[Plugin] Add comments to your file

Krisidious

It never ceases to amaze me how people keep coming up with plugins. This is great. Thanks.

glro

nice plugin

no buttons for me though

and the info window is truncated

and the comment window doesn't pop up automatically, even when it is checked so in options

window truncated

Aerilius

This is a bug in SketchUp. SketchUp's API window management methods (for positioning and sizing windows) ignore the screen's scaling (dpi) setting. Yours is maybe set to something other than 100%.
For developers this is a bit tricky: We could either also ignore dpi settings and hardcode the text size to always the same tiny pixel size (bad) or resize the dialog to fit its content (difficult).

inteloide

Hello,

Just post new version, thanks to Aerilius, lots of code improvments were done.
Glro, please try with this version to see if all your bug are gone.

NB : I tried to implement a text editor that can support bold, italic, etc. I tried with nicEdit, ckEditor, but it's very complicated (for me) as SU traps some events and style feature...I think, with simple text it ok enough. nevertheless, I would like some colours...

Inteloide

ken

Nice plugin. When I was trying to learn Ruby, I had tried to make a plugin to open a text editor. Never got it to work.

And Thanks

Ken

glro

@inteloide said:

Hello,

Glro, please try with this version to see if all your bug are gone.

e

yes, it works perfectly now

thank you

dtrarch

Hi Interloide
A just super script and thank you.

dtr

glro

where is the comment stored ?

since i don't see a file, i suppose it is somewhere in the data base of the computer

if so, it implies that the comment is available only on the computer that issued it, no?

i would like the comment to be available on another computer, to transmit both the comments linked to the model, and the model itself

for example, a text file with the same name as the sketchup model; if found in the directory, it would be showed in sketchup

would you consider it as additional option to your plugin?

inteloide

@glro said:

where is the comment stored ?

since i don't see a file, i suppose it is somewhere in the data base of the computer

if so, it implies that the comment is available only on the computer that issued it, no?

i would like the comment to be available on another computer, to transmit both the comments linked to the model, and the model itself

for example, a text file with the same name as the sketchup model; if found in the directory, it would be showed in sketchup

would you consider it as additional option to your plugin?

Hello,

The comment is saved within your model (the .skp file, if you want) so you can get it on every computer where the plugin is installed) !

Just simple as this !

Inteloide

glro

@inteloide said:

Just simple as this !

Inteloide

simple... sounds magical to me...
and it fits perfectly my need

thank you again

jiminy-billy-bob

@glro said:

sounds magical to me...

You can store pretty much any data you want in the model. That how most of the plugins retain information over time.
You can even attach data to entites like edges, groups, faces, components, materials, layers, etc ! The API is really powerfull.

inteloide

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

The API is really powerfull.

Sure ! API/Sketchup is just soooo powerful !

I would like to add more possibility to the plugin, like :

Change font colour and type
Add image (for example by selecting an area in the model and the plugin make a screen shot of it and insert it in the comments)

But for that I need support from somebody who can help me programming the javascript (to include nicEdit or ckEditor).
If somebody could help me on that...

Inteloide.

jiminy-billy-bob

Maybe add your plugin to github so we can help you easily?

inteloide

Hum, could be an idea, even if I'm not familiar with github (Just subscribe and look a bit complexe for me).
But the issue I have is more a link between Javscript libraries like Jquery/nicEdit and Sketchup than a pure javascript issue.
So I think here is the best place to get help.

Well it's my opinion...maybe not the best ;o)

Inteloide

watkins

Downloaded the plugin, and it looks useful, but no toolbar. I'm running SU V8.

Kind regards,
Bob

inteloide

Hello Bob,

Could you please tell me more about the issue :
On which OS are you (MAC/PC).
Have you check that the toolbar is active (View/Toolbars) ?
Do you have access to plugins through the Plugins menu ?

Inteloide

inteloide

Hello,

New features comming soon !!!

Comming soon

Add as many tab as you want !

Inteloide

Box

An excellent addition to an already useful plugin.

But you know people are going to start asking for things like, can you link a comment to a specific layer/scene/component etc etc

inteloide

@box said:

An excellent addition to an already useful plugin.

But you know people are going to start asking for things like, can you link a comment to a specific layer/scene/component etc etc

Then I would say : why not !
Let's me finish tabs feature, then I will have a look at other additional features.
But any idea is welcomed !
Inteloide

watkins

Dear Inteloide,

Well, I must have been doing something silly because it's all working just fine.

Thanks for the swift response.

Kind regards,
Bob