[Gambas-user] What does ... in a menu name signify?

Bruce bbruen at ...2308...
Wed Jan 15 01:20:29 CET 2014


For example, in the IDE menu there are lot's of 
them, like File|New Project...

The reason I ask is that the form definition for those types is
"different" - e.g. 
  {  Menu5 Menu
     Text = ("Menu5") & "..."
  }

I first thought that it was simply to remove the "..." from the
translation strings but I keep thinking why go to all that trouble.

tia
Bruce

p.s. In our new project someone slipped a conformance clause into the
requirements without me noticing.  Things like "all toolbuttons shall
have a tooltip" etc.  I thought that it was going to take days to go
through all the forms and check nearly every control for conformance.
Then I had a "good idea" (HAH!) to write a utility to parse the form
definition file and show all the conformance items, tooltips, shortcuts
etc. I thought that may take a few hours to build - HAH!  Three days
later I am still only part way there.
Essentially it's turning the IDE Properties tab around 90 degrees, i.e.
a list of the properties of interest for all the controls, menus etc in
the form. A couple of shots attached.
Originally I thought it would be possible to add editors to "fix" the
form definition files directly, avoiding the IDE. HAH! The complexity of
those files is astonishing!  Is there a defined grammar for it?
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