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Quick User Guide to Get Started
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1) Adjust Settings
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Useful:
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If you work a lot with non-latin1 characters (i.e. cyrillic, japanese etc.),
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select an appropriate unicode font (use the font-selection dialog from either the
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Launcher or via a TextViews popupMenu). Notice that many fonts do not include the full
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set of characters (even if the ones that are present are correctly uni-coded).
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Nice:
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If you are able to provide translations for the UI (menu items, labels and strings),
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I would be very happy, if you'd sit down for an hour or so, type in the translations,
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for greek, russian, etc. and send me the result.
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See the files under the 'lib*/resources' directories for how this is done, and what is missing.
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Even fragments will help - I'll merge them into the next release.
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Think about returning something this way - you get ST/X for free, so an hour or so
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should not too much time to spend.
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Recommended:
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After you have changed your preferences, save a snapshot image
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(Launchers "File-Save Image" menu) for faster startup the next time.
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You can always start ST/X with the "-I" command line argument to
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ignore the snapshot image and force a fresh start.
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2) Learn some of the Tools
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The tols which are most heavily used initially are:
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Workspace
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SystemBrowser
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ChangesBrowser
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FileBrowser
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Get used to them.
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As a beginner, please read the "Tutorial for Beginners" in the online documentation.
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3) Learn Smalltalk / Write little demo programs
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See the "Reading List" in the online documentation; we recommend reading Ivan Tomek's
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"Joy of Smalltalk" and also work through the "Introduction to ST" interactive document.
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Both can be reached via the "Help - Online Documentation" menu. Then proceed to the
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"Reading List" and have a look for the Programmers Documentation.
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4) Save your work
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Save a snapshot (launchers "File-Save Image" menu) and/or fileOut your classes from
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time to time. Have a look at the ChangesBrowser, which is your life saver in case of
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desaster.
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5) Communicate
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Talk to others - there is a very active Smalltalk community.
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See comp.lang.smalltalk, various Smalltalk related webSites and various mailing lists.
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We have also setup an ST/X specific forum at "forum.exept.de".
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6) Don't Panic
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Always)
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Have fun
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