Okay, moving a single image between lots of different sized monitors
frequently is something I hadn't considered.  I'll move this to trunk
later today after I get home.


On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 2:21 AM, H. Hirzel <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/2/18, Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>>> On 02.07.2018, at 01:54, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Tobias,
>>>
>>> All I did was restore the original shortcut keys that had been in
>>> Squeak since its earliest days.  I suppose I'm curious why you didn't
>>> pose this question to the one who killed underline and strikeout
>>> formatting but, for whatever reason, you seem to only "object" to MY
>>> improvements.  But whatever, instead of questioning my friendliness,
>>> how about talking about what's good for Squeak and the IDE?
>>>
>>> Hot keys are for functions that are used *frequently*.  In a web
>>> browser, zoom-in and out makes sense when every web page uses
>>> different font sizes.  That's not the case for Squeak.  Setting
>>> themes, colors, preferences and fonts is all part of initial
>>> _configuration_, something typically done only once in the lifespan of
>>> an image.  Most wares mature enough to worry about font sizes have
>>> since developed their own configuration script which sets everything.
>>> Nevertheless, it's now on the World menu, which can be activated by
>>> mouse OR keyboard.
>>>
>>> This provides desktop keys for the font size but do you really think
>>> this is useful?   I can't think of any case where I'd want to be
>>> frequently flipping back and forth between global font sizes once
>>> they're set up.  We should spare hot keys for future USEFUL things, so
>>> I vote we do NOT move it to trunk.
>>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Well I frequently change between laptop screen, 24" monitor and projectors
>> of different resolutions.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> This is a typical use case these days.
>
> Question:
> Could this use case be made more prominent? I mean visible to the user
> that this function to switch between different resolutions is handled
> well.
>
> E.g. include in Theme or preferences, or Squeak menu? (top left)
>
>> Changing font sizes is much more frequent for me than that text change. I
>> see how that can be useful sometimes but I so not see how this is so
>> universally useful. IMHO, something like Emacs M-x in the vein of "apply
>> this string method to the selection" would be more versatile and at the same
>> time cater for thing that are useful but relatively infrequent.
>>
>> Best regards
>>       -Tobias
>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>  Chris
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 6:21 PM, Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de> wrote:
>>>> Do I parse that correctly that you just killed font size handling via
>>>> shortcuts and introduced a new one?
>>>>
>>>> While this could all be justified, wouldn't it be friendlier to first
>>>> talk about that?
>>>> Eg, via inbox or so?
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>>        -Tobias
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 6:35 PM,  <commits at source.squeak.org> wrote:
>>>> Chris Muller uploaded a new version of Tools to project The Inbox:
>>>> http://source.squeak.org/inbox/Tools-cmm.826.mcz
>>>>
>>>> ==================== Summary ====================
>>>>
>>>> Name: Tools-cmm.826
>>>> Author: cmm
>>>> Time: 1 July 2018, 6:35:14.376257 pm
>>>> UUID: e7b1e100-7da9-48e8-b544-7a5035c0693e
>>>> Ancestors: Tools-cmm.825
>>>>
>>>> Command++ and Command+- hot keys for increasing/decreasing the sizes of
>>>> all fonts.
>>>>
>>>> =============== Diff against Tools-cmm.825 ===============
>>>>
>>>> Item was changed:
>>>>  ----- Method: PasteUpMorph>>defaultDesktopCommandKeyTriplets (in
>>>> category '*Tools') -----
>>>>  defaultDesktopCommandKeyTriplets
>>>>        "Answer a list of triplets of the form
>>>>                <key> <receiver> <selector>   [+ optional fourth element,
>>>> a <description> for use in desktop-command-key-help]
>>>>  that will provide the default desktop command key handlers.  If the
>>>> selector takes an argument, that argument will be the command-key event"
>>>>
>>>>        | noviceKeys expertKeys |
>>>>
>>>>        noviceKeys := {
>>>>                { $o.   ActiveWorld.
>>>>      #activateObjectsTool.
>>>> 'Activate the "Objects Tool"'}.
>>>>                { $r.   ActiveWorld.
>>>>      #restoreMorphicDisplay.                                 'Redraw the
>>>> screen'}.
>>>>                { $z.   self.
>>>>              #undoOrRedoCommand.
>>>> 'Undo or redo the last undoable command'}.
>>>>                { $F.   Project current.
>>>>      #toggleFlapsSuppressed.                                 'Toggle the
>>>> display of flaps'}.
>>>>                { $N.   self.
>>>>              #toggleClassicNavigatorIfAppropriate.   'Show/Hide the
>>>> classic Navigator, if appropriate'}.
>>>>                { $M.   self.
>>>>              #toggleShowWorldMainDockingBar.         'Show/Hide the Main
>>>> Docking Bar'}.
>>>>                { $].   Smalltalk.
>>>>              #saveSession.
>>>>            'Save the image.'}.
>>>>        }.
>>>>
>>>>        Preferences noviceMode
>>>>                        ifTrue:[^ noviceKeys].
>>>>
>>>>        expertKeys := {
>>>>                { $b.   SystemBrowser.
>>>> #defaultOpenBrowser.                                            'Open a
>>>> new System Browser'}.
>>>>                { $k.   StringHolder.
>>>> #open.
>>>>       'Open a new, blank Workspace'}.
>>>>                { $m.   self.
>>>>              #putUpNewMorphMenu.                                     'Put
>>>> up the "New Morph" menu'}.
>>>>                { $O.   self.
>>>>              #findAMonticelloBrowser.
>>>>    'Bring a Monticello window into focus.'}.
>>>>                { $t.   self.
>>>>              #findATranscript:.
>>>>            'Make a System Transcript visible'}.
>>>>                { $w.   SystemWindow.
>>>> #closeTopWindow.
>>>> 'Close the topmost window'}.
>>>>                { Character escape.     SystemWindow.   #closeTopWindow.
>>>>                                                      'Close the topmost
>>>> window'}.
>>>>
>>>>                { $C.   self.
>>>>              #findAChangeSorter:.
>>>>    'Make a Change Sorter visible'}.
>>>>
>>>>                { $L.   self.
>>>>              #findAFileList:.
>>>>                    'Make a File List visible'}.
>>>>                { $P.   self.
>>>>              #findAPreferencesPanel:.
>>>>    'Activate the Preferences tool'}.
>>>>                { $R.   Utilities.
>>>>                      #browseRecentSubmissions.               'Make a
>>>> Recent Submissions browser visible'}.
>>>>
>>>>                { $W.   self.
>>>>              #findAMessageNamesWindow:.                      'Make a
>>>> MessageNames tool visible'}.
>>>>                { $Z.   ChangeList.
>>>>      #browseRecentLog.
>>>>    'Browse recently-logged changes'}.
>>>>
>>>>                { $\.   SystemWindow.
>>>> #sendTopWindowToBack.                                   'Send the top
>>>> window to the back'}.
>>>>                { $_.   Smalltalk.
>>>>              #quitPrimitive.
>>>>            'Quit the image immediately.'}.
>>>> +
>>>> +               { $-.   Preferences.
>>>> #decreaseFontSize.                                      'Increase all
>>>> font sizes'}.
>>>> +               { $+.   Preferences.
>>>> #increaseFontSize.                                      'Decrease all
>>>> font sizes'}.
>>>>        }.
>>>>
>>>>        ^ noviceKeys, expertKeys
>>>>  !
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>