Editing Smalltalk (section)

=== Workspace ===
A Workspace is a simple text editor editing a single string. One can type arbitrary text in the workspace, including Smalltalk expressions. On the pop-up menu "do it" (evaluate the selected expression), "print it" (evaluate the selected expression and insert the print string of the result immediately after the selection), and "inspect it" (open an inspector on the result of the evaluation of the selected expression, see "Inspector" below) are three oft used actions. Note that the fifth pane in the Browser is also a workspace, so that one can evaluate expressions and insert their results while editing method definitions, and a common thing is to include evalteable expressions, typically examples, in comments in a method, because almost everywhere the text of a method is shown (for example in the debugger) code is executable as in a workspace. Both workspaces and the browser's text panes are typically syntax highlighted. By using blocks to separate different expressions one can have several syntax highlighted expressions, each with their own temporaries in a single workspace. [[File:SqueakWorkspace.png|thumb|right|Workspace]]