From 4aa6da8ed37055e196204a45e3bac32039b395d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Andreas Benkard Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:17:32 +0200 Subject: Build the system as a framework, include the StepTalk Shell for quick testing. --- StepTalkShell/.svn/text-base/README.svn-base | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 88 insertions(+) create mode 100644 StepTalkShell/.svn/text-base/README.svn-base (limited to 'StepTalkShell/.svn/text-base/README.svn-base') diff --git a/StepTalkShell/.svn/text-base/README.svn-base b/StepTalkShell/.svn/text-base/README.svn-base new file mode 100644 index 0000000..96bd556 --- /dev/null +++ b/StepTalkShell/.svn/text-base/README.svn-base @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +stshell +------- + +Author: Stefan Urbanek + + +What is stshell? +----------------- +StepTalk Shell is an interactive tool for communicating with objects. + +Features +-------- + - GNUstep classes and objects + - command-line editing + - TAB completition of named objects and selectors + +For more information read included *.txt files. + +Installation +------------ +Requirements: StepTalk and the readline library (development files) + + > make + > make install + +Running +------- +To run stshell with default language, run just + + > stshell + +If you would like to use another language, then use + + > stshell -language AnotherLanguage + +To use AppKit + + > stshell -environment AppKit + +To use it as a distributed objects 'glue' + + > stshell -environment Distributed + +The shell will greet you with 'Welcome to the StepTalk shell.' message. + + Welcome to the StepTalk shell. + StepTalk > _ + +Now you may write statements in the language you have specified. + + StepTalk > Transcript showLine:'Current date is ', ((NSDate date) description) + +If the line is too long, then you may use the backslash '\' character at the end +of the line to continue on the next line. + + StepTalk > Transcript showLine:'Current date is ', \ + ... ? ((NSDate date) description) + +Objects history array +--------------------- +All results from the expressions are stored in the 'Objects' array. The example +above can be written in more steps: + + StepTalk > ((NSDate date) description) + 0: 2002-05-29 22:41:57 +0200 + StepTalk > 'Current date is ', (Objects @ 0) + 1: Current date is 2002-05-29 22:41:57 +0200 + StepTalk > Transcript showLine: (Objects @ 1) + Current date is 2002-05-29 22:41:57 +0200 + +To show all objects type: + + StepTalk > Shell listObjects + Objects + 0: '2002-05-29 22:41:57 +0200' (GSCInlineString) + 1: 'Current date is 2002-05-29 22:41:57 +020...' (GSUnicodeString) + +TAB completition +---------------- +Here is an example of TAB completition. + StepTalk > Tr showL:'Current date is ', ((NSDate date) desci) + +Feedback +-------- +Any questions, comments and bug reports are velcome at + + urbanek@host.sk + -- cgit v1.2.3