On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 11:33 PM, Tim Mackinnon <tim@testit.works> wrote:
> As I relearn/learn how to use Pharo, I’m struck by some of the excellent > changes and confounded by some of the simple things that boggle me. > > So, I wanted to follow a path through some message sends - the use of > #alert:title: in UIManager specifically. > > So I browser UIManager, find the method (its subclassResponsiblity) - so I > find other implementers (cmd+b, cmd+m) - (I’m really liking that there are > more keystrokes in newer Pharo’s but not liking that the same operations > don’t have the same bindings in different windows - e.g. in the debugger - > its not this!!) > > Anyway - this gives me an implementors window on TEasilyThemed - great! > > In the source, there is another msg send - ^self alert:title:configure: > > So I want to follow its implementers - I hi light the source and > cmd+b,cmd+m does nothing? hmmm - right click there and the context menu > doesn’t have an obvious way - until I spot (Extended Search…) [which by the > way should be shown as a submenu - like it does in the SystemBrowser). > > In this menu there is “implementers of it” - however this does nothing? > (this is in both Pharo 3.0 and Pharo 4.0) > > So how do you trace through method calls? Am I doing something wrong - or > has this been broken for a long time? > A workspace expression and Debug It? Now, beware of how you select the code chunk, if you do not select properly, it will not work. I tried in a fresh 3.0 and highlighting in the code pane and asking for implementors does work from the extended search menu. I also use spotlight often. Phil > > Tim > >
