RE: [FR-devel] FreeRIDE internals

[Curt Hibbs]

Dmitry V. Sabanin wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm trying to understand FR internal structure and probably hack
> some code.
> It's late now and i can't find out one thing, help me please.
> I see plugin CoreCommands in rubyide_commands dir(core_commands.rb), it
> defines all common commands used through FR, and these commands
> also appear
> in the MenuPane, when FR is started. The question is, where are this
> CoreCommands menus are created from? I've tried to add my own
> 'CoreCommand'
> to a core_commands.rb, but it doesn't appear in the menu. Where
> should I also
> add code to make these happen?
> I know that there exists a MenuPane manager, that adds my own
> menus or menu
> items to a main menu, but there's no such thing used in
> CoreCommands, so I'm
> confused.
>
> Thanks in advance!

You should find everything you need to know in FreeRIDE's HelloWorld HowTo:

    http://freeride.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?HelloWorld_HowTo

It adds a HelloWorld command to the Tools menu. Also, you could check out
the plugins that other users have created (most of which also add menu
items) at:

    http://freeride.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?UserPlugins

Curt