Pharo News of the Week 24/2025

• [Github] PharoSandGame
  https://github.com/PosledniAmir/PharoSandGame
• [ANN] Pharo Paper Collection surpases 200 entries
  https://pharo.org/news/2025-06-10-HAL.html
• [ANN] GitMiner: a Pharo Smalltalk library that helps developers in analyzing git repositories
  https://github.com/USIREVEAL/gitminer

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The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker

Pharo 13

• Fix closing window shortcuts in combination with window groups #18116
  https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18116

• [Pharo13] Update Roassal to new Released version #18262
  https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18262

• Fix package selection in the new Finder #1128
  https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1128

• 1143 Cannot set the protocol of a method using StProtocolNameChooserPresenter #1144
  https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1144

• Fix Finder source search with class side #1129
  https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1129

Fixes

• Use Color>>#relativeLuminance in contrast methods #18272
  https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18272

• Fixing the Toplo Version #18263
  https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18263

• Fix: cleanup undeclared registry after renaming a class #18260
  https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18260

• [Pharo14] Fix closing window shortcuts in combination with window groups #18256
  https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18256

Tests

• Fixing broken tests #18275
  https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18275

• Improve assertions of MCStWriterTest>>#testClassMethodDefinition #18268
  https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18268

Cleanup

• Deprecate Morphic lists #18244
  https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18244

• Removing Dead Code #1161
  https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1161

• Clean breakpoints #1155
  https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1155

Tools

• P13 sync #1163
  https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1163

• Correct bug on swich profile functionnality #1162
  https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1162

• Implement script save/load support in Sindarin debugger presenter #1156
  https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1156

• using world position percentage for placeholders #1154
  https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1154

• Profile menu interaction changes #1153
  https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1153

• Fixing missing code in StSindarinDebuggerScriptingPresenter #1134
  https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1134

• added disableActivationDuring to SpAbstractEasypresenter #1778
  https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1778

Documentation / Website

• add news HAL #98
  https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-website/pull/98

• Add comment to Class>>#rename: #18257
  https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18257

• Create Tutorial.md for profile description #18267
  https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18267

Hi:

I want to share my development experience over the decades and see if
Pharo can provide the tools I love.
I hope others will share their experiences and tools too so we can
enrich it other and shortlist the tools for Pharo to have.

Notepad++
I use it for text editing.
Its Find, Replace, Find All in Current Document, Find in Files, are so
simple and comprehensive.

Everything
I use it to search for any filename on my PC. It is so simple, reliable
and super fast.
Match Path can match any disjointed strings of fullpath name. I love it.

WinMerge
Great for comparing files, directories or pasted text.
2 or 3 panes compare. Very obvious how to merge.

Windows Alt+Tab to switch windows
I always use Maximum Window size for every application window on an
18inch notebook.
No need to turn head. Less eyeball movement. Faster too.
I can compare screens using Alt-Tab fast to show differences as flickers.

LibreOffice or OpenOffice
I use it for my documentation of text, math and drawings. The math fonts
are truly pleasing for my eyes and brain.
I think it is absolutely important to get the math and theory derived
before programming code.
Then code execution feedback to the formulation and the process iterates.

WhatsApp, Google Meet
I use for texting and video conferencing.
So efficient for problem solving.

ChatGPT
I use it for world knowledge.
Love the step by step instructions in software development and example code.
I think it is showing beyond human capabilities already.

FreeCAD
I use it for 3D solid modeling. It is current scriptable using Python. I
hope to control it with Smalltalk.

I am just a user of the above software. If those capabilities are in
Pharo, then I will be a master of those capabilities.
That is my main idea.

All the best,
Aik-Siong Koh