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[Pharo-project] Help system for pharo [WAS ] Re: ConfigurationOfPharo: now with Mocketry, Autotest, XMLSupport and Helps
by Mariano Martinez Peck Jan. 4, 2011

Jan. 4, 2011

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:46 PM, laurent laffont <laurent.laffont(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > > I've updated ConfigurationOfPharo 1.2-beta2: > Added: > - Mocketry > - XMLSupport > - Autotest > - Shortcuts-Help > > more tests and Help. > > Excellent!!!! :) > I've put methods in categories. > > Can someone check ? > > For independent Help packages, shouldn't we create a > ConfigurationOfPharoHelp ? > > Uhh this is a good question....let me write what it just came to my mind: - For external packages (external to PharoCore), they each have packages for tests, core, blah. Those that have Help pages, then it would be really cool to have a separate package for them. - For each external package, they need to only to put Help pages in a separate package, but also create a group for them in the Metacello Configuration. Then, people can choose what to load. - PharoDev should include the metacello groups that contains the Help. Now...regarding this example, about the shortcuts...that is related to PharoCore...So, we have to options: 1) Cotinue commiting them in 'http://www.squeaksource.com/HelpSystem' and create a ConfigurationOfPharoHelp that we load for the dev image 2) Commit them into PharoCore and then remove them in #cleanUpForProduction I am not sure which I like more, but I think 2). Since we have Help already integrated in the core, the idea is to use it, isn't it ? otherwise this should be in the dev image. And I like to have the Help as closer as possible to the real code. So, I choose for 2), but of course, I am all ears. Cheers Mariano > Cheers, > > Laurent Laffont > > Pharo Smalltalk Screencasts: http://www.pharocasts.com/ > Blog: http://magaloma.blogspot.com/ >

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Re: [Pharo-project] Pharo and CommandShell on OSX ?
by Stef T Jan. 4, 2011

Jan. 4, 2011

On Jan 3, 2011, at 7:25 PM, David T. Lewis wrote: > On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 06:55:45PM -0800, Stef T wrote: >> 1) CommandShell complains about AioPlugin not being present and that it will use the 'old slow' way. That's fine, it's merely a warning > > AFAIK, noone has tried building the AioPlugin for Mac, so you will get this > warning when running on a Mac. But as you say, it's just a warning. Is there a pointer for the source code ? I am pretty handy with Xcode and don't mind giving it a whirl ;) > >> but >> 2) None of the commands get executed. If I try the stuff which will eval inside squeak/pharo, then that's fine (Eg; stdout nextPutAll: 'hello world'; cr.). However, if I try a command such as 'ls' or 'who', all hell breaks lose. stack trace follows :) >> >> If I am doing anything obviously wrong, please feel free to hit me over the head :) > > Nope, it's not you, it's the plugin included with your VM. Some > of the Mac VMs in circulation were accidentally built with a very > out of date version of the OSProcessPlugin. Apparently you have > one of them, and it will definitely not work. But I think there > is a newer version (4.2.5 IIRC) that has the up to date plugin > that works properly on Mac. > Hrm, I am using the OSProcess from squeaksource .59. The version history says Name: OSProcess-dtl.59 Author: dtl Time: 28 November 2010, 8:43:48.839 pm UUID: bd5d2b4e-efbd-4091-ac0a-d0bd7af64b2c surely this is 'new enough' ? Is there a known 'stable' version you would suggest ? regards S. > Dave > > >> >> Regards >> S. >> >> >> >> >> 3 January 2011 6:49:43 pm >> >> VM: Mac OS - intel - 1065 - Squeak3.8.1 of '28 Aug 2006' [latest update: #6747] Squeak VM 4.2.4b1 >> Image: Pharo-1.1-11406-rc3 [Latest update: #11406] >> >> SecurityManager state: >> Restricted: false >> FileAccess: true >> SocketAccess: true >> Working Dir /Users/stef/squeak/SeaSide-3.0 >> Trusted Dir /foobar/tooBar/forSqueak/bogus >> Untrusted Dir /Users/stef/Library/Preferences/Squeak/Internet/My Squeak >> >> UndefinedObject(Object)>>mustBeBooleanIn: >> Receiver: nil >> Arguments and temporary variables: >> context: BufferedAsyncFileReadStream>>moveAvailableDataFrom: >> proceedValue: nil >> Receiver's instance variables: >> nil >> >> UndefinedObject(Object)>>mustBeBoolean >> Receiver: nil >> Arguments and temporary variables: >> >> Receiver's instance variables: >> nil >> >> BufferedAsyncFileReadStream>>moveAvailableDataFrom: >> Receiver: BufferedAsyncFileReadStream: 'pipeReader' >> Arguments and temporary variables: >> sqFile: #[48 205 236 155 72 91 120 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0] >> bufferSize: 1000 >> buffer: '...etc... >> count: #(0) >> Receiver's instance variables: >> >> >> BufferedAsyncFileReadStream>>moveAvailableDataToBuffer >> Receiver: BufferedAsyncFileReadStream: 'pipeReader' >> Arguments and temporary variables: >> >> Receiver's instance variables: >> >> >> BufferedAsyncFileReadStream>>update: >> Receiver: BufferedAsyncFileReadStream: 'pipeReader' >> Arguments and temporary variables: >> aParameter: a PseudoAioEventHandler >> Receiver's instance variables: >> >> >> [] in PseudoAioEventHandler(Object)>>changed: >> Receiver: a PseudoAioEventHandler >> Arguments and temporary variables: >> aParameter: BufferedAsyncFileReadStream: 'pipeReader' >> aDependent: a PseudoAioEventHandler >> Receiver's instance variables: >> dependents: a DependentsArray(BufferedAsyncFileReadStream: 'pipeReader') >> eventGenerator: a Process in Debugger class>>openOn:context:label:contents:full...etc... >> >> DependentsArray>>do: >> Receiver: a DependentsArray(BufferedAsyncFileReadStream: 'pipeReader') >> Arguments and temporary variables: >> aBlock: [:aDependent | aDependent update: aParameter] >> dep: BufferedAsyncFileReadStream: 'pipeReader' >> i: 1 >> iLimiT: 1 >> Receiver's instance variables: >> a DependentsArray(BufferedAsyncFileReadStream: 'pipeReader') >> >> PseudoAioEventHandler(Object)>>changed: >> Receiver: a PseudoAioEventHandler >> Arguments and temporary variables: >> aParameter: a PseudoAioEventHandler >> Receiver's instance variables: >> dependents: a DependentsArray(BufferedAsyncFileReadStream: 'pipeReader') >> eventGenerator: a Process in Debugger class>>openOn:context:label:contents:full...etc... >> >> PseudoAioEventHandler(Object)>>changed >> Receiver: a PseudoAioEventHandler >> Arguments and temporary variables: >> >> Receiver's instance variables: >> dependents: a DependentsArray(BufferedAsyncFileReadStream: 'pipeReader') >> eventGenerator: a Process in Debugger class>>openOn:context:label:contents:full...etc... >> >> [] in [] in PseudoAioEventHandler>>eventGeneratorProcess >> Receiver: a PseudoAioEventHandler >> Arguments and temporary variables: >> d: a Delay(125 msecs) >> Receiver's instance variables: >> dependents: a DependentsArray(BufferedAsyncFileReadStream: 'pipeReader') >> eventGenerator: a Process in Debugger class>>openOn:context:label:contents:full...etc... >> >> BlockClosure>>repeat >> Receiver: [self changed. >> d wait] >> Arguments and temporary variables: >> >> Receiver's instance variables: >> outerContext: [] in PseudoAioEventHandler>>eventGeneratorProcess >> startpc: 59 >> numArgs: 0 >> >> [] in PseudoAioEventHandler>>eventGeneratorProcess >> Receiver: a PseudoAioEventHandler >> Arguments and temporary variables: >> d: a Delay(125 msecs) >> Receiver's instance variables: >> dependents: a DependentsArray(BufferedAsyncFileReadStream: 'pipeReader') >> eventGenerator: a Process in Debugger class>>openOn:context:label:contents:full...etc... >> >> [] in BlockClosure>>newProcess >> Receiver: [[self changed. >> d wait] repeat] >> Arguments and temporary variables: >> >> Receiver's instance variables: >> outerContext: PseudoAioEventHandler>>eventGeneratorProcess >> startpc: 54 >> numArgs: 0 >> >> >> --- The full stack --- >> UndefinedObject(Object)>>mustBeBooleanIn: >> UndefinedObject(Object)>>mustBeBoolean >> BufferedAsyncFileReadStream>>moveAvailableDataFrom: >> BufferedAsyncFileReadStream>>moveAvailableDataToBuffer >> BufferedAsyncFileReadStream>>update: >> [] in PseudoAioEventHandler(Object)>>changed: >> DependentsArray>>do: >> PseudoAioEventHandler(Object)>>changed: >> PseudoAioEventHandler(Object)>>changed >> [] in [] in PseudoAioEventHandler>>eventGeneratorProcess >> BlockClosure>>repeat >> [] in PseudoAioEventHandler>>eventGeneratorProcess >> [] in BlockClosure>>newProcess >> >

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Re: [Pharo-project] [Pharo-users] Minimal pharo
by Mariano Martinez Peck Jan. 4, 2011

Jan. 4, 2011

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Annick Fron <info(a)afceurope.com> wrote: > > Le 4 janv. 2011 Ã 21:51, StÃ©phane Ducasse a Ã©crit : > > > Annick > > > >> I have now tried the minimal images indicated by Torsten and Stephane, > on Windows it amounts to 9.1 Mega in memory ... > >> Would it be smaller on Linux ? > Any idea on this ? > I don't think so. It should be the same. > >> Yet, I still need a shoe horn, having only 8 M ram from which 1.5 is > already taken by the kernel... > > > > do you need the sources? > On Linux ? I had trouble installing Squeak on Linux. > No, Stef wanted to said the .sources file of Pharo. Did you see that you need a Pharo1.0.sources file??? Ok, that's not needed for a deployed app since it will decompile the methods in case you browse them (you wont have the tmp names thought), To get rid of sources, you need to evaluate Smalltalk abandonSources > > The minikernel image is 2 mb > > Now you should also release the cache of MC and do several incantation > and you can get to a more reasonable size. > > I am not too familiar with the environment, so it will me some time before > I understand package loading and so on. > I don't understand why there are shell scripts together with Smalltalk > scripts. > The shell scripts are just to shrink down the PharoCore image and build a PharoKernel from it. You can just download the PharoKernel image (no need to run the shell scripts, this is only if you want to build the PharoKernel by your own). But be aware that PharoKernel is REALLY kernel. There is no UI, and the way to interact with it is just passing a smalltalk script file at startup. > > > >> Any idea to downsize even more ? > > > > There are more to throw away and we are always trying to componentize it. > > Did you remove the tests? > Not yet > As said in my previous email, #cleanUpForProduction does that. Cheers mariano > > > > >> Best regards > >> > >> Annick Fron > > > > > > > > >

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[Pharo-project] editing a method outside the image?
by sergio_101 Jan. 4, 2011

Jan. 4, 2011

one problem i having (in a long line).. is that my DateAndTime class >> now looks like this: now ^ self basicNew ticks: (Duration days: SqueakEpoch hours: 0 minutes: 0 seconds: self totalSeconds nanoSeconds: MillisecondClockOffset milliSeconds * NanosInMillisecond) ticks offset: self localOffset; yourself the problem is, milliseconds is not defined anywhere.. this is there as a remnant of sheduler.. i need to replace it with the REAL one: now ^ self basicNew ticks: (Array with: SqueakEpoch with: Time totalSeconds with: 0) offset: self localTimeZone offset the problem is that when i try to update "now", i keep getting the error for that it can't find "milliSeconds".. when i delete "now" and try to paste the correct one in.. i error out, too.. i think the snake is eating its tail.. can i replace the "now" method somehow with the image not running? thanks! -- ---- peace, sergio photographer, journalist, visionary http://www.CodingForHire.com http://www.coffee-black.com http://www.painlessfrugality.com http://www.twitter.com/sergio_101 http://www.facebook.com/sergio101

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Re: [Pharo-project] about growing streams and allocating buffers
by mkobetic＠gmail.com Jan. 4, 2011

Jan. 4, 2011

"Philippe Marschall"<kustos(a)gmx.net> wrote: > > preallocation OrderedCollection new: instead of relying on its growing behavior. > > Right, but you never know how big the response is going to before > actually rendering. Otherwise you could just do Array/String new: > beforehand. I'm not quite clear about the context here so this may not be relevant, but one technique that paid of for us in terms of managing socket buffers was to start recycling them. The idea is that if you generally allocate let's say 32K buffer for every socket you open, rather then throwing the buffer away when you're done with the socket, just put it aside and let the next socket pick up and reuse the same instance. For us the main concern was a server being hammered by transient connection requests. Occasional buffer allocation could be handled by new space scavenger just fine, but a flood of such requests made the buffers spill over to the old space and throwing them away got expensive quickly. Anyway, I realize that your concern is different here, but the same technique might help growing in most common cases. If there's a reasonable upper bound on most responses (e.g. 32K), you could simply preallocate that size always. If the request fits, great, no growing, if not, it will grow. However you'd probably have the same sort of problem as we had above if you simply threw each buffer away. Recycling should help making it manageable. We use the same technique in Xtreams, where we need internal buffers quite frequently. Check out the RecyclingCenter class there if you want. It's a bit more generic because we need to accommodate different collection classes, so you'll probably want something different, but the basics should be similar. One aspect to note is that the recycling pool can be quite small. You don't need to recycle every instance created, you only need to be able to handle the "overflow" under load. The idea is that if you are under load and the number of concurrently used buffers fluctuates between 100 and 110, you don't need the recycling pool size to be 110, but only 10. It only needs to retain the temporarily unused buffers long enough for those to get picked up again. When the load subsides, it's fine to let the remaining 100 buffers GC, they can be allocated again quickly when next wave hits. At the same time it keeps the memory load reasonable in the quiet periods. HTH, Martin

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[Pharo-project] Some questions about omnibroser framework
by aizcorbe Jan. 4, 2011

Jan. 4, 2011

I have been using the OmniBroser framework to extend the Lint browser (OR2LintBrowser) and i found some strange behavior i would like to comment: 1) When you select an item in the browser, the metagraph define some edges leading to other metanode types. This is translated sending the edge names to the real nodes and getting all the following nodes, and then, those nodes are displayed on the following column at the browser, and if there isn't a next column it is created. The strange issue here is that, if the messages for edge taking on the concrete nodes retrieves an empty collection of nodes, the next column is created anyway, because for the browser there is a next metagraph node. Is this a problem or not? (I had to define much more complex metagraphs because of this, just to avoid an empty column). 2) When you use filters on the metagraph, they are applied over each taken edge leading to the next metagraph. The filters are usually used for node ordering and here is a problem. If you have more than one edge from the current metanode, you will get a order filter applied over two different edges and then, the order will be not ok, since there will be some partially ordered concatenated node lists, and not just a fully ordered list. 3) Another issue is not about omnibrowser, but i think is worth to be noted. If you extend any class in another package using *package-category protocol for new or modified methods, you will see the extended class on the package root, but you won't see it at the cathegory (i think it would be nice and a little more clear seeing the extensions at the specific package-category). Also i found that TestRunner do not put the unitTest classes under a package unless the class itself where defined at the selected package (even if i added some test using the *package-category protocol name) I hope some of you found this intresting cheers -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Some-questions-about-omnibroser-framework-tp3173047p3… Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Pharo-project] Issue 3499 in pharo: FixUnderscores (package & instructions) out of date
by pharo＠googlecode.com Jan. 4, 2011

Jan. 4, 2011

Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 3499 by sean.p.denigris: FixUnderscores (package & instructions) out of date http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=3499 Pharo image: Core 1.2 #12270 The CollaborActive book says to mcz version 18, however 17 is already loaded as of 1.1, so I propose: * integrate 18 into trunk * update book (e.g. remove installation step from book - I will do this once the package is integrated) I much prefer using this package over RB because it does not alter the method's timestamp. p.s. this does raise the point of documentation for difference Pharo versions. If the installation step is removed from the book, it will create extra work/confusion for 1.0 users; but if it is left in, it will be a continuing distraction for current users.

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[Pharo-project] next steps for pharo
by Torsten Bergmann Jan. 4, 2011

Jan. 4, 2011

>The coolest programmer of the month ;) Take care, sometimes the "coolest programmer" is the one who is not interested in writing documentation. Sometimes people think they are cool when they win the IOCCC contest [1] or find neat coding tricks that other people do not understand. Following conformance rules, writing clean code or documenting is often seen as "boring task" but necessary to grow into professional shared development. So we have to find a way to turn "boring" into "simple & fun". Bye T. [1] http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Obfuscated_C_Code_Contest -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de

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[Pharo-project] Crash on saving with Monticello
by Alexandre Bergel Jan. 4, 2011

Jan. 4, 2011

Hi! Several of my students experience a crash of Pharo when saving with Monticello. They all use linux. I can ask for more detailed description. Are we the only one to experience this? Cheers, Alexandre -- _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;.

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Re: [Pharo-project] source.lukas-renggli.ch is down
by Marcus Denker Jan. 4, 2011

Jan. 4, 2011

On Jan 2, 2011, at 2:54 PM, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 1:58 PM, laurent laffont <laurent.laffont(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 1:42 PM, StÃ©phane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr> wrote: > I do not know I have a lot in my caches. I think that this is a really nice experience we should learn from. > We should really have a replication mechanism. By the end of this week I will get information about the server we need. > > We may have it on the Hudson server for last successfull build ? > > > Yes, this is what I suggested some threads ago...check the latest successfull Pharo1.2 build and take the stuff from package-cache > Server is up again, 1.2core build works again. (1.2full fails due to another problem) -- Marcus Denker -- http://www.marcusdenker.de INRIA Lille -- Nord Europe. Team RMoD.

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