On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 3:58 AM Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de>
wrote:

> Actually, the #automaticPlatformSettings preference is not really used
> except in SoundPlayer. Furthermore, even that use case seems to just
> fine-tune platform-specific "atmosphere" and not critical features such as
> keyboard input (and virtual keys).
>
> Let's remove that preference as long as it's simple to do. Having such a
> thing widely used and then turned "off" my mistake can yield all kinds of
> strange bugs, debuggers, and questions in the mailing list.
>

+1

>
> Best,
> Marcel
>
> Am 25.11.2021 12:44:27 schrieb Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de>:
> I don't buy it. It's like a "turn off bugs" feature, which cannot
> practically exist. One can test features on different platforms without
> having such a preference in Trunk available for everybody.
>
> We should remove this preference ASAP. It is misleading.
>
> Best,
> Marcel
>
> Am 25.11.2021 12:29:06 schrieb Thiede, Christoph <
> christoph.thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de>:
>
> Hi Marcel,
>
>
> under normal constraints, I would also not recommend turning off this
> preference. But I can imagine that it might be helpful for debugging
> purposes, for instance, if you want to test the behavior for another
> platform ...
>
>
> Best,
>
> Christoph
> ------------------------------
> *Von:* Squeak-dev <squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org> im
> Auftrag von Taeumel, Marcel
> *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 25. November 2021 11:53:06
> *An:* squeak-dev
> *Betreff:* Re: [squeak-dev] The Trunk: Kernel-ct.1423.mcz
>
> I am surprised that such a preference exists since it is an implicit
> contract to always write code that runs on all supported platforms.
>
> We should remove this preference ASAP. It is misleading.
>
> Best,
> Marcel
>
> Am 25.11.2021 11:35:06 schrieb commits at source.squeak.org <
> commits at source.squeak.org>:
> Christoph Thiede uploaded a new version of Kernel to project The Trunk:
> http://source.squeak.org/trunk/Kernel-ct.1423.mcz
>
> ==================== Summary ====================
>
> Name: Kernel-ct.1423
> Author: ct
> Time: 25 November 2021, 11:34:19.428424 am
> UUID: ec2f69bf-0aac-4747-8cc5-5778a713051f
> Ancestors: Kernel-mt.1422
>
> Honors Preferences automaticPlatformSettings in EventSensor startUp:.
>
> =============== Diff against Kernel-mt.1422 ===============
>
> Item was changed:
> ----- Method: EventSensor class>>startUp: (in category 'system startup')
> -----
> startUp: resuming
> +
> + (resuming and: [Preferences automaticPlatformSettings]) ifTrue: [
> -
> - resuming ifTrue: [
> Smalltalk platformName = 'Mac OS'
> ifTrue: [
> self mapAltKeysToOptionKeys: false.
> self mapControlKeysToCommandKeys: false]
> ifFalse: [
> self mapAltKeysToOptionKeys: true.
> self mapControlKeysToCommandKeys: true].
> self installVirtualKeyTable ].
>
> self default startUp.!
>
>
>
>

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