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Hi Eliot,<div><br></div><div>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. ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>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. <span style="font-size: 12pt;line-height: 1.5">Take a look at:</span></div><div><br></div><div>SystemWindow class >> #gradientWindow:</div><div>SystemWindow class >> #windowTitleActiveOnFirstClick:</div><div>SystemWindow class >> #moveMenuButtonRight:</div><div><br></div><div>I do not argue that these cases represent the best way to implement such preferences. However, they are valuable "tools" in their own right. :-)</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Marcel</div><div><br></div><div class="mb_sig"></div>
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<p style="color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;">Am 28.01.2018 06:04:47 schrieb Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda@gmail.com>:</p>Hi Marcel,<br><br> 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<br> - classes can be updated without having to change ReleaseBuilder, which is good when preferences are added or removed<br> - setters then aren't needed (not particularly compelling)<br>Cons are<br> - one has the browse several methods to see all the preferences<br><br><br>> On Jan 25, 2018, at 10:43 PM, commits@source.squeak.org wrote:<br>> <br>> Marcel Taeumel uploaded a new version of ReleaseBuilder to project The Trunk:<br>> http://source.squeak.org/trunk/ReleaseBuilder-mt.178.mcz<br>> <br>> ==================== Summary ====================<br>> <br>> Name: ReleaseBuilder-mt.178<br>> Author: mt<br>> Time: 26 January 2018, 7:43:08.679036 am<br>> UUID: 16fb2ca0-9bc6-1e43-ad39-26694959fc45<br>> Ancestors: ReleaseBuilder-eem.177<br>> <br>> Adds default preferences for Transcript tool.<br>> <br>> =============== Diff against ReleaseBuilder-eem.177 ===============<br>> <br>> Item was changed:<br>> ----- Method: ReleaseBuilder class>>setPreferences (in category 'scripts') -----<br>> setPreferences<br>> "Preferences class defaultValueTableForCurrentRelease"<br>> <br>> " Preferences outOfTheBox." "<-- uncomment="" after="" #defaultvaluetableforcurrentrelease="" is="" fixed=""><!------><br>> <br>> "General User interaction"<br>> Preferences<br>> enable: #generalizedYellowButtonMenu ;<br>> enable: #swapMouseButtons;<br>> disable: #mouseOverForKeyboardFocus.<br>> Morph indicateKeyboardFocus: true.<br>> Project uiManager openToolsAttachedToMouseCursor: false.<br>> SearchBar useScratchPad: false.<br>> <br>> HandMorph sendMouseWheelToKeyboardFocus: false.<br>> HandMorph synthesizeMouseWheelEvents: true.<br>> <br>> "Text input."<br>> TextEditor<br>> autoEnclose: true ;<br>> autoIndent: true ;<br>> encloseSelection: false ;<br>> destructiveBackWord: false ;<br>> blinkingCursor: true ;<br>> dumbbellCursor: false.<br>> PluggableTextMorph simpleFrameAdornments: false.<br>> TextMorphForEditView draggableTextSelection: true.<br>> <br>> "Windows"<br>> SystemWindow reuseWindows: false.<br>> SystemWindow windowsRaiseOnClick: true.<br>> SystemWindow windowTitleActiveOnFirstClick: true.<br>> Model windowActiveOnFirstClick: false. "Not good for little screen real estate."<br>> Model useColorfulWindows: false. <br>> <br>> Preferences<br>> disable: #showSplitterHandles;<br>> disable: #fastDragWindowForMorphic. <br>> CornerGripMorph<br>> drawCornerResizeHandles: false;<br>> passiveColor: (Color gray: 0.85);<br>> activeColor: (Color r: 1 g: 0.599 b: 0.0).<br>> ProportionalSplitterMorph<br>> smartHorizontalSplitters: false ;<br>> smartVerticalSplitters: false.<br>> <br>> "Scroll bars."<br>> Preferences<br>> enable: #scrollBarsNarrow;<br>> enable: #scrollBarsOnRight;<br>> enable: #alwaysHideHScrollbar;<br>> disable: #alwaysShowHScrollbar;<br>> disable: #alwaysShowVScrollbar.<br>> ScrollBar<br>> scrollBarsWithoutArrowButtons: true;<br>> scrollBarsWithoutMenuButton: true.<br>> ScrollPane<br>> useRetractableScrollBars: false.<br>> <br>> "Rounded corners."<br>> Morph preferredCornerRadius: 8.<br>> SystemWindow roundedWindowCorners: false.<br>> DialogWindow roundedDialogCorners: false.<br>> MenuMorph roundedMenuCorners: false.<br>> PluggableButtonMorph roundedButtonCorners: false.<br>> ScrollBar roundedScrollBarLook: false.<br>> <br>> "Gradients."<br>> SystemWindow gradientWindow: false.<br>> DialogWindow gradientDialog: false.<br>> MenuMorph gradientMenu: false.<br>> PluggableButtonMorph gradientButton: false.<br>> ScrollBar gradientScrollBar: false.<br>> <br>> "Shadows"<br>> Preferences enable: #menuAppearance3d.<br>> Morph useSoftDropShadow: true.<br>> <br>> "Lists and Trees"<br>> PluggableListMorph<br>> filterableLists: true;<br>> clearFilterAutomatically: false;<br>> highlightHoveredRow: true;<br>> menuRequestUpdatesSelection: true.<br>> PluggableTreeMorph<br>> filterByLabelsOnly: false;<br>> maximumSearchDepth: 1.<br>> <br>> "Standard Tools"<br>> TheWorldMainDockingBar<br>> showWorldMainDockingBar: true;<br>> showSecondsInClock: true;<br>> twentyFourHourClock: true.<br>> SearchBar useSmartSearch: true.<br>> Workspace shouldStyle: false.<br>> + TranscriptStream<br>> + forceUpdate: true;<br>> + redirectToStdOut: false;<br>> + characterLimit: 20000.<br>> Browser<br>> listClassesHierarchically: true;<br>> showClassIcons: true;<br>> showMessageIcons: true;<br>> sortMessageCategoriesAlphabetically: true.<br>> Preferences enable: #annotationPanes;<br>> enable: #optionalButtons;<br>> disable: #diffsWithPrettyPrint;<br>> enable: #traceMessages;<br>> enable: #alternativeBrowseIt;<br>> enable: #menuWithIcons;<br>> enable: #visualExplorer.<br>> SystemNavigation thoroughSenders: true.<br>> Preferences disable: #debugLogTimestamp.<br>> <br>> "Halo"<br>> Preferences<br>> enable: #showBoundsInHalo ;<br>> disable: #alternateHandlesLook;<br>> disable: #showDirectionHandles.<br>> <br>> "System"<br>> NetNameResolver enableIPv6: false.<br>> Scanner<br>> allowUnderscoreAsAssignment: true;<br>> prefAllowUnderscoreSelectors: true.<br>> <br>> Deprecation showDeprecationWarnings: true<br>> <br>> "that's all, folks"!<br>> <br>> <br><br>
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