supercollider · nhthn · Oct 25, 2016 · Oct 25, 2016
diff --git a/HelpSource/Classes/String.schelp b/HelpSource/Classes/String.schelp
@@ -147,10 +147,7 @@ code::
 ::
 
 method::inform
-Posts the string.
-code::
-"Do not press this button again".inform;
-::
+Deprecated. Alias for link::#-postln::.
 
 subsection:: Interpreting strings as code
 

diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/Common/Audio/Splay.sc b/SCClassLibrary/Common/Audio/Splay.sc
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ SplayZ {
 		if (levelComp) { level = level * n.reciprocal.sqrt };
 
 		"SplayZ is deprecated, because its geometry is wrong.
-Please convert to SplayAz.".inform;
+Please convert to SplayAz.".postln;
 
 		^Mix(PanAz.ar(
 			numChans,

diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/Common/Audio/SystemSynthDefs.sc b/SCClassLibrary/Common/Audio/SystemSynthDefs.sc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SystemSynthDefs {
 
 			// clean up any written synthdefs starting with "temp__"
 			var path = SynthDef.synthDefDir ++ tempNamePrefix ++ "*";
-			"Cleaning up temp synthdefs...".inform;
+			"Cleaning up temp synthdefs...".postln;
 			pathMatch(path).do { |file| File.delete(file) };
 
 			// add system synth defs

diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/Common/Collections/Collection.sc b/SCClassLibrary/Common/Collections/Collection.sc
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ Collection {
 		};
 
 		if (outliers > 0) {
-			("histogram :" + outliers + "out of (histogram) range values in collection.").inform;
+			("histogram :" + outliers + "out of (histogram) range values in collection.").postln;
 		};
 
 		^freqs;

diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/Common/Collections/String.sc b/SCClassLibrary/Common/Collections/String.sc
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ String[char] : RawArray {
 	}
 	error { "ERROR: ".post; this.postln; }
 	warn { "WARNING: ".post; this.postln }
-	inform { ^this.postln }
 	++ { arg anObject; ^this prCat: anObject.asString; }
 	+ { arg anObject; ^this prCat: " " prCat: anObject.asString; }
 	catArgs { arg ... items; ^this.catList(items) }

diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/Common/Control/Bus.sc b/SCClassLibrary/Common/Control/Bus.sc
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ Bus {
 		if(rate == \audio, {
 			^In.ar(index + offset, numChannels)
 		}, {
-			//"Bus converting control to audio rate".inform;
 			^K2A.ar( In.kr(index + offset, numChannels) )
 		})
 	}

diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/Common/Control/Server.sc b/SCClassLibrary/Common/Control/Server.sc
@@ -626,8 +626,8 @@ Server {
 
 	boot { | startAliveThread=true, recover=false, onFailure |
 
-		if (statusWatcher.serverRunning) { "server already running".inform; ^this };
-		if (statusWatcher.serverBooting) { "server already booting".inform; ^this };
+		if (statusWatcher.serverRunning) { "server already running".postln; ^this };
+		if (statusWatcher.serverBooting) { "server already booting".postln; ^this };
 
 		statusWatcher.serverBooting = true;
 
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ Server {
 		statusWatcher.doWhenBooted({
 			statusWatcher.serverBooting = false;
 			if (recChannels.notNil and: (recChannels != options.numOutputBusChannels)) {
-				"Resetting recChannels to %".format(options.numOutputBusChannels).inform
+				"Resetting recChannels to %".format(options.numOutputBusChannels).postln
 			};
 			recChannels = options.numOutputBusChannels;
 
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ Server {
 		}, onFailure: onFailure ? false);
 
 		if(remoteControlled.not) {
-			"You will have to manually boot remote server.".inform;
+			"You will have to manually boot remote server.".postln;
 		} {
 			this.bootServerApp;
 		}
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ Server {
 	bootServerApp {
 		var f;
 		if (inProcess) {
-			"booting internal".inform;
+			"booting internal".postln;
 			this.bootInProcess;
 			pid = thisProcess.pid;
 		} {
@@ -694,12 +694,12 @@ Server {
 				};
 				fork{ f.(10) }
 			};
-			("booting " ++ addr.port.asString).inform;
+			("booting " ++ addr.port.asString).postln;
 		};
 	}
 
 	reboot { arg func; // func is evaluated when server is off
-		if (isLocal.not) { "can't reboot a remote server".inform; ^this };
+		if (isLocal.not) { "can't reboot a remote server".postln; ^this };
 		if(statusWatcher.serverRunning) {
 			Routine.run {
 				this.quit;
@@ -751,9 +751,9 @@ Server {
 
 		if (inProcess, {
 			this.quitInProcess;
-			"quit done\n".inform;
+			"quit done\n".postln;
 		},{
-			"/quit sent\n".inform;
+			"/quit sent\n".postln;
 		});
 
 		pid = nil;

diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/Common/Core/Kernel.sc b/SCClassLibrary/Common/Core/Kernel.sc
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Process {
 		Class.initClassTree(AppClock); // AppClock first in case of error
 		time = this.class.elapsedTime;
 		Class.initClassTree(Object);
-		("Class tree inited in" + (this.class.elapsedTime - time).round(0.01) + "seconds").inform;
+		("Class tree inited in" + (this.class.elapsedTime - time).round(0.01) + "seconds").postln;
 		Class.classesInited = nil;
 
 		topEnvironment = Environment.new;

diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/Common/Files/File.sc b/SCClassLibrary/Common/Files/File.sc
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Pipe : UnixFILE {
 		}, clock: AppClock);
 		cancel = {
 			r.stop();
-			("Closed:" + command).inform;
+			("Closed:" + command).postln;
 			closePipe.value();
 			CmdPeriod.remove(cancel);
 		};

diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/Common/GUI/PlusGUI/Control/ServerPlusGUI.sc b/SCClassLibrary/Common/GUI/PlusGUI/Control/ServerPlusGUI.sc
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 					if(this.isLocal or: { this.inProcess }) {
 						if(dumping, stopDump, startDump)
 					} {
-						"cannot dump a remote server's messages".inform
+						"cannot dump a remote server's messages".postln
 					}
 				}
 				{char === $m } { if(this.volume.isMuted) { this.unmute } { this.mute } }

diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/Common/GUI/PlusGUI/Core/HistoryGui.sc b/SCClassLibrary/Common/GUI/PlusGUI/Core/HistoryGui.sc
@@ -331,15 +331,15 @@ HistoryGui : JITGui {
 		var line;
 		if (object.lines.isNil) { "no history lines yet.".postln; ^this };
 		line = object.lines[index];
-		if (line.isNil) { "history: no line found!".inform; ^this };
+		if (line.isNil) { "history: no line found!".postln; ^this };
 		textV.string_(line[2]);
 	}
 
 	postDoc { |index|
 		var line;
 		if (object.lines.isNil) { "no history lines yet.".postln; ^this };
 		line = object.lines[index];
-		if (line.isNil) { "history: no line found!".inform; ^this };
+		if (line.isNil) { "history: no line found!".postln; ^this };
 		this.setDocStr(line[2]);
 		doc.front;
 		try { this.alignDoc };

diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/Common/Quarks/Quark.sc b/SCClassLibrary/Common/Quarks/Quark.sc
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Quark {
 			git = Git(localPath);
 			git.pull();
 			git.checkout("master");
-			("Quark '%' updated to version: % tag: % refspec: %".format(name, this.version, this.git.tag, this.refspec)).inform;
+			("Quark '%' updated to version: % tag: % refspec: %".format(name, this.version, this.git.tag, this.refspec)).postln;
 		}, {
 			("Quark" + name + "was not installed using git, cannot update.").warn;
 		});

diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/Common/Quarks/Quarks.sc b/SCClassLibrary/Common/Quarks/Quarks.sc
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ Quarks {
 				(quark.name
 					+ "reports an incompatibility with this SuperCollider version"
 					+ "or with other already installed quarks."
-				).inform;
+				).postln;
 				false
 			},
 			prev = this.installed.detect({ |q| q.name == quark.name });
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ Quarks {
 			^false
 		});
 
-		"Installing %".format(quark.name).inform;
+		"Installing %".format(quark.name).postln;
 
 		quark.checkout();
 		if(quark.isCompatible().not, {
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ Quarks {
 			});
 		};
 		this.link(quark.localPath);
-		(quark.name + "installed").inform;
+		(quark.name + "installed").postln;
 		this.clearCache();
 		^true
 	}

diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/Common/Streams/History.sc b/SCClassLibrary/Common/Streams/History.sc
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ History { 		// adc 2006, Birmingham; rewrite 2007.
 		path = path ?? { saveFolder ++ "history_" ++ this.class.timeStamp ++ ".scd" };
 		file = File(path.standardizePath, "w");
 		file.write(lines2write.asCompileString);
-		inform("History written to:" + path);
+		postln("History written to:" + path);
 		file.close;
 	}
 
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ History { 		// adc 2006, Birmingham; rewrite 2007.
 		if (logFile.isOpen) {
 			logFile.write(format("// History, as it was on %.\n\n",
 				timeString) ++ "[\n" /*]*/ );
-			"// History.logFile opened.".inform;
+			"// History.logFile opened.".postln;
 		} {
 			"// History: could not open logFile!".warn;
 		};
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ History { 		// adc 2006, Birmingham; rewrite 2007.
 	*endLog {
 		// close file
 		try { logFile.write( /*[*/ "];") };
-		try { logFile.close; "// History.logFile closed.".inform; };
+		try { logFile.close; "// History.logFile closed.".postln; };
 	}
 
 	*showLogFile { Document.open(this.logPath) }

diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/DefaultLibrary/Main.sc b/SCClassLibrary/DefaultLibrary/Main.sc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Main : Process {
 			}
 		};
 		if(didWarnOverwrite) {
-			inform("Intentional overwrites must be put in a 'SystemOverwrites' subfolder.")
+			postln("Intentional overwrites must be put in a 'SystemOverwrites' subfolder.")
 		};
 
 		("\n\n*** Welcome to SuperCollider %. ***".format(Main.version)

diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/JITLib/Patterns/extRoutine.sc b/SCClassLibrary/JITLib/Patterns/extRoutine.sc
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
 		while { t.roundUp(tolerance) < by }
 		{
 			event = this.next(inevent.copy);
-			if(event.isNil) { ("end of stream. Time left:" + (by - t)).inform; ^t - by };
+			if(event.isNil) { ("end of stream. Time left:" + (by - t)).postln; ^t - by };
 
 			event = event.copy.put(\freq, \rest);
 			event.play;
 			delta = event.delta;
-			if(delta.isNil) { ("end of stream. Time left:" + (by - t)).inform; ^t - by };
+			if(delta.isNil) { ("end of stream. Time left:" + (by - t)).postln; ^t - by };
 
 			t = t + delta;
 

diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/JITLib/ProxySpace/NodeProxy.sc b/SCClassLibrary/JITLib/ProxySpace/NodeProxy.sc
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ NodeProxy : BusPlug {
 			if(server.serverRunning) { container.loadToBundle(bundle, server) } { loaded = false; };
 			this.prepareOtherObjects(bundle, index, oldBus.notNil and: { oldBus !== bus });
 		} {
-			format("failed to add % to node proxy: %", obj, this).inform;
+			format("failed to add % to node proxy: %", obj, this).postln;
 			^this
 		};
 

diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/JITLib/ProxySpace/extStoreOn.sc b/SCClassLibrary/JITLib/ProxySpace/extStoreOn.sc
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 
 		space = ProxySpace.findSpace(this);
 		spaceCS = try { space.asCode } {
-			inform("// <could not find a space for proxy: %!>".format(this.asCompileString));
+			postln("// <could not find a space for proxy: %!>".format(this.asCompileString));
 			""
 		};
 

diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/deprecated/3.9/deprecated-3.9.sc b/SCClassLibrary/deprecated/3.9/deprecated-3.9.sc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
++ String {
+    inform {
+        this.deprecated(thisMethod);
+        ^this.postln
+    }
+}
-Original file line number
+Diff line change
@@ Expand Up / @@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ Collection { @@
     		};
     		if (outliers > 0) {
-    			("histogram :" + outliers + "out of (histogram) range values in collection.").inform;
+    			("histogram :" + outliers + "out of (histogram) range values in collection.").postln;
     		};
     		^freqs;
@@ Expand Down @@