The short answer, is don't add methods from a workspace, just open the
class browser, find the class you want, and add a method to it.  Every
class in the system is open for you to edit anytime you like. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org 
> [mailto:squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On 
> Behalf Of Rich
> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 7:18 PM
> To: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Subject: Beginner smalltalk question: Open Classes and Smalltalk
> 
> The Ruby language supports the concept of "Open Classs" or 
> that at run-time a class can have methods added to it, or in 
> general have it's definition modified.  As I understand it, 
> the idea for this originally came from Smalltalk.  If so, how 
> would I go about adding methods (in the workspace, for 
> example, just to test things out)?  Thanks alot.
> 
> -Rich
> 
>