Please review: FIleSystem displayString and printOn: to support better tweaking in playground and friends

Hi


I did a first cut for FIleSystem displayString and printOn: to support
better tweaking in playground and friends

But I do not know if I'm happy.

https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/18956/FileReference-printString-should-be-auto-evaluable


Stef

stepharo wrote

I did a first cut for FIleSystem displayString and printOn: to support
better tweaking in playground and friends

IIUC #displayString, #storeString, et al. are well-known distinctions from other platforms, correct? Are we following the convention?

Also, not to digress, but I've often wondered why we restrict tool representations to string and not text. Presumably, much more meaning could be communicated via styling...

Hi,

> On Sep 4, 2016, at 7:57 PM, Sean P. DeNigris <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> stepharo wrote
>> I did a first cut for FIleSystem displayString and printOn: to support
>> better tweaking in playground and friends
>
> IIUC #displayString, #storeString, et al. are well-known distinctions from
> other platforms, correct? Are we following the convention?

Just a note: We agreed that displayString is a bit too much tool specific to have only one generic selector. So, right now for GT we have gtDisplayString.

Cheers,
Doru

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