You might want to look at PluggableTextMorph, and its use in the PDA
class.  I'm not sure this is the right way to do it, but it IS a way to
do what I think you're asking for.

Roger McDermott wrote:
> Hi
> 
>  
> 
> I’ve just joined this list and I have a question regarding getting input
> into Squeak. I would say at the outset that I am a novice programmer
> (although I have used some Smalltalk before and know a little Java) so I
> apologise if this is a bit basic.
> 
>  
> 
> I appreciate that one can use the Transcript window to give simple
> screen output from code run in the Workspace but is there a similar
> (ready-made) window that can be used to get input?
> 
>  
> 
> In one of the Java packages that I use there is a class called a
> ConsoleWindow which allows input and output in the same window, e.g.
> 
>  
> 
> ConsoleWindow c = new ConsoleWindow();
> 
>             c.out.println("Please input an integer");
> 
>             myInteger = c.input.readInt();
> 
>             c.out.println("Your integer times two is" + 2 * myInteger);
> 
>  
> 
> In private emails, Ken Rose pointed towards the Workspace window (but
> unfortunately I am not adept enough to get that to work in the way I
> want) and Stephane Ducasse gave me the following code snippet
> 
>  
> 
> | res |
> 
> res := FillInTheBlank request: 'please enter a number'.
> 
> res asNumber.
> 
>  
> 
> which does allow things to be input but the FillInTheBlank object
> disappears as soon as you enter a number. I’m sure that there is a very
> simple way of doing this but, at present, it is still unclear to me.
> 
>  
> 
> Any help would be much appreciated.
> 
>  
> 
> Roger McDermott
> 
>  
> 
> 
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