On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 11:11 PM, Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 11 Jun 2015, at 16:42, Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Torsten Bergmann <asta...@gmx.de> wrote: > > Hi, > > maybe you already noticed. The latest update for Pharo 5 which is 50103 (see > [1]). > includes a new tool called "Catalog Browser". > > Where to go > =========== > > You will find it under "Tools" -> "Catalog Browser" and it will display the > configs together with the catalog metadata like project description. > > The code is managed with a configuration similar to what we have for > a few other packages/projects. The tool was written by Esteban Lorenzano > with small > improvements like spotter integration from my side. Feel free to contribute > more features. > > The repository can be found on SmalltalkHub [2]. > > This new tool basically gives you access to all available configurations > aggregated at [3]. You can use a small UI to search and load the configs > (see world menu -> "Tools" -> "Catalog Browser". > > But you can also use Spotter to load a config. > > Example on how to load ScriptManager config: > ============================================ > - open Spotter (SHIFT + ENTER on Windows, ...) > - type in "Script" and you will find a spotter category "Catalog Projects" > with "ScriptManager" in it > - just hit enter and the config is loaded > > > Just had a quick try. Its nice to get descriptions, like for > "TaskIT". However I think there should be a confirmation dialog > before actually loading a Configuration, which is a potentially > destructive/undoable action. Its too easy that habits pressing > <enter> for other functions assert themselves and load a configuration > accidentally. Perhaps an alternative is to open a window with more > information from the other fields of the catalog that has a button to > load the Configuration. > > > > Same for all others, so try with "Seaside", "MongoTalk", ... > > In the short/mid-term this new tool should replace the existing config > browser as it > gives more informations about the projects. > > > I don't think its a total replacement for the Configuration Browser. > The new function suits the case of searching for a configuration you > already know about, bu tmany times I like catalog browsers when I'm > not searching for something. That is, when I don't know what is there > and I'm *browsing*. Indeed, if you are searching for a particular > configuration then you probably already know what it is and the > additional info is then not needed. > > > But is a superset. > We do not want to keep two tools with same functionality (we already did > this a lot in the past, but we are like alcoholics in recovery now… :P) > > Esteban > > ps: when you already know what you want, most probably you just load through > a command line (or a script)… at least that’s what I do :) >
I worked out that typing #cat gave me what I wanted. However when I down-arrow from GraphViz, it cycles back to the top to A4BP. I can't believe there are no configurations after GraphViz :) cheers -ben
