> A Form is a rectangular of pixel.

I don't understand. What is a "rectangular of a pixel"?

> You can create a Morph around a form with:

Don't you mean "convert�� a [Form] to a [Morph] object"? What do you mean by "create a Morph around a form"?

On Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 7:47 PM K K Subbu <kksubbu.ml@gmail.com> wrote:

On 24/02/20 2:00 AM, Steve Quezadas wrote:
> [Morph], from what I understand, deals with manipulating graphics on
> smalltalk. But when I use ZnEasy to get a jpeg file, I notice that it
> returns a [Form] and not a [Morph] to display a jpeg. Spec2 also wants
> [Form] for displaying images rather than [Morph].
>
> So what is the difference between a [Form] and a [Morph] since they both
> seem to deal with graphics?

A Form is a rectangular of pixel. Essentially, a picture. You can create
a Morph around a form with:

�� aForm asMorph openInHand.

A Morph is the basic unit of Morphic GUI - a live, direct editor of
objects. An excellent short tutorial about it is at:

http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/freebooks/collectivenbluebook/morphic.final.pdf

HTH .. Subbu