[Openmcl-devel] buffer evals

[Alexander Repenning]

Things are working pretty well with Snow Leopard and CCL so far (1.4- 
dev-r13022M-trunk  (DarwinX8632)!)

Just a little annoyance for which, I am sure, there is some doc  
somewhere but I cannot find it.

When using Execute All I am just getting a list of "?" printed in the  
listener for each form in the file. Is there some setting to print  
each value into the listener, e.g,

#<STANDARD-CLASS XLUI::SELECTION-MASK>

instead of

?

The second issues is just the Execute All menu command. Even after  
using CCL now for some time I get frequently surprised by the result  
not matching my expectations. That is, Execute All really loads the  
file which may or may not be the same as the actual buffer content. To  
me Execute All, especially given that is right next to the Execute  
Selection menu command which is based on the buffer AND has the same  
name as the MCL version which is evaluating the buffer not the file is  
confusing. I have seen others being puzzled about the results as well.  
How about:

a) Execute All evals the buffer (same as MCL) and not the file

b) Execute All does eval the file but at least gives a warning in the  
case that the buffer contains unsaved changes

c) have Execute All do an eval buffer & a new Execute File menu  
command to load the file?


Personally, I just like option a the best

Alex