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Re: [Pharo-project] Scripting with Pharo?

by Andrei Stebakov

Thanks! On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Something like that: > > process := [ > > [ [ > | now when | > now := Time now. > when := 1 hour + 24 minutes. "past midnight" > now = when > ] whileFalse: [ 30 seconds asDelay wait ]. > > ... do your stuff here ..... > > 2 minutes asDelay wait. "make sure we're not repeat the same thing > within same day" > ] repeat > > ] newProcess. > > process name: 'My periodic stuff'. > process resume > > > 2010/5/12 Andrei Stebakov <lispercat(a)gmail.com>: > > Could you please give me an example of that usage? > > > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> its a bit heawyweight to use VM as command-line tool. > >> you could, intead run pharo in persistent mode, > >> and schedule the same piece of code to run periodically as background > >> process in it. > >> > >> 2010/5/12 Andrei Stebakov <lispercat(a)gmail.com>: > >> > I think that scripting support is essential for any interpreted > language > >> > and > >> > if Pharo had it, its community would grow much faster. > >> > Let's say, I learned now how to use HTML parsing in the GUI version of > >> > Pharo. > >> > I went ahead and created my own class (or set of classes) in the image > >> > which > >> > can say retrieve a dollar rate from some bank web page. > >> > Now I should be able to run Pharo in a "batch mode" saying something > >> > like... > >> > "./pharo -batch "DollarRateInfo :getAndSendEmail ' > myaddress(a)domain.com". > >> > This way I could schedule this command using cron to send me this > dollar > >> > rate via email every day at 2 pm. Having this functionality I could > >> > really > >> > spend more time using Pharo for different needs and get better at > using > >> > it. > >> > > >> > I don't think it should be too hard to implement (please correct me if > I > >> > am > >> > wrong). In the batch mode pharo would start in a "headless mode", read > >> > some > >> > input from a standard input (or from command line), execute it in a > >> > 'hidden' > >> > Workspace and send the output of the evaluation to the standard > output. > >> > > >> > Thank you, > >> > Andrei > >> > > >> > > >> > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:15 PM, StÃ©phane Ducasse > >> > <stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> unfortunately I did not find the time to continue working on it but I > >> >> would love to. > >> >> > >> >> On May 12, 2010, at 9:50 PM, Gabriel Brunstein wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > What about coral? > >> >> > http://scg.unibe.ch/wiki/projects/bachelorsprojects/coral > >> >> > > >> >> > 2010/5/12 Andrei Stebakov <lispercat(a)gmail.com> > >> >> > Is it possible to start Pharo headless and execute some command > (say > >> >> > to > >> >> > get some info from a web page)? > >> >> > > >> >> > _______________________________________________ > >> >> > Pharo-project mailing list > >> >> > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > >> >> > > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > >> >> > > >> >> > _______________________________________________ > >> >> > Pharo-project mailing list > >> >> > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > >> >> > > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Pharo-project mailing list > >> >> Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > >> >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Pharo-project mailing list > >> > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > >> > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Best regards, > >> Igor Stasenko AKA sig. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Pharo-project mailing list > >> Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pharo-project mailing list > > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko AKA sig. > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >

May 12, 2010

Re: [Pharo-project] VMs for Pharo 1.1

by Bryce Kampjes

On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 10:23 -0400, Schwab,Wilhelm K wrote: > Just to stir up the hornets' nest (with the best of intentions), last summer, Eliot had suggested that December 2009 would see a big release. In fairness, let he who has never slipped a release date cast the first stone :) Knowing how target dates can be, I was not upset to see it pass without VW-crushing byte code speeds for us. However, more recently, Bryce posted something that appeared to question whether the Cog code would be released in the open. That was a little disturbing :( > > Hopefully someone in the know can give us lots of good news?? Something was posted about the possibility of Coq being posted into the open but not by me. I did reply to that post. I've no idea what the current situation is with Coq or it's release. My hope is Coq is successful, and of course Exupery is at least as successful. The community is best served by at least one project succeeding and preferably both. Bryce

May 12, 2010

Re: [Pharo-project] Scripting with Pharo?

by Igor Stasenko

Something like that: process := [ [ [ | now when | now := Time now. when := 1 hour + 24 minutes. "past midnight" now = when ] whileFalse: [ 30 seconds asDelay wait ]. ... do your stuff here ..... 2 minutes asDelay wait. "make sure we're not repeat the same thing within same day" ] repeat ] newProcess. process name: 'My periodic stuff'. process resume 2010/5/12 Andrei Stebakov <lispercat(a)gmail.com>: > Could you please give me an example of that usage? > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> its a bit heawyweight to use VM as command-line tool. >> you could, intead run pharo in persistent mode, >> and schedule the same piece of code to run periodically as background >> process in it. >> >> 2010/5/12 Andrei Stebakov <lispercat(a)gmail.com>: >> > I think that scripting support is essential for any interpreted language >> > and >> > if Pharo had it, its community would grow much faster. >> > Let's say, I learned now how to use HTML parsing in the GUI version of >> > Pharo. >> > I went ahead and created my own class (or set of classes) in the image >> > which >> > can say retrieve a dollar rate from some bank web page. >> > Now I should be able to run Pharo in a "batch mode" saying something >> > like... >> > "./pharo -batch "DollarRateInfo :getAndSendEmail 'myaddress(a)domain.com". >> > This way I could schedule this command using cron to send me this dollar >> > rate via email every day at 2 pm. Having this functionality I could >> > really >> > spend more time using Pharo for different needs and get better at using >> > it. >> > >> > I don't think it should be too hard to implement (please correct me if I >> > am >> > wrong). In the batch mode pharo would start in a "headless mode", read >> > some >> > input from a standard input (or from command line), execute it in a >> > 'hidden' >> > Workspace and send the output of the evaluation to the standard output. >> > >> > Thank you, >> > Andrei >> > >> > >> > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:15 PM, StÃ©phane Ducasse >> > <stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr> wrote: >> >> >> >> unfortunately I did not find the time to continue working on it but I >> >> would love to. >> >> >> >> On May 12, 2010, at 9:50 PM, Gabriel Brunstein wrote: >> >> >> >> > What about coral? >> >> > http://scg.unibe.ch/wiki/projects/bachelorsprojects/coral >> >> > >> >> > 2010/5/12 Andrei Stebakov <lispercat(a)gmail.com> >> >> > Is it possible to start Pharo headless and execute some command (say >> >> > to >> >> > get some info from a web page)? >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Pharo-project mailing list >> >> > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >> >> > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Pharo-project mailing list >> >> > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >> >> > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Pharo-project mailing list >> >> Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >> >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Pharo-project mailing list >> > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >> > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Igor Stasenko AKA sig. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pharo-project mailing list >> Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko AKA sig.

May 12, 2010

Re: [Pharo-project] Scripting with Pharo?

by Mariano Martinez Peck

It seems the wiki is outdated. Please try this to install it: Gofer new squeaksource: 'Coral'; package: 'LoadCoral'; load. (Smalltalk at: #CoralLoader) load. DISCLAIMER: I have no idea of it is working or not. It just load. And I am not even sure if loads completely correct Cheers mariano 2010/5/12 Andrei Stebakov <lispercat(a)gmail.com> > Right, I just didn't get it on the first read... > > 2010/5/12 Gabriel Brunstein <gaboto(a)gmail.com> > >> As I read there, Coral IS A PACKAGE FOR PHARO! so you would not be using >> another tool. >> I don't know which is the state of Coral, if it works or not (based on the >> previous mail of Stephane) >> >> 2010/5/12 Andrei Stebakov <lispercat(a)gmail.com> >> >>> Thank you, I'll give it a try. See, maybe my philosophy is wrong, but I'd >>> rather get better at one tool (where it's possible) than learn multiple >>> different tools to do similar tasks. >>> I think Pharo has a potential to be if not a Swiss army knife like >>> Python, but a very useful language for any programming tasks (scripting is >>> one of them). >>> So far, as a newbie, I like what I see in Pharo and having a blast >>> learning it. I am so thrilled, that just a thought that it could do >>> scripting sends shivers down my spine :) >>> >>> 2010/5/12 Gabriel Brunstein <gaboto(a)gmail.com> >>> >>> What about coral? >>>> http://scg.unibe.ch/wiki/projects/bachelorsprojects/coral >>>> >>>> 2010/5/12 Andrei Stebakov <lispercat(a)gmail.com> >>>> >>>>> Is it possible to start Pharo headless and execute some command (say to >>>>> get some info from a web page)? >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Pharo-project mailing list >>>>> Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >>>>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Pharo-project mailing list >>>> Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >>>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pharo-project mailing list >>> Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pharo-project mailing list >> Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >

May 12, 2010

Re: [Pharo-project] Scripting with Pharo?

by Andrei Stebakov

Right, I just didn't get it on the first read... 2010/5/12 Gabriel Brunstein <gaboto(a)gmail.com> > As I read there, Coral IS A PACKAGE FOR PHARO! so you would not be using > another tool. > I don't know which is the state of Coral, if it works or not (based on the > previous mail of Stephane) > > 2010/5/12 Andrei Stebakov <lispercat(a)gmail.com> > >> Thank you, I'll give it a try. See, maybe my philosophy is wrong, but I'd >> rather get better at one tool (where it's possible) than learn multiple >> different tools to do similar tasks. >> I think Pharo has a potential to be if not a Swiss army knife like Python, >> but a very useful language for any programming tasks (scripting is one of >> them). >> So far, as a newbie, I like what I see in Pharo and having a blast >> learning it. I am so thrilled, that just a thought that it could do >> scripting sends shivers down my spine :) >> >> 2010/5/12 Gabriel Brunstein <gaboto(a)gmail.com> >> >> What about coral? >>> http://scg.unibe.ch/wiki/projects/bachelorsprojects/coral >>> >>> 2010/5/12 Andrei Stebakov <lispercat(a)gmail.com> >>> >>>> Is it possible to start Pharo headless and execute some command (say to >>>> get some info from a web page)? >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Pharo-project mailing list >>>> Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >>>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pharo-project mailing list >>> Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pharo-project mailing list >> Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >

May 12, 2010

Re: [Pharo-project] Scripting with Pharo?

by Andrei Stebakov

Was trying to install Coral with "ScriptLoader new installer ss project: 'Coral'; install: 'LoadCoral'.df" command. Gave me a MessageNotUnderstood along the process: MessageNotUnderstood: Installer class>>squeaksource Installer class(Object)>>doesNotUnderstand: #squeaksource [] in Installer class>>doesNotUnderstand: #squeaksource IdentityDictionary(Dictionary)>>at:ifAbsent: Installer class>>doesNotUnderstand: #squeaksource Installer class>>ss UndefinedObject>>DoIt Compiler>>evaluate:in:to:notifying:ifFail:logged: [] in TextMorphForShoutEditor(ParagraphEditor)>>evaluateSelection BlockClosure>>on:do: TextMorphForShoutEditor(ParagraphEditor)>>evaluateSelection TextMorphForShoutEditor(ParagraphEditor)>>doIt [] in TextMorphForShoutEditor(ParagraphEditor)>>doIt: TextMorphForShoutEditor(ParagraphEditor)>>terminateAndInitializeAround: TextMorphForShoutEditor(ParagraphEditor)>>doIt: TextMorphForShoutEditor(ParagraphEditor)>>dispatchOnKeyEvent:with: TextMorphForShoutEditor(TextMorphEditor)>>dispatchOnKeyEvent:with: TextMorphForShoutEditor(ParagraphEditor)>>keystroke: TextMorphForShoutEditor(TextMorphEditor)>>keystroke: [] in [] in TextMorphForShout(TextMorph)>>keyStroke: TextMorphForShout(TextMorph)>>handleInteraction: Installer class(Object)>>doesNotUnderstand: #squeaksource [] in Installer class>>doesNotUnderstand: #squeaksource IdentityDictionary(Dictionary)>>at:ifAbsent: Installer class>>doesNotUnderstand: #squeaksource Installer class>>ss UndefinedObject>>DoIt Compiler>>evaluate:in:to:notifying:ifFail:logged: [] in TextMorphForShoutEditor(ParagraphEditor)>>evaluateSelection BlockClosure>>on:do: TextMorphForShoutEditor(ParagraphEditor)>>evaluateSelection TextMorphForShoutEditor(ParagraphEditor)>>doIt [] in TextMorphForShoutEditor(ParagraphEditor)>>doIt: TextMorphForShoutEditor(ParagraphEditor)>>terminateAndInitializeAround: TextMorphForShoutEditor(ParagraphEditor)>>doIt: TextMorphForShoutEditor(ParagraphEditor)>>dispatchOnKeyEvent:with: TextMorphForShoutEditor(TextMorphEditor)>>dispatchOnKeyEvent:with: TextMorphForShoutEditor(ParagraphEditor)>>keystroke: TextMorphForShoutEditor(TextMorphEditor)>>keystroke: [] in [] in TextMorphForShout(TextMorph)>>keyStroke: TextMorphForShout(TextMorph)>>handleInteraction: doesNotUnderstand: aMessage Oh well, probably some dependencies are missing... 2010/5/12 Gabriel Brunstein <gaboto(a)gmail.com> > What about coral? > http://scg.unibe.ch/wiki/projects/bachelorsprojects/coral > > 2010/5/12 Andrei Stebakov <lispercat(a)gmail.com> > >> Is it possible to start Pharo headless and execute some command (say to >> get some info from a web page)? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pharo-project mailing list >> Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >

May 12, 2010

Re: [Pharo-project] Scripting with Pharo?

by Gabriel Brunstein

As I read there, Coral IS A PACKAGE FOR PHARO! so you would not be using another tool. I don't know which is the state of Coral, if it works or not (based on the previous mail of Stephane) 2010/5/12 Andrei Stebakov <lispercat(a)gmail.com> > Thank you, I'll give it a try. See, maybe my philosophy is wrong, but I'd > rather get better at one tool (where it's possible) than learn multiple > different tools to do similar tasks. > I think Pharo has a potential to be if not a Swiss army knife like Python, > but a very useful language for any programming tasks (scripting is one of > them). > So far, as a newbie, I like what I see in Pharo and having a blast learning > it. I am so thrilled, that just a thought that it could do scripting sends > shivers down my spine :) > > 2010/5/12 Gabriel Brunstein <gaboto(a)gmail.com> > > What about coral? >> http://scg.unibe.ch/wiki/projects/bachelorsprojects/coral >> >> 2010/5/12 Andrei Stebakov <lispercat(a)gmail.com> >> >>> Is it possible to start Pharo headless and execute some command (say to >>> get some info from a web page)? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pharo-project mailing list >>> Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pharo-project mailing list >> Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >

May 12, 2010

Re: [Pharo-project] Scripting with Pharo?

by Andrei Stebakov

Could you please give me an example of that usage? On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua(a)gmail.com> wrote: > its a bit heawyweight to use VM as command-line tool. > you could, intead run pharo in persistent mode, > and schedule the same piece of code to run periodically as background > process in it. > > 2010/5/12 Andrei Stebakov <lispercat(a)gmail.com>: > > I think that scripting support is essential for any interpreted language > and > > if Pharo had it, its community would grow much faster. > > Let's say, I learned now how to use HTML parsing in the GUI version of > > Pharo. > > I went ahead and created my own class (or set of classes) in the image > which > > can say retrieve a dollar rate from some bank web page. > > Now I should be able to run Pharo in a "batch mode" saying something > like... > > "./pharo -batch "DollarRateInfo :getAndSendEmail 'myaddress(a)domain.com". > > This way I could schedule this command using cron to send me this dollar > > rate via email every day at 2 pm. Having this functionality I could > really > > spend more time using Pharo for different needs and get better at using > it. > > > > I don't think it should be too hard to implement (please correct me if I > am > > wrong). In the batch mode pharo would start in a "headless mode", read > some > > input from a standard input (or from command line), execute it in a > 'hidden' > > Workspace and send the output of the evaluation to the standard output. > > > > Thank you, > > Andrei > > > > > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:15 PM, StÃ©phane Ducasse > > <stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr> wrote: > >> > >> unfortunately I did not find the time to continue working on it but I > >> would love to. > >> > >> On May 12, 2010, at 9:50 PM, Gabriel Brunstein wrote: > >> > >> > What about coral? > >> > http://scg.unibe.ch/wiki/projects/bachelorsprojects/coral > >> > > >> > 2010/5/12 Andrei Stebakov <lispercat(a)gmail.com> > >> > Is it possible to start Pharo headless and execute some command (say > to > >> > get some info from a web page)? > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Pharo-project mailing list > >> > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > >> > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Pharo-project mailing list > >> > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > >> > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Pharo-project mailing list > >> Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pharo-project mailing list > > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko AKA sig. > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >

May 12, 2010

Re: [Pharo-project] Scripting with Pharo?

by Andrei Stebakov

Thank you, I'll give it a try. See, maybe my philosophy is wrong, but I'd rather get better at one tool (where it's possible) than learn multiple different tools to do similar tasks. I think Pharo has a potential to be if not a Swiss army knife like Python, but a very useful language for any programming tasks (scripting is one of them). So far, as a newbie, I like what I see in Pharo and having a blast learning it. I am so thrilled, that just a thought that it could do scripting sends shivers down my spine :) 2010/5/12 Gabriel Brunstein <gaboto(a)gmail.com> > What about coral? > http://scg.unibe.ch/wiki/projects/bachelorsprojects/coral > > 2010/5/12 Andrei Stebakov <lispercat(a)gmail.com> > >> Is it possible to start Pharo headless and execute some command (say to >> get some info from a web page)? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pharo-project mailing list >> Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >

May 12, 2010

Re: [Pharo-project] Scripting with Pharo?

by Igor Stasenko

its a bit heawyweight to use VM as command-line tool. you could, intead run pharo in persistent mode, and schedule the same piece of code to run periodically as background process in it. 2010/5/12 Andrei Stebakov <lispercat(a)gmail.com>: > I think that scripting support is essential for any interpreted language and > if Pharo had it, its community would grow much faster. > Let's say, I learned now how to use HTML parsing in the GUI version of > Pharo. > I went ahead and created my own class (or set of classes) in the image which > can say retrieve a dollar rate from some bank web page. > Now I should be able to run Pharo in a "batch mode" saying something like... > "./pharo -batch "DollarRateInfo :getAndSendEmail 'myaddress(a)domain.com". > This way I could schedule this command using cron to send me this dollar > rate via email every day at 2 pm. Having this functionality I could really > spend more time using Pharo for different needs and get better at using it. > > I don't think it should be too hard to implement (please correct me if I am > wrong). In the batch mode pharo would start in a "headless mode", read some > input from a standard input (or from command line), execute it in a 'hidden' > Workspace and send the output of the evaluation to the standard output. > > Thank you, > Andrei > > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:15 PM, StÃ©phane Ducasse > <stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr> wrote: >> >> unfortunately I did not find the time to continue working on it but I >> would love to. >> >> On May 12, 2010, at 9:50 PM, Gabriel Brunstein wrote: >> >> > What about coral? >> > http://scg.unibe.ch/wiki/projects/bachelorsprojects/coral >> > >> > 2010/5/12 Andrei Stebakov <lispercat(a)gmail.com> >> > Is it possible to start Pharo headless and execute some command (say to >> > get some info from a web page)? >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Pharo-project mailing list >> > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >> > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Pharo-project mailing list >> > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >> > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pharo-project mailing list >> Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko AKA sig.

May 12, 2010