3.1.6 Updating windows

To manually update any tool, choose Works > Refresh .

Updating a tool 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.
2. You might do this by creating the instance in a listener and then using Values > Inspect to transfer the instance to the inspector.
3. Make sure the inspector is the active window, and choose Works > Clone to make a copy of it.
4. In the listener, create a new instance of the same class, transfer it to the inspector, and compare them to the original instance that is still displayed in the clone.