In your project's README, you mentioned that when you first made this code, you didn't have much experience with Objective C/CoreFoundation. Even though you thought the code might not be great, the app works well and many people use it. I wanted to make the code easier to understand, so I changed the names of some functions and variables.
I fixed a part of the code called find_itemname() because it wasn't being used before. I also removed sidebar_insert() because it didn't do anything. It seems like you were waiting for find_itemname() to work properly before making sidebar_insert() useful. But after six years, no one has asked for it, so I deleted it.
I made the error checking clearer by putting it into two new functions, ValidArguments() and ValidateSideBarList(). This makes it easier to see what the add, remove, and list options are doing. I also made a new function called ClearSideBarItems() to remove everything at once, which means RemoveSideBarItem() now just removes one item with the help of the improved FindItemByName().
I updated the xcodeproj files needed to make the code work with the newest Mac Silicon chips.
With these changes, the code should be easier for you or anyone else to read and work with in the future. You did a great job making something that helps so many people with automating their Macs, even after all this time.
In your project's README, you mentioned that when you first made this code, you didn't have much experience with Objective C/CoreFoundation. Even though you thought the code might not be great, the app works well and many people use it. I wanted to make the code easier to understand, so I changed the names of some functions and variables.
I fixed a part of the code called
find_itemname()because it wasn't being used before. I also removedsidebar_insert()because it didn't do anything. It seems like you were waiting forfind_itemname()to work properly before makingsidebar_insert()useful. But after six years, no one has asked for it, so I deleted it.I made the error checking clearer by putting it into two new functions,
ValidArguments()andValidateSideBarList(). This makes it easier to see what theadd,remove, andlistoptions are doing. I also made a new function calledClearSideBarItems()to remove everything at once, which meansRemoveSideBarItem()now just removes one item with the help of the improvedFindItemByName().I updated the
xcodeprojfiles needed to make the code work with the newest Mac Silicon chips.It's a bit difficult to read the diffs, so checking out the final version of the code might be simpler: https://github.com/mosen/mysides/blob/ebd838ade305e850962f88f492dc1ac559834940/src/main.m
With these changes, the code should be easier for you or anyone else to read and work with in the future. You did a great job making something that helps so many people with automating their Macs, even after all this time.