Here's [ http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/publicRepository/VB-Sketch-DontModeMeIn.html] the description:
An experimental tweak of the Refactoring Browser to support modeless editing. With this installed, it is possible to go to a different method or class within the same browser. while a method is being edited The "postponed" edit appears as an icon at the bottom of the browser. Clicking it will jump back to the edit in progress. NOTE: Close all browser windows before or immediately after loading this package. This package is currently unloadable and is should not be loaded into image that has RB_Tabs loaded (or vice versa). -- Best regards, Dennis Schetinin 2013/9/4 Dennis Schetinin <chae...@gmail.com> > There were an addon named DontModeMeIn for VisualWorks browser which I > believe did the same thing. It was written by Vasilii Bykov and there was > an article on it in his blog, but I can't find that blog in the new > Cincom's site, and can't find that article in WaybackMachine either… The > only reference I can find is here [ > http://scg.unibe.ch/download/wasdett/wasdett2008-paper03.pdf]. Hopefully, > the addon is still in Cincom's Public Repository… > > > -- > > Best regards, > > > Dennis Schetinin > > > 2013/9/4 Norbert Hartl <norb...@hartl.name> > >> >> >> Am 03.09.2013 um 15:07 schrieb Igor Stasenko <siguc...@gmail.com>: >> >> > >> > this is most annoying to me, that UI interrupts you in very strange >> manner >> > and asks you to make a decision: >> > - accept, or discard the method, or cancel the action. >> > >> > often, you are in the middle of typing new stuff and source code >> > can be even not syntactically correct.. so, you have to discard or die >> :) >> > >> > what i think the solution could be is that browser should allow you to >> switch contexts >> > at any moment without asking you anything.Instead it should remember >> your >> > unsaved changes in special 'drafts' collection, which later you can get >> back on, >> > when you finish what you wanted to do. >> > >> > And the only time when you want unaccepted edits to not get lost >> forever is when you closing >> > a browser window.. (but of course, drafts can be stored globally >> somewhere, >> > then it also not a big deal, since you can simply return to your draft >> in different window). >> >> We have method versions. I don't see a reason why uncommited methods can >> not go just on the list. They could be marked as unsaved/unommited (in fact >> they are not compiled so different per se) or even better the method >> version list should be a timeline where the current version is the present >> and everything else is a past or a potential future version. >> >> Norbert >> > >
