Re: [Dr. Geo] Please explain difference between Smalltalk Sketches and DrGeo Sketches

[Hilaire Fernandes]

Hi David,

As you described it perfectly there are two ways to design a sketch:

1. By mouse and click, saved as XML file (.fgeo). 
2. By Smalltalk code, saved as source file (.st).

So Yes, in the DrGeo bundle, in the DrGeo/Resources folder you have the folder MySketches/ to save the user .fgeo files, then you have MySmalltalkSketches/ to save the user code .st files.

But in the GUI, in the SmalltalkSketchBrowser, a button is written 'My Sketches' to browse the collection of user edited Smalltalk sketches. It is confusing, the button should be named 'My Smalltalk Sketches'.

Is it that?

Hilaire

For reference.

When you open the Smalltalk sketch browser (for example with code DrGSmalltalkSketchBrowser open: DrGeoSystem smalltalkSketchesPath label: 'Browse'), you get:

Le 01/04/2024 à 20:46, stes@telenet.be a écrit :

I am just begining with DrGeo and I am experimenting a bit with the 
system.

I like the DrGeo new example sketches and also the Smalltalk sketches in
 the SmalltalkSketchBrowser

Apparently - and this was not clear to me - there seems to be a 
difference between DrGeo sketches in the resources/sketches directory 
those are in .fgeo XML format and .png format and the 
resources/SmalltalkSketches which seem to be in .st format.

For example if I open DrGeo new and then try to open sketches Examples, I
 can see nice examples like Carré, Point de Fermat,, Cercle Droite 
d'Euler and many others.

My impression is that those examples are in the resources/sketches 
directory and they seem to be in .fgeo XML format.

On the other hand if I open the DrGSmalltalkEditor and save some code in
 MySketches this saves in a different folder called MySmalltalkSketches.

So this is a little bit confusing because I was assuming that the folder
 MySketches was used for "MySketches" but it is actually a different 
folder called MySmalltalkSketches.

Is there a relation between the DrGSmalltalkEditor and the DrGeo window 
please ? Or are those two different methods of creating skecthes (one in
 .Fgeo format and the other one in .st format ) ?

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