts with a mode called MPW and defined internally in the shellMode.tcl package. My mode is completely different from the ToolServer Shell in Alpha but in no way contradicts it. I'd be very grateful if MPW users could send me some feedback. Cheers, Bernard