--- a/Explainer.st	Tue Feb 25 13:41:08 2020 +0100
+++ b/Explainer.st	Tue Feb 25 13:47:30 2020 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+"{ Encoding: utf8 }"
+
 "
  COPYRIGHT (c) 1993 by Claus Gittinger
               All Rights Reserved
@@ -290,7 +292,7 @@
         implMethod := implClass compiledMethodAt:selector.
         clsName := implClass name.
         clsName := self asLink:clsName to:(self actionToBrowseClass:implClass selector:selector).
-        "/ info := '%1 » %2' bindWith:clsName "allBold" with:selectorString.
+        "/ info := '%1 » %2' bindWith:clsName "allBold" with:selectorString.
         info := '%1 %2' bindWith:clsName with:(implMethod methodDefinitionTemplateForSelector:selector).
         info := self asLink:info to:(action1 := self actionToBrowseClass:implClass selector:selector info:nil).
         
@@ -573,12 +575,11 @@
     "retrieve the comment of a method 
      (if possible and there is one; otherwise, return nil)"
 
-    |methodSource methodComment lines maxNumLines|
+    |methodComment lines maxNumLines|
 
     self withWaitCursorDo:[
         SourceCodeManagerError handle:[:ex |
         ] do:[
-            methodSource := mthd source.
             methodComment := mthd comment
         ].
     ].
@@ -587,17 +588,12 @@
     
     lines := methodComment asStringCollection.
     maxNumLines := 1.
-true ifTrue:[
+
     methodComment := (lines copyToMax:maxNumLines) asString.
     maxNumLines := 5.
-] ifFalse:[    
-    methodComment := lines first.
-    methodComment := methodComment withoutSeparators.
-    (methodComment endsWith:',') ifTrue:[ methodComment := methodComment copyButLast:1].
-    methodComment := methodComment withoutSeparators.
-].
+
     (lines size > maxNumLines) ifTrue:[
-        methodComment := methodComment , '\...' withCRs
+        methodComment := methodComment , c'\n...'
     ].
     ^ (methodComment) withColor:(UserPreferences current commentColor).
 
@@ -1015,7 +1011,7 @@
                     "/ some are both known as syntax AND as selector (for example: #| )
                     tmp1 := self explainSyntax:string short:shortText.
                     tmp1 notNil ifTrue:[ 
-                        ^ tmp1 , '\\also:\\' withCRs , explanation
+                        ^ tmp1 , c'\n\nalso:\n\n' , explanation
                     ].
                 ].
                 ^ explanation
@@ -1163,7 +1159,7 @@
             explanation := explanation , (val isLoaded ifTrue:['a'] ifFalse:['an autoloaded']).
             explanation := explanation , (val isSharedPool ifTrue:[' sharedPool'] ifFalse:[' class']).
             explanation := explanation , ' categorized as "' , val category , '"'.
-            explanation := explanation , '\' withCRs , 'in the "' , val package , '" package.'.
+            explanation := explanation , c'\n' , 'in the "' , val package , '" package.'.
             (doc := val commentOrDocumentationString) notEmptyOrNil ifTrue:[
                 doc := doc asStringCollection.
                 doc size > 25 ifTrue:[
@@ -1171,7 +1167,7 @@
                     doc add:''; add:'   ... <more documentation cut off>'.
                 ].
                 doc := doc asString withColor:(UserPreferences current commentColor).
-                explanation := explanation,'\\' withCRs,val name,'''s documentation:\'withCRs, doc
+                explanation := explanation,'\n\n',val name,'''s documentation:\n', doc
             ].
             ^ explanation.
         ].
@@ -1421,7 +1417,7 @@
         s2 := ('Instances of ''' , aClassOrNil name , ''' respond to #') , selector "allBold" , '.'.
         shortText ifFalse:[
             s2 := '\\' , s2
-                  , '\- inherited from ' withCRs
+                  , c'\n- inherited from '
                   , (aClassOrNil whichClassIncludesSelector:selector) name "allBold".
         ].
         firstImplementingClass := (aClassOrNil whichClassIncludesSelector:selector)
@@ -1612,7 +1608,7 @@
             ].
         ].
         cm notNil ifTrue:[
-            cm := ('%1 says:\' withCRs bindWith:(self asClassLink:classProvidingComment name)),cm.
+            cm := (c'%1 says:\n' bindWith:(self asClassLink:classProvidingComment name)),cm.
 
             "/ msg := msg,(msg last isSeparator ifTrue:[''] ifFalse:[' ']),cm
             msg := msg,(Character cr),cm
@@ -2863,7 +2859,7 @@
                         to:(self actionToOpenMethodFinderFor:sel)) 
             with:(self 
                     asLink:inheritedClass name "allBold" 
-                    info:('Browse %1 » %2' bindWith:inheritedClass name with:sel)
+                    info:('Browse %1 » %2' bindWith:inheritedClass name with:sel)
                     to:(self actionToBrowseClass:inheritedClass selector:sel)).
     ].