Part 2: the environment


What does it look like ?

on the outside:
  • classic four-file Smalltalk
    • virtual machine
    • per-user .image file
    • per user .changes file
    • shared system .sources file

on the outside:

  • classic Forms-based "Orange Book" GUI
  • Mac-influenced interface
  • all the traditional tools
    • workspace, browsers, file list
  • some new tools
    • browsers: inheritance: sub-protocol, ...
    • change sorter
  • lots of keyboard shortcuts
    • select, copy, cut, paste, exchange, again, undo
    • accept, cancel, do it, inspect it, print it
    • implementors, senders, references
    • indentation, auto-indent
    • browse, spawn
    • un/wrap (),[],{},<>,'', ""
    • fot/size/style/colour changes
    • and lots more ...