As Sven said it is done using categories. In practice I often use the small “extension” button in the lower right corner of the method editor of the browser. If you press that, the system comes up with a small menu of existing packages, and you can select yours.
— Kasper > On 16 Feb 2021, at 21.08, Sven Van Caekenberghe <s...@stfx.eu> wrote: > > Hi David, > >> On 16 Feb 2021, at 20:49, David Pennington <da...@totallyobjects.com> wrote: >> >> Hi everyone. I have been using Pharo sine I got my M1 MacBookAir in late >> December. Before then, I was a VAST user since around 1995. >> >> I have a question about packaging. Example, in VAST, I have an Application >> called Family_Accounts. Inside that I have some classes such as FAEntry, >> FABudget and so on. If I wanted to extend String to add an instance to >> convert to ScaledDecimal but using my special amount strings. I select the >> New menu item and then select either a class or an extension. As I want to >> extend String, I select Extension and then, within my Family_Accounts, I can >> see the String class so that I can extend it. >> >> In Pharo, I can have a package called Family_Accounts. I can extend String, >> OK but my extension stays within the original package with, optionally, a >> Family_Accounts classification. I can’t see how to add String to the >> Family_Accounts package to keep everything together in one place. Can this >> be done? >> >> David > > Extension methods are placed in method categories named after the package, > *Family_Accounts. With the Calypso Browser, the UI hides this. At the bottom > right there is a checkbox to make your method an extension and to chose the > package to place it in. It can be a bit hard to use or confusing, but it does > work. > > Also, once you have extensions, they will show up as a virtual package (sub) > category, which is very nice to get an overview. > > I am sure this is described in some documentation somewhere. > > Sven
