Hi, I'm a ten year Smalltalker, in spare time. I found most IDE are not usable at all.
To enable usable an IDE I suggest separating info input service and edit service and mouse selection services. In short, each inputting area on any browser/inspector/explorer/etc should have a visible reference Letter and a floating inputting window for inputting service. On that window you type cd target-area-ref-letter return then the floating input window move to the target area waiting for user input and auto-complete/in-line edit things will be supported by inputting service here in the input window. When user return, the text is send to the target. Mousing/key board selecting/editing etc. will be handled by the current topic area and one get the input window back to work on. This could be think of as a modernized xterm in Smalltalk. (sorry I'm not a native English speaker) ----- 南無佛 南無法 南無僧 -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Proposal-for-usable-Smalltalk-IDE-tp3696754p3696754.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
