I should point out that I have begun to add swing components. The basic TG
is still awt, but some of the "featurettes" I have added are swing. They
could be moved back to awt if that's important, but I have found that the
Java plugin works just fine for applets; I'm using it mostly in application
mode.
Jack
At 09:38 AM 9/11/2001 +0200, you wrote:
>Jack, Alex,
>
>In my concept mapping applet I have a lot of the code that you are adding
>to TouchGraph. Nodes can be painted in different colors, links can be
>named. It reads the node and link structure from a URL that is given to it
>by the hosting html page. The URL returns an XML file which the applet
>parses. Nodes can contain other nodes. Nodes and links can have URL
>attachments. Post-it notes can be added to nodes and links and act as
>small chat rooms since all users can add in their comments.
>
>The applet and server form a collaborative platform so that users see in
>slightly delayed real time what others are doing, who is logged in etc.
>There's also a search mechanism.
>
>I don't have the lens and zoom capabilities which I always wanted to add.
>
>The code is too tangled though and in bad need of refactoring which is why
>i never dared propose it as open source but a merge with TouchGraph could
>be fun.
>
>Check it out at
><http://icapc4.epfl.ch/bootstrap>http://icapc4.epfl.ch/bootstrap.
>
>login: Bootstrap
>password: Bootstrap
>
>Fire up the AWT version, it's faster and has most of the features. The
>user manual link is broken because the applet's capabilities evolved
>faster than I could update the manual.
>
>It runs fine on Windows machines. On Linux and Mac it's not as good even
>though the code is pure Java.
>
>Gil
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jack Park [mailto:jackpark@thinkalong.com]
>>Sent: mardi, 11. septembre 2001 07:23
>>To: unrev-II@yahoogroups.com
>>Subject: [unrev-II] More TouchGraph2
>>
>Got to playing around with TopicMap like structures. Results at
><http://www.thinkalong.com/Nexist/tgLivingThing.gif>http://www.thinkalong.c
>om/Nexist/tgLivingThing.gif
>
>Decided to post the source code in its present state
><http://www.thinkalong.com/Nexist/tgsrc.zip>http://www.thinkalong.com/Nexis
>t/tgsrc.zip
>
>Nodes now paint themselves.
>Nodes now have a shell of a NodePropertySheet, which has a shell of a
>PropertySheetEditor dialog.
>None of that is wired yet.
>
>There is no first node on boot.
>There is no drag to add a node. Drag only adds edges.
>All nodes are added by right click of the mouse.
>
>What's needed now:
> fiddle with node placement -- right now, drop a node on the canvas
> and it
>wanders off screen and you have to scroll around to find it.
> make edges paint themselves and allow them to have colors (a color
> ontology).
>
>Looking at the tgLivingThing gif, one can begin to make the case that
>Bernard did earlier: rollover popup of edge properties. That's tricky,
>particularly with the curved edges -- will be tricky (methinks) to figure
>out the bounding box for mouse detection. Worth a try, however.
>
>Now, we can begin to write an XML import/export routine for it. My plan is
>to grab the XTM import/export I already have, and, perhaps, my
>persistentXTM system as well (saves to RDBMS).
>
>Lots to think about.
>Cheers
>Jack
>
>
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