That does kind of break encapsulation, in a way. As for the menus, Squeak
tends to create them dynamically on each use so you'd need an
"aboutToPopup:" kind of event.
I agree that it would be nice if the IDE tools were more dynamically
pluggable though.
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> Another Dolphin concept that Squeak would do well to emulate
> is triggering an event when new tool shells are opened. This
> allows easy creation of extensions to the IDE, w/o having to
> modify base system code that can clash with future updates.
> Any time a relevant shell is opened, it triggers #viewOpened:
> off of its _class_, with itself as an argument. Then one can
> do things like
>
> Debugger when:#viewOpened: send:#hackDebuggerMenu to:self
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> to modify menus, etc. It might be of greater utility in
> Dolphin than in Squeak, but any gaps might stimulate
> improvements in Squeak.
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> Bill
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