[squeak-dev] Help system now for Squeak and Pharo
Igor Stasenko
siguctua at gmail.com
Fri Feb 19 20:49:42 UTC 2010
On 19 February 2010 18:00, Torsten Bergmann <astares at gmx.de> wrote:
> Since we share tools and code - we may in the future also
> share (in-image) documentation for tools. What is new:
>
> - Refactored and updated the code
> - Help System is now usable in Pharo and Squeak too
> - Metacello config is updated for both
> - there is an initial help for the Pharo project and the Squeak project
> (depending on from where you load it)
> - the help for the help system is displayed as last book
> - I merged HelpContents into a new HelpPage - so we have books and pages
> (we may later add other forms than text in subclasses like
> HTMLHelpPage, ...)
>
> The help browser includs a book on how to provide/implement an own
> custom help. Future version may include specific colored icons for
> squeak and better UI depending on the UI system (Polymorph in Squeak)
> as well as authoring tools.
>
> Thanks to Metacello one is able to manage the differences. To load:
>
> Squeak
> ======
>
> Installer ss project: 'MetacelloRepository';
> install: 'ConfigurationOfHelpSystem'.
>
> ((Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfHelpSystem) project version: '1.0') load
>
>
> Pharo
> =====
>
> Gofer new
> squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository';
> package: 'ConfigurationOfHelpSystem';
> load.
>
> ((Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfHelpSystem) project version: '1.0') load
>
>
I haven't took a look at it yet. But i think this is very good stuff
which should be incorporated into a future release(s).
Especially, there is some of people expressing the need of having a
good documentation on image/packages.
> Bye
> T.
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Best regards,
Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
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