WIP: refactoring ongoing.

TODO

@@ -28,3 +28,11 @@ Plan:
 
 10. Provide the layer toolbox for GSI
 
+Tests:
+  - compare menu layout
+  - test every menu function
+  - adding of new tech
+  - adding of rulers/removing
+  - ruby plugin (debugging, re-running)
+  - changing of macro title, move macro to different place
+

src/lay/lay/gsiDeclLayMainWindow.cc

@@ -182,10 +182,20 @@ gsi::Methods cm_method_decl ()
       "Use \"call_menu('" + std::string (cm_symbols[NUM]) + "')\" instead.");
 }
 
+//  NOTE: this avoids an issue with binding: C++ (at least clang
+//  will resolve lay::MainWindow::menu to lay::Dispatcher::menu,
+//  the method declaration will be based on "lay::Dispatcher", and
+//  calling this on a MainWindow object fails, because Dispatcher
+//  is not the first base class.
+static lay::AbstractMenu *menu (lay::MainWindow *mw)
+{
+  return mw->menu ();
+}
+
 Class<lay::MainWindow> decl_MainWindow (QT_EXTERNAL_BASE (QMainWindow) "lay", "MainWindow",
 
   //  QMainWindow interface
-  gsi::method ("menu", &lay::MainWindow::menu,
+  gsi::method_ext ("menu", &menu,
     "@brief Returns a reference to the abstract menu\n"
     "\n"
     "@return A reference to an \\AbstractMenu object representing the menu system"

src/lay/lay/layMainConfigPages.cc

@@ -402,11 +402,11 @@ CustomizeMenuConfigPage::apply (const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::st
 
   //  get the current bindings
   m_current_bindings.clear ();
-  get_shortcuts (*lay::MainWindow::instance ()->menu (), std::string (), m_current_bindings, false);
+  get_shortcuts (*lay::Dispatcher::instance ()->menu (), std::string (), m_current_bindings, false);
 
   //  get the default bindings
   std::map<std::string, std::string> default_bindings;
-  get_shortcuts (*lay::MainWindow::instance ()->menu (), std::string (), default_bindings, true);
+  get_shortcuts (*lay::Dispatcher::instance ()->menu (), std::string (), default_bindings, true);
 
   m_enable_event = false;
 
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ CustomizeMenuConfigPage::apply (const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::st
   for (std::map<std::string, std::string>::iterator kb = m_current_bindings.begin (); kb != m_current_bindings.end (); ++kb) {
     std::map<std::string, std::string>::iterator bb = b.find (kb->first);
     if (bb != b.end ()) {
-      lay::Action a = lay::MainWindow::instance ()->menu ()->action (kb->first);
+      lay::Action a = lay::Dispatcher::instance ()->menu ()->action (kb->first);
       kb->second = a.get_effective_shortcut_for (bb->second);
     } else {
       kb->second.clear ();
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ CustomizeMenuConfigPage::apply (const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::st
 
       if (t->first == tl_menu) {
         QTreeWidgetItem *item = new QTreeWidgetItem (top_level_item);
-        lay::Action action = lay::MainWindow::instance ()->menu ()->action (cb->first);
+        lay::Action action = lay::Dispatcher::instance ()->menu ()->action (cb->first);
         item->setData (0, Qt::ToolTipRole, tl::to_qstring (rem_path));
         item->setData (0, Qt::DisplayRole, tl::to_qstring (rem_path));
         item->setData (1, Qt::ToolTipRole, tl::to_qstring (action.get_title ()));
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ CustomizeMenuConfigPage::commit (lay::Dispatcher *root)
   for (std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string> >::iterator kb = key_bindings.begin (); kb != key_bindings.end (); ++kb) {
     std::map<std::string, std::string>::iterator cb = m_current_bindings.find (kb->first);
     if (cb != m_current_bindings.end ()) {
-      lay::Action a = lay::MainWindow::instance ()->menu ()->action (kb->first);
+      lay::Action a = lay::Dispatcher::instance ()->menu ()->action (kb->first);
       if (cb->second != a.get_default_shortcut ()) {
         if (cb->second.empty ()) {
           kb->second = lay::Action::no_shortcut ();
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ CustomizeMenuConfigPage::text_cleared ()
   }
 
   std::string path = tl::to_string (item->data (0, Qt::UserRole).toString ());
-  lay::Action a = lay::MainWindow::instance ()->menu ()->action (path);
+  lay::Action a = lay::Dispatcher::instance ()->menu ()->action (path);
 
   //  "clear" reverts to default
   mp_ui->binding_le->setText (tl::to_qstring (a.get_default_shortcut ()));
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ CustomizeMenuConfigPage::update_list_item (QTreeWidgetItem *item)
 
   bool is_default = false;
 
-  lay::Action a = lay::MainWindow::instance ()->menu ()->action (path);
+  lay::Action a = lay::Dispatcher::instance ()->menu ()->action (path);
   std::string def_shortcut = a.get_default_shortcut ();
 
   is_default = (def_shortcut == shortcut);
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ CustomizeMenuConfigPage::update_list_item (QTreeWidgetItem *item)
   item->setData (2, Qt::ForegroundRole, palette ().color (is_default ? QPalette::Disabled : QPalette::Normal, QPalette::Text));
 
   //  Set the aliases too
-  const lay::AbstractMenu &menu = *lay::MainWindow::instance ()->menu ();
+  const lay::AbstractMenu &menu = *lay::Dispatcher::instance ()->menu ();
   if (menu.is_valid (path)) {
     QAction *qaction = menu.action (path).qaction ();
     std::map<QAction *, std::vector<std::string> >::const_iterator a = m_paths_for_action.find (qaction);
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ CustomizeMenuConfigPage::current_changed (QTreeWidgetItem *current, QTreeWidgetI
   if (current && !current->data (0, Qt::UserRole).isNull ()) {
 
     std::string path = tl::to_string (current->data (0, Qt::UserRole).toString ());
-    if (lay::MainWindow::instance ()->menu ()->is_menu (path)) {
+    if (lay::Dispatcher::instance ()->menu ()->is_menu (path)) {
 
       mp_ui->binding_le->setText (QString ());
 #if QT_VERSION >= 0x40700
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ CustomizeMenuConfigPage::current_changed (QTreeWidgetItem *current, QTreeWidgetI
 
       std::string shortcut = m_current_bindings[path];
 
-      lay::Action a = lay::MainWindow::instance ()->menu ()->action (path);
+      lay::Action a = lay::Dispatcher::instance ()->menu ()->action (path);
 
       std::string def_shortcut = a.get_default_shortcut ();
 

src/lay/lay/layMainWindow.cc

@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ MainWindow::init_menu ()
   //  make the plugins create their menu items
   for (tl::Registrar<lay::PluginDeclaration>::iterator cls = tl::Registrar<lay::PluginDeclaration>::begin (); cls != tl::Registrar<lay::PluginDeclaration>::end (); ++cls) {
     //  TODO: get rid of the const_cast hack
-    const_cast <lay::PluginDeclaration *> (&*cls)->init_menu (this);
+    const_cast <lay::PluginDeclaration *> (&*cls)->init_menu (dispatcher ());
   }
 
   //  if in "viewer-only mode", hide all entries in the "hide_vo" group

src/laybasic/laybasic/layDispatcher.h

@@ -116,8 +116,13 @@ public:
 
   /**
    *  @brief Gets the AbstractMenu object
+   *
+   *  This will deliver the actual menu - the one that is the root dispatcher's menu
    */
-  AbstractMenu *menu () { return &m_menu; }
+  AbstractMenu *menu ()
+  {
+    return (dispatcher () == this) ? &m_menu : dispatcher ()->menu ();
+  }
 
   /**
    *  @brief Creates a configuration action with the given title, parameter name and value

src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutView.cc

@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ LayoutView::LayoutView (db::Manager *manager, bool editable, lay::Plugin *plugin
   tl::DeferredMethodScheduler::instance ();
 
   setObjectName (QString::fromUtf8 (name));
-  init (manager, dispatcher (), parent);
+  init (manager, parent);
 }
 
 LayoutView::LayoutView (lay::LayoutView *source, db::Manager *manager, bool editable, lay::Plugin *plugin_parent, QWidget *parent, const char *name, unsigned int options)
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ LayoutView::LayoutView (lay::LayoutView *source, db::Manager *manager, bool edit
 
   m_annotation_shapes = source->m_annotation_shapes;
 
-  init (manager, dispatcher (), parent);
+  init (manager, parent);
 
   //  set the handle reference and clear all cell related stuff 
   m_cellviews = source->cellview_list ();
@@ -355,12 +355,12 @@ LayoutView::eventFilter(QObject *obj, QEvent *event)
 }
 
 void
-LayoutView::init (db::Manager *mgr, lay::Dispatcher *dispatcher, QWidget * /*parent*/)
+LayoutView::init (db::Manager *mgr, QWidget * /*parent*/)
 {
   manager (mgr);
 
-  if (! dispatcher) {
-    //  build the context menus, nothing else so far.
+  if (dispatcher () == this) {
+    //  if we're the root dispatcher build the context menus, nothing else so far.
     menu ()->build (0, 0);
   }
 
@@ -6473,13 +6473,6 @@ LayoutView::intrinsic_mouse_modes (std::vector<std::string> *descriptions)
   return 2;
 }
 
-AbstractMenu *
-LayoutView::menu ()
-{
-  //  NOTE: dispatcher is either this or the real end of the chain
-  return dispatcher ()->menu ();
-}
-
 int
 LayoutView::default_mode ()
 {

src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutView.h

@@ -220,12 +220,6 @@ public:
    */
   static LayoutView *current ();
 
-  /**
-   *  @brief Gets the abstract menu object for this view
-   *  This is either the global menu object or the local one.
-   */
-  AbstractMenu *menu ();
-
   /**
    *  @brief Determine if there is something to copy
    *
@@ -2892,7 +2886,7 @@ private:
   bool m_active_cellview_changed_event_enabled;
   tl::DeferredMethod<lay::LayoutView> dm_prop_changed;
 
-  void init (db::Manager *mgr, lay::Dispatcher *dispatcher, QWidget *parent);
+  void init (db::Manager *mgr, QWidget *parent);
 
   void do_prop_changed ();
   void do_redraw (int layer);