RCP: X.X, TXM corpus file association

Currently, .txm files are not associated with TXM software at the OS level.

a) using a running TXM: So it is not possible to directly load a corpus into TXM after download (as is the typical scenario in browser based download - eg on Windows).

b) launching a new TXM: It is not possible also to launch TXM by a double-clicking on a .txm file.

Solution

See, for each OS, how Java implements interprocess communications for two common services:

• launch an application based on a file type and let the application process a specific file
• let a running application process a specific file based on its type

Then,

1. Associate .txm files with TXM application at OS level and manage file load in a running TXM or by new launch, to automatically load a binary corpus in TXM (calls command LoadBinaryCorpus)

   1. Windows :

      FTYPE SMCFile="C:\some_path\SMCProgram.exe" -some_option %1 %*

      ASSOC .smc=SMCFile

      see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1082889/how-to-change-filetype-association-in-the-registry/1082925#1082925

Use Eclipse “—launcher.openFile thefilepath” parameter and add a SWT.OpenDocument Listener to the SWT Display.

2. Be able to detect if TXM is already running -> the implementataion may depends on the OS. See if the Eclipse binary launcher can help
   1. See :
      1. Message Service (JMS) peut être une solution pour ça :
         1. intro : https://jmdoudoux.developpez.com/cours/developpons/java/chap-jms.php
         2. Exemple asynchrone : https://rupalchatterjee.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/asynchronous-receiver-in-java-messaging-service-jms/
      2. - ou encore Java JGroups : http://www.jgroups.org

(from redmine: issue id 2758, created on 2020/01/31 by Matthieu Decorde)

(from SLH mail 2024-06-04)