[annotator-dev] Make a package of current 2.0 annotator

Mon Sep 28 19:05:13 UTC 2015

I will be working on the packaging of Annotator a bit more this week and
maybe in the coming weeks can make a sample if you cannot.

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 12:04 PM Randall Leeds <randall at bleeds.info> wrote:

> That is the example, currently :)
>
> It's probably only 200 lines if you strip away all the comments, but the
> important part is just the "main" function. That function is all the
> important logic that glues the UI components together and it's only 100
> lines. It could be made slightly simpler, but probably not much.
>
> You will likely want to use the textselector and highlighter similarly.
> You will probably want to replace the editor and viewer with your own
> component (or components).
>
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 4:41 PM Tyler Burton <btburton42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I see in this github issue (
>> https://github.com/openannotation/annotator/issues/565) that you're
>> suggesting a developer can create their own ui.main as an file external to
>> annotator --and internal to a module for example-- and pass that in when
>> initializing annotator so that they can use their own templates, etc. This
>> is what we're looking to do. We have our own UI and just want to make sure
>> that we're tying into the annotation lifecycle events (like
>> beforeAnnotationCreated, etc).
>>
>> Having said that, ui.main is pretty massive and each file relies on
>> several other files (like widget.js). Do you have any suggestions or
>> examples for good place to start if one is going to be creating their own
>> ui.main in their project?
>>
>> Thanks again...
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:08 PM Randall Leeds <randall at bleeds.info>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It sounds like you're in a nasty middle area that really we don't
>>> support.
>>>
>>> What I hear is that you:
>>>
>>> - Want the built in UI
>>> - Want to customize its templates
>>>
>>> What we got in Annotator 2.0 is
>>>
>>> - You can use **or not use** the built in UI
>>>
>>> So you should be looking to build UI from scratch and we should talk
>>> about your needs and what we might do to make this easier.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:01 PM Tyler Burton <btburton42 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> running `npm link` from pkg still creates a link at the repository
>>>> level, i.e. nothing changes. i'd be curious to see if anyone else is having
>>>> the same experience.
>>>>
>>>> our chief concern with modifications to core is creating a custom UI,
>>>> so that we can pass our own templates into annotator and have them
>>>> registered as dialog's, editors, etc. right now we are hooking into
>>>> lifecycle methods but nothing more. i know from previous discussions that
>>>> it was one of the chief goals of 2.0 to decouple the UI, but i'm wondering
>>>> if i should create a github issue to track this future functionality if
>>>> there's enough interest among the community?
>>>>
>>>> thanks again,
>>>> tyler
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 4:08 PM Randall Leeds <randall at bleeds.info>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Oh, that's right. I forgot that we're outputting the build into pkg.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll see what I can do about improving that. In the meantime, you
>>>>> could run `npm link` from the pkg directory after running `make`.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, I would still most love to know what customizations you need
>>>>> in core.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 11:35 AM Tyler Burton <btburton42 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Randall,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Following your NPM link suggestion I've linked the annotator repo and
>>>>>> then consumed it via NPM into my module, however the `pkg` directory is now
>>>>>> empty. I've used NPM link before with no problems. Can you confirm that
>>>>>> this might just be a local issue with my own project? AFAIK I should be
>>>>>> seeing an index.js file in the root of the NPM module, correct?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Screenshot is attached or otherwise available at:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/7zk3xb4unzoseb2/Screenshot%202015-09-24%2011.30.33.png?dl=0
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [image: Screenshot 2015-09-24 11.30.33.png]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 4:46 PM Randall Leeds <randall at bleeds.info>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/link
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you can, though, please send a note to the mailing list or open
>>>>>>> an issue, and if you already have make more noise, when you have reason to
>>>>>>> make changes to the core.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Some things, like ui.main, are meant to be a bit of a template, and
>>>>>>> you can copy them into your own project, change them, and build an
>>>>>>> application from there, including that in your annotator application rather
>>>>>>> than including a modified annotator build with a changed ui.main.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For everything else, if you have a reason to change the core, let's
>>>>>>> talk.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 3:35 PM Tyler Burton <btburton42 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm currently developing a module that will consume annotator and
>>>>>>>> use some forked modifications to Annotator UI main. Can anyone volunteer
>>>>>>>> their best suggestions for working with changed versions of Annotator core
>>>>>>>> in my current module repository?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have been considering building a new version of annotator.js each
>>>>>>>> time I make a change using the 'make pkg/annotator.min.js'
>>>>>>>> referenced in the HACKING.rst doc, but it tells me "make: Nothing to be
>>>>>>>> done for `all'." or that "make: `pkg/annotator.min.js' is up to date."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If there is a better way to live compile a version and symlink it
>>>>>>>> into my project I'm open to other suggestions as well.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tyler Burton
>>>>>>>> btburton42 at gmail.com
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Tyler Burton
>>>>>>>> btburton42 at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> --
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Tyler Burton
>>>>>> btburton42 at gmail.com
>>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>> --
>>>> Tyler Burton
>>>> btburton42 at gmail.com
>>>>
>>> --
>> --
>> Tyler Burton
>> btburton42 at gmail.com
>>
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