[Newbies] Where is Method Finder in Squeak 4.2?

2011-04-26 Thread Sharon Tuttle
Where is Method Finder in Squeak 4.2? It used to exist when I used Squeak two years ago for a short time, and now I still see references to it on the web, but I am having trouble finding information about how to actually *reach* it. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated -- thanks! --

Re: [Newbies] Using text morph to save characters

2011-04-26 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 24.04.2011, at 17:53, michael rice wrote: This may not be an appropriate way to save characters in the order they are generated. This isn't working. Perhaps there's a better way? Two scripts: (1) clear1: empties out a TextMorph (2) addChar: inserts an 'a' or a 'b' at cursor position.

Re: [Newbies] Naming a project

2011-04-26 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 25.04.2011, at 01:10, Gary Dunn wrote: The only way I have found to name a project is to back out of it and name the thumbnail. Is there a way to name the current project without backing out of it? The project name is the same as the current change set name. Renaming the change set

Re: [Newbies] Using text morph to save characters

2011-04-26 Thread michael rice
SorryI wasn't more explicit. I'm generating a(s) and b(s). If I initially generate two a(s) in a row, and then a b, the b gets put between the two a(s), not at either end of the string. Likewise, if I initially generate two b(s) in a row, and then an a, the a gets inserted between the two

Re: [Newbies] Where is Method Finder in Squeak 4.2?

2011-04-26 Thread michael rice
Look in the Tools flap (on the left margin), fourth from the top. Michael --- On Tue, 4/26/11, Sharon Tuttle sharon.tut...@humboldt.edu wrote: From: Sharon Tuttle sharon.tut...@humboldt.edu Subject: [Newbies] Where is Method Finder in Squeak 4.2? To: beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org Cc:

Re: [Newbies] Using text morph to save characters

2011-04-26 Thread Bert Freudenberg
The new characters are inserted before the current cursor position. So if the cursor is 1 then the new characters are inserted before the text. Now if the cursor is the same as the count of characters, they are inserted before the last character. You can verify that by clearing the Text to e.g.

Re: [Newbies] Where is Method Finder in Squeak 4.2?

2011-04-26 Thread michael rice
Oops, I meant on the right. I'm sinistrally challenged. Michael --- On Tue, 4/26/11, michael rice nowg...@yahoo.com wrote: From: michael rice nowg...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Newbies] Where is Method Finder in Squeak 4.2? To: A friendly place to get answers to even the most basic questions about

Re: [Newbies] Using text morph to save characters

2011-04-26 Thread Steve Thomas
Yes we need a way to append in Etoys. On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Bert Freudenberg b...@freudenbergs.dewrote: The new characters are inserted before the current cursor position. So if the cursor is 1 then the new characters are inserted before the text. Now if the cursor is the same as

Re: [Newbies] Where is Method Finder in Squeak 4.2?

2011-04-26 Thread Casey Ransberger
Zomg lol On Apr 26, 2011, at 6:32 AM, michael rice nowg...@yahoo.com wrote: sinistrally ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners

Re: [Newbies] Where is Method Finder in Squeak 4.2?

2011-04-26 Thread Sharon Tuttle
See, that is what I remember from the older version. But there are no flaps in Squeak 4.2 (Squeak 4.2 All-in-One.app), there is a Tools menu, and the items in that menu are: Browser Workspace Transcript Test Runner --- Monticello Browser Monticello Configurations Simple Change

Found! Re: [Newbies] Where is Method Finder in Squeak 4.2?

2011-04-26 Thread Sharon Tuttle
...Oh! I decided to finally be brave enough to open a New Project -- I'd been putting it off, since I didn't know the difference between a MorphicProject and a MVCProject -- and when I opened a new MorphicProject, there indeed IS a Tools tab right as Michael Rice describes, and there's the

Re: [Newbies] Where is Method Finder in Squeak 4.2?

2011-04-26 Thread Paul C Johnson
World menu. Open Method Finder On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Sharon Tuttle sharon.tut...@humboldt.eduwrote: See, that is what I remember from the older version. But there are no flaps in Squeak 4.2 (Squeak 4.2 All-in-One.app), there is a Tools menu, and the items in that menu are:

[Newbies] Wingdings font?

2011-04-26 Thread Gary Dunn
Is there a font like wingdings available in Squeak? Trying to create bullet charts using a book morph. Gary Dunn Open Slate Project http://openslate.org ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org

Re: [Newbies] Where is Method Finder in Squeak 4.2?

2011-04-26 Thread Sharon Tuttle
Thank you very much -- that works! 8-) I will pass this on to my class, also. -- Sharon Tuttle -- Sharon M. Tuttle, Professor Department of Computer Science Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA sharon.tut...@humboldt.edu On Apr 26, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Paul C Johnson wrote: World menu. Open

Re: [Newbies] Where is Method Finder in Squeak 4.2?

2011-04-26 Thread Sharon Tuttle
Thank you very much -- that works! 8-) I will pass this on to my class, also. -- Sharon Tuttle -- Sharon M. Tuttle, Professor Department of Computer Science Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA sharon.tut...@humboldt.edu On Apr 26, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Paul C Johnson wrote: World menu. Open

Re: [Newbies] Naming a project

2011-04-26 Thread Gary Dunn
Can the Projects menu New Project New MorphicProject command be given the same behavior as World menu projects create new morphic project? The latter created a project thumbnail but does not open it, so naming the project is easy. Or, have all such commands prompt for a project name as patt of

Re: [Newbies] Wingdings font?

2011-04-26 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 26.04.2011, at 19:13, Gary Dunn wrote: Is there a font like wingdings available in Squeak? No, but you can just load any TTF font. Trying to create bullet charts using a book morph. ¥ looks like a bullet point in Atlanta 22. - Bert - ___

[Newbies] Re: [squeakland] loading and image file and making vanish after a while

2011-04-26 Thread Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas
Hi Ricardo, El 26/04/11 10:37, Ricardo Moran escribió: Hi Offray, Regarding fading images I think you'll find this useful: http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/cs2340/4278. The example there works fine in Squeak but I couldn't make it work in Etoys yet. It's possibly a BitBlt bug but I haven't