Working with topic tables - Revision history

Akivela: /* Selecting topics */

2009-02-26T08:54:32Z

‎Selecting topics

Akivela: /* Modifying topics */

2008-09-02T16:53:26Z

‎Modifying topics

Akivela: /* Topic tables support Drag and Drop */

2008-09-02T16:50:33Z

‎Topic tables support Drag and Drop

Akivela: /* Copying topics */

2008-06-25T12:20:07Z

‎Copying topics

Akivela: /* Associations */

2008-05-08T17:07:17Z

‎Associations

Akivela: /* Subject locators */

2008-05-08T16:58:34Z

‎Subject locators

Akivela: /* Text datas */

2008-04-22T15:29:48Z

‎Text datas

Akivela: /* Copying topics */

2008-04-22T15:27:35Z

‎Copying topics

Akivela at 20:19, 10 February 2008

2008-02-10T20:19:33Z

Akivela at 20:15, 10 February 2008

2008-02-10T20:15:09Z

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 * '''[[SelectTopicWithClipboardRegex|Select topics with clipboard regex finders]]'''. Selection tool expects you have newline character separated regular expressions in the clipboard. Table cell is selected only if at least one regular expression can be found at least in one identifier of the topic in the cell.
-All selection tools assume you have somehow indicated the topic table in which the selection is created. Indication is implicit when you use context menu tools. Explicit indication such as clicking the table with mouse pointer is required if you intend to use top menu selection tools.
+All selection tools assume you have somehow indicated the topic table in which the selection is created. Indication is implicit when you use context menu tools. Explicit indication such as clicking the table with mouse pointer is required if you intend to use top menu selection tools. This also means that you can select topics in one topic table at time. If you have already selected topics in other tables, selections remain untouched when you select topics in the table.
 == Copying topics ==

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 * '''Paste also text datas...'''
-== Modifying topics ==
+== Modifying topics in table ==
 Selected table topics may also be modified. The context menu contains wide range of tools that somehow modify selected topics. Next list introduces some of these tools:

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	* '''Delete all occurrences''' deletes all occurrences in selected topics.		* '''Delete all occurrences''' deletes all occurrences in selected topics.
	* '''Regex replace''' performs regular expression replace to all occurrences found in selected topics.		* '''Regex replace''' performs regular expression replace to all occurrences found in selected topics.
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−	~~== Topic tables support Drag and Drop ==~~
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−	Topic table supports also drag and drop feature. Topics are dragged from a topic table with '''MIDDLE''' mouse button. Table's border is emphasized during the drag . Dragged topics may be dropped to other topic tables or even external application assuming the application supports drop feature. When topics are dropped into a topic table in Wandora the behavior depends on target table type:
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−	* If topics are dropped to the '''instance''' table, all dropped topics are made instances of the current topic. After drop the '''instance''' table should contain also dropped topics.
−	* If topics are dropped to the '''class''' table, all dropped topics are made classes of the current topic. After drop the '''class''' table should dropped topics also.
−	* If topics are dropped to the '''association''' table, new association are created with dropped topics. The cell where drop takes place has a special importance. The cell contains a player of the association and is replaced by each dropped topic in created associations.

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 * '''Copy also association count''' copies topic's base name and number of associations where the topic plays a role.
 * '''Copy also typed association count...''' copies topic's base name and number of user defined associations where the topic plays a role. Wandora requests the association type of counted associations.
-* '''Copy also topic layer distribution''' copies topic's base name and topic's layer distribution vector to the clipboard. [[Layer distribution vector]] has a wiki page of it's own.
+* '''Copy also topic layer distribution''' copies topic's base name and topic's layer distribution to the clipboard. [[Layer distribution]] has a wiki page of it's own.
 == Paste topics ==

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 * '''[[DeleteAssociationsInTopicWithType|Delete associations with type]]''' deletes all associations within selected topics of given type.
 * '''[[DeleteAssociationsInTopic|Delete all associations]]''' deletes all associations within selected topics. Class-Instance relation is not considered as an association.
-* '''[[BinaryAssociationTopicBreaker|Break binary association topic]]'''
+* '''[[CollectBinaryToNary|Break binary association topic]]'''
 * '''[[StealAssociations|Steal associations]]'''
 * '''[[MakeAssociationWithOccurrence|Make associations with text datas]]'''

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 === Subject locators ===
-* '''[[OpenSL|Open subject locator]]''' forks external application defined in Wandora options and passes the subject locator as a parameter to the application. By default the application is '''explorer''' referring Internet Explorer WWW browser in Windows.
+* '''[[OpenSL|Open subject locator]]''' forks external application defined in Wandora options and passes the subject locator as a parameter to the application. By default the application refers to default WWW browser in Windows.
 * '''[[SubjectLocatorChecker|Check subject locator]]''' checks if the subject locators of selected topics refer real Internet resources.
 * '''[[DownloadSubjectLocators|Download subject locator]]''' makes local copy of subject locator resources.

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 * '''[[MakeSubclassOf|Make subclass of current]]''' associates all selected topics to the current topic (i.e. the one that is open in topic panel) with a '''Superclass-Subclass''' type. Selected topic is given a role of '''Subclass''' and current topic is considered as a '''Superclass'''.
-=== Text datas ===
+=== Occurrences ===
-* '''Delete text datas with type''' requests type topic and removes all occurrences of the given type.
+* '''Delete occurrences with type''' requests type topic and removes all occurrences of the given type.
-* '''Delete all text datas''' deletes all occurrences in selected topics.
+* '''Delete all occurrences''' deletes all occurrences in selected topics.
 * '''Regex replace''' performs regular expression replace to all occurrences found in selected topics.

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 All previous copy tools (except Copy association within...) result a newline separated topic identifier list. Usually identifier is topic's base name but also subject identifier is used (Copy SI). Next tools are more complicated. Instead of copying plain identifiers they capture also other structures in topics. The result set contains newline separated rows where first token is topic's base name. First   identifier follows tab separated tokens - usually identifiers to other topics. The format is very useful as it enables text injection to spreadsheet applications for example.
-* '''Copy also names''' copies topic's base name and variant names to the clipboard. Base name and variant names are separated by tab character while name sets of different topics are separated with newline character.
+* '''Copy also names''' copies topic's base name and variant names to the clipboard. Base name and variant names are separated by tab character while name sets of different topics are separated with newline characters.
-* '''Copy also SL''' copies topic's base name and subject locator to the clipboard. Base name and subject locator are separated by tab character while indentifier sets are separated with newline character.
+* '''Copy also SL''' copies topic's base name and subject locator to the clipboard. Base name and subject locator are separated by tab character while indentifier sets are separated with newline characters.
-* '''Copy also SIs''' copies topic's base name and subject identifiers to the clipboard. Base name and subject identifiers are separated by tab character while identifier sets are separated by newline character.
+* '''Copy also SIs''' copies topic's base name and subject identifiers to the clipboard. Base name and subject identifiers are separated by tab character while identifier sets are separated by newline characters.
-* '''Copy also classes''' copies topic's base name and classes of the topic to the clipboard. Base name and classes are separated by tab character while class sets are separated by new line character.
+* '''Copy also classes''' copies topic's base name and classes of the topic to the clipboard. Base name and classes are separated by tab character while class sets are separated by new line characters.
-* '''Copy also instances''' copies topic's base name and instances of the topic to the clipboard. Base name and instances are separated by tab character while instance sets of different topics are separated by new line character.
+* '''Copy also instances''' copies topic's base name and instances of the topic to the clipboard. Base name and instances are separated by tab character while instance sets of different topics are separated by new line characters.
-* '''Copy also players...''' copies topic's base name and user defined players of the topic to the clipboard. Wandora requests the association type and role of association players to be copied. Base name and players are separated by tab character while player sets of different topics are separated by new line character.
+* '''Copy also players...''' copies topic's base name and user defined players of the topic to the clipboard. Wandora requests the association type and role of association players to be copied. Base name and players are separated by tab character while player sets of different topics are separated by new line characters.
-* '''Copy also text datas...''' copies topic's base name and user defined occurrences to the clipboard. Wandora requests the occurrence type and scope of occurrences to be copied. Base name and occurrences are separated by tab character while occurrence sets of different topics are separated by new line character. As occurrence text may contain newline and tab characters also, the clipboard text may not be as clean as
+* '''Copy also occurrences...''' copies topic's base name and user defined occurrences to the clipboard. Wandora requests the occurrence type and scope of occurrences to be copied. Base name and occurrences are separated by tab character while occurrence sets of different topics are separated by new line character. As occurrence text may contain newline and tab characters also, the clipboard text may be quite messy.
 * '''Copy also SI count''' copies topic's base name and number of topic's subject identifiers to the clipboard.
 * '''Copy also class count''' copies topic's base name and number of topic's classes to the clipboard.
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 * '''Copy also association count''' copies topic's base name and number of associations where the topic plays a role.
 * '''Copy also typed association count...''' copies topic's base name and number of user defined associations where the topic plays a role. Wandora requests the association type of counted associations.
-* '''Copy also topic layer distribution''' copies topic's base name and topic's layer distribution vector to the clipboard. [[Layer distribution vector]] has a wiki page of it own.
+* '''Copy also topic layer distribution''' copies topic's base name and topic's layer distribution vector to the clipboard. [[Layer distribution vector]] has a wiki page of it's own.
 == Paste topics ==

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−	Topic tables of search results, instances, and classes are always single column tables. Association tables usually contains at least two columns. Below is an example of topic table representing four ~~separate~~ associations.	+	Topic tables of search results, instances, and classes are always single column tables. Association tables usually contains at least two columns. Below is an example of topic table representing four binary associations.

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−	Topic table is perhaps the most general GUI element in Wandora. Wandora uses topic tables to view topic collections such as search results, classes, instances and associations. Topic table contains a set of topic cells each representing a single topic. Typically table cell contains topic's base name. If you are familiar with any spreadsheet application such as Microsoft Excel you may find it practical to think topic table as a spreadsheet where each cell contains topic instead of a number, formula, string etc. Below is a simple example of single column topic table with six topics. Two topics are selected.	+	Topic table is perhaps the most general GUI element in Wandora. Wandora uses topic tables to view topic collections such as search results, classes, instances, and associations. Topic table contains a set of topic cells each representing a single topic. Typically table cell contains topic's base name. If you are familiar with any spreadsheet application such as Microsoft Excel you may find it practical to think topic table as a spreadsheet where each cell contains topic instead of a number, formula, string etc. Below is a simple example of single column topic table with six topics. Two topics are selected.