On 29-Dec-04, at 7:15 PM, David T. Lewis wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 04:13:27PM -0800, Blake wrote:
>> I've been fascinated by--and trying to follow--the discussions on
>> connectors over the past month and have just one question:
>>
>> What are they?
>>
>> I mean, can anyone give me a "high concept" definition that explains 
>> what
>> they're designed to do? What problems they're meant to solve? I have 
>> them
>> on my system, but I can't figure out how/where to use them.
>
> I use Connectors whenever I want to make a diagram or picture, 
> especially
> when I want to show something to a person accustomed to PowerPoint 
> slides.
>
So when you make a presentation using connectors and plotMorphs, how do 
manage the "slides" ? Surely the screen isn't big enough for your 
presentation.

Do you use book Morphs? ..or something else?

THEj

> Think of it as a diagramming tool where the objects in the diagram just
> happen to be live objects in Squeak. Sort of like a Powerpoint slide
> that comes to life when you click on something in the diagram.
>
> Many thanks to Ned for creating Connectors. And while I am at it, I
> should mention the excellent Plot Morph package by Diego Gomez Deck,
> which I have also been using recently (well, today actually) for data
> presentation.  Both Connectors and Plot Morph are wonderfully useful
> for presentations and data analysis.
>
> Dave
>
>