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[Pharo-project] Help menu disappeared [WAS] [ANN] Pharo-1.1-11400-rc1dev10.06.1
by Torsten Bergmann June 14, 2010

June 14, 2010

+2 for Laurent/Mariano and -1 for Stef here: Why I agree with Laurent and Mariano: - every app has a help menu - in almost any case such a help menu is at the top level of menus/toolbars/context menues - if one needs help then it should be easily accessible since it means the end user is lost and needs guidance Why I disagree with Stef: - currently "Help" is really HIDDEN under "System" (it's not obvious to a newbie, I tried with a friend today) - having it under "System" is too technical - think of any kind of end user help than (technical) system help (If you deploy a commercial app based on Pharo you still have "Help" but no "System" menu) - it is not a menu with a one item since AFAIK it could be extended and the idea was to place also ProfStef under it (when loaded in Pharo dev) or other help related stuff I understand we need to be careful about long menus, but then I would rather see "Debug" moved under "System" since it's a rare use case compared to looking for help. So I would vote for having it always as the last entry in the middle section of the world menu: Monticello Browser _____________ - Tools - Windows - System -- Debug -- ... - Whatever 1 - Whatever 2 - Help -- Help Contents -> full Browser -- ProfStef -> when loaded -- ... -- About -> Info dialog _____________ Save Save as... That's easy recognizable even when the menu is extended/changed. I would also place the "About" as the last item under "Help" since this is also a typical place for it. This discussion may not be important to most of us but usability is key to acceptance and success. My 0,02â¬ Bye T. -- GMX DSL: Internet-, Telefon- und Handy-Flat ab 19,99 EUR/mtl. Bis zu 150 EUR Startguthaben inklusive! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl

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[Pharo-project] [BetaTesting] [ANN] Pharo-1.1-11400-rc1dev10.06.1
by Mariano Martinez Peck June 14, 2010

June 14, 2010

Hi folks. There is a new Pharo 1.1 rc2 image for beta testing. It is based in PharoCore rc2 11400. A little remark is that this is the first release candidate, not the second one. There was a problem when building the PharoCore rc1 and thus, we used PharoCore RC2. To be concistent we call it Pharo 1.1 rc2 to this image. We are getting closer to the stable release of Pharo 1.1 so we would really appreaciate any kind of feedback. Use it, load your packages and applications, run tests, etc. The download link is: https://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/27159/Pharo-1.1-11400-rc2dev10.06.… Cheers Mariano

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[Pharo-project] First GemStone, now Dabbled DB ...
by Geert Claes June 14, 2010

June 14, 2010

So, Twitter acquired Smallthought Systems (DabbleDB/Trendly) http://blog.twitter.com/2010/06/more-than-dabbling.html http://blog.twitter.com/2010/06/more-than-dabbling.html I guess that'll be the end of Dabble DB. -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/First-GemStone-now-Dabbled-DB-tp2251325p2251325.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Pharo-project] Help menu disappeared [WAS] [ANN] Pharo-1.1-11400-rc1dev10.06.1
by Torsten Bergmann June 14, 2010

June 14, 2010

Stef wrote >this is in system>help >because we do not want a long menu and the help got in our way several times. The only constant is change but one theory on why M$ Office is so famous and widespread is that they do not change menues so often. Ask your secretary ... ;) Bye T. -- GRATIS fÃ¼r alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01

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[Pharo-project] Aida in Pharo 1.1/Magma in Pharo 1.1
by Torsten Bergmann June 13, 2010

June 13, 2010

Hi Mariano, you can just add Scanner allowUnderscoreAsAssignment: true. ... as the first line to your install script to allow underscores again until these packages are converted. However - would be good if you can contact the authors to clean up the packages. Bye T. -- GRATIS fÃ¼r alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01

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[Pharo-project] Aida in Pharo 1.1
by Mariano Martinez Peck June 13, 2010

June 13, 2010

Hi. I was trying the welcome workspace of Pharo 1.1 in order to install Magma but it fails. I am evaluating: Gofer new squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository'; package: 'ConfigurationOfAida'; load. ((Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfAida) project version: '6.0') load. The error was a Sintax Error in SwazooServerTest >> testAccessingSite I attach screenshot. It seems the problem with the underscore as they are not allowed anymore as asiggment in Pharo 1.1. In order to appear in Pharo welcome workpsace this should be working. If someone makes the changes and updates de configuration please let me know (sorry but I don't have time to do it myself). Otherwise, I will have to remove it from Pharo 1.1 workspace as it doesn't work and makes confusion. Thanks Mariano

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[Pharo-project] O2 in Pharo 1.1
by Mariano Martinez Peck June 13, 2010

June 13, 2010

Hi. I was trying the welcome workspace of Pharo 1.1 in order to installO2 but it fails. I am evaluating: Gofer new squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository'; package: 'ConfigurationOfO2'; load. ((Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfO2) project version: '1.2') load: 'Dev'. Problems: - The method TheWorldMenu class registerOpenCommand: has been deprecated. Use <worldMenu> instead. - Using old version of OCompletion that doesn't work in 1.1. Shoudl update OCompletion version in Metacello - Using old RB stuff. Should update and maybe change O2 (I don't know) In order to appear in Pharo welcome workpsace this should be working. If someone makes the changes and updates de configuration please let me know (sorry but I don't have time to do it myself). Otherwise, I will have to remove it from Pharo 1.1 workspace as it doesn't work and makes confusion. Thanks Mariano

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[Pharo-project] [SIXX] feedback
by Torsten Bergmann June 13, 2010

June 13, 2010

>Then grep for '_'. That should give you an idea of >the scale of the problem. Does that help to (auto)convert: http://book.pharo-project.org/book/TipsAndTricks/FixingUnderscores Bye T. -- GRATIS fÃ¼r alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01

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[Pharo-project] A new chapter in the CollaborActive book
by Hilaire Fernandes June 13, 2010

June 13, 2010

About localisation with gettext http://book.pharo-project.org/book/Localisation Please edit directly when you see any errors Hilaire

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June 13, 2010

12008 ----- - 2990: fix a bug which make selection of strategy does not work. Thanks Jannik 2422 Removed - isolationSet and thisDefinition (instances variables never used) - methods reassigning isolationSet also removed (as it was never initialized). Thanks veronica. - TestSubclass 12009 ----- Partial cleanup for 2204 Rewrite plenty of Smalltalk at: as Smalltalk globals at:. Thanks simon

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