The core sampler
Dynamically updating 'probe'. Lets you see the submorphs, change the structure.
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The core sampler
The programming environment includes a tool called the core sampler (available
via the right-button menu of any morph) that can be used to explore the submorph
structure of a composite morph. The core sampler shows the set of submorphs
below a given point, the way a core sample of rock allows geologists to study the
strata of rock at a given point.
The core sampler allows one to use the middle button menu to operate on morphs
below the surface and can be used to insert or remove morphs from a composite
morph.
Holding the left mouse button over the squares along the left side of the core
sampler highlights the associated morph. As a shortcut, holding down the shift
key while pressing the left mouse button over one of these squares will extract the
associated submorph (and all its submorphs) from the composite morph.
Holding the shift key while dropping a morph onto one of these squares will insert
the morph as a submorph of the associated morph.
The iconic buttons on the right show the current resizing attributes of the
associated morph, and allow them to be changed. (Resizing attributes are
discussed later.)
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