[Squeakland] PPT presentation

[Alan Kay]

Thanks Bob!

Cheers,

Alan
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At 05:28 AM 2/1/2005, Bob Arning wrote:
>On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 22:43:13 -0500 "Randy Heiland" <heiland at indiana.edu> 
>wrote:
> >Q1:  is a ThreadNavigator (TN) persistent; i.e., can I save it to disk as I
> >can projects?  (a 'no' answer to this will cause me to reconsider this
> >approach)
>
>Sure. If you save a single project that has a Thread Navigator visible, 
>then that navigator will be there when you reload the project. 
>Alternatively, you can save the whole image, thus saving all projects and 
>all threads at once.
>
> >Q2: what are the exact steps for adding an *existing* project to a TN?
> >When I create a New project (that I eventually want added to a TN), it gives
> >me a clean world and I lose the TN.  I'm confused.
>
>1. If you are in the new project without a navigator, get one as you did 
>before (supplies flap, new morph menu, whatever).
>2. By default that navigator will contain all projects. Switch it to the 
>thread you have been constructing by clicking in the orange dot in the 
>middle of the navigator to get a menu. In the first section of that menu, 
>there should be an item "switch to <whateverYouNamedYourThread>". Choose 
>that item.
>3. From the second section of that same menu choose "create thread of all 
>projects". This will open a Project Sorter containing all projects. Move 
>it away from the center of the screen since we are going to open another 
>sorter and we'd like to be able to see both of them.
>4. From the menu once more, choose "edit this thread". You now have a 
>sorter for your thread. You can now drag projects from the "all projects" 
>sorter into your thread. You can drag projects within your thread to 
>reorder them and you can drag projects out of your thread so they are no 
>longer part of the presentation.
>5. When you have finished, click OK on your thread and confirm the name 
>(or change it if you like). Click Cancel on the "all projects" sorter 
>since we were just using it for spare parts.
>
>Cheers,
>Bob
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