Re: [Pharo-users] why are Help topics in the meta-side

2017-10-03 Thread Esteban A. Maringolo
2017-10-03 10:14 GMT-03:00 H. Hirzel : > In the end it is probably a matter of conventions. > > Instruction how to construct something (e.g. Spec) Conventions and history, which maybe are the same thing :) VisualSmalltalk/VisualWorks, Dolphin, VAST keep the definition of the windows/panes in the

Re: [Pharo-users] why are Help topics in the meta-side

2017-10-03 Thread H. Hirzel
In the end it is probably a matter of conventions. Instruction how to construct something (e.g. Spec) / configuration information / descriptions / help information / examples are kept on the class side. HH On 10/3/17, H. Hirzel wrote: > The information for a help topic on the class side is used

Re: [Pharo-users] why are Help topics in the meta-side

2017-10-03 Thread H. Hirzel
The information for a help topic on the class side is used to create a help instance. Even if I technically create several instances of a particular help topic with information taken from the class side conceptually I have only _one_ help topic. The instances all share exactly the same content. M

Re: [Pharo-users] why are Help topics in the meta-side

2017-10-03 Thread Peter Uhnák
On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 2:17 PM, H. Hirzel wrote: > This is as if you would ask > > why are specs on the class side? > I can certainly ask that, and there's in fact no reason why it would have to be there (because when the layout is being retrieved, the instance is already available). > You