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stshell
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Author: Stefan Urbanek <urbanek@host.sk>
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What is stshell?
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2002-06-09 13:33:35 +00:00
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StepTalk Shell is an interactive tool for communicating with objects.
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Features
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--------
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- GNUstep classes and objects
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- command-line editing
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- TAB completition of named objects and selectors
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2003-02-21 12:45:42 +00:00
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For more information read included *.txt files.
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Installation
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2003-02-21 12:34:48 +00:00
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Requirements: StepTalk and the readline library (development files)
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> make
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> make install
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Running
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To run stshell with default language, run just
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> stshell
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If you would like to use another language, then use
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> stshell -language AnotherLanguage
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2002-06-08 19:05:34 +00:00
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To use AppKit
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> stshell -environment AppKit
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To use it as a distributed objects 'glue'
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> stshell -environment Distributed
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The shell will greet you with 'Welcome to the StepTalk shell.' message.
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Welcome to the StepTalk shell.
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StepTalk > _
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Now you may write statements in the language you have specified.
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StepTalk > Transcript showLine:'Current date is ', ((NSDate date) description)
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If the line is too long, then you may use the backslash '\' character at the end
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of the line to continue on the next line.
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StepTalk > Transcript showLine:'Current date is ', \
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... ? ((NSDate date) description)
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Objects history array
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All results from the expressions are stored in the 'Objects' array. The example
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above can be written in more steps:
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StepTalk > ((NSDate date) description)
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0: 2002-05-29 22:41:57 +0200
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StepTalk > 'Current date is ', (Objects @ 0)
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1: Current date is 2002-05-29 22:41:57 +0200
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StepTalk > Transcript showLine: (Objects @ 1)
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Current date is 2002-05-29 22:41:57 +0200
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To show all objects type:
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StepTalk > Shell listObjects
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Objects
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0: '2002-05-29 22:41:57 +0200' (GSCInlineString)
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1: 'Current date is 2002-05-29 22:41:57 +020...' (GSUnicodeString)
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2002-05-29 22:47:09 +00:00
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TAB completition
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Here is an example of TAB completition.
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StepTalk > Tr<TAB> showL<TAB>:'Current date is ', ((NSDate date) desc<TAB>i<TAB>)
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Feedback
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--------
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Any questions, comments and bug reports are velcome at
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urbanek@host.sk
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