Hi Marcel,

On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 2:14 AM, Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de>
wrote:

> Hi Eliot,
>
> the job of a release manager is challenging. :-) For this, having one
> place to orchestrate all the defaults is very helpful. One can also work
> around special cases in the last minute. Happened before, will happen
> again. ;-)
>
> We do need preference setters. They are good for handling and documenting
> side-effects. They are also good for all sorts of install scripts like in
> our change sets. Take a look at:
>
> SystemWindow class >> #gradientWindow:
> SystemWindow class >> #windowTitleActiveOnFirstClick:
> SystemWindow class >> #moveMenuButtonRight:
>
> I do not argue that these cases represent the best way to implement such
> preferences. However, they are valuable "tools" in their own right. :-)
>

If you prefer having settings in one place, and it seems for good reason,
then I'm happy.


>
> Best,
> Marcel
>
> Am 28.01.2018 06:04:47 schrieb Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com>:
> Hi Marcel,
>
> what do you think about making ReleaseBuilder's preference settings more
> modular? Instead of having the settings in setPreferences, each class
> therein could implement setPreferencesForRelease. Pros are
> - classes can be updated without having to change ReleaseBuilder, which is
> good when preferences are added or removed
> - setters then aren't needed (not particularly compelling)
> Cons are
> - one has the browse several methods to see all the preferences
>
>
> > On Jan 25, 2018, at 10:43 PM, commits at source.squeak.org wrote:
> >
> > Marcel Taeumel uploaded a new version of ReleaseBuilder to project The
> Trunk:
> > http://source.squeak.org/trunk/ReleaseBuilder-mt.178.mcz
> >
> > ==================== Summary ====================
> >
> > Name: ReleaseBuilder-mt.178
> > Author: mt
> > Time: 26 January 2018, 7:43:08.679036 am
> > UUID: 16fb2ca0-9bc6-1e43-ad39-26694959fc45
> > Ancestors: ReleaseBuilder-eem.177
> >
> > Adds default preferences for Transcript tool.
> >
> > =============== Diff against ReleaseBuilder-eem.177 ===============
> >
> > Item was changed:
> > ----- Method: ReleaseBuilder class>>setPreferences (in category
> 'scripts') -----
> > setPreferences
> > "Preferences class defaultValueTableForCurrentRelease"
> >
> > " Preferences outOfTheBox." "<-- uncomment="" after="" #
> defaultvaluetableforcurrentrelease="" is="" fixed="">
>
> >
> > "General User interaction"
> > Preferences
> > enable: #generalizedYellowButtonMenu ;
> > enable: #swapMouseButtons;
> > disable: #mouseOverForKeyboardFocus.
> > Morph indicateKeyboardFocus: true.
> > Project uiManager openToolsAttachedToMouseCursor: false.
> > SearchBar useScratchPad: false.
> >
> > HandMorph sendMouseWheelToKeyboardFocus: false.
> > HandMorph synthesizeMouseWheelEvents: true.
> >
> > "Text input."
> > TextEditor
> > autoEnclose: true ;
> > autoIndent: true ;
> > encloseSelection: false ;
> > destructiveBackWord: false ;
> > blinkingCursor: true ;
> > dumbbellCursor: false.
> > PluggableTextMorph simpleFrameAdornments: false.
> > TextMorphForEditView draggableTextSelection: true.
> >
> > "Windows"
> > SystemWindow reuseWindows: false.
> > SystemWindow windowsRaiseOnClick: true.
> > SystemWindow windowTitleActiveOnFirstClick: true.
> > Model windowActiveOnFirstClick: false. "Not good for little screen real
> estate."
> > Model useColorfulWindows: false.
> >
> > Preferences
> > disable: #showSplitterHandles;
> > disable: #fastDragWindowForMorphic.
> > CornerGripMorph
> > drawCornerResizeHandles: false;
> > passiveColor: (Color gray: 0.85);
> > activeColor: (Color r: 1 g: 0.599 b: 0.0).
> > ProportionalSplitterMorph
> > smartHorizontalSplitters: false ;
> > smartVerticalSplitters: false.
> >
> > "Scroll bars."
> > Preferences
> > enable: #scrollBarsNarrow;
> > enable: #scrollBarsOnRight;
> > enable: #alwaysHideHScrollbar;
> > disable: #alwaysShowHScrollbar;
> > disable: #alwaysShowVScrollbar.
> > ScrollBar
> > scrollBarsWithoutArrowButtons: true;
> > scrollBarsWithoutMenuButton: true.
> > ScrollPane
> > useRetractableScrollBars: false.
> >
> > "Rounded corners."
> > Morph preferredCornerRadius: 8.
> > SystemWindow roundedWindowCorners: false.
> > DialogWindow roundedDialogCorners: false.
> > MenuMorph roundedMenuCorners: false.
> > PluggableButtonMorph roundedButtonCorners: false.
> > ScrollBar roundedScrollBarLook: false.
> >
> > "Gradients."
> > SystemWindow gradientWindow: false.
> > DialogWindow gradientDialog: false.
> > MenuMorph gradientMenu: false.
> > PluggableButtonMorph gradientButton: false.
> > ScrollBar gradientScrollBar: false.
> >
> > "Shadows"
> > Preferences enable: #menuAppearance3d.
> > Morph useSoftDropShadow: true.
> >
> > "Lists and Trees"
> > PluggableListMorph
> > filterableLists: true;
> > clearFilterAutomatically: false;
> > highlightHoveredRow: true;
> > menuRequestUpdatesSelection: true.
> > PluggableTreeMorph
> > filterByLabelsOnly: false;
> > maximumSearchDepth: 1.
> >
> > "Standard Tools"
> > TheWorldMainDockingBar
> > showWorldMainDockingBar: true;
> > showSecondsInClock: true;
> > twentyFourHourClock: true.
> > SearchBar useSmartSearch: true.
> > Workspace shouldStyle: false.
> > + TranscriptStream
> > + forceUpdate: true;
> > + redirectToStdOut: false;
> > + characterLimit: 20000.
> > Browser
> > listClassesHierarchically: true;
> > showClassIcons: true;
> > showMessageIcons: true;
> > sortMessageCategoriesAlphabetically: true.
> > Preferences enable: #annotationPanes;
> > enable: #optionalButtons;
> > disable: #diffsWithPrettyPrint;
> > enable: #traceMessages;
> > enable: #alternativeBrowseIt;
> > enable: #menuWithIcons;
> > enable: #visualExplorer.
> > SystemNavigation thoroughSenders: true.
> > Preferences disable: #debugLogTimestamp.
> >
> > "Halo"
> > Preferences
> > enable: #showBoundsInHalo ;
> > disable: #alternateHandlesLook;
> > disable: #showDirectionHandles.
> >
> > "System"
> > NetNameResolver enableIPv6: false.
> > Scanner
> > allowUnderscoreAsAssignment: true;
> > prefAllowUnderscoreSelectors: true.
> >
> > Deprecation showDeprecationWarnings: true
> >
> > "that's all, folks"!
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>


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best, Eliot
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