Re: LPEX FreeMarker Template Plugin (was:Re:CodeSnippets) -- WDSCI-L

Ah ya that's true I made a trade off there. I'll reply here when the next
version is out so you can try out the custom key mapping.

Thanks,
Rob

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On Nov 8, 2011, at 3:28 PM, "Tyler, Matt" <matt.tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Oops. Misspelling I meant Ctrl-Enter for putting a in a new blank line
not Ctrl-Space.

Thanks, Matt

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Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] LPEX FreeMarker Template Plugin (was:Re:
CodeSnippets)

Matt,

Thanks for the great feedback. I'm planning to make the key sequence
configurable in the next version so that will give everyone the ability
to
map it to the key sequence that best fits their environment.

"I have to now remove this tool to use Ctrl-Space like I prefer to do."

Mapping to ctrl-enter has not affected my ability to use the ctrl-space
intellisense features built into the editor. Can you provide some more
information about your setup?

"Or make it a command or action that I can assign a key sequence to."

This is a good idea. Currently when the plugin is activated it overrides

any custom profile set with the plugin's custom profile. (Following the
excellent example provided to me by Rick Rauterkus). I'm not sure how to

accomplish getting the plugin to work without using this technique, to
be
honest since this is my first plugin. I will look into it though. It
would
be great to be able to have this available without changing the user's
profile setting.

As for the error found in the Public Procedure example... I cannot
explain
the error that you received actually so I would like to see an error log

if you wouldn't mind creating an issue on the project page (
http://code.google.com/p/lpex-freemarker-template-plugin/issues/entry)
and
pasting in your log contents. (set your logging level to all and
reproduce
the problem to get the logging file populated). The renaming of the
prompt
group should not be needed and is actually going to be problematic for
handling repeats of that group.

How Repeatable Prompt Groups Work

Prompt groups can be repeatable. This means that when the prompt group
is
rendered as a form it will repeat, collecting the multiple instances of
data collected for each render of the prompt group as an array named
like
promptgroupname.repeats. In the template text you would loop through
each
entry in that repeats array to get the prompt group object with the
#list
directive (basically a for loop). The "parm" variable reference is the
name given to the current element in the array (the current prompt group

in the collection) and it has all of the child prompts in it so you
refer
to "parm.description" to get the description of the current prompt group

in the array.

Thanks,
Robert Newton
Estes IT
System Architect
804-353-1900 x2256
rnewton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

From:
"Tyler, Matt" <matt.tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
"Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for
System i & iSeries" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
11/08/2011 12:43 PM
Subject:
Re: [WDSCI-L] LPEX FreeMarker Template Plugin (was: Re: CodeSnippets)
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I think you should change the key sequenced used to activate from
Ctrl-Enter to one of these Ctrl-Shift-Enter, Ctrl-Alt-Enter,
Ctrl-Shift-Space or Ctrl-Alt-Space.

I have to now remove this tool to use Ctrl-Space like I prefer to do.
Or make it a command or action that I can assign a key sequence to.

Also, When I fill out the form and add parameters it returns with an
error, "${parm.description} [on line 85, column 17 in Public Procedure
Template]". I noticed in the XML document it has "parameter" as the
entity name. If I rename the XML document entity name from "parameter"
to "parm" it works just fine.

Thanks, Matt

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Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 8:45 AM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client
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Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] LPEX FreeMarker Template Plugin (was: Re:
CodeSnippets)

All,

I've added a validation option to the tools menu of the Template
Builder.
This should help in making sure that a template does not have any bad
variable references before deployment.

Thanks,
Robert Newton
Estes IT
System Architect
804-353-1900 x2256
rnewton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

From:
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To:
Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for
System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
11/07/2011 11:42 AM
Subject:
[WDSCI-L] LPEX FreeMarker Template Plugin (was: Re: Code Snippets)
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All,

The template and snippets features in RDP are not very good and by
limiting usage to only free format sections of a source member it falls
short of being a complete template solution for RPG. One of the most
problematic examples of this for me is the fixed format P specs for
procedures. Without support for templates outside of free we cannot
develop a shop standard procedure template.

In order to overcome these limitations, I developed a new template
plugin
for the LPEX editor. The plugin allows a developer to define a template
with replaceable variables, looping constructs, and much more. It
captures

data for replacement variables by rendering forms dynamically with
support

for up to 4 different input types. I've also developed a template
builder
application to run on Windows and ease the creation of templates with
embedded prompt definitions.

How to get it

The entire project including the source code for the plugin (Java) as
wells as the template builder (C#) are available free of charge by
browsing to the project page hosted on Google code below. Download
binaries on the downloads page and follow RDP install steps on the
project

wiki or within the plugin zip file's Installation.txt. I am working on
an
installer that should make this easier in the future.

http://code.google.com/p/lpex-freemarker-template-plugin/

How it works

Using ctrl-enter from anywhere in a source member will present a list of

templates for that language from your hard drive (these parser
associations is configurable). Selecting a template renders a form (or
series of forms) based on the prompt definition within the chosen
template. Filling out the form then hitting enter will merge the
provided
data with the template (using the FreeMarker template engine) and output

the resulting text to the cursor position of the current source member.

The prompt definition is defined using XML within the first FTL comment
found in the template file. More details about the template format can
be
found in the project wiki.

http://code.google.com/p/lpex-freemarker-template-plugin/wiki/CreatingAN
ewTemplate

Thanks,
Robert Newton
Estes IT
System Architect
804-353-1900 x2256
rnewton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

From:
RNewton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To:
wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:
09/16/2011 10:50 AM
Subject:
[WDSCI-L] Code Snippets
Sent by:
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We are not satisfied with the snippets and templates features of RDPi
for
our RPG programmers and are looking for another solution.

Requirements:
Injecting a block of code should be capable from content assist
(ctrl-space) regardless of whether the cursor is in a free format block
or

not.
If replaceable variables are found in the code block, it should present
an

interface for filling those values in.
Filling in replaceable variable values should be able to be done all
from
the keyboard without mouse interaction.
Code blocks must be pulled in from a central repository; the plugin must

not source them from the local PC

Is there a plugin out there that can do this already in RDPi or is it
possible to be developed as a plugin?

Can anyone point us in a good direction?

Thanks,
Robert Newton
Estes IT
System Architect
804-353-1900 x2256
rnewton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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