[Gnash-dev] Implementing Stage.showMenu()

[Jonathan Crider]

Hey all, I need some opinions about things. I'm working at implementing 
Stage.showMenu (and others), and I've run into a semantics issue. I have 
most of the code in place to call the fscommand handler for this 
function. The problem is that the current gui codes have a different 
interpretation of showMenu than flash does.

I think gtk.cpp is the only gui that implements this function so far and 
the method seems to hide or show the menu bar at the top of the screen 
(I assume for the stand-alone player).

The flash documents say that Stage.showMenu() should instead, limit the 
contents of the context (right-click) menu in the flash player. When 
show menu is turned to false the only options on the right-click menu 
are: Settings, and About.

The gnash player obviously has many different options than the flash 
player, so my first question is should we allow the swf file to limit 
what is on the right-click menu in gnash? If so, what do we want to put 
on the menu when Stage.showMenu() is set to false?

Also, should I replace the functionality of showMenu in gtk.cpp to do 
what Flash expects it to do? I suppose I could also write some other 
function and have the AS Stage.showMenu call that function in the gui 
code, but I am looking for some opinions on what is the best option.

Thanks
Jon