Inspector limiting an object printString output

> In
>
> Inspector>>selectionPrintString it uses:
>
> text := [self selection printStringLimitedTo: 5000]
>
> which sometimes not quite adequate (sometimes i need to display more).
>
> I think it would be nicer if inspector would ask object, if it desires
> to limit itself (when printing in big inspection pane)
> and what concrete limit it desires, instead of hardcoding the number
> in inspector.
>
> Something like:
>
> Object>>printStringLimited
>    ^ self printLimit ifNotNil: [:limit |
>         self printStringLimitedTo: limit ]
>    ifNil: [
>      self printString ].
>
> so, then #printLimit could be overridden by choice of developer, to
> set (or not) the limits
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
>

> In
>
> Inspector>>selectionPrintString it uses:
>
> text := [self selection printStringLimitedTo: 5000]
>
> which sometimes not quite adequate (sometimes i need to display more).
>
> I think it would be nicer if inspector would ask object, if it desires
> to limit itself (when printing in big inspection pane)
> and what concrete limit it desires, instead of hardcoding the number
> in inspector.
>
> Something like:
>
> Object>>printStringLimited
>    ^ self printLimit ifNotNil: [:limit |
>         self printStringLimitedTo: limit ]
>    ifNil: [
>      self printString ].
>
> so, then #printLimit could be overridden by choice of developer, to
> set (or not) the limits
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
>