3.1 Loading and displaying tools

3.1.6 Updating windows

Using manual updating is a useful way of making a snapshot of an aspect of the environment that you are interested in. For instance, imagine you want to compare a number of instances of a CLOS class against a known instance of the same class using the inspector. You can do this as follows:

1. Inspect the known instance using an inspector.

You might do this by creating the instance in an inspect and then using Values > Inspect to transfer the instance to the inspector.

1. Choose Works > Clone from the inspector to make a copy of it.

2. Create new instances of the same class, transfer them to the inspector, and compare them to the original instance that is still displayed in the clone.

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