Underscore in 3.9 - which default squeak library source?

Petr Fischer petr.fischer at praguesoft.cz
Tue Oct 24 12:11:24 UTC 2006


Andrew Tween píše v Út 24. 10. 2006 v 12:36 +0100:
> Hi,
> The syntaxHighlightingAsYouType* Preferences relate to the Shout package, which
> is NOT  part of the 3.9 release. As you say, the preference values have been
> fixed in the squeak-dev image (which includes Shout), and are also fixed in the
> latest squeaksource version of Shout.
> 
> Unfortunately, the SqueakMap version of Shout is not up-to-date, and has the old
> (confusing) default preference values. I will soon update the SqueakMap release
> with the latest from squeaksource, and then everything should be ok.
> 

This is the problem for beginners - different latest versions of
packages between SqueakSource and SqueakMap - confusing. Is SqueakMap
really necessary for now? Is possible to remove SqueakMap and make
SqueakSource (preconfigured HTTP MC package sources) default "software
source" in base image?

pf

> Cheers,
> Andy
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Klaus D. Witzel" <klaus.witzel at cobss.com>
> To: <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> Cc: <beginners at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 12:12 PM
> Subject: Re: Underscore in 3.9
> 
> 
> Stef & Marcus,
> 
> would it be possible to change all syntaxHighlightingAsYouType*
> Preferences to values that do not cause confusion for beginners.
> 
> This was already done so for the Squeak-dev image.
> 
> Thank you very much in advance!
> 
> /Klaus
> 
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:38:29 +0200, Ramiro Diaz Trepat wrote:
> 
> > Thank you Klaus.
> > Everything is fine now.
> > Probably that defaullt setting should be changed before the release,
> > shouldn't it?
> >
> >
> > On 10/24/06, Klaus D. Witzel <klaus.witzel at cobss.com> wrote:
> >> Hi Ramiro,
> >>
> >> on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:30:23 +0200, you wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hello everyone,
> >> >     I started using the latest 3.9 image and there are no := there :)
> >> > Only underscores.
> >> >     Even when I write := it turns into _ when I save.
> >> >     I am sure there is a very silly option out there to deactivate
> >> > this behaviour.  Anyone can tell me?
> >> >     Thanks
> >>
> >> Open Preference Browser and in the searchbox type
> >> syntaxHighlightingAsYouType.
> >>
> >> This will show up three underscore and := related preferences.
> >>
> >> Unfortuntely the initial preferences in the stock 3.9 image are as you
> >> desribed.
> >>
> >> Have a look at the developer's image, there this (and other preferences)
> >> are pre-set for meeting the expectations of developers, the image also
> >> comes with cool tools pre-loaded
> >>
> >> - http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st/seaside/pier
> >>
> >> /Klaus
> >>
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> >>
> 
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