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<title>[801] trunk/wxruby2/doc/textile: Explain how to use the block-style
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<dt>Revision</dt> <dd>801</dd>
<dt>Author</dt> <dd>brokentoy</dd>
<dt>Date</dt> <dd>2006-12-23 22:22:34 -0500 (Sat, 23 Dec
2006)</dd>
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<h3>Log Message</h3>
<pre>Explain how to use the block-style class methods in these
classes</pre>

<h3>Modified Paths</h3>
<ul>
<li><a
href="#trunkwxruby2doctextilebusycursortxtl">trunk/wxruby2/doc/textile/busycursor.txtl</a></li>
<li><a
href="#trunkwxruby2doctextilebusyinfotxtl">trunk/wxruby2/doc/textile/busyinfo.txtl</a></li>
<li><a
href="#trunkwxruby2doctextilewindowdisablertxtl">trunk/wxruby2/doc/textile/windowdisabler.txtl</a></li>
</ul>

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<h3>Diff</h3>
<a id="trunkwxruby2doctextilebusycursortxtl"></a>
<div class="modfile"><h4>Modified:
trunk/wxruby2/doc/textile/busycursor.txtl (800 => 801)</h4>
<pre class="diff"><span>
<span class="info">---
trunk/wxruby2/doc/textile/busycursor.txtl&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp2006-12-24
02:43:39 UTC (rev 800)
+++
trunk/wxruby2/doc/textile/busycursor.txtl&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp2006-12-24
03:22:34 UTC (rev 801)
</span><span class="lines">@@ -1,45 +1,38 @@
</span><span class="cx"> h1(#wxbusycursor). Wx::BusyCursor
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-This class makes it easy to tell your user that the
program is temporarily busy.
-Just create a BusyCursor object on the stack, and within the current scope,
-the hourglass will be shown.
</del><ins>+This class makes it easy to tell your user that the
program is
+temporarily busy.  Just call the class method "busy":BusyCursor_busy,
+passing it a block; while the block is executed, the system''s
hourglass
+cursor will be displayed.
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> For example:
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-
-   BusyCursor wait;
</del><ins>+ Wx::BusyCursor.busy do 
+   # do some lengthy operation
+   # ...
+ end
</ins><span class="cx">  
</span><del>-   for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++)
-     DoACalculation();
- 
-
-It works by calling "BeginBusyCursor":beginbusycursor.html in the
constructor,
-and "EndBusyCursor":endbusycursor.html in the destructor.
-
</del><span class="cx"> h2. Derived from
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> None
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> h2. See also
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-"BeginBusyCursor":beginbusycursor.html,
"EndBusyCursor":endbusycursor.html,
"WindowDisabler":windowdisabler.html
</del><ins>+"BusyInfo":busyinfo.html,
"WindowDisabler":windowdisabler.html
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> <div
id="methods">
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-h2. Methods
</del><ins>+h2. Class methods
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-* "BusyCursor.new":#BusyCursor_new
</del><ins>+* "BusyCursor.busy":#BusyCursor_busy
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> </div>
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-h3(#BusyCursor_new). BusyCursor.new
</del><ins>+h3(#BusyCursor_busy). BusyCursor.busy
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-  *BusyCursor.new*(%(arg-type)Cursor% cursor =
HOURGLASS_CURSOR)
</del><ins>+  *BusyCursor.busy*() { ... }
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-Constructs a busy cursor object, calling
"BeginBusyCursor":beginbusycursor.html.
-
-  *destructor*()
-
-Destroys the busy cursor object, calling
"EndBusyCursor":endbusycursor.html.
-
</del><ins>+Changes the cursor into the system''s
''busy'' indicator (typically an
+hourglass), calls the passed block, then returns the cursor to normal
+once the block is completed.
</ins></span></pre></div>
<a id="trunkwxruby2doctextilebusyinfotxtl"></a>
<div class="modfile"><h4>Modified:
trunk/wxruby2/doc/textile/busyinfo.txtl (800 => 801)</h4>
<pre class="diff"><span>
<span class="info">---
trunk/wxruby2/doc/textile/busyinfo.txtl&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp2006-12-24
02:43:39 UTC (rev 800)
+++
trunk/wxruby2/doc/textile/busyinfo.txtl&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp2006-12-24
03:22:34 UTC (rev 801)
</span><span class="lines">@@ -1,69 +1,43 @@
</span><span class="cx"> h1(#wxbusyinfo). Wx::BusyInfo
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-This class makes it easy to tell your user that the
program is temporarily busy.
-Just create a BusyInfo object on the stack, and within the current scope,
-a message window will be shown.
</del><ins>+This class makes it easy to tell your user that the
program is
+temporarily busy. Just call the class method ''busy'' and run
the code
+that your program is busy with within a block. A small window with an
+informational message will be displayed on top of the application
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> For example:
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-
-     BusyInfo wait("Please wait, working...");
</del><ins>+ Wx::BusyInfo.busy("Please wait, working...")
do
+   # do some lengthy operation
+   # ...
+
end&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp
</ins><span class="cx">  
</span><del>-     for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++)
-     {
-         DoACalculation();
-     }
- 
-
-It works by creating a window in the constructor,
-and deleting it in the destructor.
-
-You may also want to call TheApp->Yield() to refresh the window
-periodically (in case it had been obscured by other windows, for
-example) like this:
-
-
-     WindowDisabler disableAll;
- 
-     BusyInfo wait("Please wait, working...");
- 
-     for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++)
-     {
-         DoACalculation();
- 
-         if ( !(i             TheApp->Yield();
-     }
- 
-
-but take care to not cause undesirable reentrancies when doing it (see 
-"App::Yield()":appyield.html for more details). The simplest way to
do
-it is to use "WindowDisabler":windowdisabler.html class as
illustrated
-in the above example.
-
</del><span class="cx"> h2. Derived from
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> None
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><ins>+h2. See also
+
+"BusyCursor":busycursor.html,
"WindowDisabler":windowdisabler.html
+
</ins><span class="cx"> <div id="methods">
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-h2. Methods
</del><ins>+h2. Class Methods
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-* "BusyInfo.new":#BusyInfo_new
</del><ins>+* "BusyInfo.busy":#BusyInfo_busy
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> </div>
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-h3(#BusyInfo_new). BusyInfo.new
</del><ins>+h3(#BusyInfo_busy). BusyInfo.busy
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-  *BusyInfo.new*(%(arg-type)String% msg, 
%(arg-type)Window% parent = nil)
</del><ins>+  *BusyInfo.new*(%(arg-type)String% msg,  
+                   %(arg-type)Window% parent = nil) { ... }
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-Constructs a busy info window as child of _parent_ and
displays _msg_
-in it.
</del><ins>+Displays a busy info window as child of _parent_ and
displays _msg_
+in it, while running the block. When the block''s execution is
completed,
+the busy info window is removed from the display.
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-*NB:* If _parent_ is not @NULL@ you must ensure that it
is not
</del><ins>+*NB:* If _parent_ is not @nil@ you must ensure that it
is not
</ins><span class="cx"> closed while the busy info is
shown.
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-  *destructor*()
-
-Hides and closes the window containing the information text.
-
</del></span></pre></div>
<a id="trunkwxruby2doctextilewindowdisablertxtl"></a>
<div class="modfile"><h4>Modified:
trunk/wxruby2/doc/textile/windowdisabler.txtl (800 => 801)</h4>
<pre class="diff"><span>
<span class="info">---
trunk/wxruby2/doc/textile/windowdisabler.txtl&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp2006-12-24
02:43:39 UTC (rev 800)
+++
trunk/wxruby2/doc/textile/windowdisabler.txtl&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp2006-12-24
03:22:34 UTC (rev 801)
</span><span class="lines">@@ -1,35 +1,41 @@
</span><span class="cx"> h1(#wxwindowdisabler).
Wx::WindowDisabler
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-This class disables all windows of the application (may
be with the exception
-of one of them) in its constructor and enables them back in its destructor.
-This comes in handy when you want to indicate to the user that the application
-is currently busy and cannot respond to user input.
</del><ins>+This class disables all windows of the application
temporarily while
+some code is executed. This comes in handy when you want to indicate to
+the user that the application is currently busy and cannot respond to
+user input. Optionally, one window may be excepted and not disabled.
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><ins>+To use this, call the class method
"disable":WindowDisabler_disable and
+pass it a block:
+
+ Wx::WindowDisabler.disable do
+   # do some lengthy operation
+   # ...
+ end
+
</ins><span class="cx"> h2. Derived from
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> None
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> h2. See also
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-"BusyCursor":busycursor.html
</del><ins>+"BusyCursor":busycursor.html,
"BusyInfo":busyinfo.html
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> <div
id="methods">
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-h2. Methods
</del><ins>+h2. Class methods
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-* "WindowDisabler.new":#WindowDisabler_new
</del><ins>+*
"WindowDisabler.disable":#WindowDisabler_disable
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> </div>
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-h3(#WindowDisabler_new). WindowDisabler.new
</del><ins>+h3(#WindowDisabler_disable). WindowDisabler.disable
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-  *WindowDisabler.new*(%(arg-type)Window% winToSkip =
nil)
</del><ins>+  *WindowDisabler.disable*(%(arg-type)Window% winToSkip
= nil) { ... }
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><span class="cx"> Disables all top level windows of
the applications with the exception of
</span><del>-_winToSkip_ if it is not @NULL@.
</del><ins>+_winToSkip_ if it is not @nil@. The passed block is then
executed, and
+when it is completed, all windows are re-enabled.
</ins><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-  *destructor*()
</del><span class="cx"> 
</span><del>-Reenables back the windows disabled by the constructor.
-
</del></span></pre>
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