[Newbies] Re: code formatter

[Mark Volkmann]

On Sep 27, 2008, at 9:56 PM, Jerome Peace wrote:

> [Newbies] code formatter
>
>
> Mark Volkmann mark at ociweb.com
> Sat Sep 27 00:18:00 UTC 2008
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> Use case:
>
> In a fresh sq7159
> world menu>open>class browser
>
> select a method
> (I used KernelTests-Methods
> 	>MethodPropertiesTest
> 		>testAllMethodsHaveMethodClass )
> to the right of the 'class vars' button there is a button that  
> usually says 'source' .
> Press that and you get a menu.
> Select 'pretty print'
>
> The button will now read 'pretty print' and the methods will be  
> displayed that way.
> When I do this I usually go full hog an ask for color print which  
> highlights the different parts of squeak.
> The color scheme is different than shouts but it is very helpful in  
> groking code.

Thank you very much! That worked!
The other key thing I learned from this is that after it is selected,  
pretty printing is done automatically any time changes to the code in  
a method are saved. Cool!

> Yours in curiosity and service, --Jerome Peace
>
> On Sep 26, 2008, at 7:03 PM, Rob Rothwell wrote:
>
>> Hmm...I just switched to a SystemBrowser in a pharo dev image,
>> highlighted the code in a method, right clicked, selected "more...",
>> and pretty print, and it rearranged my code...
>>
>> What image are you using?
>
> I just repeated the steps you listed and it still didnt' work. I'm
> using Squeak3.10.2-7179-basic on a Mac.
>
>> Rob
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 7:59 PM, Mark Volkmann <mark at ociweb.com>
>> wrote:
>> On Sep 26, 2008, at 6:50 PM, Rob Rothwell wrote:
>>
>>> Try right-clicking on the method name (in the method pane of the
>>> browser) and selecting "pretty print" (at least in the
>>> Omnibrowser)...
>>
>> Pretty print isn't in that menu when using System Browser. Maybe I
>> should switch to OmniBrowser. I haven't tried that yet.
>>
>> Is it really possible that System Browser can't format code?
>>
> Ha.  Squeak knows how to do more things than you or I know how to  
> ask it.
>
> My working assumpt.
>
>
>
>
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