Retrieving a list of standard method categories?

> Hi Conrad,
>
> Here's how to find your answer. In the previous menu, instead of
> clicking on "new category...", ctl-click on twice it to bring up its
> halos (first ctl-click shows halos for the whole menu, second for that
> item only). Click the spanner halo and select "inspect morph". Three
> key properties can be found in the left-hand list, which will allow to
> you find out what will happen when you click that item: the target (ie
> who will get called), the selector (ie method name that will be
> called), and the arguments. Select "selector", and you'll see it's a
> "perform..." which implies that the real method name will be one of
> the arguments. Select "arguments" and you'll see it's an array, with
> first argument being "#addCategory". Double-click that (to select the
> text), and press ctl-M to find implementers.
>
> There's only one, and that shows the list being built up in quite a
> few steps, but it basically finds all the categories *already* *used*
> by the classes' superclasses. So there is no standard dictionary of
> categories - it's created on the fly whenever you click that menu
> item.
>
> I hope this answers your question,
> Michael
>

> Hi, the following menu is displayed when I go to add a
> category in a clean image:
>
> BEGIN_MENU:
>
> Add Category
> -------------------
> New...
> updating
> callbacks
> initializing
> navigating
> opening
> applying primitives
> closure-prims
> comparing
> debugging
> initialize-release
> objects from disk
> system primitives
> testing
>
> END_MENU