February 2010 - Pharo-dev - lists.pharo.org

[Pharo-project] Help system now for Squeak and Pharo
by Torsten Bergmann Feb. 23, 2010

Feb. 23, 2010

Since we share tools and code - we may in the future also share (in-image) documentation for tools. What is new: - Refactored and updated the code - Help System is now usable in Pharo and Squeak too - Metacello config is updated for both - there is an initial help for the Pharo project and the Squeak project (depending on from where you load it) - the help for the help system is displayed as last book - I merged HelpContents into a new HelpPage - so we have books and pages (we may later add other forms than text in subclasses like HTMLHelpPage, ...) The help browser includs a book on how to provide/implement an own custom help. Future version may include specific colored icons for squeak and better UI depending on the UI system (Polymorph in Squeak) as well as authoring tools. Thanks to Metacello one is able to manage the differences. To load: Squeak ====== Installer ss project: 'MetacelloRepository'; install: 'ConfigurationOfHelpSystem'. ((Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfHelpSystem) project version: '1.0') load Pharo ===== Gofer new squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository'; package: 'ConfigurationOfHelpSystem'; load. ((Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfHelpSystem) project version: '1.0') load Bye T. -- Sicherer, schneller und einfacher. Die aktuellen Internet-Browser - jetzt kostenlos herunterladen! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/chbrowser

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[Pharo-project] Pharo website homepage
by laurent laffont Feb. 23, 2010

Feb. 23, 2010

Hi, Discussing with Stephane I was thinking that pharo website homepage could be far less verbose in order to attract, guide newcomers better. IMHO it's a very important point for Pharo 1.0. I like the Rails homepage http://rubyonrails.org/, especially the Get Excited / Started / Better / Involved. What do you think ? Laurent Laffont

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[Pharo-project] cull: protocol
by Henrik Johansen Feb. 22, 2010

Feb. 22, 2010

Refactoring the AXAnnouncements abit so there's no separate classes for 0-, 1-, and 2-arg blocks, and really missing these methods from VisualWorks... cull: is equivalent to value: protocol except they accept block with N or less blockArgs Yes, I know valueWithEnoughArguments:/valueWithPossibleArgs: provide the same functionality, but the code looks much less nice using them, you end up constructing arrays needlessly etc. Look at the senders of valueWithPossibleArgs: for examples, very few of those actually need the ability to accept blocks with more arguments than they provide, and would also look nicer with cull:. Would anyone object strongly to adding the cull:, cull:cull: methods in core instead of putting them as extension methods? Cheers, Henry

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[Pharo-project] Clue about morphic performance??
by Schwab,Wilhelm K Feb. 22, 2010

Feb. 22, 2010

Hello all, I sometimes have reason to run code on machines that are accessible only by a remote desktop connection, and I have noticed something that might be a useful clue: on an identical setup (same server, same network, same RDP client), Dolphin performs quite well and Pharo struggles (often severely). Are we simply that much slower in generating graphics and/or pushing it over the RDP connection, or is morphic drawing too much? I suppose the RDP server could be hindering Pharo by always sending one whole window (e.g. the whole Pharo desktop) at a time or something stupid like that. It might be worth a look by someone with morphic and RDP expertise. Bill

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[Pharo-project] Substrings for strings?
by Nathan Tuttle Feb. 21, 2010

Feb. 21, 2010

I can't find any method that allows me to take a substring out of a string my location and length. Anyone know?

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[Pharo-project] [update 1.1] #11228
by Marcus Denker Feb. 21, 2010

Feb. 21, 2010

11228 ----- Issue 2038: add to releaseClean: alpabetize Class Categories Issue 2032: remove #bigDisplay Issue 2037: remove #parseScope Issue 2034: fix #initialExtend for ProcessBrowser and DualChangeSorter Issue 2036: make MethodNames/MethodFinder really only search methods Issue 2027: Clean Utilities even more Issue 1845: Unable to cancel from Information Required dialog Issue 1297: Method finder doesnt report syntax errors -- Marcus Denker -- http://www.marcusdenker.de INRIA Lille -- Nord Europe. Team RMoD.

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[Pharo-project] [update 1.1] #11227
by Marcus Denker Feb. 21, 2010

Feb. 21, 2010

11227 ----- Issue 2019: two empty packages: PineSoft-Widgets and SmBase Issue 2020: Packages without Repository Issue 1776: Refactor Package names Issue 2026: RecentMessageSet fixes ... the update recompiled the whole image. -- Marcus Denker -- http://www.marcusdenker.de INRIA Lille -- Nord Europe. Team RMoD.

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[Pharo-project] Xtreams under the MIT License
by Torsten Bergmann Feb. 21, 2010

Feb. 21, 2010

http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/blog/blogView?showComments=true&printTitle=X… -- NEU: Mit GMX DSL Ã¼ber 1000,- Â¿ sparen! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl02

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Feb. 21, 2010

Hi I experienced the following bug: I browsed the Hobbes project there were two files hobbes-pavel<-krivanek hobbes-pavel_krivanek then when I click on the file I got hobbes-pavel_krivanek hobbes-pavel_krivanek so difficult to reproduce of course. Stef

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[Pharo-project] Looking for Beta Testers
by John M McIntosh Feb. 21, 2010

Feb. 21, 2010

If you had in the past contacted me with an iPhone/iPod udid in order to put iSqueak on your iPhone or iPod touch and you would like to beta test something I've been working on, then please email me for an invite. -- =========================================================================== John M. McIntosh <johnmci(a)smalltalkconsulting.com> Twitter: squeaker68882 Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd. http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com ===========================================================================

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