----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Pharo Trick: #0004] - Run code using a key command to speedup development ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Works in: Pharo3.0 Latest update: #30637 but should work in other 2.0/3.0 versions -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you have to run some code very often you typically have to evaluate it from a workspace over and over again. But to speed up you can assign a global keymapping which allows to run it with a simple keyboard shortcut: World on: $a shift command do: [ Object browse ]. Evaluate this once in a workspace. After that anytime you press SHIFT, the command button (on Windows this is ALT) and A together the block gets evaluated and your code runs easily. Background: =========== In Pharo there is a global morph called "World" representing the desktop. One can assign a key combination to any morph including this world. If you are interested on the Keymappings then read http://playingwithobjects.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/keymappings-101-for-pharo-2-0/ for more