Yes we need a way to append in Etoys. On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Bert Freudenberg <b...@freudenbergs.de>wrote:
> The new characters are inserted before the current cursor position. So if > the cursor is "1" then the new characters are inserted before the text. Now > if the cursor is the same as the count of characters, they are inserted > before the last character. You can verify that by "clearing" the Text to > e.g. "X". > > I'm not really sure what the rationale for this behavior is. I was > surprised. Asking on the Squeakland list is a good idea for Etoys issues > like this. > > - Bert - > > On 26.04.2011, at 14:26, michael rice wrote: > > SorryI wasn't more explicit. > > I'm generating a(s) and b(s). If I initially generate two a(s) in a row, > and then a b, the b gets put between the two a(s), not at either end of the > string. Likewise, if I initially generate two b(s) in a row, and then an a, > the a gets inserted between the two b(s), not at either end of the string, > as would be expected. > > Michael > > --- On *Tue, 4/26/11, Bert Freudenberg <b...@freudenbergs.de>* wrote: > > > From: Bert Freudenberg <b...@freudenbergs.de> > Subject: Re: [Newbies] Using text morph to save characters > To: "A friendly place to get answers to even the most basic questions about > Squeak." <beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org> > Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 6:24 AM > > On 24.04.2011, at 17:53, michael rice wrote: > > > This may not be an appropriate way to save characters in the order they > are generated. This isn't working. Perhaps there's a better way? > > > > Two scripts: > > (1) clear1: empties out a TextMorph > > (2) addChar: inserts an 'a' or a 'b' at cursor position. Advances cursor > position. > > > > Michael > > What exactly is "not working"? > > - Bert - > > > _______________________________________________ > Beginners mailing list > Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners > > _______________________________________________ > Beginners mailing list > Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Beginners mailing list > Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners > >
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