I am currently porting some Squeak code from Squeak 3.6 to Squeak 3.8
(on a linux system).  I have the following problem:

 When I load a .st file  all the  "_" characters (displayed as "<-") are
 converted to  the string  ":=".
 HOW DO I TURN THIS "FEATURE" OFF!!!
 Is the "_" character for assigment being deprecated?
 Am I expected to use  ":=" for assignment form now on?

Some additional grumplings:

 2)  Since I am running linux I must go to the FileStream class
      and modify method "concreteStream"  to return:  "CrLfFileStream"
      so that my code has the proper carriage returns in them when
      I file them in.
      It seems to me that I shouldn't have to do this
      and that Squeak should handle this situation automatically,
      possibly by storing a special flag in each .st file
      indicating the rule applied, regarding carriage returns,
      when the file was generated.
      If the flag is missing Squeak behavior would revert back
      to the current situation.

  3)  There is no inisqueak command
       even though the documentation (man squeak) says there is.
       This is confusing.
       This was the situation with Squeak 3.6 as well.

  4)  Even though I have installed Squeak 3.8,
       the command  squeak -version returns  Squeak 3.7.7.
       I assume this is because the virtual machine is  3.7.7
       or something like that.
       Inside  Squeak  help- "about this system" returns Squeak 3.8 though.

  4)  I do find the installation process confusing in general.
      A ReadMe file to be read from a linux shell would be helpful.

  5)  Squeak  3.6  had a "usefull commands" window which I found
       quite useful as a Squeak beginner.  There doesn't seem to
       be such a window in 3.8.

Hopefully someone will post a solution to my problem.
Comments on my grumplings most welcome.

Thanks

Ralph Boland
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