Hi all,

Below are listed all old preferences of the #browsing group.
For each one, its name is shown with the comment that we can read from 
the preference browser.
Then I've added and 'action'  (remove or keep it).
If kept, I've also added a possible new setting declaration.

Could you read it carefully and give your point of view about the 
desired action.
Thanks
Alain


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alternativeBrowseIt :
"if true cmd-b offers a list of class names matching selection"


action: remove it because this feature is always desired

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annotationPanes:
"if true, a thin horizontal pane is used in browsers"


action: don't know because the annotation pane seems not correctly 
updated  by browsers. However, it is correctly updated by MessageSet.

if kept:

CodeHolder class>>annotationPane
    
    <setting>
    
    ^ AnnotationPane ifNil: [AnnotationPane := (SettingManager 
newSetting: 'Annotation pane')  
        default: false;    
        parent: #browsing;
        description: 'If true, a thin horizontal annotation pane is used 
in browsers. When a method is selected, then the pane is updated with 
useful informations about the method']

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balloonHelpInMessageLists:
"If true, then message-list browsers in Morphic will show balloon help, 
consisting of the first comment of the method or of a superclass"


action: would remove it. didn't succeed in making it work. Serves as a 
value for a Morph property #balloonTextSelectorForSubMorphs. This 
property is used by PluggableListMorph>>list: which has following comment:

"lex doesn't think this is used any longer, but is not yet brave enough 
to remove it.  It should be removed eventually"

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browseWithPrettyPrint
"If true, browsers will automatically format their contents"


action: keep it ?
CodeHolder class>>browseWithPrettyPrint
    <setting>
    ^BrowseWithPrettyPrint ifNil: [BrowseWithPrettyPrint := 
(SettingManager newSetting: 'Pretty print')
            default: false;
            parent: #browsing;
            description: 'If true, browsers will automatically format 
their contents']

question: do we really need style for code file out ?
(problem:
used by Text>>askIfAddStyle: priorMethod req: requestor send by 
ClassDescription and TraitDescription)
->would introduce a dependence from Text to CodeHolder).

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colorWhenPrettyPrinting:"If true, then when browseWithPrettyPrint is in 
effect, the pretty-printing will be presented in color"
action: remove it ?

No effect anymore on pharo-core browsers

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decorateBrowserButtons: "Governs whether certain buttons, such as the 
Inheritance button, should bear colors that provide user feedback on 
their applicability"
action: maybe remove it ?

such a feedback is now provided by OB-browser with its icon set.

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diffsInChangeList: "If true, changeList browsers and Versions browsers 
will open up by default showing diffs, i.e. revealing the differences 
between successive versions or between the in-memory code and the code 
on disk"

action: keep it ?

CodeHolder class>>showDifferencesInChangeList
    <setting>
    ^ ShowDifferencesInChangeList ifNil: [ShowDifferencesInChangeList := 
(SettingManager newSetting: 'Show differences in ChangeList')
            default: true;
            parent: #browsing;
            description: 'If true, changeList browsers and Versions 
browsers will open up by default showing diffs, i.e. revealing the 
differences between successive versions or between the in-memory code 
and the code on disk']

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diffsWithPrettyPrint: "if true, displays of source code differences will 
be pretty-printed first"
action: keep it ?

CodeHolder class>>prettyPrintDifferences
    <setting>
    ^ PrettyPrintDifferences ifNil: [PrettyPrintDifferences := 
(SettingManager newSetting: 'Pretty print differences')
            default: false;
            parent: #browsing;
            description: 'if true, displays of source code differences 
will be pretty-printed first']

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optionalButtons: "If true, then optional buttons will be used in certain 
standard tools, including browsers, message lists, fileLists, 
changeLists, and debuggers"
action: remove it ?
because it is always used

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smartUpdating: "If true, then morphic tools such as browsers and 
inspectors will keep their contents up to date automatically, so that if 
something changes anywhere, the change will be reflected everywhere."
action: keep it ?

true by default, when do we set this to false ?
CodeHolder class>>smartUpdating
    <setting>
    ^ SmartUpdating ifNil: [SmartUpdating := (SettingManager newSetting: 
'Smart updating')
            default: true;
            parent: #browsing;
            description: 'If true, then morphic tools such as browsers 
and inspectors will keep their contents up to date automatically, so 
that if something changes anywhere, the change will be reflected 
everywhere.']

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useNewDiffToolsForMC: "When enabled the Polymorph diff tools will be 
used with Monticello. When diabled, the original tools are used."
action: remove it ?

Should it be a setting ?
What is wrong with the new diff tool ?

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