Hi Shelagh --
At 4:48 PM +1100 3/26/04, Shelagh Manton wrote:
Thankyou, I found it. It looks like a colon on my keyboard.
Shelagh
PS. I know I should really look at the e-toys world. But I'm a compulsive reader and wanted to get a little background on the language itself before I got in the deep cold water.
The etoys world is pretty separate from the larger Squeak world and the water is kept warm there. You can get started without worrying about the colder waters behind the dam ...
Cheers,
Alan
(You should see the time it takes me to get into a real pool!) SOM
On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 21:30:48 -0800, Alan Kay Alan.Kay@squeakland.org wrote:
Hi Shelagh --
At 1:53 PM +1100 3/26/04, 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?
It's usually on the right hand side above the return key. It should show on the keyboard of any PC or Mac.
Is it a character that changes in Squeak when you type it like the underscore?
No. It's a regular character.
I can tell by your question that you are not looking at the Squeak Etoys, which is what the Squeakland site and this mailing list is about. If you haven't done much or any programming before, you might find a really great start by doing the etoys stuff. Get the book "Powerful ideas in the classroom" or look at the tutorials on the site and try the examples.
If you have had some experience programming and want to learn the full blown Squeak, then the site is Squeak.org, and there are many books available about how to program both in Smalltalk in general, and in Squeak in particular.
Cheers,
Alan
Shelagh (who has decided that even if my son does not want to use squeak I do )
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