[GOODIE] NK-ConnectorsDemo.047.pr on Bob's Super Swiki

Mark Guzdial guzdial at cc.gatech.edu
Tue Apr 3 16:04:47 UTC 2001


That worked great, Bob -- thanks!  And thanks, Ned -- this new 
version is working great for me, even after quitting and restarting.

Mark

>Mark,
>
>The problem is with DisplayScanner>>quickPrintOn:box:font:color: 
>which is modified by this change set to send #depth to a font.
>...
>	font depth = 1 ifTrue: [
>...
>Unfortunately, in an effort to keep the user apprised of progress 
>while the project is loading, some drawing activity takes place in a 
>non-UI process. As a result, bad luck in the timing of this drawing 
>activity causes a StringMorph to display itself after 
>#quickPrintOn:box:font:color: was modified, but before the 
>corresponding #depth method was added to StrikeFont. As a workaround 
>for those wishing to load this and experiencing the same difficulty, 
>add the following method to StrikeFont before loading the project:
>
>depth
>	^glyphs depth
>
>Cheers,
>Bob
>
>On Tue, 3 Apr 2001 10:51:44 -0400 Mark Guzdial <guzdial at cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
> >Has anyone been able to download this?  I've tried twice now, and
> >each time, I get a severe crash where a StrikeFont doesn't understand
> >depth.
> >
> >Mark
> >
> >>I just put a somewhat smaller version of this (274K) on BSS.
> >>
> >>On Monday 02 April 2001 21:52, Ned Konz wrote:
> >> > I've just published a pre-beta version of my new Connectors work. This
> >> > includes a tutorial in book form that comes with extra parts and a small
> >> > amount of descriptive text.
> >> >
> >> > It works in 3.1 (only).
> >> >
> >> > It's about 400K, since some extra objects snuck in and I haven't hunted
> >> > them down yet (including a ChangeSorter, a FileList, and some 
>other really
> >> > questionable items).
> >> >
> >> > I would welcome feedback. There are still a couple of things I'd like to
> >> > fix.
> >>
> >>--
> >>Ned Konz
> >>currently: Stanwood, WA
> >>email:     ned at bike-nomad.com
> >>homepage:  http://bike-nomad.com

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