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matveysiva edited this page Jul 22, 2022 · 17 revisions

You should be able to start Algernon right after the installation via Metacello or SAR. If you installed Algernon via git, you can activate it in the Preference Browser. This is a good moment to take a look at the other settings that help you to customize your Algernon experience.

  1. Doublepress Ctrl.
  2. See how Algernon opens.
  3. Use Algernon
    • Search something, like the class ALGCore. You can either press enter to open a System Browser where you can discover the wonderful world of Smalltalk code or press tab to see interesting alternative actions. There you can see all current instances of the class, open an existing system browser and even browse the methods of the class (both instance and class methods!). If you search for a method name in the child menu, the methods of the class of your previous search will be found.
    • In the search field, you can also evaluate expressions and find all options from the world main dockingbar. Yes, also the nested ones. In all levels. (Except if they are deactivated, but we hope that this is what you expected as a user.) This means you can apply themes or switch languages right from Algernon.
    • You want to run a lot of tests? No problem, just open the TestRunner by searching for it. Or simply search for a TestCase and run it directly from the result list.
    • If you want to commit changes to your git repository, you can either commit by searching for it and your project or just search for your project and press tab to see all possible git actions. Same is possible for pushing, pulling and switching branches
    • Searching the whole World Wide Web directly within Algernon is possible by typing "web" and the content you are searching for. If you want to setup your google search, look it up here
  4. To hide Algernon, doublepress Ctrl again, click somewhere else in the image outside of Algernon or press escape.
  5. If you want to quit Squeak, type 'saveandquit' (or 'quit' :^).
  6. Stay Xtreme.

Here you can find a Screencast of Algernon.
If you are looking a fun trailer, you might be interested in this.

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