[squeak-dev] [ANN][Squeak-dev Images] Revival

Gary Chambers gazzaguru2 at btinternet.com
Mon Jul 28 14:01:34 UTC 2008


Ah, well. Our browsers show "Modified" in the title bar when code has
changed.
Version 327 of Pinesoft-Widgets on SqueakSource now has a preference
(showTextEditingState) that provides a choice as to whether to use the old
behaviour of coloured borders.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> [mailto:squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org]On Behalf Of Ramon
> Leon
> Sent: 21 July 2008 5:18 PM
> To: 'The general-purpose Squeak developers list'
> Subject: RE: [squeak-dev] [ANN][Squeak-dev Images] Revival
>
>
>
> > Sorry for late response...
> > I could introduce a preference for the nasty (IMHO) red outline for
> > modifications... particularly ugly/distracting for things
> > like workspaces
> > though. You are quite welcome to leave feedback on the Swiki (when it
> > becomes available again!).
> >
> > Regards, Gary.
>
> It's not the color that's important, it's the visual indicator
> that a change
> has occurred and it'll need saved.  I use UIEnhancements and I
> really really
> miss the red border.  There needs to be a change indicator, every decent
> text editor in the world has such an indicator, be it an asterisks next to
> the file name on the tab or a big ugly red border, it's a vital feature.
>
> Ramon Leon
> http://onsmalltalk.com
>
>




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