[UPDATES] 7 items for 2.8alpha

agree at carltonfields.com agree at carltonfields.com
Wed Jan 19 15:50:40 UTC 2000


Why would it be necessary to fiddle?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MIME :guzdial at cc.gatech.edu > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 9:35 AM
> To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> Subject: Re: [UPDATES] 7 items for 2.8alpha
> > > I think that fiddling a little with ResEdit on our part would > save some of your time, as well as space.  We appreciate your > service, so I'm more than happy to do some bit fiddling to > take advantage of your efforts!
> > Thanks!
>    Mark
> > >Hi,
> >  I've built a 2.8a image/changes combo and put it in > 2.7/files, a .sit.bin
> >for the mac folks and a .tar.gz for the rest.    Question to > you mac folks:
> >Since you're alpha testing software do y'all feel > comfortable enough with
> >resedit to change the file types on the .image?  If so I can > just leave
> >the .tar.gz file there next time.  It saves about 4 meg or so.
> >
> >Note that you have to file this bit in if you want to update > from a 2.7
> >image to a 2.8alpha image.
> >
> >'From Squeak2.8alpha of 19 January 2000 [latest update: > #1789] on 19 >January 2000 at 1:04:57 pm'!
> >
> >!SystemDictionary methodsFor: 'sources, change log' stamp: > 'beo >1/19/2000 12:54'!
> >version
> >	"Answer the version of this release."
> >
> >	^ EToySystem version , ' of ' , EToySystem versionDate! !
> >
> >
> >I forgot who, but this came across the list before.  The > problem is that
> >SystemDictionary version got changed to hardcoded values.
> >
> >cheers
> >
> >bruce
> >
> >
> >
> >Dan Ingalls <Dan.Ingalls at disney.com> wrote:
> > > Folks -
> > >
> > > I've just posted 7 new updates for 2.8alpha, as follows...
> > >
> > > 	- Dan
> > > -------------------------
> > > 1783PkgBrowserTweaks-STP -- Stephen Travis Pope -- 13 January 2000
> > > This change set repairs a bug that kept the find class and
> > > recent menu items from working in the current version of > the package
> > > browser (*and* it removes more code than it adds). The > menu functions did
> > > not select the class category for the found class.
> > >
> > > 1784fixesFromSTP -- Stephen Travis Pope -- 13 January 2000
> > > A fix and an enhancement sent out by stp today:
> > > *  Fixes the bug that the menu flap's tab was using the > menu font >instead of the flap font.
> > > *  Adds Preferences.setParameter:to: to allow easy > programmatic >setting of parameters."
> > >
> > > 1785pkgBrowserStuff-sw -- Scott Wallace -- 13 January 2000
> > > Gives the Package Brower a more first-class status in the > system >through the following changes:
> > > * Puts a prototypical PackageBrowser in the tools flap > and in the >standard parts bin
> > > * Adds a separate item to the 'open...' menus to allow > the user >to request a package browser.
> > > * If the 'browserShowsPackagePane' preference is true, > then all >the 'browse full' and 'browse it' commands will > launch a Package >rather than a System browser."
> > >
> > > 1786listDblClick-sw -- Scott Wallace (and, mainly, Bob > Arning) -- >13 January 2000
> > > Based on a custom subclass of PluggableListMorph that was > >circulated to the Squeak list by Bob Arning in late 1999, > but with >the feature now elevated to reside in generic > PluggableListMorph
> > > Allows a PluggableListMorph to have a special action set > up to be >triggered in response to a double-click on a list item.
> > > Harnessed to make a double-click on an item in an > >inspect-list-pane (in an Inspector or a Debugger) be > interpreted as >a request to open an inspector on the selected value.
> > > For this purpose, a 'double-click' is defined as two > successive >clicks on the same list item that occur within > the number of >milliseconds indicated by PluggableListMorph's > DoubleClickTime class >variable, which starts out life at > 1000, representing 1 second,"
> > >
> > > 1787ftpNewFile-tkMU -- Ted Kaehler -- 13 January 2000
> > > Allows RemoteFileStreams to keep track of whether they > have valid >data in their local stream.  The lack of this > knowledge caused ftp >errors when closing a newly created > remote file, and when writing a >file of zero length."
> > >
> > > 1788inspectElement-sw -- Scott Wallace -- 14 January 2000
> > > In Inspectors (and inspect-lists of Debuggers), if the > current >selection is a non-empty Array or OrderedCollection > then the >inspect-list menu will now offer a new item, > 'inspect element...', >which will allow you to open an > inspector directly on any element of >the selection.
> > > The former #smartInspect feature is removed."
> > >
> > > 1789noPersonalize-sw -- Scott Wallace -- 18 January 2000
> > > Adds a new Preference, called 'personalizedWorldMenu', > which >governs which menu should be put up when the user > >yellow-button-clicks on the morphic desktop.  If the > preference is >true, the personalized menu will be used (as > before), if false then >the standard red-button (world) menu > is used instead."
> > --------------------------
> Mark Guzdial : Georgia Tech : College of Computing : Atlanta, > GA 30332-0280
> (404) 894-5618 : Fax (404) 894-0673 : guzdial at cc.gatech.edu
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