Thanks! Doru
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 3:21 PM, J.F. Rick <[email protected]> wrote: > Sure. I'll add a ticket to Fogbugz since nobody has any real objections to > my proposed solution. Once I have some time, I might try to solve it myself. > > Cheers, > > Jeff > > > On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Ben Coman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Tudor Girba wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Glad to hear from you. >> >> Thanks for spotting the issue with tabbing. I think your suggestion of >> having tabs spacing being proportional with the font size makes sense. >> Could we interest you in submitting a slice for this? :) >> >> Cheers, >> Doru >> >> >> I think he indicated he did not have time right now :) >> >> Rick, I think that sounds like a good idea. Maybe you could log a ticket >> on Fogbugz, so you can... >> * stay updated with any action on it >> * be involved in testing any proposed solutions >> * when you back into the Pharo groove, if its still an outstanding issue >> you might have a shot at it yourself. >> >> cheers -ben >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 9:43 AM, J.F. Rick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> I'm writing for two reasons. First, I wanted to let people know that I >>> haven't disappeared. I'm just having to take a break as I finish up with my >>> current academic post. As I am no longer going to be there, Pharo >>> contributions don't help the department. So, I can't justify devoting any >>> time to Pharo. But, I'm still interested in Athens, multitouch support, and >>> Pharo for beginners. In October, I move back to Atlanta and will start a >>> company. At that point, I aim to be back, though I may concentrate a bit >>> more on server technology (full version of newest QRCode specifications >>> half way done). >>> >>> Second, I wanted to mention a slight annoyance and suggest a solution. >>> Background: I taught a class on introduction / intermediate programming in >>> Pharo the last few years. One thing I try to teach my students is to use >>> proper indention for their code. Unlike Python (great syntax for a first >>> language), you do not need to indent in Smalltalk for code to work properly >>> so students don't have to properly use indention to organize their code. >>> For tiny bits of code (as is required in introductory programming), >>> indention is not that important but it gets more important as they advance. >>> Even my better students often used bad indention practices, though I >>> emphasized it in class and all sample code I gave them was properly >>> indented. In class, I often solved problems and demonstrated code. So that >>> students could see what I typed, I increased the size of the font (24pt >>> standard font). Though the font increased, the tab spacing remained the >>> same. So, when I indented with one tab, it looked much smaller than a tab >>> would have looked on their 10pt code editor. I saw people using spaces to >>> indent code, which I never talked about. My guess is that they were trying >>> to replicate the amount of space that my code was indented. They saw that a >>> tab looked too big and used spaces. A simple solution is for tab spacing in >>> code panes to increase proportionally with the font size. I feel like >>> suggesting that as an improvement for Pharo 4. Does that seem reasonable? >>> Are there arguments against it? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Jeff >>> >>> -- >>> Jochen "Jeff" Rick, Ph.D. >>> http://www.je77.com/ >>> Skype ID: jochenrick >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> www.tudorgirba.com >> >> "Every thing has its own flow" >> >> >> > > > -- > Jochen "Jeff" Rick, Ph.D. > http://www.je77.com/ > Skype ID: jochenrick > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"
