PositionableStream.st
changeset 5228 637a1a93b740
parent 5223 06cf79da1d4a
child 5250 991f068f9a80
--- a/PositionableStream.st	Wed Feb 02 13:39:00 2000 +0100
+++ b/PositionableStream.st	Wed Feb 02 13:39:32 2000 +0100
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
        posZero := (PositionableStream class respondsTo:#zeroPosition) 
                        ifTrue:[PositionableStream zeroPosition]
                        ifFalse:[0] 
+    Please use this query for ST/X programs - we will eventually switch to a 0-based
+    indexing scheme, and your programs should be prepared for that.
 
     [author:]
         Claus Gittinger
@@ -110,7 +112,10 @@
 
 currentFileInDirectoryQuerySignal
     "return the querySignal, which can be used to ask for the current directory
-     during a fileIn (that is the directory where the filed-in file resides)"
+     during a fileIn (that is the directory where the filed-in file resides),
+     and in a fileBrowsers doIt.
+     Using this, allows for the loaded code or doIts to ask for the fileBrowsers
+     current directory, by asking this querySignal (which is nice sometimes)."
 
     ^ CurrentFileInDirectoryQuerySignal
 !
@@ -1053,6 +1058,6 @@
 !PositionableStream class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/PositionableStream.st,v 1.87 2000-02-01 13:19:49 tm Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/PositionableStream.st,v 1.88 2000-02-02 12:39:32 cg Exp $'
 ! !
 PositionableStream initialize!