Calypso Default Report - Now in Living Color!

[[Je...]]

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Color is a potent communication tool.

Text by itself gets bottlenecked by neural processors that must first partition and add context. Color helps our eyes and brain orchestrate data.

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Edit: Let me clarify that the colorized report displayed above is not an enhancement provided by Zeiss or associated with the latest Calypso release.

I created this colorized report by assigning a better text editor (Notepad++) to Calypso's Default Report. Using a style configurator, I assigned colors to specific code elements. It's easy to do.

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A Personal Note (soapbox)
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My goal is to show Zeiss how color and other user interface tools can be leveraged to optimize CMM programming. At one time, Zeiss knew this and employed this strategy to gain a competitive edge. Complacency and antiquation have seeped in over time. Zeiss must recognize that the user experience is still what makes software great. They need to listen to their customers, particularly CMM programmers—and especially those outside of Germany—who are on the front lines and ultimately persuade the decision-makers in an organization. The greatest sales force for software are people inside an organization who are passionate about a product.

Software drives metrology, and the user interface is the vital component that either makes or breaks software.

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End Personal Note (soapbox)
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[[Ow...]]

Great addition!
Can you confirm that the latest edition of Calypso (7.6) now has the colored characteristic icons and identification symbols that were removed in the short-lived 7.4 version?
Is 7.6 glitz free yet?
I'm currently in the process of having to wipe my computer because I.T. found a virus on it and would like to upgrade in the process. I'm still on 7.2 because I haven't had the time or want to upgrade after reading some feedback on them.

[[Je...]]

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Owen, I edited my post to clarify that this colorized report is not associated to version 7.6.

I'm starting to test version 7.6. It is not glitch-free, but it does include some amazing improvements. I applaud Zeiss for those.

I would definitely encourage you to do your own testing and evaluation. Version 7.6 does still use the same poorly designed monotone icons that were introduced in 7.4. I'm working on my own solution to this.

[[Ri...]]

Could share the "Style Configurator" file with us?

[[Ch...]]

Jeff,

Yes can you share the color theme with us ?

I've got some if it going in Notepad++ User-Defined theme, however stuck on getting it to detect a variable in PCM.


Thank you !

[[Mi...]]

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Seems like we've gotten stuck at the same spot. Due to the nature of PCM not having any delimitators for defining variables I'm not convinced notepad++ can reliably detect them unfortunately

[[Ch...]]

Michael,

I have an idea, however I don't think it would it would capture all variables 100% of the time.

This is mainly for occasional uses such as sharing

code 

with Engineers who don't have access to Calypso etc

I could do multiple screenshots, etc. I suppose.

Also the legendary Eric Moberg has a cool app : CodeMemory for copy/pasting common PCM I believe. however I'm unable to "copy" if from the app to anywhere else.

[[Ch...]]

Michael (& all)

Please try the attached notepad++ user defined language.xml, , note change extension from .txt to .xml
and then install "enhanceAnyLexer" plugin found here.. https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org ... 1881842006

Per this gentlemens guidance... https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/90978

obviously replace color hex code with what you need. Seems to work well so far. I have not populated all commands, but will update this when I do, and test further.

Note: I'm going with white background for now.

Cheers, enjoy !

[[Ch...]]

pretty close... just need it to not overwrite my NUMBERS format ..

[[Ch...]]

Zeiss blocking upload even with renames, so for now, here is the code save to : YOUR_UDL.xml

<NotepadPlus>
    <UserLang name="CALYPSO-PCM" ext="txt" udlVersion="2.1">
        <Settings>
            <Global caseIgnored="yes" allowFoldOfComments="no" foldCompact="no" forcePureLC="0" decimalSeparator="0" />
            <Prefix Keywords1="no" Keywords2="no" Keywords3="no" Keywords4="no" Keywords5="no" Keywords6="no" Keywords7="no" Keywords8="no" />
        </Settings>
        <KeywordLists>
            <Keywords name="Comments">00// 01 02 03 04</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, prefix1"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, prefix2"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, extras1"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, extras2"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, suffix1"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, suffix2"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Numbers, range"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Operators1">abs getActual getNominal </Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Operators2"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code1, open">if </Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code1, middle">then else</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code1, close">endif</Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code2, open"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code2, middle"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in code2, close"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in comment, open"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in comment, middle"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Folders in comment, close"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords1"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords2"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords3"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords4"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords5"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords6"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords7"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Keywords8"></Keywords>
            <Keywords name="Delimiters">00(&quot; 01 02&quot;) 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23</Keywords>
        </KeywordLists>
        <Styles>
            <WordsStyle name="DEFAULT" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="COMMENTS" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="LINE COMMENTS" fgColor="8080FF" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="NUMBERS" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS1" fgColor="008000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS2" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS3" fgColor="0000FF" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="1" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS4" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS5" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS6" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS7" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="KEYWORDS8" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="OPERATORS" fgColor="0000FF" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="FOLDER IN CODE1" fgColor="FF8000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="1" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="FOLDER IN CODE2" fgColor="FF8000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="1" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="FOLDER IN COMMENT" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS1" fgColor="FF80C0" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS2" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS3" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS4" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS5" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS6" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS7" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
            <WordsStyle name="DELIMITERS8" fgColor="000000" bgColor="FFFFFF" fontStyle="0" nesting="0" />
        </Styles>
    </UserLang>
</NotepadPlus>