[self-interest] Selecting more than 1 Submorphs?

Duke Normandin dukeofperl at ml1.net
Fri Feb 18 05:22:58 UTC 2011


On Fri, 18 Feb 2011, Chris Double wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 4:30 AM, <dukeofperl at ml1.net> wrote:
> > So ... this "simplicity by design" thing that is suppose to make Self
> > shine, seems to break down when you have to search in a labyrinth for
> > one particular "slot". It's like searching the Web without _any_
> > Search engines available. :) Could take some time to find something.
>
> I find the searching tools in Self to be pretty good. You can search
> for any text for example. In a shell enter some text (say, 'lobby'),
> double click it to highlight it, then middle click the highlighted
> selection to bring up a menu. Choose 'methods containing' from there
> and you'll get a list of all methods that contain this text. You can
> browse as needed. Choose 'find slot' instead of 'methods containing'
> to find slots with that name.
>
> You can middle click on a slot name and choose 'senders' to find all
> methods that use it. You can choose 'implementers' to find all methods
> that implement it.
>
> Once you get used to it you'll find it very flexible. you do end up
> with a lot of outliners open though!

Thanks, Chris! I'll be sure to try out the above "hints".
-- 
Duke



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