[Newbies] Re: Underscore in 3.9

[Klaus D. Witzel]

Thank you Andy!

On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:36:30 +0200, Andrew Tween wrote:

> Hi,
> The syntaxHighlightingAsYouType* Preferences relate to the Shout  
> package, which
> is NOT  part of the 3.9 release. As you say, the preference values have  
> been
> fixed in the squeak-dev image (which includes Shout), and are also fixed  
> in the
> latest squeaksource version of Shout.
>
> Unfortunately, the SqueakMap version of Shout is not up-to-date, and has  
> the old
> (confusing) default preference values. I will soon update the SqueakMap  
> release
> with the latest from squeaksource, and then everything should be ok.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Klaus D. Witzel" <klaus.witzel at cobss.com>
> To: <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> Cc: <beginners at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 12:12 PM
> Subject: Re: Underscore in 3.9
>
>
> Stef & Marcus,
>
> would it be possible to change all syntaxHighlightingAsYouType*
> Preferences to values that do not cause confusion for beginners.
>
> This was already done so for the Squeak-dev image.
>
> Thank you very much in advance!
>
> /Klaus
>
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:38:29 +0200, Ramiro Diaz Trepat wrote:
>
>> Thank you Klaus.
>> Everything is fine now.
>> Probably that defaullt setting should be changed before the release,
>> shouldn't it?
>>
>>
>> On 10/24/06, Klaus D. Witzel <klaus.witzel at cobss.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Ramiro,
>>>
>>> on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:30:23 +0200, you wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hello everyone,
>>> >     I started using the latest 3.9 image and there are no := there :)
>>> > Only underscores.
>>> >     Even when I write := it turns into _ when I save.
>>> >     I am sure there is a very silly option out there to deactivate
>>> > this behaviour.  Anyone can tell me?
>>> >     Thanks
>>>
>>> Open Preference Browser and in the searchbox type
>>> syntaxHighlightingAsYouType.
>>>
>>> This will show up three underscore and := related preferences.
>>>
>>> Unfortuntely the initial preferences in the stock 3.9 image are as you
>>> desribed.
>>>
>>> Have a look at the developer's image, there this (and other  
>>> preferences)
>>> are pre-set for meeting the expectations of developers, the image also
>>> comes with cool tools pre-loaded
>>>
>>> - http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st/seaside/pier
>>>
>>> /Klaus
>>>
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