[Pharo Trick: #0004] - Run code using a key command to speedup development

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[Pharo Trick: #0004] - Run code using a key command to speedup development

Torsten Bergmann
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[Pharo Trick: #0004] - Run code using a key command to speedup development
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Works in: Pharo3.0 Latest update: #30637 but should work in other 2.0/3.0 versions  
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If you have to run some code very often you typically have to evaluate it
from a workspace over and over again.
But to speed up you can assign a global keymapping which allows to run it with
a simple keyboard shortcut:

   World
      on: $a shift command
      do: [ Object browse ].

Evaluate this once in a workspace. After that anytime you press SHIFT, the
command button (on Windows this is ALT) and A together the block gets evaluated
and your code runs easily.

Background:
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In Pharo there is a global morph called "World" representing the desktop.
One can assign a key combination to any morph including this world.
If you are interested on the Keymappings then read http://playingwithobjects.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/keymappings-101-for-pharo-2-0/
for more