[squeak-dev] The Trunk: Collections-mt.886.mcz

Marcel Taeumel marcel.taeumel at hpi.de
Wed Apr 22 07:47:37 UTC 2020


> I'd rather have its own package. I don't think about most of text in the domain of graphics ;D

In such a package, Fonts, TextStyle, Paragraph, etc. would be, too. ;-)

Best,
Marcel
Am 22.04.2020 09:41:25 schrieb Tobias Pape <das.linux at gmx.de>:

> On 22.04.2020, at 09:19, Marcel Taeumel wrote:
>
> > .. why? o_O
>
> Because Text is the visual companion for String. With Text, you can add various attributes to shape the visual appearance of String such as through emphasis, color, and other font-related things. Fonts are already in the Graphics package. TextStyle, too. A version of NewParagraph that would be independent from Morphic would fit into the Graphics package, too.
>
> So many reasons. :-)

I'd rather have its own package. I don't think about most of text in the domain of graphics ;D

-t

>
> Best,
> Marcel
>> Am 21.04.2020 20:39:38 schrieb Tobias Pape :
>>
>>
>> > On 21.04.2020, at 16:59, Marcel Taeumel wrote:
>> >
>> > Hmm... Text might as well be moved to the Graphics package....
>>
>>
>> .. why? o_O
>> >> Am 20.04.2020 20:03:52 schrieb Jakob Reschke :
>> >>
>> >> Am Mo., 20. Apr. 2020 um 14:04 Uhr schrieb Marcel Taeumel :
>> >> > It has nothing to do with collections.
>> >>
>> >> Why not? The target format, Text, is a Collection.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> By today's nomenclature, yes. But I'd even say that a Text is more than a general-purpose Collection and could well belong in its own package. That can also contain HTML or Markdown stuff if desired.
>> >
>>
>>
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>



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