On Oct 29, 2008, at 12:17 AM, Jerome Peace wrote:
[Newbies] following inheritance in Browser
Mark Volkmann mark at ociweb.com Wed Oct 29 01:30:25 UTC 2008
When I'm browsing a class and want to examine details of its superclass, I highlight the superclass name and press ctrl-b to view it in a new Browser. Is there a way to make it browse the superclass in the same Browser instead of opening a new one?
I can't speak for the omnibrowser. I don't use it. The regular browser has a "inheritance" button on the menu bar. It brings up a hierarchical browser. The inheritance chain is in the class list.
The other useful thing for seeing the hierarchy is to press the ? button up to three times. That button is between the instance and class button in the class pane. The ? button cycles thru the class comment, class definition, and a rather useful display of the hierarchy. It lists the ivars that come with each class.
Yours in service and curiosity, --Jerome Peace
PS. If we ever collect the answers to all your questions I think 80% of our documentation chores will be accomplished. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Jerome! I'm definitely putting in the effort to learn this stuff well. I'm also documenting what I've learned. See http://www.ociweb.com/mark/programming/Smalltalk.html . I'm constantly adding to this and trying to improve it.
I just got a copy of "Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns" yesterday and I'm diving in!
--- Mark Volkmann