--- a/Message.st Fri Aug 03 17:52:54 2012 +0200
+++ b/Message.st Fri Aug 03 17:52:57 2012 +0200
@@ -219,12 +219,25 @@
!Message methodsFor:'printing & storing'!
-displayString
- "return a string for display in inspectors etc."
+displayOn:aGCOrStream
+ "Compatibility
+ append a printed desription on some stream (Dolphin, Squeak)
+ OR:
+ display the receiver in a graphicsContext at 0@0 (ST80).
+ This method allows for any object to be displayed in some view
+ (although the fallBack is to display its printString ...)"
- ^ self class name , '(' , selector printString , ')'
+ "/ what a kludge - Dolphin and Squeak mean: printOn: a stream;
+ "/ ST/X (and some old ST80's) mean: draw-yourself on a GC.
+ aGCOrStream isStream ifFalse:[
+ ^ super displayOn:aGCOrStream.
+ ].
- "Modified: 28.10.1996 / 17:04:29 / cg"
+ aGCOrStream
+ nextPutAll:self class name;
+ nextPut:$(.
+ selector storeOn:aGCOrStream.
+ aGCOrStream nextPut:$)
!
printOn:aStream
@@ -258,5 +271,5 @@
!Message class methodsFor:'documentation'!
version
- ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Message.st,v 1.33 2007-05-31 15:51:35 cg Exp $'
+ ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Message.st,v 1.34 2012-08-03 15:52:57 stefan Exp $'
! !