Hi,
> On Feb 20, 2016, at 7:45 PM, Mariano Martinez Peck <marianop...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 6:41 AM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <s...@stfx.eu> wrote: > Hi, > > There are recurring questions about GTSpotter, along the lines of: > > why Spotter does not work well for 95% of the cases > - implement > - send > - class > - class refs? > > This is in the latest #50591, BTW. > > Starting with the 3rd one, searching for classes, that has been working well > since day one and has benefited from general improvements. > > 'zncl' gives me ZnClient immediately. > > Yes, you have to learn how to dive into a result to expand it, but that is > not often needed in this case. > > 'readstream', then first arrow (or cmd-shit-right), then 'co' gives me > ZnCodePointReadStream and ZnEncodeReadStream. > > In both cases, just typing enter browses the class, which is what I want. > > Both implementers and senders do work well today, you just have to figure out > how (learnability is an issue, but not everything can be obvious in this > world). > > 'get: #i' but also, 'get:' + cmd-m gives you all implementors of #get: and > spotter automatically expands from a limited set of 5 matches to 100 > > > It does not here. Here, using 50594, doing 'get: +i' does not give me all > implementors of #get: as you said, but all the implementors MATCHING #get:. > In fact, those with #get: (exactly) are not even sorted on top. See attached > screenshot. This is caused because of ordering. This is an issue that is open since a long time, and we have a hard time finding the right solution. But, we are still trying. We now made it explicit on the issue tracker: https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/17656/Spotter-should-sort-search-results Cheers, Doru > > > Enable preview (click outer arrow, or cmd-p) and you see the implementors > right there > > Now, dive in (first arrow or cmd-shit-right), and type 'zn' and I can see > ZnClient>>#get: > > Type enter to open the method in a browser > > Similar approach for senders, using #s and cmd-n > > 'join: #s'but also, 'join:' + cmd-n gives you all senders of #join: and > spotter automatically expands > > Enable preview (click outer arrow, or cmd-p) and you see the implementors > right there > > Now, dive in (first arrow or cmd-shit-right), and type 'zn' and I can see > ZnDefaultServerDelegate>>#welcomePageCss > > Type enter to open the method in a browser > > Class references, I don't know how to do that, but I can't see why it would > not fit and it would be a good addition. > > Spotter adds to the other ways of doing these 4 actions, the old one still > work, as does command-click (one of my favourites). > > Sven > > PS: I don't wan to narrow down the discussion to just these 4 cases, Spotter > and GT are about way more than just this, you can search for many, many > things (for example, type 'json' and you can install 3 packages from the > catalog), and you can extend these tools yourself. I also know that things > must improve further. > > > > > > > > > -- > Mariano > http://marianopeck.wordpress.com > <Screen Shot 2016-02-20 at 3.41.45 PM.png> -- www.tudorgirba.com www.feenk.com "If you interrupt the barber while he is cutting your hair, you will end up with a messy haircut."
