StepTalk tools
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Script executor
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The StepTalk Shell
!! StepTalk Shell
StepTalk shell is a handy tool for interactive scripting with GNUstep objects. The real name of the tool is stshell.
Important notice: The stshell tool is not built by default by StepTalk, because it requires extra library called libreadline. |
After launching the stshell it will greet you by:
Welcome to the StepTalk shell. StepTalk > _
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First steps with the shell
Try following examples, line by line
1 + 1. NSDate date. (NSHost hostWithName:'www.gnustep.org') addresses
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Tab Completion
StepTalk Shell can do TAB completion of variable names, class names and selectors. Press <TAB> where indicated:
NSFileMa<TAB> defa<TAB>Ma<TAB> curr<TAB>Di<TAB>P<TAB>
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Getting Help
Problem | Example | Get a class of an object | 'aString' class | List methods that an object can respond to (superclass methods are not included) | 'aString' methodNames | List class methods | NSString methodNames | List instace methods | NSString instanceMethodNames | Find a selector | Runtime selectorsContainingString: 'init' | Find implementors | Runtime implementorsOfSelector: #compare: |
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AppKit
To use AppKit clases, execute the shell by:
$ stshell -env AppKit
or load the module at the runtime:
> Environment loadModule:'AppKit'
How to get a filename using the Open panel?
NSOpenPanel openPanel runModal ; filename
Create a Workspace object for further experiments
Workspace := NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace
Launch an application:
Workspace launchApplication:'Ink'
Open a file
Workspace openFile:'file name'
or
Workspace openFile:(NSOpenPanel openPanel runModal ; filename)
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Unix Shell Equivalents
For Unix commands equivalets, refer to the Unix.txt file in the Shell source directory.
See also: StepTalk