<div dir="ltr">I just checked the code and that behavior was introduced in the last version of that method, before it behaved as Nicola wanted, so thank you Nicola for pointing this out!<div> </div><div>Juan, I think we should get that method back to its previous version. I did not look for when the change was made and I do not know who jpb is...</div></div> <div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 7, 2021 at 4:54 PM Juan Vuletich via Cuis-dev <<a href="mailto:cuis-dev@lists.cuis.st">cuis-dev@lists.cuis.st</a>> wrote: </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I don't think the preference is needed. What about simply: selectionPrintString "Returns the current selection as a string" ^ self safelyPrintWith: [ self selection printTextLimitedTo: self printStringLimit ]. ? Thanks, -- Juan Vuletich <a href="http://www.cuis-smalltalk.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.cuis-smalltalk.org</a> <a href="https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev</a> <a href="https://github.com/jvuletich" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/jvuletich</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-vuletich-75611b3" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-vuletich-75611b3</a> @JuanVuletich On 8/6/2021 2:17 PM, Gerald Klix via Cuis-dev wrote: > Nicola, > > I always thought this is on purpose, but did > not like it. > If you look at Inspector>>#selectionPrintString > > --- snip --- > selectionPrintString > "Returns the current selection as a string" > ^self safelyPrintWith: [ > | selectedValue | > selectedValue _ self selection. > (selectedValue is: #String) > ifTrue: [ selectedValue ] > ifFalse: [ selectedValue printTextLimitedTo: self > printStringLimit]] > --- snap --- > it has a special case for strings, confirming my suspicion. > > If you use this method implementation instead > --- Schnipp --- > selectionPrintString > "Returns the current selection as a string" > ^self safelyPrintWith: [ > | selectedValue | > selectedValue _ self selection. > (selectedValue is: #String) and: [ Preferences > inspectStringsLiteraly ] :: > ifTrue: [ selectedValue ] > ifFalse: [ selectedValue printTextLimitedTo: self > printStringLimit]] > --- Schnapp --- > we will get the behavior you desired. > Please note the inspectStringsLiteraly-method, that > defaults to false when not implemented, by virtur > of Preferences DNU logic. > > The attached change set makes the inspector configurable > but retains the old behavior. > Maybe we can convince Juan to integrate that improvement. > > HTH and Best Regards, > > Gerald > > > On 8/6/21 6:14 PM, Nicola Mingotti via Cuis-dev wrote: >> >> Hi guys, >> >> I hit a stupid bug today ... to find it was nasty, i think because >> the debugger does not show what (at least I) would expect. >> >> Please see the attached picture here: >> <a href="https://pasteboard.co/KeEwgAy.png" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pasteboard.co/KeEwgAy.png</a> >> >> If you look at the debugger bottom right pane you think >> that 'aStringRepr' is nil, right? Well, it is not so, >> If you inspect it, see inspector in the middle of the screen, >> you see it actually is 'nil', that is a String containing a 3 letter >> value. >> >> This happens also for numbers, if they are inside Strings the debugger >> does not show eg: '123', but 123. That is some kind of "print >> representation". >> >> I think this is very much undesirable and an unexpected behavior, >> at least for a beginner;) >> >> bye >> Nicola >> -- Cuis-dev mailing list <a href="mailto:Cuis-dev@lists.cuis.st" target="_blank">Cuis-dev@lists.cuis.st</a> <a href="https://lists.cuis.st/mailman/listinfo/cuis-dev" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.cuis.st/mailman/listinfo/cuis-dev</a> </blockquote></div> <div> </div>-- <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><a href="https://10pines.com/" style="font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium" target="_blank"><img width="108" src="https://10pines.github.io/email-signature/10pines-firma@2x.png" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"></a><h1 style="margin:0px;font-size:14px">Hernán Wilkinson</h1><h2 style="margin:0px 0px 1em;font-size:14px;color:rgb(100,100,100)">Software Developer, Teacher & Coach</h2>Alem 896, Floor 6, Buenos Aires, Argentina+54 11 6091 3125@HernanWilkinson</div></div></div>