Hi Torsten, > On 9 Mar 2017, at 23:04, Torsten Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote: > > Uko wrote: >> If there is a rule not to duplicate preferences, why is catalog not >> following it? > > Because at the time when I implemented it for catalog there was no other > setting. > > The enabling/disabling for all GT extension was introduced later. Also the > confusing > default was introduced later (with the more hidden spotter extension disabled > and > leaving the Catalog setting enabled) leading to this whole mess. > > To be honest I dont care or respond anymore on the whole issue because as we > now know from > the long discussion the only outcome is that: > > <sarcasm> > - most of us should be knowledgable enough to know that two settings exist > - most of us should become experts in fixing deficencies with startup scripts > - most of us should accept that we have to hide features as deep as possible > in the settings tree > - most of us should accept that we have to make it as complicated as > possible to load catalog projects > - most of us should accept that we can display and access anything in > spotter except catalog projects > - most of us should accept that Pharo videos get broken and never match > reality > - most of us should continue to "rest in their comfort zone" > - most of us should continue to be "an egoist instead of being an adult" > - most of us should be allowed to speak up only when they presented Pharo at > a university > - most of us should start working with slow networks > </sarcasm>
It is really sad but a many things sound like truth. > > Fixing it by removing Spotter and Catalog completely from Pharo would > possibly be the > best solution. Anyone up for a slice? While the solution is way more complicated (because we rest in our comfort zones) I will at least try to synchronize the checkboxes, so less people will be confused. Uko P.S. I know that I’m often harsh on this topic, but it is really frustrating. The catalog search feature is the second most common thing I use spotter for after searching method code. And there are so many roadblocks to use it. First I had to find the checkbox and enable it, then I had to discover that one checkbox is not enough and enable the other checkbox. And then I don’t care about freezes because I load additional packages, and a background image, and a porter plugin for querying github (it uses internet too). So when I don’t have internet I get freezes and exceptions without even opening Spotter. > > Bye > T. >
