Re-posted so that the Bug Fixes Archive will group it with the first "[FIX] Re: Preferences class usage question" post.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Wallace [mailto:scott.wallace at squeakland.org]
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 3:48 AM
> To: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Cc: ducasse at iam.unibe.ch
> Subject: Re: [FIX] Re: Preferences class usage question
> 
> 
> Hi, Stephane, and all,
> 
> Okay, I've made a careful pass through all the entries in the 
> Parameters dictionary in a standard image, and found that all but 
> *three* of the entries are legitimate and in active current use.
> 
> The three superfluous entries are the two mentioned earlier, 
> #Prevailing and #PersonalPreferences, plus a third item, 
> #systemLanguage, which formerly was a system-wide parameter, but is 
> now separately maintained for each individual project, and hence now 
> stored as a project-parameter instead of a system-wide parameter.
> 
> The attached change-set, which subsumes the earlier fix, removes all 
> three of the superfluous entries in Parameters.
> 
> It was very helpful in tracking these down to have a command in the 
> menu of the key-list-pane of a dictionary inspector for querying 
> "senders of this key" whenever the key is a symbol, so this 
> change-set adds that, as well as adding a stay-up item for the menu.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>    -- Scott
> 
> 
> At 8:03 AM +0200 5/16/03, Stephane Ducasse wrote:
> >Scott
> >
> >could you propose a clean that we could review and incorporate?
> >Thanks
> >
> >
> >On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 11:19 PM, Scott Wallace wrote:
> >
> >>Hi, Anthony,
> >>
> >>The entry in Parameters under key #Prevailing is a leftover from a 
> >>transition in Preferences architecture a couple of years ago, which 
> >>has hung around in the image unnoticed.  It, and the Parameters 
> >>entry under #PersonalPreferences as well, can and should be removed.
> >>
> >>The attached change-set does this.
> >>
> >>As part of the broad cleanup of Squeak underway, it will good for 
> >>the Parameters to undergo a careful scrutiny.
> >>
> >>Cheers,
> >>
> >>   -- Scott
> >>
> >>
> >>At 12:39 PM -0700 5/15/03, Anthony Adachi wrote:
> >>>Hello
> >>>
> >>>I was inspecting the Preferences class and came across
> >>>something I don't understand.
> >>>
> >>>Why are some preferences in the Preferences class
> >>>stored in two different class variables?
> >>>
> >>>For instance, #honorDesktopCmdKeys is located in both
> >>>the class variables:
> >>>
> >>>1. DictionaryOfPreferences (as an instance of the
> >>>class Preference)
> >>>
> >>>2. Parameters (under #Prevailing as a Boolean).
> >>
> >><expungeParameter-sw.cs.gz>
>