[UPDATES] -- last of 2.6alpha

Dan Ingalls Dan.Ingalls at disney.com
Tue Oct 12 04:53:25 UTC 1999


The update version number is now set to 2.6.
Test pilots will get an automatic version advance option at the end.

I will probably issue a few more fixes as part of 2.6 updates, and we will then put out a new image and a set of VMs.  At that point we'll start updates for 2.7alpha, and send out the doit that enables test pilots to track those updates.

	- Dan
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1535openWaveEditorFix-MD

1536ListItemSelect-jlm -- Jason McVay -- 5 October 1999
This changeset is
1) better factored than the previous version;
2) less intrusive;
3) supports typing in several letters consecutively (and quickly) to select items more specifically
Tweaked by DI to init existing lists upon fileIn.

1537countBitsWkAround-bf

1538saveAs-TEM

1539BezierFix -- Andreas Raab -- 11 October 1999
Fixes a problem with the number of segments when drawing bezier shapes."

1540versionsFix-sw -- Scott Wallace -- 11 October 1999
Several fixes relating to the use of a versions browser to revert a method to a previous version:
(1)  While you could always hit cmd-s or ENTER in the code pane to revert to that version, it seems that using the menu equivalent, 'accept', never worked in Morphic.  Now it does.
(2)  In the list-pane, an item to revert to the corresponding version is added (this has the same functionality as the former 'filein selections' item)
(3)  Another button is added to the row of optional morphic buttons, with the same functionality as the menu item in (2) above.
Thanks to Chris Norton for reporting the bugs that this update fixes."

1541sundry-sw -- Scott Wallace -- 11 October 1999
(1) Revert-to-previous-version and Revert-and-forget commands in browsers, etc., now restore the time stamp of the reverted-to method rather than adding a current one.
(2) #printOn: methods for CompiledMethod and MorphExtension now give more useful information.
(3)  Inspector menu offers 'methods storing into this inst var'.

1542dropIntoPartsBin-sw -- Scott Wallace -- 11 October 1999
Makes it possible for a parts bin to accept drops without requiring any special unlocking gesture.
This is accomplished by making the #isPartsBin and #openToDragNDrop attributes of a pasteup be independent.  The latter is now separately settable in the playfield-options menu, and flip-flopping the former no longer affects the latter.
Note that a concomitant of this change is that you can remove any object from an active parts bin by grabbing it via its black handle, and you can, similarly, reposition an object in a parts bin by picking it up with the black handle and dropping it wherever you want it to end up.
A fresh danger introduced by this update is that, since you can easily let go of an object you've just dragged from a parts bin while the cursor is still over the parts bin, this now results in adding a duplicate of that object to the parts bin.  In an earlier version, this special case was singled out for special handling because of the annoyance factor, but for the moment, in this version, we'll just let the chips fall where they may, and listen for feedback.
Note that existing parts bins are changed via the postscript of this update so that they now become open to dropping."

1543AdvanceVersion -- Dan Ingalls -- 06 August 1999
This update offers the choice to advance the Squeak verson number for the purpose of continuing to retrieve updates for Release 2.6 and beyond.





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