[kepler-dev] [Bug 3169] - Cannot add documentation to a new actor from within Kepler

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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3169





------- Comment #3 from higgins at nceas.ucsb.edu  2008-03-03 09:31 -------
Chad,
    Creating and actor without the KeplerDocumentation Attribute is as simple
as creating a new Java coded actor and adding to a workflow using the
Tools/Instantiate Component menu item. I originally did this with the
AscGridValue actor, but I think Kirsten has now added the documentation.

    Another actor(s) that you can load is/are the Python actors (which are
currently in the Kepler src but not in the the actor library. From Kepler, you
can just open a Ptolemy moml file to instantiate the actors. Open
$PTII/ptolemy/actror/lib/python/python.xml. This should create a workflow with
2 actors - PythonActor and PythonScript. These actors have no documentation
information.

   I am particulatrly interested in these actors because I am hoping to add
them to Kepler with documentation. (I have been getting better acquainted with
Python/Jython and think that adding such scripting actors to Kepler would be
useful for a lot of users.)

Dan Higgins - 3 Mar 2008