Variables


Global variables

Global variables are known system wide. You can find them together with the class names in the system dictionary Smalltalk.

You can open an inspector on all global variables by evaluating the following code in a Workspace or Transcript:

Utilities inspectGlobals

The following global variables can be found in the standard image:

Variable Comment
Display Display references an instance of class DisplayScreen
GIFImports  
Processor This variables references an instance of ProcessorScheduler which represents the Processor of the system.
ScheduledControllers ScheduledControllers represents an instance of ControlManager
Sensor The input sensor of the system
Smalltalk Smalltalk references an SystemDictionary instance with all class names and global variables
SourceFiles This variable references an Array with two instances of class StandardFileStream. These streams are opened on the sources and teh changes file
SystemOrganization The variable references an instance of SystemOrganizer usefull for browsers
TextConstants TextConstants references a Dictionary with defualt text constants
Transcript This variable represents the Transcript window of the system (an instance of TextCollector)
Undeclared  
World