December 2008 - Pharo-dev - lists.pharo.org

[Pharo-project] inspector gadget
by David Pennell Dec. 4, 2008

Dec. 4, 2008

We currently have both "inspect" and "explore". It would be nice to have one tool. I'd vote for "explore" as a base with some enhancements to pick up the useful features from "inspect". -david

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[Pharo-project] About ecompletion
by StÃ©phane Ducasse Dec. 4, 2008

Dec. 4, 2008

Hi all I wanted to share that with you. I'm reading the PhD of Romain Robbes and he has an excellent chapter on measuring different strategies for code completion. One of the best algorithm is to keep a list with the recently modified methods and the messages they send. His benchmark shows a drastic improvement even compared with ecompletion with RoelTyper. So david do you store the recently modified methods globally for all the browsers? Is it easily accessible? He also mentioned that we get even better results by combining RoelTyper and then this approach... any taker? this is important to have much better editing tools. Stef

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[Pharo-project] about vm dropping privileges
by StÃ©phane Ducasse Dec. 4, 2008

Dec. 4, 2008

Hi all I was rereading our excellent forthcoming seaside book :) And lukas wrote "To listen on port 80, the standard port used by the HTTP protocol, the web server needs to run as root. Running a public service as root is a huge security issue. Dedicated web servers such as Apache drop their root privileges after startup. This allows them to listen to port 80 while not being root. Unfortunately this is not something that can be easily done from within the Smalltalk VM. " And I was wondering what is the exact problem? Stef

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[Pharo-project] Fwd: [squeak-dev] Rio: exceptions documentation
by David Pennell Dec. 4, 2008

Dec. 4, 2008

Should we add an item on the tracker to remove CrLfFileStream? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Keith Hodges <keith_hodges(a)yahoo.co.uk> Date: Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 8:04 AM Subject: Re: [squeak-dev] Rio: exceptions documentation To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list < squeak-dev(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org> [snip] CrLfStream has been replaced by MultiByteFileStream and this can be set to read in various modes, it is also supposed to detect the line ending convention. Unfortunately this was disabled by default. Rio was explicitly telling binary streams that they were binary streams, but was omitting to tell ascii streams to enable lineEndingdetection. thanks for the feedback. Keith

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[Pharo-project] UIMananger
by Gary Chambers Dec. 4, 2008

Dec. 4, 2008

Do you all think it might be a good idea to extend the UIManager protocol to include things like colour pickers (and other, like print etc.)? I'm sure we can all think of things that would be desirable as standard "utility" dialogs. Best to get the interface in early to ensure adoption. Regards, Gary.

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[Pharo-project] Re: Missing #dispatchResultsIntoHistory
by Alexandre Bergel Dec. 4, 2008

Dec. 4, 2008

OB-Enhancements-AlexandreBergel.262 is in OB@wiresong. The comment is: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Added: OBCmdSUnit>>ifSUnitSupportHistory: This is necessary to check whether the history feature is installed in the current SUnit framework in order to benefit from it and make sure that nothing break if not installed -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Cheers, Alexandre On 3 Dec 2008, at 11:33, Damien Cassou wrote: > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Alexandre Bergel > <alexandre(a)bergel.eu> wrote: >> I just downloaded Squeak3.10. How can I reproduce the problem you >> encountered ? > > Using Universe, install the "Squeak-dev image" package. Then, open a > browser, select a class and press ALT+t > > > -- > Damien Cassou > http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st > -- _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;.

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[Pharo-project] Impressed, overwhelmed, and a little confused
by Bill Schwab Dec. 4, 2008

Dec. 4, 2008

Hello all, I grabbed 10183, hacked it into a one-click image on my Ubuntu box at home, and found the Polymorph is indeed in the image. Frankly, I suspect I might have missed it once before, possibly mistaking the watery theme for the default look. It's great to see it included. As Pharo 1.0 takes shape, what is the plan for getting packages loaded the way each of us wants? Is Installer the preferred route? Would I be expected to script it (I find myself hoping so - load the latest of this, that, specific version of this other thing, etc.)? I tried to quickly load Shout and the SM package loader was not happy, but that could easily be my fault. More questions and comments, but first, I need to get some overdue sleep. Congratulations and thanks all around! Bill Wilhelm K. Schwab, Ph.D. University of Florida Department of Anesthesiology PO Box 100254 Gainesville, FL 32610-0254 Email: bschwab(a)anest.ufl.edu Tel: (352) 273-6785 FAX: (352) 392-7029

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[Pharo-project] Monticello configuration still broken
by Hilaire Fernandes Dec. 4, 2008

Dec. 4, 2008

I try to load Magma r41.1 throught Monticello configuration. This last one is still broken in Pharo and I need to apply the usual fixes MonticelloConfigurations-cmm.44.mcz, Monticello-SR.315.mcz to get it loaded (was previously reported). For Pharo to be a developer friendly environment, it is a must to include these fixes, even waiting for a better solution, because newbies will get burn there. -- http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire

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[Pharo-project] refactor instance variables
by David Pennell Dec. 4, 2008

Dec. 4, 2008

refactor instance variables | accessors used to figure out which instance variables needed to be added and give you a chance to accept or reject the proposed list. After loading the latest updates, it now presents a list of instance variables, letting you pick one and only one to add. The new behavior is very awkward when you've just added several iVars to a class. The old behavior was too "all or nothing". I'd love to see one that presented all of the proposed accessors and let you accept them all or reject selective accessors. -david

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[Pharo-project] Polymorph password dialog enhancement
by Torsten Bergmann Dec. 3, 2008

Dec. 3, 2008

It's not a question of compatibility, the question is where will Polymorph be continued - in SqS/Pharo or SqS/UIEnhancements or both? I didnt notice (until now) that the integrated plymorph packages are now also in the SqS/Pharo repository. A new branch or just a move? Same question applies for other packages integrated later. Bye Torsten BTW: Will I have to open an issue when I just put something into the inbox (like a new ScriptLoader from today that fixes Seaside loading)? -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehÃ¶rt? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger

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