Hi,
these requirements have nothing to do with a help system
and is more oriented towards a "teaching Smalltalk" tool
HelpBrowser should stay generic as possible. One addition
I can imagine in the future is to use rich text (HTML)
instead of plain ASCII, of we find the time to look at
Scamper again.
However a few notes:
- you can subclass HelpBrowser or implement another tool
"TutorialBrowser" using HelpBrowser as template
- highlighting: PluggableTextMorph is used, see
PluggableTextMorph>>defaultViewerClass which can be
overwritten by subclasses
dont know if PluggableTextMorph supports SH out of the
box after the recent shout refactoring
(I think there is now also SmalltalkEditor)
- a help book is a tree, displaying page numbers makes
more sense for linear tutorials like ProfStef, doesnt it?
- see HelpBrowser>>initWindow to see how the UI is done
again you can overwrite it in subclasses or after
a super call adjust the UI
Did you ever try ScriptManager (WorldMenu - Tools - ScriptManager)
It has Syntax highl. out of the box and you can save the results
in files. Should be easy to extend with buttons if you need too.
Bye
T.
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm teaching smalltalk to my pupils using a ProfStef-tutorial (
> >
> http://www.lsh-marquartstein.de/schule/unterricht/faecher/informatik/unterrichtsmaterial/info10/smalltalk/MS-info10-ProfStef-MarkusSchlager.mcz/view
> > ).
> >
> > Currently we're using pharo 1.1. In pharo 1.2 ProfStefBrowser obviously
> got
> > replaced by another HelpBrowser. (What you get with Help->ProfStef
> > Tutorials).
> >
>
> Yes I removed ProfStefBrowser because it was not maintained anymore and
> didn't have the courage to fix it.
>
> HelpBrowser was here and interfacing it with ProfStef was almost free
> so....
>
>
> I'm missing two things:
> >
> > - syntax-highlighting: Is there any way, I can activate this easily?
> >
>
> Torsten, is it possible to activate syntax-highlighting for an HelpSystem
> book ?
> > - navigation-buttons and page-counter (at the moment, my tutorial has
> about
> > 60 pages): any chance to get these back?
>
>
> I think this may be useful for all HelpSystem books.... Torsten, what do
> you
> think ?
>
> Indeed, to create a navigator just evaluate:
>
> DockingBarMorph new
> addMorph: (UITheme builder newButtonFor: ProfStef action: #last label:
> '>>'
> help: 'Last lesson');
> addMorph: (UITheme builder newButtonFor: ProfStef action: #next label:
> '>'
> help: 'Next lesson');
> addMorph:(UITheme builder newButtonFor: ProfStef action: #previous label:
> '<' help: 'Previous lesson');
> addMorph: (UITheme builder newButtonFor: ProfStef action: #first label:
> '<<' help: 'First lesson');
> addMorph: (UITheme builder newLabel: 'ProfStef navigator');
> adhereTo: #top;
> color: (Color white alpha: 0.4);
> borderWidth: 0;
> openInWorld.
>
> Should be fun to have it in the tutorial :)
>
> Laurent.
>
>
>
> > Markus
> >
> >
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