[Cuis-dev] changeset. Improvement on #askForSaveOnQuit

[Luciano Notarfrancesco]

Looks great to me, although it was not a big concern for me thanks a lot
for taking the time!

On Thu, 19 Aug 2021 at 8:27 AM Juan Vuletich <juan at jvuletich.org> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> Please check the attached. I tried to follow your concerns, Luciano and
> Nicola. Here I:
> - Separated questions (in methods in TheWorldMenu) and silent commands
> (methods in SystemDictionary)
> - Added easy to remember selectors, without unneded arguments
> - I removed most questions. It only asks for confirmation on "Quit" if
> there are any unsaved ChangeSets.
>
> We could actually remove the confirmation on "Quit", as any code will
> still be recoverable from the latest .user.changes file.
>
> If you like it I'll push it to GitHub. Or let's keep discussing.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> On 8/18/2021 6:32 AM, Luciano Notarfrancesco via Cuis-dev wrote:
>
> Yes, I guess my point is that the menu should call a method that does
> something simple and UI related (like ask whatever questions) and then call
> ‘Smalltalk quit’. I think whatever we can do with menues should be also
> available in this “command line” or “doIt” sort of fashion, so once we know
> the system we can use it without menues or unnecessary user interaction,
> and also from scripts. Currently it is possible to do it but it involves
> sending a long message with like 4 arguments, I think, not easy to remember
> or type.
>
> On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 at 3:31 PM Nicola Mingotti <nmingotti at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Luciano,
>>
>> i guess the point of the talk is about making a feature available to
>> others ;)
>>
>> Of course, in our system we can set up whatever we wish. In my system
>> I load a fileout at boot, at the moment, to make it behave as I wish.
>>
>> But I need something more solid and transportable than a file, since
>> I work on several computers. Therefore, if the feature does not get into
>> the Core
>> I will make a package out of it (not immediately).
>>
>> Anyway, I am happy to see there is somebody else who does not like
>> to be asked "Are you sure? / Is it safe?" ;) It reminds me the movie
>> "Marathon man".
>>
>> bye
>> Nicola
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/18/21 9:52 AM, Luciano Notarfrancesco wrote:
>>
>> I didn’t like the questions either, but it was not a big deal, I just
>> implemented #quit, #save and #saveAndQuit in SystemDictionary and I just do
>> ‘Smalltalk quit’ for example.
>>
>>
>> ---- cut old -----
>>
>>
>
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