RE: Re: drop down box or something like it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: news [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Wolven
> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 11:37 AM
> To: litestep-HzvBz7w1J3cIFlVeWT/[email protected]
> Subject: [Litestep] Re: drop down box or something like it.
> 
> Hale, Paul wrote:
> > SNIP
> >>>> *Popup "Select color scheme" !new !popupSchemes
> >>>>    *Popup "Select color scheme" 
> >>>> !popupDynamicACtionFolder:!apply_colors:"$SchemesDir$"
> >>>> *Popup ~New
> >>>>
> > SNIP
> >>> Wow... That is perfect actually. Okay, now how about saving the 
> >>> filename as an evar?
> > SNIP
> >> That's why I defined bangs like these:
> >>
> >> *alias !saveSetting !execute [!setEvar %1 %2][!xtextSaveEvar 
> >> @$settingsFile$@ @%1@ @%2@] *alias !stripPath !execute 
> [!xtextReplace 
> >> @$settingsFile$@ @(^%1 \=)(.*\\)(.*\..*\=)_@ @\1\3@] *alias 
> >> !stripExtn !execute [!xtextReplace @$settingsFile$@ @(^%1 
> >> \=.*)(\..*\=)_@ @\1\=@]
> > 
> > OK, bear with me as I am slow. As I understand it, the popupaction 
> > uses the data after the " : " as the arguments, so when looking at 
> > your Alias's I am trying to figure where the file path is 
> represented. 
> > I don't understand the %1 %2. Also, in this example, is 
> $settingFile$ 
> > the themevars? If so, where is the Var that it is trying to 
> replace? I 
> > am used to the
> > 
> > !xTextSaveEvar @file_the_Var_is_in@ @var_to_be_changed@ "new_value"
> > 
> > format. In my head, I am trying to figure out how your configs work.
> > Sorry if I sound dumb on this, I just don't get it yet.
> 
> !savesetting does two things:
> 
> 1) Sets the evar with !setEvar so that it is replaced 
> "immediately", and
> 2) Saves it to the settings file so that it's updated for 
> future use (!recycle, reboot, restart LS, etc.)
> 
> The %1 and %2 are just the two arguments to the bang; the 
> first is the setting/evar name, the second is the 
> setting/evar value. So
> 
>    !savesetting "username" "BigDaddy"
> 
> would place this line in the settings file after defining the evar:
> 
> username "BigDaddy"
> 

Right here is where it loses me. Where is it be said "username"? I see
how the %2 represents the filepath, I just don't see how this command
knows the Var I am defining.

Am I saying this correctly?

> Since the popup action feeds us the full path name (and that is not
> configurable) I first save the setting with the full path and 
> extension, and then "strip" the folder and/or extension stuff 
> off, as needed. 
> !stripPath and !stripExtn are called with only the 
> setting/evar name (e.g., username), and the regEx (regular 
> expression) takes care of the rest.

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