RE: [Newbies] Re: FileDirectory

2016-05-31 Thread Ron Teitelbaum
ubject: [Newbies] Re: FileDirectory > On May 26, 2016, at 5:50 PM, Ron Teitelbaum [via Smalltalk] <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Have a look at the Hierarchy for the class Url > > > > Notice the class method: #urlClassForScheme: > > > > That

[Newbies] Re: FileDirectory

2016-05-31 Thread Joseph Alotta
> On May 26, 2016, at 5:50 PM, Ron Teitelbaum [via Smalltalk] > wrote: > > Have a look at the Hierarchy for the class Url > > > > Notice the class method: #urlClassForScheme: > > > > That should give you a better understanding of why url

Re: [Newbies] Re: FileDirectory

2016-05-26 Thread Ben Coman
On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 3:02 AM, Joseph Alotta wrote: > >> On May 26, 2016, at 8:29 AM, Ron Teitelbaum [via Smalltalk] <[hidden >> email]> wrote: >> >> One more question for you. I mentioned returning a newly created instance >> or a specific class from a class side

RE: [Newbies] Re: FileDirectory

2016-05-26 Thread Ron Teitelbaum
...@lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:beginners-boun...@lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Alotta Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 4:53 PM To: beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org Subject: [Newbies] Re: FileDirectory I saw a lot of code in FileDirectory for urls. What’s that all about

[Newbies] Re: FileDirectory

2016-05-26 Thread Joseph Alotta
I saw a lot of code in FileDirectory for urls. What’s that all about? Can I use FileDirectory to browse the web? If not, is there another web browser object? Sincerely, Joe. -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/FileDirectory-tp4897377p4897636.html Sent from the

RE: [Newbies] Re: FileDirectory

2016-05-26 Thread Ron Teitelbaum
From: Joseph Alotta Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 4:32 PM > Extra credit: Why would you use a class variable? We know that an instance variable is used to store data within the context of an instance. Why would you want to store data in the context of a class? Window closeAllWindows

[Newbies] Re: FileDirectory

2016-05-26 Thread Joseph Alotta
> Extra credit: Why would you use a class variable? We know that an instance > variable is used to store data within the context of an instance. Why would > you want to store data in the context of a class? Window closeAllWindows needs to have a list of all the windows, and sends each one

RE: [Newbies] Re: FileDirectory

2016-05-26 Thread Ron Teitelbaum
From: Joseph Alotta Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 3:02 PM > On May 26, 2016, at 8:29 AM, Ron Teitelbaum [via Smalltalk] <[hidden email]> > wrote: > > One more question for you. I mentioned returning a newly created instance or > a specific class from a class side method. Can you

[Newbies] Re: FileDirectory

2016-05-26 Thread Joseph Alotta
> On May 26, 2016, at 8:29 AM, Ron Teitelbaum [via Smalltalk] > wrote: > > One more question for you. I mentioned returning a newly created instance or > a specific class from a class side method. Can you name another reason why > you would write

RE: [Newbies] Re: FileDirectory

2016-05-26 Thread Ron Teitelbaum
From: beginners-boun...@lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:beginners-boun...@lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Alotta Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 7:47 PM To: beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org Subject: [Newbies] Re: FileDirectory Hi Ron, > Excellent. Remem

[Newbies] Re: FileDirectory

2016-05-25 Thread Joseph Alotta
Hi Ron, > Excellent. Remember that you should also look at the super classes for > methods. UnixFileDirectory is the instance of “FileDirectory default” but > it’s also a subclass of FileDirectory so the methods you can call include > UnixFileDirectory and all the methods on the class

[Newbies] Re: FileDirectory

2016-05-25 Thread Joseph Alotta
> On May 25, 2016, at 3:38 PM, Hannes Hirzel [via Smalltalk] > wrote: > > Have a look as well at http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2184 > > What exactly do you want to do? > > —Hannes I saw that. It comes up first on google. It is 100% accurate and

RE: [Newbies] Re: FileDirectory

2016-05-25 Thread Ron Teitelbaum
ailto:beginners-boun...@lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Alotta Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 4:15 PM To: beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org Subject: [Newbies] Re: FileDirectory Hi Ron, I get an instance of UnixFileDirectory. And there are only 6 methods for UnixFileDirectory, none of them doing what

Re: [Newbies] Re: FileDirectory

2016-05-25 Thread H. Hirzel
Have a look as well at http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2184 What exactly do you want to do? --Hannes On 5/25/16, Joseph Alotta wrote: > Hi Ron, > > I get an instance of UnixFileDirectory. And there are only 6 methods for > UnixFileDirectory, none of them doing what I

[Newbies] Re: FileDirectory

2016-05-25 Thread Joseph Alotta
Hi Ron, I get an instance of UnixFileDirectory. And there are only 6 methods for UnixFileDirectory, none of them doing what I want. Sincerely, Joe. > On May 25, 2016, at 2:43 PM, Ron Teitelbaum [via Smalltalk] > wrote: > > Hi Joe, > > The