Leon Mika
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- Fixed MacOS release and moved UCL site into repository Reviewed-on: #3 Co-authored-by: Leon Mika <lmika@lmika.org> Co-committed-by: Leon Mika <lmika@lmika.org>
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# Editing Items
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Dynamo-Browse offers some basic facilities for editing items — such as creating items, deleting items,
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and modifying their attribute values.
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<figure class="screenshot">
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<img src="/images/dynamo-browse/modified-items.png" alt="Item indicators">
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</figure>
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## Marking Items
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Most modifications are applied to items that are marked. A marked item is indicated by a grey
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background and a bullet indicator (`•`) on the left side of the table.
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To mark or unmark the selected item, press <kbd>m</kbd>.
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The command `unmark` can be used to clear all marked items.
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## Modifying Attributes
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Item attributes can be added or modified by using the command `set-attr` or the alias `sa`.
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This command can be used to modify the value and type of an attribute of the currently selected items, or
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from any marked items.
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The format of the command is as follows:
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```
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:set-attr [<type>] <attributeName>
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```
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Where type is one of the following (case insensitive):
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- `-S`: string
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- `-N`: number
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- `-BOOL`: boolean
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- `-NULL`: null
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If the type is not specified, and the attribute exists, then the attribute type will not change.
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The type must be specified if this is a new attribute or multiple items have been marked.
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After executing the command, Dynamo-Browse will prompt for the value of the new attribute if one is
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required.
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Modified attributes will only be tracked in memory: they will not be written
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to the actual table until it is "putted" (see [Committing Changes](#committing-changes)).
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An item that has been modified will be displayed in red and a modified indicator (`M`) will appear
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on the left-most column.
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## Deleting Attributes
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An attribute can be deleted by using the command `del-attr` or the alias `da`. The format of the command
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is as follows:
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```
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:del-attr <attributeName>
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```
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When executed, the attribute with the name _attributeName_ will be deleted from the selected item, or
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from any marked items.
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Deleted attributes will only be tracked in memory: they will not be removed from
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the actual table until it is "putted" (see [Committing Changes](#committing-changes)).
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An item that has been modified will be displayed in red and a modified indicator (`M`) will appear
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on the left-most column.
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## Adding Items
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A new item can be created by typing in the command `new-item`.
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When entered, Dynamo-Browse will prompt for the partition and sort key. Once these are entered,
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the item will appear in the top pane in green with an asterisk indicator (`*`) on the left left-most column.
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Any additional attributes can be set by using `set-attr`.
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A new item will only appear in memory: it will not be written
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to the actual table until it is "putted" (see [Committing Changes](#committing-changes)).
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## Deleting Items
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Items can be deleted by marking them and then typing in the command `delete`.
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Unlike most of the other modified commands, running `delete` WILL make changes to the table
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immediately.
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## Committing Changes
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New or modified items (but not deleted items) will be kept in memory until they are committed
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or "putted" to the table. To put the changes, use the `put` command or `w` alias.
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## Backing Out of Changes
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Any modified items can be reverted back to what they are in the actual table by rerunning the
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current query. This can be done by pressing <kbd>⇧R</kbd>. |