Hi Kilon, Indeed, I was not explicit about the API.
As Thierry said, the API is Glamour. Glamour is described in two book chapters: - http://www.themoosebook.org/book/internals/glamour/ - Glamour chapter in Deep Into Pharo More examples on how to use Glamour can be found directly in code. For example, just download a Moose 5.0 image and do: GLMBasicExamples open Glamour is an engine by itself, but for the inspector you mainly need the presentations, which are essentially widgets that can be parameterized through blocks. A custom presentation like this typically requires one method. If you want to get examples of how to apply it for the inspector, you can use the inspector to answer that question, as described here: http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/managing-gtinspector-extensions/ In my image, I have 144 such extensions taking on average 9 lines of code. This inspector is a piece of the future of the IDE and it embodies the metaphor of moldability that we introduced, according to which tools have to become dead cheap to extend and customize during development (you can actually extend the inspector from within the inspector). This enables new ways of approaching problems that are not possible in classic environments. You can get some more insight of the direction we are taking by watching the talks from gt.moosetechnology.org. Cheers, Doru On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 8:28 PM, kilon alios <kilon.al...@gmail.com> wrote: > "But I don't understand it that well either, I just look at examples: > find another inspector pane that looks or acts the way you want and go from > there." > > I think its reasonable to assume that if someone does not find > documentation will at least try to find examples. But example dont tell the > full story , they dont describe intent, the why and the how, they only > describe the what. > > In any case thanks for the pointers, I have not considered GTInspector and > GT tools and I should have because they really back some very useful > features and they seem quite customisable. > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"
