On Jul 16, 2012, at 9:38 PM, Sean P. DeNigris wrote: > For VimPharo, I want to have a different cursor depending on whether a tool > is in insert or normal mode. > > I tried a handful of ways, but they all failed or worked > partially/inconsistently. Here's some of them: > * add the state to the paragraph, but the entire paragraph gets replaced > during the life of the tool, so the state gets lost > * add the state to the editor, but the situation is the same > * add the state to PluggableTextMorph, override and access it from > TextMorphForEditView>>updateFromParagraph. This was an extreme PITA and got > me very acquainted with the emergency evaluator. It "worked", but only after > using the arrows a bit. > > Does anyone have any idea where I might hook in? > > <rant>I find the whole text system very confusing. What the heck does a > paragraph know about insertion points?? A view has one paragraph object, > even if there are several paragraphs (as understood by the rest of humanity > as a block of text with breaks between the adjoining ones. Editors and > Paragraphs are thrown out and replaced on a whim. I'm finding it very hard > to understand and modify</rant>
I got burned by that when I worked on my botanics env…. it was terrible. > > Thanks, > Sean > > -- > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/Customizing-the-Caret-of-a-PluggableTextMorph-tp4640245.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
