Chapter 2. macOS-Specific Features of the IDE

Table of Contents

2.1. Error badge on the MeVisLab icon in the dock
2.2. Changing the Toolkit Style of MeVisLab
2.3. Spotlight Search integration
2.4. Quick Look integration
2.5. macOS Image IO integration
2.6. AppleScript support
2.7. Touch Bar support

Some small enhancements have been made to the MeVisLab Integrated Development Environment (IDE), which are only available in the macOS edition.

2.1. Error badge on the MeVisLab icon in the dock

Errors in MeVisLab or one of its loaded modules are printed to the MeVisLab Debug Console. In addition to that, the MeVisLab macOS edition also overlays the MeVisLab icon in the dock with an error badge (Figure 2.1, “Error badge on the MeVisLab icon”).

Figure 2.1. Error badge on the MeVisLab icon

Error badge on the MeVisLab icon

To clear the error state and to remove the badge from the icon, right click in the MeVisLab Debug Console and select Clear from the context menu.