I would guess that the squeak text box is a legacy thing. There has been lots of
work that has gone into a new graphics and components architecture (i.e.
morphic) but we have not yet hat that level of innovation targeted at text and
text data structures in the squeak environment. I am sure that someone somewhere
must have had a go, but whether it makes it into general use is another matter.

I for one have several projects in mind that are very text display editing
oriented. I have played with the current implementation and wish for something
more. As I read your proposal I find myself saying, Yes, Yes Yes!!!


Keith
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Scott A Crosby wrote:

> The more I see the squeak textbox, the more I wish for the TK one.
>
> I'm new to squeak, so may be I'm mistaken.. But its seeming to me that the
> TCL textbox has a lot more flexibility and power than what squeak is
> fielding.
>
> For example, why are inlined error messages in the code done as a normal
> text? You have to manually delete them before you can even save&recompile!
>
> Similarily, the other uses of it appear to have the same flaw.
>
> So, maybe borrow a few things from TK?
>