[Cuis] How do I get the halos?

[Juan Vuletich]

Hi Hannes,

H. Hirzel wrote:
> Hello again Juan,
>
> On 8/28/12, Juan Vuletich <juan at jvuletich.org> wrote:
> ...
>   
>>  you
>> can get a halo on the Styled Text Editor window,
>>     
>
> The halos on SystemWindows and components are not enabeled by default
> which is good.
> (I tried ctrl-click, alt-click, left-click, right-click on Windows 7).
>
> With the 'World menu' / 'Help' / 'Preferences' I can set certain
> preferences. I could not find how to switch on halos.
>   

You can set preferences by sending #enable: or #disable: to Preferences. 
But there's no need here. Halos are enabled, via mouse button 3 (mouse 
wheel on most mice). Only on the Mac, the VM emulates button 3 by 
command-click, and button 2 by option-click. This is because many mac 
mice came with just 1 button.

> --Hannes
>
>
> Note:
> I was looking for the preferences in the 'Appearance' menu first,
> later I found it in the 'Help' menu. I am used to find read-only
> information in a help menu only not actually dialog where I configure
> the system.
>   

Mhhh. Never thought about this. This behavior (having actions in the 
help menu) is quite old (in Squeak)... But you're right. 'Appareance' 
menu should in fact be 'Preferences', and include all system settings, 
both visual and non-visual. Will do it right now. Thanks for the suggestion!

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich

> Appendix:
> The preferences
>
>  #allowBlockArgumentAssignment
>  #allowUnderscoreAssignments
>  #allowUnderscoreSelectors
>  #alternativeBrowseIt
>  #annotationPanes
>  #automaticPlatformSettings
>  #balloonHelpEnabled
>  #biggerCursors
>  #browserShowsPackagePane
>  #browseWithPrettyPrint
>  #canRecordWhilePlaying
>  #caseSensitiveFinds
>  #changeSetVersionNumbers
>  #checkForSlips
>  #classicNewMorphMenu
>  #cmdDotEnabled #restartAlsoProceeds
>  #collapseWindowsInPlace
>  #conversionMethodsAtFileOut
>  #cpuWatcherEnabled
>  #debugHaloHandle
>  #debugShowDamage
>  #decorateBrowserButtons
>  #diffsInChangeList
>  #diffsWithPrettyPrint
>  #dismissAllOnOptionClose
>  #extraDebuggerButtons
>  #fastDragWindowForMorphic
>  #fullScreenLeavesDeskMargins
>  #haloEnclosesFullBounds
>  #higherPerformance
>  #logDebuggerStackToFile
>  #menuIcons
>  #menuKeyboardControl
>  #menuWithIcons
>  #modalColorPickers
>  #optionalButtons
>  #personalizedWorldMenu
>  #reverseWindowStagger
>  #selectionsMayShrink
>  #selectiveHalos
>  #showBoundsInHalo
>  #showDeprecationWarnings
>  #showLinesInHierarchyViews
>  #simpleMenus
>  #smartUpdating
>  #soundQuickStart
>  #soundsEnabled
>  #soundStopWhenDone
>  #subPixelRenderFonts
>  #syntaxHighlightingAsYouType
>  #syntaxHighlightingAsYouTypeAnsiAssignment
>  #syntaxHighlightingAsYouTypeLeftArrowAssignment
>  #systemWindowEmbedOK
>  #thoroughSenders
>  #twentyFourHourFileStamps
>  #warnIfNoChangesFile
>  #warnIfNoSourcesFile
>  #wordStyleCursorMovement
>