Object readFrom:( Text fromString:'Hello' ) storeString You might also have a look at SIXX. I have not used it for anything big or for a long period of time, but no complaints so far, other than the output being more verbose than I might like. Still, it seems to be a good serializer. ________________________________________ From: pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr [pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr] On Behalf Of Hilaire Fernandes [hilaire.fernandes@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 10:53 AM To: pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr Subject: [Pharo-project] how to serialize Text? I don't understand much the protocole with Text and if it is possible to serialize it. I can save a Text in a stream: |stream| stream := ReadWriteStream on: String new. myText storeOn: stream. But how to use the stream to create a new Text instance: The stream contents looks like: Text string: ''absd Hello with me c'' runs: (RunArray runs: #(5 5 6 2 2 ) values: ((Array new: 5)... I guess it is a trivial situation but I don't know how to do it Any clue? Hilaire -- Education 0.2 -- http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire