--- a/UIPainter.st	Thu Jul 03 06:30:55 1997 +0200
+++ b/UIPainter.st	Thu Jul 03 06:31:25 1997 +0200
@@ -808,31 +808,12 @@
 
 !UIPainter methodsFor:'active help'!
 
-activeHelpApplicationClass
-    "gets application class keeping the associated help component
+activeHelpTool
+    "setup help tool
     "
-    |cls|
-
-    specClass notNil ifTrue:[
-        specClass isBehavior ifFalse:[cls := Smalltalk at:specClass asSymbol]
-                              ifTrue:[cls := specClass].
-
-        (cls includesBehavior:UISpecification) ifTrue:[
-            cls := UISpecificationTool
-        ]
-    ].
-  ^ cls
-!
-
-activeHelpTool
-    |cls|
-
     activeHelpTool isNil ifTrue:[
         activeHelpTool := UIHelpTool new.
-
-        (cls := self activeHelpApplicationClass) notNil ifTrue:[
-            activeHelpTool dictionary:(cls helpSpec).
-        ]
+        activeHelpTool helpSpecFrom:specClass.
     ].
     ^ activeHelpTool
 !
@@ -1546,43 +1527,13 @@
 !
 
 doInstallHelp
-    |dict cls src|
-
-    cls := self activeHelpApplicationClass.
-
-    cls isNil ifTrue:[
-        ^ self information:'no application class defined'
-    ].
-
-    activeHelpTool isNil ifTrue:[
-        ^ self information:'no help text defined'
-    ].    
-    dict := activeHelpTool dictionary.
-    src  := '' writeStream.
-
-    src nextPutAll:
-
-'helpSpec
-    "return a dictionary filled with helpKey -> helptext associations.
-     These are used by the activeHelp tool.
+    "install help text
     "
-  ^ super helpSpec addPairsFrom:#(
-
-'.
-
-    dict keysAndValuesDo:[:key :txt|
-        |t|
-        src nextPutLine:key storeString.
-        
-        t := txt asString.
-        (t endsWith:Character cr) ifTrue:[
-            t := t copyWithoutLast:1
-        ].
-        src nextPutLine:t storeString; cr.
-    ].
-    src nextPutLine:')'.
-    src := src contents.
-    Compiler compile:src forClass:cls class inCategory:'help specs'
+    activeHelpTool notNil ifTrue:[
+        activeHelpTool installHelpSpecInto:specClass
+    ] ifFalse:[
+        self information:'no help text defined'
+    ]    
 !
 
 doInstallSpec