[Cuis-dev] left arrow "Terse Guide to Cuis"

[Dan Norton]

Hi Juan,

Attached is an update to Terse Guide.

 - Dan

On Mon, 11 May 2020 16:58:21 -0400
Dan Norton <dnorton at mindspring.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 11 May 2020 11:20:13 -0500 (CDT)
> stes via Cuis-dev <cuis-dev at cuis-smalltalk.org> wrote:
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> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm running "Cuis" via : "squeak Cuis5.0-4112.image" and it seems to
> > work fine.
> > 
> > I'm relatively new to this, and I was reading the "Terse Guide to
> > Cuis" (which is very useful), I see in the Help topic under
> > "Assignment" :
> > 
> > x _ 4.			"assignment (Cuis)" 
> > 
> > z := 7.			"assignment (ASCII)"
> > 
> > The underscore _ displays in Cuis as a small cool "left arrow", I
> > like it, very nice, really cool.
> > 
> > Basically I think the "Terse Guide to Cuis" should also indicate in
> > either "syntax" or "Assignment" that you can enter in the Workspace
> > an underscore, and that it will display as this "left arrow" symbol.
> > 
> > This may be a trivial issue to experienced users, but the Help
> > "Terse Guide",
> > or the Keyboard shortcuts should or could somehow clarify how to
> > enter the left arrow from the keyboard (via the underscore
> > character). 
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> Welcome! Thanks for your suggestion. It helps to have a fresh pair of
> eyes. One of the hardest things to do is explain the "obvious" but in
> this case, as you point out, it is not obvious how to type the
> assignment arrow. I'm going to make some changes to Terse Guide so
> please watch for them and let us know if more is needed.
> 
> I hope someone else will chime in regarding Git and GitHub :)
> 
>  - Dan Norton
> 
> 
> > Anyway,  in the Help there is also "Using Git and Github with Cuis".
> > 
> > It says:
> > 
> >     Start with a standard (i.e. fresh) Cuis image. Never save the
> > image. Set up Git repositories for external packages (if not already
> > done) Install packages from Git repositories.
> >     Develop. Modify and/or create packages.
> >     Save own packages (to Git repositories).
> >     Git add / commit / push as appropriate.
> > 
> > But how is this working in practice, I have the impression that this
> > part of the Help is a little bit too terse ...
> > 
> > Regards,
> > David Stes
> > 
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