A projectional editor for Squeak/Smalltalk.
# Sandblocks
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A block-based editor for Squeak/Smalltalk.
> This is a research prototype. Hiccups during usage are very much expected. Save often.
### Installing
You can either directly use the [latest release][latest_download] or install it in your Squeak 5.3 or trunk image as shown below.
To install it in an existing image, run:
```smalltalk
Metacello new
baseline: 'Sandblocks';
repository: 'github://hpi-swa/Sandblocks:master/packages';
load: #tutorial.
SBEditor openExample.
" Extend the default browser with a block display mode:
(if you pass `true` it will be the default mode) "
CodeHolder addSandblocksDefault: false.
" Note: By default squeak absorbs ctrl+up/down for scrolling.
You can turn this off with this line: "
HandMorph synthesizeMouseWheelEvents: false.
```
### Publications
To cite this work, please use the [workshop paper presented at PX'20](https://doi.org/10.1145/3397537.3397560).
#### 2020
* Tom Beckmann, Stefan Ramson, Patrick Rein, and Robert Hirschfeld. 2020. Visual design for a tree-oriented projectional editor. In Conference Companion of the 4th International Conference on Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming (‹Programming› '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 113–119. [![doi][px20_doi]][px20_paper] [![Preprint][preprint]][px20_pdf]
* Tom Beckmann. 2020. Efficient editing in a tree-oriented projectional editor. In Conference Companion of the 4th International Conference on Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming (‹Programming› '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 215–216. [![doi][px20_src_doi]][px20_src_paper]
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[px20_pdf]: https://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/hirschfeld/publications/media/BeckmannRamsonReinHirschfeld_2020_VisualDesignForATreeOrientedProjectionalEditor_AcmDL.pdf
[px20_paper]: https://doi.org/10.1145/3397537.3397560
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[px20_src_paper]: https://doi.org/10.1145/3397537.3398477
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[latest_download]: https://github.com/hpi-swa/sandblocks/releases/latest/download/sandblocks-all.zip
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