[self-interest] retry [5 Attachments]

[Russell Allen]

Hi Mildred,

I didn't know you were using the experimental 'colourful self' when I answered your question about Linux font problems before - you might have a better experience for the moment if you work from the 4.4 snapshot at

http://selflanguage.org/download/index.html

- Russell


On 06/09/2011, at 11:56 AM, ungar at mac.com wrote:

> Sigh, I don't like the new Lion Mail program--too easy to hit that paper airplane instead of the paper clip:
> 
> Mildred,
> 
> My best guess is that you have stumbled across a bug in the transporter. Why it didn't happen earlier, I don't know. Here are some fixes:
> (Russell, you might want to put these into your baseline on github.)
> 
> This file replaces core/module.self :
> 
> <module.self>
> 
> 
> Read it in first: 'core/module.self' _RunScript
> 
> 
> Then this one replaces ui2/outliner/moduleModel.self :
> 
> <moduleModel.self>
> 
> Read it in next: 'ui2/outliner/moduleModel.self' _RunScript
> 
> At this point, you want to save your snapshot, and maybe even copy it in case you want it later.
> 
> In addition to that, I have some ui2 patches that put the UI back to something more like what I prefer:
> 
> core/systemOddballs.self
> 
> 
> <systemOddballs.self>
> 
> I *really* dislike getting a notifier for every GC. I made this mistake when I invented Generation Scavenging in ~1983, corrected it right away, and am sorry to see it reemerge.
> I find it very distracting. (Hint, hint, Russell ;)
> 
> 
> Here are two more:
> 
> ui2/outliner/pluggableOutliner.self
> <pluggableOutliner.self>
> 
> 
> and
> 
> <generalModel.self>
> 
> ui2/outliner/generalModel.self
> 
> 
> They get rid of some of the experimental colors that Russell put in that have found their way into this snapshot--I couldn't work with them, too garish--and also
> tighten up the spacing in some of the morphs to be back as we had it when we did ui2.
> 
> Hope these encourage you to keep on!
> 
> - David
> 
> PS: I may be just an old curmudgeon for winging about the UI--I really appreciate Russell's efforts. I would love a Self-classic switch for the UI, though.

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