Dustin Sallings <dustin+squeak at spy.net> wrote:
> 
> 	I went through some of the morphic tutorials and I think I
> understand the basic concepts.  What I didn't get was the part where you
> create a morph class that will contain one or more embeded morph classes.
> 
> 	I can instantiate them in a project and get them all embeded and
> all that, but I'd like to create a standalone morph of which I can easily
> create multiple instances.
> 
> 	Any pointers?


A simple example is the LedMorph


If you evaluate (ALT-D in Windows) in a workspace

    LedMorph new openInWorld 

you get a LedMorph with two digits.


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It was constructed by executing the code of the method initialize


initialize

	super initialize.
	flashing _ false.
	flash _ false.
	self scrollInit.
	self digits: 2.
	self value: 0.
	self color: Color green.


which contains the expression:

self digits: 2.


If you look into #digits:

digits: aNumber

	digits _ aNumber.
	self removeAllMorphs.
	1 to: digits do: [:i | self addMorph: (LedDigitMorph new color:
color)].
	self layoutChanged.
	self changed.


You see that #addMorph: is used.

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To summarize


To come up with your own Morph you subclass an existing Morph
(class Morph is a good candidate as it already is very capable - it
has 1000 methods!)
and you write your own initialize method which uses #addMorph
to add submorphs.


There is a tutorial http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/795
which explains in a more detailed way how to do your own morph
(not by direct manipulation / construction but with Smalltalk code; 
section second and third approach)


Hannes Hirzel