At the moment, the help system and documentatiion for Morphic is 
pretty much identical to this list and the swikis. The problem
with this is htat much of the written documentation is out of date and
balkanised. 

Squeak is a wonderful environment, and addictive, as everyone who comes
here as a newbie agrees. However there is really a documentation issue
with Morphic.

But compare - Squeak's wonderful language and warm
community, and gappy documentation, or C++ horrible language design,
snobbish you-don't-get it community and stackfuls of books ...

Edmund


On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Ian Piumarta wrote:

> On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, Radnour Acton-Page wrote:
> 
> > I Ihave just come across Squeak and like what I see. Up to a point the
> > language is simple and very powerful and it beats the hell out of C++ , Java
> > and the like. However, I find Morphic very confusing, are there any simple
> > examples for me to follow ? I am looking at the 'press button, show mesage'
> > level and upwarsd.
> 
> Open a system browser (from background menu).  This is the best tool from
> which to snoop around.
> 
> In top-left pane, type "cmd-f" (or "alt-f") for "find class" (or choose it
> from the menu icon in the scroll bar of that pane).
> 
> Type "button" into the pop-up, press return.
> 
> A list of buttonish classes pops up, amongst which figures
> "SimpleButtonMorph".  Looks promising!  Select it.
> 
> Look at class side (for instantiation): #newWithLabel: -- this might just
> be exactly what we wanted.
> 
> Open a workspace (b/g menu) to try it out.  In the workspace, type
> 
>   (SimpleButtonMorph newWithLabel: 'Hello, world') openInWorld
> 
> select it and choose "do it" (or "cmd-d").  Well, that's definititely a
> button, but it doesn't do much.
> 
> Look in browser on instance side.  Hmm... #target:, #actionSelector:,
> #arguments: -- those look quite promising.
> 
> Back to the workspace:
> 
>   (SimpleButtonMorph newWithLabel: 'Hello, world')
> 	target: Smalltalk;
> 	actionSelector: #confirm:;
> 	arguments: #('Boo!');
> 	openInWorld
> 
> Much more interesting!
> 
> Have fun making buttons.
> 
> Ian
> 
>