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- class Platform.Platform(system, config)¶
I am the abstract parent of OS/Platform interactions. Most have some common things to be done, so to the degree possible stuff that is truly common will find its way here.
- handle_load_dialog(path)¶
After load() or some other method opens a dialog to select a file to load, this method will navigate that dialog to the correct path.
Parameters:
path: the string path to the file to load
- has_error_dialog()¶
Check if there is a visible error dialog
Preconditions:
Postconditions:
The system is unchanged except possibly for the mouse moving
Return: True if there is a visible error dialog, False otherwise
- load(path)¶
Load a file from the given path.
Parameters:
path: the path to the target path
Given an region that marks the region to click to expand the menu and the region that can be used to validate that the menu did expand, expand the desired menu.
Parameters:
menu_region: the <no title> that is the “button” to click to expand the menu
validation_region: the <no title> that will be seen when the menu is expanded
Return: True if the menu is expanded, False otherwise
- open_start()¶
Open the start menu (typically in the bottom left of the screen)
Return: True if the Start Menu is open, False otherwise
- save()¶
Save the current document to the default filename.
Subclasses may well want to do this in more specific ways.
- save_as(path)¶
Save the current document to the given filename.
Subclasses may well want to do this in more specific ways.
Parameters:
path: the string to enter in the filename field for where to save this file
- try_config()¶
Stub so platforms don’t choke and die if this is called and they don’t know how to configure themselves.