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squeak-dev friendly for newcomer

Hilaire Fernandes-4
Squeak-dev is very friendly for newcomer to Squeak. I use it to invite
people to join on DrGeoII development.

One think could make it even more user friendly: turning on the "_
conversion to :=" preference by default.

Of course for Squeak experts who prefer using _ , changing back the
preference will be easy, far more easier than it will be for newbie.

Hilaire


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Re: squeak-dev friendly for newcomer

Damien Cassou-3
On Jan 19, 2008 11:51 AM, Hilaire Fernandes <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Squeak-dev is very friendly for newcomer to Squeak. I use it to invite
> people to join on DrGeoII development.
>
> One think could make it even more user friendly: turning on the "_
> conversion to :=" preference by default.
>
> Of course for Squeak experts who prefer using _ , changing back the
> preference will be easy, far more easier than it will be for newbie.

This preference does not change the way the method is saved, only the
way it is displayed. I think it can be interesting to turn this on.
What do other think?


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Re: squeak-dev friendly for newcomer

Klaus D. Witzel
On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:01:58 +0100, Damien Cassou wrote:

> On Jan 19, 2008 11:51 AM, Hilaire Fernandes <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Squeak-dev is very friendly for newcomer to Squeak. I use it to invite
>> people to join on DrGeoII development.
>>
>> One think could make it even more user friendly: turning on the "_
>> conversion to :=" preference by default.
>>
>> Of course for Squeak experts who prefer using _ , changing back the
>> preference will be easy, far more easier than it will be for newbie.
>
> This preference does not change the way the method is saved, only the
> way it is displayed. I think it can be interesting to turn this on.
> What do other think?

My CHF 0.05: what you get is what you see! Either *guarantee* to display  
the back-arrow glyph for _ or automagically transcribe _ to *display* the  
:= since _ alone is not cool at all 8-)

And automatic transcription is like a keyboard shortcut, a concept which  
we all are used to.

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Re: squeak-dev friendly for newcomer

Sophie424
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"Hilaire Fernandes" <[hidden email]> wrote

> One think could make it even more user friendly: turning on the "_
> conversion to :=" preference by default.

+1. Absolutely.