MainMenu : Object

Initialize menu items under the main "SuperCollider" menu that enable process and server monitoring and control:

• Stop - same as Cmd/Ctrl-Period
• Servers - a submenu listing available servers, with items for controlling each. The default server will be noted, and selecting the name of a server in this menu will set it as the default.
• Quit - quit sclang process

Register a MenuAction to a main application menu. This menu item will exist for the duration of the app, or until .unregister is called for the action.

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Discussion:

MainMenu.register provides an easy way to register global menu items, in a way that helps avoid disrupting menus registered by other SuperCollider components.

If you want to register menus for personal use, add the registration calls to your startup.scd file. This will ensure the menus are created automatically on launch.

If you're registering menu actions for a Quark or other component intended for distribution, be sure to be polite and thoughtful about where you're registering actions.

Avoid creating new top-level menus if possible - instead, try to use one of the following canonical menus to register your actions. Add your actions to a group to ensure you don't collide with actions from another component:

• File
• Edit
• Server
• Quarks
• Help

If registering menu items for a Quark, consider registering as a sub-menu of the Quarks menu. This can easily be done using the MainMenu: registerQuarkMenu method.

Convenience method for registering a menu of functionality related to a Quark. It will appear as a sub-menu under the main Quarks menu.

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Remove a MenuAction that has been registered previously.

Arguments:

A list of menus to append to the set of main application menus.

Adds a menu to otherMenus.

Arguments:

Removes a menu to otherMenus.

Arguments:

Inserts a menu in otherMenus at the given index.

Arguments:

Clears otherMenus. The main application menus are unaffected.

Arguments:

The main SuperCollider application menu.