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From: carlg@world.std.com (Carl E Gundel)
Subject: Re: Help in Smalltalk Express
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Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 15:59:06 GMT
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Gulam shakir (shakir@cs.wvu.edu) wrote:

:     I typed some smalltalk code in the transcript window and used
: "DO it" or "Show it" ..it gives nothing out..just says nil sometimes.

You must first select the text to do, or show.  Some dialects of 
Smalltalk will not require this  but will instead operate on the line 
where the blinking cursor rests.  Not so with Smalltalk Express.

  -type the text
  -select the text
  -do it or show it

Carl
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