Re: Abbreviations and Komodo version upgrades

Crap, I didn't realize it was the last place searched. I guess I
haven't had any overlap with the pieces I have created.

cheers,
Anton

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Tom SAVELL<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Anton,
>
> I saw the shared toolbox, but didn't try it because the documentation
> indicated that it was the _last_ place searched for abbreviations.
>  Therefore it seemed that I would never get my modified abbreviations.  Here
> is the relevent help text:
>
> When Ctrl+T is entered, Komodo searches for relevant snippets in the current
> project, the toolbox, and the shared toolbox (in that order).
>
> Komodo checks the language-specific sub-directory and the General
> sub-directory in each of these places. For example, if you are editing a
> Python module, these snippet directories will be checked in this order:
> 1.        Abbreviations/Python folders in:
>
> Current Project
> Toolbox
> Shared Toolbox
>
> 2.        Abbreviations/General folders in:
>
> Current Project
> Toolbox
> Shared Toolbox
>
> Thanks for the idea though.
>
> -Tom
>
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> 07/15/2009 08:33 AM
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>
> Tom, have you tried using the Shared Toolbox
> (http://docs.activestate.com/komodo/5.1/toolbox.html#toolbox_share).
> I have used this for years and it doesn't get affected by upgrades.
>
> cheers,
> Anton
>
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Tom SAVELL<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I have modified some of the language-specific abbreviations included with
>> Komodo (I have also added some new ones).  When I recently accepted the
>> upgrade to version 5.1.4, the modified abbreviations no longer worked.
>>  Instead, Komodo used the "upgrade" version of the abbreviation.  What I
>> observe is that each upgrade creates a new "Samples (5.x.x)" folder in the
>> Toolbox.  For example, I now have the following folders:
>>
>> Samples (5.0.3)
>> Samples (5.1.0)
>> Samples (5.1.1)
>> Samples (5.1.3)
>> Samples (5.1.4)
>>
>> As one example, I modified the "Samples (5.0.3)/Tcl/proc" abbreviation.
>>  But
>> Komodo only uses the "Samples (5.1.4)/Tcl/proc" abbreviation.  I can fix
>> it
>> by deleting all the Samples folders except the one with my modifications,
>> and/or moving my modified ones to the latest version.  But this is a
>> maintenance nightmare.  Every time Komodo convinces me to accept an
>> "upgrade", it regresses back to old abbreviations and then I have to
>> perform
>> manual maintenance to continue to use my set of modified abbreviations.
>>
>> How can I avoid this?  What I want is for Komodo to always use my modified
>> abbreviations, regardless of upgrading to the latest version.
>>
>> BTW, I've already blown away most of the Samples folders so it's working
>> for
>> me again.  I just want to avoid having to do this in the future.
>>
>> -Tom
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