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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Exactly my point...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR>Regards, Gary<BR></DIV>
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<A title=steve.wart@gmail.com href="mailto:steve.wart@gmail.com">Steve
Wart</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 06, 2009 6:38
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [squeak-dev] Re: [ANN]
Preference pragmas</DIV>
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<DIV>I don't think so. You have a file with some bytes in it that can do
things. The configuration of those things is conceptually
separate. <BR><BR>Steve</DIV>
<DIV><BR>On 6 Mar 2009, at 10:17, "Gary Chambers" <<A
href="mailto:gazzaguru2@btinternet.com">gazzaguru2@btinternet.com</A>>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Of course, from that perspective, all code is
UI... :-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR>Regards, Gary<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 06, 2009 6:09
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [squeak-dev] Re: [ANN]
Preference pragmas</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Well it's an interface between a user and the system, even
if it's in a config file. In that sense it's a UI component. Not all user
interfaces are graphical.<BR><BR>OTOH, that doesn't mean that a
preferences mechanism isn't core in some way. Even the most basic loader
will need some way of indicating its preferred data sources, etc.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Gary Chambers <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:gazzaguru2@btinternet.com"><A
href="mailto:gazzaguru2@btinternet.com">gazzaguru2@btinternet.com</A></A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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Alain -<BR><BR>To me there is a big difference: From my perspective
all preferences code is UI code. Why? Because at the system level we
use class variables and messages, not preferences. At the system level
if you want to broadcast an event you use announcements or some other
event system.<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV>I disagree that preferences
"as a concept" are UI level (in terms of graphical and/or point and
click).<BR>It is quite valid that a preference exists for use with or
without a user means of setting/changing.<BR><BR>Regards, Gary.
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