[Squeakland] Real beginner's questions!

[John Voiklis]

I should read more carefully before assuming I know what someone is asking
about; sorry, Shelagh and everyone, for sewing confusion.

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Bert Freudenberg wrote:

> Actually, Shelagh was refering to the vertical bar "|" character. Its
> position depends on your keyboard layout. For example, on a German
> keyboard it is accessed by pressing "option" (on a PC that's "AltGr")
> together with "<".
>
> - Bert -
>
> Am 26.03.2004 um 14:19 schrieb John Voiklis:
>
> > You guessed correct, Shelagh; it is in fact the underscore keystroke.
> > Another operator for this requires combining a colon and equal sign,
> > like so...
> >
> > :=
> >
> > Usage looks like...
> >
> > | myBook |
> > myBook := BookMorph new.
> > myBook openInWorld.
> >
> > It adds one keystroke to the operation, but may be more intelligable to
> > non-squeakers.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Shelagh Manton wrote:
> >
> >> In the various books on Squeak and Smalltalk that I've read, they use
> >> a
> >> vertical stroke to delineate variables. where is this on my keyboard?
> >> Is it
> >> a character that changes in Squeak when you type it like the
> >> underscore?
> >>
> >> Shelagh (who has decided that even if my son does not want to use
> >> squeak I
> >> do )
>
> _______________________________________________
> Squeakland mailing list
> Squeakland at squeakland.org
> http://squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland
>