This is a common newbie trap.  Opening a window does not return *at all* in
Smalltalk-80 and old Smalltalk/Vs.  This is why "tv" in the code below is
undefined: the send of #open:label: eventually results in the execution of
StandardSystemController>>open which terminates the active process.  The
assignment never happens.

--Vassili

At 05:02 PM 2/12/98 -0500, Serg Koren <Serg at VisualNewt.com> wrote:
>I haven't looked at this; but I think if it doesn't return explicitly 
>Squeak returns "self" by default;
>someone will correct me if I'm wrong, I'm sure.
>S
>
>
>>And while we're in the area,
>>I notice that
>>
>>	TextCollectorView open: label:
>>
>>doesn't return anything, despite the comment.
>>Indeed, when I edit the code, it still won't return anything.
>>E.g., when I execute the following code in a workspace
>>
>>	tc := TextCollector new.
>>	tv := TextCollectorView open: tc label: 'Score'.
>>
>>I get a window on my display, and I'm able to stream text
>>to "tc" and have it show up in the window, but "tv" is undefined.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Preston
>>
>>
>>
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