[UPDATES] Nine for 3.3a

Bruce ONeel beoneel at bluewin.ch
Fri Jul 5 08:55:19 UTC 2002


Hi,

This is now on 
ftp://st.cs.uiuc.edu/Smalltalk/Squeaka/3.3alpha/Squeak3.3a-4914.zip.

I'm about to leave for two weeks or so though I should
have email contact.  Twice in those two weeks I'll have
highspeed connections so I might be able to upload something 
if necesssary.


cheers

bruce

Scott Wallace <scott.wallace at squeakland.org> wrote:
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> Here are the summaries for nine updates that have just been posted to 
> the 3.3a update servers. 
> 
> The first eight of these updates have been suggested for retrofitting 
> into 3.2, even at this late date.  All do seem solid and none seems 
> particularly risky.  However, rather than summarily smashing them 
> right into 3.2gamma, it seems prudent to start them all out in 3.3a.
> 
> So I would ask any follower of the 3.3a stream who is inclined to 
> "read updates" to give prompt attention to these, and promptly to 
> send feedback about them -- particularly regarding 
> 4911swapBtnsAndKeys-nk, which is the only largish (approx 20 methods) 
> update among them and the only one to affect the central core of the 
> system.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>    -- Scott
> 
> PS:  I found Hunter Kelly's "changesFileBrowsing-hk" contribution 
> (now update 4908) particularly helpful earlier this week when I lost 
> a couple of important images to the disastrous "what is this bug?" 
> bug of 3.2gamma3.  Update 4914, "chgsFileForAlpha" is a 3.3-only 
> addition that adapts Hunter's code (written for 3.2) to 3.3a's new 
> registering file-list architecture.
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 4906B3DRotationFix-jcg -- Joshua Gargus -- 20 June 2002
> Before this fix, the following erroneous behavior was observed:
> (B3DRotation from: 0 at 0@1 to: 0 at 1@0) angle => 0.0
> (B3DRotation from: 0 at 0@1 to: (0 at 1@1) normalized) angle => 180.0
> This changeset fixes the problem, also addressing the special cases 
> of rotating between parallel vectors with both the same and opposite 
> orientations.
> 
> 4907categorizeFix-nk -- Ned Konz -- 1 July 2002
> The 'categorize all uncategorized' choice in the Browser message 
> category pane often missed categorizations.
> This change set fixes this problem.
> 
> 4908changesFileBrowsing-hk -- Hunter Kelly -- 24 April 2002
> Adds methods to allow browsing of .changes files in a fashion similar 
> to the 'recently logged changes' menu item from the changes menu. 
> Adds an item in FileLists if the file ends in .changes.
> Useful for cherry-picking from the changes files when working with 
> different images."
> 
> 4909selDropFix-nk -- Ned Konz -- 27 June 2002
> 27 June: fixed dropping into translated coordinate systems.
> This fixes some problems with SelectionMorphs and the TrashCan:
> 1. drops of SelectionMorphs always did addMorphFront: on their 
> selection. This CS fixes drops to do individual drops on the selected 
> items.
> 2. halo deletion of SelectionMorphs did not properly trash the 
> selected items. This fix is from Masato Sumi.
> 3. SelectionMorph had a hard-coded reference to its class, which 
> makes it hard to subclass.
> 
> 4910selTranslateFix-nk -- Ned Konz -- 13 June 2002
> This fixes a problem with selection within translated PasteUpMorphs.
> 
> 4911swapBtnsAndKeys-nk -- Ned Konz -- 11 February 2002
> This allows mouse buttons 2 and 3 to be swapped.
> It also lets you swap common control and alt keys (like c,x,v...)
> Use the Preferences called
> swapMouseButtons and swapControlAndAltKeys
> If you want to add other ctrl/alt swapped keys, use (for instance, for f):
> InputSensor installSwappedKeyEntryFor: $f
> (tweaked sw 7/4/2002 to allow loading both into 3.3 & 3.2)
> 
> 4912watchCleanup-sw -- Scott Wallace -- 3 July 2002
> A resolution of the tension between the WatchMorph's wish to allow 
> the user to specify a center color and its determination to draw the 
> center either lighter or darker depending on whether it is AM or PM.
> Removes an irrelevant method, adjusts the class comment.
> Makes two toggle-like menu items use the checkbox mechanism.
> Thanks to Alejandro Magistrello for bringing some of these issues to light."
> 
> 4913workspaceNameFix-nk -- Ned Konz -- 14 June 2002
> If a Workspace is set to create textual references to dropped morphs 
> and you drop a morph whose external name contains (for instance) a 
> hyphen, you will be unable to refer to this binding easily in the 
> Workspace.
> This change set fixes this problem by running the generated name 
> through String>>asIdentifier:."
> 
> 4914chgsFileForAlpha-sw -- Scott Wallace -- 4 July 2002
> Adaptation to make the new filelist feature in Hunter Kelly's update 
> 4908changesFileBrowsing available in the 3.3a registering file-list. 
> NOT to be retrofitted to 3.2."
> 
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> <div>Here are the summaries for nine updates that have just been
> posted to the 3.3a update servers.&nbsp;<br>
> </div>
> <div>The first eight of these updates have been suggested for
> retrofitting into 3.2, even at this late date.&nbsp; All do seem solid
> and none seems particularly risky.&nbsp; However, rather than
> summarily smashing them right into 3.2gamma, it seems prudent to start
> them all out in 3.3a. </div>
> <div><br></div>
> <div>So I would ask any follower of the 3.3a stream who is inclined to
> &quot;read updates&quot; to give prompt attention to these, and
> promptly to send feedback about them -- particularly regarding
> 4911swapBtnsAndKeys-nk, which is the only largish (approx 20 methods)
> update among them and the only one to affect the central core of the
> system.</div>
> <div><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> <br>
> &nbsp; -- Scott<br>
> </div>
> <div>PS:&nbsp; I found Hunter Kelly's &quot;changesFileBrowsing-hk&quot;
> contribution (now update 4908) particularly helpful earlier this week
> when I lost a couple of important images to the disastrous &quot;what
> is this bug?&quot; bug of 3.2gamma3.&nbsp; Update 4914,
> &quot;chgsFileForAlpha&quot; is a 3.3-only addition that adapts
> Hunter's code (written for 3.2) to 3.3a's new registering file-list
> architecture.</div>
> <div><br>
> <br>
> </div>
> <div
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> <div><br></div>
> <div><font color="#000000">4906B3DRotationFix-jcg -- Joshua Gargus --
> 20 June 2002<br>
> Before this fix, the following erroneous behavior was observed:<br>
> (B3DRotation from: 0 at 0@1 to: 0 at 1@0) angle =&gt; 0.0<br>
> (B3DRotation from: 0 at 0@1 to: (0 at 1@1) normalized) angle =&gt; 180.0<br>
> This changeset fixes the problem, also addressing the special cases of
> rotating between parallel vectors with both the same and opposite
> orientations.<br>
> <br>
> 4907categorizeFix-nk -- Ned Konz -- 1 July 2002<br>
> The 'categorize all uncategorized' choice in the Browser message
> category pane often missed categorizations.<br>
> This change set fixes this problem.<br>
> <br>
> 4908changesFileBrowsing-hk -- Hunter Kelly -- 24 April 2002<br>
> Adds methods to allow browsing of .changes files in a fashion similar
> to the 'recently logged changes' menu item from the changes
> menu.&nbsp;<br>
> Adds an item in FileLists if the file ends in .changes.<br>
> Useful for cherry-picking from the changes files when working with
> different images.&quot;</font><br>
> <font color="#000000"></font></div>
> <div><font color="#000000">4909selDropFix-nk -- Ned Konz -- 27 June
> 2002<br>
> 27 June: fixed dropping into translated coordinate systems.<br>
> This fixes some problems with SelectionMorphs and the TrashCan:<br>
> 1. drops of SelectionMorphs always did addMorphFront: on their
> selection. This CS fixes drops to do individual drops on the selected
> items.<br>
> 2. halo deletion of SelectionMorphs did not properly trash the
> selected items. This fix is from Masato Sumi.<br>
> 3. SelectionMorph had a hard-coded reference to its class, which makes
> it hard to subclass.<br>
> <br>
> 4910selTranslateFix-nk -- Ned Konz -- 13 June 2002<br>
> This fixes a problem with selection within translated
> PasteUpMorphs.<br>
> <br>
> 4911swapBtnsAndKeys-nk -- Ned Konz -- 11 February 2002<br>
> This allows mouse buttons 2 and 3 to be swapped.</font></div>
> <div><font color="#000000">It also lets you swap common control and
> alt keys (like c,x,v...)</font></div>
> <div><font color="#000000">Use the Preferences called</font></div>
> <div><font color="#000000">swapMouseButtons and
> swapControlAndAltKeys</font></div>
> <div><font color="#000000">If you want to add other ctrl/alt swapped
> keys, use (for instance, for f):<br>
> InputSensor installSwappedKeyEntryFor: $f<br>
> (tweaked sw 7/4/2002 to allow loading both into 3.3 &amp; 3.2)<br>
> <br>
> 4912watchCleanup-sw -- Scott Wallace -- 3 July 2002<br>
> A resolution of the tension between the WatchMorph's wish to allow the
> user to specify a center color and its determination to draw the
> center either lighter or darker depending on whether it is AM or
> PM.<br>
> Removes an irrelevant method, adjusts the class comment.<br>
> Makes two toggle-like menu items use the checkbox mechanism.<br>
> Thanks to Alejandro Magistrello for bringing some of these issues to
> light.&quot;<br>
> <br>
> 4913workspaceNameFix-nk -- Ned Konz -- 14 June 2002<br>
> If a Workspace is set to create textual references to dropped morphs
> and you drop a morph whose external name contains (for instance) a
> hyphen, you will be unable to refer to this binding easily in the
> Workspace.<br>
> This change set fixes this problem by running the generated name
> through String&gt;&gt;asIdentifier:.&quot;</font></div>
> <div><font color="#000000"><br>
> 4914chgsFileForAlpha-sw -- Scott Wallace -- 4 July 2002<br>
> Adaptation to make the new filelist feature in Hunter Kelly's update
> 4908changesFileBrowsing available in the 3.3a registering file-list.&nbsp;
> NOT to be retrofitted to 3.2.&quot;</font></div>
> <div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div>
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