manual-en.txt in green_shoes-1.0.282

- old
+ new

@@ -636,11 +636,11 @@
    para fg(FONTS.join(', '), green)
    para COLORS.map{|k, v| [k, v]}
  end
 }}}
 
-=== alert(message: a string) » nil ===
+=== alert(message: a string, :block => true or false) » nil ===
 
 Pops up a window containing a short message.
 
 {{{
  #!ruby
@@ -649,10 +649,12 @@
 
 Please use alerts sparingly, as they are incredibly annoying!  If you are using
 alerts to show messages to help you debug your program, try checking out the
 standard Ruby method `puts` or `p` methods.
 
+If you want to make alert() thread safe, i.e. unblock main thread, use `:block => false` option.
+
 === ask(message: a string) » a string ===
 
 Pops up a window and asks a question. For example, you may want to ask someone
 their name.
 
@@ -2207,10 +2209,15 @@
 Creates a Link text block, which Green Shoes styles with a single underline and
 colors with a #06E (blue) colored stroke.
 
 The default LinkHover style is also single-underlined with a #039 (dark blue) stroke.
 
+=== link(text){ ... } » Shoes::Link ===
+
+Creates a Link text block. You can also write with this style. When user clicks the link text, 
+the block will be launched.
+
 === list_box(:items => [strings, ...]) » Shoes::ListBox ===
 
 Adds a drop-down list box containing entries for everything in the `items`
 array.  An optional block may be attached, which is called if anything in the
 box becomes selected by the user.
@@ -2326,14 +2333,14 @@
 window.  This way the child window can call the parent.
 
 {{{
  #!ruby
  Shoes.app title: "The Owner" do
-   button "Pop up?" do
-     window do
-       para "Okay, popped up from [#{owner}]."
-     end
+  button "Pop up?" do
+   window do
+    para "Okay, popped up from [#{owner.inspect}]."
    end
+  end
  end
 }}}
 
 == Events ==
 