+1 on debug-it. I would also like a Browse-it menu item "everywhere."
Control-b works, but that forces me to change from mouse to keyboard.
-1 (make that -10<g>) on merging the inspector and explorer. They are
different tools with different uses. I am quite happy to ask for the one I
want. It *would* be nice to have the tools offer each other: the inspector
could have an explore menu item, and vice versa. I know people worked very
hard on the "new inspector," but it tried to be too many things all at once,
and as a result, wasn't good for any of them.
Customized (class-specific) inspectors can be very useful. IIRC, there is/was
an MVC inspector. Snoop (Ian Bartholomew for MVP) and Ghoul (Chris Uppal,
crash dump "debugger") are great examples of programming tools. We need to
make it easy (*really* easy) to build user interfaces, and toolsmiths will
emerge. To be fair, it's starting to happen:
http://www.pharocasts.com/2011/03/build-xml-browser.html
A big freedom I still find missing is the ability to make the above in the form
of a composite presenter (PanelMorph??) that can be readily embedded in more
complex GUI elements.
Bill
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[[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 3:39 PM
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Subject: [Pharo-project] Debug it from browser, menu consistency, merged
Inspector
Hi guys,
I just noticed that there is no 'Debug it' in browser's right-click
menu, but it is on Workspace. It would be nice to be there too, and
there is a place for it. But not need to add Profile it and Watch it in
browser's one. Debug it is important for "through debugger" development
style .. :)
Second usability suggestion: please put Cut/Copy/Paste/Undo section
consistently on the same place, or always on the top, or always
somewhere else. Not on the bottom as is in context menu in Workspace
while in browser it is on top. Same goes with DoIt/PrintIt/DebugIt block.
Third: how is the state with merging Inspector and Explorer? Wasn't
there already a nice tree-view Inspector in some older Pharo?
Best regards
Janko
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