On 8 October 2012 19:02, Frank Shearar <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 8 October 2012 18:31, Damien Cassou <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Oscar E A Callaú <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>>>   I'm using Aquamacs (mac UI for emacs) as my default editor. But I have a 
>>> problem, when trying to read a .st file, I don't get the syntax 
>>> highlighting (so all is black-&-white). How I can solve this issue?
>>
>> Pharo/Smalltalk is not meant to be coded in Emacs, you have to use
>> Pharo currently (that may change in the future).
>
> For shame, Damien. Why is Smalltalk not meant to be coded in a text
> editor? It is text, after all. Next thing you'll suggest that one
> shouldn't use git to store one's code.

Alright, OK, I wrote that with at least 50% troll in the mix. (*)
There's no reason why one shouldn't be able to use standard text
manipulation techniques to hack on Smalltalk code. We simply never
bothered doing so, and I dare say that the majority of people on this
list are happy not supporting text-using tools.

(*) OK, OK, 75%.

frank

>> If you still want to
>> use Emacs, you will have to install a smalltalk mode. One can be found
>> with gnu-smalltalk. If you are on a Debian-based Linux distribution,
>> install gnu-smalltalk-el.
>>
>> --
>> Damien Cassou
>> http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st
>>
>> "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without
>> losing enthusiasm."
>> Winston Churchill
>>

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