[Chandler-dev] Function-key scripts

[Katie Capps Parlante]

I think we shouldn't be making changes at this point in the cycle, 
unless we are fixing serious bugs.

Of the ones you listed below, it seems like only the first one is at 
risk of causing a real problem for an end user. The counter argument to 
changing it at this stage is that we haven't seen anyone do this in 
practice.

I'd lean towards "do nothing" -- minimize the code changes at this point.

Cheers,
Katie

Morgen Sagen wrote:
> Out of the box Chandler ships with the following scripts that are
> triggered by function keys, and I think we should take a quick pass at
> which ones to remove:
> 
> 'F1 - Create a new script' (Script) //parcels/osaf/app/New Script
> 
>    Running this one creates a Script item in the repo but doesn't
> expose it to the user anywhere, so repeated pressing will fill up the
> repo with garbage.
> 
> 'F2 - Block under cursor' (Script) //parcels/osaf/app/Block Inspector
> 
>    This prints to stdout the name and UUID of the CPIA block under the
> mouse cursor.
> 
> 'F3 - Item selected' (Script) //parcels/osaf/app/Item Inspector
> 
>    This one always prints "None" to stdout.
> 
> 'F4 - Browse selected item' (Script) //parcels/osaf/app/Browse Selected
> 
>    My favorite: launches the web browser to display details about
> selected item.
> 
> 'F5 - Paste new item' (Script) //parcels/osaf/app/Paste New Item
> 
>    I could have sworn I saw this work recently, but when I try it now,
> nothing happens.
> 
> 'F6 - Print selected item to stdout' (Script) //parcels/osaf/app/Print
> Selected to stdout
> 
>    This calls Item.printItem( ) for the currently selected item,
> displaying all attributes to stdout.
> 
> 
> 
> I wouldn't mind losing all of these except for F4 which I use
> constantly, and I think for support purposes we will likely ask end
> users to use F4 to provide us debugging info.  I imagine that other
> devs use F2 ?  Should we remove any of these, and/or bind them to
> different function keys?
> 
> ~morgen
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