Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of WxInterface

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Aug 22, 2013, 10:11:27 PM (12 years ago)

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+= Wx interface
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+The RefactorErl has a Wx based user interface which is a standard desktop application. It provides a convenient way to access the functionalities of the tool
+and offers even more opportunities to ease code grokking.
+Its main features are the following:
+
+* Database management
+* Semantic queries and skeletons
+* Dependency graphs
+* Duplicated code analisys
+* Code investigations
+
+== Installation
+
+To use the Wx Interface, the Wx application needs to be installed on the computer. Wx is part of Erlang/OTP. 
+To be able to drawn dependency graphs the GraphViz software is needed, the newest version of which can be downloaded from the following location: 
+http://www.graphviz.org
+
+== Starting up
+
+We can start the interface either with the {{{referl}}} script using the {{{-wx}}} option, or from a running !RefactorErl shell.
+When using RefactorErl shell it is possible to pass a user name to the interface. This user name will be used when saving queries, skeletons, investigations.
+This way it is possible to store and grokking data made by different users.
+
+Startup examples:
+{{{
+bin/referl -wx
+}}}
+
+{{{
+#!erlang
+ri:start_wx("myUserNameAsAstring").
+}}}
+
+...or without a user name (the default user name - the node name - will be used) :
+
+{{{
+#!erlang
+ri:start_wx().
+}}}
+
+== Shutting down
+
+You can shut down the Wx Interface using the X button (usually at the upper-right corner of the window).
+
+== The Wx Interface and its main parts
+
+The Wx interface is a standard desktop application. It contains of five tabs and a status bar where RefactorErl status information is shown (e. g. the status
+of file adding). The mentioned tabs are the following:
+
+* File browser [wiki:WxInterface/FBrowser File browser]
+* Queries [wiki:WxInterface/Queries Dependency examinations]
+* Dependency graph [wiki:WxInterface/DepG Dependency graph]
+* Duplicated code [wiki:WxInterface/DupCode Duplicated code]
+* Investigations [wiki:WxInterface/Investigations Investigations]
+
+There are some important information messages which are shown to the user as dialog windows. (e. g. Duplicated code analisys finished)