vast_graphviz

Description

Adds an ability to create graphviz diagrams of classes in IBM VisualAge Smalltalk

Details

Source

GitHub

Dialect

va_smalltalk (25% confidence)

Created

July 10, 2011

Updated

Nov. 25, 2015

README excerpt

IBM VisualAge Smalltalk 5.5.2 modification to create graphviz diagrams of classes.

Using:
Right mouse button click on class name in source edit window to get opened diagram of classes in png format.
-- "Make full graph" : Make tree with all subclasses and superclasses of classes from input collection.
-- "Make graph" : Make tree with chain of superclasses of classes from input collection.

Instalation:

1. Download and install graphviz. http://www.graphviz.org
2. Check that your system PATH variable contains path to graphviz binaries.
3. In Visual Age choose application to import GraphViz class, right button click and select Import/Export->File In and select SysGVTree.st file.
4. Add custom menu to source editor:
4.1 Find class EtWindow, modify method "stsDefaultTextMenu: menu" by adding custom menu:
^menu
  ....
  add: #stsGraph
    label: 'Make graph'
    enable: [selectedType == ##class];
  add: #stsGraphFull
    label: 'Make full graph'
    enable: [selectedType == ##class];
  yourself
4.2 Add new methods to EtWindow class (to handle new menu events) from source file EtWindow_methods.st
5. Restart VisualAge Smalltalk.